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Art and politics come together at peace event BY SARA PERKINS

Art and politics belong together. Several performers and speakers expressed their beliefs at an antiwar event at Providence’s Beneficent Church Tuesday night, among them actors Woody Harrelson and Marcia Gay Harden, Brown Professors Neta Crawford and Oskar Eustis and activist Barbara Lubin. The event, sponsored by Brown Faculty, Alumni, Staff and Graduate Students Against War and the American Friends Service Committee of Southeastern New England, included musical performances, speeches and the performance of the first act of a play by Tony Kushner that addresses the injustice of the Bush administration’s foreign policy. “Probably all of you are wondering why should I, an actor, be up here,” Harrelson said during his speech. “The job of an artist is to comment on society, so I’m just doing my job … and I am a concerned citizen who just happens to have a microphone.” Harrelson came with a stack of books, among them Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of the United States,” and sketched a history of the United States’ foreign policy as obviously serving corporate interests. “I believe in war as the best means to accomplish U.S. corporate policy,” he said. In particular, architects of military interventions in Latin America viewed such actions as opportunities to open the area to American investment. He called Richard Perle — who spoke earlier in the day at Brown — and members of the Defense Policy Board, “profiteers. … War is lucrative,” he said. Harrelson criticized the American media, saying, “We have an embedded system where the media is in bed with the Pentagon.” “This war on terrorism was started as a response to 9/11,” Harrelson said, “and one question was never asked by the mainstream media, and that question is ‘Why?’” Harrelson quoted one of Osama Bin

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TOP LEFT:Tuesday evening’s discussion included (from left to right) Paul Kennedy, director of International Security Studies at Yale, moderator Joseph Nye, dean of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, and Richard Perle, former chairman of the Defense Advisory Board.TOP RIGHT: Protesters called Perle a “war criminal.” BOTTOM:The line for the panel stretched across the Main Green.

Antiwar activists protest Richard Perle BY PHILISSA CRAMER

Antiwar protesters in the Salomon balcony tossed leaflets into the audience and booed loudly during “The Reluctant Empire: In a Time of Great Consequence,” a discussion Tuesday night featuring experts on international security issues. Most of the protesters’ criticism was directed toward Richard Perle, who recently resigned as chairman of the Defense Advisory Board to the United States Secretary of Defense. Perle was a leading pro-war voice in the Bush administration. Antiwar demonstrations occurred both outside and inside of the discussion, which was part of the annual Public Affairs Conference titled “A Time of Great Consequence: America and the World,”

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cosponsored by Brown and the Providence Journal. Other speakers included Paul Kennedy, director of International Security Studies at Yale University, and moderator Joseph Nye, dean of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. All presented perspectives on America’s role as the lone modern-day superpower in international relations. Protesters on the Main Green greeted attendees with signs decrying American military intervention in Iraq. Ayelet Amittay ’04 said she chose to protest at the event because of Perle’s high profile in the war movement. “(Perle) is a big symbol of policies toward Iraq that I really feel are wrong,” she said.

Brown students rally on Main Green in support of affirmative action; simultaneous protest in Washington BY KIA HAYES

While protestors in Washington, D.C., demonstrated outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday in support of affirmative action, Brown students staged a rally on the Main Green to show their solidarity. The court heard arguments concerning two cases challenging the University of Michigan’s admission. The cases charged Michigan with discrimination because it takes race and ethnicity into account when evaluating student applications. The event at Brown was organized by a coalition of Third World organizations, including the Organization of United African Peoples and the Latin American

Students Association. Carmelle Romaine ’05, one of the organizers of the Brown rally, said participants wanted to show support for the group of about 35 students that traveled to D.C. for the demonstration. Romaine said that students in the Organization of United African Peoples wanted to voice support for affirmative action. The group also wanted to dispel some of the myths surrounding the policy, she said. Romaine said the number one beneficiary of affirmative action is white women and that the policy does not benefit unqualified minorities. Marching in a circle carrying banners like “Fiction: Unqualified Black and

Latinos” and “Make No Assumptions About My Intellect,” students chanted in support of affirmative action while Dwight Vidale ’05 and others spoke from the steps of Faunce House about affirmative action and its history. “Affirmative action does not equal quotas. That is a big misconception,” Eldridge Gilbert ’05 shouted. In 1978, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that quotas are illegal, but considering race to ensure a diverse student body was ruled acceptable in the admission process, Vidale said. Professor of Sociology Paget Henry also spoke in support of the marchers,

As Perle began to speak, protesters tossed leaflets into the audience and unfurled a banner from the balcony that read “You’re a war criminal, Mr. Perle.” Each panelist offered his own perspective on America’s role in and relationship to the rest of the world before opening the floor to questions from the audience. Kennedy said the war will inflict significant collateral damage on international organizations, especially the U.N. Security Council. “The costs of the war cannot nearly be measured by money and lives,” he said, instead focusing on the loss of “soft power,” the ability to influence rather than coerce other nations, as the greater cost. Nye, a leading analyst of soft power, said American unilateral action in Iraq will undermine U.S. ability to negotiate with other world powers and gain support from them in the future. “(Unilateral action) gives away the gains of what we learned from the first half of the 20th century,” he said. Kennedy said American military intervention in Iraq without the consent of the Security Council is destructive to the United Nations. “The whole coalition of the willing business is an insult to American intelligence,” he said. Kennedy also criticized Congress for abdicating responsibility in initiating war and the secrecy of top governmental officials, comparing their attitude to that of their British counterparts. “When I see (British Prime Minister Tony Blair) in open debate ... with never a bodyguard in sight, then I think I see democracy in action,” Kennedy said. Echoing the theme of the conference, Kennedy said, “This is a time of great

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I N S I D E W E D N E S D AY, A P R I L 2 , 2 0 0 3 Too few faculty at meeting Tuesday to vote on resolution against war in Iraq page 3

Alex Schulman ’03 thinks students who compare Bush to Hitler are just spoiled brats opinions,page 11

Bush is putting American lives on sale, argues Nick Bayard ’04 opinions, page 11

TO D AY ’ S F O R E C A S T Women’s lacrosse lose to both Stanford and UC Berkeley over Spring Break sports, page 12

Softball improves performance over Spring Break winning five of 11 games sports, page 12

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IN BRIEF No vote on campus opposition to war in Iraq at faculty meeting

University will roll out new wireless network in April, ahead of schedule BY JONATHAN ELLIS

A professor’s call to his fellow faculty members to express their opposition to war in Iraq failed to come to a vote at the monthly faculty meeting Tuesday. With the nation facing controversial and grave matters such as war in Iraq, institutions of higher learning should take it upon themselves to express their opinions, said Professor of Comparative Literature and French Studies Edward Ahearn. Ahearn introduced a motion expressing the Brown faculty’s opposition to the nation’s invasion of Iraq. But fewer than the 100 faculty members needed for a quorum were present, negating the possibility of a formal vote and postponing the motion indefinitely. The current war in Iraq is weakening alliances within Europe, the Atlantic, the Arab world and the United Nations, Ahearn said. “I have no disrespect toward the military personnel involved in the war, but I feel the government’s policies are reprehensibly destructive,” Ahearn said. “(President George W. Bush) is exploiting the trauma of Sept. 11,” he said. Faculty members discussed the pros and cons of publicly releasing a statement opposing the war. Many expressed their hesitation in issuing a public statement and speaking for the whole faculty body on such a controversial issue. Some faculty members expressed concern that making a blanket statement was using the University’s name as a political tool. Professor of Computer Science John Savage agreed and gave other ways that professors could express their disapproval of the war. see FACULTY, page 4

The University will roll out its new wireless network April 11, the first in a series of new services and upgrades, Ellen Waite-Franzen, vice president for computing and information services, told the Undergraduate Council of Students at its Monday night meeting. Faunce House, the Rock and the SciLi will be the first sites to offer wireless network access, she said. The Pembroke campus is another possible area for wireless service, she added. CIS will use spare funds to set up four e-mail kiosks, Waite-Franzen told the Council, which has lobbied intensively for their installation on campus. Initial locations will include Faunce and possibly the SciLi and the Pembroke campus, she said. Council members questioned the University’s decision to prioritize the wireless network and e-mail kiosks over additional computer clusters. Waite-Franzen said CIS cannot afford additional clusters this year and is waiting for desktop computer prices to drop. Brown’s Webmail system will get a much-needed facelift this spring or summer, Waite-Franzen added. The University encountered more complaints from the media industry about file-sharing after upgrading its network, she said. Starting next fall, the University will implement a better network registration and authentication system allowing for increased network security, she said. Waite-Franzen reiterated the well-publicized increase in file-sharing on the Brown network for the Council. From last September to February, the University received fewer than 40 complaints per month from record and software companies and movie studios about

illegal files coming from the network, she said. But in March, complaints spiked to over 150 — 62 percent of which came from Universal Studios. CIS must currently devote two to three staff members per day to handling complaints and subsequent network disconnects, Waite-Franzen said. Many viruses strike the Brown network through file-sharing, she added. Waite-Franzen told the Council the popular internal campus file-sharing network, Direct Connect, would probably be immune from outside complaints, but cautioned that use of the service to trade pirated files would still be illegal. Students from Duke University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology are currently in federal penitentiaries for file-sharing, she added. “Our network upgrade has made us more active in this world (of file-sharing),” Waite-Franzen said. “I was actually kind of happy when I came here because (filesharing) wasn’t a big issue because our network was so bad,” she added with a laugh. The Admission and Student Services Committee continues to work on textbook costs, said Rahim Kurji ’05, the committee chair. Dean of the College Paul Armstrong is interested in launching a used textbook Web site, Kurji said. The committee also hopes to get the University’s shuttle service to run two ways, he added. At forums before Spring Break addressing the Underground’s future, UCS learned most administrators favor returning the pub to an 18-and-over establishment, said Campus Life Committee Chair Justin Sanders ’04. see UCS, page 8

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Perle continued from page 1 consequence, but we don’t, from my perspective at least, seem to have entered into it very wisely.” But Perle said the war is the product of careful political planning. “Both (Bush and Blair) are risking political careers for something they believe is right,” Perle said. “That doesn’t happen very often.” Perle said Saddam Hussein’s regime requires toppling, describing incidents of torture and speculating about the regime’s development of weapons of mass destruction. “This is the regime that wellmeaning people are demonstrating, without intending to, in support of,” he said. Perle made news in July when he predicted that support for Saddam would collapse as soon as military conflict began. Tuesday night he said he was not as confident. “I don’t know exactly when this war will end,” Perle said, “but I would be amazed if this war did not end with fewer casualties than there would have been” if Saddam were to remain in power. Perle said the conflict over Iraqi disarmament shows the structure of the United Nations is outdated. He said U.N. laws reflect the political climate of the post-World War II era in a way that is no longer appropriate because contemporary threats do not always involve a

crossing of national borders. Until the United Nations is able to authorize military action even when no borders have been crossed, “no American president will have a choice but to use the power of the American military,” Perle said. He said Bush made this choice with the memory of Sept. 11 in mind. “We learned it was possible to wait too long in dealing with an observable threat,” Perle said. Protesters mocked some of Perle’s comments and shouted retorts to his statements despite an admonition from Nye at the beginning of the event not to obstruct the “exchange of ideas.” During the questionand-answer session, Perle called the protests during his speech a “statistically insignificant departure from politeness.” Many audience members also applauded a student who apologized for the interruptions. Before the speakers began taking questions, more than 30 people lined up at two microphones. Most questions were directed to Perle and demanded that he defend his positions. “You may not believe this, but I’ve tried to say tonight that Iraqi lives will be saved by removing Saddam Hussein from office,” he said. Emma Rebhorn ’06, a member of the coordinating committee of Students Against War in Iraq, said SAWI had endorsed only the unfurling of the banner, not the leaflets or the vocal protests. Stephanie Morin ’05 said she thought the protesters who interrupted Perle were embar-

rassing. “The guy had enough courage to come here and he knows people here don’t agree with him,” she said. Herald staff writer Phillisa Cramer ’05 can be reached at pcramer@browndailyherald.com.

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Savage said there could be serious repercussions to the motion if it were to pass.“Such actions on the part of the Brown faculty could make us partial in our role as educators,” he said. Brown’s capacity to receive federal research funding and President Ruth Simmons’ capital campaign could similarly be affected, Savage said. Others said the magnitude of the issue merited a statement from the University. One faculty member said the City Council’s decision to issue a statement on the war showed “that it’s not the case that a democratically elected body cannot take a stand.” “We don’t have to be so cautious. … We should vote on this motion, recognizing that it represents what the faculty members who met on a certain day felt about the issue,” he said. Despite the small number of faculty present, a faculty member said they should consider “1930s Germany, when important decisions were being made … most people then had been too silent, unwilling to take a stand.” —Joanne Park

Rally continued from page 1 saying “I really think that the premature attempt to end affirmative action is really something very disastrous and something very racist.” When affirmative action began, Henry said many racial groups thought it was too conservative and not enough to help minorities that had faced discrimination for centuries. “What White America owes Black America has certainly not been paid,” he said. “There are still too many of us excluded from the center of this society.” He also said the attempt to end affirmative action parallels the United States’ war with Iraq, naming unjust “American power” to be the biggest threat in the world today. Henry asked why there are so many minorities in the U.S. Army, but not in institutions of higher education, and said minorities are disproportionately represented in the U.S. military. “Yet still I don’t hear anybody complaining … that too many blacks, too many Hispanics are in the army. … I don’t hear them complaining that too many blacks are getting killed,” he said. “Why shouldn’t Brown University look like the U.S. army?” Henry asked. Akosua Atta-Mensah ’04 said she attended the rally because “it’s definitely something that affects me.

Lilla Fisher ’06 traveled with other students to the D.C. rally. She said she felt the rally there had a good turnout and that the participants were incredibly active, shouting rallying cries and showing a great deal of emotion. “I think everyone misunderstands what affirmative action is. … It’s giving minorities a chance,” she said. Sharon Mulligan ’05 said she wanted to go to D.C., but participated in the rally instead. “I think we need it. … It’s not enough, but it’s the bare minimum we need to ensure equality,” she said. Lilla Fisher ’06 traveled with other students to the D.C. rally. She said she felt the rally there had a good turnout and that the participants were incredibly active, shouting rallying cries and showing a great deal of emotion. “I thought it was important to be out here,” she said, “to show that we weren’t going to let this go by and not let our voices be heard.”

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WORLD & NATION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2003 · PAGE 5

IN BRIEF Illness death toll reaches 62 (Washington Post) — An alarming new lung infection spread to at least two new nations Tuesday as public health authorities around the globe struggled to stifle the dangerous disease, scientists raced to pinpoint the cause, and doctors worked to save the growing number of victims. The worldwide tally jumped another 182 suspected cases and four deaths, pushing the toll to at least 1,804 victims and 62 deaths in 15 countries. And officials in Hong Kong took the drastic step of evacuating 240 residents of a downtown apartment complex to countryside camp to be quarantined until experts could determine how the mysterious new microbe is spreading in their building. In Hanoi, the epidemic of sudden acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, seemed to have subsided, with no new cases reported in eight days, and officials clamped tough quarantines on schools, hospitals and other institutions in Singapore and Toronto, raising hope that the outbreaks would soon subside in those hot spots for the infection as well. “The good news is that Vietnam has contained the outbreak, Singapore is rapidly containing the outbreak, Toronto is rapidly containing the outbreak,” David Heymann of the World Health Organization in Geneva said.“So we don’t anticipate there will be spread from these places.” But elsewhere the picture remained far less reassuring, with the pace of the epidemic and pattern of spread baffling researchers, and new suspected cases rising steadily. Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous country, Australia and Belgium reported their first cases. “It’s continuing to unfold in a fairly dramatic fashion in terms of how it’s spreading around the globe,” said Margaret Hamburg, an infectious disease expert. “The public and governmental response has certainly ratcheted up, with people staying home from work, people canceling travel plans. Some places are putting in place pretty significant public health measures such as quarantine.” In San Jose, health officials intercepted an American Airlines flight from Tokyo with 125 passengers and 14 crew aboard on the airport tarmac after five passengers reported symptoms similar to SARS, but officials said later that none of them had the disease. U.S. health officials have been meeting every plane, boat and cargo ship arriving from Asia to isolate any sick passengers and warn other travelers to watch for symptoms. In the United States so far, at least 72 suspected cases have been reported, including at least three in Virginia. Canada reported two more deaths Tuesday, bringing the total number of SARS fatalities there to six. At least 144 cases have been reported in Canada since an elderly woman brought the infection back from Hong Kong late last month before succumbing to the disease. Most of the Canadian cases have occurred just across the U.S. border in the Toronto area, prompting Ontario to declare an emergency and quarantine two hospitals. Meanwhile, an unprecedented international scientific collaboration bore down on the most fundamental questions about the puzzling syndrome, including what causes it, how it spreads and how to care for the sick. Usually competitive researchers have been readily exchanging information by telephone, fax and the Internet.

U.S. troops rescue army private Jessica Lynch WITH U.S. FORCES IN IRAQ (L.A. Times) —

American troops rescued Jessica Lynch, a 19-year-old Army private, from Iraqi captivity, U.S. military officials said Tuesday, as allied forces fiercely attacked units of Saddam Hussein’s Republican Guard on two approaches to Baghdad. The young woman was part of the 507th Maintenance Company, ambushed March 23 near the southern city of Nasiriyah after making a wrong turn. Several members of her unit were killed, and five others were shown on Iraqi television nervously answering questions. Lynch was not among those displayed on TV and had been listed as missing in action. Military officials declined to say how she was rescued. But reporters traveling with troops near Nasiriyah said they saw Marine helicopters swooping low over a hospital in a neighborhood still controlled by Iraqi forces. The rescue came as what appeared to be a major offensive against the Republican Guard got under way. The onset of the fighting indicated that the guard, standing between U.S. and British forces and Baghdad, had been weakened significantly by missiles and bombs as well as early firefights. U.S. commanders said the strength of two guard divisions had been cut in half. On the eastern flank of the war, Brig. Gen. John Kelly, assistant commander of the 1st Marine Division, ordered a message sent to Republican Guard soldiers: “Come out. We don’t want to kill any more of you. You are cut off from Baghdad and have no artillery. Remember how well you were treated as prisoners in 1991. Remember also how efficiently we can kill you. Many of your officers are already resting safely and comfortably in coalition hands.

“Know that people we have liberated in the last few weeks have welcomed us. ... We can be your best friend or worst enemy.” Allied commanders spoke positively about the upcoming drive toward Baghdad. With U.S. paratroopers in northern Iraq and large Army and Marine units to the west, south and east, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told reporters at the Pentagon: “The circle is closing.” Rumsfeld said Saddam’s government had been planting rumors that U.S. officials have been negotiating with Iraqi leaders, trying to convince the Iraqi people that “the coalition does not intend to finish the job.” “There are no negotiations taking place,” Rumsfeld said. “There is no outcome to this war that will leave Saddam Hussein and his regime in power. The only thing that the coalition will discuss with this regime is their unconditional surrender.” Military officials said the number of U.S. troops killed in the war had risen to 46, three more than listed Monday. Thirty-eight were killed in hostile fire and eight in other incidents, including accidents. Before Lynch’s rescue, 16 service members were listed as missing in action and seven as prisoners of war. In the battle against the Republican Guard, U.S. ground forces were reported locked in heavy fighting early Wednesday near Karbala, a Shiite Muslim holy city of about 549,000, at Karbala Gap, a strategic chokepoint between the Euphrates River and Razzaza Lake, about 50 miles south of Baghdad. U.S. Army troops mounted a full-scale land assault against elements of the guard’s Medina Division, military offi-

War adds to overwhelming airline woes WASHINGTON (The Washington Post) — Even

as a $3 billion-plus government aid proposal gained momentum, the airline industry’s crisis deepened Tuesday with more layoffs, another bankruptcy, a jet quarantined over suspicions of a deadly disease aboard and a widening perception of a prolonged war in Iraq. United Airlines said that it expects to lay off more pilots and Continental Airlines said it needed to eliminate more than the 1,200 jobs it announced last month that it would cut. Air Canada filed for protection from its creditors Tuesday. United Airlines, which is in U.S. bankruptcy protection, assured its customers that its code-share partner would continue its normal schedule. American Airlines, which narrowly avoiding having to file for protection on Monday, briefly quarantined one of its flights Tuesday in California after passengers and crew were suspected to have symptoms of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). None had the disease, officials said. The war with Iraq has had a greater impact on business than airlines expected. Last month, the Air Transport Association estimated that passenger travel would drop about 8 percent, but domestic traffic has declined about 10 percent. Advance bookings are off 30 to 40 percent. “Things are worse than we projected,” said James May, chief executive of the Air Transport Association. He said he didn’t believe that SARS, which has prompted Asia-based airlines to cut flights, would affect U.S. airlines. He called Tuesday’s

incident with American an “overreaction” by the authorities in San Jose. Members of Congress on Tuesday said they had to help the airlines quickly. U.S. airlines lost $10 billion last year and expect to lose $11 billion this year. “This is not something we should be apologizing about. It’s badly needed,”said Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev. “No other industry is facing more economic problems than the airline industry.” Democratic and Republicans alike debated little in their rush to approve airline subsidies as part of the $75 billion supplemental spending bill to pay for the war with Iraq. The airline industry is “one of most vital industries we have and somehow we need to stimulate this industry at home and abroad,”said Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Congressional leaders expect to bring the supplemental spending bill to votes in the full House and Senate later this week, and hope to resolve differences between bills in conference committee meetings over the weekend. Some aviation experts said the industry has problems that Congress can’t solve. Darryl Jenkins, a professor at George Washington University who has followed airlines for three decades, said that the government would do only harm by bailing out airlines. “If this is going to prop up failing airlines, I’m very very opposed,” he said. “I have no problem watching a carrier fail, even if it has my friends in it. Let the industry shake itself out, and we’ll be better off for it.”

cials said at U.S. Central Command headquarters in Doha, Qatar. In Baghdad, bright flashes could be seen on the horizon in the direction of Karbala. To the southeast, near the town of Diwaniyah, U.S. Marines fought fiercely against other Republican Guard units for at least eight hours, military officials said. About 80 Iraqi soldiers were killed and 40 were captured, the officials said. There was no report of allied casualties. Meanwhile in Baghdad, thunderous explosions shook the center of the city early Wednesday as allied warplanes struck Saddam’s presidential compounds along the Tigris River, sending flames and clouds of smoke into the sky. A message read on state television on behalf of Saddam called on the people of Iraq to rise up in a jihad, or holy war, against U.S. and British forces. “Strike at them, fight them,” the statement said. “They are aggressors, evil, accursed by God, the exalted. You shall be victorious, and they shall be vanquished.”

U.S. air attacks turn aggressive WASHINGTON (Washington Post) — U.S.

military commanders have shed their early caution in striking some targets in Baghdad and have embarked on more aggressive air attacks that run the risk of larger numbers of civilian casualties, defense officials said Tuesday. The strikes, many of them against communication nodes, telephone exchanges and government media offices, appear to reflect a judgment that winning the war against Iraq will require more aggressive air attacks, particularly the systematic destruction of networks used by the Iraqi authorities to direct their forces. The heavier bombardment of the capital mirrors the intensified pounding in the field of Republican Guard divisions positioned south of Baghdad against U.S. Army and Marine forces. Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a Pentagon news conference Tuesday that the attacks have reduced two Guard divisions to below 50 percent of their initial combat capability, preparing the way for U.S. ground forces to punch through to Baghdad. Myers said the Iraqi divisions — known as the Medina and the Baghdad — remain largely in a defensive posture. They have not retreated, he said, but they have dispersed “into neighborhoods and things like that.” They have also received some reinforcements from other Republican Guard divisions positioned farther north, he said, referring to the Hammurabi, Nebuchadnezzar and Adnan. “We’re just grinding it out,” another U.S. general said, describing the bombing campaign. He said about 150 strike aircraft were in the air continuously over Iraq to enable roundthe-clock pummeling of Guard units. Early hopes of a quick victory in Iraq had led American commanders to refrain from striking some targets in the Iraqi capital that war planners had predicted could result in high numbers of civilian deaths.

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Over the top catfights in movies are back (The Baltimore Sun) — Just before passengers begin to board, a beautiful blonde in an elegant flight attendant’s uniform is regally surveying the plane with a Jackie-O “je ne sais quoi.” Enter her cute archrival. An argument ensues, and suddenly they’re shoving each other. Cheese plates are flying, arms are flailing, and one woman ends up straddling the other on the ground, grabbing her head and slamming it into a large bread roll. Sound like a WWF wrestling skit? One of those late-night B-movies that borders on soft porn? Actually, it’s a scene from the latest Gwyneth Paltrow comedy — ”View From the Top.” Catfights once skulked about the seedy underbelly of pop culture, in domains such as porn and comic book fantasies, while making occasional titillating appearances in mainstream fare like TV’s “Dynasty” or “Beverly Hills, 90210.” Recently, however, the catfight has been almost inescapable. The powerful woman warriors of “Charlie’s Angels” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” seem to have given way to an old stereotype — the buxom female whose best recourse in any brawl is to teeter on her stilettos as she feebly tries to scratch out her enemy’s eyes. Besides Paltrow’s big-screen battle, there have been the ubiquitous Sprint PCS ads featuring teen-age sisters mauling each other over a cell phone, and the famous Miller Lite TV spots, where two women tear off each other’s clothes while arguing over the best thing about their favorite beer. There has been a glut of nonphysical catfights as well: women quarreling over guys was a big part of the attraction of “Joe Millionaire” and “The Bachelor.” And the action isn’t only on-screen. Heiress Paris Hilton recently told People magazine that after an argument with actress Shannen Doherty, Doherty “grabbed my arm and my face,” then followed her home, whipped out some lipstick and scribbled profanities on a car. Pulling out the lipstick? Doherty must have meant business. Real-life tussles aside, the catfight often has held appeal because it is seen as comical — with a healthy dose of edge and sexual energy. “Ever since Linda Evans and Joan Collins in ‘Dynasty’ had that knock-down drag-out and ended up in the swimming pool, the chant ‘Catfight! Catfight!’ seems to have risen from the American mass audience,” said Robert Thompson, professor of media and popular culture at Syracuse University.

i’m a rabid bear.

U.S. Supreme Court hears challenge to affirmative action in colleges WASHINGTON (L.A. Times) — The U.S. Supreme Court heard a strong challenge to affirmative action in colleges and universities Tuesday, but most of the justices signaled they were not ready to outlaw all use of a minority student’s race as a plus factor when new students are considered for admission. In two cases heard Tuesday, lawyers for rejected white applicants to the University of Michigan and its law school urged the court to adopt a strict rule of racial neutrality. The Constitution’s “promise of equality” means that all persons are entitled to be judged equally and without regard to their race, said Kirk Kolbo, a Minneapolis lawyer for the plaintiffs. Speaking for the Bush administration, Solicitor General Theodore B. Olson agreed, saying the Michigan schools used a “thinly disguised quota” that gives preference to minority students and penalizes white applicants. It was the first time in 25 years that the Supreme Court has dealt directly with affirmative action in higher education. And the justices were well aware that the decisions in the Michigan cases could shape admissions policies for another generation. If the Supreme Court were to rule it is flatly illegal to weigh an applicant’s race or ethnic heritage, it would force most of the nation’s elite colleges and universities to change their policies. It also would close the doors of those schools to most minority students, the court was told. That dire prospect drew a huge crowd of demonstrators to the court’s marble steps. More than 5,000 protesters, many of them black students, carried signs proclaiming their support for affirmative action as the key to equality. Without it, they said, the nation’s best colleges could again become segregated institutions. But by the argument’s end before the court, the prospects for a clear-cut rejection of affirmative action had faded. Olson and Kolbo ran into surprisingly skeptical questions, not just from the court’s four liberal justices, but also from Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Anthony M. Kennedy, the moderate conservatives who will likely cast the deciding votes. O’Connor, who is not fond of setting strict legal rules, told Kolbo she did not see a need for such a rule in this area. “A university or a law school is faced with a serious problem when it gets thousands of applications for just a few slots,” O’Connor said. “A lot of factors go into (deciding who gets in). But you’re speaking in absolutes. I think we have given recognition to the use of race in a variety of settings,” she said. Kennedy said university presidents and law schools deans are worried if only two percent or three percent of

the students are black or Hispanic, he said. “Is that a legitimate concern for the university officials?” he asked. “We believe not, your honor,” Kolbo replied. And it would certainly not “justify racial preferences” in admissions, he said. Unswayed, Kennedy answered his own question. “It’s a broad social and political concern” if there are few minority graduates from a state’s top universities and law schools. “I should think that it is a very legitimate concern on the part of the state,” Kennedy said. In the past, Kennedy and O’Connor have helped form a five-member conservative majority to strike down city and state programs that gave preferences to minority contractors, set aside minority scholarships or created black-majority congressional districts. Both have said they were opposed to the blatant use of race by public officials, even for laudable purposes. They may well join a ruling that strikes down the undergraduate admissions policy at the University of Michigan because it assigns points to students based on their race. Applicants who are black or Hispanic are given an automatic 20 extra points. A perfect SAT score, by comparison, is worth 12 points on Michigan’s scale. At one point, Kennedy commented that the admissions policy appeared to be “just a disguised quota.” The law school, by contrast, avoids a rigid point system and seeks to evaluate each applicant individually. O’Connor, like Justice Lewis Powell in the Bakke decision of 1978, is more likely to support an admissions policy that weighs many factors and evaluates students as individuals. Another possibility would be a ruling that strikes down both admissions policies because they give too much weight to race, accompanied by an opinion that says again that universities can consider an applicant’s race as one plus factor. Such a ruling would force many universities to revise their policies, but it would not abolish the use of affirmative action. Either way, the outcome should not affect California public universities. Since the voters passed Prop. 209, the state schools have been forbidden from giving “preferential treatment” to anyone based on race or ethnicity. A similar voter initiative governs the University of Washington in Seattle. In Texas, public universities were barred by a court order from employing affirmative action. Most other selective universities continue to use affirmative action — including, notably, the U.S. military academies. Olson’s argument against race-based affirmative action was badly undercut when the liberal justices seized on the fact that these selective schools, operated by the United States, use affirmative action.

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Peace continued from page 1 Laden’s recorded messages that pointed to the “humiliation and degradation” of the Arab world and that promised Americans would never be truly safe until Arabs are equally secure. Kushner’s play satirically questioned how anyone can justify the deaths of Iraqi children through violence, disease and starvation. Laura Bush, played farcically by Harden, arrives in heaven to give one of her book readings to a group of dead Iraqi children. Their angel, Scurria, explains how each child died. One boiled to death in a targeted bunker. Another was killed by malnutrition and a lack of purified water when a power plant in his region was bombed under suspicion of powering a chemical weapons plant. At one point, Scurria turns to Harden, saying “Mrs. Bush was explaining why you had to die.” The play points out that a dedicated reader and former teacher and librarian like Bush should not be able to support the actions of her husband. She becomes unhinged as she explains the plot of Dostoyevsky’s “The Brothers Karamazov,” confessing that she is confused about which character was the villain and eventually equating the president with the Devil. “The same emotion — empathy — that is required for theater to work is the emotion that is required for democracy to work,” Eustis said, introducing the play. Barbara Lubin, the executive

director of the Middle East Children’s Alliance, described from firsthand observation the horrible damage done by the Gulf War and the continuous bombing over the intervening years, as well as by the economic sanctions. “We saw these precision shots that looked like video games (on television coverage of the Gulf War). … In Iraq, I saw collateral damage,” including an accidentally bombed apartment building where thousands of residents died, and several bomb shelters that were targeted mistakenly, she said. “Bombing has gone on for 12 years and the war of sanctions,” Lubin said. The use of uranium shells left carcinogenic radiation in many areas, she said, but chemotherapy could not be brought into the country because it could be used to manufacture chemical weapons. “We said, ‘We are not going to abide by these sanctions; we think they’re immoral,’” she said. She recently brought $20,000 worth of chemotherapy over the border from Jordan and delivered it to a children’s hospital. Lubin, who was raised in a “Zionist home,” also pointed out that to criticize the actions of the Israeli government is not to advocate its destruction, a fact she said she had to realize before she could look objectively at the situation there. Crawford commended artists and entertainers for their courage in speaking out in today’s political climate. “We are grateful for (the artists’) courage in speaking out about the causes and effects of war in Iraq. … They have donated

their considerable talents to helping us understand this conflict — not just intellectually, but emotionally.” Debbie Block, a co-clerk of AFSC-SENE and an event organizer, declared the night a success. “We wanted to bring together the peace community and challenge ourselves, both intellectually and through theater,” Block said. “We combined theater and politics to frame the question.” “We (antiwar activists) get discouraged. … We all need to be reminded and be together in difficult times,” Block said. Herald staff writer Sara Perkins ’06 can be reached at sperkins@browndailyherald.com.

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Lee continued from page 12 famous 1979 NCAA title match pitting his Michigan State team against Indiana State and another not-too-shabby player, Larry Bird. There are also teams made of players who overcome their talent liabilities to do well in the NCAA tournament through sheer will and effort. North Carolina State’s incredible 1983 title win over heavily favored Houston on a dunk at the buzzer and Villanova’s amazing win over Georgetown in 1985 with 78 percent shooting are only two of countless “Cinderella” teams

that found their way into the big dance and won it all. Suffice to say, none of the players on those teams are remembered other than for those inspirational displays of effort. The NCAA tournament is the event that college basketball players remember fondly if they have ever had the chance to participate in it. Dancing away with the trophy are Manning, Laettner and Magic’s fondest sports memories. This goes to show how precious the college years are and how everyone should take a cue from Green Day and cherish the “time of your life.” Hanyen Andrew Lee ’06 will be overcome with emotion if Kansas finally wins the title again.

UCS continued from page 3 UCS President Allen Feliz ’03 opened the meeting with words of remembrance for Laura Rothenberg ’04, who died March 21 after suffering from cystic fibrosis. Laura was a UCS representative her freshman year. “She was a really exceptional young lady. She was really incredible,” Feliz said before a moment of silence. With only two meetings left before elections the week of April 21, the Council finalized its schedule for the remainder of the year. The Council will

hold election information sessions April 9 and 10 in the Blue Room, said UCS Vice President Deepa Kumaraiah ’03. UCS will discuss the faculty hiring process with several administrators and faculty members next week, Kurji said. UCS upgraded Women Students at Brown to a Category III group and initialized Students Against Acronyms — a humor newsletter — as a Category I organization. Herald staff writer Jonathan Ellis ’06 covers the Undergraduate Council of Students. He can be reached at jellis@browndailyherald.com.

M. hockey continued from page 12 had two. The one thing that drove us was having those losing seasons. We decided we didn’t want that to be how we were remembered. We wanted to make our mark on Brown hockey and give it some pride.” “I can’t say enough about the six seniors,” Grillo said. “I am extremely proud of them. They had a lot of character and commitment that will be hard to replace.” The Bears will return a solid core of players, including three of the top five scorers, four defensemen, a score of promising freshman and goalie Danis. “The key for our team for next year (is to) build off of this year,” Grillo said. “We need to come in with same hunger and determination and desire to take another step. We not only want to go to get to the ECAC championship, but win it.” Sports staff writer Ian Cropp ’05 covers the men’s ice hockey team. He can be reached at icropp@browndailyherald.com.

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Berkeley responded quickly with three straight goals, the Bears answered back with two goals from Kate Staley ’06 and Rottenberg. But Berkeley squeezed in two more goals before the end of the first half, giving them a 5-3 lead. Berkeley had a strong opening in the second half, scoring six consecutive goals, pulling them ahead on the scoreboard 11-3. With 4:34 remaining in the game, Emily Blanton ’04 and Meg Sullivan ’06 each scored a goal to bring the final score to 11-5. Goalie Julia Southard ’05 made eleven saves for Brown. Despite some strong showings, the team was disappointed with its performance. “I think we definitely didn’t play to our potential,” said Assistant Coach Liz Robertshaw. “I don’t know if it was travel that made us sluggish, but we had some difficulties in terms of playing a fastpaced attack, scoring goals and strong defense stops. Overall, we didn’t play to the level where we should be playing.”

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Softball continued from page 12 The next day witnessed more of the same. After falling behind 2-0 to opponent St. Francis in the first inning, the Bears stormed back, scoring six runs in the second, two in the fourth and two in the sixth to win 10-2. Four Bears recorded two hits apiece, and second basemen Laura Leonetti ’04 had three. The game also marked a dominating performance by pitcher Marissa Berkes ’05, who settled down after the first inning and recorded her first win and first complete game of the season. Sadly though, the Bears were unable to maintain their momentum from the morning’s game and came out flat in the afternoon against Stony Brook, losing 8-0. Bruno was still in the game after five innings with a score of 3-0, but Stony Brook broke open the floodgates in the sixth and poured on five more runs. Marcia Abbott ’06 suffered her first loss on the mound but, defensively, the Bears went errorfree. On Sunday the Bears rebounded with their first shutout win of the season against George Mason, 6-0. Wirkowski led the Bears’ offensive effort as she doubled home Omokaro, giving the Bears a 1-0 lead from which they never looked back. Catcher Candace Toth ’05 also carried a hot bat against George Mason recording two hits and two runs. “(Against George Mason) we had excellent innings where we made no errors, threw everyone out, made all the plays,” Durlesser said. “I felt so proud to play for Brown softball at that moment.” With a strong sense of confidence, the Bears entered the tournament’s semifinal contest against Binghamton. In the hardest fought contest of the tournament, the middle infield led the offense. Leonetti went 2-4 with two RBIs, and shortstop Mary Seid ’06 also recorded two hits and an RBI. It was not enough as

already looking to pinpoint what led to the discrepancies in the final scores and is far from discouraged about the rest of the season. In both games, the Bears were either tied with the opponent or ahead at one point in the game. According to Robertshaw, the team is already looking to pinpoint what led to the discrepancies in the final scores and is far from discouraged about the rest of the season. “Our team has already started identifying things we could work on, such as scoring, offensive movement and overall fitness in playing,” Robertshaw said. “We have this entire week to prepare for Dartmouth and are taking it very seriously. We remember the games in California, but we’ve moved on from what happened, and we’re ready to get into the next month.” Robertshaw added that while

its overall record is 1-4, the team is still 1-0 in the Ivy League. As the month of April begins, the team is up for an extremely busy and grueling game schedule. In addition to playing traditionally strong Ivy League teams such as Cornell, many of these games also involve long hours of travel for the team. With a bid to the NCAA tournament at the end of the season as their ultimate goal, the team and coaches are confident that with solid preparation, they will be successful. “One game at a time, we’re going to work our way back to playing the way we should be playing,” Robertshaw said. The team’s next game is away at Hanover, N.H., against Dartmouth on Sunday.

the Bears fell 4-6. Their thirdplace finish in the tournament marked a dramatic turnaround from last year’s last place finish at the same tourney. Much of the success over the weekend can be attributed to a more relaxed style of play, according to Wong. “Our defense was so much better because we were so much more comfortable on the field,” she said. Wirkowski and Omokaro’s performances over the weekend earned them a place on the Ivy Honor Roll — Omokaro’s second recognition by the Ivy coaches this year. The following day the Bears were unable to muster similar efforts in their double-header against East Carolina. In the first game, the Bears were blitzed 105. The team recovered the second game and played a far more solid game but were unable to prevail, losing 1-0. “We played strong during the second game but didn’t hit as much or didn’t get the hits at the key times,” Durlesser said. After two much-needed days off, the Bears put in two strong performances against University of North Carolina-Wilmington. Both games proved to be nail biters. UNC-Wilmington took the first 2-1, but Brown bounced back winning 6-5 in eight innings. Tied 3-3 after seven, the Bears wasted no time, scoring three runs in the top of the eighth. UNCWilmington attempted a similar comeback but was cut short by Berkes and the Brown defense. Bruno produced strong offensive performances from Wong (four RBIs) and Leonetti, who poured on a career day going 2-3 with two doubles, three runs, an RBI and a stolen base. On the final day of the break the Bears needed to sweep Coastal Carolina in order to finish with an above .500 Spring Break record for the first time in three years. In the first game, six Bears recorded hits, and Omokaro, Leonetti and Berke recorded three singles each. Heading into the bottom of the seventh the

Bears had a 7-3 lead and looked to put the Chanticleers away. This proved easier said than done. With one out, Coastal Carolina loaded the bases. With blood pressure rising, Omokaro retired the next two batters, recording her fourth win of the season. The second game was also pressure-filled, but this time the Bears were unable to score in the top of the 7th. With the score tied 2-2, the Chanticleers could not be foiled again as they scored the winning run and took the game 3-2. With four more opponents before Brown’s Ivy debut against reigning Ivy Champ Princeton on April 12, the team believes it can continue to build off its Spring Break play. “Spring Break witnessed a couple of breakout games for our team. A couple people got hits and built confidence,” Wong said. “We know we can pretty much play with everyone if we eliminate the little mental errors.” Two freshmen had breakout Spring Break efforts as Wirkowski and shortstop Seid recorded two multiple hit performances. Wirkowski is becoming a consistent and potent offensive weapon for the Bears. Outside of individual performances, the Bears believe their greatest accomplishment over the break was continuing to foster a strong team attitude and team confidence. The team firmly believes in Head Coach Pam McCreesh’s mantra of “Brown Pride,” and the result has been improved play on the field. Although the team is still below .500, only one Ivy team — Cornell — holds an above .500 record as of March 27. After a long month on the road, the Bears are home for the next two weeks. Their home opener today at 2 p.m. against Sacred Heart gives the Bears another chance to climb closer to playing .500 ball. Sports editor Maggie Haskins ’04 covers the softball team. She can be reached at mhaskins@browndailyherald.com.

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EDITORIAL/LETTERS TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2003 · PAGE 10 S T A F F

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Shameful display Those who attended “The Reluctant Empire: In a Time of Great Consequence” Tuesday night witnessed Brown students at their worst. Like students who almost prevented Christian Coalition founder Ralph Reed from speaking three years ago, protestors at last night’s lecture interrupted and booed Richard Perle. Most jarring was the stark contrast between the peaceful protest outside, where sign-holding students quietly handed out flyers, and the rowdy crowd inside Salomon that felt the only way to convey their message was by showering the audience with leaflets and verbally attacking Perle himself. Activism at Brown appears to come in two varieties, symbolized by those outside the lecture and those within. Today saw a commendably strong showing of the former, as students rallied for affirmative action beneath posters heralding upcoming Pride Month events that promise similar showings of solidarity for a worthy cause. Later, members of the antiwar coalition made sure anyone who heard Perle speak would first have the opportunity to explore the other side of the debate. But April 1, 2003 won’t be remembered as another day of peaceful free expression. It will enter campus lore as the latest episode of students crossing the line and embarrassing the University in the process. The self-righteous intolerance of a few will taint the hard work of proponents of any number of causes for months, perhaps years to come. Many seniors still remember the day Reed came to speak, and such incidents provide ready ammunition for those who wish to dismiss all that student activists work toward. The questionable, certainly marginal goal of silencing a pro-war voice comes at a steep price. This is not the first time Brown students have humiliated themselves and the University with an inability to tolerate viewpoints with which they disagree. It probably won’t be the last. To the “inside” protesters — was it worth it?

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LETTERS Lectures should accomodate those willing to wait

Protesters stifle debate during Perle’s speech

To the Editor:

It’s shameful that an Ivy League institution can’t accomodate students willing to wait in line in the snow for an hour in its “large” lecture hall. There are a number of reasons why students like myself were turned away from the Tuesday night discussion “The Reluctant Empire: In a Time of Great Consequence.” For one, the size of our lecture hall is simply insufficient. Additionally, a good number of the people who did manage to see Richard Perle speak were not even affiliated with Brown, or were Brown professors, who appeared not to even have to wait in line. With that in mind, I have to ask, who is Brown responsible for educating? I think it’s great that the school is able to draw a speaker that a large number of people off College Hill want to see, but it’s disappointing that the turnout of these same people keeps students out of Salomon. Perhaps I’m a spoiled brat for expecting special treatment as a student, but if my tuition is paying for people such as Perle to come to Brown, then I would hope to have the opportunity to see him speak without having to waste a whole afternoon camping out in the Main Green to get a seat.

I would like to respond to the conduct of some students at Tuesday’s lecture, “A Time of Great Consequence.” During Richard Perle’s speech, some “activists” thought it would be effective to throw flyers from the balcony, bang on the walls and scream comically childish comments from their chairs. Ironically, the protesters showed a complete disregard for freedom of speech. Instead of having the common decency to hear 15 minutes of opposition, they chose to drown out Mr. Perle’s words. The majority of the audience was looking forward to a balanced debate between two complicated sides. I was excited that Brown would sponsor a speaker who could offer an alternative view. However, it turned out that last night was the first time I’ve ever felt ashamed of attending Brown University. Never have I seen adults engage in such immature, disrespectful behavior. Be happy, protesters — you conveyed your message loud and clear: We should ignore you. Laura Martin ’06 April 1

Benjamin Logan ’06 April 1

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OPINIONS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2003 · PAGE 11

Sept. 11 families see a brutalized America Our policy in Iraq is terrifyingly insensitive ON MARCH 19, THIS COLUMN SUGGESTED THAT OUR “SHOCK and awe” campaign in Iraq betrays the memory of those who died on Sept. 11, 2001, by exporting their suffering to the people there. I received a barrage of responses (including a threat against my personal safety) calling me asinine and un-American. Then the victims of Sept. 11 weighed in. On March 20, a group representing families of the victims issued a statement condemning our military actions in Iraq. These families say that they understand “shock and awe” in a way that other Americans cannot understand and have pled that they do not want “other innocent families to suffer the trauma and grief that we have endured.” NATE GORALNIK Unlike these victims’ families, the ORDERS FROM majority of Americans do not appear to THE BOSS respect the plight of the people of Iraq. I can understand why we will not mourn the deaths of Iraqis as deeply as we mourned our fellow Americans who died on Sept. 11, but what shocks (and awes) me is that most aren’t mourning at all. Many issues have entered the debate over the war in Iraq, but by and large, the destruction of human life is not one of them. In my column, I tried to lift the veil of dehumanization that has obscured the value of innocent life by offering a requiem for the people of Iraq and the victims of the World Trade Center. In response, I was attacked for treating our soldiers like murderers, as though the difference really matters to an Iraqi child who has lost her legs to an American bomb. Whatever the case, the ideological effect is to reduce Iraqi life to an irrelevant statistic, a “collateral damage” that is inevitable in war: “Let the Iraqis die, but don’t you dare feel guilty about it.” That’s not an exaggeration. The tone of the responses to my article was literally frantic — one response attributed my emotional appeal to a decline in the quality of Brown’s History Department! It was quite something receiving threats for merely urging America to mourn the victims of the war in Iraq as they mourned the victims of Sept. 11. Why this vigorous attempt to empty Iraqi life of moral worth, to refuse to feel guilty for their deaths? On Sept. 11 families across the countries wept out of loss, empathy and fear. Few feel this sense of loss for the people of Iraq. While the world expressed deep empathy for the victims of Sept. 11, the deaths of innocent civilians in Iraq has received only sedated denial in America. Why? “Because we don’t target civilians,” they’ll cry, as though that lessens the tragedy. Do we not mourn those who die by accidents and disease? Not if they’re Iraqi. On March 21, the major newspapers reported the first British and American casualties (in a helicopter crash) as major headlines, while no interest was paid to those who have died thus far in Iraq. Let us not shy away from the inevitable conclusion. America doesn’t care about the Iraqi people, but about behaving toward them in a way that we find comfortable. Our development assistance to Japan followed the dropping of the atomic bomb, our aid to the people of Vietnam followed the total destruction of their villages, our “liberation” of Iraq comes only after crippling economic sanctions and deadly bombing campaigns. We treat them like animals, showing patronizing concern for their lives even as we fail to respect their right to life as we would citizens of the United States. What is significant about this “humanitarian” invasion is not that we drop food and medicine with our bombs, but that we drop bombs with our food and medicine. It’s not that we bring freedom to the people that we kill, but that we kill the people to whom we bring freedom. To be sure, the American people do not taste the blood that our government spills, but we must. Death may be inevitable in war, but war is not inevitable — it is a path that we have chosen, and a moral burden that we must accept. If this war is truly moral, we should not have to hide behind euphemism and denial. A truly great warrior will accept that he has destroyed irreplaceable and sacred human life, and he will bear the full weight of the act but affirm, “I did what I must.” Can we really tell that to ourselves this time?

Nate Goralnik ’06 has trouble keeping his columns under the word limit.

Laughter and Tears Saddam, not Bush, is the true reincarnation of Hitler SOMETIMES IT’S FUNNY. WHEN HEARING THAT When “progressives” in free societies fan out en many of the self-appointed “human shields” who masse to protest the liberation of people in totaliwent to Baghdad prior to the war scurried away tarian societies, disgust is really the proper reacafter they found out they were actually about to be tion, not laughter of the “Oh, there go those silly used as human shields, I just had to laugh. “We can peaceniks again” kind. And this is not just a matter of the anti-IMF gas be antiwar without supporting Saddam, you mask brigades getting up to their usual know.” Uh-huh. Well, it appears Mr. antics. Intelligent students have joined Hussein, for one, didn’t quite see the disin the madness, passionately comparing tinction. Bush and Cheney to Nazi commanBut mostly it’s not funny at all, and dants, and the United States to the against my calmer judgment, I see the autocracy envisioned by Orwell. All this, situation with anger. When a Columbia mind you, as American and British solprofessor (Columbia!) recently suggestdiers brave death to free Iraqis from a ed that the only legitimate way to man whose only major difference from protest the war was to wish for a huge Hitler is that he is a far less competent slaughter of American troops — “a miladministrator. What can those of us like lion Mogadishus” as he put it, and not a me, whose ancestors fled the killing soul in attendance walked out — we ALEX SCHULMAN fields of Eastern Europe and made a have gone beyond the bounds of treaBORN TO RUN free and prosperous life in America son into a deeper cesspool of revulsion. within a generation, say in response to In Mogadishu, American soldiers in this abdication of all moral and intelSomalia basically serving as food-distribution missionaries were ambushed by vicious lectual sense? Tears are a bit much; calmly Islamist warlords, murdered and dragged through explaining the differences between democratic the streets. An Ivy League professor wishes for this America and Nazi Germany, and then the similara million times over, probably surpassing even the ities between blood-Ba’ath Iraq and Orwell’s Big most deranged fever dreams of Osama or Brother police state, seems to me at this point givSaddam. As Bob Dylan sang, “Now is the time for ing the “peace” crowd credit that they no longer deserve. your tears.” Baghdad and Basra may or may not have fallen I see an antiwar sign on Brook Street, bearing a menacing, Big Brother-ish likeness of President by the time this column is printed. But I assure Bush under the dire text “FASCISM BEGINS AT you this: They will fall, Iraq will be de-Nazified, HOME.” Again, against my calmer instincts, and whether masses cheer in the streets or not, comes the rage. Fascism? You ungrateful, snivel- the revelations that will follow concerning ing little toad. You have no idea what fascism is, Saddam’s gulag, 1979-2003, will make more than a and no conception of what liberal freedom is, how few of you sick at the thought that you were more precious or serendipitous its development, what concerned with scoring cheap shots against Bush it has provided you and will provide your children. and Cheney than you were with ridding the world of a bloodthirsty tyrant. So, J’accuse. And congratulations. I am disgusted, and I know not whether to laugh or cry. Alex Schulman ‘03 is an English concentrator.

Nothing is priceless to Bush From abortion to the environment, it’s all about the Benjamins YOU’VE HEARD THE ADVERTISEMENT BEFORE: but five of these studies. These remaining studies “There are some things money can’t buy…” It is a were based on public opinion surveys, and memorable message, but MasterCard may soon showed an estimate of $3.7 million per life. More recently the EPA cited one study (a citation later need to come up with a new marketing strategy. The Bush administration is making it quite challenged by the study’s author) that put the value of an elderly life at $2.3 million. clear that everything sacred in this Under the EPA’s Clear Skies initiative, world, most notably human life, will a market-based environmental plan soon be assigned a dollar value. The that cuts down on industrial regulation, normal cost-benefit analyses of highthe lives of the elderly are capped at level decision-making weigh human $1.4 million, and the lives of the termilives against human (economic) gains. nally ill are chalked up at a mere Multiply the risk of an activity (such as $96,000. hazardous particulate emissions) by When Bush campaigned in 2000 the amount of people affected by the under the rhetoric of “less government,” risk, and if this value is less than the what he meant was “less regulation of gains experienced by the emitters and harmful activities.” This does not transtheir workforce, then the activity conNICK BAYARD late into more jobs (over 2,703,000 tinues under this model. UNDER THE Americans have become unemployed This is nothing new. What the Bush BANYAN TREE since Bush took office). It translates into administration has been pushing for is more accumulation of wealth for the rich. a baseline decrease in the dollar value I suppose I finally understand why Bush opposassigned to a human life within this model. In some cases, it is even pushing for certain human es a woman’s right to choose with regards to her lives to be valued less than others, for example, in body: If people are worth less as they age, then the value of the unborn baby is worth much more than the case of the elderly. The standard value of life that the that of the mother. Under a cost-benefit analysis, Environmental Protection Agency used for cost- the mother can die during birth and as long as the benefit analyses in the years before the adminis- baby survives, the world will be a better place. tration of George W. Bush was $6.1 million. This America will be worth more as a society. They figure was based upon 26 academic studies. Under should be paying more at the sperm bank. A ballgame with your nephew, a walk on the the Bush administration, the agency rejected all beach with your loved one, a fishing trip with your father: No longer priceless. They never really Nick Bayard ’04 wonders what the dollar value of an were. It is now a question of how much your life is worth to big business. asshole’s life works out to be.

THE BROWN DAILY HERALD

SPORTS WEDNESDAY APRIL 2, 2003 · PAGE 12

M. icers finish 4th in ECAC

NCAA tourney: Time of your life

BY IAN CROPP

TEAMWORK, ENTHUSIASM AND PASSION — all characteristics defining athletes in sports that are not clouded by the specter of over-inflated egos and salaries. In contrast to the prima donnas of professional basketball, the student-athletes of college basketball play the game with some semblance of joy. The NCAA tournament is the epitome of an event where players give their all and, because of the single-elimination format of the tourHANYEN ANDREW nament, strange LEE “G” SLICE things can happen — and they often do. Many sports observers view team sporting events with a certain measure of cynicism due to the fact that individual players often try to pad their own statistics, but the NCAA College Basketball Tournament is an event where players play to win, or even to try their best against seemingly insurmountable odds. That is what makes the tournament such a joy to behold. The Final Four is this weekend. And whether you’re watching to root for your school, your father’s alma mater, some random team you like or the team you have 20 bucks riding on, it will be refreshing to watch the players who compete with every last ounce of energy in their bodies for the rare chance of winning a national title. Personally, I like Kansas, and it’s not because I have any connection to the school, monetary or otherwise (although I really like Dorothy and The Wizard of Oz). It’s because of one incredible moment that is possibly my favorite moment in all of sports — Kansas’ underdog run to the title behind Danny Manning in 1988. We see upsets in every tournament every year, but a No. 6 seed with only one marquee player winning six games en route to a title is pretty special. However, it is just one of many special moments over the years. Grant Hill threw a 70-foot pass to Christian Laettner, who hit a turnaround jumper, all in less than a second, to beat Kentucky in the East Regional final in 1992. This was the crowning moment of Laettner’s career. And despite being one of the first young NBA players to be labeled the “next Michael Jordan,” Hill’s greatest moment of team glory was also that NCAA tournament. Ah, the joys one experiences before going out into the professional world and having surgery on one’s ankle four times. As an old adage goes, Sprite’s “Obey your thirst” commercials can’t even match up to the college years. Even players who achieve great success in the NBA believe their college years were more enjoyable. Magic Johnson won five NBA titles and became one of the league’s all-time greatest players during his storied career. And yet in his autobiography “My Life,” he says, “The most fun I had playing ball was in college.” The pinnacle of his college career was that see LEE, page 8

SCHEDULE Baseball vs. Vermont (DH). 1 p.m. Softball vs. Sacred Heart. 2 p.m. Men’s lacrosse vs. Yale. Stevenson Field 7 p.m.

’05. This game proved to be dramatically different with the Bears capturing the 9-3 victory. For the first time this year, the Bears’ bats and gloves were on the same page. Omokaro once again took the mound against Iona and dominated. She recorded six strikeouts and surrendered only three hits and two earned runs, garnering her second win of this young season. Omokaro, who earned the season’s first Ivy Pitcher of the Week honor on March 19, had a tremendous break both offensively and defensively. “She is playing amazingly right now,” said Tri-Captain Lauren Wong ’03. “Her power has improved so much from last year.” Omokaro was not the only Bear to step it up against Iona. Rookie Jaimie Wirkowski ’06 led the Bears offensively with a 3-4 performance and four RBIs. The game also marked Wirkowski’s first collegiate home run. The team as a whole recorded 10 hits — its strongest offensive effort of the young season.

For the first time since the 1994-1995 season, the men’s hockey team finished with a winning record (16-14-5). The season was capped off with back-to-back losses in the ECAC tournament two weekends ago in Albany, N.Y. On Friday, the Bears fell in the semifinals to a No. 1-ranked Cornell team, and the following afternoon they lost to Dartmouth, 4-2, in the third-place game. In what would turn out to be a game laden with penalties, the Bears found their fast-paced play slowed down early on by the solid Cornell defense. “They play a real sound systems game,” said Captain Tye Korbl ’03. “They are not really a flashy team. They play a slow clutch and grab game.” The Bears managed just one shot in the first period and 11 total shots against a Cornell defense that has yielded an average of 21 shots and 1.32 goals per game. Cornell had seven power-play opportunities in the first two periods but was unable to score on any, including a five on three for 1:14. Yann Danis ’04 kept the Bears in the game, making many great saves, especially on the 5-3 advantage. With 2:06 remaining in the second period, Cornell was finally able to beat Danis and take a 10 lead. At this point, the already stingy Cornell defense tightened the squeeze on the Bears and surrendered only five shots in the third period. “You’ve got to give Cornell credit,” said team member Brent Robinson ’04. “They are so strong defensively — they have some big defensemen and their forwards work so hard in the defensive zone. It was hard to get things going for us offensively.” Cornell added a second goal halfway through the final frame to seal the victory. In the losing effort, the Bears lost Scott Ford ’04 and Keith Kirley ’03 to injuries. Danis finished with 27 saves. “We didn’t play as well as the weekend before down at Yale,” said Head Coach Roger Grillo. “It was one of those games where whoever got the first break looked like they were going to come out on top.” The following night in a game that had no further playoff implications, the Bears squared off against a Dartmouth team coached by former Brown coach Bob Gaudet. Dartmouth out shot the Bears 189 in the first period, but Brown struck first at 3:11 of the second period as Pascal Denis ’04 banged home a rebound off a shot by Shane Mudryk ’04. Nine minutes later, the Big Green scored two goals in a span of 22 seconds and added another early into the third period. Chris Legg ’03 set up Mike Meech ’05 for Brown’s second goal at 7:50, but the hopes of a comeback were put to rest as Dartmouth added an empty-netter with 44 seconds left to play. Danis, who finished the game with 40 saves, set a record with 340 saves in ECAC tournament play. For his stellar performance, the 2nd team all-ECAC and second team all-Ivy goaltender was named to the ECAC Tournament All-Star Team. “It was kind of a disappointing weekend in Albany,” Grillo said. “But all in all, I was very proud of what the guys did this year. “Our goal for the past few years has been to get home ice in the playoffs,” Robinson said. “Now we’ve upped the bar and our goal is to win the ECAC championship.” The team will graduate a total of six seniors this spring. “Our class has been through a lot,” Korbl said. “In our first year, we had four league wins, and the next year, we only

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The women’s lacrosse team is next in action on Sunday, competing against Dartmouth.

Women’s laxers drop two on California road trip BY JINHEE CHUNG

The women’s lacrosse team had a busy Spring Break in California, going up against both Stanford and UC Berkeley. Though Brown made a strong showing in both games, the Bears fell to both teams, bringing their overall record to 14. The women played their first game against 18th-ranked Stanford on Monday. Though Cardinal scored the first goal of the game, Brown’s Katie Russell ’04, assisted by Christine Anneberg ’04, answered back 28 seconds later to tie, and Bekah Rottenberg ’03 followed up with another goal to put the Bears on top 2-1. The two teams continued to score evenly as Stanford tied it up at 9:08 in the first half. But Stanford quickly pulled ahead with three more

goals before Anneberg scored the last goal of the half for Brown. Cardinal then scored six unanswered goals during the remainder of the period, bringing the score to 12-4 at halftime. Sarah Passano ’05 scored the first goal of the second half off a pass from Rottenberg, followed by scores by teammates Anneberg and Laurel Pierpont ’04. But Stanford maintained its lead and added four more goals to the scoreboard, making the final score 16-7. Three days later on the 27th, the women played their second game of the week against UC Berkeley. Brown took the lead early in the first half as Rottenberg, assisted by Maggie Connolly ’03, scored the first goal. Though see W. LAX, page 9

Offense, defense click for softball in Spring Break turnaround BY MAGGIE HASKINS

In recent years, Spring Break has not been kind to the Brown softball team, but this year the team reversed its fortunes and returned from break having won five of its 11 contests and improving its record to 6-11 overall. Its 5-6 record last week does not tell the whole story of this revived team. The bats awoke for the Bears over break and, with consistently solid defense, Bruno is poised to start its Ivy League run in two weeks. “We have realized as a team that we need to create a positive team attitude,” said Tri-Captain Erin Durlesser ’03. “Softball is totally a team sport. It doesn’t matter if one person is playing well — that won’t win ball games. What happened over Spring Break was everyone picked it up, and that’s how we won.” Brown kicked off the break at the George Mason Tournament by avenging a loss it suffered during the first weekend of the season. On March 9, the Bears lost to Iona in a tough 3-1 game that featured a 7-strikeout performance from pitcher Uchenna Omokaro