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U.S. STRIKES IRAQ Airstrike reflects increased U.S. intelligence

War lights up predawn sky in Iraq

WASHINGTON (L.A. Times) — It was

an incongruous way to start a war: a single airstrike at dawn, a terse four-minute statement from President Bush — and then a strange silence. But military planners have been saying for months that this war will not resemble any other recent conflict, including its predecessor, the 1991 Persian Gulf War. They have already been proved right. Instead of the “shock and awe” that U.S. generals had promised, the first assault against Baghdad was a quick precision airstrike aimed at eliminating Iraqi President Saddam Hussein or other members of his leadership. Instead of a hail of fire, the first television pictures from Baghdad revealed a largely quiet sunrise and empty gray skies. In his statement from the White House, Bush offered no clarion call for the liberation of Iraq, no Churchillian phrases, but rather 30 understated sentences announcing “the early stages of military operations.” Officials said the raid on Baghdad occurred because a “target of opportunity” had appeared; this was not the main event, merely one more preliminary bout. In fact, U.S. and British aircraft that patrol “nofly” zones over Iraq have been striking air defenses for weeks. On Wednesday, in another escalation, they struck for the first time at Iraqi ground artillery across the border from the main allied ground force in Kuwait. But the British and American land forces remained poised in the desert, still waiting for the order to advance. “This was not the way the air war was supposed to begin,” said Michele Fluornoy, a former senior Pentagon adviser now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank. “Every military analyst has been saying they’re going to wait for the cover of night and they’ll come in massively. This was none of those things.” The impromptu strikes against a residence outside Baghdad indicated a hope by U.S. strategists that they could bring the war to a quick end by killing Saddam. They also reflected the lessons of the recent war in see AIRSTRIKE, page 11

BAGHDAD (L.A. Times) —With thunderous explosions over Baghdad, the United States launched a preliminary salvo at dawn Thursday in what President Bush called “a broad and concerted campaign” to drive Saddam Hussein from power and disarm Iraq. Air raid sirens blared, and yellow and white tracers from Iraqi antiaircraft fire streaked across the city. As several large explosions rocked the capital, a ball of fire flared in the southern sky. A quick succession of bright yellow flashes appeared over an area near the airport. “The opening stages of the disarmament of the Iraqi regime have begun,” White House spokesman Ari Fleischer declared shortly after 9:30 p.m. EST AFP photo

As Iraq war commences, student reaction is divided BY CARLA BLUMENKRANZ

Campus antiwar activists will band together for a walkout this morning but remain divided about how to advocate peace in a nation already at war. “The antiwar sentiment is there,” said Riana Good ’03, president of the Green Party at Brown, “but a lot of times it’s difficult to funnel it. I believe that there are many people looking for ways to voice their dissent, but it’s often difficult to find the avenues that people feel most comfortable with.” This morning, campus activists in the Students Against War In Iraq coalition will participate in a walkout and rally on the Main Green. Organizers, who stand in solidarity with the Campus Antiwar Network, according to SAWI, plan to demonstrate against the war and speak out at an open mic. “We feel strongly that we need to act, and act more than ever, given what’s going on in Iraq,” said Elizabeth Sperber ’06, of SAWI. Although many of the Brown College Democrats will participate in today’s walkouts, the group remains more ambivalent than others about how to respond to the invasion of Iraq, said its president, Ethan Ris ’05, a Herald staff writer. While some of the College Democrats believe they should

focus on supporting U.S. troops, Ris said he sees no reason to cease to dissent. “A lot of people in the club feel very small right now, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to stop being very vocal,” he said. “The best thing college students and anybody else in the country can do right now is be very loud see LEFT, page 10

BY JULIA ZUCKERMAN

Many Republicans on campus expressed support for military action in Iraq on Wednesday and the desire to see a short war, but support for the war is not unanimous among conservatives. “I think we’re all hoping to see a very short war,” said Joseph Lisska ’04, vice president of the College Republicans. He said he hopes the Iraqi army surrenders

Major changes to come in U. libraries, thanks to planned reorganization campus news,page 5

Founding fathers are turning over in their graves, says Stephen Beale ’04 opinions, page 13

on a large scale, following the example of the 17 soldiers who surrendered last night. Lisska said warnings that the war could be long and difficult should not deter those who support it. “War by its nature is a difficult act,” he said, adding this fact “should not come as a surprise to anyone, and should not see RIGHT, page 10

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President Simmons, Dean of the College Armstrong and Chaplain Cooper Nelson spoke Wednesday.

Simmons, others address Brown community BY DANA GOLDSTEIN

As the first missiles flew over Baghdad Wednesday night, President Ruth Simmons, Dean of the College Paul Armstrong and University Chaplain Rev. Janet Cooper Nelson addressed the Brown community at a special Undergraduate Council of

Students meeting in Salomon 101. UCS President Allen Feliz ’03 introduced the speakers, saying the purpose of the event was “to seek comfort at this very tough moment.” In a gravely delivered speech, Simmons addressed the impending violence and

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U.S. soldiers don their chemical warfare protection suits at the Mutlaa desert checkpoint, north of Kuwait City.

outlined the responsibilities she hoped Brown students would fulfill during the conflict in Iraq. Promises that war will be rapid and cause relatively few casualties do not excuse citizens from “their democratic see RUTH, page 4

TO D AY ’ S F O R E C A S T War is a non-fiction story, not a fairy tale says Allison Lombardo ’05 opinions, page 15

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ACLU challenges speech restrictions at U. Maryland BY JULIA ZUCKERMAN

The Maryland chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has initiated a lawsuit accusing the University of Maryland of violating its students’ right to free speech by restricting public speaking and distribution of literature to specific areas of the College Park, Md., campus. Representatives of the state and campus chapters of the ACLU said the restrictions are too stringent and arbitrarily enforced. “Reasonable restrictions on free speech are allowed,” said Stuart McPhail, copresident of the campus ACLU. “But the campus is going overboard.” At issue in the debate are two university documents governing demonstrations and public speaking. One, the subject of the lawsuit, governs the use of physical facilities by student groups. It limits public speaking and leafleting to a small area in the center of Maryland’s campus. “The rest of the campus is absolutely speechfree,” said Stacey Mink, a spokeswoman for the Maryland ACLU. She said the “marketplace of ideas” present at most universities is missing at Maryland as a result of the policy. “We believe that the suit was brought in response to a policy that does not address what the ACLU thinks it addresses,” said George Cathcart, a spokesman for the university. Cathcart said the policy could be construed as see ACLU, page 4

Brigham Young University acquires soccer franchise to keep champion team playing BY SARA PERKINS

Brigham Young University recently hit upon a nearly unprecedented solution to transform its champion club soccer team into a regional powerhouse — buy a professional franchise and treat the club like an authentic minor league team. Soccer, a sport whose popularity and support domestically has lagged significantly in comparison to elsewhere in the world, draws nowhere near the same number of fans at BYU as football and men’s basketball, the school’s two moneymaking sports programs. The men’s soccer team has played at the intercollegiate club level since its creation, and coaches and BYU administrators agree that its level of play is above the other teams in its league, said David Duff Tittle, associate director for external relations in the athletic department. The team has won six of the last seven National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association championships with ease, he said. “They were just dominating the league,” Tittle said. An upgrade to varsity status, however, was financially impossible, he said. BYU did not have the money to add another varsity-level team, and the addition of men’s soccer would have necessitated the creation of a matching women’s team under Title IX rules. “We would have needed $1 million worth of funding” to mount two teams, Tittle said. “We’ve been working very aggressively over the last eight or nine years to become compliant with Title IX. … We’re struggling to fund our athletics as it is.” Men’s soccer coach Chris Watkins instead decided to take his team out of collegiate sports, buying a franchise in the Premiere Development League. The PDL is a summer league for college-age and pre-professional soccer players. The BYU Cougars will be the first PDL team to be based exclusively out of a university athletics program. The franchise cost around $40,000, funded by donations from alumni, players’ parents and the Church of

Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Tittle said. It will continue to receive the same funding as other club teams at the university and will hopefully recoup its operating costs — estimated between $60,000 and $150,000 — from endorsements (Adidas has already offered $20,000 per season), ticket sales and possibly in the future by selling televising rights, Watkins said. Meanwhile, “(the players) are very excited to compete at a higher level,” he said. But being a varsity team would have been problematic for other reasons as well, Watkins said. Aside from the money, the NCAA places specific restrictions on its teams, including limiting the team’s international travel to once every four years. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints encourages its members to travel and “represent our church internationally,” Watkins said. Because of the international popularity of soccer, team travel “made a lot of sense as a missionary tool for our church,” he said. Receipts from games will “completely fund our international travel” twice a year, Watkins said. The team will play two preseason exhibition games against teams in Monterrey, Mexico, in late April. The NCAA would not have been willing to make exceptions for BYU’s travel, Watkins said. “They’re not a group known for their ability to adjust.” The PDL has other advantages for BYU. “At BYU, we don’t do anything besides go to church on Sundays,” Watkins said. The PDL made accommodations so that none of BYU’s games would fall on Sunday. The entire season also takes place during the summer, after classes end. “These guys won’t miss a single day of school,” Watkins said. Practices began in January and run six days a week. “From an academic standpoint that makes great sense,” Watkins said. Students have had to shuffle see SOCCER, page 4

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ACLU continued from page 3 restricting speech but in practice only governs space reservations. It was created to reduce littering and pedestrian traffic caused by outdoor vendors, he said. “It looks worse (on paper) than it is in practice,” he said. Cathcart said the university’s free speech policy is outlined in a different document, a section of the event management handbook. That policy states, “The University of Maryland supports the right of individual students or student organizations to dissent and to demonstrate, provided such demonstrations do not disrupt normal campus activities or infringe upon the rights of others.” The policy outlined in the handbook allows students and organizations to hold scheduled demonstrations and rallies in several outdoor locations on the campus. The policy’s purpose “is not to restrict free speech, but to make sure there is some control,” Cathcart said. He added that the university is currently revising the policy but did not specify what changes were being made. “The policy isn’t really enforced strictly,” McPhail said. “It’s enforced selectively.” The campus chapter became aware of the policy a year and a half ago; the state ACLU asked the university to change the policy a year ago, but the university “flat-out refused,” McPhail said. The state chapter filed suit March 6 in district court, with two students and the campus ACLU chapter as plaintiffs. The case is awaiting scheduling from the judge, and the Maryland attorney general, who handles suits against the university, must file a response brief, Mink said. The campus ACLU is collaborating with the student government to draft a new student bill

Ruth continued from page 1 responsibility to probe rigorously the causes and consequence of war,” Simmons said. She said such “civil discourse” was a hallmark of the University setting, and part of “a process by which our government is continually reinformed of the opinions of the public that it represents. “I urge that you not make this war — however brief, however minimal, however complex — a distant issue that you perceive at the comforting peripheral of your daily lives,” Simmons said to a round of applause. In one of the most pointed statements of the speech, Simmons said, “Advocates of war, I suppose, should have their say, and so should advocates of peace.” She went on to tell students, “Don’t look for classes to be cancelled — they won’t be. … Our task is to continue to do what we do best and that is to inquire.” Simmons described universities as having a pivotal role to play in the coming conflict. “Universities must cling, cling to their commitment to the dispas-

Cathcart said the university’s free speech policy is outlined in a different document, a section of the event management handbook.That policy states,“The University of Maryland supports the right of individual students or student organizations to dissent and to demonstrate, provided such demonstrations do not disrupt normal campus activities or infringe upon the rights of others.” of rights, including respect for free speech as defined in the Bill of Rights, McPhail said. Because it is public, the university has to “meet a higher standard when it comes to imposing free speech restrictions,” Mink said, calling the case “a core speech issue.” The university is under the jurisdiction of one of the most conservative courts of appeals, but she said she is confident the ACLU will prevail. Herald staff writer Julia Zuckerman ’05 edits the campus watch section. She can be reached at jzuckerman@browndailyherald.com.

sionate search for truth,” she said. “The danger of self-interest overwhelming truth is most acute at these moments.” Simmons said the battlefield was not the place for orderly resolution, but that the Brown community could “cast the vote for peaceful resolution by maintaining our commitment to debate and examination despite our innermost doubts and fear.” “Develop your intelligence in the service of the world,” Simmons said. “If only we had the kind of leadership that this intelligence ought to produce, imagine how different the outcome of conflict could be.” Simmons reminded the audience that University staff members have been called up for active military duty and that relatives of those in the Brown community will be directly affected by the violence in Iraq. “Terror and war acknowledge no innocent or bystanders,” she said. “All pay a price.” Simmons ended the speech with a direct request. “Remember to bring this conflict close to you,” she said. “And finally, I ask that you continue to pray every day for the safety of all those caught in this conflict, whether

Soccer continued from page 3 internships and other summer obligations to be in Provo, Utah — where BYU is located — for the entire summer, he said, but arrangements are being made. The decision to circumvent the NCAA in boosting the level of competition for the team raises concerns that BYU is, in fact, avoiding its responsibility to provide equal opportunities to female and male athletes, according to Title IX defenders in a recent New York Times article about the team. Although Tittle said the team is still classified as a club team within the university athletics department, it is playing at a higher level of competition and commitment than other club teams, without any women’s team being advanced to match it. Watkins said that his move wasn’t meant to weaken Title IX, but to address the needs of his school, faith and players. “I think this fits us uniquely. Others may follow us, but for different reasons. “Who knows, maybe we’re the pied pipers here. But I don’t think so,” he said. Groups of women at BYU have sought to form club teams in field hockey, water polo and ice hockey, but have not yet succeeded, the Times reported. The NCAA has not contacted BYU, Tittle said, and NCAA representatives did not return The Herald’s calls for comment. The Times reported that the NCAA would be examining BYU’s decision. The team will not recruit or offer scholarships, Watkins said. While the team has always “tried to pick out the best soccer players” and endorse their admission, “we’d give money back to the university before we start giving out scholarships. We want people who want to come here.” Herald staff writer Sara Perkins ’06 can be reached at sperkins@browndailyherald.com.

friend or foe.” In his remarks preceding Simmons’ speech, Armstrong spoke of the University’s continuing commitment to teaching and learning. “This is a time when it is very easy to lose site of the complexities of the important issues the nation faces and to fall into simplifying rhetoric,” he said. “The values of inquiry and civil dialogue, especially concerning matters about which women and men of good wills may disagree passionately — and with good reason — are especially present and precarious now.” Armstrong said Brown has responded to the Code Orange terror alert with a “crisis management plan” that can be viewed on the Brown Web site. Following Simmons’ address, Cooper Nelson asked the audience to deal with the war in a manner “deeply and profoundly human.” Quoting writer and former president of the Czech Republic Vaclav Havel, she said, “We still don’t know how to put morality ahead of politics, technology and economics.” Herald staff writer Dana Goldstein ’06 can be reached at dgoldstein@browndailyherald.com.

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Change in store for U. libraries

War a concern for travellers BY DANA GOLDSTEIN

With the beginning of war Wednesday night and Spring Break around the corner, college students throughout the country are facing the decision whether to cancel travel plans. Although USA Today reported Wednesday that some travel agencies are predicting a 5 to 10 percent drop in bookings should war begin, travel industry professionals say cancellations of already-booked trips have increased only slightly. Mark O’Brien, general manager of Quikbook, a Manhattan hotel bookings service, said, “Over the past week or so we have seen a slight increase in cancellations, but nothing really out of the norm.” Most major airlines have adopted new ticketing policies to accommodate travelers unwilling to fly during war. Many are allowing customers to change or postpone travel without a fee. According to CNN, many airlines are preparing to cancel international flights. Although overseas travel has attracted the most alarm, Catherine Strauss ’06 left Wednesday for New York, from which she will travel to London and then Nigeria. Strauss brushed off the possibility of increased danger due to war with Iraq. “I’m not scared,” she said. “I don’t think that my particular plane will be one of the zero planes that will be terrorist targets.” Kate Schrire ’06, who plans to fly to California Saturday with several members of her first-year unit, also said her plans were undeterred by the war. Schrire said she believes passengers will no longer allow a few individuals to gain control of an aircraft. “It boils down to statistics,” she said. “But let’s say technically there was a terrorist on the plane. (Sept. 11, 2001) has changed what people think about flying, what people think about terrorism.” Alexandra Barton-Sweeney ’03 was still unsure of her travel plans on Wednesday night. Although she was excited about her planned Saturday departure for Barcelona, Spain, Barton-Sweeney said she was weighing conflicting advice from her family and professors, who are worried about her travelling, and her friends, who are urging her to carry out the trip as planned. President George W. Bush’s announcement that military action had begun will not be the determining factor in her decision, BartonSweeney said. “I have to talk to Mom tomorrow and just see how I feel.” At Wednesday night’s special Undergraduate Council of Students meeting in Salomon 101, Dean of the College Paul Armstrong said students travelling during Spring Break should consult the U.S. Department of State’s guidelines for international travel. “Please execute caution without allowing yourself to be paralyzed,” he said. Herald staff writer Dana Goldstein ’06 can be reached at dgoldstein@browndailyherald.com.

BY JULIETTE WALLACK

The University community could see major changes in library services as soon as the administration implements a planned reorganization that will lead to enhanced operations and increased open hours, according to Mark Nickel, director of the Brown News Service. Unionized library workers have said they will fight the changes until the University meets their demands, which would mitigate the effects of the reorganization on current staffers. Surveys and focus groups conducted in the past several years showed library users would like to see increased library services and staff on evenings and weekends, Nickel said. In an effort to meet that need, the reorganization is “trying to re-deploy the staff resources in a way that makes the most sense for the end users,” Nickel said. Though not related directly to the planned administrative reorganization University officials are exploring now, the library systems’ restructuring comes at a time when many areas of the University are examining their operations, Nickel said. Cassie Ramirez / Herald

The Rock could see major changes as the result of planned reorganization.

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Simmons honors Bolivar rare-book collector, dealer BY ZACH BARTER

When renowned rare-book collector and dealer Maury Bromsen graduated from junior high school in 1932, his parents presented him with an autograph book that included a page entitled “Your Favorites.” For “favorite author,” he chose Rudyard Kipling. For “favorite composer,” he chose Camille Saint-Saens. But it is his choice for “favorite hero” that continues to intrigue Bromsen over 70 years later. “Any normal boy would have put Babe Ruth or Abe Lincoln or George Washington. Do you know who I wrote? ‘Simón Bolivar,’” Bromsen said. “So you see, this neurosis of mine goes back many years.” Over the next seven decades, Bromsen’s interest in the life of Bolivar, the South American revolutionary, evolved from a childhood hobby to a lifelong pursuit, as he amassed the largest collection of Bolivar-related materials outside of South America. Today the collection sits in the John Carter Brown Library, and on March 12, President Ruth Simmons presented Bromsen with the President’s Medal in recognition of his lifetime dedication to collecting materials related to the history of colonial Spanish America. The Medal, which has been awarded six times since its creation in 1994, is the highest honor a Brown president may bestow. It is intended to honor a person who has achieved distinction in a particular field. In 1996 Bromsen was named honorary curator and bibliographer of Latin Americana at the library. In 2000 he donated his collection of Bolivar portraits, iconography and manuscripts to the library. Although the Library of Congress, the president of Venezuela and Harvard, his alma mater, also expressed interest in the collection, he said his decision was an easy one. “Brown’s library is by far the largest col-

lection ever assembled of books about colonial America,” Bromsen said. “My collection fit in like a glove.” Bromsen, who made the donation in memory of his parents, said it was important to him to keep the materials together. “There’s a wealth of potential research in that collection,” Bromsen said. “I wanted something here in the United States for the American people to appreciate.” Included in the donation are Bromsen’s two most prized acquisitions — an 1827 portrait of Bolivar purchased from the family of William Randolph Hearst Jr., and an 1825 order signed by Bolivar appointing Antonio Jose de Sucre as Grand Marshal of Ayacucho. Ayacucho, in Peru, turned out to be the decisive battle in the

war for independence in Spanish America. Norman Fiering, director of the John Carter Brown Library, said the library has benefited immensely from its connection with Bromsen. “Our relationship with (Bromsen) has been very important, both for us as a library and for me personally,” Fiering said. “I’ve learned so much from him.” Fiering, who first met Bromsen in 1984, said he has never ceased to be impressed by Bromsen’s passion and devotion to his field. “He just has an extraordinary knowledge of the bibliography — about the books that have been published and about see BROMSEN, page 10

DPS officer Sean Cowland, stationed in Iraq, thinks often of his family BY AKSHAY KRISHNAN

Even though he’s stationed in a politically unstable region, security officer Sean Cowland’s concerns are for his family at home in Cranston. Sean, an officer for the Department of Public Safety who was recently called up for military reserve duty in the Middle East, wants “to make sure that our financial and spiritual needs are taken care off,” said his wife Selena Cowland. “Some of his worries were removed knowing that we have so many friends and family.” Sean Cowland, who is a member of the Rhode Island National Guard, would have completed one year in his employment with DPS on March 25, wrote Michelle Nuey, DPS assistant manager for special services, in a email to The Herald. Selena Cowland, who is also a member of the Rhode Island National

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DPS officer Sean Cowland and son. Guard, told The Herald that her husband left the state in early January. She said he held a neutral view on the war. “My husband and I are both in the military and we have a similar outlook,” she said. “We have tried to keep neutral and instead of focusing on the see DPS, page 6

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DPS continued from page 5 politics, we have focused on spending time with each other and our son.” Sean Cowland was slated to begin his training at the Rhode Island Municipal Police Training Academy on March 17 to become a campus police officer, Nuey wrote. Selena Cowland said her husband was not allowed to disclose his location and the nature of his mission. “Sean wrote in his e-mail about the beautiful landscape surrounding the area where he is presently stationed. He also wrote that the country that he is presently in seems very much a third world country. He really feels bad for the children in this country,” she said. Sean Cowland has been sta-

Library continued from page 5 The restructuring also comes as the libraries receive additional support from President Ruth Simmons’ Initiatives for Academic Achievement. “The library is a key part of that,” Nickel said, but officials began considering the needs of library users almost six years ago, before the arrival of Simmons and her initiatives. The process “picked up some speed as it went along,” he said. The libraries are some of the most important places on campus, Simmons told The Herald last week. “It is not an afterthought when it comes to thinking about conditions or compensation,” she said. When the implementation is complete, which Nickel said he expected would happen “rather rapidly” once plans are approved, “I think (students will) probably see a library that is staffed more consistently across the whole range of library hours.” During those hours, the libraries will have “a stronger and better organized library staff,” Nickel said, partly because “everybody who works in the library will be working in different groups.” Nickel said that though changes in staff duties make up a major part of the reorganization, there is “certainly no reduction in staff” planned. “The intent of reorganization is to make use of the staff,” he said, so it wouldn’t make sense to cut the number of employees. The impetuses for the reorganization are the evolving services libraries offer. “Libraries have changed,” Nickel said, particularly with materials in different formats than they were a few years ago. But, he said, “the ways in which libraries are organized at Brown have not changed much to reflect” that evolution. Now, he said, patrons can take advantage of library services “without even setting foot in the door,” he said, and that, combined with increased demand for high-level services during weekends and evenings, necessitated the reorganization. Though plans are not final as of this point, and Nickel said

“It is a great loss to our department, for I am positive he would have been an outstanding campus police officer. We look forward to his safe return,” Verrecchia wrote. tioned outside of the United States previously, his wife said. “He has been stationed in Korea before. But we’ve always been stationed together, so this is our first time apart,” she said. Chief of Police Paul Verrecchia said Sean Cowland was as an extremely valuable employee to DPS, in an e-mail to The Herald. “We have received positive feedback from students about his approachability and interaction while on duty,” he wrote. “It is a great loss to our department, for I am positive he would have been an outstanding campus police officer. We look for-

details are not yet available, he said part of the reorganization will involve “taking some tasks that are performed in libraries” and outsourcing them. That outsourcing and other proposed changes, including staffing desks on weekends and evenings, will give library workers the opportunity to have more interaction with patrons, Nickel said. But whether or not improved services are available to the University community, some members of the library staff are dissatisfied with the reorganization plan. Of the 175 non-student library employees, 84 are members of Service Employees International Union Local 134. Those members’ contracts expired Sept. 30, and with the reorganization in the works at that point, negotiations have dragged on for more than five months. When the contract expired last fall, the University’s plans for the reorganization were unclear, Karen McAninch, business agent of SEIU Local 134, told The Herald at the time. Union members contended the University had not provided them with enough information about the restructuring and how their jobs could change. Negotiators worked through the winter and three contract extensions, and the last extension expired Feb. 28, leaving union members working without a contract and thus with the right to authorize a strike. After months of negotiations, reorganization remains the chief stumbling block. McAninch said “involuntary transfers” are the union’s main issue. Union members say “involuntary transfers” could allow the University to put them in areas of the library with which they are unfamiliar. Also at the crux of negotiations are more specific job descriptions, “anchoring” workers in their current jobs and making clear in advance what hours staff members will need to work. McAninch said the union is “trying to work with the University,” but members are getting frustrated with the lengthy negotiations and the issues surrounding the reorganization. The University did show “some movement” on “some of the issues” during a recent bargaining session, McAninch said,

ward to his safe return,” Verrecchia wrote. Selena Cowland said she was proud of Sean Cowland and all the members of the National Guard. “It’s difficult to leave your family as a part of your duty. It’s a really hard job and stressful,” she said. “I’m very proud of Sean,” she said. Sean will be on active duty for one year, Nuey wrote. Herald staff writer Akshay Krishnan ’04 covers crime.He can be reached at akrishnan@browndailyherald.com.

but the only new resolution was an agreement that allows all current staff members to bid for new jobs formed as part of the reorganization. Nickel said a recent agreement ensured staff members would not be forced to leave the buildings in which they currently work. For example, he said, a staff member who works in the Rock now would not be asked to move to Orwig. “That kind of … upset serves no one,” he said, and it isn’t “in the University’s interest to have what amounts to a huge upheaval.” Nickel said newly formed positions resulting from the reorganization will give workers a greater degree of flexibility and more responsibility, but McAninch told The Herald union members need more specific job descriptions than have been provided thus far. “The University is willing to provide a greater degree of specificity for some of the job descriptions,” Nickel said. The University has no planned timetable for implementation, Nickel said, though officials hope to begin and finish the restructuring over the summer. But McAninch said, “The University indicated that they had a deadline of the end of the month to get things resolved.” The union also hopes to “get certain commitments out of the University by a certain date,” she said. But, she said that in discussions late last week, “the way that (the University was) phrasing it was, ‘We’re going to basically decide on March 31 that this is it. This is as far as we can go’” in negotiations. McAninch said if that happened and negotiations ended, a strike could be likely. She said she is hopeful progress can still be made in the negotiations. “It’s certainly not the end of the trail,” she said. Vice President for Administration Walter Hunter, Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration Elizabeth Huidekoper, and Director of Personnel Labor Relations Pat Dodd declined to comment on any aspect of the reorganization. Herald staff writer Juliette Wallack ’05 can be reached at jwallack@browndailyherald.com.

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Doctor and author stresses importance of relationships

UCS resolution argues against ResLife comm.

BY SARA PERKINS

When infectious disease specialist and author Dr. Abraham Verghese moved to Johnson City, Tenn., in the mid-1980s to treat AIDS patients, he was told he wouldn’t get clients in such a rural environment. By the end of his first year, he had seen 100 people with HIV in the town of 50,000. At a Wednesday lecture, Verghese shared the lessons he gleaned from his work in Johnson City, namely that HIV infection often gave patients the opportunity to reconnect with family. His first rural AIDS patients, whom he wrote about in his book, “My Own Country,” often returned home when they could not manage their infections on their own and found themselves reconnecting with parents, Verghese told his Salomon audience. “We’re all going to die … but if you have the HIV infection you cannot put that out of your mind,” he said. “One emotion comes leaping out of this compressed life, and that is the question: What has been the meaning of my life? … They found that meaning resided in the successful relationships that they have formed over a lifetime, particularly with their parents.” Verghese, an Ethiopian-born ethnic Indian whose medical education was see DOCTOR, page 8

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BEARER OF NEWS A sign on the Main Green Wednesday urged participation in peace action.

The Undergraduate Council of Students passed a resolution arguing against the formation of a residential life oversight committee at its meeting Wednesday. The Council also spoke with Vice President for Alumni Relations Lisa Raiola ’84 about the Brown Alumni Association’s refusal to sponsor alcohol-related off-campus Senior Nights. The Council postponed its regularly scheduled Monday night meeting so members could attend former Attorney General Janet Reno’s lecture. Last night’s meeting was cut short so UCS could show its support at the campus community gathering that it co-sponsored on the impending war in Iraq . The residential life resolution, authored by UCS Representative Andy Golodny ’03, a member of Residential Council, stated UCS “is firmly against the creation of a separate, unaccountable committee on residential policy at Brown.” The committee would be charged with presenting a list of recommendations for the University’s housing system by November. ResCouncil recently passed its own resolution calling the proposed group a “cumbersome and inefficient” attempt to see UCS, page 8

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“subvert the student governance process,” The Herald reported Wednesday. Golodny said he was particularly concerned that Dean for Campus Life Margaret Jablonski wanted to appoint students to the committee herself. UCS currently appoints the members of ResCouncil. Vice President for Campus Life and Student Services Janina Montero defended Jablonksi’s proposal of the committee, saying the administration had “absolutely no intent whatsoever to replace the existing ResCouncil. “I’m not sure that there’s anything that’s ‘unaccountable’” about the committee, Montero said. “There’s issues of fairness here, which I hope all of you will address,” she added. Golodny said he believed Jablonski had no intent to undermine the existing system of student governance, but the proposed committee would do so. ResCouncil currently has the power to do everything the new committee could do, he added. “As president of the Undergraduate Council, I believe that it is my duty to make sure that the existing structures that we have that empower our student body are maintained,” said UCS President Allen Feliz ’03. He added that the Office of Student Life had good intentions and he looked forward to working with all parties involved to address the housing issues at hand. UCS Representative Swan Lee ’05 said there had been some concerns about diversity on ResCouncil, but Golodny said UCS should take it upon itself to address that issue. Most Council members agreed with the resolution in spirit, but some took issue with the harshness of its wording. The resolution passed 12-5 with one abstention. Raiola was on hand to answer questions about the BAA’s relationship with the senior class and its officers. “The decision to suspend the BAA’s promotion,

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Doctor continued from page 7 interrupted by the Ethiopian civil war, began his career as an infectious disease specialist at Boston City Hospital and then in Johnson City. “I was assured that HIV was such an urban disease” that it would not appear in Tennessee, he said. “It wasn’t that the town was a hotbed of sexual intrigue (that caused the outbreak) — though it was,” he said. The infections mostly belonged to young gay men who had escaped the suffocation of the small town for larger cities and then returned home. Verghese wrote about this paradigm of migration in Johnson City and said he received word from other small-town doctors that similar patterns prevailed in their areas. He also talked about the stigma of AIDS that he and his patients became associated. “I felt that there were more people who wanted to come see me but were afraid of whom they would see in the waiting room,” he said.

able’” about the committee, Montero said. “There’s issues of fairness here, which I hope all of you will address,” she added. endorsement (and) support of (Senior Nights) is not a policy decision,” she said. “It is a measure … that was taken in response to concerns. I hope I wouldn’t be foolish enough to create policy based on an incident that occurred one night.” She likened the BAA’s reaction to the response of Governor Donald Carcieri’s ’65 to the club fire tragedy in West Warwick last month. When asked whether the BAA considered the effect its decision would have on fundraising, Raiola said, “No, that’s not my concern. “I don’t think the BAA does a particularly good job of allocating its resources currently to build alumni-student connections throughout the time students are here,” she said. Raiola said elections for next year’s senior class officers would proceed, but asked students to help define the roles of those officers. UCS awarded the Hypnatyam Dance Company and Students for the Democratic Process Category I status, and it deconstituted 18 inactive groups. The Council inducted Maritza Santibanez ’06 and Marisa Hernandez-Stern ’05 as associate members. Herald staff writer Jonathan Ellis ’06 covers the Undergraduate Council of Students. He can be reached at jellis@browndailyherald.com.

One of his patients committed “suicide by police,” brandishing a gun in order to force an officer to shoot him. “He has been killed by what it meant to have the virus in that small town. “AIDS was really a litmus test of how people behaved,” he said. Other doctors balked at treating his patients and it was so difficult to have autopsies done on AIDS victims that Verghese visited several of his patients’ homes and took post-mortem biopsies of their major organs himself. Verghese read a letter written by one victim to his mother, which was delivered a month after his death. The man wrote, “This has been the best part of my life. I have had the opportunity to get to know my family again.” Verghese gave the 11th annual Harriet W. Sheridan Lecture, which was endowed in honor of a former dean of the college and is always dedicated to literature and medicine. Herald staff writer Sara Perkins ’06 can be reached at sperkins@browndailyherald.com.

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Iraq continued from page 1 Wednesday in Washington, or 5:30 a.m. in Baghdad. Forty-five minutes later, Bush told the American people that he had ordered coalition forces to strike “selected targets of military importance” in Iraq. A government source in Washington said the air attack was aimed at a “target of opportunity,” which the source described as “senior elements of Iraqi leadership.” The target was on the outskirts of Baghdad, the source added, in a “residential facility.” The source declined to say whether the target might have been Saddam or his sons, Uday and Qusai, who hold key positions in the Iraqi government. Three hours after the attack, Saddam, wearing a military uniform, black beret and glasses, appeared on state television and hurled defiance at the U.S. president. “The criminal little Bush has committed a crime against humanity,” Saddam said. Seconds into his speech, the broadcast went off the air but came back on a short time later. The broadcast opened with the national anthem and a picture of Saddam with the Iraqi flag, and he started his comments by a reading a Quranic verse. Saddam switched back and forth between two sets of papers, on which his remarks appeared to be handwritten. His remarks were laced with religious terms and military hyperbole. Iraqi television said the speech was live, coming just a few hours after the first air raids as if to prove the Americans had missed their target. But it was not possible to confirm that the broadcast was indeed live. Soon afterward, at least one other top Iraqi official

appeared on the air. Bush had given Saddam 48 hours to relinquish power and flee. The explosions began about 90 minutes after the deadline expired. A military official at the U.S. Central Command in Doha, Qatar, suggested the air strike was limited and not part of what would become a wider blitzkrieg. “These are opening stages of what will be a broad and concerted campaign,” Bush said in his televised address from the Oval Office at the White House. “We have no ambitions in Iraq except to remove a threat and restore control of that country to its own people. “Our forces will be coming home as soon as their work is done.” The preliminary attack, reportedly by about three dozen Tomahawk cruise missiles and bombs dropped from F-117 stealth bombers, was likely to be followed by other limited attacks during the following 24 hours, even before a main air assault begins, a senior defense official said. By its own accounts, the United States planned to overwhelm the Iraqis with shocking firepower, using Tomahawk cruise missiles, precision-guided bombs and electronic jamming devices. The outgunned Saddam hoped to draw U.S. and allied British troops into deadly and difficult urban warfare as he makes a last stand in Baghdad or possibly his home region of Tikrit, to the north. Even before war began, much of the Middle East — and the world — was tight with tension and dread. Aid workers in neighboring Jordan and Kuwait braced for thousands of war refugees. Seventeen Iraqi soldiers surrendered to U.S. forces along the Kuwaiti border Wednesday, reported the U.S. Central Command, headquartered in

Doha, Qatar. Fifteen of the Iraqis entered Kuwait from the west, and two others crossed along Highway 80, which travels north-south from Iraq into Kuwait, military spokesmen said. U.S. officials were eager to spread the news of the surrender, citing it as evidence that a persistent propaganda program was working. Tons of leaflets — 2 million on Wednesday alone — have been dropped over parts of Iraq by American aircraft to persuade Iraqi forces to give up, return to their barracks or at least hold fire. U.S. Marine and Army mechanized and infantry battalions rolled through a fierce sandstorm Wednesday afternoon and moved into position along Kuwait’s northern border with Iraq, while Saddam’s forces were reported to be concealing weaponry and aircraft and mounting defenses around Baghdad. At the same time, the United States sent warplanes to attack Iraqi missile systems and artillery near the southern port city of Basra, about 40 miles from the Kuwaiti border. Rear Adm. John M. Kelly, commander of a threecarrier battle group in the Persian Gulf, said the strike responded to Iraqi attempts to shoot down U.S. and British aircraft. A senior military official said the artillery posed a danger to the thousands of American and British soldiers as they moved ever closer to the Iraqi border. “They were aimed at our troops,” the official said. “Obviously, as the potential for hostilities gets closer and closer, you have to get to a point where you can jump off.” During the afternoon and evening Wednesday, armed security guards fanned out throughout Baghdad and took up defensive positions along its southern edge. Some residents headed for bomb shelters or into the coun-

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At the Al-Alwiya Maternity Hospital a nurse sits on beds positioned in the hallways for possible war casualties. He says he will work throughout the conflict. tryside in a desperate attempt to escape. Others assumed defensive posts along sandbag-lined intersections and atop government buildings. Then a pall seemed to settle on the city, accentuated by hazy skies turned yellow by the desert sandstorm. A city of 6 million people became a place of empty streets and worried silence. Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz appeared before journalists to belie rumors that he had defected or been killed. He predicted a long, bloody battle if the United States invaded. “I am carrying my pistol,” he said, “to confirm to you that we are ready to fight the aggressors.” Information Minister Mohammed Said Sahaf warned that American soldiers faced “certain death.” In Israel, the government ordered all citizens to have their government-issued gas masks with them at all times. Many

Israelis fear Saddam will launch missiles at their country filled with biological or chemical poisons. He fired Scud missiles at Israel during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, but they were armed with conventional warheads. In Germany, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said Germany would allow American military planes to use its airspace on their way to the Persian Gulf, despite widespread opposition among the German people to war with Iraq. But Schroeder reaffirmed that no German soldiers would take part in any fighting. Similarly, in Saudi Arabia, King Fahd vowed that his kingdom, intent on giving diplomacy every opportunity to disarm Iraq, would not participate in war. In an address to his people, Fahd said none of his armed forces would “by any means trespass by one inch into Iraqi territory.” He said Iraq should not be subjected “to military occupation.”

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Right continued from page 1 affect their opinion on whether the war is just.” Stephen Beale ’04, chair of Young Americans for Freedom and a Herald Opinions columnist, said the war is inconsistent with conservative ideology. “I think this is an unnecessary war,” he said. Beale said he is saddened that many view the pro-war position as conservative. “Just as conservatives oppose intervention in the economy, they should oppose intervention in foreign policy.” Pre-emptive war violates both principles and tradition of U.S. involvement in war, Beale said. “This is really an imperial venture in the Middle East, and that’s not conservative at all.” “I think (Bush) is handling it reasonably and very even-handedly,” said Frank Kwok ’03, a member of the College Republicans. “I have faith in him.” “I’m just tired of Saddam Hussein,” said Jeb Berman ’05, who identified himself as a conservative. Berman said he was primarily glad military action has begun because it ends a long wait for what had always seemed an inevitable war. “Everyone, especially our government, has known what was going to happen” for months, he said. “I’m glad that something’s finally happened.” Joshua Marcus ’04, who represented the pro-war position in a

debate last month, said the war represents an affirmation of principles of international law. “War is terrible, but inaction in the face of terror is also horrific,” he said. “The vast majority of the Iraqi people want Saddam out.” Marcus identified himself as a moderate liberal, and said he takes an interventionist approach to foreign policy. He stressed the magnitude of Saddam’s human rights abuses and the threat of attacks against the United States, and said the United Nations Charter supports the United States’ right to defend itself unilaterally. “The only thing Saddam respects and understands is the language of power,” he said. Some students who support the war criticized antiwar activists. Lisska said while some protesters are informed and reasonable, others are demagogues who merely want to “air their grievances.” “It’s a shame, because they’re protesting so ineffectively,” he said. Marcus called antiwar activists “hypocritical” and “simplistically ignorant,” and said leaving a genocidal dictator in power was not a peaceful solution. “I love peace as much as any of those peace activists,” he said. “What type of peace are they promoting? Peace on whose terms?” Herald staff writer Julia Zuckerman ’05 can be reached at jzuckerman@browndailyherald.com.

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still more we can work on, but it’s heading in the right direction, which is what’s important,” she said. With stiff competition expected in California followed by the always-tough Ivy schedule, the Bears have yet to see just how good they can be. A reemphasis on doubles, invaluable experience and maybe a little more team spirit could be the difference between a positive or disappointing season. “We have a talented team,” Taylor said. “We have a very young team, so they still have a lot to learn, but I think that the talent is there. It’s just a matter of performing consistently when we have game day.”

and very outspoken.” Last night, members of the Greens marched to downtown Providence for peace vigils and protests, which included a human peace sign formed around the State House and a “primal scream” on the steps of the Federal Building at midnight, Good said. “The Green Party is vehemently opposed to this costly, pre-emptive invasion, and we mourn all of the victims of war,” Good said. “We support our troops by demanding that they be brought home.” Following the walkout, members of SAWI and Not Another Victim Anywhere will gather once again on the Main Green before they join further

Sports staff writer Brett Zarda GS covers women’s tennis.

Bromsen continued from page 5 the books about the books that have been published,” Fiering said. In the early 1950s, Bromsen headed the Section on Bibliography as a member of the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Pan American Union (later the Organization of American States). There he established the Inter-American Review of Bibliography, a quarterly journal

that continues today. Born in New York City in 1919, Bromsen traces his fascination with Bolivar and colonial Latin America to a book he received for performing as a comedian in an elementary school play. The book, entitled “The World’s Greatest Men,” featured a chapter on Bolivar, who Bromsen refers to as “the George Washington of Latin America.” Bromsen moved to Boston in 1953, where he established a firm specializing in the sale of rare books and manuscripts. In addi-

protests downtown. SAWI’s antiwar effort is “obviously stepped up a notch because we’re in a whole new situation,” Sperber said, with no intent to modify its message due to ongoing attacks. Although no campus demonstrations have been planned beyond this week, SAWI hopes to bring “busloads of Brown and RISD students” to Washington, D.C. on April 5, for the Campus AntiWar Network’s first rally, Sperber said. The College Democrats also have no concrete plans for the coming weeks, but have considered distributing a newsletter, Ris said, which would explain the group’s opposition to war and its thoughts on the reconstruction of Iraq. Herald staff writer Carla Blumenkranz ’05 can be reached at cblumenkranz@browndailyherald.com.

tion to his donations to Brown, Bromsen has made two endowments to the Boston Public Library — one for acquisitions and one for an annual lecture — and has made gifts of rare books to the University of Florida. Still, Brown has a special place in Bromsen’s mind. “I have a very great relationship with Brown,” Bromsen said. “I love Brown, and I love the quality of the students at Brown.” Herald staff writer Zach Barter ’06 can be reached at zbarter@browndailyherald.com.

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Airstrike continued from page 1 Afghanistan, where U.S. forces may have missed a chance to strike at Osama bin Laden because they acted too slowly on reports of his whereabouts. “They didn’t want to repeat that again,” said Loren B. Thompson, a military analyst at the Lexington Institute in Arlington, Va. “What this strike shows is that they’re willing to bend the plan to go after Saddam.” The reason for the change in tactics was apparently what defense officials call “actionable intelligence” — a reliable report on the immediate whereabouts of a high-ranking Iraqi target. “What it’s demonstrating is that the quality of our intelligence in Iraq has increased enormously,” Fluornoy said. “What we may be seeing is some (Iraqi) people deciding that they want to be on the winning side, and they want to try to avert the war, so they’re talking.” The air and ground campaign in Iraq will include other unexpected elements designed to terrify and disrupt the Iraqi regime, defense officials said. One may be daylight airstrikes, which officials said can be performed safely because precision bombs can be dropped by aircraft flying high out of range of antiaircraft batteries. “They’re going to do things

differently,” said Eliot A. Cohen, a defense analyst at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. “The American military, when you get down to it, can be creative.” Col. Gary Crowder, a senior Air Force commander, told reporters at a Pentagon news conference Wednesday that plans call for unleashing 3,000 munitions in the first two days of the campaign, 10 times the number of bombs and missiles used in the opening days of the 1991 war. “I do not think our adversary has any idea what’s coming,” Crowder said. What’s more, the vast majority of the munitions to be used in the coming war are precisionguided; only 10 percent were in 1991. Much of that aerial onslaught will be aimed at communications, transportation, air defense and military targets. Crowder said the precision weapons will enable U.S. forces to disable Iraqi military and communications systems with fewer airstrikes and less damage to surrounding structures. “The point here is we don’t have to attack everything, nor do we have to destroy everything,” Crowder said. “Baghdad will not look like Dresden,” he said, referring to devastation wrought by the carpet bombing of the German city in World War II. In his Oval Office remarks, Bush took pains to warn that victory may not be easy or swift. “A campaign on the harsh ter-

rain of a nation as large as California could be longer and more difficult than some predict,” he said. And he warned the public, almost for the first time, that even a successful war will likely result in a long and thorny American effort to build a new Iraq. Military experts note, moreover, that Saddam may have laid plans for retaliation and counterattack that could produce unpleasant surprises. “What strikes me most about this conflict is the enormous range of risk it entails,” said Terry L. Deibel, a strategist at the National War College. “The United States will clearly prevail but there could be high costs.” Still, some Bush aides say they believe a short, successful war is more likely — and much of the public, both in the United States and the rest of the world, appears to have adopted that comforting assumption. This war is unusual in one other important respect, foreign policy experts said: It is America’s first “preventive war” in modern times, an audacious campaign to seize a Middle Eastern capital and topple its regime. As such, it is the first largescale application of what has been called the “Bush Doctrine,” the president’s argument that hostile regimes that hold chemical, biological or nuclear weapons are so dangerous that they merit pre-emptive attack. “The reaction around the world will depend on how it

goes,” said Helmut Sonnenfeldt at Washington’s Brookings Institution, a former aide to former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger. “If it’s smooth and efficient, a lot of the outcry will go away. If it’s a successful war and Saddam and a lot of his

cohorts disappear and we can put together a reasonable postwar regime this idea of ‘preventive war’ may be validated. “But if it’s not, there will be an outcry in many parts of the world, and probably more terrorism, as well,” he warned.

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IRAQ WAR BEGINS, STUDENTS WEIGH IN The empire strikes first The war in Iraq violates the spirit of our republican heritage THUCYDIDES, THE FOUNDING FATHER locate the mastermind of the Sept. 11 of history, identified three possible attacks, how can it predict the next attack? It is especially tragic that motives for war: fear, honor these fears have fueled the and interest. In the case of yesimperial designs of a small terday’s anti-climactic attacks group of conservatives clason Iraq, only fear could impel sified as “neoconservatives.” our President to make war with Many of these individuals neither the authority of the joined the conservative United Nations Security movement during the Cold Council, nor the approval of War because they supported the American people. Only fear President Reagan’s aggrescould drive the American peosive anti-Communist foreign ple to consent to an illegal war policy. These ex-liberals and that violates our Cold War traSTEPHEN BEALE ex-Stalinists interpret the dition of defensive deterrence RIGHT WORDS war on terrorism as the sucand containment. Fear exists cessor to the war on commuonly in the absence of knowlnism. edge — it is nothing less than Their ambition is matched only by their the apprehension of the unknown. This fear is a symptom of the post-Sept. 11, brazen honesty. As early as Oct. 2001 the 2001 world and reflects the deep uncer- neo-conservatives called for action against tainties that plague American foreign poli- Iraq. On October 15, Rich Lowry of cy. For if the U.S. military cannot even National Review wrote that “[e]arly indications are that Iraq had a hand in the September 11 attacks. But firm evidence should be unnecessary for the U.S. to act.” Stephen Beale ‘04 believes that criticism By the end of the column, Lowry uncovers during war is the duty of responsible his full-fledged dream of a democratic citizenship.

Iraq. By the time he concludes, Sept. 11 and the necessity of obliterating al-Qaida have escaped Lowry’s mind. Instead Lowry writes, “The entire effort [invasion of Iraq] would represent a return to an enlightened paternalism toward the Third World . ... The ideal would be to duplicate the best of British colonialism.” Other neoconservatives have expressed their opinion that after Iraq, President Bush should cycle through other axis of evil nations, including Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon. One commentator, Norman Podhoretz, caught up in the moment, called for “World War IV,” which he defined as the fight against “militant Islam.” To be sure, Western civilization is in a life and death struggle with Islam, but that fight must properly begin with addressing the unhealthy levels of Muslim immigration pouring into Europe. Conservatives seek to conserve Christendom, not expand it, whereas the project of the neoconservatives represents a malignant mix of liberal idealism and conservative jingoism, producing unbridled imperialism. If we win the war and subjugate Iraq as a client state, we will have violated what it

means to be an American. Our founding fathers fought a war against the British Empire to preserve republican ideals from the corruption of the British Empire. These men were steeped in the writings of classical authors like Virgil, Tacitus, Cicero, Plutarch and Thucydides, who deplored empires and saw them as a threat to republics. And these men understood that the spirit of empire ultimately corrodes the spirit of liberty: the two cannot coexist indefinitely. A state that does not respect the rights of other nations will not long abstain from abridging the liberties of its own people. It is somewhat fitting that the beginnings of a formal American empire are in what was once Babylonia. Throughout the Bible, Babylon epitomizes moral decadence. In Revelations 18:2, the angel “with a mighty voice” calls out to John: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the Great! ... the kings of the earth have committed acts of immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich by the wealth of her sensuality.” Sadly, the angel’s words also describe Imperial America.

Why I have yet to protest the war Banners and chalk are doing nothing to convince the undecided I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO A PROTEST. I have gans or tired rhetoric. First I want the facts. seen the chalk on the Main Green and the Then I want an open discourse. Instead of tables in the post office and I have formed one side shouting its slogans, I want debate. opinions which I pronounce loudly when I want prowar people to hear and listen to amongst friends, but no further. As I antiwar arguments, digest those arguments, and then respond. I want watched our cowboy of a the antiwar people to support President declare that war had DANA KROPLICK their claims in the face of logical begun, I wondered why I was GUEST COLUMNIST opposing arguments. I want to not one of the people who had see both sides hear each other written, “Make your voice and defend their steadfast heard” in chalk across the stances. Only then can I create Main Green. I realized that I did not write it in chalk because I actually my own informed opinions. Only then will my voice be my own voice. wanted my voice to be heard. Once I decide what to shout from the Before I take up arms against taking up arms, I need answers that tie-dyed T-shirts rooftops, how do I get to the roof? Should I have yet to give. What should my voice say? set up shop in the P.O. for the next month? Should I chalk the Main Green? Should I How can I make it be heard? Everyone seems to know what my voice walk out of a class? No. The tables at the P.O. and the chalkshould say. The College Democrats want me to shout “Regime change in Texas!” The ings are just an extension of one-sided sloRepublicans like to point out France’s fee- gans. They do not inspire me to action. ble antiwar justifications in tableslips at the They do not sway my opinions. They only Ratty. I do not want to spout hackneyed slo- trip a wire in my brain that activates the “It’s propaganda – just keep walking” voice. (Incidentally, Bush the Younger tripped that wire on Monday night.) Dana Kroplick ‘06 hails from Roslyn, NY.

However, I am clearly leaning toward an antiwar stance, so maybe I should participate in the walkout. But what message is that effort sending? I would be walking out on an antiwar professor. Maybe if Brown professors were pro-war, or maybe if students at Bob Jones University walked out, then it would shake things up a bit. But Brown? If Brown students protest the war, will anyone be surprised? Will the bombs stop falling? I refuse to hit my head against a brick wall. I can yell “No War for Oil!” at the top of my lungs for four years straight, and Bush would not hear me. It’s like that children’s game, Jenga. In Jenga, there is a tower of blocks. Each player removes a block until the tower collapses. The walkouts, the protests, all seem to be doing the simple maneuver of taking blocks off the top of our Jenga tower. But I want to push on the block that will cause the whole tower to come crumbling down. I need an action to take. Workers took action by forming unions. African Americans registered to vote and boycotted segregated buses. Women burned their bras and marched into the job

market. Anti-Vietnam War protesters burned draft cards. What can I do towards regime change in Texas, instead of just saying I want it? In the words of The Beatles, “You say you want a revolution/Well you know/We all want to change the world. ... You say you got a real solution/Well you know/We’d all love to see the plan.” We need to look at how we got to this point. There are profound mistakes in our society that must be addressed at their roots. If regime change is what we want, we need to elect other leaders. To elect other, hopefully better, leaders, we need to have quality candidates and empowered voters. For quality candidates and empowered voters, we need educated and intelligent politicians and citizens. But this is getting into a whole other topic of U.S. reforms that I will leave for another day. It seems that the metaphorical has struck noon, and Bush has the showdown he wants. I am not telling others to stop protesting, but if you want me to take up a cause, I want my time and effort to shake the ground beneath the cowboy’s feet. If you find a way to do that, let me know.

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A time for vigilance Yesterday’s military action was neither a complete victory for those in support of a war with Iraq, nor a defeat for those who have been actively protesting it. The struggle has just begun, and the winners and losers of the pre-war debate will not be determined — until the conclusion of hostilities and the start of the rebuilding process, if ever. Americans should therefore not silence their opinions, no matter where they fall on the political spectrum. As President Ruth Simmons told students last night, our role in this war as academics is to maintain “our commitment to debate and examination despite our innermost doubts and fear,” to cling “to the dispassionate search for truth.” Following blindly either political jingoism or liberal propaganda will only cause more damage in the long run. Scrutinize the government’s actions whether you agree with them or not, remain vigilant in your analysis of the ongoing war and politics, and if research or events lead you down a different path, don’t be afraid to amend your opinions. Yesterday, the first missiles in a once-hypothetical war roared over the skies of Baghdad. We have moved on to a new stage in our struggle to understand and discuss this war, but while the nature of the debate has certainly changed with yesterday’s strikes, our discussion and critiques should be no less vigorous. For those who have opposed this war, months of protests, ranging from fasts to chalking the sidewalks of the Main Green, may seem to have been for naught. But this is not the time to give up hope. If you cannot stand the thought of Bush as our commander-in-chief, begin working on the campaign of a better candidate. If you believe that the president will not stop at simply overthrowing Saddam, make your voice heard before your congressperson votes against future attempts at regime change. Most importantly of all, keep an open mind and don’t ignore potential positive developments just because disaster now seems imminent. Those strongly in favor of this war will also have to remain vigilant. Do not simply wave the war banner blindly. If you believe this interventionism will improve the lives of Iraqis, hold Bush to his promise to foster a democracy where the people control their natural resources and their government. For the many members of the Brown community unsure about the current political situation, digest the arguments of pro-war and antiwar groups, but do not be intimidated by the visibility of their opinions, or afraid to espouse a more nuanced view. Not all conflicts can be easily summed up on a slab of concrete or in a three-word slogan. And if you simply feel uninformed, take this opportunity to catch up on events. You do not have to be an expert in order to engage in meaningful discourse — because Thursday night, the rules all changed and we entered a world where the future is much harder to predict. As students, we have a special responsibility to uphold well-reasoned debate. Despair, narrow-mindedness, silence and ignorance are poor substitutes for critical participation in what may be a turning point for our democracy.

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OPINIONS THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2003 · PAGE 15

IRAQ WAR BEGINS, STUDENTS WEIGH IN War benefits no one No matter where we stand, war should never be celebrated

WHEN I WAS A KID, I USED TO READ HISTORICAL FICTION. A little nerdy, I admit, but I was enchanted by the past. Its re-creation through fictional heroes, and especially heroines, invoked fantasies of romantic love letters across seas, emotional anguish at the news no one wants to hear and, of course, the ever-happy ending. During the Persian Gulf War, when I was nine, I announced to my family at Thanksgiving that I thought a war would be a great idea. Who doesn’t want to have a war, I wondered, unaware of the horriALLISON fied looks everyone was directing at my LOMBARDO GUEST COLUMNIST mother. I calmly explained to the flabbergasted crowd that war would put some excitement in my small life, give us something to feel passionately about and create a world full of yellow ribbons and handwritten letters. Logically, I thought, “who doesn’t want a little excitement in their life?” To this day, I remember my utter astonishment as my family members reprimanded me on my appalling thoughts. Everyone, including a nun, a doctor, a nurse, my father and most importantly my grandmother, tried to explain to me that war was not something one could read about in fiction and understand. War killed people, not always people you knew, but sometimes them too. War killed kids my own age and split up families like ours. On the eve of war, I am reminded of that Thanksgiving and am still ashamed of how foolish I was. War is not romantic — whatever cause we are fighting for, pretense or reality, war is war. Over what, I still don’t care. War is complicated, but I still have a hard time seeing how destroying human life can be justified. I’m sure President Bush has his reasons. I, at times, surprise myself when I catch my thoughts leaning in a hawkish direction. I will not lie and say that I am not afraid of another terrorist attack. I try to be honest with myself, but violence is something I will never understand. As the hostilities in Iraq begin, I still catch myself dreaming up stories of military bravery, citizen heroes and tearful departures and the joyful returning of soldiers. But then in contrast, I think of those from my high school who have been stationed overseas for the past year and await orders. I think of Iraqi families who are stuck, awaiting crashes at night. I think of Americans who are scared of more terrorism. At school, we have the luxury of remaining detached. None of us are over there sleeping nightmared nights. Only a few of us will sign up to fight. None of us had to make the decision, preemptive or waiting. None of us has experience enough to understand what it means to be at war. But many of us know others our age in the Marines or military. Many of us have various experiences and opinions and homes that make us feel differently. All of us were affected by Sept. 11, 2001. All of us will continue to be affected by what we see in the upcoming months. Most of us will engage in discussion or try to make a difference. The debate will become more heated in the upcoming weeks, as the world intensifies as we have never seen before. Although sometimes it is easy to believe our government has some kind of self-interest in war and misguided power trip in taking us there, no one can wish for a war-filled future. Political consequences aside, the war which will be the means to a different future is readily accepted as the path we would wish not to take. Whether you believe we are forced to take it or not, no one can look to the future, without some kind of sadness that this thing we call war has happened once again. I hope that once in a while, no matter how we feel about foreign policy, we can all once again learn, as I did as a child, that war never benefits anyone. Wherever one stands on this issue, during the debates and protests of the next few months, it’s important to remember that no one here wants what horrors war entails.

Allison Lombardo ‘05 is a political science concentrator from New Jersey who lives up in North Caswell.

Fighting the good fight War is far from the ideal solution but, at this point, it is our best option WITH WAR UNDERWAY, THE WORLD IS LIKELY TO isn’t even as smart as the average Herald reader, but change forever. The case can be made that on Sept. do not dismiss his decision as uninformed. He has 11, 2001, we truly entered the 21st century, and that surrounded himself with some of the best political and military minds in the world and has this war with Iraq is the first war of the come to a very difficult decision. This is not new century. about oil. If you think it is, you’re kidding Formerly, the United States never yourself. If this were about oil, the situation would have considered a pre-emptive in Iraq would have been handled much unilateral strike against another state. But, better and it would have been resolved a Sept. 11 changed that. We learned firstdecade ago. President Bush is not risking hand what incredible damage and loss of the lives of hundreds of thousands of life a few determined individuals can American soldiers and Iraqi civilians to inflict. Imagine how much worse an gain access to Iraqi oil fields from which we attack directly supported by a sovereign already benefit. The decision to depose state could have been. When you comSaddam by force was made to ensure the bine a sovereign state’s financial and sciCHRIS SENIO BOTTLES OF security of the United States, and now that entific resources with a terrorist organizaCHRIS our intentions have been made abundanttion’s will and determination to use ly clear, we must absolutely proceed weapons of mass destruction against civilbecause, if we don’t, he will surely come ian populations, you have a recipe for the most serious threat to international peace and the after us any way he can. President Bush lost the international public relademocratic way of life: state-sponsored terrorism. In no way has it been proven that Iraq was in any tions battle against Saddam. He did a lousy job buildway responsible for Sept. 11. But, given Saddam ing an international coalition, largely because he kept Hussein’s utter disregard for human life and utter dis- changing the reasons for why war is necessary. We regard for international efforts to maintain peace in heard everything from “eliminating the threat of the Middle East, it should not be altogether surprising weapons of mass destruction” to the need for “regime that our government has concluded that Saddam change.” It is little wonder that in the eyes of the rest Hussein poses a serious enough threat to the United of the world, Bush’s credibility has suffered. However, States that he must be removed. Whether or not you the fact remains: Saddam is a ruthless dictator who agree with this assessment, at this point, it is strongly poses a threat to us. For us to allow Saddam to remain in power after months of failed diplomacy would be in our interest to support it. President Bush is not an idiot. Scoff if you like, but to guarantee future terrorist attacks with Iraqi supthat statement is correct. He may not be the smartest port. To turn away from Saddam now would be the Yale graduate in its 300-plus-year history, he probably equivalent of pointing a gun to his head and then turning our back on him and slowly walking away. For better or worse, this war must proceed. Let us hope Chris Senio ’04 will miss the “Showdown Iraq” that it is as quick and bloodless as possible. theme music.

The tough cookie that is Iraq The pros of liberating Iraq’s people complicate the case of antiwar activists WALL FLYERS SCREAM “PEACE IN IRAQ” AND back home. Obviously, Saddam’s regime and the Iraqi people “No War in Iraq!” in large, angry letters. At first, a passerby might instinctively agree. The concept of do not get along like Oompa Loompas in Willy peace is sweet and safe, like freshly baked Mrs. Fields Wonka’s chocolate factory. Yet the press largely negcookies, and when put in these simple terms, seems lects the Kurdish plight. The media also barely lost ink regarding the 10,000 Shiite Muslims just as easily obtained. But these statewho demonstrated in New York in favor ments gripping our outdoor surfaces like of war on March 9, or about the letter locusts accomplish nothing. As with Women for Iraq wrote to Bush, thanking many emotionally charged slogans, they him for promising liberation, and oversimplify the situation. adding, “Those who have taken to the Those who agree will continue to agree, streets with signs reading, ‘No War on and those who do not have undoubtedly Iraq’ are misled. It is Saddam who has thought before arriving at their opinions been waging war on the people of Iraq.” and will not perform an about-face But, Alice Walker’s arrest at a peace because they have been visually assaulted march was highly publicized. Drowned with platitudes. in a sea of antiwar press, “bipartisan” In addition, these signs are misinALEXANDRA TOUMANOFF boats rapidly sink in the water of wellformed. They make it seem to the uninWHAT’S A GIRL intentioned pacifism. formed observer as though peace reigns GOTTA DO? The situation in Iraq is more slippery now in Iraq and that an oil-imbibing, than spilled blood. Nobody wants war, bullet-spewing George W. Bush should except perhaps Saddam’s sons, who leave well enough alone. But there is no peace in Iraq. Just ask the Kurds in were eager to fry up Americans in a pan of nukes for the north of the country. Saddam has wiped out thou- lunch, until their more diplomatic father cautioned sands of their villages and, according to Sabria them to wait until we attacked first, in order to try to Naama, a Shiite from Northern Iraq talking to the curry world sympathy. To say that we must have war Washington Times, “People are waiting patiently for to bring peace may sound like an oxymoron, but it American troops to walk in and liberate the country.” would be a crime to leave the Iraqi innocents to die at An estimated four million Iraqis have fled their coun- the whim of a truly oil-imbibing and bullet-spewing try in fear for their lives and, according to Mrs. Tanya dictator as dangerous as a giant knife in an electrical Gilly, a member of the Kurdish opposition speaking in socket. There is no easy answer, and any flier or article that that same article, many of these refugees trust that American removal of Saddam Hussein is their ticket doesn’t at least give an honest shot at telling both sides of the story is not to be trusted. As they are, these simple, self-righteous signs preach to the choir and do nothing to convince those Alexandra Toumanoff ‘06 is a product of bi-coastal who disagree. multiculturalism.

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SPORTS THURSDAY MARCH 20, 2003 · PAGE 16

Women’s tennis goes back to Cali BY BRETT ZARDA

This weekend begins a much-needed hiatus from the rigors of campus life for the majority of the Brown community. For the women’s tennis team, Friday afternoon will signal not a break, but the start of a crucial West Coast road trip. The Bears will fly out to California on Friday and compete in five dual matches over the weeklong break. The annual trip provides agreeable climates, extensive training time, valuable match play and a retreat-like chance to bond as a team. “We get to practice outside, which is important because when we come back our matches will be outside,” said Caroline Casey ’03. “Every time I’ve gone to California and come back, the team has always been closer, which sets us up really well for the Ivy season. We get to spend ten days together and it makes the team a lot more cohesive.” The team that returns from the West must be prepared to play seven consecutive matches that will close out the year and will greatly determine the relative success of the squad. The early part of the spring season featured both ups and downs for the Bears. Three intensely contested matches in the past weeks followed a few easy wins and a tough loss to start the season. A road trip to Virginia two weeks ago handed the Bears their only two-game losing streak but helped to stress a key component of dual matches. “The thing that came away from the Virginia weekend was that the doubles point is really crucial to us,” Casey said. “The doubles point sets a really good tone for going into singles and gets people really positive. A lot of times it’s the difference between winning and losing.” That fact held true in Sunday’s impressive 4-3 victory over Boston College, raising the Bears’ overall record to 7-4. Once again, the doubles point proved the deciding factor. Thankfully for Bruno, the teams of Kerry Meath ’05 and Alex Arlak ’05, Victoria Beck ’04 and Stephanie Falconi ’06 and Mariana Lee ’06 and Kimberly Singer ’06 were able to sweep the doubles matches and earn the critical point. Choosing a singles and doubles line-up from a team with such amazing overall parity consistently proves difficult for Head Coach Norma Taylor. “The key was to try to find the right pairings in doubles that would work, because that’s a little trickier to find out what’s the best pairing at each spot,” Taylor said. With five freshmen contributing heavily to the squad, forming the much-needed team chemistry has been as tough as choosing which players should play specific positions. “One of the challenges we’re going to have this year is trying to get our whole team to behave like a team and not be divided into this very young group of people and everybody else,” Taylor said. “And I think that we’re working very hard on that, and I think that the California trip will bring the team a lot closer together with that many days together fighting other teams side by side and living in the hotel and traveling together.” Singer echoed the words of her coach regarding team unity: “It’s been a little hard because with so many freshmen it’s, in some ways, divided the team into the freshmen and then upperclassmen. So we’ve been working more towards building a more cohesive team.” Meath said she has seen the progress she hoped for both on and off the court. “It’s coming; it’s definitely getting there. There’s see W. TENNIS, page 10

For men’s hoops, season comes to an end with 89-73 NIT loss at Virginia BY NICK GOUREVITCH AND JOSHUA TROY

The men’s basketball team’s historic season came to a close last night with a 89-73 loss at the University of Virginia in Brown’s firstever NIT appearance. While the Cavaliers jumped out to an early 18-6 lead, the Bears performed admirably, cutting the lead to a single point early in the second half before the hosts went on a 21-7 run to take the lead for good. The defeat closed out the careers of two of the program’s most accomplished players, Earl Hunt ’03 and Alai Nuualiitia ’03. The pair put up 11 and 10 points, respectively. Unfortunately, Nuualiitia saw limited action due to picking up two fouls early in the first half. Patrick Powers ’04 led all Brown scorers with 18 points on red-hot eight for 12 shooting. Powers joined the team just in time for warm-ups, as he was in Connecticut due to a death in the family. He also led the team with six rebounds. Jason Forte ’05 added 14 points and four steals. He also set the school’s single-season assist record with six more dishes to add to his year-long total. Jamie Kilburn continued his torrid field goal percentage, making four of six shots for eight points. In the first half, G.J. King ’05 came off the bench and helped the Bears keep the game close with five points and solid defensive play. He finished with eight points and three rebounds. In the end, the difference in the game was poor three-point shooting from the Bears — they went 3 of 16 from behind the arc — and Brown’s inability to come up with an answer to the Cavaliers’ star, Travis Watson. Watson finished the game with 29 points and 12 rebounds. The Bears finished the season with a 1712 record, tying the mark for most wins in school history. Moreover, last night’s season finale was only the third postseason appearance in school history.

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Alai Nuualiitia ’03 (above) and Earl Hunt ‘03 finished up their stellar Brown basketball careers on Wednesday.The two finished as the third, first leading scorers in school history.

ECAC Goalie of the Week Danis ’04 leads men’s icers into ECAC Semifinals For the fifth time this season, Yann Danis ’04 was honored as the ECAC Goaltender of the Week. He helped lead the Bears to a series win, two games to one, over Yale in the ECAC quarterfinals, while advancing to the ECAC championship for the first time since 1994. Danis earned “First Star” recognition in the deciding game on Sunday night, stopping 35 shots in a 4-0 shutout as the Bears posted just their second shutout in ECAC playoff history. The shutout was his fifth of the season and the eighth of his career, as the All-American candidate built upon the Brown records he already owns. Danis helped to give the Bears a 1-0 lead in the series in game one, stopping 41 shots while earning “Third Star” honors in the 4-3 overtime win. He stopped 15 shots in the third period and five in overtime, as Brown won its first overtime game of the season and its first game at Yale since 1996. The next night, despite a 2-1 loss to the Bulldogs, Danis was named the “Third Star” again, stopping 34 of 36 shots. Brent Robinson ’04, a one-time ECAC Player of the Week, made his third appearance on the ECAC Honor Roll, scoring three goals on the weekend. The Bears’

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For the first time since 1994, the men’s ice hockey team heads to the ECAC semifinals. The Bear’s play Cornell, the number two team in the country, on Friday at 3:30 p.m. leading scorer with 38 points, Robinson netted the game-winning goal at 9:40 of overtime in the first game to give the Bears the 1-0 series lead. In the deciding game, he notched his 14th goal of the season to give Brown a 1-0 lead in the game, which the Bears never relinquished, adding an empty-netter to ice the win.

Brown, which has a 16-12-5 overall record, will face top-seeded No. 2 Cornell in the first ECAC semifinal on March 21 at 3:30 p.m. at the Pepsi Arena in Albany, N.Y. The game will air live on NESN and will also air on the YES Network and Leafs TV on tape-delay. —Brown Sports Information