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Dexter ’06 dies of Hodgkin’s Disease BY LISA MANDLE

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Bystanders watch a fire engine pass the corner of Lloyd and Hope streets after a fire alarm interrupted the second period of Saturday afternoon’s women’s hockey game against Union College, forcing the evacuation of Meehan Auditorium.

Roger Williams U. group awards whites-only scholarship BY ZACH BARTER

The College Republicans of Roger Williams University have never been strangers to controversy. Last fall, the school temporarily froze the club’s funding after an issue of its newsletter accused a gay-rights group of brainwashing students into homosexual sex. But when the club awarded a whites-only scholarship as a statement against affirmative action last week, it found itself at the center of a national media frenzy. To be eligible for the $250 scholarship, applicants had to submit a recent photo “to confirm whiteness.” Applicants were also asked to write an essay describing “why you are proud of your white heritage” and “what being white means to you.” The scholarship, funded by the College Republicans and two outside donors, was awarded Feb. 18 on the university’s Bristol campus. But after having second thoughts, Adam Noska, the award’s recipient, decided to donate the money to a fund for victims of the Station nightclub fire. see RWU, page 4

University will replace aging dorm furniture BY DANA GOLDSTEIN

Many students will find more than just new neighbors when they move into their dormitories in the fall. Four dorms — Hegeman, Caswell, Metcalf and Miller — will be renovated and refurbished this summer, President Ruth Simmons told students in her Feb. 10 Presidential Address. Rooms in several other dormitories will be refurbished but not renovated, said Director of Housing Rich Bova. “We are going to refurbish 600 bed spaces,” Bova said. “We are approaching our critical renewal cycle for student rooms.” The “renewal cycle” lasts about 12 to 15 years, the maximum amount of time the University expects to use any set of student furniture, Bova said. A typical set of furniture contains a bed frame, a closet, a desk, a desk chair and one or two sets of drawers. To ensure that student rooms and common spaces receive more regular refurbishment in the future, even when major renovations are not taking place, a new fund has been established by Interim Vice President for Campus Life and Student Services David Greene, with the approval of the University Resources Committee. The fund, which will be created over the next one to two years, will earmark money for furniture, Greene said. The Office of Residential Life is cur-

rently working with Residential Council and Undergraduate Council of Students committees to determine which dorms’ furniture is in the worst condition, Bova said. There is a strong possibility that Graduate Center will be refurbished, Greene said. The plan to refurbish 600 student rooms will come at a significant price for the University, which expects to buy in bulk and pay about $1,000 for each set of see FURNITURE, page 6

African Sun changes focus from news to creative expression BY SARAH LABRIE

The African Sun, Brown’s only publication specifically focused on African American expression, has undergone a drastic change in image, and editors hope the new format will increase awareness of the magazine on campus, said Editor Thomas Lax ’06. The Sun, first founded in 1979 and revived two years ago, was originally known for its focus on news items pertinent to the black community. The monthly publication was printed on newsprint and included articles addressing issues such as racial profil-

I N S I D E W E D N E S D AY, F E B RUA RY 2 5 , 2 0 0 4 Tufts researchers’ euthanization of dogs draws criticism from student group campus watch, page 3

Crimson study finds high rate of depression among Harvard students campus watch, page 3

New Jersey Coalition forms, striving to offer support for those from the Garden State campus news, page 5

Masha Dexter ’06 — activist, writing fellow and Queer Alliance leader — died Tuesday morning of complications from Hodgkin’s Disease. At Brown, Dexter was an economics concentrator, but she also had a strong interest in gender studies, said Dexter’s former roommate Zoe Billinkoff ’05. Dexter was a Meiklejohn advisor, a writing fellow and a leader within the Queer Alliance, she said. She was very socially conscious, in a catchy way that made the people around her want to do good things, Billinkoff said. Dexter was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Disease during her freshman year at Brown, Billinkoff said. Despite having to take time off — she left Brown partway through the Fall 2003 semester — “all she wanted was to be a Brown student,” Billinkoff said. Dexter was a “professional get-betterer, not a professional patient,” and some of her close friends did not even know she was sick, Billinkoff said. “She was a vibrant and valued member of the Writing Fellows community, although she was only with us for a few months this past fall,” wrote Director of College Writing Programs Rhoda Flaxman in an e-mail to writing fellows. A memorial service will be held Friday at 11:30 a.m. at Menorah Chapel in Millburn, N.J., Billinkoff said. A separate memorial service might also be held at Brown at a later date. Carla Hansen, associate dean of the Office of Student Life; James Stascavage, assistant dean of the Office of Student Life; Jennifer Rankin, associate director of the Chaplain’s Office; and Gail Cohee, director of the Sarah Doyle Women’s Center, met at the Sarah Doyle Women’s Center Tuesday night with students and other members of the Brown community who knew Dexter. The gathering was sponsored by the Office of Student Life and the Chaplain’s Office. Students who wish to speak to someone individually are encouraged to contact Psychological Services, the Chaplain’s Office or deans in the Office of Student Life.

ing and affirmative action. The current Sun, developed over the course of the last year and first distributed last semester, is a full-color magazine produced once a semester and dedicated almost exclusively to poetry and other creative works. Lax said the new format has resulted in a surge of submissions and greater enthusiasm for the publication among students. “The goal of the magazine is to provide a space for black people to feel see AFRICAN SUN, page 4

TO D AY ’ S F O R E C A S T Nick Noon ’05 tells Roger Williams University that white privilege is real column, page 11

M. wrestling recovers from recent losses to beat Harvard in season’s last match sports, page 8

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Harvard newspaper finds high rate of depression among students BY SAM CULVER

A recent study conducted by Harvard University’s student newspaper, the Harvard Crimson, found that four out of every five Harvard undergraduates suffered from depression within the last year. Ten percent reported that they had thought seriously about committing suicide. The survey was conducted over a period of four days in December and included 361 respondents. The Crimson also reported that students feel Harvard is failing to adequately treat its students. It cited the fact that at least 15 students — including eight undergraduates — had committed suicide within the last 10 years. The Harvard University Police Department has responded to 14 attempted suicides since 2000. Since the study was published, another undergraduate student, Anthony Fonseca, is believed to have taken his own life. Fonseca was found dead in his dorm room this weekend. The Crimson cited problems within University Health Services as a reason for the numbers. “The decentralization of Harvard’s mental health services has led many students to get lost in the system. Unlike most universities, Harvard’s system is split between UHS and the bureau,” the Crimson reported. “Health Services did a good job of providing us with resources at the beginning of the year, and they’re very easy to get to,” Harvard first-year Ben Richardson told The Herald. “I think depression is a serious problem on campus, especially among older students as school and job pressures increase. see DEPRESSION, page 8

Tufts researchers’ euthanization of dogs draws student criticism BY BRIAN SCHMALZBACH

Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine researchers are facing sharp criticism after breaking the hind legs of six dogs for a bone-healing study and then putting the dogs to sleep in January. Despite persistent lobbying from a group of Tufts graduate students, researchers rejected a non-lethal resolution to the experiment. With the details of the experiment now public, members of the Tufts community are criticizing the researchers. The experiment was designed to test the effectiveness of a slightly revised bone-healing procedure using equipment known as external fixators, said Tara Turner, a master’s degree candidate at the Tufts Center for Animals and Public Policy. Turner, who first learned about the experiment when she volunteered for a dog-walking program in the building where the research animals were housed, described the dogs as “a beagle mix — basic research-bred dogs.” “I was under the assumption that there was a good reason for the research,” she said, citing Tufts’ reputation for high ethical standards. As she learned more about the experiment, Turner began to call other veterinarians for alternatives to euthanizing the dogs. A group of graduate students at CAPP met with the Animal Welfare Committee to discuss the issue. The committee refuted their arguments by insisting that “research is good,” Turner said. The students were given one weekend to submit a proposal outlining alternatives. Barbara Donato, spokesperson for the veterinary school, said euthanasia was necessary because bone slice examinations and strength tests on the bones were needed to verify the results of the study. Administrators did not respond to the proposal but informed the students over winter break that the research was continuing as planned. The students’

alternatives “wouldn’t stand up to the rigors of peer review,” Donato said, adding that the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee had already considered the alternatives the students brought up in the approval process. The graduate students believed that the dogs were to be euthanized at the end of January, as originally scheduled, and threatened in December “to go public if the research wasn’t concluded in a non-terminal way” Turner said. The university notified the students in a late December e-mail that the conclusion of the experiment had been rescheduled for the end of that month. Despite the conclusion of the experiment, Turner and the group of graduate students decided to notify the public of the failure to resolve the experiment without ending the dogs’ lives. Philip Kosch, dean of the veterinary school, had previously met with the group of graduate students but “hasn’t been willing to respond since we went public,” Turner said. Donato said Kosch has not declined to meet with the group, citing several open forums Kosch held with the campus community after the dogs were euthanized. Turner also said Tufts hasn’t responded adequately to the public about the experiment. Because Tufts is a private university, it is not required to disclose any information about the experiment or its results. Donato said the experiment was funded only with internal monies but wouldn’t say whether undergraduate or graduate tuition was used. Donato also noted that the Tufts Veterinary School underwent unannounced inspections Dec. 30 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the Animal Rescue League of Boston. The school was found to be in full compliance with all state and federal laws governing see ANIMALS, page 6

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RWU continued from page 1 Jason Mattera, the club’s president, told the Associated Press the scholarship was designed to parody minority scholarships. “We think that if you want to treat someone according to character and how well they achieve academically, then skin color shouldn’t really be an option,” Mattera told the AP. But many people found the parody far from amusing. Patricia Morgan, the state’s GOP chairwoman, publicly disavowed the group. Ed Gillespie, chairman of the Republican National Committee, sent a letter severing all ties to the group and suspending its right to use party symbols. Morgan told The Herald the scholarship was hurtful to both minorities and the party’s image. “This is not what our party stands for,” Morgan said. “We are a party of inclusion. We’re reaching out to minorities and asking them to take a closer look at our message.” Morgan noted that the Supreme Court has already upheld the value of diversity and enshrined affirmative action as “the law of the land.” The group’s actions were “inflammatory” and unnecessary, she said.

Ethan Ris ’05, president of the Brown College Democrats, led a contingent of 12 Brown Democrats to the RWU campus Tuesday, where they met with student leaders to gain perspective on the event. Ris described the visit as “very productive.” The Democrats met with a student senator fighting to revoke funding from the RWU Republicans and hung posters for an upcoming statewide College Democrat convention. Members of the Brown Democrats had been in agreement that the scholarship was “idiotic,” Ris said, but they had disagreed about whether to ignore the RWU group or respond to it. “The basic fact is that it is bordering on racism when you broach the subject in that manner,” Ris said. But Joe Lisska ’04, president of the Brown College Republicans, said critics and the media had overlooked the scholarship’s satirical value and the more meaningful underlying issues. The offense people took to the scholarship should have led them to question whether any race-based awards are acceptable, he said. “One of the implicit points (of the RWU award) was that a white scholarship shouldn’t

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free to express themselves in any way,” he said. By removing the inherently political focus of the old Sun, the editors hoped to give writers a broader range of topics to address, Lax added. “We wanted to get people excited about the magazine and create an open space for black expression,” he said. The fall issue of the Sun included poetry, opinion pieces and short works of fiction, as well as art produced by students and professors. While the African Sun will continue to welcome submissions of any nature, creative expression is encouraged, Lax said. Last semester the African Sun received more than 30 submissions, an increase Lax attributes to the magazine’s new look. “It looks more presentable. People are more likely to pick it up,” he said. The old, news-oriented format was abandoned because it did not attract submissions or substantial interest in the publication. “It was difficult to find people who wanted to write,” Lax said. Langston Dugger ’04 and Ellen Hunter ’04 helped revive the magazine in 2001, in response to The Herald’s publication of a controversial antireparations advertisement submitted by conservative theorist David Horowitz. “We wanted to create a voice for black students at Brown,” Dugger said. Hunter no longer works directly with the Sun, although she contributed a piece to last semester’s issue. Dugger served as an advisor to last year’s edi-

focus of the old Sun, the editors hoped to give writers a broader range of topics to address, said Editor Thomas Lax ’06. “We wanted to get people excited about the magazine and create an open space for black expression,” he said. tors as the Sun underwent its transition. “Part of the original purpose of the paper was to create a dialogue about international issues visually and in a news format,” Dugger said. The magazine’s new format and purpose is “less focused around issues directly related to Brown,” he said. “It has opened up more.” The two editors recalled running the Sun out of Dugger’s dorm room two years ago. “The paper has gone through a lot of rebuilding,” Hunter said. While the original editors said they couldn’t have predicted where the Sun would go, their main hope was always that the magazine would continue to fulfill a need for black students at Brown. “We weren’t opposed to flexi-

exist,” Lisska said. “It’s wrong. It’s unnecessary. It’s biased.” Lisska said he was present when the group awarded the scholarship. The presentation followed a two-hour lecture by black entertainer and entrepreneur Reginald Jones, who is a prominent critic of affirmative action. But the Brown Republicans do not maintain regular contact with their Roger Williams counterparts and are unlikely to adopt their hard-nosed tactics, Lisska said. “It was a very aggressive action, and that’s generally not the kind of action members of the Brown College Republicans have been interested in pursuing,” he said. At the same time, however, Lisska said he could relate to the group’s views. “It’s a remarkable sense of being unwelcome at your own university when you’re sent emails and see advertisements for race-based scholarships that you don’t qualify for,” he said. “I think that’s just a simple reality that most people are going to feel unless they’re blinded by some kind of excessive white guilt.” Herald staff writer Zach Barter ’06 edits the Campus Watch section. He can be reached at zbarter@browndailyherald.com.

bility,” Hunter said. In previous years, the lack of continuity from year to year among the staff and editorial board created problems for the publication. The current Sun has no staff writers. Instead, a group of editors work to solicit submissions. These editors will also train apprentices to take on editorial positions in the future. As a Category III Group under the guidelines for student groups set by the Undergraduate Council of Students, the Sun received about $2,000 from the Undergraduate Finance Board to cover publication costs last semester. The magazine costs twice that much to produce, Lax said. To supplement UFB aid, editors solicited one-time donations from alums and faculty members last semester. Funding possibilities for this semester’s issue include a separate advertising section, and UFB granted the group $2,000 for this semester, Lax said. This year’s Sun staff also plans to reach out to the Providence community in an effort to bridge the gap between Brown and the rest of the city, Lax said. As for the coming years, Lax said his main hope is for the Sun to continue to encourage creativity among black students. “One of the goals of the magazine is to provide a medium for people in the future to see and read about what black people cared about in 2004,” Lax said. “It’s important for editors to be sensitive to what the community wants.” Herald staff writer Sarah LaBrie ’07 can be reached at slabrie@browndailyherald.com.

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First-year seminars provide unique introduction to the sciences BY ALLISON WHITNEY

With the assistance of the Office of the Dean of the College, University professors are offering first-year students an alternative to large science lecture courses. First-year seminars in the departments of geological sciences, biology, environmental science and physics provide a broad overview of the disciplines while focusing on important cultural issues often ignored in larger lecture classes, according to the courses’ professors. The courses often cover topical issues, such as genetics and climate change. While the Office of the Dean of the College manages the program, each seminar is part of the specific department’s course offerings. The program began two years ago and is similar to the “Modes of Thought” courses that were originally part of the New Curriculum, said Professor of Geological Sciences Jim Head, who is teaching a firstyear seminar this semester. With enrollment limited to 20, the seminars offer entering students the opportunity to work closely with their professor and peers on a topic designed to coincide with the professor’s interests. Head’s class, GE16.2: “Exploration of Mars,” looks at issues related to space travel and discovery. The course examines the history of Mars study, from the Babylonians to the two NASA landers currently on Mars. Guest speakers in the class will probably include one of the Apollo astronauts, Head said. University Chaplain Janet Cooper Nelson visited the class to speak about how religion would interpret discovery of life on Mars. Head said the class will use knowledge gained through the semester to discuss “what we should do” to fulfill the responsibility to explore the planet further. Jolene Draper ’07 is enrolled in another first-year seminar, BI4: “Genes, Identity, and Governance.” “A lot of the sciences classes are kind of broad, like physiology,” Draper said. “But this is interesting to (Adjunct Lecturer in Pathology and Medicine Jennifer Reardon), and she wants to tell us about it.” The more intimate setting also allows professors to

address bigger issues of science. Roger Blumberg, visiting assistant professor of computer science, who last semester taught the first-year seminar CS9: “Computers and Human Values,” said his course grounds scientific ideas in a liberal arts context. Karen Fischer, professor of geological sciences, said the seminars get first-years “intellectually engaged with thinking about science, so (they) go on to lecture courses … with confidence and independence to think about the material.” Fisher said she believes her class, GE16.20: “Living Within the Landscape,” gives students analytical tools for future science courses. The seminars’ potential to prepare students for further study is one of the reasons professors feel the courses should be restricted to first-years, Fischer said. She also said first-years are the ideal audience for classes like these because of their similar experiences as entering students who have not yet decided on a concentration or become “jaded” by science. But some students said they wish more classes like these were available to everyone. Lauren Hinkson ’06 and Jessica Brown ’05 both said they would like the University offer more seminars for upperclassmen. “I see no reason that departments can’t offer seminars for students at a higher level,” said Marc Parmentier, chair of the Department of Geological Sciences, which actively encourages its faculty to develop ideas for first-year seminars. David Cutts, chair of the Department of Physics, said it is difficult for his department to offer the seminars because of the number of courses required for concentrators. But the department is offering one seminar this semester, PH12: “Beautiful Theories of Physics: From Harmony of the Spheres to Superstrings,” which, according to Cutts, has the largest enrollment of all first-year seminars. The Departments of Chemistry and the Division of Engineering have never offered first-year seminars. Department representatives were not available for comment.

New Jersey club to offer support for Garden State students BY STEPHANIE CLARK

After years of abuse and discrimination, residents of New Jersey now have a support network in the New Jersey Coalition, according to Jeff Lugowe ’06, coalition cofounder. The coalition, approved by the Undergraduate Council of Students at its weekly meeting Feb. 11, has been called a “waste of time” by some who “thought we lacked a serious purpose,” Lugowe said. Nevertheless, the group has been well received by students, with nearly 80 signing up during this semester’s activities fair. Lugowe and four other students started the group — partly inspired by a similar group at Middlebury College called Lovers of the Garden State — to “combat misconceptions of New Jersey as an uninhabitable hellhole,” Lugowe said. The co-founders plan to divide the coalition into four subgroups, each planning a range of activities. The entertainment and fundraising group intends to show New Jersey-themed movies at study breaks and host a “New Jersey night” at the Underground, while the publicity group will publish a biweekly newsletter featuring articles about different New Jersey issues and maintain a club Web site, Lugowe said. The political action committee plans to write editorials to newspapers in New Jersey on behalf of college students regarding issues such as the high price of auto insurance. The “most exciting and fun” component of the coalition’s activities, according to Lugowe, will be state debates that pit coalition members against residents of New York and Pennsylvania, for example. If the model takes off, Lugowe said he would like to apply it to other states, eventually sponsoring a debate between Northern and Southern California. see NEW JERSEY, page 6

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Animals continued from page 3 proper animal care, facility maintenance and experiment protocol, she said. Still, Turner expressed frustration that Tufts was unwilling to communicate with students and the public. “I feel like they’re just appeasing, not listening,” she said. Donato said no changes would be made to the IACUC or research process because of this incident. “What Tufts has done is dialogue about animals,” she said. “The faculty care deeply about the community.” Brown’s Division of Biology and Medicine also uses animals for classroom demonstrations and medical research. The Brown Animal Rights Coalition has tried to get the Division of Biology and Medicine to disclose details about its research on animals. Rebecca Fischer ’06, a member of BARC, said she met with members of Brown’s IACUC in the spring of 2003 in an effort to learn about Brown’s ethical protocols and any ongoing tests. The IACUC refused to make research protocols public, citing proprietary information and the safety of lab workers, she said. Information about experiments is made public when research results and methodologies are published in scientific journals, said David Berson, associate professor of

Rebecca Fischer ’06, a member of BARC, said she met with members of Brown’s IACUC in the spring of 2003 in an effort to learn about Brown’s ethical protocols and any ongoing tests. The IACUC refused to make research protocols public, citing proprietary information and the safety of lab workers, she said. neuroscience and chair of Brown’s IACUC. Although rejected protocols are not made public, experiments are rarely rejected outright, because the IACUC and staff veterinarians work closely with researchers to ensure that projects meet all relevant standards, said James McIlwain, professor emeritus of neuroscience and former IACUC chair.

Berson said the IACUC ensures that research on animals at Brown complies with the Animal Welfare Act and the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. The committee has the authority to approve and terminate all animal research projects at the University. Fischer said the IACUC “didn’t want (BARC) to get a clear picture of things.” The IACUC further justified its reluctance to share information by highlighting terrorist activities associated with other animalrights organizations, she said. However, a former president of the Animal Rescue League sat on the IACUC in the past and was “extremely helpful,” McIlwain said. BARC later tried to organize a public debate over animal vivisection, but Berson declined. McIlwain defended Berson’s decision not to participate in the debate. “I actually debated years ago in a forum sponsored by BARC and the Brown Debating Society. It’s not an educational occasion, it’s an occasion for people to make points off one another and play games,” he said. E.J. Finocchio, director of the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said he has received no complaints about animal research at Brown during his 16-month tenure.

Furniture continued from page 1 student furniture. It is crucial to purchase high-quality furniture that will withstand up to 15 years worth of wear and tear, Greene said. The furniture must also be able to be configured in a variety of ways and be repaired by carpenters when damaged, he said. Because only a few manufacturers produce this type of specialized, hardwood dormitory furniture, the University is soliciting bids from a limited number of furniture-makers, including Butler Woodcrafters and John Savoy and Son, Inc., Bova said. “If you want to make some money, go into the furniture business,” Greene quipped. The sort of inexpensive furniture students might purchase for themselves in chain stores like Ikea “wouldn’t last a year” at Brown, Bova added. To solicit student input on furniture design and styles, the Office of Residential Life plans to display furniture made by different manufacturers at a “mini-trade show” this spring, Bova said. The event will take place outdoors in a high-

New Jersey continued from page 5 Some UCS members contested the coalition’s approval as a Category I group, which puts it on the list of official Brown clubs but does not qualify it for UCS funding, said UCS Student Activities Chair Rob Montz ’05. But because the group serves student interest, has some utility and overlaps with no preexisting groups, it fulfills all UCS criteria for recategorization, Montz said. Twelve students attended the coalition’s first meeting Feb. 17, significantly fewer than the more than 50 students Lugowe had told The Herald he expected. But all were enthusiastic about the coalition, according to Will Masket ’07, who said he looks forward to the coalition as a “new face on campus.” Nick Haber ’07 said he is interested in the political action committee and curious to see how much of a force the group becomes in the Brown community. Others have different objectives — Whitney Taylor ’06 said she wants “to meet a nice New Jersey boy to bring home.”

traffic area and allow students to vote for their favorite bed frames, chairs and chests of drawers, he said. In addition to room refurbishment, UCS members are interested in the improvement of dorm common spaces, said Campus Life Chair Ari Savitzky ’06. Members of the Campus Life Committee and Residential Council will meet with administrators and architects this semester to discuss the renovation and refurbishing of common spaces in Keeney and other dormitories, he said. Last semester, Savitzky accompanied administrators on a tour of dormitories. “It was great to see some administrators just walking around the Caswell basement saying, ‘What is going on in this space?’” he said. “We worked really hard to make this a big issue and to make it a serious issue,” he said. “What we’ve seen is that the administration is acting. … There are dollars behind it. That’s really where you have to look.” Herald staff writer Dana Goldstein ’06 edits the RISD News section. She can be reached at dgoldstein@browndailyherald.com.

As for students who don’t hail from New Jersey, they’re welcome to join the coalition, Lugowe said. He is also “honored to set the precedent” for other regional groups, he added. “I think that’s the greatest thing we could give the Brown campus — a sense of place,” he said. Other regional groups could potentially receive UCS categorization, Montz said, but only if they prove they actually plan to do something, as the New Jersey Coalition has. Groups can be decategorized at the end of the semester if they don’t follow through on their plans, Montz said. But some students say they wouldn’t be interested in joining groups based on their home state. Eli Harris ’07, the only resident of Wyoming in the Class of 2007, said he wouldn’t join a Wyoming Coalition even if it existed. “It’s not that big of a deal,” Harris said. “It’s not like you need a support group for what state you’re from.” The next meeting of the New Jersey Coalition is scheduled for March 2 in Wilson 302.

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Californians split on gay-marriage amendment (Los Angeles Times) — Californians are evenly

divided over whether to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gay marriage, but most support allowing same-sex couples to either marry or form civil unions, according to a new Los Angeles Times Poll. As in the country as a whole, the idea of amending the Constitution to ban gay marriages splits Californians largely along party lines. Overall, 47 percent of those polled said they favored an amendment that would legally limit marriage to unions between a man and a woman; 46 percent opposed it. Among registered Republicans in California, however, 64 percent supported an amendment. Democrats were almost the reverse, with 57 percent opposing an amendment. Several recent national surveys have found the overall electorate sharply divided with similar partisan differences. While Californians closely resembled the nation as a whole on the question of a constitutional amendment, they appeared to be more willing than people elsewhere in the country to allow gays and lesbians to receive some form of legal recognition for their relationships. When asked which of three choices came closest to their own view, 32 percent of those surveyed statewide said they supported gay marriage, while 38 percent said they supported civil unions. Twenty-five percent replied that same-

sex couples should be permitted neither to marry nor form a legal partnership. The remaining 5 percent said they were unsure or refused to answer. Nationally, by contrast, a recent poll that offered the same three choices found 45 percent of people saying they opposed both marriage and civil unions for gays. That poll, conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates for Newsweek magazine, found 23 percent supporting gay marriages and 24 percent supporting civil unions. Current California law stops short of civil unions but allows gay couples to form domestic partnerships that provide many, but not all, the benefits received by married couples. Regardless of their views on gay marriage itself, 57 percent of Californians believed that San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom “did the wrong thing” when he recently directed officials to begin granting marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples in open defiance of state law. Every region of the state opposed the mayor’s move — except the San Francisco Bay Area, which was almost evenly split over it. Typical of many Californians was the response of William Blue, from La Mesa in San Diego County. Mesa said in a follow-up interview that he strongly opposed Newsom’s act of defiance and that he did not support the right of gays to marry. But he felt equally strong that the issue did not warrant changing the U.S.

Constitution. And he said he felt gay and lesbian partners deserved the same legal rights as married couples. “In this country, eventually, people are going to approve of a legal thing for gay couples, and they should. I believe in equal rights,” he said. But he quickly added, “I don’t think it belongs in politics at all. It should not be a political issue in the Constitution.” The Times’ poll of 1,936 California residents was taken from Feb. 18 to 22, before President George W. Bush announced his support for a constitutional amendment barring gay marriage. The poll, supervised by Times polling director Susan Pinkus, has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2 percentage points. In addition to the partisan divide, attitudes toward gay marriage varied markedly by age and by education. Of those with a college degree, 57 percent opposed an amendment. Of those without a college degree, 54 percent supported it — a near polar opposite. Nearly four out of five college graduates supported either gay marriage of civil unions. By contrast, only about two in three, or 65 percent, of those without college degrees did so. Younger Californians are more inclined to support gay marriage and civil unions. The age difference does not appear on attitudes toward a constitutional amendment, however, where the even divide holds fairly constant across all age groups.

New Medicare law a defining line between Republicans, Democrats Washington (Los Angeles Times) — In late

November, as the Senate prepared to vote on a bill to add prescription-drug coverage to Medicare, the two lawmakers who since have emerged as the leading contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination expressed their opposition. Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.), voting against what he called a “giveaway” to health maintenance organizations and drug companies, issued a “when I am president” statement that promised a “prescription-drug bill for the American people.” And when the actual roll call was postponed by half a day, Sen. John F. Kerry (DMass.) missed the final vote, opting instead to make a campaign appearance

in Iowa. Now, with Kerry and Edwards leading the Democratic field into next week’s Super Tuesday contests in California and nine other states, Medicare reform remains a defining campaign issue — highlighting what some see as key differences between the two major parties, if not between the leading Democratic candidates. In fact, Edwards’ vote against the legislation and Kerry’s absence during the roll call is where the Democrats’ differences on the issue largely begin and end. But during the general election campaign, Medicare will provide sharp contrasts between President Bush and whoever sits atop the Democratic ticket.

Both Democratic senators characterize the Medicare law — which creates a prescription-drug benefit while giving private insurers billions of dollars to lure seniors away from the traditional program and into managed care — as an egregious example of the power of corporate special interests in Washington. Meanwhile, the Bush administration, which had planned to cite the new drug benefit on the campaign trail as a major domestic-policy achievement, recently has had to play defense on it. Having insisted that the benefit would cost no more than $400 billion in its first 10 years, the administration found that its own budget estimates had predicted the cost rising to as much as $534 billion.

Aristide seeks foreign support as crisis deepens Port-au-Prince, Haiti (Washington Post) —

President Jean-Bertrand Aristide called Tuesday on foreign countries to send security forces to quell an armed rebellion against him and warned that the widening crisis could cause thousands of deaths and spark a new exodus of Haitians fleeing to Florida by boat. Despite U.S.-led negotiation efforts, militant rebels said they would continue their drive to force Aristide from office. And in the capital, business and civic leaders allied against Aristide said they would accept nothing less than his departure. In Washington, U.S. officials said there was no current plan to intervene militarily in Haiti to stop the rebels, who have threatened to march on the capital from their northern stronghold. Bush administration officials said they would continue to push for a peaceful settlement. “I expect the world to pay attention to the Haitian people,” Aristide told reporters at the National Palace, which was guarded by Haitian police manning .50-caliber machine guns behind stacks of sandbags. Opposition leader Charles Baker said Tuesday that the civilian coalition had not changed its demand that Aristide leave office, despite a request Monday by Secretary of State Colin Powell that the coalition reconsider a U.S.-backed power-sharing agreement. “We’ve had three years to think this over and we’re not going to change our position overnight — Mr. Aristide must leave,” Baker said. The anti-Aristide rebels continued their drive, sacking and burning police stations in Port-de-Paix in the northwest part of the country and its suburb of St.-Louis du Nord. The Rev. JeanClaude Thervil, a Baptist minister in Port-de-Paix, said in a telephone interview that the rebels had also burned a customs office and ransacked a tax office. He said several rebels commandeered patrol cars and uniforms from police officers who fled, then rode around the city yelling, “Now we are the police.” The rebels now control much of the northern part of the country, easily routing members of the outgunned see HAITI, page 8

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Depression continued from page 3 However, I think the Crimson’s definition of depression was rather broad. ” Richardson said he has definitely seen instances of depression at Harvard. “I have a friend that is depressed. He drinks a lot, has constant mood swings and is in need of attention,” Richardson said. Brown’s Department of Psychological Services reported seeing 17 percent of the student body over the past year for counseling appointments. “The range of problems about which students consult us is quite broad, from test anxiety or the break-up of a romantic relationship to serious mental illness,” said Director of Psychological Services Belinda Johnson. Approximately 460 students visited Psychological Services because they were suffering from some type of depression, Johnson said. “I do not believe that this is

an unusual number in the Ivy League and similar schools,” she said. According to Johnson, Brown makes a strong effort to promote the resources at Psychological Services. “We do a lot to make students aware of our services,” she said. “We participate in events at first-year orientation, make ourselves available during the training of peer counselors and offer programs that we advertise widely on campus. We also maintain a Web site that gives information on our services, as well as on general mental health issues.” Schools such as Brown and Harvard have many students who do not seek help for their depression, Johnson said. According to Johnson, seeking help is the most important action a friend or family member can take for a depressed person. “In a crisis, students can reach us by phone at all times,” she said. Herald staff writer Sam Culver ’07 can be reached at sculver@browndailyherald.com.

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his hard work, and he’s even playing with a shoulder injury,” said Head Coach Stuart leGassick. Dan Petrie ’07, playing at second position, was the only other Brown player to win a game against Yale. Although he was ultimately defeated, Petrie held on in a grueling fourth match that ended with a score of 9-7. The Bears have been suffering heavy losses due to injuries lately and were competing with only seven players on their roster. But it has helped that Adam Edwards ’04, a former squasher, recently rejoined the team to fill out the lineup. Edwards is playing eighth position in place of Gavin Watson ’05, who is currently recovering from surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon. “It’s fun to be playing again and to be back with the guys,” Edwards told the team after the match on Tuesday. Mark Goldberg ’07 has also

due to injuries lately and were competing with only seven players on their roster. joined the team, replacing Corona, who has been out all season with a possible contusion or fracture to his ankle. Sean O’Boyle ’05, who is recovering from a sprained ankle, will rejoin the team in time for nationals. Over the weekend, the seventh-ranked women’s squad competed against seven of the top-ranked teams in the country for the Howe Cup at Yale. Though the team lost its first two matches, it once again toppled Williams College in the final round of competition. Friday began the first round of competition, with No. 1 Trinity College defeating Bruno 9-0. Nearly all of the matches

Haiti continued from page 7 national police force who have abandoned their posts. On Sunday they took Cap-Haitien with barely a fight. Although there are only a few hundred rebels, many of them are former members of Haiti’s military, which ousted Aristide in 1991. He disbanded the military after the United States returned him to power in 1994. Aristide said at the news conference that more than 5,000 people were killed during and after the 1991 military coup, and held up photographs of some of the dead, linking that event to the current crisis. “Now they are back, with the same methods,” Aristide said. “They prefer to use weapons to kill the dream of democracy, killing the people who vote.” Rebel leader Guy Philippe, a former police chief who recently returned from exile in the Dominican Republic, said his next target was Port-au-Prince, which he hoped to control by Sunday, his 36th birthday. Aristide urged residents of the capital not to be intimidated by the rebels. He said the police may have only about 4,000 officers, but he predicted that the rebels would also be met by thousands of Haitians in the streets. He called on the rebels to avoid the bloodshed that could follow, saying that if they attack the capital, “you may have thousands of people who will be killed.” Signs of the looming threat were obvious across the capital. Roads into the city were barricaded by concrete blocks, thick palm tree trunks and burnedout hulks of cars and trucks. On the roof of the U.S. Embassy, some of the 50 U.S. Marines who arrived here Monday watched over the passing traffic from behind machine-gun emplacements. Residents of the capital generally appeared unworried about the gathering political

were lost in three games, with only Avery Broadbent ’04 playing four. Saturday pitted Bruno against sixth-ranked Dartmouth College in what proved to be a more competitive meet. Lillian Rosenthal ’05, who leads the team in first position, won her match in just three games, as did Zarah Rahman ’07 and Broadbent. Still, the Big Green won the rest of the matches for a 6-3 win. After two defeats, Brown was left to compete with rival Williams in the last round of the tournament. In another stunning victory, echoing that of weeks earlier, Brown took six of nine games from Williams. Rosenthal, Erin Andrews ’07 and Rahman upset the top three Williams players, and Phoebe Anderson ’06, Broadbent and Julie Flygare ’05 rounded out the bottom of the lineup to give the Bears a 6-3 victory. Herald staff writer Kate Klonick ’06 covers squash. She can be reached at kklonick@browndailyherald.com.

storm. Revelers at the annual Carnival celebrated into Tuesday morning. Business was brisk at the outdoor markets. Although militant forces have threatened to march to Port-auPrince to overthrow the Aristide government, U.S. officials and foreign diplomats said no plan exists to send peacekeeping forces. “There is very little stomach in the international community to go into Haiti at this time,” said a U.S. official familiar with the issue. If the rebels “make a run, the only thing between them and the capital is the Haitian National Police.” Sen. Christopher Dodd (DConn.) called on the Bush administration to send “1,000 or more well-armed police or security forces” to bolster Haiti’s weak police force and prevent violence. Dodd said on the Senate floor that he was “stunned by the lack of any coherent administration strategy for addressing the violence that may unseat the elected government at any moment.” Administration officials said they might proceed with the approach endorsed by Aristide — and so far rejected by the opposition — in which foreign advisers would help recruit an independent prime minister and governing body to control Haiti’s police. The goal of the effort, they said, would be a credible power-sharing arrangement that calms Haiti and eventually wins the support of the moderate politicians who oppose Aristide. Powell conferred with French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin on Tuesday and supported the French effort to convene a meeting of Haitian government and opposition representatives in Paris later this week. U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan is preparing to appoint a special representative as soon as Thursday to increase the world body’s role in resolving the dispute, said a U.N. source involved in the issue.

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league full of potent opponents. St. Lawrence (11-17-6) and Clarkson (12-15-5) are both tough teams that have endured disappointing seasons. “Every team in this league is close, and we haven’t been doing the little things that win games,” said Captain Scott Ford ’04. “We need to get stronger mentally. Other teams come at us with their best, and our response hasn’t been up to par.” On Friday night, Brown lost 40 to St. Lawrence, which scored two power-play goals and outshot the Bears 40-24. On Saturday at Clarkson, the night started better for Brown when Cory Cauoette ’05 scored off a feed from Pascal Denis ’04 one minute into the game. Caouette’s fifth goal of the season ended Brown’s 130-minute scoreless streak and gave the team a 1-0 lead. But Clarkson scored three goals in the second period to recover the lead and take control of the game. A power-play by Paul Crosty ’05 in the third from Nick Ringstad ’04 cut the Clarkson lead to 3-2, but Brown could not get the equalizer. “We had good starts both nights, strong first periods, but then the other team responds,” Ford said. “We need to match that intensity and pick it up more ourselves.” Brown will play Dartmouth College and the University of

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Leaguer has accomplished such a feat. Mark Zoller led Penn with 24 points on 11-for-14 shooting, and Adam Chubb tossed in 21 points and 10 rebounds. Penn fell to 12-9 overall and 5-3 in the Ivy League, while Brown improved to 11-11 overall and 7-2 in the Ivies, setting the team up for a first-place showdown with Princeton Saturday night. Over 5,000 fans at Princeton’s Jadwin Gym saw the Tigers come back from a late deficit to knock off Brown. Princeton’s defense was the difference in the game, as they held Forte to 13 points and three assists and Powers to just eight points. Princeton’s Will Venable did an outstanding job defending Powers. “He’s a tough player. They put a lot of pressure on me and pushed me away from the basket. Venable’s a very good

Haskins continued from page 12 four-hour Cialis, umm, effect. She needs to calm down in front of the cameras a bit to reach the level of Levine and Hall. 4. Nick Stevens: He read his lines smoothly and had a solid presence on camera. He was definitely funny, but might make a better stand-up comedian than a sportscaster. The judges didn’t think much of Nick’s sports analysis so he better change something. 5. Chris Williams (voted off on Sunday): Chris won’t be with us anymore, but that’s not a huge loss. He lacked personality, stuttered and bombed on most of his one-liners. While he proved a “brother could do a hockey highlight,” it wasn’t enough to save him. 6. Michael Quigley: Good qualities for Mike? He would … keep you awake? He could scream, but Sam Kinnison doesn’t belong on “SportsCenter.” He wasn’t funny, stuttered con-

doing the little things that win games,” said Captain Scott Ford ’04.“We need to get stronger mentally. Other teams come at us with their best, and our response hasn’t been up to par.” Vermont on Friday and Saturday, respectively, at 7 p.m. at Meehan Auditorium in the team’s final regular season games. Sorely in need of a win, Brown still has a chance to finish first in the ECAC and the Ivy League, and also to make Yann Danis ’04 Brown’s winningest goalie ever. “We’re focusing on Friday night on winning the Ivy League title, which was a major team goal at the beginning of the season,” Ford said. “The pressure’s on us older guys to step up and make the plays that decide games. We haven’t been doing that of late, but we’re upbeat and focused on Friday.”

stantly and, basically, was annoying. Mike had better get it together, or he’ll be the victim when this group goes again in two weeks. Tune in Sunday at 10 p.m. to watch the next episode live on ESPN. Next week will feature the other six finalists, including Rubinson. Herald staff writer Brett Zarda GS will be writing weekly recaps of ESPN’s “Dream Job” until the show’s finale March 28. If you have comments about next Sunday’s show, send them to bzarda@browndailyherald.com before 4 p.m. Monday.

Wrestling continued from page 12 the end of regulation, Santee took his opponent into overtime and took him down to his back to earn a 12-7 victory. Cocaptain Nick Ciarcia ’04 posted the final win for the Bears, also winning in overtime 4-3. “(Dies and Ciarcia) have done

defender,” Powers said. The Tigers out-rebounded the Bears 38-26, with Andre

Princeton’s defense was the difference in the game, as they held Forte to 13 points and three assists and Powers to just eight points. Princeton’s Will Venable did an outstanding job defending Powers. Logan grabbing a game-high seven boards. Princeton also used a balanced attack, with several key reserves playing

a tremendous job — they both lead by example, and they are very team-oriented,” Amato said. The Bears will need that leadership two weeks from now when they travel to the University of Pennsylvania for the EIWA Championships, during which they will get a chance for revenge against some of the opponents that edged by them in the dual meet season.

quality minutes. Brown led 53-48 with 7:43 remaining, but Princeton stormed back behind clutch free-throw shooting. The Tigers took a 56-53 lead after a timely three-pointer with 5:54 left to play. They never looked back, as Brown was unable to make any critical stops on defense or convert any big opportunities offensively. Martin dropped in 14 points for the Bears, while Jaime Kilburn ’04 and Luke Ruscoe ’06 each netted 12 points. Princeton’s Judson Wallace led all scorers with 20 points, and Logan added 15. The Tigers now have a twogame lead in the loss column over the Bears heading into the final two weekends of Ivy play. Brown hosts Dartmouth College and Harvard University this weekend at the Pizzitola Sports Center in the final home weekend for seniors Kilburn, Martin and Powers. The trio has posted 36 wins in the Ivy League over their four years, the most by any Brown team

Amato said mental toughness is the key to victory in those revenge matches, citing a past Brown team that won five of seven matches against Cornell University at Easterns after a loss in the dual meet season. Herald staff writer Bernie Gordon ’06 is an assistant sports editor and covers wrestling. He can be reached at bgordon@browndaily-

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EDITORIAL/LETTERS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2004 · PAGE 10 S T A F F

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Take a seat Last semester, a group of administrators did something novel: they saw what students see every day. They went on a tour of dorms, looking at the buildings and furnishings, talking to students and identifying areas for improvement. It shouldn’t be unusual to see administrators leaving their offices to see for themselves the structures in which students live and the desk chairs on which students sit. Somehow, though, it’s more than we’ve come to expect. But the fact remains that administrators, led by David Greene, interim vice president of Campus Life and Student Services, and Richard Bova, director of housing, took the time to walk through the halls we walk every day, accompanied by members of the Undergraduate Council of Students. Now, we’re seeing the results of those tours. Minor dorm repairs — mostly painting and carpeting — are scheduled for this summer for a number of dorms. And for the first time in over a decade, the administration is making a concerted effort to replace worn-out dorm furniture. We thank them for it — three-legged chairs and Xrated limerick graffiti have their charms, but functional desks are even better. Considering the red tape we’re accustomed to encountering, the process for the refurbishing of dorms appears remarkably efficient, transparent and open to student input. Given that students will be using this furniture for the next 12 to 15 years, permitting students to choose it makes perfect sense. It seems a little odd to be making such a big deal out of furniture, but it’s heartening to hear that some administrators realize what a big deal the little things are to us. We are grateful to Greene and Bova for their willingness to engage with students on our own turf, rather than in an office or not at all. With all the fuss about a capital campaign and big-picture initiatives, it’s heartening to see University administrators paying attention to the little things that affect our lives right now.

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

BUSINESS John Carrere, General Manager Lawrence Hester, General Manager Anastasia Ali, Executive Manager Zoe Ripple, Executive Manager Elias Vale Roman, Senior Project Manager In Young Park, Project Manager Peter Schermerhorn, Project Manager Laird Bennion, Project Manager Bill Louis, Senior Financial Officer Laurie-Ann Paliotti, Sr. Advertising Rep. Elyse Major, Advertising Rep. Kate Sparaco, Office Manager POST- MAGAZINE Ellen Wernecke, Editor-in-Chief Jason Ng, Executive Editor Micah Salkind, Executive Editor Abigail Newman, Theater Editor Josh Cohen, Design Editor Allison Lombardo, Features Editor Jeremy Beck, Film Editor Jessica Weisberg, Film Editor Ray Sylvester, Music Editor

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NICK SCHADE

LETTERS Goralnik guilty of “red-baiting” To the Editor: Nathan Goralnik's accusations (“Halt the Red Menace,” Feb. 13) that the ISO supports genocide are absurd, the kind of hysterical hyperbole that illiterate writers mistake for polemic. The ISO, unlike the U.S. government, has never supported or allied itself with Stalin, Mao or Pol Pot. Instead, the ISO has been in the forefront of struggles for democracy and equality – such as the struggle for need-blind admissions at Brown in the early 1990s and the fight against the genocidal sanctions on the people of Iraq. The ISO worked closely with the College Democrats to build a broad coalition opposing Bush’s recent war on Iraq. To separate us now into “good” and “bad” activists is to sow disunity among those fighting for social justice. If Goralnik were interested in a serious discussion on the ISO’s politics, he might have visited one of the ISO’s frequent public meetings, Socialist Worker public sales or open weekly discussion groups. Instead, by slandering the ISO’s politics

Slinging mud you haven’t waded through To the Editor: Joel Payne (“Frat boy today, president tomorrow?” Feb. 19) comes to the undeniable conclusion that all political parties engage in mudslinging. Agreed. However, I have noticed that conservative mudslinging tends to relate overwhelmingly to the private and personal conduct of politicians — especially sexually. In the case of Bush’s service, however, the question is much less about mudslinging and much more about his ideology. Bush, as well as the praetorian guard that enveloped his political development, believed staunchly in the moral rightness and necessity of the war in Vietnam. A war is vastly different from a sexual encounter because in a war people die, whereas sex is a private matter that affects individual lives.

and attacking its organizational status, he engages in an act of red-baiting McCarthyism. It is an attack on all Left and progressive organizations. What precedent does it set if a group's funding and status can be called into question on the basis of the paranoid fantasies of a single op-ed columnist? The logical conclusion of this reasoning is the cessation of status to all political groups, with the result that groups without wealthy off-campus benefactors (such as the ISO or any left-wing activist coalition) would be completely unable to operate on an even remotely equal basis with those groups that do get outside funding. Goralnik’s red-baiting boils down to an attack on democracy and open political debate. We, as concerned members of the Brown and Providence communities, repudiate these historically discredited and poisonous methods in politics. We call on all people of conscience to do the same. Alden Eagle ’03,Ross Hyzer ’03.5, Shaun Joseph ’03, Professor William Keach, Garland McQuinn ’05, Dave Neale GS, Brian Rainey ’04, Emma Rebhorn ’06, Elizabeth Sperber ’06, Bucky Rogers ’07 Feb. 19

The question isn’t what Bush did or didn’t do. It’s whether his actions match his ideology. If one was morally opposed to the war, then abstention from service would be understandable and laudable because of its consistency with one’s moral principles. But if one vehemently supports a war and then takes every possible route to avoid placing oneself in the physical danger one is advocating for others, then it is a despicable, selfish and hypocritical act. Bush’s actions lead me to believe that he would be comfortable sending me to die in Iraq while making sure his own family and friends are in no personal danger. This shows that Bush has no regard for the lives of others, only for the spoon-fed ideology that his network of connections has determined for him. I tend to favor this simple moral rule: Don't support a war you're not willing to fight yourself. Natalie Smolenski ’07 Feb. 20

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OPINIONS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2004 · PAGE 11

Letter to Roger Williams GUEST COLUMN BY NICK NOON

Clearly racist was the satirical white scholarship criticizing the “reverse racism” of minority scholarships and affirmative action from the College Republicans at good ol’ Roger Williams University. My first thought was “What the hell were y’all thinking?” A scholarship specifically set aside for white students? An essay on why you are proud of your whiteness? A picture to confirm whiteness? But that’s not fair, because I know what you were thinking: we aren’t allowed to discriminate, so why are they? I guess the question I would ask is, Why make students of color question their right to be at your school? So you could make a point? And why does that point always focus around affirmative action, the source of your selective outrage against discrimination? Because it is the one system that does not discriminate to your advantage? I’m not saying that you should initiate group hugs with students of color, although your gratitude is certainly reasonable considering what people of color endure to give you your position on the top of this nation. What I am saying is: Just take your privilege and be quiet. If you aren’t going to actually combat the full spectrum of racism, then at least stop bitching about this issue. What exactly is the issue? Minority scholarships? Affirmative action? My impression of your argument has been scholarships for students of color are racist, and racism in any form is wrong. You want us to live in a meritocracy where you work for what you have, and if students of color are given advantages based on the color of their skin, well then, by God, that’s racism. If minority scholarships and affirmative action are examples of racism, then what do we call what people of color had to endure to even be in contention for college admission? No, not what you have endured: the powerless spite of oppressed people, and, of course, the legally enforced selection of historically oppressed groups of individuals. But yours and theirs isn’t the same. What, if not racism, do we call the system of white privilege that dominates this nation? We can’t call it racism, because you seem to have appropriated that word. You couldn’t settle for calling racial hostility towards whites “discrimination.” So if it is racism, fine, you can have that word, but now we need a new one. You can call minority scholarships and affirmative action reverse-racism, but then what is it when somebody lives at the bottom because of white privilege? We can call it white supremacy, but that would make you uncomfortable, wouldn’t it?

Don’t white people have enough?

ELI SWINEY

Horowitz finds his inner nutcase Last October, David Horowitz stood before a packed crowd at Brown and implored us to “call on the better angels of our nature and rise above partisanship.” Four months later, Horowitz is compiling a blacklist and accusing the left of being funded by Osama bin Laden. A link circulated around the blogosphere for a few hours last week led to unfinished designs and content for a new Horowitz-led project entitled FollowTheNetwork.org, a purported “guide to the political left.” The Web site, when finished, will be the result of a year and a half of work and hundreds of thousands of dollars of investment from groups and individuals on the far right. In an announcement heralding the site’s near-completion, Horowitz called it “a longtime ambition of mine” and promised that it “will be an invaluable aid to journalists, researchers and activists attempting to penetrate the labyrinthine networks and layered fronts through which the left is able to carry on its corrosive agendas.” A November advertisement seeking a Web editor for the site designated it as a “weapon” against the left and insisted that “the editor must have political views that are compatible with those of David Horowitz.” FollowTheNetwork.org is a 10,000-item database of supposedly liberal groups, funders and individuals. Osama bin Laden is listed under funders. Who else is part of this “labyrinthine” left funded by, among others, Osama? Well, the president of the Anti-Defamation League is listed under individuals. Habitat for Humanity is listed under groups, as is the Harvard Alumni Association. You can find them on the “H” page, appearing, respectively, before and after Hamas. Other than finally blowing the lid off the clandestine relationship between Islamic terror groups and Jimmy Carter building houses, what kind of information does the database offer? Popular blogger Atrios pointed out that the entry for Edward Said includes the information that he was a “closeted homosexual” but not the fact that he is dead. It doesn’t include the titles of any of his works, nor does it even contain the word Orientalism. Exactly

which “better angels” was Horowitz listening to when he made these decisions? For years, Horowitz has been punditry’s greatest tightrope-walker, decrying the death of civility while simultaneously penning some of the most laughable, inflammatory partisan filth imaginable. This time, though, it is difficult to imagine that his credibility hasn’t been irreparably damaged. If the beta version of FollowTheNetwork.org bears any resemblance to the upcoming final product, it will be incontrovertible evidence that Horowitz cares little about fairness or evenhandedness. The David Horowitz on view at FollowTheNetwork.org is that of a culture warrior, plain and simple, whose sole ambition is combating an imagined monolithic left. Horowitz invokes diversity and fairness out of convenience, not out of conviction. It’s an effective angle to mobilize conservatives and make liberals look bad, but to David Horowitz, is it anything more? As a member of the real, non-monolithic left — the one not funded by Osama bin Laden — I’m not worried about myself. David Horowitz never scared me and never will. But I am worried for the conservatives who made Horowitz a martyr for the cause of academic and intellectual diversity. Their misplaced faith now threatens to embarrass a legitimate movement that had the capacity to make Brown, and all institutions of higher learning, freer and more truly educational. Nothing David Horowitz says or does will make it defensible to silence or disrespect campus conservatives. Still, the individuals in the academic diversity movement face a watershed decision. They can stay loyal to Horowitz and leave it forever ambiguous if they believe in the principles of fairness that they invoke. Or they can denounce him and make clear that they won’t let their movement be exploited by a man who sees their plight as a convenient tool for his own agenda — an agenda that isn’t remotely concerned with fairness at all.

FollowThePolemist.org

Eli Swiney ’04 is a culture warrior and honest about it.

The power of “The Passion” GUEST COLUMN BYJOEL DIETZ, FOREST HULS AND CASSANDRA RAMIREZ

White privilege is a concept that makes a lot of you uncomfortable, but it is a reality. And growing up on top because of this reality, I wonder why you had to go and dump on affirmative action. Having this system on your side, a system that in every aspect gives whites privileges over minorities except in the case of affirmative action, isn’t enough? No? Come on, don’t you have enough? Isn’t it sufficient that in representations of popular culture, you are the heroes, not the ones reduced to roles representing your basic inferiority? The two Oscars awarded to black actors were for playing a crooked drug cop (“Training Day”) and a poor black mother, with a husband on death row, waiting for a white man to come and make everything right in her life (“Monster’s Ball”). These are the accepted representations of blacks. And we aren’t even going to talk about Mexicans, who seem to exist in Hollywood to play the drunk comic figure or the sacrificial lamb to the witty white lead. “Born in East L.A.,” anyone? And isn’t it enough that when you look at the prison population, you don’t see a mirror image of your community? Don’t even start to tell me it’s because they commit all the crimes, because you know a lot of your daddies did some coke in their day. It simply isn’t because minorities commit more crimes. We are policed in a significantly different manner than white people in America. There are, of course, those few that made it without affirmative action but had to pay a higher price for the ticket. They had to sell themselves and throw away their tattered boot straps in order to become your token. They help you sleep at night and make you feel like the nation really isn’t as bad as it is. But for every one of them, there are thousands left staring at their broken American dream and searching for their 40 acres and a mule. You own the past, you own the present. Affirmative action tries to guarantee us a future. For us, there is no connection to our past, which you stole, and there is no connection to our present, which you dominate. So back to where we started from. Why do it? Why attack minority scholarships the faults of which lie not in their existence but in that they merely wait at the gate to college instead of seeking out victims of white supremacy to aid in their struggle? Why attack affirmative action, the lone break in the armor surrounding white privilege, the one attempt to at least give us a future? Nick Noon ’05 is a history and Hispanic studies concentrator.

Two weekends ago, one of the authors of this article taped a large movie poster from “The Passion of the Christ” to the door of his Barbour Hall suite. The very same night, it was ripped from the door, torn and tossed aside by a group of passersby. Was this an act of justifiable righteous indignation? The perpetrator likely rationalized, “Such a brazen display of Jew-baiting anti-Semitism shouldn’t be tolerated!” It might interest him or her to know two of the suite’s inhabitants are Jews. “ The Passion of the Christ,” previously only available to select audiences, opens today in thousands of theaters nationwide. Directed by Mel Gibson, it graphically depicts the final 12 hours of Jesus’ life. The first major “religious” film to hit theaters in decades, it offers viewers a compelling artistic vision of Jesus’ death. “Using ancient languages, vivid images and visceral violence, Gibson has brought new life to one of civilization's oldest narratives,” wrote Jack Garner of the Rochester Democrat Chronicle. Gibson himself explains, this film “is not meant as a historical documentary … I think of it as contemplative in the sense that one is compelled to remember … in a spiritual way, which cannot be articulated, only experienced.” Many people at this university revel in attacking anything remotely spiritual. When it comes to Jesus, many academics choose to deconstruct him, glibly entertaining thousands of contradicting theories about who or what he was (Marxist? Capitalist? Gay? Chauvinist?). Refusing to even consider Jesus’ spiritual claims, they prefer to harness him as a political mascot, painting him as nothing more than a crusader for social justice. All the while they ignore Jesus’ uncomfortable claim: that he alone was and is “the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6). What are these people afraid of? Admitting the limits of their knowledge? Admitting they might be fallible? Perhaps they know that they don’t really have all the answers they say they do. Perhaps they are simply afraid of being changed. It is certainly easier to tear a poster from a door than to face the stark claim that forgiveness for one’s sins could only come by means of a brutal cru-

cifixion. Some argue they have other reasons for disapproving of the movie and not wanting to see it: It’s anti-Semitic. It’s too violent. $9 is too much to pay. It would be a waste of two hours. Is the film really anti-Semitic? Granted, Gibson’s irascible, 85-year-old father is virulently anti-Semitic. But the sins of the father should not be visited upon the son. Even Abraham Foxman, president of the Anti-Defamation League and one of the film’s most ardent critics, has publicly declared that there is no reason to believe that Mel Gibson, or his movie, is anti-Semitic. His worry is only that Gibson’s portrayal might inflame anti-Semitic prejudices. This is a valid concern, as anti-Semitic lunatics have always sought to twist the gospels to spread their hate. But as critic Dennis Prager explains, “A Christian who hates Jews today for what he believes some Jews did 2,000 years ago only reflects on the low moral, intellectual and religious state of that Christian.” We agree. Some viewers of “The Passion” claim to find the violence distasteful. Rightfully so! There is nothing pleasant about watching torture and crucifixion. But to politely excuse oneself from understanding one side of the most important debate of the last 2,000 years simply because it involves violence is a mark not of civility but of moral cowardice. Is $9 or two hours unaffordable? Brown students: Ask any Christian you might be acquainted with to cover the cost of a ticket. He or she would likely do so graciously. And two hours? How much time have we all frittered away daydreaming through a weekly seminar, with nothing to show for it except a page full of doodles? Leave Brown with something more. After all, our deepest questions can’t be answered in class. Millions around the world claim to have found answers in Jesus and his death. Give the film a chance; you might just learn something. Joel Dietz ’04, Forest Huls ’04 and Cassandra Ramirez ’06 encourage you to experience “The Passion of the Christ.”

THE BROWN DAILY HERALD

SPORTS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 25, 2004 · PAGE 12

Split at Penn and Princeton gives m. hoops outside shot at NCAA bid BY SHAUN MCNAMARA

The men’s basketball team put all its chips on the table this weekend as it battled for first place against two perennial Ivy League powers, the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University. On Friday night at the Palestra in Philadephia, the Bears drew aces, beating the Quakers 78-74. But on Saturday a Brown victory was not in the cards, as Princeton strengthened its grip on the top spot in the Ivy League with a 68-60 victory. At Penn, the Bears looked to sweep the season series from the Quakers for the first time since 1991. Jason Forte ’05 led all scorers with 29 points, and Pat Powers ’04 continued his torrid shooting streak with 22

points, including four threepointers. Defensively, the Bears managed to hold Penn standouts Jeff Schiffner and Tim Begley to six and seven points, respectively. “We did an outstanding job of defending Penn’s three-point shots, and our ball pressure was outstanding,” said Head Coach Glen Miller. Mike Martin ’04 did an outstanding job guarding Schiffner, as the Bears forced Penn into committing 21 turnovers, with Powers coming up with six steals. Powers, recently named a CoSida District One Academic AllAmerican, added five assists and five rebounds for an allaround solid game. The Bears led by as many as

15 points late in the second half. Penn closed the lead to one point with 46 seconds left, but clutch free-throw shooting by Forte and Martin sealed the win for Brown. “We played great as a team, and got a comfortable lead and were able to hold off a late charge,” Powers said. Forte shot 11 for 16 from the field on his way to his 29 points. He also dished out five assists and came up with three steals. He played the full 40 minutes and was a perfect 6-6 from the free-throw line. Heading into the final two weekends of Ivy play, he leads the league in points and assists in conference match-ups. No other Ivy see M. HOOPS, page 9

Close matches seal 25-9 victory over Harvard for wrestling Nick Neely / Herald

Jaime Kilburn ’04 and the men’s basketball team split two tight games at Penn and Princeton this weekend. Brown is now in second behind the Tigers, sitting two games back in the loss column.

Women’s squash goes 1-2 at Howe Cup Tourney, men fall to Yale 8-1 BY KATE KLONICK

The men’s and women’s squash teams competed against some of the top squads in the country this past week, coming away with both impressive wins and tough losses. The men’s team closed its home schedule with an 8-1 loss to Yale University at the Pizzitola Sports Center Tuesday night. Breck Bailey ’06 led the team, earning its only victory against Yale. Bailey, who is ranked 42nd nationally, upset his 23rdranked opponent, Gavin Cumberbatch. The win was an outstanding victory for the Bears, who were not expected to win any matches against the Elis.

Bailey came out strong, taking the first game 9-3, only to lose the next two games by scores of 4-9 and 0-9. He recovered and overcame his opponent with a decisive 9-0 fourth game and an adrenaline-filled fifth match that ended 9-3. Co-captains Brad Corona ’04 and Jay Beidler ’05 said they were impressed by Bailey’s performance. “Breck made the jump from being a very good collegiate player to becoming a player who is certainly capable of being an All-American in the next year or two,” Corona said. “It was a real testament to all see SQUASH, page 8

BY BERNIE GORDON

The wrestling team (5-11 overall, 2-3 Ivy League) wrapped up its Ivy League season Saturday with a 25-9 victory over Harvard University at the Pizzitola Sports Center, earning a fourth-place regular season finish in the league. The Bears got the chance to exorcise some of the demons that haunted them this season. After losing close matches to Columbia University and Rutgers, the Bears regrouped against Harvard University, winning two matches in overtime and one in the final seconds of regulation to take seven of the 10 matches and get the

Each week the finalists for ESPN’s reality show “Dream Job” will compete for a position as the next “SportsCenter” anchor. Included in the field are Brown alum Lori Rubinson ’86 and current Brown senior Maggie Haskins ’04.5. After competing in different sports reporting tasks, one contestant will be eliminated each week by a panel of judges and online voters. Below are my rankings for the first six competitors

and a sample of their highlights and lowlights. 1. Mike Hall: Big winner for this week. His highlights were crisp and his delivery was polished. His broadcasting background showed. He added humor by referring to a righthanded pitcher as a “northpaw,” but he didn’t insert a catchphrase at every corner. The only downside was his apparent obsession with Kerri Strug. 2. Aaron Levine: He was confident and natural on cam-

Amato. “When you beat (him), you know that he gave you all he had.” With the Crimson’s stars out of the way, the Bears returned to form, winning the next five matches to seal the victory. Mike Savino ’06 won another close match 7-6 at 157 pounds, and Sean Jenkins ’04 wrestled through an injury for a 9-5 decision at 165 pounds. “Sean’s had a great year — his goals are high, and they should be high,” Amato said of Jenkins earlier in the season. Next up for the Bears was Adam Santee ’04. Tied 7-7 at see WRESTLING, page 9

Losses to St. Lawrence and Clarkson knock men’s ice hockey from first place BY MATT LIEBER

The men’s hockey team dropped two games on a weekend road trip to St. Lawrence and Clarkson universities, losing

ESPN premiere gives contestants shot at “dream job”; Haskins impressive BY BRETT ZARDA

win. In just the second match of the day, with the Bears holding a 4-0 lead, Dan Apello ’06 was tied 5-5 going into the last 20 seconds of the match. Most wrestlers, after seven hard minutes, would rest and wait for overtime, but Apello went on the offensive and got the takedown to win the match 7-5. Next up were Harvard’s two star wrestlers, No. 14 Max Meltzer and No. 1 Jesse Jansen. Meltzer defeated Mike Ashton ’06 9-5, and Jansen narrowly defeated No. 15 co-captain David Dies ’04 6-5 to bring the Crimson within one. “Dave’s a battler, always has been,” said Head Coach David

era. Judge LaVar Arrington told him to “pop his collar” after his strong performance. He did refer to Howard Dean as the vice president and came off as a kiss-ass in his final statement to the judges. Based on that, I’ll give him the silver. 3. Haskins: Maggie’s writing was intelligent and witty. She made particularly funny references to her talents at Beirut (beer pong), her “boyfriend” Justin Timberlake and the see HASKINS, page 9

hold of its conference lead and extending an ill-timed winless streak to four games. Meanwhile, Colgate University moved ahead of Brown in ECAC standings, and three other rivals trail closely. Brown (14-8-5) needs a win over Dartmouth College (11-7-9) or the University of Vermont (8-194) this weekend to guarantee a crucial first-round bye in the ECAC playoffs.

As the post-season approaches, Brown’s season-long recipe for success has stopped working. Recently, Brown’s opponents have been scoring in bunches, shutting down Bruno shooters and winning the special teams play. Certainly, Brown’s conference-leading position has stimulated greater efforts from a see HOCKEY, page 9

Brown Sports Scoreboard Friday, Feb. 20 Women’s Basketball – Brown 85, Penn 75 Women’s Ice Hockey – Brown 10, Union 0 Men’s Basketball – Brown 78, Penn 74 Men’s Ice Hockey - St Lawrence 4, Brown 0 Women’s Squash – Trinity 9, Brown 0 Saturday, Feb. 21 Women’s Tennis – Brown 6, Cincinnati 1 Wrestling – Brown 25, Harvard 9 Women’s Ice Hockey – Brown 8, Union 0 Women’s Basketball – Brown 59, Princeton 39 Men’s Basketball – Princeton 68, Brown 61 Men’s Tennis – Brown 6, Michigan State 1

Men’s Ice Hockey – Clarkson 3, Brown 2 Women’s Squash – Dartmouth 6, Brown 3 Sunday, Feb. 22 Women’s Tennis – Brown 6, UMass-Amherst 1 Gymnastics – Brown 190.025, URI 187.525, MIT 185.275 Men’s Tennis – Michigan 4, Brown 3 Women’s Squash – Brown 6, Williams 3 Monday, Feb. 23 Skiing – First Place, ECSC Regional Championships Women’s Water Polo – Hartwick 4, Brown 2