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Simmons postpones decision on arming U. police force BY CARLA BLUMENKRANZ

Providence’s recent efforts to make its police force more communityfriendly have stalled President Ruth Simmons’ decision whether to arm the Brown police. Simmons had planned to announce her long-deferred decision on the arming of Department of Public Safety officers by the end of the academic year, she wrote in a May 20 e-mail to students, faculty and staff. But the June reorganization of the Providence Police Department into smaller, more community-oriented districts requires further consultations with the city — and further delays to her announcement, she wrote. Since June 16, the PPD has operated under its new community policing program, which divides the city into nine police districts, each of which is the sole and exclusive responsibility of its lieutenant and his officers. Under the previous system, the city was divided into four districts, with one lieutenant responsible for all of them during his eight-hour shift. The intent of the new program is to strengthen officers’ relationships with and sense of accountability to individual communities. Major Paul Fitzgerald of the Providence police said the PPD has no official position on arming DPS. “We will continue to have a partnership, whether they are armed or unarmed,” Fitzgerald said of the Brown police. Deliberations regarding the arming of DPS began in the winter of 2001, when a rise in crime on and around campus led the University to increase the presence of police and security in the area and hire the Bratton Group, a security consultant organization, to evaluate campus safety. In a report released in the spring of 2002, the group recommended, among other measures, the arming of the Brown police. Since then, the University has cut in half the number of PPD patrols and private security officers on campus but has continued to investigate the possibility of arming DPS. In November 2002, Simmons said she intended to announce a decision by the end of the fall semester, but then postponed that see ARMING, page 13

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the effects of hypoxia on cognition and speech among mountain climbers. “Hypoxia seems to hit parts of your basal ganglia,” Lieberman said, the same part of the brain which is most affected by Parkinson’s disease. The effects of altitude illness sickness on the brain — reduced cognitive flexibility, slurred speech, uncoordinated motion — are related to those of

After months of often-heated discussion between the city and the University, Brown agreed last month to make voluntary payments to Providence to help close the city’s $40 million budget deficit. Brown, along with fellow tax-exempt institutions Johnson & Wales University, Providence College and the Rhode Island School of Design, will contribute a total of $40 million over the next 20 years, along with an additional $8.5 million stimulus over the next four years. Brown itself will give nearly $1.4 million in the 2004 fiscal year beginning Dec. 1. When talks over monetary contributions to the city began in February, President Ruth Simmons told The Herald she “would be very concerned about any effort to hold Brown responsible (for taxes). … As soon as the city begins treating the University as a corporation it will mean very damaging things for the quality of the institution. (Brown) has been around a long time doing things for the community precisely because of its notfor-profit status.” In a June 7 letter to the Brown community, Simmons called the agreement “good news” that respected Brown’s status as a tax-exempt institution. Last month’s voluntary agreement has no power under the law and can be terminated by any party with 14 months notice, said Richard Spies, executive vice president and senior advisor to the president, who served as Brown’s point person in the negotiations. “But then you go back to the beginning,” he said. Still, Spies predicted the pact would

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Dean David Targan was one of four Brunonians who spent time on Mt. Everest last spring.

Brown dean, professor, students head to the slopes of Mt. Everest BY SARA PERKINS

Last spring a University dean, professor and two recent graduates ended up on the side of Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak. Three were there for science, one to climb and, as is often the case when there isn’t enough of something, all four were thinking about oxygen. Philip Lieberman It manifests itself in the speech: the vowels get longer, and certain hard consonants, like P, become indistinguishable from a B or a D. Motor skills can deteriorate, making the victim look intoxicated. Cognitive flexibility corrodes, and switching modes, incorporating new information and changing plans become difficult. Experiencing hypoxia at 65,000 meters above sea level is inevitable: Reduced access to oxygen for cells and tissues affects the fittest mountain climbers. But with minimal access to medical equipment, conditions that barely sustain life and helicopter evacuation made all but impossible by difficult weather, serious cases are extremely dangerous. What better place to observe the effects of hypoxia than on the Roof of the World? With two Brown graduates and three researchers from the University of Vermont, Professor of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences Philip Lieberman traveled to the Himalayas in Tibet and Nepal in April for the third year in a row to study

Brown student taking summer course found dead in Minden Hall dormitory BY LISA MANDLE

Amanda Fenlon, a Brown student taking a summer course, was found dead July 4 in her Minden Hall dorm room by family and police. She was 25. Fenlon, a native of Newton, Mass., was concentrating in Old World Archaeology and Art and hoped to pursue a graduate degree in the field, said Andrew Fenlon, her brother. She had taken time off, but returned to campus to take a summer course. “Amanda was a beloved daughter and adored Brown student,” wrote Martha Joukowsky in an e-mail from Jordan, where she is currently conduct-

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ing field research. Joukowsky, a professor of Old World Archaeology and Art, was Fenlon’s advisor at Brown. “She always asked the difficult questions of a particular subject or of herself — questions that had no easy answers,” Joukowsky said. “I tried to help her look for answers and she helped me ask the questions that needed to be answered.” “Amanda really loved Brown,” said her father, Michael Fenlon. “It was her life,” he said. “It gave her happiness and pride to see FENLON, page 11

TO D AY ’ S F O R E C A S T First black Ivy League newspaper editor Wallace Terry ’59 dies at the age of 65 campus news, page 7

Stephen Beale ’04 explains the error of the Supreme Court’s sodomy decision column, page 19

Women’s crew team performs well in summer competition, both at home and abroad sports, page 20

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Changes on Thayer await students’ return in fall BY JULIETTE WALLACK

Thayer Street could have a new look when students return this fall, courtesy of an effort to revitalize the struggling avenue while maintaining its eclectic nature. The University, City of Providence and Thayer Street property owners have invested almost $1 million in a massive renewal effort. “Thayer Street is the quintessential college town street, and it’s actually one of the most commercially successful streets in Rhode Island,” said Laura Freid, executive vice president for public affairs and University relations. Freid played a large role in planning the Thayer Street Improvement District. “Thayer Street is the gateway to our campus, and we want our students to be safe and secure, but to also enjoy the eclectic nature of the street, which will be maintained,” Freid said. Brown hatched its plan for the Thayer Street Improvement District when former mayor Vincent Cianci was still in office, but it wasn’t until this summer that work began in earnest. Cleanup began in June, and Providence Police and security guards provided by Pinkerton Security are now patrolling the street. Capital improvements such as repaired sidewalks and better lighting will be made over the course of this coming academic year, with all changes complete by the end of the year, Freid said. Funding for the improvements comes from a variety of sources. The University provided $400,000, which the city matched with $400,000 in bond money. The 12 Thayer property owners contributed a total of $150,000, with each one contributing a percentage based on how many square feet he owns, Freid said. Property owners will pay a fee each year, she said, to keep the improvement district working. It was important to maintain the eclectic nature of Thayer while improving the overall appearance, Freid said. “The street now has one of

almost everything — a movie theater, ethnic food options, a gallery store, bead store, drug store and convenience store and of course the best hot dogs in the east at Spike’s,” she said. “We want to be sure it is the best street it can be.” There have been past attempts to improve Thayer Street, including a Thayer Street Business Association that addressed the street’s problems. But that association dissolved several years ago, and the University’s effort to help the street is the latest. “Property owners have been “even more supportive (than before),” Freid said. “There’s always some healthy skepticism, as retailers have tried to do this before.” This time, though, the attempt could be more successful, thanks to the coalition of the University, city and owners, she said. The most major change so far is the increased security details, but “it’s too early to predict if the Thayer Street Improvement District has already changed the safety issues on Thayer,” Freid said. But cleaning the street and increasing patrols make it less likely that crime will occur on the street, she said. “Store owners report a safer environment, and pedestrians and shoppers are more comfortable in the evenings,” she said. “We have not had any reports of serious crime from the Thayer Street area in the last few months, but I don’t think you can necessarily jump to any conclusions.” The University’s Thayer Street team is led by Freid and Walter Hunter, vice president for administration. In August, Deborah Dinerman, community relations liaison, will take Freid’s place when Freid leaves her current position at the University. Dan Biederman, an urban consultant known for his revitalization of Bryant Park and Grand Central Station in New York City, contributed to plans for the Thayer Street Improvement District. Herald staff writer Juliette Wallack ’05 edits the Metro section. She can be reached at jwallack@browndailyherald.com.

Photos courtesy of Thayer Street Improvement District

An effort to revitalize Thayer Street could result in some significant changes by the time students return in the fall. Above, artist renderings of proposed improvements compared with the streets’ current look.

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Everest continued from page 1 Parkinson’s, although the changes are “not as profound” as with the disease. It is hypoxia’s connection to Parkinson’s that brought Lieberman to Everest, where varieties of altitude illness have caused the deaths of many climbers, he said. In other climbing situations, “conditions such as dust on the trail, sanitation, long periods of being inactive or tent-bound and prolonged periods at altitude, just aren’t present,” Targan wrote in an e-mail. “So, when (altitude illnesses) appear they tend to be more distinct and easier to recognize. … On Everest, people are suffering from a variety of envi-

ronmental insults that make accurate diagnosis more difficult.” Astronauts exposed to cosmic rays sustain damage to the basal ganglia as well, so in preparation for the planned 2010 manned mission to Mars, NASA’s National Space Biomedical Research Institute is funding Lieberman’s study, which is run in cooperation with Professor Geoffrey Tabin of the University of Vermont. Lieberman, Tabin, two UVM researchers, Angie Morey ’02 and Mara Larson ’01 stayed at base camp and administered three tests to climbers at the intermediate camps via radio, analyzing the voices with computers. They tested cognitive flexibility using a test common to work with Parkinson’s, quizzed the climbers on sentence comprehension and asked them to produce a string of 20 words that begin with hard consonants and require timing and coordination of the lips, tongue and larynx. Last year’s results, Lieberman said, revealed that, as people climb, they begin to lose control over the sequence of speech and movement and they “get stuck,” unable to change the direction of their thoughts. The testing is an aid to climbers, he said, because “it’s an added safety factor.” Climbers can be told the degree of their impairment from an objective source and whether they need to take more time, be more careful or return to base camp. One of Lieberman’s past subjects suffered a personality change at camp two, near 65,000 meters, becoming stubborn because he was cognitively unable to make the decision to

stop climbing and turn around. “He began to look like someone with very profound brain damage,” Lieberman said. He could not be convinced to turn around, and he died on the mountain. David Targan Before Lieberman even arrived at Everest, his colleague David Targan, dean for science programs and associate dean of the College, had already organized a rescue for a member of his team who had fallen and was suffering from altitude illness broken ribs and internal injuries. After a difficult journey to the jumping-off point for expeditions to the summit, then the stressful ordeal of returning a patient to civilization, Targan chose to return to Providence. He had traveled less than eight hours above the Everest base camp, but expresses few regrets about his decision to turn back. “I left,” he smiles, “to give out exam excuses and graduate people.” A climber since high school and a weekend ranger at Mount Monadnock State Park in New Hampshire, Targan was tapped to be the emergency medical technician for a climbing team led by Mass. resident Paul Giorgio. In April, Targan flew to Kathmandu, Nepal, and from there to a small airstrip in the Himalayas. He and his team, accompanied by porters and Sherpas, hiked slowly through the mountain villages, staying in hostels called tea houses and acclimatizing slowly to the high altitude. “The general rule of thumb is that you climb no more than see EVEREST 2, page 14

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ARTS & CULTURE FRIDAY, JULY 18, 2003 · PAGE 5

Controversial prof. joins U. writing dept.

ARTS & CULTURE REVIEW

Trinity Rep. Shakespeare festival lives up to low expectations

BY JEFFERSON MOORS

Assistant Professor of English Brian Evenson resigned from his teaching position at Brigham Young University because his work was found too controversial. Those same qualities have brought him to Brown. Evenson, a devout Mormon, caused a stir while teaching at Brigham Young. An anonymous student sent a letter to a Mormon General Authority claiming that Evenson’s first collection of stories, “Altmann’s Tongue,” was not the kind of book a Mormon should write. Evenson was asked to write a defense of his work without knowing whom he was defending himself against, he said, and Brigham Young ultimately told him that if he continued to publish such work, he would be asked to leave. Evenson resigned, citing restrictions on academic freedom, and went on to publish “Father of Lies” in 1998, about a manipulative religious leader who abuses children. Director of Creative Writing Forrest Gander said he believes Evenson’s style will jibe well with that of the department. see EVENSON, page 13

BY SARA PERKINS

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Alumna Taryn Simon examines 20 victims of mistaken identity in her work titled “The Innocents.”

Simon documents the wrongly convicted in New York photography exhibition BY RACHEL AVIV New York — Nowhere are the

material effects of a photograph as profound as in the identification that leads to the imprisonment or execution of an innocent person. In her exhibition at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in New

Robert Creeley joins Brown Creative Writing department BY ADAM HUNDT

Brown’s Creative Writing program will gain a major talent this fall with the addition of prize-winning poet Robert Creeley to the faculty. Along with poets such as Charles Olsen and Robert Duncan, Creeley is considered one of the preeminent successors to modernists, such as William Carlos Williams, and was one of the

originators of the Black Mountain school of experimental poetry Forrest Gander, director of the Brown Creative Writing program, described Creeley as “the most important and influential living North American poet. … He’s one of our most extraordinary minds, one of America’s see CREELEY, page 11

York City, Brown alumna Taryn Simon explores the limitations of photography by turning the camera around to document some 20 victims of mistaken identity and perverted justice. Her body of work, titled “The Innocents,” documents the stories of individuals across the country who were wrongly convicted through eyewitness identifications of photographs and served time for violent crimes they did not commit. The men and women are photographed at sites that had particular significance to their wrongful conviction: the scene of misidentification, the scene of arrest, the scene of the crime or the scene of the alibi. The large, photorealistic 20” x 24” c-prints are fairly straightforward. The most compelling part of the photographs is the story that surrounds them. Featured below each is a card that details the charge, the sentence and the amount of years

(usually more than ten) served by the featured ex-convict. The project began in the summer of 2000, when Simon, whose photographs have been exhibited internationally and featured in several publications, including The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, was assigned by The New York Times Magazine to photograph men who were wrongfully convicted, imprisoned, exonerated and subsequently freed from death row. The project inspired her to apply for a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in Photography, which she received and used to travel across the United States photographing and interviewing men and women convicted of crimes they didn’t commit. In the case of Marvin Anderson, convicted of rape,

Traveling … outdoor … Shakespeare. The very words strike fear into the hearts of many theatergoers. The potential pitfalls of a mobile, outdoor production, both technically and artistically, are ghastly to contemplate. While the Trinity Repertory Company Summer Shakespeare Project’s mobile production of Richard III does not wholly escape the hazards, it redeems itself with a clever, cheeky tone and a solid lead performance. One wonders what the company could have accomplished without the constraints of staging a Shakespeare history on the front lawn of the Coventry, Rhode Island Public Library. Richard III may be Shakespeare’s best lead character. Few roles are more fun than acting the unrepentant villain, and when an actor enjoys himself playing a character, viewers are likely to enjoy themselves too. Easily identified by his black garb (if only life were like that), Richard spends the first act gleefully bounding from wicked act to seduction to murder without a single repentant pause. His rare and mirthful moments of introspection make the character and difficult historical storyline accessible (versus Hamlet, for which an introspection-free production would necessarily see SHAKESPEARE, page 6

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Shakespeare continued from page 5 be very short). That accessibility is particularly useful in the chaos of an outdoor production and small, frequently recycled cast. Born mildly deformed (every production decides the degree and nature of the deformity differently; Trinity’s Ben Steinfeld ’01 swings and scuttles with energy on forearm crutches which double as weapons), Richard happily reports in his first jaunty address to the audience that he was not formed to be a lover, so he’ll have to play the villain instead. As played by Steinfeld, the man is impish and enthralling. He ushers even the smallest and least comprehend-

ing audience members into his delight over the effects of his plans. His delight is powerfully set against the other initial powerhouse of the production, Mariah Sage Leeds as the dethroned and banished Queen Margaret, who plays the grim reaper and howls ragged prophecy to torment the royal family that usurped her throne. These two polar opposites — joy and rage — are set in a field of meeker performances, some subtle and some weak. Sean McConaghy bounces from playing wrongly accused brother to child prince to victorious rebel commander with a shake of his curly head, while Claire Karpen ’04 struggles to define a single character, the conflicted and seduced Lady Anne. Margaret’s ever-present vengeful banshee act becomes tired when Richard finally yields to it. He morphs from the capering devil into the hunted paranoid when he attains his throne and finds that his practice of wanton murder can open no more doors for him. Here the production becomes less fun, a race to the inevitable triumph of Richard’s adversaries. Moral torture is all well and good, but his folding before a nighttime vision of all his victims feels like a betrayal: He has forced the audience to fall in love with his honey-tongued malevolence. The Trinity production’s interpretation is tame, compared to the recent cinematic passion for dragging Shakespeare into high schools, boardrooms, modern warfare and other unintended settings, but a few knowing nods to modern humor — like the creation of a minor character as an effeminate and fawning man

who fondles the heads of audience members when he talks — keep things fresh. A scene written for Richard’s brother and two murderers sent by Richard is played brilliantly, with Richard taking the place of both mercenaries. He taunts the doomed and blindfolded man, eventually allowing him to touch a metal crutch and recognize his killer. A helpful backdrop listing the names of the major character helps to keep track of the death toll; the dispatched are doused in watery red ink from a long paintbrush. The dead come with a laundry bill, since Richard kills by thrusting his hand into a basin of fluorescent pink paint and planting it on the victim’s chest or neck. He then wipes the residue on a white towel. These quirky touches in an otherwise straight-laced production are appreciated and distract from other flaws. In all, the young actors, most of whom are students or alumni of the Brown/Trinity Repertory consortium program, enjoy themselves (with the exception of Niambi Nataki Daniels GS as Queen Elizabeth, who can never seem to find the fun in her difficult and strident role of widowed and embattled queen) and endear themselves to the audience by being unafraid of interaction and laughter. They soldier through the interruptions of shaky microphones and passing helicopters like champions and produce a solid play that is only disappointing because it never fully triumphs over those familiar constraints of traveling … outdoor … Shakespeare. Herald staff writer Sara Perkins ’06 can be reached at sperkins@browndailyherald.com.

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Brown hires Wallace Terry ’59, first first diversity black Ivy League editor, administrator dies at the age of 65 BY PHILISSA CRAMER

For the first time, Brown has an administrator whose sole responsibility is to deal with on-campus issues of diversity. On July 1, Brenda Allen became Brown’s first associate provost and director of institutional diversity, moving from a similar position President Ruth Simmons created while at Smith College. Simmons added the position as part of her Initiatives for Academic Enrichment. According to a June 10 community announcement from Simmons, Allen will formulate the University’s policies on diversity and work to recruit and retain a diverse faculty and student body. Allen said diversity issues surrounding faculty and hiring are among her first priorities but she will be in close communication with Simmons and the provost to monitor other issues. A search committee made up of Brown faculty, staff and students convened for the first time in mid-April and announced its decision to the community in early June after interviewing several candidates of various backgrounds and relationships to Brown, said Professor of Physics Robert Pelcovits, who served on the committee. Pelcovits said Allen’s sense of integrity, willingness to listen to everyone and passion for diversity are some of the characteristics that led the committee to select her. Pelcovits said the position of diversity coordinator will be difficult because its occupant is responsible to every constituency on campus. “She’s going to have her plate full,” he said. Allen said her goal at Brown is to coordinate different initiatives and programs that already exist to foster institutional diversity. “My understanding is that for a long time see ALLEN, page 13

BY ELLEN WERNECKE

In 1957, a young Herald reporter charged into the Providence hotel room of press-shy Arkansas governor Orval Faubus and refused to leave until Faubus promised him an interview. To seal the deal, the two shook hands and a wire photographer captured the scene. The next day, the photo made the front page of nearly every U.S. daily — a champion of school segregation had shaken the hand of a black man, Herald reporter Wallace Terry ’59. Terry, who died May 29 at age 65, was the first African-American editor-in-chief of an Ivy League newspaper. After the Herald, he went on to jobs at the Washington Post and Time Magazine. Terry grew up in Indianapolis, where he was the first black editor of his high school newspaper. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Brown, he worked at the Washington Post, going undercover to write features on the Nation of Islam and covering figures such as Medgar Evers and Martin Luther King Jr. Terry served as Time’s deputy bureau chief in Saigon during the Vietnam War and was one of the nation’s first black war correspondents. His interviews with black Vietnam veterans formed the basis of his best-selling book, “Bloods,” from which Terry was writing a screenplay when he died. He was also a long-time professor at Howard University and an

Laura Freid will step down from public affairs post to pursue doctoral degree BY JULIA ZUCKERMAN

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Wallace Terry ’59 was The Herald’s editor-in-chief while at Brown. ordained minister in the Disciples of Christ Church, as well as a University board member and a contributor to publications such as USA Today and Parade. Terry suffered from Wegener’s granulomatosis, an inflammation of the blood vessels. He is survived by his wife, Janice Terry, children David, Tai and Lisa Terry, a sister and two grandchildren. Herald staff writer Ellen Wernecke ’06 can be reached at ewernecke@browndailyherald.com.

Laura Freid, executive vice president for public affairs and University relations, will step down in August to pursue a doctoral degree after seven years as University spokesperson. Freid’s doctoral research will not stray far from Brown and its public image — it will examine the introduction of the New Curriculum in the early 1970s and its longterm benefits to the University’s reputation. Though Freid’s doctoral program is at the University of Pennsylvania, she will remain at Brown for another year to research her dissertation. Pursuing a doctorate “has been a lifelong ambition of mine,” said Freid, who holds an M.B.A. from Boston University. Freid said she plans eventually to turn her research into a book on decisions universities made during the 1960s and 1970s that later affected their public image, both positively and negatively. “Reputation is to universities what profit is to corporations,” she said, but since it takes a long time for a university’s reputation to change, “people aren’t as cognizant of that factor when they’re making policy changes.” Freid said she looks forward to spending time on her own research after the busy and “social” job of public relations, but said “I think this is just a great job.” As head of the Office of Public Affairs and University Relations, Freid represented the University in its relationship with the media, the community and state and local government. Shortly before she stepped down, Freid’s office created a new strategy to raise Brown’s global profile, which she named as her most see FREID, page 10

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Unionized library workers await contract, absent after almost one year of strained negotiations BY JULIETTE WALLACK

It’s been a frustrating year for unionized library workers. By this time last year, workers had begun contract negotiations with University representatives, hoping to have a new contract ready when the old one expired Sept. 30, 2002. But September passed with no new contract and, instead, after more than 90 bargaining sessions and nine months of negotiations, unionized library workers still lack an official contract. “There’s not a lot to report,” said Mark Nickel, director of the Brown News Service. “The talks are still continuing. “Things are pretty much where they were,” Nickel said. The talks affect 84 of the libraries’ 175 non-student employees. Since the end of January, when the contract extension expired, unionized employees have been working without a contract. At the heart of the negotiations is a planned library reorganization that University officials hoped to implement by the beginning of this academic year. Before the reorganization begins, though, library workers must reach a contract agreement with Brown because the plans for the libraries directly affect the workers’ contracts. Library workers strongly oppose the University’s plan to use “involuntary transfers” to make the planned reorganization work, according to Karen McAninch, business agent of Service Employees Union International Local

Quinn will follow Greene as assistant to the president BY DANIELLE CERNY

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Library workers at the Rock and other campus libraries are still attempting to negotiate a new contract after their old one expired in Sept. 2002. 134, which represents the 84 unionized library workers. Other topics up for debate include benefits and pay raises. Earlier this summer, library workers staged a one-day walkout to protest the possibility that University officials were going to impose a contract on July 8. The libraries remained open. But July 8 passed without any action or forced contract, both McAninch and

Nickel said. “They’re not looking to impose,” McAninch said. In fact, she said, President Ruth Simmons sent union representatives a letter expressing her hope that negotiations would continue and confirming that there was no July 8 deadline.

Marisa Quinn, Brown’s current director of community and government relations, will succeed David Greene as assistant to the president on August 1. Quinn will act as a representative for Simmons at events and on various committees. She also will oversee Simmons’ schedule and travel plans and serve as an advisor. Although many of the responsibilities of assistant to the President differ from her former duties, Quinn said that both positions draw upon the same skills. As director of community and government relations, Quinn dealt with issues ranging from federal policy and state legislation to local community relations and projects. “Working in the area of community and government relations for a university like Brown is very dynamic, both in terms of the content of the work, the process by which it is carried out, and the pace,” Quinn said. “I imagine that the culture of the office of the president is very see QUINN, page 10

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Freid continued from page 7 significant accomplishment. Freid’s final project will standardize the University’s logo and the appearance of its publications and Web sites. It also examines media coverage of Brown and the language University publications and representatives used to represent Brown. Freid also serves on the committee working to revitalize Thayer Street, a project she said will see major progress next year, with improvements to sidewalks, storefronts and lighting. When Freid arrived at Brown, after serving as a communications officer and editing publications at Harvard University and Boston University, she was surprised to find how much of her job would involve issues relating not only to the University, but also the economy of Providence and Rhode Island. Brown plays a significant role in its relatively small state and city and is “much more woven into the fabric of our state” than universities in Boston are, she said. As liaison between the University and the public, she became a key link in Brown’s close relationship with congressional, state and city officials, local economic leaders and local media. The Office of Public Affairs is also responsible for bringing many distinguished speakers to campus, including speakers for the annual Brown/Providence Journal conference in April and for Commencement. Meeting

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speakers such as former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, news anchors Dan Rather and Peter Jennings and actor Christopher Reeve, all of whom have visited Brown in recent years, was a “real privilege,” she said. Freid has served as spokesperson for four different University presidents — Vartan Gregorian, E. Gordon Gee, Sheila Blumstein and Ruth Simmons — but said maintaining continuity in the University’s public image was not a challenge. “The strength of the University is in its faculty and its students,” she said. “Administrators come and go, even presidents.” Freid said she appreciates the contact between Brown administrators and students, which is

Quinn continued from page 9 similar, though the range of issues that reach the office is far broader.” Quinn will take over for Greene, who served as assistant to President Simmons for seven years — five at Smith College and two at Brown. Greene became interim vice president for Campus Life and Student Services when then-vice president Janina Montero announced she was leaving Brown for UCLA this spring. Quinn said she and Greene have developed a close working relationship over the last two years. Greene has taught her

sometimes lacking at other universities, she said. The University will conduct a national search for Freid’s successor. Corporation members David McKinney, president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Elizabeth West, vice president at CBS News and chair of the Corporation committee on University relations, will assist Simmons in the search process, Freid said. Melanie Coon, assistant vice president for public affairs and University relations, will take over Freid’s position on an interim basis beginning Aug. 14. Herald staff writer Julia Zuckerman ’05 can be reached at jzuckerman@browndailyherald.com.

about the “importance of reaching out to members of the Brown community for guidance and support to ensure that the president gets stellar advice as she proceeds with the work of the University,” she said Greene said he will be happy to help ease Quinn’s transition in any way possible, though he said he doubts she will require much assistance. “Marisa will do an outstanding job because she is highly intelligent and articulate,” Green said. “She knows Brown and the community well, she has great judgment and many years of related experience.” Herald staff writer Danielle Cerny ’06 can be reached at dcerny@browndailyherald.com.

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As the school year draws closer, the possibility of the University implementing the reorganization becomes smaller, but McAninch and Nickel said it could still happen. “There’s always hope for that,” Nickel said. “That certainly is the University’s goal — to reach a settlement that is acceptable for both sides and bringing in the reorganization and putting it in place.” McAninch said she’s hopeful that things will wrap up as soon as possible. “I’m very hopeful that that’s the deadline that we’ll be shooting for,” she said. Union representatives withdrew an unfair labor practices charge they had filed with the National Labor Relations Board, McAninch said. The charge, which the union filed at the end of February, resulted from what some reps felt was a refusal to provide information. But McAninch said it’s fairly clear that the University didn’t have the information bargainers needed, so the union withdrew the charge. The plans for the reorganization are still tentative, depending on the results of the contract negotiations. University and library officials have said the reorganization will allow libraries to stay open longer and offer a wider range of services.

great conversationalists … a one man civilization.” Creeley’s fall seminar will be centered around the Black Mountain school. The spring seminar will focus on poetry from the late 1940s to the end of the 20th century. Creeley said he was drawn to Brown because of the university’s “excellent company of writers,” many of whom he has known for several years. “It’s a program that I much respect and enjoy. ... Brown is out there but still a part of the world,” he said. Teaching at Brown also will bring Creeley closer to Massachusetts, where he grew up and still has family. Creeley left a teaching position at the University of Buffalo to join Brown’s faculty. Fellow University of Buffalo professors Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian described Creeley as one of the most intelligent people they know. “I’ve never had a boring

Herald staff writer Juliette Wallack ’05 can be reached at jwallack@browndailyherald.com.

Fenlon continued from page 1 be part of the Brown community,” said University Chaplain Janet Cooper Nelson. Fenlon’s death is a “huge tragedy” for both Brown and her family, she said. Fenlon is the fourth Brown student to die this year. The Rhode Island State Medical Examiner had not

conversation with him,” Jackson said, while Christian called him “a very decent man, a very smart guy, and a wonderful poet.” In writing poetry, Creeley said he emphasizes the importance of “moving with the impulse” and responding to life’s natural rhythms. Poetry is the vehicle through which the nonsensical, random events of the world are processed and filtered, he said. Through poetry, the chaos of ordinary life is distilled into comprehensible ideas. The unique structure of Creeley’s poems reflects his views on composition. According to Gander, “What’s really distinctive about Robert Creeley (is that) his work uses line break to create a different sort of rhythm, a stuttering along thought that is revealing what’s he thinking as he’s thinking it.” His stops, pauses and reflections create a “rich sounding board in a colloquial way,” Gander said. Creeley admits that he does not spend much time editing his work, in a deliberate attempt to ensure that his poems “occur in the moment.”

released the cause of death as of July 12. The Amanda Fenlon Fund at Brown has been created in her memory. Her family has not yet decided how the money will be used, but plans to “figure out how to do something good with it,” Michael Fenlon said. Herald staff writer Lisa Mandle ’06 can be reached at lmandle@browndailyherald.com.

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Taxes continued from page 1 not last through the entirety of its nominal 20-year span. “I think it’s good for several years, but I think circumstances will change enough that we can say, ‘It’s time to talk about this,’” he said. “My guess is it’ll be well before 20 years … but not (after) just a year or two.” From the University’s perspective, the most important part of the negotiations leading to the deal was the city’s appreciation of Brown’s tax-exempt status, said Laura Freid, executive vice president for public affairs and University relations. That status is derived from state and federal law as well as the University’s charter, Spies said. “The work that we do is in support of public good,” Spies added. “There is a connection between our success and health and the city’s. We’re prepared to invest in that, if we think it can be done in a sensible way, (and) if it reflects our tax-exempt status.” The institutions will also pay limited taxes for properties acquired in the future — 100 percent of the normal property tax for five years after a purchase, followed by five years at 66 percent and five years at 33 percent. Once 15 years pass, the properties become fully tax-exempt. Although the payments will be based on the value of the property, it does not amount to the University becoming a taxpayer, Spies said. Instead, he said, the city’s institutions of higher education will provide “some straight dollars that the city needs badly.” Providence Mayor David Cicilline ’83 has pushed for those dollars since his inaugural address. The city faced a projected deficit of over $40 million in its $550 million annual budget, which has since shrunk to $16 million, John C. Simmons, city acting director of administration, told the Providence Journal on July 11. The city also needs funding for schools and has a colossal $580 million pension liability, Cicilline told The Herald in February. The new contributions will go to the city’s general fund, said Ward One Councilman David Segal, whose district includes part of the Brown campus. Although Providence’s deficit problem will be far from solved, “I was pretty pleased with the deal,” Segal said. The University is revising its budget this summer and will most likely draw the required money from contingency funds, Spies said. Student tuition rates will not rise as a result of the new deal, Freid said. “Simmons made it clear she would under no condition make an agreement that would tax our students,” she said. “This will affect our capital budget. There will most likely be more belt-tightening.” The University announced a budget on May 30, before the agreement with the city that included an average three percent cut to all non-academic departments. Major tuition hikes are improbable because “in my own personal view, we’re pushing the upper limits of what we can (expect),” Spies said. Brown’s contribution to the city will end the University’s annual $350,000 donation to the nonprofit Health and Education

“There is a connection between our success and health and the city’s.” Dick Spies VP for Planning Leadership in Providence coalition, which works to improve the lives of urban children, Spies said. HELP will continue to operate with outside support, he said. When negotiations began, the University cited several city programs, including HELP, to which Brown contributed significantly in its argument against direct payment to the city. “The mayor made it clear — the only way you are going to resolve this issue in the short term is by everyone taking a piece of it,” said Patrick McGuigan, executive director of The Providence Plan, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the revitalization of the city, and a visiting lecturer in public policy at Brown. “Everybody needed to play a role,” he said. The agreement follows a nationwide trend of cities learning to rely less on property taxes, McGuigan said. “Property tax is really from when land was the primary source of wealth and economic activity,” he said. McGuigan said Brown and the other institutions will benefit from continued revitalization of Providence made possible by their donations. A city that offers an enjoyable urban lifestyle helps recruit students and faculty, especially since two-thirds of Brown faculty reside in the city, he said. But the agreement might be a tough sell to student opinion, Spies said, because nothing in particular will visibly change. “We’re not buying something from the city that we weren’t getting before,” he said. “The fire department response won’t be any faster; the police protection won’t be any better,” he added. The agreement did not come easily. Representatives from the city and the four schools met on numerous occasions over the course of several months, and Simmons and Cicilline were known to have had their share of heated disagreements. An agreement between the four institutions to put aside their differences and meet jointly with city officials made the negotiations possible, Spies said. Cicilline entered office amid expectations he would use his aggressive style to threaten a repeal of tax exemption for the schools. Gov. Donald Carcieri ’65 also floated in his budget a proposal to do so, which he later withdrew. “There was definitely talk about the big stick as well as the carrots,” Spies said. Representatives from the Cicilline administration were unavailable for comment despite repeated requests for interviews. During the talks, officials studied the relationships between peer institutions and their host cities, including Harvard, Princeton and Yale universities, but the final arrangements were not modeled after any particular system, Freid and Spies told The Herald. Herald staff writer Jonathan Ellis ’06 can be reached at jellis@browndailyherald.com.

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Allen continued from page 7 the institution has paid attention to diversity at a lot of levels but there’s never been one person” to coordinate leadership, Allen said. “What we don’t have is some overarching way to integrate diversity more fully into the institution.” Pelcovits said this lack of coordination has resulted in the burden of supporting diversity being placed unfairly in the laps of minority faculty members. Involving students in all conversations about diversity is another of Allen’s priority, she said. “You have to be in conversation with students to understand what the issues are,” Allen said. “It’s easy to get as you get older to get away from how issues change.” Yara Lorenzo ’05, who also served on the search committee, along with five other students, six faculty members, two Corporation members and two staff members, said she was most impressed by Allen’s commitment to being accessible to anyone who needs her services. “I could see (Allen) working in different settings and maintaining the composure to do so gracefully in each, which is something incredibly important, especially when certain events occur and our campus gets on edge as has happened in the past,” she said. Mentha Hynes, associate dean of multicultural affairs at Smith, said Allen involved students in many ways at the college by participating and supporting their initiatives. She said she remembered a time when Allen helped set up chairs for a student event on a Saturday morning. “(Allen) is concerned about students and their day-to-day experience,” Hynes said. “She understands that life in the classroom is completed by life outside of it.”

Evenson continued from page 5 “Brown’s Creative Writing Program is famous worldwide for its innovative character and for the amazing writers who have passed through here,” he said. “Brian Evenson’s work … is radically inventive, experimental, driven, regardless of convention and insistently original. The caliber of his language, sentence by sentence, is as high as that of any American writer of his generation.” Evenson is the author of five books and holds a Ph.D. in English literature and critical theory from the University of Washington. He most recently served as a professor of creative writing at the University of Denver and has taught at Oklahoma State University. A 1995 recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, Evenson also received the 1998 O. Henry Prize for his story “Two Brothers.” His novels and stories tend to deal frankly with themes of death and irrationality, and his work has been described as both skillful and unsettling. Evenson is also the author of

Until assuming her position at Brown, Allen was a member of the psychology faculty at Smith and Smith’s director of institutional diversity. She served in Simmons’ senior cabinet for one year before Simmons departed for Brown in 2001. Allen said her brief experience working closely with Simmons makes her confidant that Simmons will support her efforts. “You don’t always have that” when starting in a new position, Allen said. Lorenzo, who has served as a co-chair of the Latin American Student Organization, said the committee was looking for a person who could embrace Brown’s vision of diversity but not simply accept it. We wanted “someone who is going to challenge us as a university and take us that much further, in order to bring Brown to the top when it comes to dealing and thinking about issues of diversity,” she said. Allen said coming to Brown from Smith allows her to evaluate the school’s history and politics objectively, but that being an outsider also means she has a lot to learn before she can be effective in her position. “It’s a double-edged sword, and that’s why I’m going to have to spend as much time as I can” learning about Brown, she said. And Allen said while race and class are among the categories that have been privileged for historical and social reasons, other forms of diversity must be considered. She said she has worked on transgender issues and issues of sexual identity at Smith, which she said was a learning experience for her. “All human experiences have a level of integrity that demands respect,” Allen said. “My goal has always been to find a way to talk about diversity from the point of view of respect and integrity.” Herald staff writer Philissa Cramer ’05 can be reached at pcramer@browndailyherald.com.

this year’s “Understanding Robert Coover,” a guide to the works of the renowned fiction writer and Brown professor of English. Evenson will teach an undergraduate course in advanced fiction writing this fall, and is one of three new additions to the Creative Writing department.

Arming continued from page 5 decision until the end of the 2002-03 academic year. Simmons has also said that if she decides to arm DPS, the process will take up to two years, as current officers undergo extensive psychological training, background checks and training in deadly force policies and community sensitivity. Vice President for Administration Walter Hunter and Chief of Public Safety Paul Verrecchia were unavailable for comment. Herald staff writer Carla Blumenkranz ’05 can be reached at cblumenkranz@browndailyherald.com.

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Dean David Targan on the slopes of Mt. Everest.

Everest 2 continued from page 4 1,000 feet per day,” Targan said. The pace stretches a three-day trip into 10 days or more. Targan stopped to receive the blessings of a Buddhist Lama along the way. “You have to bring little gifts to the Lama,” he said, showing off breathtaking digital pictures of his journey. “See, someone brought a Nalgene water bottle. Somebody else brought Cheetos.” His photos show a trail studded with boulders covered in painted white prayer patterns, which Targan said travelers must always pass on the left, out of respect. In the West, Everest is named for a western surveyor, but the Tibetan name is Chomolangma, “which means ‘goddess that stands in the middle of the world,’” Targan said. The base where teams begin the climb in earnest is at the foot of the Khumbu Icefall, a dazzling field of chopped ice punctuated by walls and deep chasms that are crossed on aluminum ladders tied together. Targan made practice runs into and one tense trip across the Icefall before his team began its climb. “It was kind of relieving,” he said. “Going over the ladders is unnerving.” But the Icefall is only the first step: Four camps lie between the base camp and summit. “I honestly never thought I’d be able to do it,” he said. “It’s too dangerous and too expensive.” Although the trip inaugurated Giorgio’s new business, Everest Trek, which promises to take the prohibitive cost out of traveling to Everest, Giorgio made the ascent, his third, without any western companions. “It was very stressful having to deal with the rescue,” Targan said. Although his trip took him away from Brown for the spring, “never having enough oxygen is not really a vacation. “Everest has a totally different feel from the Andes. ... It’s not as technically challenging as some mountains, but it’s a bear of a mountain,” he said. Targan suffered an altitude headache for most of the time he was on the mountain, a common symptom of acute mountain sickness. But, he never moved high enough to develop the more serious symptoms and conditions that afflict many as they climb closer to the sky. A member of Targan’s team, a Californian climber, fell outside

of the base camp, at around 5,500 meters above sea level. He had probably suffered a hypoxiainduced loss of coordination, but certainly by the time he was brought to the camp, he was suffering from altitude illness, broken ribs and chest trauma which further impeded his respiration with fluid buildup in the lungs. The base camp is a temporary affair, since Everest is only scalable during a brief window in late spring between the winter and the snowy monsoons. “In the hospital tent, the floor is basically rock and ice, and you hang your IVs from the tent poles,” Targan said. The man could not be stabilized at base camp, but there was no place for an evacuation helicopter to land, and Targan decided that he shouldn’t be carried back down the trail. Sherpas traveling with the team cleared a field full of giant boulders for the helicopter, a loan from the Indian military when a private helicopter was grounded by the weather, to land in. Helicopter rescues, Targan said, are very uncommon due to the bad weather and low air pressure. In fact, “the helicopter we used crashed several weeks later. “They wanted me to go with him, but I thought I would never get back,” Targan said, clicking through digital images of teams of Sherpas moving boulders taller than they were and of the black helicopter coming in for a landing on the makeshift helipad. This year was the 50th anniversary of the first successful climb of Mount Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. At the celebration, Hillary criticized the new generation of climbers. “At base camp there are 1,000 people and 500 tents. There are places for food, places for drinks and comforts that perhaps the young like these days,” Hillary said. “Just sitting around base camp knocking back cans of beer I don’t particularly regard as mountaineering.” “Hillary started the tradition of being helped up the mountain by people who are stronger than we are, and that’s the Sherpas,” Targan responds equitably. “Everest is not as pure as other climbs in other parts of the world.” His experience with a medical emergency contradicts the idea that the trip is cushy and base camp has all the comforts of home. “There’s not much you can do when somebody gets really sick,” he said. Herald staff writer Sara Perkins ’06 can be reached at sperkins@browndailyherald.com.

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Pats’ trip to the Super Bowl. For every receiver who hasn’t kept his second foot inbounds or every “fumble” caused by the ground instant reply has made sure the right call was made. Yet for all the changes to final scores that instant replay has rightly made, instant replay has not changed the fundamentals of football. Football has emerged unscathed and bettered by new technologies, but baseball’s newest machine, QuesTec, has only had horrifying consequences. The strike zone is already small enough and a machine that seems to eliminate the pitchers’ hallowed outside corner only furthers the home run barraged, doubledigit scoring mockery that baseball has become. With hitters crowding the plate, the parks as small as they have become and the always talkedabout juiced ball, does baseball really need a machine that seems only to benefit the hitter? Baseball in many ways is the United States’ version of cricket, a great game that does last a while, but whose traditions should not be changed simply because the latest generation of fans requires Ritalin to appreciate the game. Baseball has unfortunately entered Bud Selig’s Supercuts and was far better looking before it ever stepped in the barber shop.

LeBron James would get some more media coverage. I mean, come on, if this kid gets any more press coverage, he’s going to have to hire Ari Fleischer. It would be nice if he donated his Nike contract to the sweatshop workers instead of paying off a loan for a vehicle that I wish Arizona Cardinal turned Army Ranger Pat Tillman didn’t have to drive. Continuing on the subject of monetary responsibility, at the risk of hemorrhaging the Spanish economy, I hope that Real Madrid will never lose another soccer match or at least hire MC Hammer as their financial advisor. Real Madrid vs. Ditka? Ahhh, Ditka wins five to tree. I wish people would know what the word retire means. If Dominik Hasek knew how to control his temper, he wouldn’t have to come back and shuffle the goalie situation around more than Icky Woods’ touchdown dance. Above all, I wish I could go a full week without having to turn on the TV and watch some sports highlights or surf the Internet for the latest updates. For some reason I can’t. It’s not that I’m bored and don’t have a life (insert sarcasm); it’s just that I can’t stand to miss out. Even with the slow months of summer, I’ll keep watching and wishing. Now I’m going to do my best impression of Sammy Sosa and put a cork in it. Sorry, I couldn’t resist.

on the leaders. After catching the lead boat with 1,000 meters to go, Brown had nothing but open water ahead and was first to cross the finish line. “Our race at NCAAs was the best race that I’ve had at Brown. We had four seniors in the boat who were great leaders. Our goal from day one of training was to cross the finish line first, and we did,” Tremaine said. Similarly the four, which actually consisted of four rising sophomores — Deborah Dryer ’06, Gillian Almy ’06, Katie Reynolds ’06 and Kaitlin Masarie ’06 — had to come from behind in the final to take the top spot.

Sports editor Jon Meachin ’04 hails from New York City.

Ian Cropp ’05 hails from Buffalo, New York.

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sanity. Daye has been told he would soon receive compensation from the state of California for his wrongful imprisonment. “If they were to give me $100 million,” he said, “that still wouldn’t be enough. You can’t put a value on the loss of an individual day, minute, hour, whatever, in jail. You can’t get that time back.” At the exhibit, Daye is pictured at his “alibi location,” a bar stool at an American Legion Post in San Diego, where more than a dozen witnesses placed him. For Simon, the project gave her an opportunity to explore the intricate relationship between representations of reality and reality itself. “Photography’s ability to blur truth and fiction is one of its most compelling qualities. But when misused as part of a prosecutor’s arsenal, this ambiguity can have severe, even lethal consequences,” she wrote. “Photographs in the criminal justice system, and elsewhere, can turn fiction into fact. As I got to know the men and women in this book, I saw that photography’s ambiguity, beautiful in one context, can be devastating in another.” Simon’s photographs and documentary will tour major museum venues throughout the United States. “The Innocents” is on exhibit at PS. 1 through August 2003.

continued from page 5 forcible sodomy, abduction and robbery, the victim was shown a photographic array of six similar black-and-white mugshots and one color photo. The face that stood out to the victim was the color photo of Anderson. After the victim picked Anderson from the photo array, she identified him in a live lineup. Of the seven men in the photo array, Anderson was the only one who was also in the lineup. Marvin Anderson served fifteen years of a 210-year sentence. A book of the entire body of photographs (70 in all) accompanies the exhibit. In the preface to the book, Simon stresses the cost of ignoring the limitations of photography within the criminal justice system, and attempts to minimize the context in which photographic images are presented. She also provides excerpts of interviews with each ex-convict. Through probing questions, she asks them to confront the paradox of innocence and imprisonment, the inability to recover the years stolen from them and the states’ shocking refusal to compensate them or assist their transition to civilian life. Frederick Daye, accused and convicted of raping and robbing a young woman, told Simon that he was grateful that he was eventually released after 11 years in prison, but that the experience has cost him his

Herald staff writer Rachel Aviv ’04 edits the arts and culture section. She can be reached at raviv@browndailyherald.com.

The boat was pretty much even with Michigan and Ohio State after 250 meters but trailed the University of California, Berkeley. The team closed in on Cal but was still second with half a race to go when it began to push past its opponents with 500 meters left. From that point on, Brown never relinquished its lead. Thus Brown had two first place finishes and a seventh, which put them in second place overall behind Radcliffe. After NCAAs, the team traveled to England for the Henley Women’s Regatta, held from June 21 to 23. In addition to the three boats the squad brought to NCAAs, an alumni four coxed by Misha Joukowsky ’87 won the open four event. Racing five times over three days, second

varsity eight repeated its dominance, capturing first, while the varsity four took second. The varsity eight also took home first place, solidifying a place for them at Royal Henley. At rowing’s most hallowed ground, the varsity eight made it as far as the semifinals before losing to a very talented Australian national team. After an accomplished summer on two continents, the team has earned some time off before next season begins. While the leadership of the last senior class will be sorely missed, don’t expect any less intensity out of next year’s squad. Sports editor Jon Meachin ’04 can be reached at jmeachin@browndailyherald.c om.

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Profile continued from page 20 year in high school at St. Alban’s in Washington, D.C., Spring chose Brown to continue both his studies and his baseball career. Following a solid freshman year, the 2001 season proved to be a breakout year. In 46 games as an infielder, Spring hit .303 with 44 hits and 18 RBIs. In the final two weeks of the 2001 season, as the team battled for the Rolfe Division title, Coach Marek Drabinski selected Spring as the team’s closer. In those two weeks it became apparent he has a special talent for relief, especially as a closer, where he posted a 1.59 ERA in 5.2 innings. The 2002 season saw much of the same, as Spring recorded 33 strikeouts in 39.2 innings and was named an All-Ivy Honorable Mention. His stellar performance was not lost on minor league scouts, who began recruiting Spring during his junior year. “Since junior year I had been talking to teams. I would receive letters from them, requesting information,” Spring said. “Most of the time, though, it was not personal contact, mainly through e-mail or phone.” It was during his senior campaign that Spring noticed both Detroit and Pittsburgh had become increasingly interested in his talent as a reliever. The 2003 season allowed him to continue to hone his pitching skills, leading the team in lowest opponent batting average (.242), saves (4) and relief appearances (17). Though the team did not fare as well as they hoped (18-28-1, 12-

“I was actually listening to the draft live on the Internet. I knew that if I was going to go, I was going to go on the second day,” he said.“I was both nervous and excited, and I kept hearing the names of a bunch of people I played with. Later in the day I actually heard them call my name. I was excited but it was very surreal also.” 18 Ivy), Spring’s season solidified his name as a potential draftee. Of course, no draft goes according to plan (unless you are LeBron James), and so as June 4 approached, Spring’s position was still up in the air. “I was actually listening to the draft live on the Internet. I knew that if I was going to go, I was going to go on the second day,” he said. “I was both nervous and excited, and I kept hearing the names of a bunch of people I played with. Later in the day I actually heard them call my name. I was excited but it was very surreal also.” Following the draft, Spring traveled with the rest of the 2003 Tigers draftees to Lakeland, Fla., to participate in extended spring training. For eight days the Tiger minor league management eyed the 60 college and high school baseball players whom they had selected. Following the camp, the players were split into two teams. Spring, a fastball/slider/changeup pitcher, won himself a spot on the Oneonta Tigers in the New York-Penn League. “The (New York-Penn League) is mainly college guys, and the league is designed specifically for players that get drafted and sign immediately,” he said. In an interesting twist of fate, one of Spring’s teammates is a

former Ivy League rival, Kenon Ronz. Ronz, a southpaw from Harvard, shares relief responsibilities with Spring for the Class A Tigers. Five other Ivy League pitchers were drafted as well. “We get razzed from other guys on the team for being smart guys, but we had a lot of success right off the bat proving that we can still play with them,” Spring said. Through 21 games, both Spring and Ronz have proved their worth to the Oneonta squad. Neither Spring nor Ronz allowed a run in their first appearance, and through seven games Spring is 1-0 in 10 innings pitched, with an ERA of 1.80. Ronz is faring equally well, with one save and a 1.93 ERA. Of course, Spring’s success is not the result of easy competition. “Overall, play is at a much higher level. In summer leagues, you find four or five excellent players on every team and the rest of the guys are not so good. Here, the bottom level of competition is raised,” he said. The level of competition is not the only heightened part of the game. As opposed to the somewhat lackluster fan support the baseball team received at Brown, Spring now finds himself playing in front of 5,000 fans on a

Saturday night under the lights. “You try to focus on the hitter and block out the fans and the atmosphere, but it is very exciting because the fans really care about the games and the teams,” he said. While the atmosphere and level of play certainly differ from Spring’s experience at Brown, the greatest change in the game is the switch from metal to wood bats, Spring said. “In college, you felt you had to try to strike out everyone. Even if you made a good pitch, the metal bats meant guys could still hit the ball really hard,” he said. With wood bats, you get rewarded for making good pitches. I focus much more on the quality of the pitch than I did before.” Helping Spring work on the quality of his pitches is former Red Sox hurler Bill Monbouquette, whom Spring describes as a “cagey veteran. You pick his brain about baseball and you hear all these unbelievable stories.” Only one month into the season, the Oneonta relievers find themselves in a rotation system out of the bullpen. While Spring feels most comfortable as a closer, specific roles have not been defined and he throws approximately every two or three days. This approach has proved benefi-

cial for both Spring and the Oneonta squad. As of July 9 the team sat atop the Stedlar Division standings at 14-7. The team’s overall ERA is strong at 2.23, the second lowest in the league. When asked what Spring has drawn from his Brown baseball experience, he points to the mental aspect of his game. “At Brown we played a ton of games down south against tough competition at the beginning of the year. In the New England area the level of play isn’t as strong, and so those opening 20 games against really great competition are important. Other schools in our league like Dartmouth and Penn do not do that, and therefore we get an edge knowing what it is like to face stronger opponents,” Spring said. Though the season is far from over, Spring said he realizes this summer in the New York-Penn League is just the beginning of the minor league process. Following the season, he will spend September through February training and then report to spring training to earn a spot on another Tigers minor league club. Spring acknowledged that it is a difficult fight because, he said, “you know that any day they can release you” but said he hopes this summer and the off-season will only strengthen his abilities. For right now, Spring will prepare for his next appearance against Lowell Spinners or the Batavia Muckdogs and will not have to worry about starting a 9to-5 just yet. Sports editor Maggie Haskins ’04 can be reached at mhaskins@browndailyherald.com.

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OPINIONS FRIDAY, JULY 18, 2003 · PAGE 19

In defense of sodomy laws The Supreme Court circumvents precedent and tradition THE RECENT SUPREME COURT DECI- guage of the Ninth Amendment, these sion on the Texas sodomy law has additional rights are “retained by the peoincensed social conservatives, frustrated ple.” Identifying these hidden rights has friends of federalism and exploded the been the source of much contention myth that the Rehnquist Court leans to the between conservatives and liberals ever since Roe v. Wade established right. the right of a woman to Like any conflict between choose. The controversy over the prerogatives of the indianti-sodomy laws inevitably vidual and the interests of raises the question of whether society, the law must strike a these reserved rights also proper balance between liberinclude a right to engage in ty and order. The existence of homosexual conduct. prohibitions on sodomy is not Fortunately, in a series of a formula for sexual decisions over the past McCarthyism. Sodomy laws decade, the court has estabare notoriously difficult to lished an objective standard prosecute. Indeed, between STEPHEN BEALE for evaluating the legitimacy the years 1880 and 1995, there RIGHT WORDS of claimed rights. For examwere only 203 prosecutions ple, in Washington v. for consensual homosexual Glucksberg (1997), the court sodomy. Furthermore, note that the mainte- restricted these rights to those “deeply nance of sodomy laws accords with the rooted in this Nation’s history and tradiprinciples of limited government. Far from tion.” In cases in which a particular law actively mandating certain sexual norms, violates one of these fundamental rights, it the government restrains itself, merely is not automatically ruled unconstitutionproscribing activities that threaten the al by the court. Instead, the court must integrity of the family. And, as the record of first subject the law to “strict scrutiny” the past century illustrates, even in this review. The law survives only if the state negative function, government rarely exer- can prove that the infringement is “tailored to serve a compelling state interest.” cises its full powers. All other cases fall into a secondary catYet the issues raised by the court’s ruling extend far beyond just sodomy laws, egory, classified as “rational basis review.” involving core constitutional principles Under this standard, the state must only regarding the balance of power between demonstrate that the law is “rationally the federal government and the states and related” to a “legitimate state interest.” In the nature of the rights not enumerated in other words, there must be a “rational the Constitution. According to the lan- basis” for the law. It is on the grounds of rational basis that the Supreme Court found the Texas sodomy law in violation of the Constitution. For another view on the Lawrence ruling, The majority opinion brazenly declares check out “The Corporatization of homothat “the fact that the governing majority sexuality” online at browndailyherald.com.

in a State has traditionally viewed a particular practice as immoral is not a sufficient reason for upholding a law prohibiting the practice.” Thus, the Texas statute “furthers no legitimate state interest which can justify its intrusion into the personal and private life of an individual.” The court’s conclusion is extraordinary. It is inconceivable that government may dictate the dimensions of a bedroom, yet is powerless to interfere with bedroom behavior. There simply is no sacred wall of separation between the private and public spheres — which is why there are laws against incest, prostitution, polygamy and bestiality and why pedophiles hoarding child pornography in the privacy of their homes are viewed as dangerous sociopaths. The court’s reasoning would nullify such laws and undermine concomitant social norms. Society has a compelling interest at stake for the same reason that it monitors food quality, pollution levels and interest rates. And human sexuality is arguably more important than all of the above. One does not have to study sociology to recognize the importance of sexuality in shaping social structures. Healthy sexual behavior is essential to the reproduction of society. Countries with declining birthrates face limited labor forces, an over-sized population of expensive retirees — and, ultimately, extinction or absorption into an immigrating replacement population. Sexuality also serves as the basis for the family — the most important social institution. Dysfunctional families correlate with poverty, illegitimacy and crime. Society obviously has at least a legitimate interest — if not a compelling interest — invested in sexual morality.

Sodomy laws serve this legitimate state interest in sexuality by passively reinforcing the institution of traditional marriage. This ancillary role insures the cultural hegemony of the family. The absence of such laws would surely erode the legitimacy of the family. Because sodomy is associated with alternative sexual orientations, the acceptance of sodomy brings the homosexual lifestyle under the umbrella of social approval. Such tolerance diminishes the status of the family within our collective consciousness as the primary context for sexual relationships. Moreover, the legalization of sodomy is a major step toward achieving the adoption of gay marriage laws. The creation of gay marriage would, by definition, abolish the traditional understanding of marriage as a sacred monogamous covenant between a man and woman. Instead, marriage would denote a consensual sexual relationship between two adults of any sex or gender. And the idea that only two adults can enter into marriage would soon fade. Certainly, this revolution in the meaning of marriage would exert a tremendous effect on society. The truth is it is impossible to know the outcome of multiple marital arrangements. Science can only probe knowledge through experimentation. Yet to experiment with human relationships is a dangerous undertaking. Philosophy can imagine the possibilities, but, in the words of Edmund Burke, “the abstract perfection” of theory is often its “practical defeat.” Thus, we can only turn to tradition, which resounds with an overwhelming endorsement of marriage between a man and a woman. To reject tradition for the sake of experimentation would surely endanger social order.

Summer on Thayer Street Why Providence life in the summer is a far cry from the grind of the academic year THESE DAYS I SPEND MOST OF MY FREE way up, checking out the diners outside time sitting on my front steps, partially Kartabar, Andrea’s and Paragon. Roaring because the temperature in my sublet motorcycles routinely awaken me in the apartment borders on unbearable in the middle of the night. I see none of this durearly evening, and partially because I have ing the year. Maybe it’s just that I don’t the most fabulous view around — Thayer have time to stop and look, but I think it’s Street. During the school year, Thayer is something else entirely. During the academic year Brown is a full of Brown students; you can’t walk the length of it without having to stop and talk small bubble, with few outsiders passing to at least three people you know. The through our space. Despite the eclectic mix of students, we can pick shops and the restaurants are most outsiders from the filled with familiar faces. crowd, knowing they are not While the Main Green still has HANNNAH BASCOM one of us. We are all basically a few occasional jugglers, the GUEST COLUMN the same age during the year; tightrope walkers are no there are few children, few longer here, nor are my pets and few grandparents. friends running around throwing a football or lounging on blan- Even the most unusual Brown students kets desperately seeking sun. Summer are a far cry from some of the people I’ve here is different — the crowd, the day-to- seen from my steps in the past few day living, is nothing like the normal months. Every color, every type of person is here, wearing anything you can imagine school year. From my steps I see not only people I and talking about everything and nothing recognize, but also families with baby car- at all. During summers here you befriend riages and dripping ice cream cones, old men walking their dogs, high school stu- nearly every acquaintance you have and dents overwhelmed but excited by their partake in real conversations with people unfamiliar, pre-college surroundings and you only have time to say a passing hello sports campers stuffed with Antonio’s to during the year. The pace is a little slowpizza, exhausted and elated. There are er, the social scene a little smaller, cliques throngs of teens with multiple piercings of students a little more intimate and and tattoos standing next to biker gangs. inviting. The bars and restaurants I freCars cruise down the street as slowly as quent during the year are now filled with possible, music blasting and bass all the strangers, and I find myself not quite as at ease. I miss the friends and familiar faces, the comfort of walking down my hall anytime of day or night and having my four Hannah Bascom ‘06 does not snort coke.

I have actually gotten to know my neighbors (two Italian exchange students, two med students, a chiropractor and three water-polo players). Groups of us sit outside in the evenings, and we all have made trips to Ben & Jerry’s. I cannot say the same about the strangers who lived across the hall from me in Grad Center last year. closest confidantes. But now I am branching out. I have actually gotten to know my neighbors (two Italian exchange students, two med students, a chiropractor and three water-polo players). Groups of us sit outside in the evenings, and we all have made trips to Ben & Jerry’s. I cannot say the same about the strangers who lived across the hall from me in Grad Center last year; I was too busy with my own friends to invite them over to cook. The days now are a little longer, and walking outside is no longer a burden. I am up early during the week, walking downtown to my job, and see the hustle and bustle of real life here — not the quasi-reality we are all accustomed to on College Hill during the school year. I find that I like spending my day with people who I do not live with; coming home is much more peaceful with the drama of the day behind me. The constant backache that plagues me during the academic year has vanished, I speculate, because

of the lack of stress I am feeling. I am busy, yes, but it’s a constant routine, which to my delight can accommodate a bit of HBO watching each day should I choose it. I can sleep in, really sleep in, on the weekends and the lack of tasks to fill my time still surprises me as each Saturday afternoon stretches before me. Summer here isn’t for everyone, and undoubtedly my experience would be different were I taking classes instead of working. I miss my friends, my comfort zone and the constant changing activity I have during the semester. Sometimes I feel old and boring — but then I stop and realize I like the change for a little while. Living in Providence is not the same as going to school in Providence. Being here this summer has changed Rhode Island from the place I go to school to the place I live. The other day when someone asked me where I was from, I was unsure of what to reply. I think being here this summer has really made Providence my home.

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SPORTS FRIDAY JULY 18, 2003 · PAGE 20

Memo to Selig: Stop throwing the game MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL HAS BECOME a horrific haircut, with Bud Selig as the barber who’s had one too many drinks. In an attempt to perfect the game, Selig is paving the way for the sport’s demise. True, he did make one good decision in creating the Wild Card, but while baseball has probably lost some of its popularity relative to both basketball and football, Selig and the rest of MLB have become revenue whores at the expense of a great game. While the creJON MEACHIN ations of new stadiSUICIDE SQUEEZE ums geared for home-run derby and juiced balls that seem to fly off every bat have been well documented, baseball continues to struggle due to its more recent blunders: the “meaningful” All-Star game and QuesTec, baseball’s technological nightmare. Selig doesn’t seem to have a long term vision for baseball, just several pathetic stabs at increasing revenue that have a higher longterm cost — the validity of the game. Every major sport’s All-Star game pretty much sucks, so Major League Baseball figured it could get a leg up on the competition by improving its version. In basketball, nobody plays a lick of defense, and the only offense consists of a series of missed alleyoops. The Pro Bowl is an offensive barrage in which many players, like Mike Vick and Brett Favre, choose not to participate because the game is meaningless — simply another chance to get injured and miss the games that do count. So baseball put something on the line — well, a lot on the line — by giving the winning league home-field advantage in the World Series. This game has no right to have a bearing on the World Series, and, with the stakes this high, both teams have a lot to lose. Would you, as a manager, take out the best players if in three months your team were to make the World Series and not have home-field advantage because of your managerial decision? But if this game means so much, why has baseball stuck with other mandates that now seem counterintuitive? Baseball continues to insist that each team, regardless of whether it has a bona fide All-Star, must have a representative. Even mediocre players like Pittsburg’s Mike Williams, who has an ERA of 6.29, somehow find their way into the All-Star game because of this ludicrous rule. Mike’s got to be as surprised as anyone that he made the team, but what’s the point if he’ll never see the field? If you were Dusty Baker, would you put Mike in the game? At first glance, improving umpiring in baseball with technology seemed a good decision: Why be wrong when you can be right? Yet baseball’s use of QuesTec, an electronic strike zone, which has been utilized to monitor each umpire’s accuracy, has everyone up in arms. Technology has undoubtedly benefited many sports, most notably football. For all the lowly Patriots fans out there, you were some of the biggest beneficiaries of instant replay. Tom Brady’s apparent fumble against the Raiders made Brady the posterboy of the tuck rule as his later determined “incomplete pass” paved the way for the see MEACHIN, page 15

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lowing day, the varsity eight had its semifinals and encountered terrible conditions as high winds and bad weather made for less than perfect water. The Bears finished fourth, one spot away from making the grand final, and thus the best the boat could finish was seventh, which it did. This would be the first time in seven years that Brown had not placed all three of its boats in the grand final. Meanwhile, the second varsity eight — comprised of Liza Aguiar ’04, Meg Anderson ’06, Frances Betancourt ’03, Jill Filipek ’03, Becky Hutchinson ’03, Audrey Patten ’04, Abby Thomas ’03, Katherine Tremaine ’04 and Megan Wachs ’05 — started out slowly in the final race, but after 500 meters closed in

WITH ONLY ONE MAJOR SPORT IN action, summer provides us with a slower, more relaxed atmosphere. After my worst fears that the State of New Jersey would be crowned with two National Champions (the true sign of the apocalypse and the precursor to the next Eagles album), I figured the Sports Gods had indeed taken a turn on my side. But I wasn’t going to let one “positive” outcome convert me into a believer. It IAN CROPP would take a lot CROPPSICLE more to provide the restitution needed after I had to suffer through four Buffalo Bills Super Bowl losses, a stolen Stanley Cup from the Sabres, countless Mike Tyson pay-perchew bouts, a few Team Milky Way (a.k.a. The New York Yankees) World Series and way too many Harvard victories (anything more than 0). In an attempt to liven up the summer sports scene and live in my sports fantasy world, I’ve espoused my summer wish list. While all the wishes may not be completely feasible, I do think some of them have their merits. First, I think I speak for the proud Red, White and Blue when I pray that Lance wins his fifth consecutive Tour de Freedom. The French should know better than to mess with Texas. Maybe during the mountain stages he can stop by some vineyards and look for a job for Sammy Sosa, who is experienced in sealing the wine bottles and keeping it juiced. Though Vancouver just got the bid for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, I think there is still a chance the 2012 games will come to the United States. Wouldn’t it be nice if Buddy Cianci continued his shady dealings and the city of Providence won a bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympics, while, at the same time, he was granted a reprieve and re-elected to his old office? Okay, well maybe we can hope for former Brown student Ted Turner to bring back the Goodwill Games, but considering his proclivity toward delivering speeches, I think I’ll pass and hope the Gravity Games come back. Worst-case scenario, I’ll have to wait until winter, steal a tray from the Ratty and slide down College Street racing Ruth Simmons. As far as baseball goes, it would be nice to force the Yankees to throw Don Zimmer into the rotation, but I shouldn’t be so Boston Red Sox-centric (I’ll get back to that later). Why not ask for something we all can appreciate? It would be nice if Jose Canseco, Bug Selig, the New York Mets and George Steinbrenner all were cast off to Corsica. They could start a winery there, but I wouldn’t recommend letting the Mets work in the field, as we’ve all seen the fruits of their labor. It may seem a little hypocritical that I’m chastising a bunch of whiners and then crying about the Yankees. I wish I could do what any good horse owner has to do when they just can’t bear to see their prized jewel suffer anymore and put the Boston Red Sox out to pasture. As much as I want to do it, I can’t, and I refuse to not hate the Yankees. I just can’t do it. I think I should unite with the Democrats and realize that life just isn’t fair. Speaking of life not being fair, I wish

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Dan Spring ’03 was picked up by the Detroit Tigers in the 42nd round of the draft.

Spring ’03 finds his way to minor league team BY MAGGIE HASKINS

On June 5, recent Brown graduate Dan Spring ’03 reported to his first day of work. Unlike many of his peers, Spring was not headed to Wall Street, graduate school or his parents’ house — instead, Spring started his first post-collegiate job at the Lakeland, Fla., home of the Detroit Tigers’ spring training camp. Selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 42nd round of the amateur draft, Spring embarked upon a road on which few Brown athletes travel. Unlike most of his varsity counterparts, who removed cleats, pads and jerseys for the final time last year, Spring now finds himself playing in the minor leagues. Spring joins a select group of Brown athletes with major league ambitions.

In 2001 the St. Louis Cardinals drafted Dan Kantrovitz ’01. Last summer, catcher Greg Metzger ’02 signed a free agent contract with the Oakland Athletics. Other Brown sports have offered up pro athletes as well. Sean Morey ’99, a former Brown football player, has played with the Philadelphia Eagles and New England Patriots, and this spring played in NFL Europe with Mike Malan ’02. Chas Gessner ’03 joined the NFL club this spring after the New England Patriots drafted him. Cory Gibbs ’01 was recently named to the U.S. National Soccer team. Named an All-American Honorable Mention in baseball following his senior see PROFILE, page 17

Brown women’s crew places second in NCAA races BY JON MEACHIN

While many students were enjoying the lazy days of summer, the Brown women’s crew team was tearing up the water in the U.S. and abroad. With two out of three boats winning their divisions, Bruno finished second at the NCAA championships in Indianapolis. Next, the squad traveled to England for the Women’s Henley Regatta, where Brown took three firsts and a second, advancing to Royal Henley, the most storied race in international rowing. As defending national champions, the crew team headed down to Indianapolis to repeat its past glory. Brown got off to a solid start as its three boats: the varsity eight, a second varsity eight and a four all won their respective heats on the first day of racing. The fol-