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Ogletree: 50 years after Brown, segregation persists

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UCS discusses arming, decision to remove student parking BY KRISTA HACHEY

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Fifty years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled segregated schools unconstitutional, our society is more segregated than it has ever been, said Harvard Professor of Law Charles Ogletree, a well-known legal theorist and Constitutional scholar. Ogletree’s keynote address, “All Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education,” opened the University’s year-long symposium examining the historic 1954 decision. Half a century later, segregation’s persistence in the United States is “an indictment of our society.” That is why it is important to critique and analyze the decision and not merely celebrate and “romanticize” it, Ogletree said Wednesday night in Salomon 101. Brown v. Board of Education was important because it ended legal segregation, he said. “But it was flawed from the start because the court didn’t have the moral courage to come up with a meaningful remedy to make the right very effective.” By insisting that schools desegregate with “all deliberate speed,” Ogletree said the ruling essentially told the South to “take your precious time.” Ogletree cited historical and personal examples of segregation to help the audience understand “what (Brown) cost and what it continues to cost.” His hometown of Merced, Calif., for example, did not have signs declaring water fountains specifically for black or white people. Instead, a railroad track in the city separated the white community from his mostly black and Hispanic community, which lacked quality schools or recreation-

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Coming to terms with AIDS was a struggle, said AIDS educator Scott Fried, who is HIV positive. He said he felt alone and afraid, almost “invisible.”This feeling, he said, is not unique — everyone has felt invisible.

Love is all we need, AIDS educator Fried says BY MONIQUE MENESES

The best thing you can do for people is to love in them what they can’t love in themselves, AIDS educator Scott Fried told an audience of 50 students Wednesday evening in a lecture titled “AIDS, Love and the Secret Lives of College Students.” To be needed by someone, to be the most important person in someone else’s life and to be remembered are the three needs humans attempt to fulfill in their interaction with others, Fried said. His anxiety over these needs, Fried said, contributed to his encounter with AIDS. “I got AIDS the first time I had unprotected sex,” he said. Fried said he met his first male partner when he was working for an offBroadway production in New York. Fried said he used his body as a communicator for his insecurities.

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“My body was saying, ‘Please see me, please love me,’” he said. When his partner told him he liked his abs, Fried said he heard him saying, “I see who you are.” When he said “I like your smile,” Fried said he heard, “I love you.” Fried’s inability to understand that he was not being loved, but exploited, was the ultimate sexually transmitted disease, he said. After he realized the nature of his relationship, Fried went to a hospital and was tested for HIV. In June 1988 he learned he was HIV positive. At that moment, Fried said he pictured his mother’s eyes full of tears and heard his dad’s voice asking him, “Scottie, what have you done? I can’t take this one away.” But, “by some miracle, by God’s grace or my father’s prayers” Fried said, he see AIDS, page 11

Reflections on the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education BY MARSHALL AGNEW

Panelists personalized the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, which struck down the precept, “separate but equal,” by recounting their experiences in segregated schools in a discussion Wednesday night in Salomon 101. In honor of the 50-year anniversary of the Supreme Court decision, which found segregated public schools in Topeka, Kansas “inherently unequal,” the University inaugurated a yearlong symposium with Wednesday’s panel. Moderator William Simmons emphasized the momentous nature of the case and pointed out that many panel attendees are living legacies of the decision. William Cox, president of Cox, Mathews and Associates Inc., recalled that black schools in Alabama had, in fact, been “very much unequal.” Cox said it was difficult for him growing up in the South because he wanted nothing more than independence and the freedom to make his own decisions. But independence was hard to find as a young, black man, he said. see BROWN, page 11

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Panelists (from left) Warren Simmons,William Cox, Beverly Ledbetter, Naeema Nuriddin recounted their experiences in segregated schools.

The Undergraduate Council of Students discussed arming Brown Police and the recent decision to eliminate all student parking on campus at its final meeting of the semester Wednesday night. Council and audience members debated the Ad Hoc Transportation Management Advisory Committee’s decision to prohibit students from parking in on-campus lots. Through the decision, Committee members said they were recognizing faculty and staff complaints about having to move their cars every two hours on nearby streets. Congestion caused by student parking and the tension it creates with the University’s neighbors were also cited as reasons for revamping the parking system. According to Council member Jason Holman ’04, UCS’ liaison to the transportation committee, students currently pay a $325 parking fee and will soon have to pay somewhere between $600 and $1,000 for spaces off campus, including lots in East Providence and Providence Place. The Committee is looking to establish shuttle systems to transport students from campus to these lots. Holman said the University would be willing to make parking accommodations on campus for students who work and highly depend on using a car. “I don’t have constructive criticism, but I do have criticism,” said Council member Joel Payne ’05. “What’s the point of banning students from lots while at the time upping the parking fee? This doesn’t make much sense to me.” UCS Treasurer Tilli Dias ’05 said she was concerned that the Committee’s decision is premature. “We need to develop our current shuttle and transportation systems before we take away students’ mobility around and off campus.” Representative Natalie Schmid ’06 said the decision was not wise for the wellbeing of the University. “Taking shuttles everywhere would remind me of a boarding school atmosphere,” she said. “I can also see this turning into a political game of who do you know in the administration that can help your kid get a spot on campus.” UCS President Rahim Kurji ’05 also reflected on the Council’s efforts to strengthen school-wide notions of community and advocate student needs and campus improvements this semester. “We made a lot of progress this year in defining a new vision for the Council and the community has seen that as well,” he said. “We have been active and successful in bringing the community together and have been passionate about representing student voice to the administration.” During scheduled community time, members of the administration, including Dean for Campus Life Margaret Jablonski and Vice President for Administration Walter Hunter answered student inquiries regarding the recent decision to arm camsee UCS, page 9

I N S I D E T H U R S D AY, D E C E M B E R 4 , 2 0 0 3 RISD faculty reach tentative contract agreement with the administration RISD news, page 3

Austrian-born Prof. Friedrich St. Florian designs D.C.’s national WWII memorial RISD news, page 3

Alex Carnevale ’05 says the Geneva Accords showcase a series of diplomatic errors column, page 15

TO D AY ’ S F O R E C A S T M. icers win six straight games, rising to the top of the ECAC and No. 12 ranking sports, page 16

W. squash drops season-opener to No. 2 Harvard; men also lose to the Crimson 9-0 sports, page 16

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RISD NEWS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2003 · PAGE 3

RISD dining services now run in-house BY JONATHAN HERMAN

Four weeks after firing its food service provider Sodexho, RISD is on its way to providing creative meals through its selfrun dining service. “Our long-term vision for the dining is to have a better match for RISD’s identity and culture,” said Elizabeth O’Neil, RISD’s director of Design Marketing Collaborative. RISD pushed for a greater variety of food and less formulaic dishes, but Sodexho was resistant to change. The school terminated its contract with Sodexho Nov. 15, O’Neil said. A leading provider of cafeteria services, Sodexho has been criticized at college campuses across the country for unethical and illegal labor practices and for operating for-profit prisons. With its parent company, Marriott, Sodexho owns the U.S. Corrections Corporation of America. O’Neil said there were no RISD student protests against Sodexho’s management and these issues did not come into play when deciding to terminate RISD’s contract with the company. “All the food service employees were always RISD employees, except for the manager,” she said. Many students said the food hasn’t changed yet, and many complain about the lack of variety in on-campus food. “They have a different dish you can get, but nobody wants that so you get either a salad or a sandwich,” said Katherine Ryn RISD ’06. “When I came here I thought that it was great. It was fresh. But then it was the same salad and same toppings.” O’Neil said RISD will be able to accommodate student suggestions now that the food service is run in-house. But, right now, RISD is focusing on restructuring the staff and transitioning to an internal service. Some Brown students dine at RISD for the convenience and low prices. Delia Furtado GS said she goes to RISD’s Metcalf dining facility because it is close to Brown’s economics department. She also said she appreciates RISD’s reasonable prices. “It’s nice that you can get food here by the pound,” Furtado said. “If you make a sandwich at the Blue Room and it costs $3.65, here (at The Met) it will cost about a dollar.” Many diners judge The Met’s cuisine to be good for a large-scale cafeteria. At see DINING, page 8

RISD contract negotiations reach tentative agreement BY MICHAEL RUDERMAN

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Now that the school has terminated its food contract with Sodexho, administrators say RISD’s Metcalf dining facility at RISD could offer a greater variety of fresh foods.

After a semester of extended contract negotiations between RISD faculty and the school’s administration, the two parties have reached a tentative agreement. The agreement, reached during the most recent of numerous collective bargaining sessions, was scheduled to be presented to the RISD Full-time Faculty Association this week, said Director of External Relations Ann Hudner. The faculty members were to vote on the tentative agreement during this meeting. Hudner declined to disclose the date of the faculty meeting or comment on the issues being discussed in the negotiations, citing the confidentiality of the proceedings. Yet some RISD faculty members have discussed the progress of contract negotiations with their students. Alex Hanson RISD ’05 said his graphic design teacher informed him that negotiations had been extended and that a tentative agreement see RISD, page 12

RISD prof designs national WWII memorial BY JANE TANIMURA

As a child in Austria during World War II, RISD Architecture Professor Friedrich St. Florian watched American soldiers liberate his village. Now an American citizen who has taught in the United States for 40 years, he took this experience to heart when designing a national memorial commemorating the war. “Wars must be remembered, not celebrated,” St. Florian said. With this belief in mind, St. Florian created a design for the National World War II Memorial, set to be unveiled Memorial Day 2004 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The $160 million project — which honors military veterans, citizens on the home front and the nation at-large — was selected by the American Battle Monument Commission, established by former President Bill Clinton. Though St. Florian’s design was unanimously chosen from about 400 other

submissions, the project has been delayed for years due to controversy regarding its architectural style and placement on the National Mall. St. Florian said architectural critics have argued that the memorial’s classical architecture does not suit modern trends. Critics feared his project would cause a resurgence of classical architecture, he said. Though St. Florian considers himself a modern architect, he said he wanted to work in the classical style to maintain the Mall’s aesthetic cohesion. As he studied the history of the city, St. Florian was struck by the way Thomas Jefferson developed an American architectural language rooted in the GrecoRoman tradition. St. Florian modeled his memorial after a Roman forum, a place “where people can celebrate the essence of democracy,” he said. “We are a free people and we can

speak for ourselves,” St. Florian said. “We don’t have to be afraid.” A native of Graz, Austria, St. Florian used his visual memories of the war as inspiration for the memorial, he said. St. Florian remembered from his childhood American jeeps driving in single file, carrying uniformed GIs who smiled at him and gave him chewing gum. “I saw it as liberation,” he said. St. Florian said he deliberately chose the classical style because it lends itself to symbolism. The memorial includes 56 pillars, representing the states, Washington, D.C. and the territories America occupied during World War II. St. Florian compared the pillars to “children holding hands in a circle,” in a gesture of unity. The memorial will also acknowledge the 400,000 Americans who gave their lives to the war effort, with a “freedom see WWII, page 9

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WORLD & NATION THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2003 · PAGE 5

In La. school, lesbian’s son learns ‘Gay’ Is a ‘Bad Wurd’ (Washington Post) — If you harbor any doubt how deeply

troubled some Americans are by the idea of same-sex couples, especially couples with children, ask Sharon Huff. For that matter, ask her 7-year-old son, Marcus McLaurin. Huff, a waitress in Lafayette, La., was at home getting ready for work last month when she got a call from the assistant principal at Marcus’ elementary school. Her second-grader had been scolded for saying a bad word to another second-grader, the assistant said, and was told never to use the word again. She could read the details on a school form coming home with Marcus. Huff spent the next two hours fretting. Could it be a word he had picked up from television, even though she screens his TV viewing? Could it be something he had heard her say? As soon as Marcus’ size-2 high-tops hit the threshold, she pulled the telling piece of paper out of his backpack. Marcus, teacher Terry Bethea had written, “explained to another child that you are gay.” The word “gay” was underlined twice. Huff, 27 and living in a relationship with another woman, sunk into a kitchen chair, speechless. She knew her Cajun neighbors would rather talk about crawfish or football than alternative lifestyles. But were school officials so wary of controversy that they were now forbidding children to talk about their families? It’s one thing to tell kids, as many teachers now do, that they cannot insult others with racial slurs or words like “gay.” But in Huff’s view, Bethea and Nicholas Thomas, the assistant principal at Ernest Gallet Elementary, were not attempting to stop bullying or even preserve political correctness. They meant to stamp out thought and discussion about a way of life. “All Marcus was doing was talking about his family with a friend at recess,” Huff said in a telephone interview. “It’s like one kid asking another kid why he doesn’t celebrate Christmas and the second kid saying, ‘My parents are Jewish.’ Would that kid get in trouble?’’ see GAY, page 9

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Ernest Gallet Elementary in Lafayette, La., sent a student behavior contract home with 7-year-old Marcus McLaurin after an incident written up by his teacher.The ACLU says the boy’s right to free speech was violated and asks that his disciplinary record be cleared.

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Racial issues raised U.S. says rights of “Enemy Combatants” remain narrow at Malvo trial (L.A. Times) — A day after saying it

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Boyd Malvo’s attorneys continued to argue their case Wednesday that John Allen Muhammad gradually developed a grudge against “the system” and against white people and subtly converted his young protege into a killer. The jury in Malvo’s capital murder trial heard testimony about Muhammad’s military record, his marksmanship and his “father-son” relationship with Malvo during the summer before last year’s sniper shootings. The defense hopes to convince the jury that Muhammad’s domination of Malvo made the teen-ager temporarily insane and not responsible for his role in the shootings, which left 10 people dead in the Washington area. But a letter Malvo wrote in the summer of 2002, interpreted by his attorneys as a cry for help, was not allowed into evidence after the judge ruled it hearsay. Malvo wrote that he has “a father who I know is going to have to kill me” and bemoaned his lot in life, but the letter does not contain any overt pleas for assistance in escaping. The defense also introduced a stack of more than 100 drawings Malvo has made during his year in the Fairfax County, Va., jail. Many are heroic portraits of such figures as Saddam Hussein, Louis Farrakhan and Moammar Gadhafi, and they include language such as “Stand up black men, just stand up together” and “I Lee will die for the revolution.” One drawing features a rifle sight on a police officer’s head. Others are messages to Fairfax Commonwealth’s Attorney Robert F. Horan Jr. One says, “Wanted Horan dead.” One is a drawing of World Trade Center with Osama bin Laden next to it and the word “prophet.” Another shows a rifle sight on the White House with a threat: “Sept. 11 we will ensure will look like a picnic to you.” Yet another is a drawing of himself with a smiling Muhammad’s arm around him, with the caption, “Father and son.” Malvo faces the death penalty on murder charges in the Oct. 14, 2002, killing of FBI analyst Linda Franklin outside a Home Depot store. Muhammad has been convicted and sentenced to death for a different sniper slaying. Prosecutors allege that Malvo was the triggerman in many of

the shootings; the defense claims that Muhammad bears more responsibility because he indoctrinated Malvo. Muhammad enlisted in the Army National Guard in Louisiana in 1978, shortly after graduating from high school, and military records show he was alternately praised and disciplined over the ensuing years. Trained on an M-16 rifle, similar to the Bushmaster rifle used in the sniper shootings, Muhammad scored the highest rating of “expert” in 1983. He enlisted in the Army two years later. Muhammad never rose above the rank of sergeant, but he liked to tell people he had been in special forces or other intriguing assignments, according to testimony. When Malvo’s attorneys tried to draw testimony about Muhammad’s lies from his friends and family, prosecutors objected to it as hearsay. “John Muhammad’s not on trial for lying here,” Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Raymond F. Morrogh argued. “Malvo’s on trial for murder.” Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Jane Marum Roush said, “It does seem to me there has to be some sort of line drawn.” Defense attorney Craig Cooley said the lies showed Muhammad’s manipulative nature, but Roush disallowed most of it. In 1990, Muhammad was shipped to Saudi Arabia as the military prepared to invade Kuwait. He was assigned to an engineering squad headed by Sgt. Kip Berentson. He testified that as Muhammad’s supervisor, he sometimes filed complaints about his performance. He said Muhammad felt he was picking on him. “Did he complain that this had some sort of racial tone?” Cooley asked. Berentson, who is white, said yes. He said Muhammad filed countercomplaints about Berentson, but none was substantiated. In November 1991, an incendiary grenade was tossed into Berentson’s tent. He said Muhammad was “suspected and removed (from the unit), but not convicted.” Morrogh was placed in the unusual position of defending Muhammad, noting that he was never formally charged with the incident and that no evidence tied him to the grenade. A year later, Muhammad was in a counseling session with another African see MALVO, page 8

would provide a lawyer to a U.S. citizen captured with Taliban soldiers in Afghanistan, the Bush administration argued in a brief to the Supreme Court that the rights of such “enemy combatants” remain extremely narrow, and that the government can detain such suspects for the duration of hostilities without charging them. On Tuesday, the Defense Department announced that Yaser Esam Hamdi — who has been detained for almost two years without access to counsel or to any court — would be allowed to see an attorney. In doing so, the administration appeared to be extending an olive branch to critics of its antiterrorism policy who have expressed concern that Hamdi, as an American citizen, was being denied fundamental rights under the Constitution. The decision also comes as federal appeals courts are stepping up their review of administration anti-terrorism policies. But in the filing Wednesday with the Supreme Court, which is considering a challenge to Hamdi’s detention brought by a federal public defender, the government underscored that it viewed those rights quite narrowly. Rather than being compelled by the law, officials said they acted to grant Hamdi access to a

lawyer only “as a matter of discretion and military policy,” and only after they had completed interviewing him and concluded that a lawyer would not interfere with further intelligence gathering. They added that there is “no general right to counsel under the laws and customs of war,” and that the military has the power to detain alleged combatants “at least for the duration of the conflict,” without having to file charges against them. “The special context in which this case arises — wartime detention of combatants, not criminal punishment — significantly diminishes the due process rights that Hamdi enjoys, even as a presumed

American,” the government stated. In effect, it argued, the authority of President Bush, as commander-in-chief, trumps that of the civilian courts in times of war. Separately, the Pentagon announced Wednesday that an Australian prisoner at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, would become the first foreign terrorist suspect to be given a U.S. military lawyer. David Hicks is one of six prisoners at the base, where terrorism suspects are detained, whom Bush has named as possible candidates for trial by a special military tribunal. In the Hamdi case, adminissee U.S., page 8

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U.S. continued from page 7 tration critics, including defense lawyers, civil-liberties groups and Democratic members of Congress, said they viewed the providing of a lawyer as only a first step, and questioned its significance without additional rights being afforded him, such as a hearing to chal-

lenge his detention. “Even if Mr. Hamdi is afforded his overdue right to see an attorney, it means little without allowing him access to the courts,” Rep. Adam B. Schiff, DCalif., said in a statement. “Contrary to the administration’s contention, the plight of citizen detainees — who have yet to be formally charged with a single offense — should not be beyond any court’s reach.’’ Schiff introduced legislation

in Congress in February that would require the administration to establish clear standards and criteria for labeling citizens as enemy combatants, and procedures guaranteeing them timely judicial review of their detentions. In a separate statement, the American Bar Association said it hoped that the decision in Hamdi’s case would be “the first step in correcting a policy that could tear at the Bill of Rights.”

Malvo continued from page 7 American soldier. The soldier filed a report saying that Muhammad told him, “Brother to brother, back off or you will be the first slaughtered. There is no place that your family will be safe.” The statement echoes the line “Your children are not safe anywhere” that was found in

notes left by the snipers last year. The report was entered into evidence. “I hope you stop what you are doing,” Muhammad said to his colleague. “That means calling your ‘masters’ again.” Muhammad was discharged from the Army in April 1994 at Fort Lewis, Wash., and settled in the nearby Tacoma area with his wife and three children. Among the friends he made in subsequent years were Earl L. Dancy Jr., a Navy veteran, who practiced target shooting with Muhammad and watched him teach Malvo how to shoot. In fact, he testified Wednesday, Malvo was a “pretty good” shot, and Muhammad was “poor.” Dancy also said Muhammad would sit with Malvo as the teenager played video games such as Halo, a shooting game with a “sniper” mode. Dancy said Muhammad would place his arm around Malvo and whisper into his ear as Malvo played the game. Muhammad and Dancy sometimes talked about sports. “He argued that football and basketball was another form of slavery,” that black players are “selling themselves as slaves, basically,” Dancy recalled. Dancy implied that this attitude wore off on Malvo. Morrogh asked whether Malvo had an attitude about America. “He didn’t like it,” Dancy said. “He was actually angry about it.” Morrogh asked about Malvo’s views on race. “He didn’t like white people,” Dancy said. “We’d get in debates.” Dancy’s wife, Maria Dancy, later testified that Malvo thought that she asked him to help with chores “because I’m black.”

Dining continued from page 3 one recent dinner, the vegan bar featured roasted potatoes, marinated tofu, mushroom couscous and green beans in soy sauce. Personal grilled pizzas, sandwiches and pastries are all available a la carte, like everything else at The Met. “I think they do a great job. They make a big effort. I don’t know what it would be like to eat here (The Met) every day,” said Alan Tracy, a staff member at RISD’s Alumni Inquiries Office. But Tracy said the food definitely comes from a cafeteria. “They’re not trying to be a restaurant,” he said. Herald staff writer Jonathan Herman ’07 can be reached at jherman@browndailyherald.com.

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UCS continued from page 1 pus police. Regarding the new policy, Kurji issued a statement regarding campus safety. “There are some groups who will feel marginalized by this decision and I think that it is our duty and our responsibility to the students and to the community to ensure proper implementation. It is personally very important to me.” Kenneth Newberg ’05 spoke passionately against the possibility of an armed police presence in dorms when a student call for security is issued. “I don’t want a gun in my home, in my living space,” he said. “I would strongly prefer not to have that happen.” Responding to Newberg’s proposal to have both armed and unarmed campus police, Hunter said the option had already been examined. “My mind is not closed on that idea,” Hunter said. “Campus police officers are generally outside and we need to make sure they are adequately protected for the job they normally do, which does not involve entering dorms.” Schmid urged her fellow Council members to “stand up for the decision to arm campus police because they are putting themselves out there for our safety and protection.” Kurji said President Ruth Simmons wanted to communicate to UCS and the student body that she plans to “take every measure to do (arm campus police responsibly) responsibly.” UCS Campus Life Committee Chair Ari Savitzky ’06 said students and campus police would mutually benefit from open dialogue about concerns and duties. “This occasion highlights the need for contact between Brown Police and the student body,” he said. “Whether in form of a function or social or something, direct interaction is needed.” Provost Robert Zimmer, chair of the University Resources Committee, came primarily to address UCS budget concerns but spoke briefly on the arming matter. “It’s easy to think about

Gay continued from page 5 Gallet Elementary is a relatively new school in this midsize, southern Louisiana parish, and its 700-plus students surpass the state average on standardized tests. After Huff’s story broke in the local newspaper, the Daily Advertiser, on Tuesday, school administrators remained cloistered into the evening trying to prepare an official response. Gallet principal Virginia Bonvillain told The Washington Post, “I cannot comment on anything regarding a student.” She referred questions to the school district’s attorney, who did not return phone calls. Other school district officials, in comments during the day to Advertiser reporter Sebreana Dominigue, appeared to support the school, with one exception. “An apology is not due,” Superintendent James Easton said. “The child was not singled out because his parent is gay.

police as ‘the other’ and I know that because I was guilty of it when I was in college,” he said. “It’s almost an example of a diversity issue — putting police into a category as ‘something else.’ But I think that there would be great benefit to the student body to engage police in ways that deal with them as people.” The dialogue with Zimmer centered on UCS’ desire for increased funding for new, innovative programs. “We are looking for a better structure for the implementation of new programs like the effort to make newspapers (like the Washington Post and The New York Times) more accessible to students,” Kurji told The Herald. “Getting that program off the ground has involved approaching five or six different offices, gleaning $500 here, $500 there.” The goal, Kurji said, is to increase funds to UCS for innovative programs and first-time events that, if successful during a trial period of about two years, would be institutionalized into the URC budget. UCS Academic and Administrative Affairs Chair Charley Cummings ’06 put forth specific concerns about lack of funding for department undergraduate groups. Cummings has worked to meet with DUG leaders, recruit new ones and establish constitutions for 23 groups in order to ensure their longevity and durability from year to year. The problem, he said, is that each group is only granted $500 a year from the Office of the Dean of the College, which does not adequately meet the needs of most DUGs. Zimmer said he was receptive to UCS’ desires for increased project funding, but, regarding specific projects, he did not make any promises. “I can’t make budgeting decisions on the fly with partial information,” he said. Cummings said his discussion with Zimmer was an important one to have but that “I hope in the future to see less talk and perhaps more action.” Kurji reported on the first meeting of the Campus Affairs Committee, held Tuesday. The

There are some other issues here.” School Board President David Thibodaux said, “I feel like any discussion by a child of a parent’s sexual orientation is inappropriate.” Board member Rickey Hardy, however, said school officials “should apologize to the mother and the kid, and they should do it publicly.” Many listeners to Lafayette’s top-40 station KSMB-FM sympathized with Marcus, said Bobby Novosad, program manager and morning show host. “Punished for telling the truth,” is how one caller put it. “For the big city we’re trying to be, we go back a couple of hundred years every now and then,” Novosad said. At first Huff played the good soldier. She signed and returned the student behavior contract that came home that day. She took Marcus to in-school suspension the following week as requested, an hour-long class see GAY, page 10

meeting brought together student leaders from various campus groups to discuss long-term campus life plans. Vice President for Campus Life and Student Services David Greene gave a presentation on the progress being made by Venturi, Scott Brown on campus life projects. “This first meeting was an important step in terms of developing a new vision of community at Brown,” Kurji said. “The committee will bring a stronger force and voice to student interests and will serve as a unifying agent on campus. This committee’s significance is important now more than ever as priorities for the capital campaign are soon to be solidified and student responses to issues like arming police need to be debated and heard.” Students have a chance to influence campus improvement projects that will take place over the next 10 to 15 years, Kurji said. “UCS and the student body, as a whole, must assume a responsibility to take part in the process of determining priorities,” he said. “President Simmons has encouraged us to be idealists, to engage in wishful thinking.” Following up on a discussion with Safewalk representatives at UCS’ last meeting, Savitzky announced that $10,000 had been secured for funding the program. Other campus life developments include wireless Internet in the Upper and Lower Blue Room and a campus-wide assessment of adequate lighting. Herald staff writer Krista Hachey ’07 covers the Undergraduate Council of Students. She can be reached at khachey@browndailyherald.com.

WWII continued from page 3 wall” decorated with 4,000 sculpted gold stars. Architectural critics also feared the monument would become a museum, St. Florian said. But he said he was intent on creating something that would inspire, not teach. “It’s not a school,” he said. “It’s a shrine.” Still, St. Florian acknowledged the monument’s location on the central axis of the Mall is a potential distraction from the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial, which it sits between. To reduce interference, St. Florian’s design lowers the memorial plaza six feet into the ground. As a result, criticism of the placement “was not a believable argument,” he said. As of now, the project is 90 percent complete, said St.

Architectural critics also feared the monument would become a museum, St. Florian said. But he said he was intent on creating something that would inspire, not teach. Florian, who only recently started his architecture practice. Although he is not involved in the actual construction, St. Florian said he intends to make sure it adheres to his original design and is visiting Washington this week to view the memorial’s progress.

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Gay continued from page 9 beginning at 6:45 a.m. where he was forced to write several times, “I will never use the word ‘gay’ in school again.’’ When he complained to his mother, she said, “Bite your tongue and go along with what they tell you. Mommy will make this all right.” She didn’t contact school officials. “I was afraid I might blow up and say things that were ugly. I wanted to be a good example to Marcus,” she said. “I really liked the teacher. I still like her.” On the advice of friends, she eventually contacted the American Civil Liberties Union, which sent a letter to the school this week demanding that officials apologize to Huff and Marcus and expunge the boy’s disciplinary record. “This case is really beyond the pale,” said Ken Choe, a staff attorney in the ACLU’s Washington office who has handled many stu-

dent- and gay-rights cases. “You can’t censor children talking, as long as it’s not creating a major disruption to the school environment. (Marcus) wasn’t talking about sexual acts. His remark was about as innocuous as you can get.” The school violated Marcus’ constitutional right to equal protection under the law, as well as his right to free expression, Choe said, noting that the boy with whom Marcus chatted was not disciplined. Since being dressed down at school, Marcus has pulled away from his classmates and from her, according to Huff. As far as she knows, it was his first exposure to prejudice. But it was not her first. Until five months ago, when she moved to Lafayette, she and her son, who is her biological child, lived in a small town in Mississippi. She said she knew from a young age that she was a lesbian, but “because of family and friends and perceptions, I hid that.”

Ogletree continued from page 1 al facilities, he said. Later, while earning an undergraduate degree at Stanford University, Ogletree said he saw talented minority students at the same time Stanford Professor of Engineering William Shockley was claiming that African Americans should not reproduce. At the time, Shockley publicized his belief that African Americans were “damaging to America.” Ogletree also cited the “urban flight” of white families — and later even middle-class black families — out of cities and into the suburbs as examples of persisting segregation. To this day, residential segregation exists and some schools have been largely re-segregated because white families refuse to send their children to them, he said. Although Ogletree called the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor

of affirmative action at the University of Michigan School of Law an “overwhelming and uncompromised victory for diversity,” he said the decision was “troubling” because it assigned responsibility for integration to universities, rather than society. Ogletree said one way to achieve true integration is to engage in real dialogues about race — the University’s symposium, he said, is a step in the right direction. An examination of the Brown ruling is particularly important this year, not only because it marks the 50th anniversary of the decision, he said, but because it is also the 100th anniversary of the publication of W.E.B. DuBois’ “The Souls of Black Folk.” DuBois argued that “the problem of the 20th century is the problem of color,” Ogletree said. “It’s no different 100 years later,” he said. This year also marks the 40th anniversary of the March on Washington, when Martin Luther

M. icers continued from page 16 break can be bad or good for you, but we chose the bad part — a lot of us were tired, and we were just not in game shape.” Less than two minutes into the third period, Providence slipped one by Danis on the power play. For the remainder of the game, Providence kept the puck deep in the Brown zone and generated numerous chances, cycling the puck down low. “They used their speed down low and took advantage of turnovers,” Danis said. “Really they just battled harder than us.” Although both teams were declared co-champions in what was only the second tie in the 18 years, Providence retained the Cup, having beat Brown last year 3-1. An energized Brown squad took the ice Friday at Meehan against a solid Clarkson squad. Wasting little time, the Bears scored 4:27 into the game. Vince Macri ’04 connected on a pass from Brian Ihnacak ’07 and Haggett. Unlike in the Providence game, the Bears kept the pressure on Clarkson for all three periods. Early in the second, Pascal Denis ’04 and Sean Dersch ’07 set up Swon, who rifled a wrist shot past the Clarkson goaltender. After the goal, Brown continued to earn scoring chances as Clarkson intensified their forecheck. “The opposition coming into their games thinks they will have to limit us to one or two goals because Yann is so good,” Swon said. “As soon as Clarkson went down two goals, they needed to press, so they pinched their defense and we took advantage of the situation.” Robinson added a goal later in the second period, bringing the score to 3-0. Danis lost the bid for his 11th career shutout in the third period, and Shane Mudryk ’04 added a late insurance goal to give Brown the 4-1 win. For the game, Danis made 31 saves, and earned First Star honors. On Saturday the Bears hosted St. Lawrence, which had fallen to Harvard the previous night.

King Jr. gave his famous “I have a dream” speech. The news made famous his final statements of aspiration, yet ignored the bulk of his speech, which focused on the reality of inequity for African Americans, he said. Paraphrasing a quotation from former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, who argued the Brown case, Ogletree said, “If we reach out, we can see that true freedom, true equality, true equal justice and indivisible justice is just on the other side.” Ogletree, also associate dean of clinical programs at the Harvard School of Law, served as legal counsel to Anita Hill in the U.S. Senate confirmation hearings of current U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. The lecture was sponsored by Brown’s Wayland Collegium for Liberal Learning. Herald senior staff writer Meryl Rothstein ’06 can be reached at mrothstein@browndailyherald.com.

Although St. Lawrence played well and registered more shots on net than Brown, the Bears crushed St. Lawrence on the scoresheet, winning 8-0, their largest margin of victory since defeating Air Force 10-1 in 1994. “To be honest, at times they outplayed us a little bit,” Swon said. “They hit three posts and were really aggressive in the offensive zone. A key in this league though is capitalizing on chances — what it comes down to is who is putting the puck in the net.” Simply stated, Brown did just that. The Bears spread the scoring across three periods, using five different forwards. Ihnacak led the Bears tallying two goals and two assists. With five points on the weekend, Ihnacak, who leads the team with 12 points, was named ECAC Rookie of the Week. Robinson and Dersch each had two, while Haggett and Antonin Roux ’07 added one goal apiece. Roux attributes the offensive surge to the depth of the Brown team. “We capitalized with our chances,” Roux said. “All four of our lines can play — we all have scoring skills and hockey sense. It helps a lot when it’s not just your first and second line that can score.” Danis was flawless for the third time this year, pushing aside all 38 shots, stopping 108 of 106 shots in three games. Next weekend the Bears will travel to upstate New York on what can be considered one of the toughest road trips in the ECAC, squaring off against Cornell and Colgate. “Traditionally we haven’t done that well (at Cornell), and we haven’t scored a goal there in the past three years so it should be a big test for us,” Swon said. “Usually, we aren’t ranked ahead of them, and the Cornell-Harvard game is the big game, but this year we are ahead of both of them in the rankings, so this should be a huge game. Playing in their rink is probably one of the best experiences of my life — it’s nuts.” Herald staff writer Ian Cropp ’05 is an assistant sports editor. He can be reached at icropp@brown.edu.

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AIDS continued from page 1 still stands strong 16 years after the diagnosis. Coming to terms with the disease was a struggle, Fried said. He said he felt alone and afraid, almost “invisible.” This feeling, he said, is not unique — everyone has felt invisible and everyone has an “invisible kingdom” they hide in when they encounter these feelings. “People go there to hide so nobody can see them and nobody can harm them,” he said. Fried said he was first introduced to the idea of an invisible kingdom when he was teaching at a summer camp in West Virginia. He said he met a boy, Zach, who taught him an important life lesson. “There’s no such thing as a perfect life,” Zach said. “We all got something we need to live with.” Zach told Fried he came to the realization when he couldn’t go to sleep one night and started sharing secrets with his bunkmate. “Every night I ask God why he made it possible for me to see with only one eye,” Zach said. The bunkmate told him he, too, spoke to God, but instead asked why God had taken his father away. Then, another boy across the room spoke and told the two boys he felt the same way too. It is because these boys all had invisible kingdoms that they were united and being united healed them, Fried told audience members. Fried has traveled around the world educating students about AIDS. Because of his interaction with adolescents all over the world, Fried said he has received countless letters from teens searching for an answer to their problems and for someone to understand and listen to them. “I received a letter from a girl named Katie who needed someone to listen to her story,” Fried said. He told the audience she lost her virginity to her boyfriend in high school because he promised her that, if she gave it to him, he would never leave her. But a few months after he made the promise, he left her and never called back. Since then, Fried said, Katie wrote that she resorted to making incisions on her forearm and had given up hope in the possibility that she could ever be happy again. “I want to believe I can let someone into my world,” she wrote.

“When life gets reckless with us, we get reckless with ourselves,” he said.“But there is still hope and that’s what I’ve told these young people.” Fried read aloud letters he received from students, including one from a boy in England about his first experience with drugs and another from a red-haired girl disgusted with her appearance. “When life gets reckless with us, we get reckless with ourselves,” he said. “But there is still hope and that’s what I’ve told these young people.” Hope exists for those who can’t find a way out of their invisible kingdoms, he said. Fried listed positive responses to dealing with problems, including learning to live with contradictions, being able to speak truth to one’s self and realizing that sacredness — getting a 4.0 GPA or staying a virgin — is not perfection. He said these life skills and solutions can heal troubled people. “Sacredness is when you are broken,” Fried said. He interpreted his own sacredness in a three-minute video containing pictures of friends he had lost to AIDS over the years and the messages they had left on his voice machine. “Look at their faces and listen to their voices,” he told the audience. “They taught me how to live.” Many audience members said they were touched by the issues Fried brought up in the lecture. “(The lecture) had a great effect on the way I think about certain things,” said Maribeth Rubin ’07. “I was moved by his energy and the ideas of feeling still and sacred,” said Anne Lewis ’05. The lecture, held in Carmichael Auditorium, was cosponsored by Students for AIDS Awareness, Hillel, Queer Hillel, Queer Medical and Graduate Students at Brown, Health Services, Health Education Office and the Queer Alliance. Herald senior staff writer Monique Meneses ’05 can be reached at mmeneses@browndailyherald.com.

Brown continued from page 1 “I never bought into the nonviolent movement,” Cox said, despite his professed respect for Martin Luther King Jr. Growing up without the ability to make decisions for oneself made intense anger inevitable, he said. Providence public school teacher and activist Naeema Nuriddin said, in her experience, the effect of the Brown decision was initially the opposite of what the court intended. In Nuriddin’s New York City neighborhood, black attendance at public schools led to “white flight” from the system, resulting in a newly segregated system. But Nuriddin’s elementary school was nurturing, she said, with the black community working together to make school a positive experience. Later, Nuriddin was bussed to a public high school in another part of the city. “It was very uncomfortable,” she said. “Everything was geared towards letting me know I was not welcome.” White students in the public high school were deliberately unkind, she said. Beverly Ledbetter, vice president and general counsel at Brown, echoed Nuriddin’s sentiments about initial discomfort with desegregation. For most of

“The Brown v. Board of Education decision closed the door on something ugly, but it did not open all the doors,” Ledbetter said. She noted that the struggle to equalize public education has seen a number of other watershed moments over the last 50 years and that there is still much more to be done before true equality is achieved. her schooling she went to segregated schools, which she said were supportive of black students. “I was spared some of the pain of growing up by being in this nurturing environment,” Ledbetter said, “but sooner or later you had to step out of it.” Although the segregated schools she attended were comfortable environments, Ledbetter said they lacked the financial support to provide opportunities for their students. Simmons recalled being interviewed by reporters as he got off a bus for his first day at a non-segregated school. At eight years old, Simmons said he didn’t know what to think. He said, “A little white girl came up to me and felt my hair and said ‘ooo.’” “The Brown v. Board of

Education decision closed the door on something ugly, but it did not open all the doors,” Ledbetter said. She noted that the struggle to equalize public education has seen a number of other watershed moments over the last 50 years and that there is still much more to be done before true equality is achieved. “1954 was not a magic bullet,” Ledbetter said. Policy did not change overnight all over the country — it took many years for desegregation to become a reality in many states, she said. Cox said the Supreme Court’s decision didn’t affect him until college, where its main effect was to inspire him to fight for equality. He now runs a publishing business dedicated to raising awareness trends in higher education that pertain to minorities.

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board did not reflect. All-American Lillian Rosenthal ’05 led the women and played a strong match despite losing to Louisa Hall, a member of the U.S. National team and last year’s Fourthranked player in the country. “(Rosenthal) had a really good performance, and she played as well (as could be expected),” LeGassick said. Katie Lew ’07 had the closest match of the day at the No. 5 spot, losing a hard-fought match 10-9, 9-7, 9-7. The Bears played well against a superior opponent, but there is till room for improvement. “We need to work on simple things, (such as) technical and tactical improvement, returning serves and mental toughness on and off the court,” LeGassick said. The Bears continue the season next weekend, facing Franklin & Marshall and Princeton in New Jersey on Saturday before traveling to Philadelphia to face Penn on Sunday.

had been reached. Other students said they had seen their teachers wearing buttons in support of the faculty side. Some RISD students have voiced concern over the extension of negotiations in such forums as the RISD Daily Jolt Web site. “People are asking what’s really going on,” said Jim O’Neill RISD ’05, who is in charge of maintaining the site. Most students are in the dark about the progress and potential effects of the negotiation proceedings, and this mystery can

Herald staff writer Bernie Gordon ’07 covers women’s squash. He can be reached at bgordon@browndailyherald.c om.

Fencing continued from page 16 more experience,” said epeeist Adrian Martin ’06. Against regional rival Brandeis, the Bears struggled and came up just short of tasting victory. After a tough 2-7 loss by the women’s foil, the women’s epee and sabre squads won their matches 5-4 and 6-3, respectively, but still didn’t garner the win. The women lost to Brandeis by a total match count of 13-14. The men also struggled and lost their match 819, with 2-7 records from both the epee and foil squads and a 4-5 result from the sabre squad. Despite the losses against their first two competitors, both the men’s and women’s teams were determined to win. The Bears demonstrated their determina-

Perlmutter continued from page 16 It is easier for a team like the Pats to be affected by a loss of focus than a team like the Rams, when the calculus for success rests on such delicate grounds. I’m not taking anything away from the Pats or the value of their style of play — after all, they won similarly in 2001 and, like I said, winning is what matters. It just means that it’s dangerous for the Pats to get caught up in the limelight.

tion, scoring men’s and women’s victories against Vassar. Women’s foil fenced a strong 7-2 finish, while both women’s epee and sabre finished with a 6-3 count, totaling a 19-8 victory. The men’s team executed a great performance and its foil squad in particular had a fantastic match, winning 8-1 behind the stellar performance of nationally ranked fencer Jeremy Zeitlin ’07. Although men’s foil lost 2-7, men’s sabre fought for a 5-4 finish, garnering a total of 15-12 for the men. After a long day of competition, the Bears felt the fatigue. Against the last competitor of the day, host Boston College, neither the men’s nor women’s fencing squads could collect a win. Despite the losses, individual fencers had notable performances. Martin ’06 had a memorable bout against a nationally ranked

fuel misperceptions, O’Neill said. Several students on the RISD Daily Jolt have posted comments expressing worry over the potential for a teacher strike. “There’s not even a possibility of a RISD strike,” Hudner said, citing that “nothing out of the ordinary” has taken place to lead students to believe such a thing. The RISD Part-time Faculty Association, which includes fewer faculty members than the full-time association, concluded its contract negotiations on schedule months ago. Herald staff writer Michael Ruderman ’07 can be reached at mruderman@browndailyherald.com.

Ultimately, I don’t think a team guided by Belichick will lose perspective. Ultimately, I don’t think a team guided by Belichick will lose perspective. And hopefully, as fans, neither will we. Eric Perlmutter ’06 hails from Chappaqua, N.Y., and is currently No. 3 in The Herald power rankings.

St. John’s opponent, winning the match with a score of 3-1 as time ran out. Unsurprisingly, All-American Ruth Schneider ’06 had a strong finish of 11-1 for the day, while teammate Christina RodriguezHart ’04 went 9-2 in women’s saber. Following her older counterparts, women’s foilist Jennifer Hausman ’07 finished with an outstanding 8-4 count, and foilist Jeremy Zeitlin came away with a 9-3 record. The results show the Bears’ potential as they try to secure a place in the NCAA Regionals. The team will continue training as it prepares for its annual winter “Hell Week” camp and a rigorous competition schedule in the spring. Herald staff writer Zaneta Lei Balantac ’07 can be reached zbalantac@browndailyherald.com.

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OPINIONS EXTRA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2003 · PAGE 13

Stop conflating religion with patriotism Why the Supreme Court should strike the words “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance “I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO MY FLAG and Circuit Court of Appeals, that the words to the Republic for which it stands: one “under God” are an unnecessary infusion Nation indivisible, with Liberty and Justice of religion into the public school system. I agree with the ruling for two reasons, the for all.” The original wording of the Pledge of first being historical and the second constitutional. It seems to me that Allegiance is credited to Francis very few people understand Bellamy, a socialist, ex-Baptist the specific context in which minister and magazine editor the words “under God” were in Boston at the end of the 19th added to the Pledge, and I am century. In 1923, the words “my confident that many will be flag” were changed to “the flag surprised to hear the truth. As of the United States of America” for the constitutional questo avoid ambiguity. In 1954, the tion, both the wording and words “under God” were added intent of the Constitution after the phrase “one Nation.” seem to be enough to conThe Supreme Court has vince any reader of the unconagreed to hear the case from MICHAEL stitutionality of the phrase in the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of LITTENBERGBROWN question. Appeals after the Appellate The words “under God” Court refused President Bush’s were added to the Pledge of request to reconsider its ruling Allegiance in 1954 for the sole in favor of removing the words “under God.” The case was brought by Dr. purpose of exposing supposedly godless Michael Newdow, the father of a student in communists at the height of the Cold War the Elk Grove, Calif., public school system. communist scare. In case there is any Dr. Newdow brought the lawsuit because uncertainty about the exact purpose of the he is an atheist and says that the words addition, here is exactly what Congress “under God” not only offend him but are signed into law: “The inclusion of God in our pledge therefore would further unconstitutional. I agree with Dr. Newdow, as did the 9th acknowledge the dependence of our people and our Government upon the moral directions of the Creator. At the same time it Michael Littenberg-Brown ’04 refused to say the Pledge of Allegiance in elementary would serve to deny the atheistic and materialistic concepts of communists” (H.R. and middle school.

1693, 83rd Cong., 2nd Sess. 1954). There are two major ideas within this quotation (which is now law) that should make us all extremely uncomfortable. The first objectionable idea is that every single citizen must share a system of morality that comes directly from God — this seems to run counter to the very notion of individuality the lawmakers were trying to prevent communism from undermining. The second, and more relevant point to this discussion, is the explicit attempt to deny atheists a right to pledge their allegiance to the flag, regardless of whether their atheism stems from their belief in communism or from a myriad of other reasons. To all those readers who find the above quotation absurd, and more importantly, irrelevant in today’s world, it should be clear that the removal of the phrase “under God” from the pledge will not weaken it in any way and may actually make it stronger. Whether the Supreme Court should remove the words because they are unconstitutional is another important question. The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ... ” The idea of a “wall of separation” between Church and State does not actually come from the Constitution, although it was written by one of the framers of the Constitution, Thomas

Jefferson. I would argue that, regardless of the extent of a “separation” between Church and State, the Constitution states very clearly that the government shall not promote any one religion over another (“no law respecting an establishment of religion”). Yet, when the words “under God” were inserted into the Pledge, the government was explicitly promoting religions that believed in a God over other religions that did not believe in a single God, or any God for that matter. Thus the phrase, “under God,” is unconstitutional precisely because it promotes some religions over others, and especially over atheism. The Pledge of Allegiance as it stands now, including the words “under God,” serves only to conflate the idea of patriotism with God. According to the Pledge as written, one cannot pledge allegiance to the United States if he or she does not believe in God or believe in an alternative conception of spirituality. The Pledge, as it is worded now, serves only to alienate untold numbers of Americans, individuals who are uncomfortable with religion but who are by no means unpatriotic. What is more American than people having different conceptions of life and religion? I hope the Supreme Court recognizes how unnecessary it is to infuse religion into the Pledge and upholds the unconstitutionality of the words “under God.”

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EDITORIAL/LETTERS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2003 · PAGE 14 S T A F F

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A preemptive strike Faculty members and staff commuting to campus cannot park because too many spots are occupied by students. As a result, the Undergraduate Council of Students’ liaison to the Ad-Hoc Transportation Committee reported to the Council Wednesday that the University is planning to eliminate on-campus parking for students by the start of the 2004-2005 year. This is certainly a valid reason for cutting back on students’ parking privileges — as long as the University enacts an alternative plan for housing their vehicles and protecting students while accessing them. A park-and-ride system to a large satellite parking lot would satisfy these needs while also freeing up on-campus spots for those who need to get to and from Brown quickly. But, until there is a formal plan in place to satisfy students’ transportation needs and replace the benefits of access to a car, the University cannot cut students off from a privilege they have long enjoyed. Many students do use their cars on a regular basis, and moving them to a distant location would inhibit their ability to get to offcampus jobs, volunteer work or grocery stores. Not being able to get into other parts of Providence could exacerbate Brown’s alienation from the city. To combat this isolation, and to replace the amenities of having car access, Brown should contract with RIPTA or a private agency to offer student-oriented transportation options at suitable prices. Brown cannot accommodate student demand in Universityowned satellite lots, and until it can construct new spaces, students will have to rent spots in the neighborhoods or downtown. Both options are far more expensive than the $325 Brown charges its students yearly for parking. Brown should therefore also contract with parking providers at reduced rates or subsidize students who must pay the higher rates. Ultimately, the University should strive to minimize the presence of all cars on campus. There’s no reason a park-and-ride system for students couldn’t work for faculty and staff also. And moving as much traffic as possible off campus would increase on-campus safety as well as open up new space for development to support the school’s academic mission. Some University employees have already said they are ready to make the switch to public transportation because of congestion on campus. Brown should facilitate this switch for all members of its community — starting with its students.

SHANE WILKERSON

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OPINIONS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2003 · PAGE 15

The Geneva Accords: a comedy of errors A COMIC NOTE WAS STRUCK IN THE Beilin to make the left relevant again. Even midst of the long tragedy that is the Israeli- Secretary of State Colin Powell — the Palestinian peace process Monday in keynote speaker at the AIPAC Israeli lobby’s Geneva, Switzerland. Israeli peacenik Yossi big conference this past spring — will meet Beilin, once the minister of justice in a with these remarkable, peace-minded folk. Having read too much Thomas more liberal Israeli government, joined Friedman, I can only underwith former Palestinian inforstand the Israeli-Palestinian mation minister Yasser Abed ALEX CARNEVALE conflict in terms of metaphors Rabbo to sign a peace agreeGUEST COLUMNIST involving children and Saudi ment two-and-a-half years in princes. So if you want to the making. understand the conflict, imagThe catch to the happy gettogether was suited for the skewed per- ine the household of a prince in the Middle spective of the Arab world, even if the set- East. The prince is telling his kid, “Son, if ting was Swiss. Given lip service by every- you give up terrorism, I’ll give you a Lexus. one from Paul Wolfowitz to Jimmy Carter, And also the Temple Mount.” After hearing this, the son goes out and the Geneva Accords are as far from the current reality of the conflict as Switzerland blows up a synagogue. The father blames Ariel Sharon, as he is itself. “The document is virtual, but all of us wont to do. The New York Review of Books are real, and our heartbeats are real,” Beilin writes another article on how horrible the told the Geneva audience, with actor settlements are, and wouldn’t everything Richard Dreyfuss as master of ceremonies be perfect in the Middle East if Israel would and a video appearance by Nelson just fade quietly into the sea? Instead of punishing the son, the father Mandela. A word of advice, Yossi: Israelis who shake hands are not known for lasting just negotiates truces with him. It’s at this point that I realize I don’t know if the Arab too long, so watch that heartbeat. The Sharon government has vehement- father represents America, or the PLO, or ly expressed its displeasure with Beilin’s do they maybe they don’t stand for anyendeavors. (Some commentators have thing except people who rationalize terror noted that Americans who negotiate inde- as a negotiating plea? The reaction from the Sharon governpendent treaties are put to death for treason.) In peace-happy Israel, however, ment wasn’t too far off from that of the AlSharon’s fat belly-aching has only enabled Aksa Martyrs Brigade — the terrorist wing of Yasir Arafat’s Fatah ruling party. They passed out a leaflet branding the Alex Carnevale ’05, the editor-in-chief of Palestinian participants “collaborators.” Post- and writes about politics and the arts But to be perfectly frank, there isn’t much at www.neoliberal.blogspot.com.

Having read too much Thomas Friedman, I can only understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in terms of metaphors involving children and Saudi princes. wrong with, or new about the Geneva Accords once you get a good look at them. Troubling for many Jews is that the Accords give the Temple Mount, called by the Muslims al-Haram al-Sharif, on which the al-Aqsa Mosque is situated, to the Muslims. Yet much of the peace treaty mandates what many agree will have to constitute the final diplomatic resolution to the conflict: Israel back to 1967 borders, a divided Jerusalem, the disbanding of all but the city-sized settlements, right of return to a Palestinian state. I’m not sure what took two and a half years to craft, since this proposal is virtually identical to the deal offered by Ehud Barak in 2000, with a few more Israeli concessions. Crafty Arafat, now dying of the latest disease he’s had that promised to kill him, has had the good political sense to call the Accords “a brave and courageous initiative ... that opens the door to peace.” If Colin Powell’s schoolgirl reaction to the initiative doesn’t paint the full picture, nothing does. The same administration that on June 24, 2002 demanded a cessation of terror was a prerequisite to peace is now set to coddle two out-of-work politicians who insist that peace is at hand even while Arafat and his group of thugs refuse

to crack down on Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Another comic moment in the midst of what Israeli historian Benny Morris has called “a long and bloody haul.” Under the cover of “security,” the Sharon government continues to actively pursue an Israeli settlement policy as Bush focuses on the casualties in Iraq and his reelection campaign. A poll published Sunday by the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz found that only 31 percent of Israelis were in favor of the Accords, with 38 percent opposed. This may be evidence enough that a growing segment of the Israeli population sees the Accords as a reasonable alternative. If Sharon is perceived as blocking peace initiatives, and Palestinians stop blowing themselves up for long enough, a reinvigorated Israeli left-wing will demand peace efforts begin. They will gain a majority when the unelected dictator and impediment to peace Yasir Arafat dies, leaving what may be one last chance for peace in his wake. The round of peacemaking that yielded the Oslo Accords in 1993 led to a decade of violence. Let us hope the Bush administration doesn’t overreach to support another set of accords that don’t jibe with the reality of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians on the ground.

The “F@#& you” decade I STILL SEE GRIMACES WHEN PARENTS books, ads, political pamphlets, online look back on the “me decade.” They erotica and the bible separately. Now Dean’s running on the angry dad swearing at the dinner remember fondly the psychoanalysis, they’re all combined and my school the media-driven search for self-confi- voucher doesn’t even cover membership. table platform because he’s pissed off that George Bush dence, the cults, the search for a kinder There weren’t viruses specifically taigentler world with bigger special effects, lored to kill people of my nationality, age has created an industry of giving people the finger when the preoccupation with other people’s and demographic group. The entire cast business and the political correctness of of RENT was in danger. Mom still thinks they don’t agree with him.“France, environmentalists, the “roaring nineties” or, as it was once it would be “nice” to go to Europe, even though we haven’t even been to that ren- the environment, good habits besides running, fiscal put, the “them decade.” How can we possibly compare our- ovated New Jersey. They’re so old fashselves to times filled with such cultural ioned, but something about it makes me responsibility, the Taliban: F@#% you.” bounty? It’s the first decade of the mil- wish I was born then. What’s a 2000s man or woman look lennium. What have we really become, besides post-Sept. 11, 2001 and metro- and act like? And no, the answer is not “a mountains with firearms, talking about Germany sometime when you’re both sexual? How will the history mongering, Republican.” It’s much more spectrum- how he hates New Yorkers when they win feeling really honest. You’ll hear about the ‘Foutez-vous’ wafting in that direccommemorative book writers look back spanning and personal. “F$#@ you” is (Vermonter? You around?). Dean’s running on the angry dad tion.), Ian Paisley head of Northern at the era? What are my kids going to the new “me” and the new “them.” It’s wear during 2000s Day during high the “f%#@ you” decade. We’ve tossed the swearing at the dinner table platform Ireland, and it’s also why Yasir Arafat school spirit week? They’re going to put feminine side and embraced our inner because he’s pissed off that George Bush refuses to die. So what can we do to keep up with the on halter tops and pink Italian sunglass- unprincipled preppy zealot. Why is has created an industry of giving people es. That and burqas. I bet mom was like Howard Dean blasting ahead of his the finger when they don’t agree with times, though the French will always be this! I bet she participated in meetups, opponents in the Democratic race? him. “France, environmentalists, the ahead of us? Speak our minds. Don’t take Because people don’t want moderate, environment, good habits besides run- crap from people and don’t be conciliahad a blog, rolled and blinged caring, fuzzy, flexible or forward ning, fiscal responsibility, the Taliban: tory, because nobody respects you any(blung?). Maybe she was a sublooking. Howard Dean says f-you to F@#% you.” It’s not exactly jealousy and more if you try. If someone tells you urban rap “ho.” I know dad was. people who don’t agree with him not exactly admiration on Dean’s part, about the spirit of compromise, know Until he got shot for crossing and that’s what we like. It makes but it is a healthy respect for the New that you’re right and they’re probably the Republican/Democrat line him a man of the era: the Dude, if Man. “F#%@$ you, f@#$% you, and I’ll evil or a war criminal. Buy them plane in his hometown. He says he you will. It’s hard to say whose fami- hire Donald Rumsfeld to either sodom- tickets to Fallujah if they’ll shut up, or was there when the very last ly is more upper-class preppy: ize you with a rocket or say f@#*% you put it on debt and record it as social person realized that Dean’s, Osama’s or George with a terse stanza of military lingo.” investment. Know that a deal is only a post-modernism was Bush’s. Who responds best to That’s what’s really running across the deal if it doesn’t tie your hands and that old and cliche, that criticism? It’s a dead heat. ticker at the bottom of the FOX News winning the South is less important that Marx was really old And everyone can say, screen. That’s what’s alluring about the whipping out your cojones and daring and cliche, and that “That’s my man” as Dean bestseller list these days: it’s an inter- Mr. Bush to mess with them. Break up no amount of barron won’t defend Confederate locking series of left and right Italian taxi with your boyfriend or girlfriend describing ‘cliche’ youngsmith Flag wavers (George?), driver gestures. Maybe that’s why the because he or she can go f@#$% him or as ‘post-modern’ baron von George defends God’s sov- rest of the world has elected Silvio herself. Write a book about lies. If you would stifle the newspaper ereignty in battle (Osama?), Berlusconi the head of Europe, Sharon have objections, then veto them because yawns from his and Osama won’t apologize the head of Israel, France the head of you’ve missed a valuable opportunity — friends. He calls it for wandering around the Germany (It’s been a while, but ask keep quiet and you’re stuck in a mindset the day the music reserved for old people and cows. It’s the died. He used to read 2000s. Save it. newspapers, schoolBarron YoungSmith ‘06 wants you to go %@$@3 your $@#* @$#@.

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SPORTS THURSDAY DECEMBER 4, 2003 · PAGE 16

Are the Patriots worthy of their 10-2 record? You know, I really don’t mind if the New England Patriots aren’t getting the credit they deserve. As long as they win, that’s fine by me, and as was noted in a recent column, the last time the team was unappreciated it won the Super Bowl. So as long as the team doesn’t seem to mind — and this Patriots team doesn’t — neither do I. But what I do mind is when fans cry wolf. It’s a shame that when a team is dissed, fans have the right ERIC PERLMUTTER to scream and PERL MUTTERS shout; but if you’re going to cry for attention, you better make real sure that you don’t already have it. The Pats are getting respect in ample proportion, and to say otherwise is an insult to those teams that really do have legit beef. It’s like the stars of the TV show “Rich Girls” telling the world they absolutely need that new handbag — just can it already. The Pats stand at 10-2, so people respect them for being one of two teams at the 10-win plateau, if nothing else. Looking at the ESPN Power Rankings, the Patriots stand at No. 2, behind the 11-1 Kansas City Chiefs. The Pats have been at No. 2 for the last month, and in the top five for seven weeks straight. Now that’s some major cred right there, no questions asked. These rankings are compiled by the most pundity pundits imaginable — John Clayton didn’t get to where he is based on looks or playing experience. He’s a football nerd, “the professor,” an omniscient authority. He is what the creators of the word “pundit” had in mind. There have been numerous other reports and columns praising the Pats, saying how the Super Bowl may well go through Foxboro. So it seems to me the Pats are getting all the attention they could want and probably a bit more than they would ideally like. Whether the Pats are as good as people say is a different question. They have had to deal with a huge rash of injuries — but does this make the team better? No. Does it make coach Bill Belichick seem better? Without a doubt, but that’s a separate issue. Does the fact that the team has won a bunch of ugly, not-so-well-played games count in their favor? I think this actually goes against them — there’s a reason they don’t blow teams out of the water, or always play solid football, and that’s because, well, they just may not be as good as teams that do. Maybe they’ve gotten lucky. Evaluating teams is certainly a difficult issue, but I’m suggesting that there’s no telling whether the Pats’ ingame fortune will hold up from now on. Character and luck are tough to distinguish from one another. The truth is that the Pats have been winning carefully. They don’t play Rams or Chiefs football, and they definitely don’t have a Marshall Faulk or a Priest Holmes. They have a Kevin Faulk instead, and they haven’t had a single player rush for over 100 yards in a game this season. When you’re being showered with praise, you tend to forget your flaws, something this team can’t afford. see PERLMUTTER, page 12

Harvard sweeps Brown 9-0 in men’s squash BY KATE KLONICK

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Pascal Denis ’04 had an assist against Clarkson this weekend. The Bears tied Providence 1-1 in the Mayor’s Cup, then swept the weekend, beating Clarkson and St. Lawrence.

M. ice hockey extends unbeaten streak to six games behind Danis BY IAN CROPP

The men’s ice hockey team continued its early season success over Thanksgiving break, extending its unbeaten streak to six games. After registering a 1-1 tie against Providence in the Mayor’s Cup on Nov. 25, the Bears came back to Meehan Auditorium for a weekend sweep of Clarkson and St. Lawrence. The No. 12 Bears currently sit at the top of the ECAC with a 6-1-0 record (6-1-1 overall). Against Providence, the Bears came close to registering their second loss of the year, but ECAC player of the week Yann Danis ’04 made the difference, stopping 39 Providence shots. In the third period alone, Danis stopped 18 shots, helping Brown eek through a five-minute overtime frame in which

Providence dominated and put six good shots on net. “Yann was Yann,” said Head Coach Roger Grillo. “He’s the one guy who has come to play every night over the past two years.” Playing for the first time in 10 days, Brown lacked intensity for most of the game. Midway through the second period, however, the Bears mustered an offensive surge, which culminated when they scored a goal on the power play. Captain Brent Robinson ’04 fed Les Haggett ’05 in front for a one-timer that put Brown up 1-0. After the goal, Providence began to take control of the game and Brown failed to respond. “We played poorly for most of the game,” said Chris Swon ’05. “A ten day see M. ICERS, page 10

Long competition takes its toll on Brown fencers; team drops three of four at BC invitational BY ZANETA LEI BALANTAC

After a strong start to the season, the Brown fencing team had its first long ride home from the Boston College Invitational Nov. 23. Both the men’s and women’s squads ended the day with a 13 finish, garnering wins over Vassar but losing to Brandeis, Boston College and St. John’s. “We came into this meet knowing we could beat everyone but St. John’s, and even then we were hopeful. But the losses to BC and Brandeis were disappointing because we got a little cocky going into it, and that cost us several bouts,” said fencer Shauna Edson ’06. In an impressive performance, the Bears’ women’s epee squad routed NCAA 2003 bronze medallists St. John’s 8-1. But fellow squad teams weren’t able to outplay a powerhouse St. John’s team, known for producing several

Harvard soundly defeated the men’s squash team 9-0 in Brown’s first match of the season on Nov. 21 at Harvard. Aaron Rosenthal ’07 captured the team’s only victory, but his win did not contribute to the team’s overall score because of his placement at the bottom of lineup. Co-captains Brad Corona ’04 and Jay Beidler ’05 rejoined the team after missing the Ivy Scrimmages due to injury and illness, but both lost their matches 3-0. Corona led the roster, followed by Breck Bailey ’06 and Dan Petrie ’07. All three leaders lost their games by 3-0, as did the rest of the team. Despite the devastating losses, Petrie was optimistic. “The scores don’t reflect how the game went,” he said. “People did have good games and longer matches.” Harvard is currently ranked as one of the best teams in the division, vying for the National Championship. Next week Brown will face some of its most formidable competition. On Saturday Brown faces Princeton, last year’s Ivy League champions. Princeton suffered heavy losses this year losing four of their five starters. The Princeton match is expected to be more competitive than in years past. After playing Princeton, Brown will travel to Penn on Sunday. The last five years of Penn vs. Brown matches have been decided by a single match. This year it’s expected to be just as close. The team has been using alternative methods of training, such as yoga, Bailey said, which the expectation of improving its game. Normal training consists of lifting, swimming, biking and running. With new training methods and matches under its belt, the men’s squash team should be ready to face its most important competitors, Dartmouth and Cornell, by the time the season picks up in January and February. Herald staff writer Kate Klonick ’06 covers men’s squash. She can be reached at kklonick@browndailyherald.com.

W. squash drops season opener BY BERNIE GORDON

Olympians. The women’s foil squad lost its match 2-7, while women’s sabre finished with a 0-9 count, totaling an overall score of 10-17 for the women. Despite the lost bouts, this was the Brown women’s strongest showing against St. John’s in recent memory. “Our expectations were a definite challenge from St. John’s, so we went into that meet with full force and it served us well. We did better than we have in recent years,” Edson said. But the men had trouble parrying attacks from St. John’s, finishing with a count of 5-22 despite valiant individual efforts. Both men’s epee and foil lost the matches 2-7 while the sabre squad struggled to a 1-8 finish. “Fencing St. John’s is always a learning experience, because they have much

The women’s squash team lost its season opener to powerhouse Harvard last weekend at the Pizzitola Sports Center, 9-0. The Crimson finished last year at No. 2 and also holds the record for most consecutive squash championships. Harvard has also won a total of 13 national championships in squash, the second most in the nation, most recently in 2001. Bruno came off of a strong performance at the Ivy Scrimmages in Hanover earlier in the month, which included a 9-0 drubbing of Cornell, but the team realized it was in for a challenging match this time. “The Crimson are perennially national champs or Ivy champs,” said Head Coach Stuart LeGassick. “It was extremely unlikely that we would upset them. We just tried to play the best we could.” The Bears refused to go down quietly, though, and contested each match with tough play and heart that the final score-

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