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“Irreconcilable differences” to blame for raid of smoke shop BY CARLA BLUMENKRANZ

“Irreconcilable differences” between the state of Rhode Island and the Narragansett Tribe were at fault in the July smoke shop raid, according to an independent committee chaired by President Ruth Simmons. The committee, which placed conclusive blame on neither party, was appointed by Governor Donald Carcieri ’65 in the weeks following the raid and charged with an independent review of “the facts and circumstances leading up to and surrounding the incident.” The incident, as it was described in the committee’s report released Tuesday, was initiated by the July 9 announcement by the tribe that it would begin selling taxfree tobacco products that day. Once an undercover detective determined July 12 the shop violated state law, Judge Richard Gonnella of the Rhode Island District Court signed a warrant authorizing the Rhode Island State Police to search and seize its tax-free tobacco products. After several days of failed negotiations between the state and tribe, Carcieri authorized state police to serve the warrant, with the specification that no one should be injured over the issue of cigarette sales, according to the report. The events of July 14 proceeded quite differently. Officers from the Narragansett Tribal Police met state police at the tribal land borders. Witnesses claimed state police officers “stormed past” the tribal police as tribal members ran to secure the smoke shop, according to the report. Struggles between uniformed officers and tribe members inside and outside the shop “led to a number of injuries and arrests,” the report states. Later in the day, after a 10-minute arraignment, all arrested tribe members were released. The issue is now before the U.S. District Court in Providence. In the meantime, the six-person committee has made a num-

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Jugglers Lucas Orwig ’04.5 and Michaela Andrews ’03 of the student group Out of Hand practice on the Main Green.

Students are pessimistic about California recall BY JONATHAN HERMAN

Most California transplants at Brown agree on one thing — they don’t want Arnold in office. “If Arnold does win, I don’t want people to think that California is the worst state,” said Sarah Hotchkiss ’07 on Tuesday. “I hope people don’t look down on me for being from California.” Californians make up 11 percent of

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Proposed city resolution moves to ignore Patriot Act in Providence BY SARAH LABRIE

Opposition to the Patriot Act brought together Republicans, concerned residents and students alike last night at a public hearing in city hall. The Civil Liberties Resolution, a motion supported by Ward One Councilman David Segal, proposes to outlaw the Patriot Act within the city of Providence. The motion follows others like it made in 120 cities throughout the United States, including the nearby towns of Block Island and Jamestown as well as Chicago, Baltimore,

Philadelphia and San Francisco. The Patriot Act, signed into law after the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center, gives the federal government expanded rights in investigating the private affairs of citizens to spot potential threats to national security. All of those who spoke at the hearing said they found the act to be a blatant violation of the Bill of Rights, citing the government’s new ability to search library check-out records and individ-

the last four entering classes — totaling 642 people — according to Julia Bengochea, associate director of operations of college admission. Many doubted Schwarzenegger’s credentials for the office of governor and his motives for running. “I don’t like it,” said Jamie Witmer ’05. “I think generally the use of cinematic popularity in culture doesn’t tell me that (Schwarzenegger) has any ability. I don’t think it’s the best for the state and I don’t think he is acting in the best interests of California.” “It is a terrifying thought but there is a possibility that (Schwarzenegger) will be elected,” said Mike Smallberg ’06 before the polls closed Tuesday. But many California students weren’t any more impressed with the 135 candidates vying to replace Davis. “None of the candidates are all that qualified,” said Morgan Brewster ’06. Students also expressed dislike for Schwarzenegger’s main competition, Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante. “I don’t really respect Bustamante. I think he is really scummy. I don’t think he has much party loyalty,” Hotchkiss said. Some questioned his viability as a

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BY JULIETTE WALLACK

Postmodernism is back at Brown tomorrow. Or at least the architects credited with inventing the movement of postmodern architecture are returning. For the third time, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown will be on campus to meet with Corporation members during their October meeting. The architects will meet with student groups as well. According to David Greene, interim vice president for Campus Life and Student Services, this visit will give Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates the chance to meet with the Corporation committee on campus life. The University gave Venturi Scott Brown the task of creating a vision for campus life spaces that will conform to architect Frances Halsband’s Master Plan. The spaces the firm is asked to envision include social, dining and fitness facilities. At this point, the architects are still in the analysis stage, according to Sylvia Fuster ’96, one of the architects with Venturi Scott Brown who will be on campus tomorrow. “I know we’re basically working on

see PATRIOT, page 9 see RECALL, page 8

Group files suit against Virginia colleges to admit illegal immigrants campus watch, page 3

Famed architects to meet Corporation, envision new campus buildings

Columnist Jane Urban ’07 explores strategy in the game of sex in college column, page 11

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TO D AY ’ S F O R E C A S T M. water polo seeded fourth in coming tourney after winning 18-4 against Conn. College sports, page 12

Three game losses in weekend match against Yale drop volleyball record to 1-8 sports, page 12

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CAMPUS WATCH WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2003 · PAGE 3

Group sues to grant illegal immigrants admission to Virginia colleges BY EMIR SENTURK

The case that may settle the issue of granting college admission to illegal immigrants in Virginia is underway, one month after the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund filed a legal challenge against seven of the state’s public colleges and universities. MALDEF filed suit against the schools in September, representing several anonymous plaintiffs. The suit came one year after Virginia Attorney General Jerry Kilgore issued a memo to Virginia public colleges and universities that advised against admitting undocumented citizens. Kilgore’s office issued the memo in response to questions from the schools about the eligibility of illegal immigrants. Schools named by the suit include Virginia Tech, William and Mary and the University of Virginia. “Administrators and public relations officials from the schools began to ask questions with regards to what they should be doing with illegal immigrant applicants,” said Tim Murtaugh, director of communications at the Office of the Attorney General. The legality of admission and applicants’ eligibility or in-state tuition rates were also of concern to the schools, he said. Similar memos regarding legal issues are sent out “all the time,” he added. The memo states that, in the opinion of the attorney general, state schools should not grant admission to illegal students. But, “it’s the schools that make the policy,” Murtaugh

said. “There’s no federal or state law that either requires or forbids the admission of illegal aliens,” he told UVA’s Cavalier Daily in September. Tisha Tallman, Southwest regional counsel for MALDEF, said the case, which is currently working through preliminary motions, is running its “normal course.” Though the suit is currently in the spotlight, it is not the only way MALDEF has challenged Kilgore’s memo. In the past year, the group’s Atlanta office sent rebuttals of the memo to the schools. MALDEF also held forums and meetings with students, parents and university administrators in an attempt to resolve the matter. “This definitely was the last but appropriate way of dealing with the issue,” Tallman said. The Office of the Attorney General, as a legal representative of Virginia’s state agencies, has already objected to the use of anonymity in the case. “It’s simply far too difficult to verify certain critical facts about an applicant under anonymity,” Murtaugh said. The judge in the case asked both parties to work out an arrangement before proceeding, he added. Other schools named in the suit are George Mason University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Northern Virginia Community College and James Madison University. George Mason University typically advises undocumented residents who apply for admissee VIRGINIA, page 6

Textbook costs rise; students shop online BY ROBBIE COREY-BOULET

As the average costs of textbooks increase faster than any other kind of book on the market, some resourceful students are beginning to explore alternatives. “I probably spent about $500 on my books,” said Sophie Waskow ’07. “Which was surprising because I’m not enrolled in any science classes with hardcover texts, and I bought a fair number of my books used.” The convenience of the Brown Bookstore led Waskow to buy her books on campus this semester, but she said she may explore online alternatives next time. Brandeis University sophomore Emily Loubaton, an outspoken advocate for alternatives to campus bookstores, said she believes college students need to take initiative to avoid inflated prices. “Publishers take advantage of students because students let them,” she wrote in an e-mail to The Herald. “When students buy these books, they are giving the publishers a green light to continue selling books at inflated prices.” Online alternatives, such as amazon.com and addall.com, specialize in used book offers. Price comparisons for the more expensive texts required by Brown classes show the Brown Bookstore does not compete with these options. The Bookstore charges $117.50 for a new copy of N. Gregory Mankiw’s “Principles of Economics,” used in EC 11: “Principles of Economics,” and $88.13 for a used version. A used copy of the same text sells for $60 at amasee TEXTBOOKS, page 6

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CAMPUS NEWS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2003 · PAGE 5

More student interaction at Corp. weekend

Faculty discusses financial concerns and stance against pre-emptive war

BY SARA PERKINS

Student leaders will have more access to Brown Corporation members than in past years at this weekend’s fall Corporation meeting. The owners and operators of the University will discuss the Master Plan for campus construction and prepare for the upcoming capital campaign. Representatives from the Undergraduate Council of Students, the Medical Student Senate and the Graduate Student Council will attend a dinner meeting of the Corporation’s Campus Life committee on Thursday, said Russell Carey, vice president and secretary of the University. A new corporate governance structure approved in May drastically reduced the number of standing committees that had to meet over the weekend and “freed up time” for the dinner, organized by Interim Vice President for Campus Life and Student Services David Greene, Carey said. “I know that UCS members have gone to Corporation meetings in the past, but I think this is new,” said UCS Vice President Diana Jeffery ’04. “They know that some of the issues that will be brought up this year are issues of the campus center and of campus centralization or decentralization.” The new structure now limits the number of committees each member serves on, allowing for more specialization. “The individual now has a much more satisfying and involved experience … and a better view of the whole,” said Director of the Brown News Service Mark Nickel. The Campus Life committee “has the most direct day-to-day influence on student life,” said UCS’s Corporation Liaison Samuel Hodges ’04. Corporation members have, in the past, solicited informasee CORPORATION, page 9

BY MERYL ROTHSTEIN

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Playwright, author and performance artist Kate Bornstein ’69 spoke to an audience in MacMillan on Tuesday. Bornstein self-identifies as neither man nor woman and was the first Brown graduate to receive a degree in theatre arts.

The Brown faculty voted to oppose the doctrine of pre-emptive war Tuesday at its monthly faculty meeting. The motion passed with 42 votes in favor and 33 votes against. “The Faculty wishes to go on record as opposing the doctrine of pre-emptive war. Force should be employed only as a last resort and even then, only in accordance with international law,” read the motion, proposed by Professors Edward Ahearn, Michael Rosen, John Coleman, William Keach and Robert Brandenberger. “We believe strongly that the present invasion and occupation of Iraq do not fulfill these requirements.” Ahearn, professor of comparative literature and French studies, said the occupation of Iraq represented a “distortion and corruption of American governmental institutions” and was based on “distortion of intelligence.” “Faculty of higher education institutions of the U.S. need to speak out,” he said. Faculty debated the motion at two previous meetings, but postponed their vote, said Ahearn. Prior arguments against the motion came from professors who either supported the war in Iraq or did not believe faculty should take official stances on issues of this nature, Ahearn said. Professor of Physics Leon Cooper said the motion is “totally contrary to the spirit of the University,” adding, “the essence of a university is that we speak for ourselves.” “If there’s one faculty member that doesn’t agree with (the motion), I don’t see how we can pass it,” he said. The meeting also addressed the challenges posed to the University by the poor see FACULTY, page 6

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Faculty continued from page 5 economic climate. The national economic environment has shown signs of improvement, said Provost Robert Zimmer. But the success of last year’s Annual Fund, which exceeded its fundraising goals, was a “positive sign,” he said. The University cannot currently achieve all of President Ruth Simmons’ Initiatives for Academic Enrichment, but is still working on fundraising to reach this goal, he said. “This year, the financial aid budget is in balance,” Simmons told the faculty, adding that, so far, need-blind admission has not been as costly as predicted. Economic difficulties have also plagued Brown’s libraries, causing the University’s reputation to suffer, said R. Ross Holloway, the Elijah Benjamin Andrews professor of archaeology.

The library only recently ended its moratorium on bookbuying except for those immediately required for classes this semester, he said. Holloway said Brown’s “second-class library holdings” contributed to the “sinking of Brown University” in relation to other national universities. The Brown Medical School will begin a pilot program in the next two years to allow students from national universities to apply, Zimmer said. Previously, the Med School admitted only students from the Program in Liberal Medical Education and other Brown- or Rhode Islandrelated institutions. Simmons announced the establishment of a substation for the Providence Police Department on Brook Street between Power and Charlesfield streets. Herald senior staff writer Meryl Rothstein ’06 can be reached at mrothstein@browndailyherald.c om.

Textbooks continued from page 3 zon.com and $59.76 at addall.com. Similarly, new and used copies of the required BN 1: “An Introduction to Neuroscience” text are roughly $30 more at the Bookstore than those sold at these Web sites. A third alternative, the OpenCourseWare program, was developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2001. The program offers unlimited access to required materials for participating classes. Just last month, the program celebrated its 500th published course. “We see OCW as opening a new door to the democratizing and transforming power of education,” said MIT President Charles M. Vest in a Sept. 30 press release. “We hope the idea of openly sharing course materials will propagate throughout many institutions and create a global web of knowledge that will

enhance the quality of learning.” Professor of Education Carl Kaestle said the texts are for the benefit of the students, and therefore worth the money. “It seems (prices) have definitely increased in the past few years, especially for course booklets,” he said. “I know that the price for my own course book increased this past year as well.” Kaestle used to offer to reimburse students the money he made off royalties for his own book, which is one of his required texts. Due to the inefficiency of this policy, he now donates an amount greater than his royalties to a Providence literacy group. This policy reflects the fact that texts are required for the benefit of students, Kaestle said. And, in cases where purchase is mandatory, many students now regard online resources as their best option — at least until publishers lower their costs. “By this point, students know there are alternatives,” Loubaton said. “The Internet and its resources are not new anymore.”

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Herald staff writer Robbie CoreyBoulet ’07 can be reached at rcorey-boulet@browndailyherald.com.

Herald staff writer Emir Senturk ’05 can be reached at esenturk@browndailyherald.c om.

Architects continued from page 1 drawings to work on the information,” Fuster said. Greene said the first two campus visits the architects made were for them to meet as many groups as possible and “hear a rich variety of perspectives in terms of what Brown should be doing (to improve) its campus life facilities.” The opinions the architects heard weren’t necessarily all alike, Greene said. “They heard views that were diametrically opposed from one another,” he said. But, if there were an easy answer to the question of campus life structures, “we wouldn’t need to hire them.” Though this will be the architects’ third campus visit, there’s still plenty for them to see, Greene said. “This time they’re going to go look at the Metcalf facilities,” he said, because Halsband’s plan targeted those buildings as a possible space for a campus center. “They haven’t been through the Metcalf complex of buildings,” he said, so this week’s visit will include a tour, as well as more meetings with campus groups. Greene said Venturi Scott Brown will consider the possibility of converting the Metcalf building — previously home to the chemistry department and now the neuroscience, linguistics and cognitive science departments — into a student center. “What (Halsband) has suggested here is there may be a way of putting an atrium on that complex of buildings,” Greene said. Venturi Scott Brown will consider whether that is reasonable and if the building will lend itself to serving as a campus life center. But President Ruth Simmons told The Herald that Venturi Scott Brown will consider whether to build a single student center or several decentralized

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Four states currently allow illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates at their state universities. sion to obtain legal status, said Dan Walsch, the school’s executive director for university relations, in an interview with the Cavalier Daily. Four states currently allow illegal immigrants to pay instate tuition rates at their state universities — California, New York, Texas and Utah, according to the Federation for American Immigration Reform Web site.

facilities. “We’re too early in the process to be reaching any conclusions,” Simmons said. “Some people say Brown is a campus that does not need a central facility. I’m not sure I believe that because I hear so often from students that Brown is too fractured.” Greene said the University hopes to see a campus life plan by February, which means the architects are working quickly, and the final plan should be decided by May, according to Simmons. “We’ve asked them to sort of accelerate their process and take all the information that they’ve heard, that they’ve seen, and start giving back to us some ideas,” Greene said. He said Venturi Scott Brown has been willing to speed things up, particularly because it will facilitate dialogue with the University. “They thought it would be a good process — to come back with ideas, given what we know at this stage. This is our chance to say, ‘No, you’ve got it all wrong.’” That kind of discourse will help refine the ideas to better suit the University’s needs, Greene said. But the University is not looking for a “quick fix,” Simmons said. “We know we’re going to do this work.” It will be at least two years before construction begins on new campus life spaces, Simmons said. Venturi Scott Brown is well known for work on campuses and high-profile projects across the country. At Princeton University, the firm’s conversion of a circa-1908 physics laboratory into the Frist Campus Center is earning rave reviews, and the firm completed a planning project similar to the one Brown is undertaking at Dartmouth College in the early 1990s. Herald staff writer Juliette Wallack ’05 edits the metro section. She can be reached at jwallack@browndailyherald.com.

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WORLD & NATION WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2003 · PAGE 7

FTC earns court OK for no-call registry WASHINGTON (L.A. Times) — An appeals court on Tuesday

allowed the Federal Trade Commission to enforce the national “do-not-call” list until it resolves whether the popular registry violates the free-speech rights of telemarketers. The ruling by a three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver revives a government crackdown on the $275-billion telemarketing industry. Some 51 million phone numbers have been placed on the registry since summer by people seeking to avoid sales pitches. Telemarketers who call numbers on the registry face fines of up to $11,000 per call. But the list’s future was cast in doubt late last month after two federal judges barred the FTC from enforcing it. First, a judge in Oklahoma held that the agency did not have the legal authority to enforce the list. That decision prompted both houses of Congress to pass legislation explicitly giving the FTC the power it lacked. Less than an hour after the final vote, however, a judge in Denver ruled that the list was unconstitutional because it violated the free-speech rights of telemarketers. The FTC appealed, but did not begin enforcing the list last week as planned. Although the constitutionality of the list remains to be decided, the appeals court said it believed that the FTC stood a good chance of winning its appeal and scheduled oral arguments in the case for Nov. 10. “We conclude there is a substantial likelihood that the FTC will be able to show ... that the list directly advances the government’s substantial interest and is narrowly tailored,” the panel wrote. “The Supreme Court has held that there is undoubtedly a substantial governmental interest in the prevention of abusive and coercive sales practices,” the judges added. “The prevention of intrusion upon privacy in the home is another ... substantial governmental interest.” The Direct Marketing Association and the American Teleservices Association trade groups could not be reached late Tuesday after the court decision. But the DMA, apparently anticipating that some sort of registry would ultimately be upheld in court, had advised its 5,000 members not to call numbers on the registry. Federal regulators praised the decision and said they would press ahead with enforcement of the registry, although it may take several days to get the list up and running again. “This is an important victory for American consumers,” said FTC Chairman Timothy J. Muris. “We will now proceed to implement and enforce the Do Not Call Registry.” A spokesman for the Federal Communications Commission said the agency Wednesday will probably start to share the names of several thousand people who requested to be added to the do-not-call list after the FTC suspended the addition of new names. The FCC, which shares enforcement of the list with the FTC, took primary responsibility for the registry after the initial court rulings. But its efforts were hamstrung because the FTC refused to turn over the list of numbers out of fear that doing so would violate the court’s orders. FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell said “the ability to cooperate with the FTC will make our enforcement efforts more efficient and more effective.” Telemarketing groups initially sued the FTC last January, contending the do-not-call list is discriminatory and infringes theirFirst Amendment rights. They pointed out that politicians and nonprofit groups aren’t covered by the rules and remain free to solicit funds. Many legal experts said the courts have traditionally endorsed granting fewer constitutional protections to so-called “commercial speech” than to other kinds of speech. The appeals court cited that difference in Tuesday’s order and said the FTC’s do-not-call rules appeared broad enough not to favor certain types of commercial telemarketers over others. And it noted that people can request not to be called by charities on a case-by-case basis.

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GOVERNOR ARNOLD? Arnold Schwartzenegger makes his way through the media throng after voting in the recall election.

Schwarzenegger wins in Calif. recall LOS ANGELES (Washington Post) — Angry Californians ousted

unpopular Democratic governor Gray Davis Tuesday and replaced him with Republican movie star and political novice Arnold Schwarzenegger. Davis conceded late Tuesday night, saying, “Tonight, the people did decide that it is time for someone else to serve. I accept their judgment.” The replacement of Davis by Schwarzenegger represents one of the most remarkable turnabouts in California’s political history — a bitter defeat for state and national Democrats, and a giant leap forward for Republicans, who would wield power again in the richest, most populous state in the union. Davis is only the second governor in the nation’s history to be recalled. Voters have told survey takers for weeks they were tired of his inability to fix the state’s budget problems and weary of his constant fundraising that led many here to say special interests held sway in Sacramento. In his place, the early vote count and exit polls indicated voters were betting on the sunny optimism of Schwarzenegger, an untested celebrity candidate. He has run a campaign short of specifics but flush with Hollywood drama, including announcing his run for office on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” and late-breaking charges that he groped and sexually taunted women. Davis’ defeat is stunning because California is so solidly Democratic. Democrats enjoy a 10-point advantage over Republicans in registered voters. Davis was so dismissive in the early days of the recall election that he referred to it as “a joke” and nothing more than “political mischief” by gadflies on the fringe. As polls tightened, prominent Democrats from former president Bill Clinton to nearly all of the current presidential contenders campaigned for Davis — but it was all for naught. Democrats once talked about a run by Davis for the White House. Now, his political career is in ruins. A few years ago, Schwarzenegger’s draw was only discussed in box office terms. California’s county registrars saw large numbers of voters turning out throughout the day. There were reports of confusion at some polling stations because of the length of the ballot and the reduced number of voting places. Phones lines to county registrars were jammed with calls and often rang busy as people tried to find their new polling places. There were also problems in at least one county, where the sample ballot and ballot at the voting booth were different. Jesse Jackson, who spent the day with Davis, said the governor appealed to the California secretary of state to keep the polls open until 10 p.m. to allow more people to find their polling places. He was turned down and polls closed at 8 p.m. Jackson said there were so few polling places on college

campuses, for example, that “I’m sure there will legal challenges” in the days ahead. Schwarzenegger, 56, could not take office until Tuesday’s results are certified by state election officials — a process that could take a month. Davis, 60, built his lifelong career of public service as a somewhat dull but steadfast centrist, but he appears to have been abandoned by many in his own party. Until Tuesday, Democrats held all statewide offices, both U.S. Senate seats, majorities in both houses of the state legislature and a majority in the congressional delegation. Schwarzenegger successfully overcame allegations that he groped women, including 15 whose stories were reported by the Los Angeles Times five days before the election. Exit polls showed he rallied Republicans to his side, and outpaced the other major GOP contender, conservative state Sen. Tom McClintock, according to interviews conducted by Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International, who are conducting exit surveys for The Washington Post and other media outlets. Also in the running was Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, a liberal and the most prominent Democrat in the race to replace Davis. Exit polls showed he ran well behind Schwarzenegger. There were 135 candidates on a remarkable ballot that ran to eight printed pages and included names of a porn star, a sumo wrestler, a retired meatpacker and a watermelon juggler. Secretary of State Kevin Shelley declined to estimate the turnout before polls closed, but he said the recall had no precedent. Almost 15.4 million voters — a record for a governor’s race — were registered. Typical was Maria Burnell, marking her choices in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles. “You had to really look for the name of your guy,” Burnell said, referring to the punch-card ballot. “And then they kept telling us to watch our chads.” The fast-paced election — the recall was certified only 76 days ago — had state voting officials worried. They feared it would turn into a reprise of the Florida 2000 presidential election debacle. The California Field Poll predicted that 10 million voters would go to the polls — the largest number for a non-presidential election since 1982, when George Deukmejian, R, defeated then-Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, D, for the governorship. About 11 million votes were cast in 2000 presidential contest between George W. Bush and Vice PresidentAl Gore. The Field Poll’s Mark DiCamillo said that, traditionally, heavy turnout favors Democrats, because there are a lot more registered Democrats than Republicans. A high turnout brings younger voters and Latinos to the polls, to counterbalance the older, white electorate that consistently votes. But in this election, DiCamillo said, younger and ethnic voters appeared to be favoring recall.

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U.S. considers dropping attempt to win U.N. resolution

New suspect probed in death of Williamses’ sister — Authorities have arrested a second gang member they suspect might be tied to the shooting of the eldest sister of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams. Michael Williams, 38, a reputed member of the Southside Crips in nearby Compton, has not been charged in connection with the killing of Yetunde Price, 31. He is being held on suspicion of violating his parole from previous convictions for robbery and drug offenses. Investigators are interested in Michael Williams because his car was found parked in front of a reputed Compton drug house where Price and a male companion are believed to have argued with gang members moments before Price was fatally shot Sept. 14. Williams was arrested Sept. 26 after police allegedly found crack cocaine and firearms in his 1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass sedan. Sources say Williams lived at the house before the shooting. Investigators also found a green 1978 Cadillac sedan registered to Williams’ wife parked in the driveway of the house. Williams, whose street monikers are Mike Doggy and Psycho Mike, was arrested at a hotel half a mile from the house. He was being held at a county jail facility and could not be reached for comment. His wife, Odettie Faye France, referred calls to lawyer Clay Black, who declined to comment. Broadening their probe into Price’s death, investigators have been tracking the movements of Southside Crips that night. Members of the gang sold drugs from the dilapidated house on East Greenleaf Boulevard and are believed to

LOS ANGELES (L.A. Times) WASHINGTON (L.A. Times) — Facing

U.N. resistance to a resolution that seeks international support in Iraq — but encouraged by signs that at least a few allies may be willing to help even without one — U.S. officials are weighing whether to simply drop the draft resolution. Although U.S. officials said Tuesday that they are pressing to pass a resolution before a donors conference later this month in Madrid, Spain, they added that they may pull the measure if it looks like its passage won’t bring them significantly more money,

troops or U.N. help. “That has always been an option,” State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said. The decision by Turkey’s parliament Tuesday to authorize sending thousands of troops to join U.S. forces in Iraq lessens the pressure on Washington to make significant concessions in its draft U.N. resolution, officials said. “The goal all along has been to win international support, not necessarily a resolution,” a U.S. official said Tuesday. “We’re finding out now that we can get support from countries like Turkey

without one.” The draft resolution includes some concessions to both the U.N. leadership and Security Council allies with veto powers, among them an unofficial timetable for Iraqi self-rule and a leading U.N. role. But Washington is unwilling to give up much control or change the basic framework of a political transition. Washington had hoped that a new resolution would change the political atmosphere — clearing the air and paving the way for the U.S.-led operation in Iraq to gain global approval and eventual participation in ways that would allow the United States to decrease its military commitment. But in a repeat of its two painful earlier attempts to win U.N. consensus on Iraq, the United States is once again faced with haggling that has dragged out far longer than expected. And this time there is a third dimension in the debate: the United Nations itself. Last Thursday, SecretaryGeneral Kofi Annan made clear that he was unwilling to risk the lives of his people to play a marginal role in Iraq. To prevent the United Nations from being confused with the occupation effort, Annan said the organization would not share control of the political transition with the occupation. He urged the United States to hand over sovereignty to the Iraqis within a few months to end the mounting hostility toward the U.S.-led forces. And until the security environment stabilizes, the United Nations will forgo a supporting role in the country, he said. Annan’s declaration has immobilized the Security Council. While many of the council’s 15 members say they want to help Iraq, they want to do it in a way that does not seem to be supporting the occupation — or opposing the secretary general. After a twohour debate Monday, it was clear that the United States does not yet have the nine votes necessary for the resolution to pass. The United States is now going back to the drawing board to consider the demands for a faster transfer of sovereignty to Iraqis. “There were some specific and, we think, constructive suggestions that we heard yesterday, some that we’ll look at very closely,” State Department spokesman Boucher told reporters Tuesday. Specifically, the State Department thinks it can accommodate requests for more clarity about the U.N.’s role.

Recall continued from page 1 candidate. “Frankly (Bustamante’s candidacy) was not really (based on) his merits, but it was to keep Arnold out,” Smallberg said. Students overall supported the concept of a recall election, but opposed its implementation in California’s situation. “The recall process is an

be responsible for Price’s killing. Aaron Michael Hammer, 24, an alleged member of the Crips, has been charged with Price’s murder. Police are trying to locate several other Crips believed to have participated in the shooting. Price, a single mother of three with a home in Riverside County, was shot shortly after midnight in the 1100 block of East Greenleaf — a mile from the tennis courts where Serena and Venus Williams learned to play. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department refused to discuss details of its investigation. But law enforcement sources familiar with the probe said Michael Williams, no relation to the tennis-playing sisters, has told police that he was not in Compton on the night Price was shot. Investigators traveled to Las Vegas last week to check out Williams’ account of his whereabouts, sources said. Investigators are also seeking to question a Southside Crip named Deandrae “Big Dre” Smith. Smith was charged with a 1996 murder and acquitted by a jury. In recent years, police have raided several crack houses allegedly run by Smith, but have not charged him. Smith was often seen with Williams at the Greenleaf Boulevard house last summer, according to law enforcement, neighborhood and gang sources. Witnesses have told police that Price and her boyfriend, Rolland Wormley, 28, were driving on Greenleaf in her white GMC Yukon Denali when they became involved in an altercation with men outside the drug house. Shots were fired, and Price was struck in the head.

important process in democratic law,” said Jeb Berman ’05. “I think that the recall of Gray Davis is a misuse of the recall provision in the state’s constitution. Gray Davis hasn’t done anything to be recalled.” Students said the recall is harmful to California and will not solve the state’s problems. “It’s a joke. It really is,” said Liliana Ornelas ’07. “I don’t think people realize that if California gets screwed up then there is a problem in the entire country because of its sizeable population.” Some students thought the recall election was irrelevant to California’s welfare. “I don’t think it really matters who we elect as to governor,” Brewster said. “California is already in shambles,” he added. State residents need “just to get somebody to calm the state and wait for a real election. There are a lot of structural problems that won’t be fixed by one person.” Herald staff writer Jonathan Herman ’07 can be reached at jherman@browndailyherald.com.

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ual bank statements. “It explicitly violates four of the amendments,” said Katy Moore ’05, who studied the act in her American civilization seminar last year. She and other Brown students made protest signs and attended the hearing to show support for the resolution. Shouting comparisons to Mussolini’s Italy and Stalinist Russia, Providence residents stated their reasons for opposing the act before an ordinance committee made up of members of the City Council. Chief among them was the Patriot Act provision that gives the federal government the right to deny due process to suspected terrorists. Speakers said this targets immigrants and resident aliens disproportionately, leading them to accuse Attorney General John Ashcroft of promoting a racist environment in the United States. In Providence where, according to one speaker who cited the national census, more than 40,000 residents are non-citizens, the act may have an especially significant impact. “The Patriot Act is already causing damage to our community,” said Greg Pearson of the United Workers Latino Committee. Under the act, the Rhode Island government suspended the right for immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses last May. Providence-area immigrants are at a greater risk of being deported unfairly or harassed by police, Pearson said. In the nearly two-hour meeting, no one spoke in favor of the Patriot Act, though a few members of the audience identified themselves as Bush-supporters. “Congress and senators didn’t even read the Patriot Act before they signed it,” said Michelle Williams, a community activist who brought her three young children to the meeting. The 342-page act was passed within six weeks of its proposal and did not receive a public hearing. “It makes a mockery of the democratic process,” added Shepherd Laughlin ’07, a member of the Brown Greens. Matthew Hamilton ’05 attended the meeting out of concern about “the degradation of religious freedom in this country.” “It’s important to be in solidarity with communities in Providence,” Hamilton said. If the Civil Liberties Resolution makes it out of committee it will go before the full Council and the mayor. Ward Two Councilwoman Rita Williams, whose district covers part of the Brown campus and who chairs the ordinance committee, told The Herald she supports the resolution and hopes it will be passed. “This resolution says to the federal government we don’t think this is a good law and we think you should change it,” Secretary of the Rhode Island Green Party Greg Gerritt told The Herald. “People are not happy with the policy coming out of Washington.”

ber of recommendations regarding “decision making processes generally” in the state and the improvement of state-tribal relations, as charged by Carcieri, according to the report. Committee members differed substantially about the ethical necessities of the state and tribe’s circumstances and about the most effective way to resolve the conflict, Simmons said. “We disagreed — often vehemently,” she said of the committee. And, on many of the central questions addressed, “if you ask me, you’ll get one answer and, if you ask the judge (Justice Eugene Gallant), you’ll get another,” she said. In addition to Simmons and Gallant, members of the committee were Rabbi Leslie Gutterman of Temple Beth-El; Jacqueline Johnson, executive director of the National Congress of American Indians; the Rev. Matthew Kai, executive minister of the Ministers Alliance of Rhode Island; and Sanford Cloud Jr., president and chief executive of the National Conference for Community and Justice. Allen Feliz ’03, intern for the Office of the President, and Stephen Brown ’05 assisted with the committee’s report. Extensive research into the history of state-tribe relations was crucial to understanding the smoke shop raid, Simmons said. Considering the state’s

Herald staff writer Sarah LaBrie ’07 can be reached at slabrie@browndailyherald.com.

Corporation continued from page 5 tion and heard concerns from student leaders, even though most meetings are closed to students. Most of the Corporation’s 12 fellows, who serve 11-year terms, and 42 trustees, who serve for six years, will also attend the Graduate School Centennial lecture by Nobel Prize-winning Professor of Economics and Sociology Gary S. Becker from the University of Chicago. Members in attendance will have dinner with graduate students afterward, Carey said. The weekend schedule for Corporation meetings includes several committee meetings on Thursday night and two-hourlong meetings of the four major committees — academic affairs, budget and finance, campus life and advancement — on Friday. On Saturday morning, the committees will present their recommendations to President Ruth Simmons. Any votes will take place at this time. The October meeting is often the least important one, Carey said. “They approve things like the budget in February,” so the October meeting will include

failure to provide economic opportunities for the Narragansett, the tribe “has every reason to feel they’ve been given a very bad deal,” she said. “When you sit down and read how this has proceeded over the years, it makes you want to weep,” she said. But, as the report makes clear, the establishment of the smoke shop was in direct violation of state law and of the requirements of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. The committee’s recommendations to the state suggest the creation of a new position on Carcieri’s staff, a number of general assembly committees and a state commission, all dedicated to promoting relations with and economic opportunities for the Narragansett. The report also calls for the development of “a new compact” to govern tribal-state relations and a cooperative agreement on cigarette taxes. Both of these measures would effectively resolve the current lawsuit, although committee members said they had no interest in influencing the court’s decision. Under any circumstances, Simmons said she believes it’s imperative the state “sit down and make a compact” with the tribe. “History demands it; justice demands it,” she said. Herald staff writer Carla Blumenkranz ’05 edits the campus watch section. She can be reached at cblumenkranz@browndailyherald.com.

“less formal action” and more discussion and planning, he said. The Corporation is composed mostly of alumni and a few parents of current and former students. Trustees and fellows often come from high positions in their respective companies and fields, having titles like chief executive officer, chairperson, president, publisher or director. One of the youngest and newest trustees, Bobby Jindal ’92, is a former president of the University of Louisiana and a Republican candidate for governor of Louisiana. Jindal was elected as a trustee at the Corporation’s last May meeting and will take his oath of engagement this weekend. Herald staff writer Sara Perkins ’06 can be reached at sperkins@browndailyherlad.com.

Perlmutter continued from page 12 the A’s wanted to avoid the possibility of a double play ball by just having runners on second and third, but that result was still very unlikely, and it doesn’t hurt to put a bit of pressure on Lowe by making him throw strikes. It just goes to show that in big spots, it’s very easy to imagine the worst possible outcome as the most possible reality. What a classic series of baseball. Red Sox, you’re playing for the right to go to the World Series — keep it going to the very last out. Eric Perlmutter ’06 has had at least five heart attacks this week and plans to have a few more before the playoffs are over.

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EDITORIAL/LETTERS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2003 · PAGE 10 S T A F F

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Why now? At an April 1 faculty meeting, the members present postponed voting on a motion because they did not meet the 100-member quorum. At a meeting Tuesday, the 75 members present passed that same motion by a narrow majority. If only for the sake of consistency, the motion should not have come to vote. And the fact that the motion consisted of a statement in opposition to “the doctrine of pre-emptive war” renders its passage as wrong as its vote. The merits of the doctrine in question aside, this particular meeting was neither the time nor the place for the faculty to endorse a statement against it. Though the statement, which refers to the “invasion and occupation of Iraq,” may not be irrelevant today, it clearly was intended for passage in April. And if, on any measure, the faculty chooses to speak with one voice, it should speak with more authority than a 42-33 vote — considering its members number over 600. Despite recent complaints that the Brown faculty does not represent a diversity of political thought, it is not, on any debatable topic, a monolith of opinion. In the interest of preserving this apparent diversity, statements on behalf of the faculty as a whole should not be issued unless an overwhelming consensus deems them imperative. The six-month-old political agenda of five faculty members, backed by 37 others, does not meet this threshold. If, at any point, a true majority of the faculty chooses to make a timely, substantial statement, it will do so with more gravity than any other campus body could. As President Ruth Simmons has said several times, the faculty is “the heart of the University.” In the meantime, it is a mistake to diminish its authority as a whole with statements that serve the interests of a smaller number.

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LETTERS Five flaws in “White racists for the left” ad in the Herald

Schonmuller’s attack on music class is completely off-key

To the Editor:

In response to the protestwarrior.com ad that ran on page six yesterday, even though I’m not a rich Republican and so therefore I can’t buy a whole half page, I’d like to refute the five flawed points the ad uses to bash Democrats. 1. High taxes redistribute the wealth from the overwhelmingly white wealthy few to the unfortunately disadvantaged poor, many of whom happen to be minorities. 2. Government control of public education keeps those who aren’t rich enough to go to private schools from having all their public education money squandered by cost-cutting CEOs who need to make a profit in order to enrich their shareholders. 3. The left properly recognizes generations of discrimination against minorities and acts proactively to correct this discrimination and its resultant disadvantages. 4. Eighty to 90 percent of African Americans consistently vote Democrat because they know only the Democratic party works to protect the civil rights of minorities and of all Americans. 5. Fifty years of a dearth of funding and support for poor urban neighborhoods in addition to government program funding cuts, both of which were pushed forward by Republicans, have done nothing to remedy the problems facing African-American communities.

In Laura Schonmuller’s Oct. 7 commentary, “Indoctrination, not an education,” she gripes that AC 19, Sec. 2: “Music and Social Movements, 19301970” doesn’t cover “the great musician and innovator from the United States,” John Philip Sousa. Since Sousa died in 1932, though, I’m having trouble understanding how his life or work could even fit in the course description, let alone whether his whistling little tunes have in some way affected any social movement anywhere. Also, though she claims the reading list is composed “almost entirely of red-covered communist lyric books,” I must point out that of the four required readings sitting on my shelf, only one has a red cover and/or deals with communism, and is in fact not a lyric book. Finally, the subject of music in conservative social movements has been and apparently will continue to be discussed, so the course may not be so narrow-minded a liberal polemic. I’m all for righteous indignation, but it only works when it’s right. Jesse Adams ‘07 Oct. 7

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OPINIONS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2003 · PAGE 11

Putting on the full-court press in the game of love What moves should and shouldn’t be in your (getting) play book SEX SEEMS LIKE A FAIRLY SIMPLE GAME afraid to state clearly that you are or are to play, and the stable relationship should not interested, but there’s no need to be also be attainable, but there seem to be harsh or demanding either. Communication is all about rememmillions of ways for sex and relationships to get botched up and lost in poor moves bering to include enough critical details and even more devastatingly stupid utter- so as not to be confusing, while avoiding saying too much all at once. The way to ances from both sides of the sex table. Therefore, I went looking for the word find that medium is to think about the whole conversation from the on the Brown campus regardflip side. What would you ing the moves to make and the want to know about a person? things to say in order to start I am sure it’s not going to be a that evening off right on the story about the time when way toward some sex, or your sister caught you makmaybe even the rare stable ing out with this really hot relationship. I also found the chick in your car on your moves that will leave you crydriveway. ing and shivering in the hall“Partying and meeting new way, sexiled, as your roommate people, like sex, is an imporwins the sex game. JANE URBAN tant facet of college life and The game of sex can be browhile the two can be mutually ken down into three main THE URBAN SLANT exclusive, often they are not, strategic necessities: commuso communication is really nication, perception and targeting. Don’t get confused. Everything isn’t key regarding whether it’s just sex (a hookup) or whether there’s something really that complicated in the end. Communication is probably the most involved,” said Mara and Alexis, both crucial part of the whole game and it is the freshmen. Another key aspect of communication defining difference between the winners and the sexiles. In order to win the sex is tact. The art of tact isn’t really all that game, and especially the relationship hard. Starting a sentence with anything game, you have to let your intentions be akin to “Not to be a jerk or anything, but known without stating them and yet still …” isn’t going to end well. If you’re delivering unwanted news in a walk the delicate line between aloof and conversation with a prospective date, desperate. While it isn’t a cultural norm, I myself (especially if you’ve only known your consider it totally reasonable to start the potential date a few minutes) say as little communication off in the direction I want of the bad stuff as possible and put as by being forward with a guy. Don’t be many gooey compliments in the message as possible. If you’re turning someone down, you don’t want to alienate them, Jane Urban ‘07 is an engineering concentheir friends, their country of origin and trator with a lot on her mind.

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Another key aspect of communication is tact. The art of tact isn’t really all that hard. Starting a sentence with anything akin to “Not to be a jerk or anything, but …” isn’t going to end well. possibly their gender. That shouldn’t involve any song lyrics or plagiarized poetry — just something nice to say for every complaint made. Perception is often the absolute defining characteristic between sex and a mass exodus from your general area. Those who exude confidence, can liven up a conversation and are known to be sexy but not easy are surefire winners in the sex game. Conversely, you don’t want to talk about politics, chemistry, math, religion, abortion or anything else that’s boring or controversial (for a party, not necessarily for a study group), and you don’t want to brag about your latest conquests either, if you want to be perceived as a potential date. “Cheesy pick-up lines that involve mirrors, stars, pants, fathers and grapefruit are no good, I promise,” claimed an anonymous dateless fool. Even if you are aware you’re not the only person in your potential sex-mate’s life, for the time being you ought to believe that you are. You might not actually be smooth, suave and sophisticated, but for one night, anyone can fake it. Dress reasonably — if you’re not meant to wear tight jeans or you’ve never tried hair gel before, a night out isn’t the time to start.

Be ready to bail if the night is dying and have back-up plans for a failed evening. It’s OK to walk away from anyone, no matter what your reasoning is (weird facial hair, an annoying twitch, a fifth limb, etc.). And now for the target of the night. Targeting is pretty crucial to a successful evening, and even more key to any stable relationship, unless you know for a fact that anyone and everyone would go home with you. Because that’s simply a fantasy (and a darn good one, unless everyone and anyone isn’t your type), make sure you size up any potential date for irreconcilable differences (more than two feet in height difference, someone who’s taken but in denial, someone with a bad odor wafting from their direction), but also be open to talking to all those who walk your way, as they might not be what they seem (like the quiet kid in your math class who’s a prodigy on the dance floor). Make sure you keep your options open, take on an unforeseen opportunity and exude confidence. And hey, you may do everything right and still not get any. So there’re the opening plays to the game of sex, the only game where you’re never done no matter how many times you score.

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SPORTS WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 8, 2003 · PAGE 12

Volleyball loses in Ivy opener, drops to 1-8

Men’s water polo scores early and often in easy win against Connecticut College

BY KATHY BABCOCK

With only a few weeks left before the Northern Division Championships, the men’s water polo team brought their overall record to 7-6 Sunday with a strong win against Connecticut College. Brown is now seeded fourth in the upcoming tournament. The Bears dominated the game from the minute they jumped into the pool, easily putting up a five-goal lead within the first few minutes of the opening period against their fairly inexperienced opponent. “We started slowly because it was early in the morning and we had just finished a long drive,” wrote Pat Sandys ’05 in an e-mail. “But as we began to warm up, we quickly picked up the speed and had a 14-point scoring spree that was left unanswered by the Conn. College team.” First-years Tom Payton ’07 and Alex Cripe ’07 led the Brown offense with six and four goals, respectively, followed by Tri-Captain Doug Grutzmacher ’04 and Graeme Lee-Wingate ’06 with two goals apiece. Teammates Paul D’Avino ’05, Sean Tiner ’06, John Bourne ’07 and Sandys also each added a point to the board, which read 18-4 by the end of the fourth quarter. “We went in and did what we needed to do to come away with a win,” said Head Coach Todd Clapper. “Regardless of every game, we want to play well. We don’t want to win games just based on talent, and we don’t want to lose based on our mistakes. We want to go out and play the best polo every game and win every game by doing the right thing.” After a much-needed two-week break from a grueling game schedule, Brown

Brown women’s volleyball dropped three straight games to the Yale Bulldogs last weekend in the team’s opening Ivy League match. The Bears lost 22-30, 2730 and 26-30, dropping their record to 18 while Yale improved to 8-2. The Bears led Yale at times in the second and third games, but folded in each case to set up a Bulldog comeback. In game three, Brown came within six points of victory, leading 24-15 before losing 15 of the next 17 points for the loss. “When other teams start getting points on us we just let ourselves shut down. It’s a very mental game,” said Leigh Martin ’06. “When they get stuff on us we stop talking and that is what happened the other day.” Lauren Gibbs ’06 led the attack against Yale with 14 kills. Karalyn Kuchenbecker ’06 had an impressive showing, notching 17 digs and four service aces. Martin tallied 39 assists, adding eight digs and five kills. “It’s a lot different from last year because last year I was a lot more insecure about how to play and I’m a lot more confident this year in what’s going on and being more aggressive on the court,” Martin said. Libero Kim Highlund ’04 picked up 15 digs against the Bulldogs, moving her within sneezing distance of fifth place for career assists at Brown. She is currently six digs away from fifth place and 48 away from 1,000 career digs and will be looking to enter the record books this weekend. Kuchenbecker was named last week’s Ivy League Player of the Week after her performance at URI and in the Brown Invitational, where she notched three double-doubles in just four games. She led the team in kills for the week with 59, adding 52 digs, which was second highest on the team, as well as five service aces. “(Getting Ivy League Player of the Week) was really nice, but it just shows me that I want to work harder,” Kuchenbecker said. “I still feel that I have a lot to improve and a lot to experience.” On the other side of the net last weekend, sophomore Renee Lopes led Yale with 12 kills, including the last two points of the third game, and was closely tailed by junior Jana Freedman with 11 kills. Also key for the Bulldogs was sophomore setter Jacqueline Becker, who had 42 assists in the match. Yale is on a roll — their 8-2 start is a new team record. Brown faces Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania on the road this weekend. Both are important matches for the struggling Bears. “Penn is a pretty strong team — we need to be smart with how we play and not beat ourselves,” Martin said. The team has a decent shot at beating Princeton if it isn’t distracted by having an early lead, she said. Their 1-8 record testifies to the difficult season the Bears have had so far. Players are coping in different ways. “I don’t know if I’d call it a rough year, it’s more of a rebuilding year. Our starting lineup is basically composed of freshmen and sophomores with one senior libero, so it’s hard to build that chemistry really quickly,” Martin said. About recent losses, Kuchenbecker said, “It’s a good experience to lose some. We’re losing a lot, but it builds character. I just hope we can learn from it sooner rather than later.” Herald staff writer Kathy Babcock ’05 covers the volleyball team. She can be reached at kbabcock@browndailyherald.com.

BY JINHEE CHUNG

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Paul D’Avino ’05 plays some defense during Brown’s 18-4 victory Sunday. will face Fordham and St. Francis at MIT on Saturday, Oct. 18. A team very similar to Connecticut College in experience and skill, Fordham will likely present no challenges to the Bears. But Brown will have to work hard and focus during the coming practices to overcome St. Francis, who is currently undefeated in the league and came away with a 9-3 win in its last match against the Bears. “The big thing is we can’t allow (St. Francis) to intimidate us throughout the game,” Clapper said. “We have to get up

and make the passes, and we can’t let their defense dictate the ball when we are on offense.” Clapper said the team’s plan is to avoid wasting opportunities and go into an organized attack. He said the team is confident that, with over a week of practices, “there’s no reason not to come away with both wins.” Herald staff writer Jinhee Chung ’05 covers men’s water polo. She can be reached at jchung@browndailyherald.com.

Sox pull out a win in another nail-biter YOU KNEW IT WOULD COME DOWN TO the last out. After four games of tight baseball, three of which were decided in the last full inning of play, there was no way we wouldn’t be treated to/tortured with a gut-wrenching ending. The Red Sox prevailed, yes, but it’s still hard to digest that the series is over, that it has somehow definitely ended beyond anyone’s control. Our guarded optimism finally had an off day, only to return stronger than ever on ERIC PERLMUTTER tonight in time for PERL MUTTERS the ALCS. But until then, we can breathe easy. Monday night’s game was won by many guys and in many ways. Manny Ramirez burst out of his cocoon with the most obvious contribution, a gaudy three-run blast that knocked Oakland A’s starter Barry Zito out of the game. Just four batters earlier, Jason Varitek planted the seed by hitting a solo homer. Derek Lowe, in a big relief spot again, pitched a dazzling ninth, getting the last two outs through called third strikes and preventing the A’s from even putting the ball in play. The A’s

were a walk or wild pitch away from tying the game, a base hit away from probably winning it — but Lowe didn’t seem to notice. But what also helped the Red Sox out and arguably put them over the top were the little plays they made. In the sixth inning, Johnny Damon battled back from an 0-2 count against Zito to draw a walk, starting the rally that culminated with Manny’s home run. Earlier, Nomar Garciaparra threw out Jose Guillen on his attempt to stretch a double into a triple with a perfect strike to third, ending the inning. Later still, Nomar had the presence of mind to retrieve the ball that came loose after Damian Jackson and Damon collided, throwing to a heads-up Bill Mueller covering second. You knew the Red Sox would be in the game, of course, but, in a series this close, winning it takes the little stuff. Miguel Tejada and Eric Byrnes, goats of game three, know this as well as anyone now. Of course, neither Byrnes nor Tejada are the real reason the A’s got this far; rather, Oakland General Manager Billy Beane is. But despite all the number crunching and the annual second-half surge, his numbers game failed to work for him in the postseason yet again. In a series full of allusions to Beane’s lack of faith in “small ball,” a series that was more of a struggle between the brainchildren of two like-minded GMs than it was between

two managers, it was ironic, indeed, that the final game ended with Beane’s prodigy Erubiel Durazo in the on-deck circle. With the bases loaded, his great eye might have tied the game. The A’s almost had a situation in which they wouldn’t have had to succumb to small ball to get a run across, something even the staunchly anti-sabermetrics announcers would have been forced to admit. But alas, an out here or there kept Beane from possibly enjoying the glory of his brilliance. The Holy Grail, it seems, is only so valuable. When it comes to the goat of this game, one could argue A’s manager Ken Macha was it. His decision to leave Zito in after he gave up the homer to Varitek and lost the battle with Damon was questionable. Apparently, the A’s didn’t mind the leftyrighty match up, so they could have brought in Ted Lilly, who was razor sharp in game three and was equally sharp once the A’s did bring him in. Also, why pinch-hit Adam Melhuse for Jermaine Dye in the last of the ninth, even though Dye surely would have been walked? The A’s thus opted to go with Melhuse and Chris Singleton to try to win the game instead of Singleton and Terence Long, the latter being a better combination in my opinion. (In the end, it didn’t matter because Singleton was walked and Long was their last out anyway.) Perhaps see PERLMUTTER, page 9