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Faculty committees continue to adjust, one year after reorganization BY DANIELLE CERNY

shak(ing) their beautiful long hair in a song-filled ceremony that celebrates an abundant harvest,” Leung said. The performance included a surprise entrance — that of the troupe’s 11th member: a male dancer clad in a revealing loincloth and carrying two large, whisk-like props, which he rattled in the air and banged against the floor. Throughout the performance, the

Less than one year after the faculty examined and changed its system of governance, some professors say governance is more streamlined, while others say organizational problems haven’t been resolved. “Growing pains” are creating some hurdles for the newly reorganized committees, according to Professor of Computer Science John Savage, who headed the development of the reorganization plan that eliminated some faculty committees and combined the functions of others. The faculty approved the plan in May 2003. “If there were senior faculty at the table with senior administrators when they made decisions, better decisions would be made,” Savage said President Ruth Simmons told him during her first semester at Brown in the fall of 2001, when he was chair of the Faculty Executive Committee. Savage said he took Simmons’ message as an invitation to look into reorganizing the system of faculty governance committees, which manage matters that affect the University’s faculty, including appointments, tenure, the creation and abolition of academic units, the evaluation of faculty merit and salaries and the academic budget, and set academic priorities for the University. The Task Force on Faculty Governance began working in May 2002 and completed its work one year later. In the interim year, the task force analyzed the number of committees

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A performance by the Clouds Dance Theatre Tuesday night in Salomon 101 was the closing event of the Taiwanese Culture Festival.

ARTS & CULTURE REVIEW

Folk dance troupe choreographs movements of traditional Taiwanese culture BY ALEXANDRA BARSK

Long, bright, multicolored scarves, held by members of the Clouds Dance Theatre, floated through the air on the stage of Salomon 101 Tuesday night. The Clouds Dance Theatre is a Taiwanese and Chinese folk dance troupe whose dances convey themes in Taiwanese culture, predominantly those pertaining to the activities of women. The show, coordinated by Eva Wu ’06, Brown Taiwan Society communications chair, was the closing event of the Taiwanese Culture Festival. Each of the eight dances was prefaced by a description of the theme it sought to convey, read first in Mandarin and then in English translation by Will Leung ’05. The first dance, “Shimmering Fans,” was performed by all 10 of the troupe’s female dancers, clad in matching vibrant fuschia and yellow dresses. It began with the women hidden behind large, pale-blue sheets. These they later tied to their dresses, creating waves of fabric that surrounded them as they shuffled across the stage. “Shimmering Fans,” like most of the group’s dances, seemed to focus more on the coordinated, patterned movements of the group as an aesthetic whole rather than on emphasizing the talent of any individual dancer. One of the show’s two solo performances, titled “Eighteen-year-old girl is a like a flower,” was described by Leung as depicting a Hakka girl who is “like a bud waiting to flower, sweetly refreshing,

vivid, delightful and adorable.” The dancer, with her hair in pigtails that emphasized her youthful demeanor, used energized yet controlled movements. The fan in her hand served a dual purpose — she alternated between sniffing it like the flower she is meant to resemble and using it to coyly cover her face. The show’s last and most memorable performance, “Yame Kume,” depicted “the women of the Dahwu tribe

Journalist predicts bitter fight for White House, says it’s tough to forecast winner BY PAT CLARK

Forget the economy — the 2004 presidential election will primarily be “about the war, stupid,” Howard Fineman told a Sayles Hall crowd Tuesday night. Fineman, a Newsweek political correspondent, gave his lecture in place of Washington Post columnist David Broder, who was ill and unable to attend. Describing Washington, D.C., as “Hollywood on the Potomac,” Fineman commented on “the spin-war between Bush/Cheney and Kerry” and analyzed the electoral map for November’s general election. According to Fineman, the election is

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Newsweek political columnist Howard Fineman told a crowd in Sayles Hall Tuesday that historical precedent favors neither Bush nor Kerry in this year’s presidential election.

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I N S I D E W E D N E S D AY, M A RC H 2 4 , 2 0 0 4 Hate crimes disrupt California colleges , cause concern in Claremont campus watch, page 3

New facebook Web site to make debut at Brown after spring break campus watch, page 3

Ian Cropp ’05 writes from Barcelona about the current state of democracy in Spain column, page 11

Gymnastics closes successful season with individual honors for team member, coach sports, page 12

Without No. 1 player, w. tennis unable to beat Boston College in weekend match sports, page 12

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THIS MORNING WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 2004 · PAGE 2 Coup de Grace Grace Farris

TO D AY ’ S E V E N TS MARGHERITA LONG LECTURE — “NAGAKAMI, IRIGARAY, AND THE WAY OF BREATH" 4 p.m. (Peterutti Lounge) — The lectures in this series bring together leading scholars from the humanities and social sciences to examine the entanglement of orientalism with the construction of particular differences.

“BUSH ADMINISTRATION AFRICA POLICY” 6:20 p.m. (Salomon 001) — Jendayi Frazer, special assistant to the president and senior director for African Affairs at the National Security Council. Part of the Watson Institute's Director’s Lecture Series in Contemporary International Affairs.

Four Years Eddie Ahn

MENU SHARPE REFECTORY LUNCH — Vegetarian Garlic Soup, Beef Vegetable Soup, Polynesian Chicken Wings,Tofu Parmesan, Mandarin Blend Vegetables,Yellow Cupcakes with Chocolate Icing, Chocolate Cake with White Icing, Ricotta Pie.

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DINNER — Vegetarian Garlic Soup, Beef Vegetable Soup, London Broil, Salmon Provenscal, Quesadillas, Mushroom Risotto, Fresh Vegetable Saute, Greek Style Asparagus, Oatmeal Bread,Yellow Cupcakes with Chocolate Icing, Chocolate Cake with White Icing, Ricotta Pie.

DINNER — Vegetarian Cream of Tomato, Italian Sausage and Tortellini Soup, Herb Baked Chicken, Spinach Pie Casserole, Red Potatoes with Chive Sauce, Italian Green Beans, Stir Fry Vegetable Medley, Oatmeal Bread, Ricotta Pie.

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Harvard online facebook service plans to hook up Brown students BY SHEELA RAMAN

With the introduction of TheFacebook.com to the Brown campus after spring break, students will be able to network online with each other in more personal ways. Developed by Mark Zuckerberg, a Harvard University sophomore, and introduced at Harvard on Feb. 6, TheFacebook.com creates an online social network among students, faculty and staff on the campuses it serves. Like the online networking service Friendster, it allows members to create profiles with photos and post messages for each other. But in addition to these features, TheFacebook.com also accesses databases of course catalogs, enabling a student to generate a schedule and post it online. It is also connected to University publications and automatically posts any article in which a student is mentioned to his or her profile. Initially, Zuckerberg said he constructed the site because Harvard lacked any type of online facebook or directory. Students were frustrated, he said, because it was very difficult to get in touch with each other. Since the site’s introduction, more than 8,000 Harvard students have joined the network, according to Zuckerberg, and requests for TheFacebook.com have been pouring in from other schools. Columbia University was the first school after Harvard to be added to the network, and now has more than 1,000 registered users. Eight other schools followed — Stanford, Yale, Boston and Cornell universities, the University of Pennsylvania, New York University, Dartmouth College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In the next two weeks, Princeton University and Brown will join the system. “It’s pretty simple, actually. It’s just a matsee FACEBOOK, page 8

Action against hate crimes at CMC complicated by alleged hoax BY KIRA LESLEY

Students at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, Calif., learned March 9 that one of their professors’ cars had been vandalized, smashed and covered in antiSemitic slurs. A week later, investigators alleged that the professor had vandalized the car herself, shocking students and administrators who had mobilized against hate crimes on campus. Kerri Dunn, a visiting assistant professor in the psychology department at CMC, reported that the vandalism occurred while she attended a forum on the CMC campus about race relations, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. But a press release issued by the Claremont Police Department stated that the police and the FBI have concluded that Dunn in fact vandalized her own car, according to a Sunday press release from CMC President Pamela Gann. As students and faculty returned from spring break on Monday, reactions to the allegedly faked hate crime were mixed at the Claremont Colleges, a five-college consortium including CMC and Scripps, Pitzer, Harvey Mudd and Pomona colleges. Dunn continues to deny the hoax allegations, and Gann is encouraging students and faculty to respect Dunn’s right to due process, Gann wrote in a Tuesday press release. Dunn is currently on a paid leave from CMC, and the administration has not yet determined whether or not she remain in her two-year position until its scheduled end on June 30. Dunn could be charged with the misdemeanor of filing a false police report under California law, although it’s likely that the Los Angeles Police will not bring charges against Dunn, Gann told The Herald. Dunn also could be charged with a felony under federal law if charges are

brought by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Gann said. Following the vandalism, students organized rallies and speeches in protest of hate, and the administrations at all five colleges canceled classes the day after the incident was reported, Gann said. During the weeks prior to the vandalism, students at the Claremont schools had also protested a series of raciallycharged events, said Anna Rook, a Pomona senior. An incident involving a cross-burning on the Harvey Mudd campus in January elicited an “inadequate” and “late” response from the schools’ administrations but prompted students to take action, Pomona senior Rabiya KassamAdams said. Students from three of the Claremont colleges had stolen a student’s piece of art, which featured a large cross, from the Pomona campus and burned it on the Harvey Mudd campus, Gann explained. Student conduct hearings considered the event a theft and destruction of property case, rather than a hate crime, Gann said. The students said they hadn’t thought about possible effects of their actions, and were not motivated by racial or religious ideology. Rook noted that Harvey Mudd has a long tradition of burning various objects as pranks. But she said it’s hard to believe that college students would not be aware of the racial implications of cross-burning. One incident with more explicit racist intent involved a racial slur written alongside a picture of African-American scientist George Washington Carver posted in a residence hall in February — Black History Month, Gann noted. Another recent incident was instigated by members of a Pomona fraternity, Rook said. As part of a scavenger hunt, pledges to the Omega Alpha Delta social club were required to have a picture taken with 10

Asian students, she said. Rook said the administration handled the incident poorly. One Asian-American student who spoke out against raciallyinsensitive acts received threatening emails, one of which read, “Die, chink, die die die,” Rook said. Race-related incidents aren’t new to the Claremont campuses, Rook said, but “the administration has not taken really serious active actions to document” them. The events that took place in January and February are “only a few in a long line that have been happening for years and years,” Rook said. In response to race-related incidents at the Claremont schools, Rook co-founded Call to Action, a student organization that deals with power dynamics on campus. She said her goal is to create a comprehensive document about campus climate on issues of race, sex and sexual orientation. As part of the campus climate project, the group is sending out surveys to faculty and students asking about their experiences with hate and discrimination. Rook said she has already received some “pretty powerful responses.” One came from an Asian American chemistry professor who described witnessing another professor ask an Asian American student to drink a shot of liquor to demonstrate the effects of alcohol on people of different races, Rook said. The Asian American professor said she felt ashamed not to have spoken out, Rook said. None of the incidents at the Claremont Colleges this year qualify as hate crimes under California law, but the administration continues to support student efforts to eliminate hatred on campus, Gann said. “No matter what the outcome (of recent events), their reaction was right,” she said. Herald staff writer Kira Lesley ’07 can be

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Faculty continued from page 1 and number of faculty members on those committees and concluded that there were too many committees for the system to function efficiently, Savage said. The subsequent reorganization eliminated many of the old committees and combined their functions to improve efficiency. The restructuring was also intended to give faculty a larger role in governance by increasing faculty representation on administrative committees. But despite the comprehensive reorganization, at the February faculty meeting, current Chair of the Faculty Executive Committee Anne Fausto-Sterling said, “a number of new faculty committees are having growing pains.” Savage said he was not sure how effective the new committees have been. “I don’t have my finger on the pulse. But Anne Sterling does. … She reported that there were some committees that were having difficulty getting started,” he said. “My understanding is that (the Tenure, Promotions and Appointments Committee) has had some difficulty,” Savage said. “That is to say, they’re trying to find their way.” Savage said the problems stem from a lack of efficient procedural standards for materials distributed by committees. Set procedure would allow all committees to read and understand each other’s reports easily, he said. Savage said the Faculty Affairs Committee is also “struggling a little bit.” Over time, faculty salaries have become more widely dispersed than they should be, Savage said. This occurred because the University did not maintain tight standards over faculty salaries. Before the reorganization, the sizes of salaries often depended on who was chairing the FAC when the decisions were made. Savage said standardizing salaries — a responsibility of the FAC — is a cumbersome process that requires the full cooperation of the administration and the advice of outside experts. Given the University’s upcoming capital campaign and ongoing implementation of the Initiatives for Academic Enrichment, Savage said, “I don’t think (administrators) have the time to work with this faculty committee, and I think the faculty sense that. I think it’s going to be a little more time before that committee really gets working well.” In an e-mail to The Herald, Professor of Anthropology Marida Hollos, a member of the FAC, wrote that the committee has not received the support and data from the Dean of the Faculty’s office that it needs to fully represent the faculty on issues of compensation, benefits, leaves and diversity. Dean of the Faculty Mary Fennell is supposed to meet regularly with the FAC but has only come to one meeting so far, according to Hollos. After much delay, Director of Academic Resources Donald Stewart attended the most recent meeting and “promised to look into what data we can get without upsetting the University

lawyers,” Hollos wrote. In light of these setbacks, Hollos wrote, “I imagine that (faculty governance) was reorganized because the goals that the FAC was trying to achieve, among others, were not achieved under the old system. But I am not sure that the new system is any improvement.” In contrast, Professor of Computer Science Roberto Tamassia, another member of the FAC, said that since the committee’s duties were delineated, it has functioned quite well. “I believe we are on track to achieving the preliminary goals for the year,” he said. Tamassia said that as far as the FAC is concerned, the reorganization was a success and the process has been expedited by a helpful administration. “Almost all meetings have been attended by someone from the administration,” he said. Savage said the other committees seem to be working well, although he has not yet heard a report from the Administrative Advising Boards. Savage said he agrees with Fausto-Sterling that the governance system has experienced growing pains. “They’re the pains associated with change — change is always hard,” he said. But Savage said there is no question that the reorganization has had positive effects. “What it’s done more than anything else is empowered the faculty. The faculty feel more like it’s their institution,” he said. Assistant Professor of Anthropology Daniel Smith, whose term on the University Resources Committee ended March 1, said he agrees that the new Faculty Governance has given more power to faculty members. Task Force on Faculty Governance created the URC to replace the Advisory Committee on University Planning. The URC examines, reviews and offers recommendations to the President about all future and current budgetary plans, priorities and proposals that affect the University. Smith said that under ACUP, the faculty was usually involved after decisions had already been made. He said that faculty members under the new structure have an increased role in contributing to budgetary decisions. Under the new charter “our voices were actually heard,” Smith said. Faculty governance will be reexamined in 2008, but Savage said he does not believe the current problems will require a second restructuring. Instead, he said he believes most committees will resolve their own problems as they adjust to the new system. Fausto-Sterling likewise said it is too soon to judge the effects of reorganization. After declining to provide verbal comment, Fausto-Sterling wrote in an e-mail to The Herald, “Give us a full year and we can look at the situation next fall. The committees have not even had a year to get organized.” Herald staff writer Danielle Cerny ’06 edits the Arts & Culture section. She can be reached at dcerny@browndailyherald.com.

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WORLD & NATION WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 2004 · PAGE 5

Israel says all Hamas leaders are targets RAANANA, Israel (Newsday) — As the Hamas

militant group chose new top officials Tuesday in place of Sheik Ahmed Yassin, Israel’s government threatened to kill the organization’s entire leadership, security sources told news organizations in Israel Tuesday. Following a meeting by Israel’s top security officials, “everyone is in our sights,” said police minister Tzachi Hanegbi. And Israel’s army chief suggested that the government is moving closer to an attempt to kill Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat. Asked whether Israel’s offensive might strike Arafat or the head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah guerrillas, Hassan Nasrallah, the Israeli army commander, Lt. Gen. Moshe Yaalon, said, “I think ... they understand that it is nearing them.” Tuesday did not bring the explosion of new violence that was immediately feared following Israel’s missile attack Monday that

killed Yassin. The day’s bloodshed came in southern Lebanon, where Palestinian guerrillas fired rockets toward Israel, which launched an air strike in response that Lebanese security sources said killed two Palestinians. The order to kill a wider circle of Palestinian militant leaders came after a meeting late Monday among Israel’s top security officials, news reports said. Israel defended its killing of Yassin in debate at the U.N. Security Council after the United States blocked a resolution that would have condemned the act. U.S. diplomats insisted on including Hamas attacks on Israel in the condemnation. Israel killed Yassin in part because of Hamas’ March 14 attack on the port of Ashdod — not only because it killed 10 Israelis but also because of what the attack might have done. The suicide bombing came within striking distance of hazardous

chemicals and fuel storage tanks. Throughout the three-and-a-half-yearold conflict, Palestinian militants have focused their attacks on civilian targets such as buses, cafes and restaurants. But the port facility contains the ingredients for what officials call a “mega-terrorist attack,” involving the release of deadly chemicals or a catastrophic explosion. It also showed that militants would not stop their suicide bombings, even after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced that he planned to remove military bases and Jewish settlements from the Gaza Strip as early as this year. “Hamas, and in general the Palestinian terror groups, have been escalating their attacks,” said Gerald Steinberg, military policy analyst at Bar Ilan University in Tel Aviv and consultant to Israel’s National Security

Mounting security threats in the Middle East could jeopardize California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s plan to visit Israel in May. Aides would not say whether Schwarzenegger might postpone his first trip abroad as governor for an appearance at a groundbreaking for a museum in Jerusalem devoted to understanding bigotry and the Holocaust. His office is consulting with the State Department over the security risks that a two-day visit could pose. On Monday, the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, issued an advisory urging Americans to postpone trips to Israel “at this time.” The warning follows Israel’s assassination of Hamas spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin on Sunday. Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles,

is helping to arrange the visit; he insists that it will not be disrupted. On the center’s Web site, Hier is described as having “conceived” the new museum, scheduled for completion by 2007. Asked whether the governor would appear at the May 2 groundbreaking, the rabbi said, “Absolutely.” “We expect the president of the state of Israel will be at the event and the prime minister will be at the event. You couldn’t ask for more security than there would be at such an event,” Rabbi Hier said in an interview. Little of Schwarzenegger’s itinerary has been made public, but Israeli officials are upset over some of the arrangements. The trip leaves scant time for formal meetings with government leaders, according to one Israeli official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Early plans call for Schwarzenegger to visit California busi-

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nesses located in Israel and to attend a dinner tied to the new museum. “We think that it’s proper that the governor of such an important state should meet with high elected officials. He should meet with people in positions of leadership. And we should follow a certain protocol that is relevant to every government,” the Israeli official said. With the visit five weeks away, there is still time to arrange for Schwarzenegger to call on Israeli leaders, the official said. Margita Thompson, spokeswoman for the governor, said Tuesday, “I wouldn’t be surprised if that happened.” Some friends and political leaders close to Schwarzenegger are advising him not to make the trip. As a celebrity whose movies have appeared worldwide, the governor is a vulnerable target wherever he goes —

and lawmakers differed sharply in testimony Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee over whether the institution of marriage is under judicial assault and can only be preserved through a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. In an opening statement, presiding Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), chairman of the subcommittee on constitutional law, decried what he said was a “‘judicial onslaught” against traditional marriage. But Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), who is openly gay, made the issue personal in emotional, unscripted testimony to the Senate. “I have to ask, senators, who are we hurting? How is the fact that I or someone else wants to express love to another human being ... how does that hurt you? Why is this considered an infringement?” Although congressional approval of a constitutional ban on gay marriage is considered unlikely this year, the hearings marked a new round in the intensifying struggle over the issue as the 2004 election campaign intensifies. Cornyn dismissed as “‘myth” the notion that “my marriage doesn’t affect your marriage” — a formulation he attributed to proponents of gay marriage to justify their position. That, Cornyn said, “does not reflect reality. Redefining marriage in a way that reduces it to a financial and legal relationship will only accelerate the deterioration of family life.” The sponsors of the proposed amend-

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Security fears threaten Schwarzenegger’s trip to Israel SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Los Angeles Times) —

Lawmakers debate proposed marriage amendment

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Marriage continued from page 5 ment, Sen. Wayne Allard (RColo.) and Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-Colo.) testified that it is needed to prevent gay activists and judges from overturning state and federal laws defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman. The charge that incorporating a ban on gay marriage into the Constitution would enshrine discrimination in the fundamental document of American democracy “cheapens” the debate, Musgrave said. Committee Democrats and some legal experts, however, argued that regulation of marriage is best left to the states. “The issue of marriage,” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), “is the purview of the states, not of the federal government.” Throughout U.S. history, she said, “the states have proved entirely capable of dealing with this issue.” In testimony before the committee, University of Chicago law professor Cass Sunstein said, “Those who endorse the amendment fear that if one state recognizes same-sex marriages, others will be compelled to do so as well.” That fear, Sunstein said, “is unrealistic; the federal system permits states to refuse to recognize marriages that violate their own policies.” Democrats also took issue with Allard and Musgrave for rewording the proposed amendment on the eve of Tuesday’s hearing. The authors defended their changes as technical. The new text reads: “Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this Constitution, nor the constitution of any state, shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents thereof be

W. tennis continued from page 12 Szegedi, losing 6-1, 6-2. Ashley convincingly defeated Singer by a score of 6-0, 6-3 to take the No. 2 slot. Saiontz made it close but eventually fell to Landes in straight sets at the No. 4 position, losing 7-5, 6-3. Beck said she was surprised by the lopsided outcome of Sunday’s contest. “I thought it would definitely be a close match. I thought we would’ve won a few singles matches,” she said. “But they are a really good team, and we’re obviously missing our No. 1 player.”

conferred upon any union other than the union of a man and a woman.” The sponsors deleted language that would have required that the amendment be ratified by three-quarters of the states within seven years. In the second sentence, they also deleted the phrase “nor state or federal law,” which had followed the words, “Neither this Constitution, nor the constitution of any state.” The sponsors said the changes were meant to ensure that state legislatures could enact civilunion laws and grant benefits to domestic partners if they chose to do so. Although Allard insisted that the amendment, as worded, would not “impact adversely any state’s effort to deal with the issue of civil unions,” he indicated that he was open to further changes. Whatever text is ultimately adopted by the committee, both Republicans and Democrats say the chances of Congress passing any marriage amendment in this election year are slim. A vote of two-thirds of each chamber of Congress is required to pass a constitutional amendment, which must then be ratified by the legislatures of threefourths of the states before it can become law. Neither the House nor the Senate has set a date for the proposed amendment to come to a vote. President Bush has publicly endorsed a constitutional amendment, although he has not specifically endorsed the Musgrave and Allard wording. Republicans have said the issue — which is important to many social conservatives — will play a prominent role in the presidential election campaign. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), the presumed Democratic presidential nominee, has said he is opposed to a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.

Both Beck and Taylor said BC’s recent string of competitive matches, including its defeat of 22nd-ranked Harvard University, left the team better prepared than Brown. The Bears had not faced a ranked opponent since the season’s first two matches. “I would like to play them again after we compete on our spring break,” Taylor said. “I think with more competitive matches under our belt, this match would have been closer.” Herald staff writer Robbie CoreyBoulet ’07 covers women’s tennis. He can be reached at rcoreyboulet@browndailyherald.com.

Clouds continued from page 1 female dancers hit rocks together, stomped their feet and clapped their hands, adding to the beat established by the male dancers’ whisks. After exiting the stage once, the male dancer returned carrying a spear and a glowing torch, both of which he managed to hold onto even while performing a series of impressive, onehanded cartwheels. The show ended dramatically when the dancer plunged his spear towards the stage floor as if into the body of a hunted animal. Lance Lim ’04, who said “Yame Kume” was his favorite dance, said he liked the show because it exposed him, a nonTaiwanese student, to another Asian culture. The show’s strongest

Fineman continued from page 1 difficult to handicap because historical precedent plays against both candidates. President George W. Bush has suffered from approval ratings hovering near 50 percent — often a sure sign of defeat for incumbents — and no Republican has ever taken office without winning Ohio, a state Fineman said could go to Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass). But Kerry’s chances also look dim from a historical perspective, Fineman said. Long-term congressmen rarely take the presidency, and no Democrat has ever taken office without the backing of at least five Southern states, Fineman said. These factors ensure the November vote will be closer than typical elections involving incumbents, which often result in landslides, Fineman said. Ohio and West Virginia will be this year’s crucial swing states, and a Democratic victory in Arizona may seal the election for Kerry, according to Fineman. But senior White House strategist Karl Rove believes the Republicans can win Iowa, Minnesota and the Pacific Northwest, Fineman said. The gravity of international politics will result in a bitter campaign, Fineman said, citing the Richard Clarke debacle as an example of campaign strategy. Clarke, the head of counterterrorism for the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations, recently published a book claiming that Bush ignored warnings of imminent terrorism

moments were those emphasizing the graceful visual and spatial composition of dancers on stage rather than the reenactment of Taiwanese women’s daily activities. In “Mother,” the two female dancers held a woven hat and platter, which they depicted as containing everything from chicken feed and dirty laundry to a small child. Laurel Foglia ’07 said she enjoyed the performances, calling them “compositionally beautiful, colorful and expressive.” The Clouds Dance Theatre came to Brown as part of its New England Campuses Tour, which also includes performances at Columbia University and Smith College. Herald staff writer Alexandra Barsk ’06 can be reached at abarsk@browndailyherald.com.

Ohio and West Virginia will be this year’s crucial swing states, and a Democratic victory in Arizona may seal the election for Kerry, according to Fineman. by al-Qaeda and was bent on attacking Iraq, despite a lack of connection between Saddam Hussein and the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The Bush campaign has attempted to discredit Clarke, but Fineman suggested that the president’s campaign attacked Kerry in anticipation of the book. The depth of contemporary issues, coupled with a negative campaign, will neutralize the issues of “likeability” that were key in the 2000 election, Fineman said. With the economy in shambles, Fineman said Bush needs to capitalize on his persona as a “war president” and discredit Kerry for being “beholden to foreign powers beyond America.” Kerry must focus on the economy’s weaknesses and draft a strong alternative proposal to Bush’s economic policy. In a question and answer session, Patrick Cook-Deegan ’07 asked Fineman whom he expects Kerry to choose as a running mate. Fineman said Kerry would like to woo the Midwest, with Rep. Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.) and Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) as possible running mates. But geography is not the only factor, Fineman said, reminding the audience that Clinton chose Al Gore because he had “a nice-looking family.” This strategy would suggest adding Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) or Sen. John McCain (D-N.M.) to the ticket, according to Fineman. Last night’s lecture was sponsored by the Taubman Center for Public Policy and was the inaugural event of the Governor Frank Licht ’38 lecture series.

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Commission cites Clinton, Bush failures in al-Qaeda emergence WASHINGTON (Los Angeles Times) —

Finding fault with the Clinton and Bush administrations, the commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks released findings Tuesday that cite years of diplomatic failures, bureaucratic inertia and meager military responses as factors that contributed to the emergence of al-Qaeda as the nation’s most serious security threat. The commission released its preliminary findings during a day of politically charged hearings in which top national security officials from the Bush and Clinton White Houses took turns defending their performances and decrying the counterterrorism record of the other. Against the backdrop of a presidential election that could turn on voters’ views of how the war on terrorism should be prosecuted, Bush officials in particular sought to deflect fresh criticism that the administration ignored al-Qaeda after taking office in 2001 and, even after the Sept. 11th attacks, was too eager to turn its attention to Iraq. Secretary of State Colin Powell said terrorism was a top priority of President George W. Bush from the day he took office and that the administration took eight months to put together a counterterrorism plan because it had to overhaul a Clinton administration approach Powell described as inadequate. “We wanted the new policy to go well beyond tit-for-tat retaliation,” Powell said. “We felt that lethal strikes that largely missed the terrorists if you don’t have adequate targeting information, such as the cruise missile strikes in 1998, led al-Qaeda to believe we lacked resolve. We wanted to move beyond the rollback policy of containment, criminal prosecution and limited retaliation for specific terrorist attacks. We wanted to destroy al-Qaeda.” But despite Powell’s barbed remarks, the findings of the commission reinforced criticism that the Bush administration spent much of its first year in office holding meetings on counterterrorism but taking no significant action. The commission’s report lists a series of meetings of deputies in the Bush administration as they sought to work out a new counterterrorism strategy. The result was a three-phase plan that called for overthrowing the Taliban, a step the Clinton White House never embraced. But the Bush plan envisioned an ouster of the Taliban only if a new series of diplomatic efforts failed, efforts comparable to those pursued by the Clinton administration. The Bush plan was to unfold over three years and was agreed upon by deputy national security officials one day before the Sept. 11 attacks. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Powell said the plan laid the groundwork for the successful invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001. Tuesday’s session marked the first time that top Cabinet secretaries from the two administrations testified in one setting about their counterterrorism efforts. In addition to Powell and Rumsfeld, the panel also heard

from former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former Defense Secretary William Cohen. The 10-member commission has conducted hundreds of interviews and reviewed thousands of documents, and it is expected to produce its final report in July. Tuesday’s hearing was more partisan in tone than previous sessions, with members posing pointed questions about Iraq and other politically sensitive topics. The interim reports were prepared by commission staff, leaving policy recommendations and judgments to the five Democrats and five Republicans on the panel. The hearing comes as the Bush administration struggles to fend off fierce criticism from a former top counterterrorism official, Richard Clarke, who has written a book accusing Bush of ignoring the Qaeda threat until it was too late. In its report, the commission notes that Clarke “pushed urgently’’ for immediate steps against al-Qaeda, including an infusion of U.S. military assistance to the Northern Alliance forces in Afghanistan, which were fighting a civil war with the Taliban. But Clarke’s recommendations were not implemented before the attacks, the report said. Bush offered his first public response to Clarke’s criticism in remarks to reporters after a Cabinet meeting Tuesday. “Had my administration had any information that terrorists were going to attack New York City on September the 11th, we would have acted,” Bush said. “We have been chasing down alQaeda ever since the attacks. We’ve captured or killed twothirds of their known leaders. And we’re still pursuing them.” Clarke also has said the invasion of Iraq undermined the war on terrorism by diverting intelli-

gence and other resources from al-Qaeda and by inflaming antiAmerican sentiment in the Arab world. Albright echoed those criticisms in her testimony, saying “major components of America’s foreign policy are either opposed or misunderstood by the vast majority of Arabs and Muslims, and by unprecedented numbers of Europeans, Asians, Latin Americans and Africans.” The resulting “unpopularity has handed (Osama) bin Laden a gift that he has eagerly exploited,” Albright said. But there was ample criticism for Clinton and Bush officials in commission findings that portrayed the administrations struggling to find the will or way to confront al-Qaeda. The commission describes repeated efforts by the Clinton administration to persuade Saudi Arabia to put pressure on the Taliban to expel bin Laden and shut down the terrorist camps in Afghanistan. At one point, the Saudis extracted a promise from Taliban leader Mullah Omar that bin Laden would be handed over. But after a “climactic meeting” between Omar and Saudi intelligence chief Prince Turki bin Faisal in September 1998, Omar reneged, “lost his temper and denounced the Saudi government.” The United States also leaned on two Pakistani regimes to clamp down on the Taliban and al-Qaeda. But as a commission official said, the United States could never find enough “carrots or sticks” to get a regime that had deep ties to the Taliban to turn on the Islamic extremist government. Meanwhile, Clinton and his senior counterterrorism advisers repeatedly pressed for new military options for catching bin Laden, rooting out terrorist

camps and, if necessary, toppling the Taliban. But the plans were beaten back by an array of forces. Policymakers doubted they could win congressional or public support for a military intervention in Afghanistan. U.S. intelligence agencies consistently failed to come up with “actionable intelligence” telling where bin Laden would be and when. And top military officials saw little chance that inserting U.S. forces could succeed. Albright indicated that she was frustrated that the military often seemed reluctant to take risks. But in his testimony, Cohen rejected criticism and said such plans were simply unfeasible. “We have 13,500 troops in Afghanistan right now, and we can’t find bin Laden today,” Cohen said. “The notion that you’re going to put a small unit or a large unit into Afghanistan and track down bin Laden, I think, is folly.” As a result, the United States was left with the only option of launching cruise missiles from submarines off the coast of Pakistan in the Arabian Sea. But even that option was only used once, in August 1998, in retaliation for al-Qaeda’s bombings of the U.S. embassies in East Africa. The commission described three instances in which U.S. intelligence had information on bin Laden’s location, but Clinton officials decided against launching missiles, usually because of doubts about the accuracy of the information and concerns about civilian casualties. In December 1998, bin Laden was located in Kandahar, Afghanistan. But, as Clarke told the commission, there was just “50 percent confidence” in the intelligence, and concern that the strikes could cause up to 300

casualties. Two months later, in February 1999, the United States got intelligence that bin Laden was visiting a hunting camp in the Afghan desert. Officials thought they might finally have a chance to target bin Laden in a remote area removed from civilians. But this time the White House confronted another problem: aerial surveillance spotted an official United Arab Emirates jet at the camp, and it became clear that senior UAE officials were there on a hunting excursion and, apparently, meeting with bin Laden. “Policy-makers were concerned about the danger that a strike might kill an Emirati prince or other senior officials,” the commission’s report said. A commission official said the panel is still investigating what senior officials from the UAE, considered an American ally, were doing meeting with bin Laden. In one passage, the commission’s report says the United States uncovered evidence that the Taliban “was trying to extort cash from Saudi Arabia and the UAE with various threats and that these blackmail efforts may have paid off.” Commission officials declined to elaborate on the nature of those threats. The final chance to target bin Laden came in May 1999 when “sources” — an apparent reference to Afghans working as CIA informants — provided intelligence on bin Laden’s location in Kandahar over five nights. But again, military commanders deemed the intelligence suspect and didn’t pull the trigger. The commission is scheduled to hold a second day of hearings today, with testimony from Central Intelligence Agency Director George Tenet and former counterterrorism adviser Clarke.

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ter of cloning the network we established at Harvard for other schools,” Zuckerberg said. After registering at the Web site, members can access their school’s social network by logging in with their email address and password. Unlike Friendster, which has privacy restrictions, Thefacebook.com allows members within a school to access each other’s contact information, such as e-mail and phone number. “Friendster is primarily a dating site, and so they have to be really careful about confidentiality. But our goal is to connect people on campus, and I see no reason to block this information within such a small community of students,” Zuckerberg said. Since the inception of TheFacebook.com, Zuckerberg said he has received about a dozen requests from Brown students for the network. Sometime during the week of April 4, he said, he will have the Brown system up and running. Randall Rempp ’05 said he thinks the new addition will help make campus life a little more interesting. “I definitely think it could help create a better sense of community around here,” he said.

Council. With Sharon talking at the same time about pulling out of Gaza, for Israel “there’s a need to ensure that this would not be misinterpreted ... as a retreat under fire.” And so Sharon, recognized throughout his military and political careers as someone who lets no hostile act go unpunished, decided to risk Israel’s international reputation and a new wave of Palestinian reprisals to show that Hamas and other factions would pay a high cost for seeking to bring the conflict to another level with the Ashdod attack and for declaring that Palestinian resistance had forced the retreat from Gaza. “The war against terror has

Herald staff writer Sheela Raman ’06 can be reached at sraman@browndailyherald.com.

Israel continued from page 5 particularly in a part of the world fraught with tension, according to one California political leader who has urged Schwarzenegger to cancel. But some Jewish leaders in Los Angeles insist that the governor will return safely. “In my experience, it’s probably never a good time” to travel to Israel, said David Lehrer, former regional director of the Anti-Defamation League in Southern California, who accompanied former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan to Israel. “Especially over the

not ended, and will continue daily, everywhere,” Sharon told the Israeli parliament Monday. “It is the natural right of the Jewish people, as any other nation which wishes to exist, to pursue those who rise to destroy it.” The hard-line approach is widely supported by Israelis, according to a poll commissioned by Yedioth Ahronoth, a major daily. Sixty percent said Yassin’s killing was right, while 32 percent disapproved of the attack. Joining the upheaval against the assassination were Arab Israelis, who marched by the thousands in Nazareth, some carrying aloft a wheelchair with a red-checked Palestinian headscarf to symbolize the Hamas leader, the Ha’aretz newspaper reported.

past three years. But there are people who go constantly, and if one is careful and uses their head,” risk can be minimized. Further, “the Israeli security force is quite extraordinary.” Schwarzenegger’s ties to the Wiesenthal Center are deep. He is a financial contributor, and he has invited the center to explore his father’s past as a member of the World War II-era Nazi Party. In 1990 and again during the recall campaign last year, Schwarzenegger invited the center to look into his father’s record. The investigation turned up no evidence that Gustav Schwarzenegger was a war criminal.

NPR Replacing “Morning Edition’s” Bob Edwards (Baltimore Sun) — National Public Radio announced Tuesday that it would replace Bob Edwards of “Morning Edition,” the public broadcaster’s most popular program. “Bob’s a voice that millions of Americans have woken up to for 25 years,” said Ken Stern, NPR’s executive vice president. “That’s a voice of authority, a voice of credibility, a voice of community.” NPR likes to say “Morning Edition” is the second most popular program on radio — after conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh. The change, Stern said, “is about making sure that show can serve the needs of the people in the future.” Edwards is to become a senior correspondent for the news channel, contributing to a variety of radio news magazines. NPR hosts Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne will serve as interim anchors for the program; a replacement is expected to be named within weeks. Edwards joined NPR in 1974 as a newscaster and became the first host of “Morning Edition” upon its creation five years later. The program became an idiosyncratic blend of news stories, interviews and features. Although it has taken on more of the tone of a conventional news program, it provides an antidote for listeners uninterested in the chat-happy fare of television and the sobriety of many print dailies. Edwards was not available Tuesday for interviews but released a statement through an NPR spokeswoman. “Morning Edition, the most popular morning program in all of broadcasting, enjoys a wellearned reputation for integrity in journalism,” Edwards said. “I am proud to have served with my Morning Edition colleagues, who perform a daily miracle at

ridiculous hours when resources are not abundant.” On the air, Edwards’ voice is that of a respectful skeptic. He is occasionally playful and makes periodic references to his alma mater, the University of Louisville. His demeanor is pure Middle America — not edgy, not ironic, not drawing attention to himself — and seemingly reflective of a desire to learn about the world around him. And he comes across as an utter professional, smoothly presenting the information listeners should know in an understated manner. “I don’t know if there’s a voice I associate with NPR more than Bob Edwards,” said Andy Bienstock, director of programming for WYPR-FM in Baltimore and Frederick, Md., an NPR affiliate. “It doesn’t strike me that the show needs a whole lot of reinvention right now, so I hope they have something good in mind.” Edwards’ new status was compared by NPR officials to the respected places held by former “Talk of the Nation” host Juan Williams and former “All Things Considered” and “Weekend Edition” Sunday anchor Susan Stamberg. Both are now senior correspondents whose pieces are featured prominently on NPR news broadcasts. Over his nearly quarter-century on “Morning Edition,” Edwards has conducted an estimated 20,000 interviews, according to NPR. He has won many of the most prestigious prizes for broadcast news, including the duPont-Columbia Award and the Peabody Award. Edwards’ final day is to be April 30. He is to begin a tour to promote his new book about legendary CBS radio and television journalist Edward Murrow, according to NPR.

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Grand-jury selection to start in Jackson case SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (Los Angeles Times) — County prosecutors will

begin picking members of a secret grand jury Thursday to decide whether there is enough evidence against pop star Michael Jackson to take his child molestation case to trial, sources close to the case said Tuesday. The grand jury could take as long as two weeks to hear testimony from witnesses. Among them will be the 14-year-old former cancer patient allegedly molested by Jackson during the early months of last year at the entertainer’s Neverland Ranch in Santa Ynez Valley, Calif. Sources told the Los Angeles Times that in addition to allowing the prosecution to preview witness credibility without public scrutiny, the decision by District Attorney Tom Sneddon to avoid a public preliminary hearing would allow the young alleged victim in the case and possibly some members of the boy’s family to tell their stories sooner rather than face delays that could stretch for months. “This was always the prosecution choice,” one source said. “This way Sneddon gets to test his case in privacy without a lot of media hoopla. He can avoid tipping the defense lawyers to the prosecution’s total strategy. And it has the added benefit of letting the family get this over with fast.” The setting initially shifts from the small courthouse in Santa Maria, Calif., where all other Jackson legal proceedings and any future trial are set, to the

palatial County Courthouse in downtown Santa Barbara. Modeled after a Spanish-Moorish castle, the building is one of the city’s leading tourist draws and has been called one of the most spectacular courthouses in the nation. But the courthouse could be only the first stop for the grand jury. Prosecutors are considering moving the jurors periodically to minimize media coverage, sources said. They said some grand jury sessions might even be held elsewhere in the city or county. “It is going to be a game of hide and seek for at least a week or two,” one source said. “That’s almost obsessive,” said Loyola Marymount Law School Professor Laurie Levenson. “There is a need to preserve grand jury privacy, but I’ve never seen such obsessive efforts before.” Jackson was charged in December with seven felony counts of child molestation and two counts of providing an intoxicant to a minor with the intent of molesting him. He has been free on $3 million bail. An April 2 hearing has been set to schedule a preliminary hearing, and the actual trial is not expected until December at the earliest. In addition to the 14-year-old boy, a leukemia patient whose disease is now in remission, some key witnesses from a 1993 child molestation probe of Jackson that ended in a secret multimillion-dollar settlement are also expected to testify, the sources

said. Among them probably will be the alleged victim in that case, who is now 24, one source said. “This is a good opportunity for the prosecution to see the testimony of people who may or may not be friendly to them,” said Jack Earley, a defense lawyer who has handled several high-profile Santa Barbara County cases and serves as president of the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice. “It’s pretty much a free fishing expedition for them. If grand jury witnesses refuse to testify, they can be jailed for civil contempt.” A gag order imposed on all parties by Superior Court Judge Rodney S. Melville has blocked any comment by prosecutors or defense lawyers in the case. But former Santa Barbara County Sheriff Jim Thomas, a close Sneddon associate now covering the case as an NBC analyst, said his understanding was that Sneddon had always planned to go to a grand jury. “He feels real good about the case,” said Thomas, who was sheriff during the 1993 child molestation probe of Jackson that ended in the out-of court settlement. “I believe the grand jury has been in the plans all along.” Jackson, who has described the charges against him as a “big lie” concocted to extort another large settlement from him, has been invited by prosecutors to testify to the grand jury, but legal experts said there was no chance he would do so.

School seeing red over pink NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (Los Angeles Times) — Call it pink pique.

A Newport Beach principal has provoked a fuss at his middle school by preventing a dozen boys from wearing pink outfits in a class photo. The decision, which prompted hundreds of angry students to wear pink in protest the following day, attracted national attention this week when television and radio personality Ryan Seacrest urged his fans to support the students by wearing pink Friday. Ensign Middle School Principal Edward Wong did not return calls requesting comment, but a Newport Mesa Unified School District official said Wong’s decision was warranted.

“It wasn’t about a color; it was about a look,” said Jane Garland, an assistant superintendent. “They were wearing pink shirts, pink wristbands, black shoes with pink shoelaces. ... It was a costume.” School officials are not accusing the boys of belonging to a gang, but they note that bright colors are often favored by “party crews” — youngsters who challenge others to impromptu dance competitions at parties. And, Garland said, “party crews are known to lead to gangs, and (dressing in such a way) is inappropriate behavior.” The controversy, first reported last week by the Orange County Register, began Thursday when Ensign’s nearly

600 eighth-graders gathered for a class picture. Some students were standing together dressed in pink. Wong told them they had to shed their colors. About half of them complied, Garland said, but others walked out. They were followed by several sympathetic students who were not wearing pink. On Tuesday, several of the boys who wore pink that day said they do not belong to gangs or party crews. They said they are simply friends who often dress alike for fun. “We just wanted to stand out,” Edward Pinon, 13, said as he left school Tuesday. “So we wore pink because we wanted to look cool for the school picture.”

Vallely continued from page 12 also been going around sprinkling water on teammates’ heads, attempting to lift the Sox curse. Furthermore, alcoholism continues to be a trademark of Damon’s game. Regarding his off-season training regimen, he said, “I barely touched the weights, did a couple of pushups here and there. I’m gaining weight the right way. I’m drinking beer.” The other favorite is newly acquired ace Curt Schilling, addicted to the online video game Everquest. During the offseason, Schilling has said he plays every day, sometimes pulling all-nighters. Describing when he first knew he was addicted, Schilling said, “I went into the Karanas and ran into a giant and at that moment I was hooked — dead but hooked.” In the same interview he said: “No Raster — pop, despawn, pop, despawn — still no Raster.” Maybe that’s English, and maybe it’s not. Looking for a dark horse? Take Bronson Arroyo, slated to start the Sox home opener. His full name is Charles Bronson Arroyo — that’s right, he’s named after the star of “Death Wish.” There has to be some-

thing going on there. Pencil him in for growing a carefullygroomed mustache and getting out of bases-loaded situations by shooting everyone in sight. But never overlook perennial candidate Jerry “Rem-Dog” Remy. A former Red Sox player and current TV commentator, Remy can talk for innings about absolutely nothing. Since 1999, he has been accompanied in the booth by a beanbag toy of Wally the Green Monster, the Sox mascot. In a sincere tone, Remy regularly speaks of Wally’s hotel room, how he relaxes, so forth and so on. Once, when Wally was hit with a foul ball, Remy had him carried away on a small, Wally-sized stretcher. But Remy is also crazy on his own. Last year, when his contract with the New England Sports Network came up, he said he had a “mechanical bull clause,” which guaranteed him a mechanical bull in his hotel room, which he would ride after tough losses. Who will step up remains uncertain. But rest assured: someone will. Charlie Vallely ’07 is spending his second semester at Brown demanding that the administration add a mechanical-bull-inevery-dorm clause to the housing contract.

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Administering change The world of academia is a slow and contemplative one. In scientific experiments, if one method doesn’t produce the expected and possibly desired result, researchers try another way. And in almost every case, scholars are not afraid to take a step backward for every two steps forward if it means justifying their position. Tentative movement is at the heart of academia; it is a discipline that requires patience and determination. That same experimental philosophy must be applied to the reorganization of faculty governance. At this time last year, faculty leaders hailed the soon-to-be-approved system as more streamlined than the previous one. Professors from various departments weighed in on the reformed committees, regarding everything from the grievance procedure to approval of appointments. By the end of the year, a new system of governance had been decided upon and begun operation. But this year, it is apparent that this system is not the best possible solution. A plan previously touted as efficient is encountering the same problems the old system faced, including uncertainty about the hierarchy of committees and administrators. Yet the reoccurrence of these problems is now termed “growing pains,” when it is apparent that their persistence is evidence of the new system’s inadequacies. Among these inadequacies is the fact that meetings of the Advisory Committee on University Planning have been closed to students and press since it was renamed the University Resources Committee and granted greater responsibility. It is precisely because the committee has become more of a force for change than a rubber stamp that its procedure should have remained open. In this time of institutional upheaval, we urge the University to reopen URC meetings. And with the experiential data of the past year’s reorganization in mind, we encourage the University to reconsider faculty governance at large. The fact that the system is new does not necessarily mean it is improved, although we have no doubt that faculty governance has taken at least one step forward through its reorganization. With some of the best minds in the world considering the problem, we know that a more direct system can be devised, and we would support further efforts to discover one. The faculty is the University’s central intellectual force, and its governance should be a lesson to us all.

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LETTERS Housing better for Tigers than Bears — oh, my! To the Editor: As a Brown alum now doing graduate work at Princeton, I’m in a position to point out two inaccuracies in The Herald’s recent article about guaranteed housing for undergraduates (“Bigger housing crunch, computerized lottery common at other colleges,” March 17). First, the Princeton University Housing Department’s current policy is to guarantee on-campus housing for all undergraduates starting in 20042005, provided that they do not miss application deadlines or violate the terms of their housing contracts. As a matter of fact, Princeton has found housing for all undergraduates on its summer waitlist for the past 25 years and even delayed renovation of a dorm this past year in order to do so. Secondly, the upperclassman “room draw,” as it’s called here at Princeton, actually is not based on seniority only. In fact, this past year most rising sophomores had a relatively easy time selecting rooms with their first-year hallmates in their smaller residential college lotteries, while 130 rising juniors were the unlucky ones put on

the summer waitlist . So at least as far as Princeton is concerned, The Herald cannot so easily defend the housing status quo at Brown in relation to other Ivy League schools. By writing this, I am not trying to suggest that Brown necessarily should drop its current senioritybased lottery system or adopt a residential college system like Princeton’s. But as I am reminded every time I use my ID card to let myself into any undergraduate dorm or walk into my multiple-use coed bathroom in the Graduate College (which, unlike its Brown counterpart, is not a misnomer), there are many ways that an open-minded administration could make better use of Brown’s existing housing stock. I hope that Jesse Goodman ’04 and the rest of the Residential Council continue their hard work to improve the residential living experience for all Brown students. Evan Metcalfe ‘03 Former Residential Council Lottery Chair March 22

C O R R E C T I O N S An article in Monday’s paper (“NYC protest draws disparate elements”) incorrectly identified Elizabeth Martinez as the author of a letter distributed to anti-war activists. In fact, she was the author of a preface to the letter, which was written by the letter’s co-signers. The article also incorrectly stated that Martinez teaches workshops on “the subject of ‘white activists’ ignoring issues of race and class.” She does not.

Campus life administrators have consulted with the FCAPE regarding the decision, but it is an advisory committee and does not make policy decisions. The same article incorrectly stated that UCS alone oversees club sports. UCS oversees club sports in partnership with the Student Activities Office.

The same article incorrectly reported that protest organizer Vanessa Huang ’05 is a member of the Class of 2006. She promoted the protest solely through listservs and did not also distribute flyers, as the article stated.

The caption for a picture in Monday’s paper (“SASA show exhibits traditional, Western-influenced sides of South Asian culture”) incorrectly reported that more than 30 acts participated in the show. There were actually 18 acts, as the article correctly stated.

The same article paraphrased Huang as saying that “organized activism cannot ignore issues like race, class, imperialism and globalization.” She said the anti-war movement in particular cannot ignore the relationship between militarization and these issues.

In another article in Monday’s paper (“Slavery and Justice Committee brings nat’l media to Brown”), the Brown Alumni Magazine was incorrectly identified as the Brown Alumni Monthly. It has not used that title since it went bimonthly in 1997.

Another article in Monday’s paper (“Possible transfer of club sports to athletics dept. concerns department, athletes”) misidentified the group responsible for making the final decision about the possible transfer of responsibilities. The Undergraduate Council of Students and the Office of Campus Life and Student Services are responsible for the decision, not the Faculty Committee on Athletics and Physical Education, as the article stated.

An article in Monday’s sports section about hockey player Yann Danis ’04 incorrectly stated that he is the first player to receive both the ECAC Player of the Year award and the Ken Dryden Award for the league’s best goaltender. Danis is the first player to hold those honors alone, but last year a Cornell player shared the Player of the Year award and also received the Dryden award.

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OPINIONS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 2004 · PAGE 11

Watching the political fallout in Madrid GUEST COLUMN BY IAN CROPP

MADRID — The events of the morning of Thursday, March 11 in Madrid left many in Spain, as well as the rest of the world, in a state of shock. What first united a nation of more than 42 million, bringing more than 11 million people into the streets to peacefully protest, ignited a political whirlwind that brought about the unexpected victory of the opposition party in national elections. Standing outside the headquarters of the victorious Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) on Sunday night amid a crowd of crying and cheering Spaniards, I knew that what I experienced was more than just a change of administration. The events of the weekend were enough to keep the news stations occupied for a month, yet some of them happened so spontaneously that the only way to experience them was firsthand. Throughout Thursday and Friday, the governing Popular Party, led by prime minister Jose Maria Aznar, claimed it was almost positive that the domestic terrorist group ETA was behind the attacks. Even after the discovery of a van with detonators and recordings of the Koran, the PP insisted that the Basque separatist group ETA was responsible. During the protests on Friday — which, despite a huge downpour, drew over 2 million people — nearly every sign bore antiETA slogans, and little talk surfaced of Al-Qaeda being involved. As I made my way through the soggy Madrid streets, I could not help but think of the sad days following Sept. 11, 2001. Late Saturday evening, the government announced that five suspects had been detained, three Moroccan and two Indian, though their ties with al-Qaeda were not discussed. That evening, protests broke out in front of the PP headquarters. In order to properly know how many people were there, I had to listen to the radio, as the statecontrolled television stations provided scant coverage. The unity of the previous night had turned into conflict among parties, which was immediately criticized as unpatriotic, though mainly by the pundits partial to the

PP. Going into the elections, it was widely believed that the PP would win between 160 and 165 seats. And on Saturday morning, with the belief that ETA had carried out the attacks, most experts predicted that the PP would easily win the 176 seats needed in Congress for an absolute majority. On Sunday, the PSOE, which was predicted to capture between 130 and 140 seats, earned a surprise victory, with 164 seats to the PP’s 148. This was thanks in large part to the over-76-percent

How the 3/11 bombing moved the Spanish electorate. voter participation rate. About 3 million of these voters would not have voted had they not viewed a vote for the PSOE as a castigation of the perceived effects of Aznar and the PP´s backing of the war in Iraq. Although not a citizen of Spain, I wanted a taste of the political atmosphere, so I went to the headquarters of the PSOE to celebrate. The surreal experience became more and more meaningful and relevant as I heard the cheers against the war and occupation of Iraq. It seemed that this was perhaps something bigger than an election in Spain, and that maybe this could be the start of a global shift away from war and toward peace. Despite the concession from the PP that the PSOE won the election, many questioned the legality of the victory as it came amid protests on the eve of the election. Although the protests came on the day before election, a day in which any political campaigning is prohibited by

law, there was no direct link between the PSOE and the protest, which started through text messaging on mobile phones. The finger-pointing, absent in the United States for months after Sept. 11, 2001, came quickly. But the truth, or lack thereof, did not remain suppressed for long. According to Raphael Cruz, a political science professor at Madrid’s Universidad Complutense, both sides are somewhat accountable. “(Saturday night) the PP came on television to criticize the protest outside their headquarters, when they should have been announcing that maybe Aznar had been wrong in deciding to go to war,” he said. Spain’s backing of the United States in the war, which came in spite of the general will of the people, is viewed as the direct reason for the attacks. Already, the new government, headed by the PSOE’s Jose-Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, has threatened that it will remove its troops from Iraq, defying the wishes of President George W. Bush. There is no doubt that the attacks have aroused a new fear among countries that supported the United States in the war in Iraq, as has the victory of the PSOE, which many believe hopped on the coattails of the attacks. Through all the blame and complaints of electoral malfeasance, there is a new government in power in Spain, and also a recharged threat of global terrorism. Many believe the bombings unfairly influenced the election, causing Spaniards to vote with their hearts and not their heads. In my mind. there is no doubt that 76percent voter participation means the majority of Spaniards were ready for a change. I also hope the world will find merit in Zapatero’s strategy — fighting terrorism with intelligence, not war. This seems far more logical than fighting war with no intelligence. Ian Cropp ’05 is studying abroad in Spain this semester.

PETER IAN ASEN

Mouths run amok The Daily Jolt asks students to send in absurd remarks made by their professors, but recently I found myself taking furious notes to get down the verbatim commentary of a fellow student. In my West African literature class, a male student commented on a Senegalese novel in an approving tone by saying, “Every man in the book is basically a douche bag.” A few students giggled, but no one challenged the student for using the unfortunate term — the professor, who grew up speaking British English, likely did not understand the comment’s meaning. I will not dwell on the most directly offensive — and ironic — aspect of the comment itself, which is that my classmate was using such a misogynistic slur in the course of lauding an author for her feminist critique. Suffice it to say that misogyny in the classroom can take on surprising forms. In the humanities at least, where I have spent most of my time, there is often an atmosphere that encourages participation as a reflexive, thoughtless activity. This is not necessarily, and certainly not exclusively, the fault of professors. Many professors I have had who encourage participation are clear to emphasize that it is the quality — and not the quantity — of participation that is most important. At the same time, there are many professors who let students get away with creating a classroom atmosphere where any comment is acceptable. Potentially, a class in which everyone participates is much better than one in which only a few dominate the floor. It is just as important, however, that we conduct ourselves in classroom discussion with a certain amount of respect — respect not only for other students but also for the professor and the materials we read. This respect is certainly compatible with criticism. But criticism that arrives, as it so often does, out of the mouths of those who may have read 10 percent of the material about which they comment, or even from those who have not read it at all, is obnoxious. In part, frivolous comments are an unfortunate but

not unavoidable outgrowth of the idea that every voice deserves to be heard. I consider this idea not an absolute truth but one that is based on certain justifying assumptions. For example, every voice deserves to be heard because everyone has spent some amount of time thinking about what he or she to say, or because every speaker takes himself or herself seriously. Unfortunately, it often seems as though I cannot take such things for granted. All this is not to say that thoughtless or sloppily expressed comments come only from those who rarely participate — in fact, it is often the reverse. Many times, those who do not often speak up in class do so not out of fear or a lack of self-esteem, but because they only

If you haven’t anything intelligent to say, say nothing at all. want to speak when they have something important or well thought-out to say. I’ve often heard professors remark that some of the best papers come from people who speak up the least in class. Professor Nancy Armstrong, chair of the English department, told me she thinks Brown students are among the best she has taught in terms of the way they approach class discussion. Still, she said she believes that such discussions “should be an exercise in collective problem-solving and that students should put aside their own narcissism in order to pursue a group objective.” I tend to have a more pessimistic view than Armstrong as to how often this narcissism occurs. But I think we agree that seeing oneself as part of a coopera-

tive community of learners can greatly improve the kind of contributions students can make to discussions. Despite its politics, I increasingly see Brown as an intensely individualistic atmosphere, particularly in the sphere of academics. It’s no surprise, then, that grandstanding and frivolity infect discussions to the extent that they do. I do not believe the standard I would like to see in class discussion is beyond the capabilities of any Brown students — indeed, I do not believe it is beyond students at any college. At a very basic level, terms like “douche bag” — unless one is talking about the actual bag, not the slang — should be left out of the discussion. But the presence of such language is part of a larger lack of informality that students must address — we must appreciate the seriousness of our professors and our work, and approach our class discussion, as well as our education more broadly, as something more than the vehicle for another dirty joke. When we do not, our education truly does suffer, and this may have something to do with the fact that so many of us dread discussion sections or seminars with a lot of discussion. To me, the problem is not a lack of entertaining comments — there is plenty of entertainment elsewhere — but a lack of seriousness. With this plea for formality, I do not put forward the ideal of a classroom full of students speaking in Derridean academese (indeed, I shudder at the thought). I also do not suggest that all informality must be excised from the classroom — that professors and students cannot joke with one another, or that there is something wrong with calling a professor by her first name, if the professor approves. Rather, what I wish for is a class of students who think before we speak, and who remember that each time we talk, everyone else is expected to listen. Peter Ian Asen ’04 hopes that neither of the student speakers at his commencement tells anyone to “shove it.”

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SPORTS WEDNESDAY MARCH 24, 2004 · PAGE 12

Spacemen, Oil Cans and drop-kicks: Who will be this year’s BoSox headcase? After last season’s ALCS and a controversial off-season, questions float around about the 104th season of Boston Red Sox baseball. Will Nomar return to form? Who will emerge as the fifth starter? Is CHARLIE VALLELY Pedro only a sixCHARLES IN CHARGE inning pitcher? But there is a question that has seemingly flown under the radar, one that I think needs to be considered more seriously: Who will become the resident Crazy Man? The Red Sox have a rich and illustrious history of head cases and eccentric players. For the Red Sox faithful, this is common knowledge. But, for the unfamiliar, let me bring you up to speed. The poster child for Red Sox Crazy Men is Bill “Spaceman” Lee. A starting pitcher for the Sox from 1969 to 1978, Lee regularly spoke of drugs, sex, zen, talking to animals, and Mao Zedong. He was eccentric on the field, throwing his “moonball” curve, which relied on gravity as much as spin, and talking to himself on the mound. But he was most known for his off-the-field antics and his remarkable quotability. For instance: “The other day they asked me about mandatory drug testing. I said I believed in drug testing a long time ago. All through the ’60s I tested everything.” In a sport known for prepackaged answers, the Spaceman was, well, the Spaceman. Next comes a personal favorite: Oil Can Boyd. Oil Can, a starter with the Sox from 1982 to 1989, who was known for his fiery temper, tasteless celebrations and wiry 6’1”, 155-pound frame. Oil Can was insane. When he was left off the 1986 AllStar team, he threw a public tantrum that led the Sox to suspend him and place him in a psychiatric ward. When he was told Bruce Hurst would start Game Seven of the 1986 World Series, which he was originally scheduled to pitch, Oil Can cried. And his nickname? Where he’s from, “oil” is slang for beer. His original nickname was Beer Can. Unbelievable. The list goes on: Mike “Gator” Greenwell got his nickname from wrestling alligators during the off-season. Dennis Eckersley smoked hand-rolled cigarettes in the bullpen. Steve “Psycho” Lyons wrote notes to opposing players with his spikes in the outfield grass. More recently, in 2000, the Red Sox

were graced with the presence of outfielder Carl Everett, an Apostolic Christian with a history of domestic violence. Everett was so weird he was threatening, and it wasn’t just the way he blinked spasmodically during at-bats. Rather, it was his press conferences, where he would frequently start fights with reporters. In one interview, out of the blue, he said: “You can’t prove dinosaurs ever existed. I feel it’s far-fetched.” If you ever see Carl Everett, agree with him and back away slowly. In 2001 there was Israel Alcantara, who did the most bizarre thing I’ve ever seen in sports. While he was playing for the Pawtucket Red Sox, Rhode Island’s minorleague team, a pitcher nearly hit him. Izzy proceeded to drop-kick the catcher and charge the mound. It was baffling. I don’t think even Izzy saw it coming. Finally, we arrive at last year, a watershed year for the Sox Crazy Man. First, there was erratic reliever Byung Hyun Kim. His slider became so wild that by the end of the season, not even he knew where it was going. Kim also attacked a South Korean photographer, shattering his camera and flipping off Fenway Park after the fans booed him. The next time Kim took the field, he wore oven mitts. But last year also saw a new variation of the crazy guy — the non-threatening type. Most notable is Kevin Millar and his “Rally Karaoke Guy,” a tape of him from his first year in college singing Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the U.S.A.” on his own, while pumping his fist, gyrating his hips and, evidently, knowing few of the words. Then there was Johnny Damon. Throughout the year, Damon grew out his hair, allowing it to take a form described by ESPN.com’s Sports Guy as the “caveman lawyer” look. Recently, it was revealed that Damon had been benched for his nightlife habits. Addressing the issue, Damon said, “Never one time last year was I incapacitated where I was so drunk that I didn’t know what was going on.” A reasonable explanation. And finally, we return to the question: Who will fill the shoes of Resident Crazy Man in 2K4? There are two obvious frontrunners. The first is Damon, who has not cut his hair since last season and also grown a beard. Currently, he resembles Jesus. During spring training Damon has see VALLELY, page 9

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Gymnast Jayne Finst ’04 was named ECAC Gymnast of the Year for the second straight season. Her coach, Sara Carver-Milne also received ECAC Coach of the Year.

Gymnasts take third place at ECAC Championship, Finst ‘04 and Carver-Milne receive honors BY BROOKE WOLFE

Brown can officially claim two of the top figures in NCAA women’s gymnastics. On Sunday, Jayne Finst ’04 was named 2004 ECAC Gymnast of the Year, and Head Coach Sara Carver-Milne was named ECAC Coach of the Year. The team actually found out the previous night at its end-of-year banquet that Finst would receive the award. It is the second consecutive year Finst has received the honor, making her the first gymnast in conference history to be so

BC takes advantage of fast home court, sweeps women’s tennis 4-0 BY ROBBIE COREY-BOULET

Just five days after receiving word that No. 1 player Stephanie Falconi ’06 was out for the season with a knee injury, the 75th-ranked women’s tennis team (5-3) was shut out by 65th-ranked Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Mass., on Sunday. The day produced few bright spots for the Bears, who saw their five-match winning streak snapped and their record against ranked opponents drop to 0-3. The doubles team of Victoria Beck ’04 and Kerry Meath ’05 gave an impressive performance at No. 1, taking six games from Emily Hellberg and Nida Waseem

before falling. But the team of Alex Arlak ’05 and Michelle Pautler ’07 could not keep up with Allison Ashley and Morgan Landes, losing 8-2. Daisy Ames ’07 and Amanda Saiontz ’07 fell to Szilvia Szegedi and Lindsey Nash by the same score. Although both doubles teams had been able to step up for injured players during Brown’s recent five-match winning streak against unranked opponents, they could not continue their success against BC’s confident doubles lineup. Arlak said the loss came from a combination of Brown’s poor play and an

exceptional performance by BC. “(BC has) been playing really well recently,” she said. Brown failed to win a set in the day’s singles matches but did see strong play from both Meath and Ames. At No. 3 singles, Meath found her rhythm in the second set and was able to push Waseem to a tiebreaker before losing 6-2, 7-6 (4). Ames was leading 4-0 in the first set of her No. 6 match before it was called due to the Bears’ mathematical elimination. Stepping in at the No. 1 position, Arlak could take only three games from see W. TENNIS, page 6

honored. Carver-Milne, on the other hand, said she was shocked to be named Coach of the Year. “This was something I could not even think to expect for at least another 10 years of coaching,” said Carver-Milne, who has now coached Brown through two successful seasons. In addition to receiving these individual honors, the team was able to rise from its original sixth-place finish to a surprising third place at the championship meet Sunday at the University of Pennsylvania. Finst had some outstanding performances, taking first place in the allaround, with a score of 39.125, as well as first on the beam, scoring 9.9. Finst also led the Bears on the floor, taking sixth in the meet with a 9.8. Gina Verge ’04, Carver-Milne’s other choice for ECAC Gymnast of the Year, took seventh in the all-around with a 37.4 and also scored well on the beam and floor. Other outstanding performances included career highs from Jillian Day ’04, who earned a 9.5 on the beam, and Kelly Moran ’05, with a score of 9.725 on the bars. The season continues for Finst at the regional meet, which begins April 2 at Pennsylvania State University. Herald staff writer Brooke Wolfe ’07 covers gymnastics. She can be reached at bwolfe@browndailyherald.com.