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Annual fund organizers hope senior class giving spurs other alumni donations BY ROBBIE COREY-BOULET

In an attempt to bolster alumni contributions to the University’s endowment, the Brown Annual Fund and senior class officers are aiming to maintain recent high level of donations from seniors. Approximately 66 percent of seniors have donated to Brown in the past two years, a figure the Annual Fund hopes to increase slightly this year, said Kate Rohnstrom, assistant director of student programs for the Annual Fund. Alumni participation remains below 30 percent, a number the University is actively seeking to raise, said Richard Spies, executive vice president for planning and senior advisor to the president. Part of the problem is the past inconsistency of alumni solicitation programs, Spies said. “We went for periods of time without asking people to donate,” he said, adding that people lose interest when they lose contact with the University. Senior Class Co-President Arjuna Kuperan ’04 said he agrees. Unlike schools such as Princeton University, which has a strong tradition of alumni giving, Brown’s Annual Fund does not have much of a foundation to build on, Kuperan said. “What the Annual Fund is trying to do with the seniors is foster that in some way,” he said. The University hopes the high level of support from seniors will translate into renewed interest and increased donations from older alumni, Spies said. “When alumni hear that two-thirds of the senior class has made a gift, they think, ‘Wow, something’s right,’” Spies said. “I think what the students don’t understand is how clearly that message gets through to alumni, parents and friends of the University.” The trend has already translated into substantial increases in overall donations, Spies said. He estimated that Brown saw a 16 percent increase in donors last year, which converted into a 17 percent increase in total dollars. This year’s contributions are up 20 percent comsee GIVING, page 4

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Students gathered in Wilson 101 Thursday evening for a forum titled “Black American Princess, or Bourgeois, Arrogant, and Pretentious?”. Participants said the term Black American Princess in not necessarily derogatory.

Forum participants: “Black American Princess” label stigmatizes success BY SHEELA RAMAN

Finally, there’s a solution to every student’s 4 a.m. pizza craving — two large, red machines that recently arrived on campus to satisfy the late-night munchies. The hulking new machines, installed Tuesday, are WonderPizza vending machines that distribute nineinch pizzas for $5 and within two minutes of ordering. According to a Brown University Dining Services representative, the machines will most likely be operational early next week. The pizzas are currently shipped frozen from Italy to the U.S., stored refrigerated inside the machine and then heated inside the machine’s high-intensity oven, according to Jay Conway, a WonderPizzaUSA salesman. The company is currently trying to find an American producer for the pizza, he said.

things society offers, such as a good education, a successful career and economic prosperity. The students said their own positive BLACK HISTORY view strongly diverges from the view MONTH • 2004 mainstream media projects in fluffy, materialistic characters such as Dionne in the movie “Clueless.” If black women redefine BAP in their own terms and discard the common negative stereotypes associated with it — including excessive materialism and snootiness — they can have greater self-respect, most students said. But it is not wrong to value having nice things, said a student from the University of Rhode Island, who attended the forum along with members of the Johnson and Wales and Brown communities. She said she is proud to be a black woman who is not only educated and ambitious, but also well dressed. BAP is not a derogatory term, she said. Yet the negative connotations of the term BAP cannot be ignored, said Associate University Chaplain Sakena deYoung-Scaggs. “BAP is just a continuation of the many derogatory terms given to black women who pursue their goals,” she said, citing “diva,” “mami” and “sapphire” as others. “We need to reclaim all these words by defining them for ourselves instead of letting others define them.” The discussion then shifted to BAPs as an elitist group belonging to exclusive institutions such as country clubs, Ivy League schools and Jack & Jill of America, Inc., a social organization for black families. Most students agreed there is nothing wrong with blacks joining such exclusive establishments if they also recognize their African ancestry and encourage black people who aren’t as privileged.

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There’s nothing wrong with being a Black American Princess, according to most students at Thursday’s forum titled “BAPs: Black American Princess, or Bourgeois, Arrogant, and Pretentious?” held in Wilson 101. When forum participants, who were mostly black women, were challenged to define what BAP means to them, most students said it represents any black female, regardless of wealth, who values and strives for the best

Vending machines dispensing pizza from Italy inspire curiosity BY ALEXANDRA BARSK

Jonathan Herman / Herald

Students check out one of two newly arrived Wonder Pizza vending machines.This one is outside the VerneyWoolley Dining Hall, and the other one is inside Josiah’s.

I N S I D E F R I D AY, F E B RUA RY 6 , 2 0 0 4 New book examines Brown’s importance to “Cheaper by the Dozen” arts & culture, page 3

New online textbook exchange opens for business, thanks to Daily Jolt and UCS campus news, page 5

Arta Khakpour ’05 says the deaths of Iraqi citizens are being ignored column, page 11

TO D AY ’ S F O R E C A S T Jason Forte ’05 is the primary force behind the men’s basketball team sports, page 12

Men’s tennis sees success in recent competitions, thanks to doubles teams sports, page 12

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ARTS & CULTURE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2004 · PAGE 3

Doctoral thesis examines Brown angle of ‘Cheaper by the Dozen’ BY LELA SPIELBERG

Jane Lancaster likes Steve Martin just fine. But, she warned The Herald that his newest movie, “Cheaper by the Dozen,” has little to do with the true story of the Gilbreth family. In the 2003 film, Martin’s character, Frank Gilbreth, gives up a job as a college football coach to stay at home with his 12 children, while his wife heads to New York to promote her book. However, the original book of the same title, written in 1949, tells a very different story. Written by two of the Gilbreth children, Frank Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, the original “Cheaper by the Dozen” chronicles the lives of their parents, Frank and Lillian, a husband-and-wife team of efficiency engineers, who did in fact have 12 children. But Lancaster, whose doctoral thesis from Brown is now being transformed into a book about Lillian Gilbreth, said she thinks even the original book does not tell the whole story about the Gilbreth family, she said. While the book portrays Lillian Gilbreth as a nurturing mother who endures her husband’s efficiency experiments, such as using a stopwatch to determine how long it took their children to do chores, it neglects to mention that she was an engineer herself, Lancaster said. In fact, Lillian Gilbreth had a highly successful career, and is to this day the only woman to win the coveted Hoover Medal for engineers.

Lillian Gilbreth also served on expert committees for every president from Herbert Hoover to Lyndon Johnson, according to the Providence Journal. Her tasks varied from developing a plan to encourage women to shop more during the Depression years to designing kitchens for women who used wheelchairs. Lancaster’s book, “Making Time: Lillian Moller Gilbreth — a Life Beyond ‘Cheaper by the Dozen,’” details these achievements and includes anecdotes from many of the surviving Gilbreth children. Lancaster’s book will arrive in bookstores May 10, the day after Mother’s Day. “The timing is very appropriate,” Lancaster said. “The idea of trying to balance career and family is of interest to a lot of mothers, including myself.” Lancaster says Lillian Gilbreth first intrigued her for those very reasons. The two women have a lot in common. They both received Ph.D.’s from Brown — Lancaster in history and Gilbreth in educational psychology, while she lived at Brown and Angell streets with her family, the Providence Journal reported. And, like Gilbreth, Lancaster balances career and family. Even though she does not have one dozen children, Lancaster said she is a busy woman. In the 1990s, while raising two children, she taught history at Lincoln High School in Providence. And see GILBRETH, page 7

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‘Tick, Tick … Boom’ pleases ‘Rent’ fans with heartfelt performances BY DANIELLE CERNY

Audience members may need to recheck their programs at certain key points of “Tick, Tick … Boom” to confirm which Jonathan Larson musical they are attending. The musical delves into the classic Larson themes of the anxious passing of time, AIDS, the unbridled appeal of the Bohemian lifestyle and, of course, the power of friendship and love. There are even key measures when die-hard “Rent” fans will have to bite their tongues to resist singing lyrics that seem to hover above some songs in “Tick, Tick … Boom.” The similarity is no coincidence: “Tick, Tick … Boom” was written before “Rent” and served as a sketchbook of sorts for the Broadway sensation. These parallels in no way detract from the addictive appeal of this moving and honest performance, which stands on its own as a crowd-pleasing modern musical. The musical’s main character, Jonathan (Jed Resnick ’06) is on the verge of turning 30 with a mounting list of unaccomplished aspirations, including the creation of the next “great American musical.” But Jonathan is unable to compose his masterpiece as the deafening ticking in his mind stifles his creativity and counts down see LARSON, page 6

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Pizza continued from page 1 Right now, one machine sits in the foyer leading to Josiah’s and one in the lobby outside the Verney-Woolley Dining Hall. They are the second and third machines to be installed in the United States. The first is located at Bishop Stang High School in New Bedford, Mass., where WonderPizzaUSA is based. The vending machines are owned by WonderPizzaUSA, which is responsible for their maintenance and installation, and do not cost Brown any money, Conway said. “We’ve given them places to put the machines and access to an existing market,” said Ann Lawrence, associate director of dining services. WonderPizzaUSA currently collects all profits from the machines, but Brown may eventually begin a commission system with the company, she said. Lawrence said BuDS was approached by WonderPizzaUSA last summer, after the University’s Coca-Cola vendor suggested to the company that Brown would be a good place to start its business. “Pizza and college kids seemed like a natural pairing,” she said. “They wanted to get their foot in the door at Brown because

Giving continued from page 1 pared to the same time last year, while donors have increased by 10 percent, said Tammie Ruda, director of the Brown Annual Fund. These results were primarily fueled by strong senior leadership and volunteers, Spies said. “People in the past weren’t unhappy,” Spies said. “They just hadn’t systematically organized themselves to accomplish this.” Spies also attributed increases in giving to support for President Ruth Simmons and the Initiatives for Academic Enrichment. “I think certainly the success of it is a clear message of support for the ideas the president’s talking about,” Spies said. “It’s a vote of confidence in the institution and the president’s leadership.” “Since President Simmons has

we’re a large, respected institution, and they thought that the Brown name would be a boon to their business,” she said. Conway said WonderPizza vending machines fit well into the college environment because they make pizza available faster than delivery, 24 hours a day, and decrease labor and product costs for universities. “It’s also safer than pizza you order for delivery,” he said. “The colleges don’t want potentially questionable characters delivering food to the dorms late at night,” he said. Conway said the company will empty the machines approximately once a week. “Technically, the pizzas can stay in the machine for 30 days once they’re thawed, but we don’t plan to ever keep them in there for that long,” he said. The company has not yet decided on a U.S. producer for the pizzas, Conway said. The pizzas are currently available in three varieties: plain cheese, vegetable and fourcheese. WonderPizza is currently working on expanding its menu, but there are difficulties involved in importing meat, Conway said. “It’s an interesting concept, but the thought of instant pizza is kind of nasty,” said David Hirschfeld ’06. “I do think that lots of drunk

and high kids will buy it, which means it’s a good business venture and will be successful in the dorms,” he said. Lawrence, who has tasted the pizza and said she liked it, said the decision to bring the machines to Brown was in response to requests from UCS and students for extended food availability. “We thought this might be a way for us to provide hot, goodquality food when our campus dining facilities aren’t open,” she said. “If the idea takes off, then we’ve expressed to WonderPizza that we’re interested in expanding and placing more machines in different locations on campus,” she added. Zander Ebin ’07 called the pizzas “sketchy” but said he would definitely try them once. He and several other students said the $5 price seemed very high. The WonderPizza machines are not currently equipped with card readers because the readers are not compatible with the European machine technology. Lawrence said she realizes this is an issue for students but expects it to be a short-term problem.

come … everyone wants to participate,” Rohnstrom said. Seniors also receive encouragement from the challenges of past alumni, Rohnstrom said. These form a “key component for the senior class gift that we will use to market the campaign and encourage students to give,” she said. This year’s challenge comes from Charles Royce ’61, who recently agreed to donate $500,000 to the University if volunteers can convince 1,000 new donors to participate, Rohnstrom said. Senior class officers are currently preparing to launch the 2004 gift campaign over Spring Weekend, an effort that will continue through Senior Week in May, said Senior Class Social Chair Jessup Shean ’04. “We’ve planned a lot of senior events to bring the class together,” she said. “I think that it’s something the students are

aware of.” The Brown Annual Fund has begun assembling a 40-person committee that will lead solicitation efforts, Rohnstrom said. A kick-off event is also slated for sometime this spring, when older alumni will present further challenges to the young alumni classes, she said. The first donation “is the first step in the process of becoming an alum,” Ruda said. “The senior gift process is very similar to the donation process they will go through for the rest of their lives.” “It goes way beyond the dollars,” Spies said. “It’s a way for students to give back to the institution, to express their appreciation and their confidence in the place.”

Herald staff writer Alexandra Barsk ’06 can be reached at abarsk@browndailyherald.com.

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

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E-mail viruses on campus cause long waits, extended hours at CIS Telephones at CIS were ringing off the hook at the beginning of the semester, thanks partly to a computer virus that hit the network right after winter break. Calls and e-mails to the Computing and Information Services help desk the week students returned to campus nearly doubled this year, reaching 1795, compared with last year’s figure of 917. In the first three days of the semester alone, CIS received up to 430 calls a day, said John Gormly, senior consultant for CIS. Most of the calls concerned the MyDoom virus, Gormly said. The virus is carried by an e-mail attachment that, if downloaded, allows hackers access to the Brown network and denies the owner access to Microsoft software, he said. “We have been overwhelmed by students who came back with infected machines,” said Ellen Waite-Franzen, vice president for CIS. Waite-Franzen and Gormly both said if students have updated their virus software and not participated in “risky activities” such as file sharing, the virus, if they receive it, will be quarantined. Once quarantined, the virus is easy to remove. But if activated, MyDoom “gets deep into the bowels of the computer,” Gormly said. Since there have been so many help requests, CIS has extended its S.O.S. hours, which send computer-savvy students into dorms, from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. CIS has also increased the number of students available to take calls. Despite these efforts, the waiting time for CIS services is currently up to a week, Gormly said. — Elise Baran

Proponents say online textbook exchange is easier, cheaper than Brown bookstore BY GABRIELLA DOOB

Thanks to the Brown Daily Jolt’s new textbook exchange program, students can buy textbooks cheaper and more conveniently than they ever could at the Brown Bookstore. Students can now arrange to buy and sell textbooks — from “The Double Helix” to “The Art of Writing Advertising” — over the popular online forum rather than through the Brown Bookstore. The textbook exchange, a fast and easy way to obtain course material, was developed by a few members of the Undergraduate Council of Students, said Sonia Gupta ’06, chair of UCS’s Admissions and Student Services Committee. The plan to set up an exchange program had been in the works for a few years, Gupta said. It originally began as a scheme to sell course packets online. After meeting with Dean of the College Paul Armstrong and reconsidering the practicality of that proposal, UCS members came up with a better idea. Rather than forcing students to return used books just to have them purchased by their own classmates, UCS has managed to facilitate a direct exchange, Gupta said. By “cutting out the middleman,” she said, it becomes easier and less expensive for students to buy and sell used books. Students can browse among the 29 departments represented or search for books and even course packets by class number. Once they click on the book of

their choice, they receive the phone number or e-mail address of the student who has put the book on sale, information about the condition of the book and whether the requested price is negotiable. Potential buyers are also treated to “additional notes” about the product, from reminders that the $80 requested for a textbook is still “cheaper than the bookstore!” to personal remarks that a certain volume was “the one book in the class that I did absolutely adore.” Several members of UCS, including two first-year students, Doreen Benary ’07 and Emily Blatter ’07, worked with David Gomel ’06 at the Daily Jolt to get the project underway, said Rahim Kurji ’05, president of UCS. According to a spokesman for the Brown Bookstore, the newly implemented program has not yet had a noticeable effect on sales. “It’s not so different from students buying books from eBay or Amazon,” he said. However, only in its first year, the textbook exchange promises to continue its growth, Benary said. UCS has received only positive feedback on the program so far, Gupta said. “I’m really excited about it,” she said. “It was one of our foremost goals for the year.” Herald staff writer Gabriella Doob ’07 can be reached at gdoob@browndailyherald.com.

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Forum continued from page 1 But they said a problem arises when elite blacks make others of their own race feel excluded or inferior. “We all need to remember that even if we are elite in the black community, we are always just another black person to everyone else in the world,” said Sasha-Mae Eccleston ’06. “This fact should unite us.” Celeste Malone ’04, former president of the Lambda Iota chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., organized the forum, which was part of Brown’s celebration of Black History Month. Throughout the forum, Malone led the discussion, asking students to express their views openly. She also recommended “The BAP Handbook,” written by four college-educated black women, as an interesting perspective on the meaning of the term BAP. “It was a very informative discussion. I got a chance to hear dif-

Larson continued from page 3 to “doomsday” — his birthday. Jonathan’s mounting stress is revealed through honest and playfully comedic soliloquies that allow the audience to form a genuine bond with this likeable character. As the time before the workshop of Jon’s musical ticks down, he find himself forced to compare his poverty with the success of his lifelong friend, Mike (Steven Levenson ’06), who abandoned a career in acting for the financial security of market research. And, to make matters worse, Jon’s longtime girlfriend, Susan (Allison Posner ’05), wants to leave behind her stressful and busy New York City life for a bucolic home on Cape Cod. The small cast performs the musical without scenery, which does not detract from the strength of the performance; it is impossible to take one’s eyes off the impressive three-person

ferent viewpoints and learn something new about how we think of BAPs,” said URI student Natasha Austin. “What I got most out of this was hearing non-Brown opinions,” Eccleston said. “A lot of times people at Brown tend to be too afraid to be offensive, and mixing up the crowd really helped get a good discussion going.” Herald staff writer Sheela Raman ’06 can be reached at sraman@browndailyherald.com.

SATURDAY: Marlon Riggs Film Festival List Art 120 1-6 p.m.

SUNDAY: Cyber Cinema on Breakdancing “The Freshest Kid” Barus and Holley 190 7 p.m.

cast. Despite the intrinsic appeal of these amiable characters, it is the acting that gives this musical its charm. Resnick’s performance flawlessly alternates between hysterical and touching, and Posner’s voice is a guaranteed scene-stealer. Moreover, the score of “Tick, Tick … Boom” lives up to the Larson reputation. Despite some similarities, many of the songs only share one quality with those of “Rent” — they are impossible to get out of your head. Whether or not you are a “Rent” fan, “Tick, Tick … Boom” plays out as a humorous, touching and must-see musical. “Tick, Tick … Boom” plays Friday at 8 p.m. and midnight in the upstairs Performance Workshop space in T.F. Green Hall. Admission is free. Herald staff writer Danielle Cerny ’06 edits the Arts & Culture section. She can be reached at dcerny@browndailyherald.com.

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teams dominated their opponents in the quarterfinals, Cerretani and Brier by the score of 8-0 and Shamasdin and Goldberg by 8-5. “We definitely have the doubles going, and that just makes us that much stronger as a team,” said Head Coach Jay Harris. In the semis, both Brown teams went up against Harvard opponents. In two extremely close games, Cerretani and Brier triumphed over Dave Lingman and Jonathan Chu 9-8(5) while Shamasdin and Goldberg fell to Brandon Chiu and Mark Riddell 9-8(5). In the finals, Cerretani and Brier defeated Chiu and Riddell handily, winning 8-3. “By beating Harvard in doubles, it kind of brings them back down to earth,” said Brier. “There’s kind of an aura about them.” Brown performed equally well in the B flight doubles. After the team of Goddard and Tedaldi was forced to forfeit in the semi-finals due to Tedaldi’s injury, Moss continued his huge weekend, teaming with Thomas to defeat the second-seeded

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Gilbreth continued from page 3 “Making Time” is not her first book — last year, she published “Inquire Within: A Social History of the Providence Athenaeum Since 1753.” She said she is currently working on another book, an annotated version of Emily Post’s “By Motor to the Golden Gate.” Lancaster also made time in her busy schedule to watch not only the new celebrity-studded

down to earth,” said Brier. “There’s kind of an aura about them.” Harvard team of Caleb Gardner and Scott Denenburg and advance to the final. Facing the well-rested Dartmouth College team of Logan West and Priya Sahu, who would have played Goddard and Tedaldi in the semi-finals, Moss and Thomas prevailed 8-6 for the championship. Brown returns to the court Feb. 14 to face Rutgers at 11 a.m. and the University of Rhode Island at 3:30 p.m. at the Pizzitola Sports Center. The Bears are 2-0 so far this spring and are looking to extend their winning streak to four. Herald staff writer Craig McGowan ’07 covers men’s tennis. He can be reached at cmcgowan@browndailyherald.com.

version of “Cheaper by the Dozen” but also the original 1950s film portrayal of the life of the Gilbreth family. She prefers the old movie to the new one because the older version is more accurate, she said. “The only thing the new movie has in common with the book is the title and the fact that the family had 12 children,” Lancaster said. Herald staff writer Lela Spielberg ’07 can be reached at lspielberg@browndailyherald.com.

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Forte continued from page 12 opened up opportunities for other players, especially Luke Ruscoe (’06),” Kilburn said. Teammates said they not only love to have Forte on their team but also enjoy his great sense of humor off the court. While he loosens his teammates up with his jokes, he also plays with a lot of intensity and expects the same from the other players on the court. As point guard, his teammates look for him to be the floor general and remain poised throughout the game. “As Jason goes, so does the rest of the team. As point guard, he is responsible for keeping the team together,” said teammate Pat Powers ’04. While Forte and the rest of the team are currently playing great basketball, they faced a lot of adversity earlier in the season. “Early on this season, it was very difficult to lose one of our senior captains, Mike Martin (’04), to injury. We also had a very difficult non-conference schedule, playing teams such as (then No. 4) Texas and (then No. 3) Wake Forest,” Powers said. But Powers said he believes playing such a difficult nonconference schedule helped the Bears because it prepared them for Ivy League games. Forte said the team has come together since the beginning of

Fencing continued from page 12 “I’d say that some of us, especially the newer fencers, were somewhat intimidated by the much stronger fencers we were facing, and therefore became apathetic and lost the drive to fence as hard as we could,” Milner added. Despite the tough competition, the Bears were determined to secure individual spots for the upcoming NCAA Regionals. With this focus, several fencers parried their fears and turned in great performances. Unsurprisingly, All-American epeeist Ruth Schneider ’06 ended the competition with a record of 15-3. Sabreist Cristina Rodriguez-Hart ’04 surprised the crowd by beating NCAA 2003 Bronze Medalist Heather Brosnan of Penn State 51, contributing to her overall record of 10-8. Other strong performances came from the men’s side of the mat. Men’s epeeists Adrian Martin ’06 and Pat Culhane ’06 ended the day with records of 11-5 and 9-8, respectively. Fellow teammate saberist Jeremy Adler ’06 also finished the competition with a 12-6 record, while Zeitlin impressed the crowd with his 12-6 finish against some of the top fencers in the nation. Despite the many losses, the team still remains optimistic about the rest of the season. Knowing that they will compete in another tough meet this coming weekend and that the NCAA Regionals are swiftly approaching, the fencers continue to train and apply what they have learned from previous competitions. “Since we were fencing good fencers, we could more readily see

the season, a shift that is reflected in the way it plays. “We lost two great players last year, so at the beginning of this season, people were trying to find their roles. Now we have gelled together, and everyone on the team has been stepping up their level of play,” Forte said. “It is my job to continue to get everyone involved so that we will continue to play great basketball.” Despite the Bears’ title aspirations, Forte explained that the team does not feel pressured because it is seen as a conference underdog. Before the season began, polls predicted that the team would end up around fourth in the league. “Right now, we are almost right where we want to be. It is great that we beat Penn, but preparation is the key for the remaining games. Each team we face has different strengths, so we will have to adjust to counter them,” Forte said. Forte has gathered numerous awards during his career at Brown. Last year, he was named a First Team All-Ivy selection and his 149 assists ranked him second in Brown history for a single season. During his first season, Forte was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week five times. Yet, despite all the accolades, he said nothing would be sweeter than an Ivy League championship and a trip to the NCAA tournament.

what our weaknesses are, and we’ve been working on improving those at practices,” Milner said. Their training will be tested this coming Saturday at the Yale Invitational. Herald staff writer Zaneta Balantac ’07 covers fencing. She can be reached at zbalantac@browndailyherald.com.

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EDITORIAL/LETTERS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2004 · PAGE 10 S T A F F

E D I T O R I A L

Diamonds and coal A diamond to the men’s basketball team for defeating the defending champions in overtime Saturday, making even the laziest fans break a sweat. Coal to the end of shopping period, the best first date of the semester. We like you better when you’re wooing us, not grading us, especially when you have a big syllabus. A diamond to the Charles R. Drew Memorial Blood Drive — glad to see someone putting Brown students to practical use. Coal to Web sites that charge $80 to predict college admissions. We’ll tell you you’re stupid for free. A diamond to the new Hillel, making Jews more attractive than ever. Cubic zirconium to the Super Bowl. Is it really so “super” when a single breast dominates discussion of the biggest football game of the year? Then again, that breast was amazing. Speaking of women and sports, a diamond to network-ready Maggie Haskins ’04.5. May you be like Chris Berman ’77, but with better hair. Coal to not letting us park wherever, whenever we want. Academic Enrichment, you say? What this school needs is a garage and a multiplex. Coal to WonderPizzaUSA. “Fresh” from Italy? A diamond to tights, taking winter practicality to new levels of superhero dynamism and sexiness. And a double-lump of coal to removing the parasitic head of seven-week-old Rebecca Martinez. We like you just the way you are.

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LETTERS TWTP orientation builds community To the Editor: Laura Martin’s article “Affirmative Discrimination” (Feb. 5) takes a full swing at the TWTP orientation, making it sound as though the program is endangering race relations at Brown. This shows a lack of understanding about a program that helps young minority students find a sense of community in a predominantly white Ivy League environment. The purpose of the program is to create a safe space for people of color to talk about issues of race, culture, and class without the majority view that exists in all aspects of college life. Issues of this magnitude are not easy to talk about, and people of color may not feel

comfortable conveying their feelings when there are white students in the room who don’t know what it feels like to be discriminated on the basis of skin color. This program is important because it helps make the transition into a predominately white community much more comfortable. Martin talks about how detrimental TWTP is to student life at Brown, yet she offers no evidence of this. As far as I can see, TWTP is a way to make minorities feel more at home at a school where they are not highly represented. TWTP is not churning out hordes of disgruntled minorities eager to separate themselves from their white classmates, as Ms. Martin’s analysis would lead you to believe. It helps minorities get together and talk about the issues that they will face being a person of color in a white college world. Tara Vega ’07 Feb. 5

C O R R E C T I O N S A column in Thursday’s paper misspelled a name in a court case, Grutter v. Bollinger.

An article in Thursday’s paper about UCS’s meeting misspelled David Gomel ’06’s name.

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OPINIONS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2004 · PAGE 11

RACHEL MARSHALL

Ideology and the candidate aesthetic Coming back from winter break, I could not help but envy my friends returning from Iowa and New Hampshire, their noses frostbitten but their hearts racing with excitement for their respective candidates. Their passion and energy contrasted with the hopelessness I feel as I continuously shop around for the best Democratic presidential candidate. I have attempted to swallow my doubts and rally behind a candidate. In late fall, one of my friends begged me to go to New Hampshire with her to campaign for Howard Dean, the political Pied Piper of angry youth across the U.S. “Anyone is better than Bush,” she reasoned as she advised me to look past Dean’s A+ NRA rating and fiscal conservatism and instead look at his anti-war platform. I came close to going to New Hampshire — campaigning for somebody who wasn’t Bush seemed better than doing nothing— but ultimately I felt as though I would be compromising too much. In truth, I squealed with delight as Dean blundered every primary election following his “I Have a Scream” speech in Iowa. The time was right to reveal Candidate Number Two: the curtains opened and behind them was … Kerry! Though long forgotten, he suddenly seemed ideal — considered a liberal Democrat, he had begun to cultivate some of the energy and luster he had previously lacked. My romance with the Massachusetts junior senator did not last more than a few days, however. I was turned off by Kerry’s boast of owning a gun during one debate and after learning some of his many less-than-progressive politics, including an alleged ambivalence about affirmative action and his support for both increased military expenditures and school “choice.” Though he may very well be the final Democratic nominee — and

maybe even the best candidate — he is no perfect match for my personal politics. Sure enough, all the candidates have major flaws that make them hard to rally behind. In many ways, John Edwards is the most appealing candidate, and his charm is difficult to ignore. He is the only candidate with a coherent message, let alone a positive one, and

A liberal idealist weighs principles against politics. recent polls across the country show him beating Bush. But can I excuse many of his moderate beliefs? Should I support him and allow him more room for imperfection because of his evident electability? Which brings me to the central dilemma of politics that we all face: How much should we compromise our ideals in order to support a candidate? We are told to face the reality that no candidate is perfect, and we are mocked for our unwavering commitment to our own ideals. If many of us voted by our conscience, we would choose Dennis Kucinich, but few of us actually support him. How many of us saw Kucinich at the top of our list on the online presidential matchup tests? I know almost every mildly liberal student I have talked to at Brown did, but I don’t know anyone who would actually vote for him. Politics and politicians are all about balance and compromise — politicians must sell themselves in order

to get elected, and that means sacrificing ideals for a larger goal. And, of course, expecting perfection is missing the bigger picture. But is it too lofty an aspiration to expect one out of an original 10 candidates to come close to being my political match? Am I wrong to expect to be able to feel proud of my vote? I am not advocating an abandonment of pragmatism. I did not vote for Nader, and I will not vote for Kucinich, Sharpton or any other potential spoiler. Yet, as I struggle to achieve a healthy balance of pragmatism and principle, I wonder what I am missing. It ain’t easy being a liberal idealist this election year. As I struggle to determine how much of my political principles I should compromise in favor of the elusive quality of electability, I find myself in a difficult bind. The sad truth is that as much as I search for perfection in my political candidates, I have no choice but to accept the options that are before me. Change in politics takes time, and that means regardless of which candidate becomes the Democratic nominee, the most important objective is getting that candidate to the White House so that we can take steps towards having better choices come next election. When the nominee becomes clear in the next few months, a part of me will breathe a sigh of relief so that I can forego my qualms about all the Democrats and, instead, rally around the nominee. Though I am still as confused and disillusioned about which candidate represents me best, come November you can rest assured that this time my decision between the Democrat and Bush will be much easier. If Rachel Marshall ’04 could vote for First Lady, she would choose Theresa Heinz K erry any day.

ARTA KHAKPOUR

The forgotten ones They died in Iraq, where they were born. They died fighting for their country, but no one drapes a flag over their corpses, talks of their patriotism or interviews their families. They are the forgotten war casualties of Iraq — the Iraqi ones. According to The Guardian’s estimates in November, at least 13,500 Iraqi soldiers died fighting against the invasion, joining about 8,000 civilians in a category of death deemed irrelevant by the U.S. media and the warmongers who pushed for the unilateral attack: nonAmerican. And the politicians who came out to criticize the war, during and after? They decided, as usual, on political self-interest over principled leadership. In a way that should be offensive to any moral human being living in this country, it was measured that the American people are unable to empathize with life that does not share their nationality. And so the war critiques with the most press attention — from Howard Dean and John Kerry to the pages of the New York Times — have focused their attention on the American death toll and the cost of the war in cash to the American taxpayer. The result is that despite the coverage of the 600-plus U.S. military deaths, the war has been portrayed as a largely bloodless one. Oh, the country weeps for the half thousand native sons shipped back in boxes, and our esteemed president soberly notes their bravery in the service of oil every opportunity he gets. It is said that 600 is nothing compared to the 50,000 servicemen who died in Vietnam. Vietnam was, of course, an equally fruitful endeavor in the service of human rights, justice, and honorable wartime tactics (lucky for Iraqi villagers, Agent Orange and napalm, the U.S. chemical weapons of choice, don’t work in desert climates) but the similarity doesn’t end there. In the shadow of that wall in Washington there is a body count of three million Vietnamese, nearly a third of them civilians, who died in the Vietnam War. They share with 20,000 Iraqis the mark of unimportance that keeps them off the public’s moral radar: non-American, non-human.

But let’s hold on for a second — why shouldn’t Americans focus on honoring their own dead? Let the Vietnamese and Iraqis bury theirs, and we’ll bury ours. The military deaths can be written off as what happens when you fight on the wrong side for a dictator — even if you were conscripted, even if you were simply trying to defend your country from a foreign invasion — and the civilian deaths, regrettably, as collateral damage. To each his own. But then why did we fight this war in the first place? Failing to find any weapons of mass destruction or Al Qaeda links in Iraq, the Bush administration has spun the U.S. attack and occupation as a humanitarian mission, bringing freedom and prosperity to the Iraqi people, destroying the rule of a brutal dictator. And wasn’t the Vietnam War fought to save Vietnamese people from the scourge of communism? The military logic of our leaders is familiar enough.

Who is reporting the Iraqi casualities of war? Sometimes you have to destroy a village to save it. Sometimes you have to occupy a country to free it. Sometimes you have to wrap a town in barbed wire, regularly interrogate its population and conduct raids on its holy places to free it from persecution. Ultimately, though, we’d be greeted as liberators and old sins would be forgotten. Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln last summer, Bush invoked images of Iraqi crowds toppling Saddam statues: “In the images of celebrating Iraqis we have seen the ageless appeal of human freedom. Decades of lies and intimidation could not make the Iraqi people love their oppressors or desire their own enslavement.” Bush was absolutely right, and his assertion is hammered home with every “No to Imperialism!” placard at a Baghdad rally, every roadside ambush in the so-called Sunni Triangle and every rocket-propelled grenade.

with a Black Hawk helicopter in its sights. There are some who would prefer to think of this as isolated “Saddam loyalism,” but tens of thousands marching on the capital two weeks ago in the largest protest since the war started do not make up a fringe group of Baathist diehards. Bush doesn’t talk about Iraqi crowds anymore. For a brief instant on the eve of war, the suffering of the Iraqi people was deemed relevant — hell, they were almost our brothers, they were almost American! But the 20,000 killed by American forces during the Iraq invasion? Still irrelevant. The 5,000 killed in 1988 by Saddam’s gas attack in Halabja ? Relevant, but only insofar as the Iraqi dictator was the direct instrument of their death. The fact that the United States was supporting Hussein’s regime with military wares, chemical weapons and tactical information during that period — still irrelevant. The rights of the Iraqi people to sovereignty over the oil within their borders, and to free elections? Still irrelevant. And the millions of Iraqis waking up every morning to occupation by a country that has killed thousands of its people, brought it to the brink of starvation through sanctions, and blatantly supported and aided its most brutal dictator, Saddam Hussein, during his murderous heyday? They have become pawns in a bloody game, their suffering exploited when convenient and disregarded when not. Over the past months of war and occupation, Iraqi war casualties, and their frequently unidentifiable remains, have been buried according to battlefield protocol for the enemy. Thousands upon thousands have been placed in body bags, buried in backhoe-dug graves and marked with metal posts, without ceremony or publicity. Bush and his cronies pray desperately that the truth about this war, and about American hegemony in general, will face a similar fate. Arta Khakpour ’05 concentrates in archaeology and Middle East Studies.

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SPORTS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 6, 2004 · PAGE 12

Harvard Invite brings usual success for men’s tennis BY CRAIG MCGOWAN

was supposed to dish out to Earl (Hunt ’03) and Alai (Nuualiitia ’03). This year, however, my role has not been very defined, so I am trying to score more and get others involved,” Forte said. Coach Glen Miller also said he has noticed that Forte devoted a lot of time to working on his shooting. “Jason’s perimeter shot has improved a lot,” Miller said. “Now he is a multidimensional offensive player.” Forte leads the team in scoring and assists and has been finding ways to get his teammates involved. “Jason has unlimited potential. Against Princeton and Penn this past weekend, he attacked the basket and

The men’s tennis team performed solidly last weekend at the January Harvard University Invitational. Phil Charm ’06 and Richard Moss ’06 were co-champions of the B flight singles bracket, and Bruno swept the doubles brackets. Captains Jamie Cerretani ’04 and Ben Brier ’04 were champions of the A flight doubles, and Moss teamed with Eric Thomas ’07 to win B flight doubles. Moss continued his excellent play since returning from winter break. After receiving a first-round bye, Moss defeated Melvin Mahkni of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in straight sets, 6-4, 6-1. Facing the number one seed in the quarterfinals, Marcus Sundh of the University of Kentucky, Moss dropped the first set before rebounding to a 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory. Moss faced teammate Luke Tedaldi ’06 in the semifinals, but Tedaldi was forced to withdraw due to a shoulder injury. Rather than playing against each other in the final, Moss and Charm were declared co-champions. “I was really ripped apart in the first set,” said Moss about his semi-final match. “I changed my game plan because I wanted to control the momentum.” Kris Goddard ’04, playing his first match since returning from injury, lost to Scott Denenburg of Harvard. Despite the disappointing loss, Goddard rebounded with two decisive wins in the consolation bracket. However, there was a measure of revenge when Charm, who had torn through his half of the bracket, defeated Denenburg 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 in the semi-finals. Despite the excellent singles play, the strength of the team once again lay in its doubles play. All four doubles teams advanced to at least the semifinals of their bracket. In A flight doubles, the Cerretani and Brier received a first-round bye, as did Nick Goldberg ’05 and Adil Shamasdin ’05. Both

see FORTE, page 9

see TENNIS, page 7

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Athlete of the Week Jason Forte ’05 is one of the reasons why the basketball team has a 3-1 start in the Ivy League after a rough start. Forte had 23 points, 19 of which came in the second half and overtime in Brown’s thrilling 92-88 win over Penn on Saturday.

Forte ’05 leads surging Bears hoops in suddenly wide open Ivy League race BY ROBBY KLABER

Point guard Jason Forte ’05 has quickly become one of the best — if not the best — player in Ivy League basketball. Forte has led the men’s basketball team to a 31 league mark, putting the team in second place with 10 games left in the season, and Forte played outstanding basketball for the Bears last weekend against Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania. “It is great for the team that Jason is playing his best basketball at the most important time of the season,” said teammate Jaime Kilburn ’04. “When he is making his jump shot and three-pointers, he is unstoppable.” Forte describes his style of play as that of a “slasher.”

“Once I start going to the basket, I like to either drive to the hoop or create for my teammates,” said Forte. Although he is one of the smaller players on the court, Forte is also one of the quickest. In this regard, he tries to model his game and play with the same intensity as Allen Iverson of the Philadelphia 76ers, he said. Forte said he realized that in order to become a complete player, he would need to continue working on his jump shot, so he decided to work extensively during the summer on his shooting. He now thinks that work has really paid off. “I feel like my biggest improvement this year has been in my shooting. Last year my role was much more defined — I

Despite experienced competition, fencing hangs tough, scores squad wins BY ZANETA BALANTAC

The road to the top can be a slippery one, as the fencing team learned this past weekend at the Brandeis Invitational. Challenging such fierce competitors as Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, Pennsylvania State University, the University of North Carolina, New York University and Yeshiva University, the Bears found themselves on slippery ground, finishing with a record of 0-6 for the women and 1-5 for the men. “I think that the hardest thing for us to overcome was the fact that many of the Brown fencers have only been fencing a year or so, some even only a few months,” said women’s foil squad Captain Nanette Milner ’06. “The schools we fenced were really strong, with really experienced fencers. I’d say that most of our opponents

had been fencing for years.” Knowing that they faced these nationally ranked schools, individual squads did fairly well, garnering a mixture of wins and losses. Against Yeshiva, men’s foil and saber each had a 9-0 sweep while men’s epee won a solid match with a score of 6-3. The total score was a 24-3 victory. In addition, men’s epee stole two extra victories from UNC and Harvard, beating each with a total match score of 5-4. However, the Yeshiva victory proved to be the only one on the day for the squad as a whole. “The men’s epee squad is really talented, and I think they had the right mental attitude to really put all their hearts into winning,” Milner said. “Harvard has a really good fencing team, so it was a big victory for us.” The women also collected several squad

victories. Women’s epee toppled powerhouses Harvard and Penn with a pair of 5-4 victories. Against UNC, however, women’s foil and epee lost their matches by a single bout, 4-5, contributing to an overall match score of 11-16. Unfortunately, despite several squad victories and close calls, the women couldn’t collect enough points to win an overall match during the tournament. “In fencing, there is a director who interprets the actions on strip and then decides who scored the touch. Of course directors can make mistakes and a few bad calls can decide a match. We were definitely subjected to quite a few bad calls,” said nationally ranked foilist Jeremy Zeitlin ’07 when asked about the cause of their losses. see FENCING, page 9

Brown Sports Weekend Schedule Friday, Feb. 6 Wrestling: Vs. Penn, 2 p.m. Women’s Swimming: At Yale, 4 p.m. Men’s Squash: Vs. Yale, 5 p.m. Men’s Basketball: Vs. Cornell, 7 p.m. Women’s Squash: Vs. Yale, 7 p.m. Men’s Ice Hockey: At Princeton, 7 p.m. Women’s Basketball: At Cornell, 7 p.m. Women’s Ice Hockey: At Cornell, 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb 7 Skiing: At Boston College, 9 a.m. Wrestling: Vs. Army, 11 a.m. Men’s and Women’s Squash: At Trinity w/ Wesleyan, 1 p.m. Men’s Swimming: At Columbia w/ Yale, 2 p.m. Wrestling: Vs. Princeton, 2 p.m. Women’s Tennis: At Virginia Tech, 3 p.m. Women’s Ice Hockey: At Colgate, 4 p.m. Women’s Basketball: At Columbia, 5 p.m. Men’s Basketball: Vs. Columbia, 7 p.m. Men’s Ice Hockey: At Yale, 7 p.m. Gymnastics: At Pittsburgh w/ Rutgers & Cornell, 7 p.m. Men’s and Women’s Track: URI Invitational Fencing: Yale Invitational, Women’s Water Polo: Ivy Championships, New Haven, Conn. Sunday, Feb. 8 Skiing: At Boston College, 9 a.m. (Day 2) Women’s Tennis: At Virginia, 1 p.m. Women’s Water Polo: Ivy Championships (Day 2)