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No plan yet for student parking next semester BY MICHAEL RUDERMAN

pus that the building is here to serve religious Jews,” said Benj Kamm ’06, who is a member of an Israeli dance group and involved in Hillel leadership. “I think one of the major purposes of this space is that all students, whether or not they are Jewish, can do what they love here.” The new center, which opened its doors last night for student tours, is both beautiful and functional. Occupying 25,000 square feet — more than three times the size of its predecessor — the new center offers a number of renovated meeting and study spaces, while still preserving its historical features. Included among those spaces are several large conference rooms; a social hall that can comfortably accommodate up to 200

Faced with continuing parking spot shortages and pressure from College Hill residents and Providence officials, the University will not allow students to park overnight at the stadium next fall and could revoke other student spots. In addition to about 150 parking spots at the stadium, another 500 student spaces at the Olney-Margolies Athletic Center, the Power Street garage and other campus lots might be revoked, said Vice President for Administration Walter Hunter. The University has not yet determined how to compensate for lost student parking spaces, he said. The Ad Hoc Transportation Management Advisory Committee will make recommendations to the senior administration this semester about how to move undergraduate parking from current lots on College Hill to other locations, Hunter said. Providence officials have pressed the University to develop an effective traffic management plan that deals with congestion problems. Decreasing traffic caused partly by student cars would help accomplish this plan, but Brown needs city cooperation in order to deal fully with congestion issues, Hunter said. Members of the committee have contacted Providence officials to discuss the parking situation, he said. “The administration wants the ad hoc committee to confer with the city first and then develop the recommendations further. We need to know what the city’s going to do,” Hunter said. “You can’t make policies and recommendations in a vacuum,” he said. Discussions with city officials are expected to begin in the near future, Hunter said. Once the committee has made its preliminary recommendations, the administration will review them. At that point,

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From left to right, Christina Hanson '04, Edeeb Rahman '04, Rachel Karin '04, Andie Fein '04 and Stephanie Harris '04 enjoy cake and company in the lobby of Hillel during Wednesday night's open house to showcase the renovated structure.

UCS brings newspapers back to dining halls

Renovated Hillel opens doors for open house

BY ZACH BARTER

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Brown students can once again get a dose of politics and current events along with their morning eggs and pancakes. After a trial arrangement last year, the Undergraduate Council of Students has arranged to make copies of the New York Times and Boston Globe available in the Sharpe Refectory and Verney-Woolley Dining Hall. The program provides 80 copies of each paper for the Ratty and 40 for the VDub Mondays through Fridays, said Ari Savitzky ’06, chairman of the UCS Campus Life Committee. The program — run through the papers’ education divisions — will cost close to $8,000 this semester, Savitzky said. UCS will pay half the bill, and the administration will pay the other half. The current contract covers only this semester, but UCS hopes to make it a permanent program, Savitzky said. “The idea from the outset was to get the papers back for this semester, and then work from there to extend it into the future,” he said. Savitzky said he hopes the papers spark discussions at meals and allow students to keep abreast of current events. Sections of the Times floated around the Main Green Wednesday afternoon, but Brown University Dining Services employees said all paper materials left in the dining halls are recycled. Leafing through a copy of the Globe during lunch in the V-Dub, Peter Wright ’07 said he was happy the papers are available. “It’s harder to get news when you’re in classes a lot,” Wright said. “But now it’s in front of you and accessible. And it’s free.”

Students who remember cramped services and events at Brown Hillel before it closed for renovations in 2002 will be awed by the changes to the center for Jewish life on campus. The renovated, 25,000-square-foot building was showcased Wednesday during the first open house since the building’s completion. The new Glenn and Darcy Weiner Hillel Center provides ample space for the religious, social and academic spheres of student life — all under one roof. With the building’s expansion, what was once almost exclusively seen as a haven for Jewish students can now serve students across a broad range of groups, cultures and concentrations. “There is often the perception on cam-

UCS discusses ongoing projects BY KRISTA HACHEY

At the Undergraduate Council of Students’ first meeting of the semester Wednesday. members reported progress on numerous fronts, including a new online textbook exchange on the Brown Daily Jolt, links to course syllabi on the Brown Online Course Announcement and increased school support for athletics. President Rahim Kurji ’05 expressed hope for a rigorous and productive semester. “It’s going to be fast-paced,” he said. “Get ready for it.” Kate Wolford RUE ’06, project director for campus life and student servic-

es, briefed the representatives on the new online campus calendar. “The public calendar is accessible to everyone — members of the Providence community can see it, alums in Hong Kong can read it, alums in San Francisco can read it,” Wolford said. “When parents or friends come to visit, it will be easier to plan ahead.” Anyone who is part of the Brown community can add events to the calendar, Wolford said. While submissions to the calendar must be approved by the webmaster, Wolford said the goal of the approval

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system “is not to say ‘this event can happen and this one can’t.’” So far, she said, the only submissions that were not approved listed incorrect dates. Working with David Gornel ’06 of the Daily Jolt, representatives Emily Blatter ’07 and Doreen Benary ’07 implemented the online textbook exchange program last Friday. As of yesterday, 190 advertisements for used textbooks had been posted. “All we had to do was tell David what we had in mind, and the site was up in a flash,” Blatter said. see UCS, page 6

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Men’s squash team, plagued by injuries, loses to Dartmouth Sunday sports, page 12

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First-year advising helps with tough choices

15 Westminster St. to offer library, housing, student life space BY ALEXIS KUNSAK

RISD’s new property at 15 Westminster St. will house dormitory space, the school’s library, dining facilities and student life space — replacing student life space in Memorial Hall, including the post office, the Tap Room and the Pit. The RISD library will move into the bottom two floors of the Westminster street property, the former home of Fleet Bank. The eight floors above will become upper-class and graduate student housing, accommodating 500 students. A grab-and-go eatery, Carrot’s, and a parttime dining hall are also planned for the building. Once the space opens, Memorial Hall will house the Painting Department. The 12th floor of the Westminster complex will be reserved for student life space, representatives of the Office of Student Life and members of the Student Alliance said at an Alliance meeting Jan. 28. At the meeting, the Alliance discussed potential uses for the floor, which has little open wall space and so cannot function as a gallery or screening room for films. “The 12th floor is a great space in the sense that we are fortunate to have it at all, but it doesn’t cater to students’ needs as a place to hold a dance party or show movies,” said Becky Fong RISD ’05, vice president of the Student Alliance. “The area doesn’t compensate for the loss of the Tap Room and the Red Door Gallery.” At the Jan. 28 Student Alliance meetsee MOVE, page 5

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The RISD library, along with dormitories and dining facilities, will be housed in 15 Westminister St.

With their course loads dictated by Foundation requirements, RISD firstyears have few ADVISING AT RISD: a c a d e m i c the second of a two-part series decisions to make until early March, when they must declare their majors. The decision comes early in students’ academic careers and carries immense significance — the departments firstyears choose dictate their course schedule over the next three years and their area of artistic expertise for perhaps much longer than that. Last year, the Student Alliance focused attention on advising through a Student Initiative that declared it a priority. In fall 2003, Christina Bertoni was appointed RISD’s first director of academic advising, and since then she has concentrated on standardizing advising practices between departments. First-year advising has been more consistent than upperclassmen advising, said Suzannah Park, president of the Student Alliance. Because upperclassmen are advised by faculty in their chosen departments without overarching guidelines, the process until now has been uneven. First-years, on the other hand, are advised by Foundation teachers, who meet with their charges weekly. “Foundation teachers are really good,” Park said. see ADVISING, page 7

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Parking continued from page 1 forums will be held across campus to gauge campus opinion on potential ways to relocate student parking to as convenient a location as possible. The committee will make a decision this semester, Hunter said. The committee plans on getting feedback through several venues, including meetings with UCS and other campus organizations and two open forums, Hunter said. Parking possibilities might include the construction of a

Hillel continued from page 1 people, a student lounge, a library with ample space for quiet study and the Beit Midrash, which offers an extensive collection of religious texts, more work space and a large window overlooking Brown Street. “I like to sit there and read poetry,” Kamm said about the Beit Midrash. The art gallery will host student and community exhibitions. Another highlight is the music room, which, with its own piano and hardwood floors, has already attracted the attention of choral and dance groups across campus. A computer lab provides outlets for laptops and currently has several desktop computers available for use. The entire building has wireless Internet and is connected to the Brown network. “I hope other student groups really make use of all this building has to offer,” Kamm said. Located on the corner of Brown and Angell streets, the new center is actually two new buildings adjoined to the two renovated buildings that used to be Hillel’s only space. With a budget of $12 million, the new center aimed to create a

garage off campus or providing subsidized or partially subsidized spaces at the Providence Place Mall’s garage. The University is also considering forms of public transportation that could eliminate the need to drive to Brown. Hunter said he can’t predict where students will be parking this fall. “We really need to talk to the city before we refine our recommendations further,” he said. Herald staff writer Michael Ruderman ’07 can be reached at mruderman@browndailyherald.com.

larger and more structurally safe space for the growing Jewish community on campus. “Structurally, it was about to fall down,” said Executive Director of Hillel and Associate University Chaplain Rabbi Richard Kirschen about the old building. “We realized we had outgrown (it).” After years of planning, Hillel hired architect Cornelis de Boer, whose company specializes in historical preservation. The older portions of the center — which students say give it a domestic feel — date back to 1796. “It’s just nice to have a home again,” said Student President of Hillel Stephanie Harris ’04, former Academic Watch editor for The Herald. Worship space is located on the second floor, and a fully equipped kosher kitchen and an outdoor terrace are also included among the building’s many perks. Most rooms are available for reservation by student groups. The center is open 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturdays and 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays. The official dedication is set for Feb. 26, during a weekend celebration that will feature a concert, community open house and Shabbat services and dinner.

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Move continued from page 3 ing, participants voiced support for putting a lounge and gathering space for meetings in the space. Pool tables and comfortable furniture were also suggested, to create a casual atmosphere. Construction has not yet started, but the Housing Committee hopes to have the building ready for students in the fall of 2005, said Amy Fitzgerald RISD ’05. Fitzgerald and Fong are the student advisors on the Housing Committee and give input to project architects and contractors. “Many other schools — the University of Rhode Island, for example — have student centers that are meeting places specifically for use by the student body,” Fong said. RISD students expressed a desire for a unifying student-life space on campus, especially since most upperclassmen live off campus. “My friends and I discuss in studio about the fact that students don’t have any real places to hang out and talk,” said Sarah Rockower RISD ’05. “For me, outer housing functions as space to get to know people outside the confines of a major.” “It is important to keep the student community together,” said Jennifer Eng RISD ’06. “Everyone needs a space to hang out together, besides just for food.” Herald staff writer Alexis Kunsak RISD ’05 can be reached at akunsak@browndailyherald.com.

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The textbook exchange will reduce the burden of textbook costs and “help ensure equal opportunity to course material,” Kurji said. Council member Ethan Wingfield ’07 announced another UCS-backed development starting this semester. “Ladies and gentlemen, friends and colleagues, we now have the Boston Globe and the New York Times in the Ratty and V-Dub every weekday morning,” Wingfield said. This news received a healthy round of applause. “A lot of convincing had to take place for this program,” Kurji said. “We hope to see newspaper funding integrated into the budget over the long term.” Kurji reported that UCS’s work with the marketing directors for athletics had led to three sell-out games in 24 hours. “This type of turnout was previously unheard of,” Kurji said. Bridging the gap between student athletes and non-athletes will continue to be a priority for Kurji this semester, he said. Campus Life Committee Chair Ari Savitzky ’06 began a discussion of the Brown Events Magazine, which recently replaced traditional table-slips in the dining halls. “UCS did not have any involvement in the decision to change the system,” Savitzky said. “But,” he added, “at this point, different opinions have been raised, concerns and suggestions are being put forth and UCS should now take an active role in giving the community a voice on this issue.” Savitzky said some students believe Brown Student Promotions’ service holds a monopoly or feel students were excluded from having a say in the program’s planning. Thilakshani Dias ’05, treasur-

marketing directors for athletics had led to three sell-out games in 24 hours. “This type of turn-out was previously unheard of,” Kurji said. Bridging the gap between student athletes and non-athletes will continue to be a priority for Kurji this semester, he said. er and University Finance Board representative, said UFB will not modify budget allotments to student groups and will continue to distribute a set amount of money for copying and advertising. Vijay Malik ’05, UCS at-large representative, is continuing his study abroad at Oxford this semester. Malik’s position will be filled by internal election at next week’s meeting. The meeting began with a moment of silence for Francisco Metha Vranek ’04, who was killed in a car accident in January. Herald staff writer Krista Hachey ’07 covers the Undergraduate Council of Students. She can be reached at khachey@browndailyherald.com.

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Advising continued from page 3 Despite regular support from their advisors and a multitude of workshops and presentations by the departments for interested students, the process of choosing a major is deeply personal and can be fraught with tension. And when parents pressure their children to choose a more practical major over a field that really gets a student excited, that tension can be exacerbated, RISD faculty members and students said last week. “That pressure is very real, and it’s very dominant,” said David Frazer, head of the Painting Department. “If the student has made a decision to come to RISD, they’ve already chosen a line of future work that’s going to be difficult,” Frazer said. “I don’t care if you’re a graphic designer or an architect,” two professions thought to have more job opportunities. “It’s still going to be difficult,” he said. Bertoni, whose son is currently a RISD first-year, said most parents, even those who are art professors, worry about their children’s career prospects. “I confess that you want your kids to have some skills they can use,” she said. If students are feeling inundated by pressure from their families, conflicting advice from their advisors and equally appealing presentations and visits to several departments, Bertoni said her advising office

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could serve as a safe haven. Although Bertoni has not yet had much contact with students, she said she hoped students with advising needs will consider speaking with her. She has begun to reach out through announcements on the RISD Daily Jolt Web site. Bertoni is also currently working on a special advising Web site for students. Students should resist feeling intimidated and be proactive about visiting the departments that interest them, Frazer said. It’s not enough to attend exhibitions hosted by the departments and anonymously size up the work, Frazer added. “My concern is that sometimes, freshmen students do not have the visual experience necessary to make a decision based on artwork,” he said. Cultivating this type of “visual literacy” is a key component of the painting curriculum and one Frazer said he stresses when he speaks to first-years interested in the department. Many students make the choice between painting and illustration, one of the largest departments at RISD, Frazer said, and he tries to draw clear distinctions for them. The Illustration Department concentrates more on the Renaissance tradition, Frazer said, while the Painting Department focuses on contemporary art and creating selfmotivated artists. “The competition for illustration work is just as strong as for a fine artist to get a gallery and

“If the student has made a decision to come to RISD, they’ve already chosen a line of future work that’s going to be difficult,” Frazer said.“I don’t care if you’re a graphic designer or an architect,” two professions thought to have more job opportunities.“It’s still going to be difficult,” he said. be selling new work,” he said. “Students should pursue their major from a position of passion, rather than practicality. You cannot be a good architect just because it’s a decent way to make a living.” Staff writer Dana Goldstein ’06 edits the RISD News section. She can be reached at dgoldstein@browndailyherald.com.

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the first match 5-2. Saadeh, filling in for Mike Savino ’06, knew that he needed to not just win but get some extra points for his team. Right from the start, it was clear that was exactly what Saadeh was going to do. With equal parts offense and defense, he dominated his opponent, scoring points not only off his own moves but also off counters from his opponent’s moves. In the end, Saadeh had a commanding lead, and the only points his opponent had were from Saadeh voluntarily releasing him. “We told him we needed a major, and he got it. He did a nice job,” Amato said. Jenkins, wrestling at the 165pound weight class, came out strong right from the start, scoring two takedowns in the first period. Although he could not

was important for the team’s psyche to get the win,” said Head Coach David Amato. “Hopefully we can build on this success.” pin his opponent, he controlled him to gain advantage time before releasing him and continuing his offensive explosion. He dominated the match from wire to wire and finished with a 14-4 major decision. “Sean’s had a great year this season — his goals are high, and they should be,” Amato said. Next up was Ciarcia at the

184-pound weight class. Ciarcia got on the board early, scoring in the first and second periods to go into the last leading by a score of 5-1. Knowing that his team needed a major decision, however, Ciarcia was not satisfied. With a late burst, he scored three takedowns in the final period to put him over the top with a 13-4 win. The three major decisions put the match out of reach for Drexel. Drexel tried to come back with a late burst, but Bruno hung on for the win. Next came Lehigh, an opponent of an entirely different caliber. Ranked third in the country at the time, with the top wrestlers in the nation at the 165 and 174pound classes, the odds were heavily against a Brown win. “You wrestle the good teams to see where you are. We want to wrestle tough, and we have nothing to lose,” Amato said before the match. With that mentality, Brown won the first two matches, with Dies staving off a late push by a very talented opponent to earn a 6-5 decision and Savino scoring back points in the first period to win 8-5. Next came the two top-ranked wrestlers, and they quickly made their skill known. Despite a valiant effort, Jenkins was pinned in the first period, and Adam Santee ’04 lost a 5-15 major decision. Ciarcia and his opponent were very evenly matched and wound up tied 1-1 at the end of regulation. After several overtimes failed to decide the match, the combatants entered the final and rarely used overtime, where each opponent starts one 30second period advantaged and the one with the most riding time at the end wins. Ciarcia entered his period with a foursecond deficit in riding time, but, exhausted from nearly 11 straight minutes of wrestling and his previous match, he could not hold his opponent down long enough. Lehigh took that momentum into the rest of the matches, and by the final bout of the day, the team had accumulated a 6-25 lead — enough to hold back its final starter — which gave Brown its third win of the day against Lehigh. “The guys wrestled hard, (but Lehigh) won the close ones,” Amato said, “We could have won 184 through heavyweight, and then things might have been different.” Despite the loss, Bruno still has a lot of momentum to take into the Ivy League schedule, which begins this weekend at the Pizzitola Center, with Princeton University coming Friday night and the University of Pennsylvania and Army on Saturday. Herald staff writer Bernie Gordon ’07 is an assistant sports editor and covers the wrestling team. He can be reached at bgordon@browndailyherald.com.

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Lanza continued from page 12 “personal” vendetta against him. In a tirade to the media, ’Toine stated that Ainge had always criticized his game as a color commentator for TNT. He believes that Ainge wanted to set his career back a few years by shipping him to a team that already contained All-Star level talent Dirk Nowitzski, Michael Finley, Steve Nash and Antawn Jamison. Was it a personal vendetta, or was trading this All-Star for an injured, mediocre player just a poor move on behalf of a novice basketball executive? Ainge confirmed suspicions about his GM abilities by his most recent deal, trading away the backbone of the Celtics defense, Eric Williams, along with Tony Battie and Kendrick Brown, for wild man Ricky Davis, Chris Mihm, Michael Stewart and a second-round draft pick. This trade improved the Celtics’ offense at the expense of their defense, a situation O’Brien strongly protested. O’Brien often stated that he would try to keep Eric Williams a Celtic as long as he was the coach, and it is understood that his trade was the blow that led to O’Brien’s resignation. As many have pointed out, Ainge is not a subscriber to the “defense wins

Skiing continued from page 12 a commanding lead, placing six racers in the top 15 in the giant slalom. Colby-Sawyer finished first in Saturday’s slalom event with a time of 3:23.38, combined. “The group has rallied from an early season setback to compete (against) some of the best men’s teams in the country,” Finocchio said. Charley Cummings ’06 led the Brown racers on Saturday, finishing in 22nd place with a time of 1:57.61. Rounding up the pack were Greg Hanyen ’05 and Christopher Palmisano ’04, finishing 22nd and 29th, respectively. According to Finocchio, Hanyen and Palmisano are skiing the strongest races of their college careers. William Bowling ’07 and Jonathan Hastings ’05 finished the slalom event in 33rd and 35th place, respectively. Cummings also led the men Sunday in the giant slalom. He posted his best finish of the year, with a time of 1:41.43, which earned him 15th place. Bowling, a former member of the Loon Ski Club, also skied the best race of his freshman season at his home mountain, placing

championships” philosophy. He’s banking the future of the Celtics on an offense-based team that will run and gun like a Mavericks or Nets squad. To Ainge’s credit, he probably would be better off appointing himself head coach of the Celtics and then resigning as director of basketball operations. If his three-year stint as coach of the Phoenix Suns is any indication, he knows how to get the best out of his players and win ballgames. From 1996 to 1999 he compiled a 136-90 record and brought his team to the playoffs in all three seasons. He was respected around the league and known as a dedicated coach who had a gift for motivating his athletes. Apparently, the fact that he has had difficulties building a team is no reflection on his ability to coach one. If Ainge stays on board long enough, he may eventually get the Celts back toward the top half of the Eastern Conference. It’s just unfortunate that he chose to start rebuilding a good Boston team that had finally emerged from the depressing low point of the mid to late 1990s. Grudge-holding New Englanders may never forgive him for it. Marc Lanza ’06 reps Leominster, Mass., and wants to bring back M.L. Carr’s leadership, dawg.

28th. Hanyen and Hastings finished 29th and 36th respectively. Justin Patrick ’06 placed 52nd. “Both teams performed solidly, and I couldn’t be happier with the efforts put forth at the home carnival,” Finocchio said of the weekend. The men’s and women’s ski teams will return to the slopes next weekend at the Boston College Carnival at Ascutney Mountain, Vt.

Squash continued from page 12 to forfeit,” said Rifkin. “Our opportunity to improve is hurt by our inability to add talent to the team,” Krupnick said. The Bears are currently ranked ninth nationally, with no wins in the Ivy League. They will play second-ranked Yale University at home Friday, followed by top-ranked Trinity College on Saturday. Herald staff writer Kate Klonick ’06 covers men’s squash. She can be reached at kklonick@browndailyherald.com.

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EDITORIAL/LETTERS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2004 · PAGE 10 S T A F F

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Read all about it Obviously, we like newspapers. A lot. So the return of major daily papers to Brown dining halls is something we welcome and celebrate. The pilot program two years ago that brought the New York Times and other papers to cafeteria tables was a huge success, and the brief reappearance of the papers last year was a pleasant surprise. We hope the papers are here to stay, and not only because we like the smell of newsprint. The return of major daily newspapers does more than give students the opportunity to stay well informed. It reminds us that Brown is not the center of the universe and that events and issues thousands of miles away affect our daily lives. Whether it is the war in Iraq or gay marriage in Massachusetts, national news is not as far from College Hill as we might think. These stories shape the world we will inherit, and the way to understand our future is to read them now. We will be able to mold our world more effectively if we know the material of which it is made. Placing newspapers where students congregate also fosters discussion that might not happen in the classroom. In the relaxed and communal setting of the dining halls, conversation flows naturally. Having the news of the day close at hand brings the big issues into casual conversation, making them part of our daily routine. Even a brief glance at a newspaper on a table can teach us something new about the world, extending the learning process from the classroom to the dining room. Seeing papers once again in the dining halls gives us confidence that Brown in 2004 can be the Brown we wanted to attend. The Undergraduate Council of Students has lobbied successfully to secure an important service, the Ratty is abuzz with the kind of interesting discussions that attracted us to the University and students are recognizing newspapers for their integral place on campus and in the real world. National newspapers might distract students’ attention from The Herald, but we hope we can continue to see broad sheets on our breakfast trays.

SHANE WILKERSON

LETTERS

THE BROWN DAILY HERALD EDITORIAL Juliette Wallack, Editor-in-Chief Carla Blumenkranz, Executive Editor Philissa Cramer, Executive Editor Julia Zuckerman, Senior Editor Danielle Cerny, Arts & Culture Editor Meryl Rothstein, Arts & Culture Editor Zachary Barter, Campus Watch Editor Monique Meneses, Features Editor Sara Perkins, Metro Editor Dana Goldstein, RISD News Editor Alex Carnevale, Opinions Editor Ben Yaster, Opinions Editor Christopher Hatfield, Sports Editor

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PRODUCTION Lisa Mandle, Design Editor George Haws, Copy Desk Chief Eddie Ahn, Graphics Editor Judy He, Photo Editor Nick Neely, Photo Editor

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OPINIONS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2004 · PAGE 11

ELI SWINEY

LAURA MARTIN

Dean’s IT revolution

Affirmative discrimination

It’s finally safe to offer up a fair assessment of Howard Dean and his campaign. For months, I have been terrified of saying even the slightest nice thing about the former Vermont governor, fearing that I would feed the shortsighted Deaniac fire that was threatening to consume my entire party, leaving only rubble, broken dreams, and thousands of self-congratulating 19-year-old campaign volunteers who can’t spell “Dukakis.” Now that people-powered Howard is safely out of contention for the Democratic nomination, I can be honest about the once-unstoppable campaign. It impressed me. The Dean campaign had some problems, but it brought a staggering amount of useful new thinking to the table. In fact, if Democrats don’t do everything within our power to mine the Dean campaign’s corpse for every usable nugget of strategy, then we don’t deserve to be a national party. Why did people love Howard Dean? He wasn’t the smartest person in the race—that honor probably goes to Wesley Clark. He wasn’t the most qualified (John Kerry) or the best speaker (John Edwards) or the most charismatic (Al Sharpton). He wasn’t even the angriest liberal (Dennis Kucinich). To even ask why people loved Howard Dean is to miss the point. Howard Dean, the man, was always immaterial to his own success. Howard Dean was a decent, unremarkable politician who fell asleep one night and woke up atop the most amazing, forward-thinking political organization of the last 15 years. The fact that Dean was frontrunner for even a second is testament to the power of his campaign and his Internet operation in particular. A few years ago, all one could expect from a campaign website was a platform and a portrait. The Dean Internet operation transformed itself into an unparalleled tool for mobilizing people and successfully begging them for

www.deanlegacy.com cash. The buzz generated by the success of Dean “MeetUps” and Dean’s showing in the MoveOn.org primary put the Vermont governor in his enviable first-place position and helped him stay there for months. But the campaign failed — it was destined to. The Internet is a technology that reaches too limited a sampling of American voters. According to the U.S. Commerce Department, in 1999 households with annual incomes of $75,000 were more than 20 times more likely to have access to the Internet than those at the lowest income levels, and more than nine times as likely to have a computer at home. Rural Americans had less access than urban Americans regardless of income level. White Americans were more likely to have access at home than black or Hispanic Americans were to have access from anywhere. Add to that the fact that many older Americans have access to the Internet but lack the comfort, skills or desire to use it as a political tool. It’s not too surprising, then, that the first great Internet campaign went to a candidate who appealed to young, welloff liberals and hardly anyone else. But the Internet, like the telephone, television and radio before it, will eventually evolve into a tool that is more well-distributed across race and class. At that time, Internet-heavy presidential campaigns won’t just be practical — they’ll be essential. The Democrats will already have a model for how to do it, assuming our leaders don’t foolishly discard everything the Dean camp did right. There will still be problems. Internet campaigns, like all grassroots campaigns, suffer from an inability to keep their followers in line. When your campaign is executed entirely by professionals, they are not likely to embarrass you in public or to the press. When you’re relying on an army of civilians, though, perfect damage prevention is impossible. Immediately coming to mind is the Dean campaign worker who astonishingly told the New York Times Magazine that if Dean won it would only be a “side effect” of the campaign’s true purpose: people coming together to “tell their stories.” But as Internet campaigns become more truly egalitarian, the people they bring in will naturally be less likely to seem hopelessly out of touch. Campaigns can learn to implement further controls and provide their volunteers with more guidance. With just a tiny bit of tweaking and a few years of social evolution, the well-run grassroots Internet campaign will become the unstoppable juggernaut that the Dean campaign pretended to be. If Democratic strategists are wise, they’ll realize that the most disappointing campaign of 2004 left them with the blueprints to dominate in 2016. Eli Swiney ’04 has the blueprints to dominate in 2016 as well.

“I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” — Martin Luther King Jr., August 28, 1963 MLK’s message is one of true equality, for “black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics.” However, the agendas of many American politicians and academics focus solely on color, dividing the nation. Affirmative action is a crippling invention. The idea that an entire race needs a “boost” from those in power is a dangerous idea, promoting victimization and polarization between people of different ethnicities. Proponents of affirmative action argue that society — specifically, white society — has impeded the progress of minorities, and the nation owes “reparations” in the form of preferential treatment in college admissions. But how does one translate the effects of historical discrimination inflicted upon a family into points awarded to college applicants? Revisionist history depicts two forces in America, white society and “the others.” However, “white” was not always an all-encompassing, loaded word. For example, marriages between Protestants and Catholics were considered controversial “mixed marriages” as recently as the 1960s. Irish immigration was not exactly received with open arms in the 1800s. Modernly defined minorities are not the only ones who were discriminated against in the developing United States. Injustice is spread evenly throughout history. Obsession with race extends beyond the affirmative action debate, manifesting itself on college campuses in the form of minority-only, self-segregating groups. The Third World Transition Program is one such program. TWTP is detrimental to the harmony of student life at Brown. Discrimination is defined as the treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit. Upon hearing of a TWTP orientation, I wondered why I never received an invite in the mail. It is atrocious that a program exists at Brown where there is only one prerequisite for an invitation: being non-white. This year 417 pre-frosh received invitations based

on the ethnicity they indicated on their application to Brown. The program addresses issues such as classism, sexism, homophobia, and racism. Grutter v. Hollinger, the Supreme Court decision on the University of Michigan case, has spurred a few scattered academic reforms. Amherst College ended its minority orientation, with President Tom Gerety stating, “Amherst risks a serious misunderstanding of our principles by asking students to arrive on campus in the first instance on the basis of differences among them.” Beginning with the Class of 2008, Swarthmore and Haverford colleges will send invitations to nonminority students for their TWTP-equivalent programs. Williams College moved its to be included in the fall semester. The TWTP debate is historically rekindled at the beginning of every year. It will be a high-profile discussion for a few weeks, with opponents treading on eggshells, and it will end with people forgetting about the issue to worry about midterms. Brown’s segregated orientations — the very definition of discrimination — will be ignored once again. TWTP and affirmative action programs have one thing in common — they define a person by their color. It is simplistic to assume that similarity in skin

The obsession with race on college campuses and what to do about it. tone ensures similar experience. At Brown, emphasis is not placed on appreciating other cultures, but on contrasting them. Not on celebration, but on dissatisfaction. Not on unity, but on difference. American universities should lose the tension, ultra-sensitivity and the incessant talk about color, and realize that race is not the definition of identity. The TWTP program should commence after the general orientation and should be open to all who feel that they would be enriched by the opportunity. Laura Martin ’06 is a biophysics concentrator.

Kerry looks good in Tar Heel blue GUEST COLUMN BY JENNIFER THOMAS

As I write, it’s election day for seven states (Tuesday, Feb. 2), and I’m not in any of them. I could gloss over how an instant and consuming political love of John Kerry’s progressive platform and record took me out of political apathy and onto the campaign trail; how six months of New Hampshire tunnel vision made our victory there a gateway to withdrawal; and how television hasn’t made me feel this impotent since Florida changed colors and this whole stupid mess started. Instead I’ll tell you what I told people while campaigning in New Hampshire: I’m from North Carolina. Their ears would prick up, and a question about “electability,” whatever that is, would inevitably follow. I shouldn’t mind discussing Kerry’s prospects down South—trust me, they’re good—but I resent having to do so. The South neither speaks with one voice nor demands a Southern candidate. It’s the rest

A candidate for grandma. of the country that insists we must be placated with one of our own. There’s a South full of Reagan Democrats, like my parents and grandparents, who insist on a more complicated picture, beyond party lines and regional loyalties. Bush has botched the country up, and Southerners see that as clearly as every other region. The important thing, however, is that my parents and grandparents really like John Kerry. When I was home last November, my 80-year-old grandmother was thrilled to learn I was working for John Kerry. She admired his military record. She inveighed against the Bush administration’s relationship with Halliburton. She reminisced nostalgically about her own volunteer

work for Democratic candidates in her youth. She showed me that North Carolina’s in play for this election. With 15 electoral votes, we’re one of the big prizes in the South. Granted, there’s no mathematical reason why my grandmother should act as a barometer for N.C. Still, she voted with the rest of N.C. for Dole (2002), Bush (2000), Dole (1996) and Bush (1992). She and the state parted ways only in 1998 for a certain John Edwards. She votes, as she always has, not by issues or a quid pro quo reckoning of benefits. She votes, in a way we might classify as Southern, for an individual. Bush appealed to her in 2000 as devout, home-spun and, most importantly, not Bill Clinton. Now she sees him roughly the way we do: untrustworthy. It’s not just Halliburton she doesn’t like; she’s also concerned about those poor boys in Iraq. Everyone seems to forget how mild N.C. conservatism actually is. Remember us for Terry Sanford, please, not Jesse Helms. So why does my Grandma like a liberal from Taxachusetts? Again, it’s ad hominem. Like John McCain, Kerry is loyal to his party without following it blindly. That’s the kind of politician Southerners really like, regardless of where they were born, and when you add the veteran factor, you have an individual with stature and integrity. Ultimately, she sees what I saw in John Kerry: individualism, idealism, and pragmatism. Regardless of how S.C. voted, I actually think North Carolinians could be persuaded to vote for any of the current Dem prospects; I just think Kerry would make the job of persuasion a lot easier. Jennifer Thomas GS is campus coordinator of Brown for Kerry.

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SPORTS THURSDAY FEBRUARY 5, 2004 · PAGE 12

Skiing fares well agains tough competition in NH BY DANIEL MURRAY

Eric Sumberg

Nick Ciarcia ’04 earned a major decision in the wrestling team’s win over Drexel but lost a multi-overtime thriller against Lehigh in a loss for Brown.

Wrestling takes down Drexel, beaten by Lehigh BY BERNIE GORDON

The wrestling team had a good showing this Saturday at the Pizzitola Sports Center, defeating Drexel University 2214 and putting up a strong fight against No. 3 Lehigh University before falling 925. The Bears came out strong against Drexel, a talented team that has had some unlucky breaks this season, much like the Bears themselves. Brown led inteam points from start to finish, grabbing the lead early and then widening it to give the team its second dual-meet victory of the season. The Bears won the close matches they needed to win, getting key major decisions from Co-captain Nick Ciarcia ’04, Sean Jenkins ’04 and David Saadeh ’06. The majors gave Bruno a commanding lead and made up for several match-

es over the break that the Bears lost by a string of small margins. “We’ve been in a lot of close matches, and it was important for the team’s psyche to get the win,” said Head Coach David Amato. “Hopefully we can build on this success.” Amato said he was also pleased that team members went on the offensive, aggressively seeking takedowns and decisions rather than accepting what came to them. “(Previously), sometimes we were wrestling not to lose. Today, we were wrestling to win. You have to go out to win, and (you have to) be aggressive,” Amato said. After Co-captain David Dies ’04 won

see WRESTLING, page 8

After surviving record-breaking cold temperatures in January, the women’s ski team was unscathed by harsh conditions last weekend in New Hampshire. The squad placed sixth in the slalom and second in the giant slalom at its home carnival on Loon Mountain. The Bears survived the elements and extremely tight competition to hold onto the sixth spot in the slalom on Saturday at Teney Mountain. Janet Marley-Mauzey ’07 finished first for the Bears and ninth overall in the competition with a time of 1:57.99. Hilary Swaffield ’06 joined Marley-Mauzey in the top 15 with a time of 2:00.97. Caitlin Stanton’s ’06 slalom performance was the best of her career, as she finished 16th Saturday with a time of 1:04.89. Jamie Johnson ’06 and Casey Schwarz ’06 finished 23rd and 39th, respectively, while Tara Tunney ’05 rounded out the women’s finishers in 42nd with a time of 2:30.32. “Saturday was a challenging race day with ongoing delays,” said Coach Karen Finocchio. “Both teams remained focused on the task at hand resulting in strong skiing.” The women adjusted to the open downhill giant slalom course with ease after the slower slalom event Saturday. The pace of the giant slalom race was reminiscent of the last three carnivals, in which the Bears ruled the competition.

The men’s squash team was defeated 0-9 by rival Dartmouth College Sunday. Leading the team were Breck Bailey ’06, Dan Petrie ’07 and David Krupnick ’06. All other players were defeated in just three games, with the exception of Jay Beidler ’05, who won a single game against his opponent. Beidler ultimately lost the match. Injuries are plaguing the team. Co-

Captain Brad Corona ’04 is out for the rest of the season due to a severely sprained ankle, and Sean O’Boyle ’05 is also suffering from an ankle injury. Gavin Watson ’05 sustained a partially torn Achilles tendon while playing seventh position in the match against Dartmouth. With so many players out, the team is playing everyone it has — even those with minor injuries. During Sunday’s competi-

see SKIING, page 9

Ainge’s executive abilities fail to inspire Celtic pride Danny Ainge has done more than just rock the boat since returning to Boston. He’s completely dismantled it and then, one by one, burned off the pieces. The most recent piece is Head Coach Jim O’Brien, who MARC LANZA LANZA LESSONS resigned last week from the Celtics, citing “philosophical differences” with Ainge. O’Brien is no mediocre coach but has established a reputation as one of the best in the NBA. The loss of his coaching will almost certainly sink both the morale and the record of the franchise. Ainge thinks he’s building a team of the future — one that will be able to contend for years to come. What he has instead created is a team that will be in a semirebuilding stage for the next several

Injuries hurt men’s squash team depth, contribute to loss to Dartmouth Sunday BY KATE KLONICK

They placed four women in the top 15 at their home mountain, finishing second behind the University of Massachusetts. “The women’s team continues to prove that they are a major contender for post season events,” Finocchio said. Brown finished with a total time of 3:13.97, just behind the University of Massachusetts’ 3:12.21. Kelly O’Hear ’07 continued her dominance in the speed competition. O’Hear won the second heat of the giant slalom to finish in second place overall on Sunday. Nina Dibona ’07 placed sixth overall with a time of 1:45.59, followed by Swaffield in the seventh position. Marley-Mauzey completed her best weekend of ski racing yet at Brown — after starting in 51st on Sunday, the freshman star finished the day in 13th place. Stanton placed 19th overall with a time of 1:52.01, followed by Tunney in 42nd with a time of 2:10.28 in the giant slalom as well. “Individually, each girl has skied a great race throughout the season, but once all of the individual runs connect in the same race, (they) will totally dominate their competition,” Finocchio said The men’s club team secured its best overall finish of the season, ending the weekend in fifth place. Plymouth State University won the Brown Carnival with

tion against Dartmouth, the Bears were forced to forfeit the ninth match due to injury. The team’s plight is exacerbated by Title IX, which prevents the squash team from recruiting players who are not on the team to fill injured players’ spots. “Because of Title IX, we carry no reserves, so if someone isn’t there, we have

years, a painful thought for Celtic fans who already endured 10 years of rebuilding in the 1990s. At 22-27, they currently stand on the fringe of even making the playoffs in the Eastern Conference. Yes, it’s that bad. It completely baffles Boston fans that Ainge saw the need to completely revamp the roster of a team that was just two wins shy of the NBA finals two years ago. But as it stands now, only three players remain from the 2001-2002 squad. He has pulled off two blockbuster trades, traded away much of the team’s core and driven the head coach out of town. A few months after taking over as director of basketball operations, Ainge pulled off one of the poorer trades of the past decade in moving Antoine Walker and Tony Delk for Raef LaFrentz, Jiri Welsch and Chris Mills. Walker, despite his flaws (excessive three-point shooting, anyone?) was nonetheless an All-Star and franchise player. Future Hall of Fame Coach Pat Riley said of Walker, “Antoine has become probably the best point-forward in the history of the game.” Those are some pretty strong words coming from the former coach of point-forward Magic Johnson. LaFrentz, meanwhile, turned out to be damaged goods. He played a few games and then decided to call it quits for the season with an injured knee. Even though Walker has proven critics wrong by being the most consistent player on the Mavericks’ squad this season, he still has accused Ainge of having a

see SQUASH, page 9 see LANZA, page 9