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Four decades after inception, Brown-Tougaloo relationship undergoes reinvigoration BY CAMDEN AVERY

Forty years ago, Brown began a relationship with Tougaloo College, a historically black college in Jackson, Miss. The connection was forged in 1964 as a cooperative experiment in academia, a product of the Civil Rights Movement and its fallout of political activism. Now, after 40 years of modifications and varying degrees of success, the schools continue to participate in an exchange program that, like the relationship itself, is now in the midst of another reevaluation, according to University administrators. Associate Professor of History James Campbell said the group of committees concerned with the Tougaloo program “is in the process, again, of reconsidering how to do what it does better.” The relationship between the two schools is being “reinvigorated,” rather than revised, according to Valerie Wilson, executive director of the Leadership Alliance and leader of the BrownTougaloo exchange. “It is a critical truth that longstanding relationships must be reinvented constantly in order for there to be relevancy in the programs,” she wrote in an e-mail to The Herald. “Last February there was a meeting of individuals who have some sort of relationship with Brown and Tougaloo,” she said in an earlier phone interview. “They met to consider a series of questions about the relationship,” such as how it should be developed. The meeting resulted in a decision to reinvigorate the Brown-Tougaloo relationship, Wilson said. She said the program’s historical importance and renewed interest from the schools’ new presidents, both of whom were hired less

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Executive Vice President for Planning Richard Spies serves a pastry to one of many attendees of the dessert social Thursday afternoon in Sayles Hall.

Semester’s rapid pace a trick of the calendar, not of the imagination BY CHRIS HATFIELD

At this time of year it’s common to hear students complaining about how finals snuck up on them or wondering how the semester could be almost over. But if it seems more students were caught off-guard by finals this semester than usual, there’s a good chance that’s the case. Due to the structure of the University’s academic calendar, the fall semester was almost a week shorter this year than last year. This loss of class days in the fall occurs every five or six years. Under the principles governing the academic calendar, the fall semester begins the

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Tuesday after Labor Day and ends on Dec. 20, or Dec. 19 if Dec. 20 falls on a Sunday. Because the first day can be any day from Sept. 2 to 8 but the end date is static, the fall semester can be anywhere from 64 to 69 days long. Last year, the fall semester was the maximum of 69 days. With this semester down to only 65, the University lost almost a week’s worth of class. No such problem occurs in the spring, when both the start and end of the semester are based on sliding dates that keep the number of class days at 68. “It does affect how the classes go,”

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With new dean and expanding faculty, Division of Biology and Medicine sees new research opportunities ahead FACULTY EXPANSION THREE YEARS IN

BY KIRA LESLEY

Long lagging behind peer institutions in terms of funding and resources, the Division of Biology and Medicine stands to become one of the largest beneficiaries of President Ruth Simmons’ Initiatives for Academic Enrichment. Brown’s Division of Biology and Medicine comprises the Program in Biology, the Medical School and the Program in Public Health. Each year, about 2,600 to 3,000 undergraduates — including 300 concentrators — are enrolled in one of the courses of the five biology departments. The biology departments also enroll about 130 graduate students each year. As part of the Plan for Academic Enrichment and the bio-med division’s own expansion, the Division of Biology and Medicine will soon have between 30

fifth in a five-part series and 40 new faculty members, according to Associate Dean for Research Peter Shank. Some of these positions have already been filled, including five of six in brain sciences and two of six in genomics and proteomics, Shank said. The ecology and evolutionary biology department will also be receiving two new faculty members, and molecular pharmacology, physiology and biotechnology will also receive one new faculty member, according to Interim Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences Dr. Richard Besdine. The addition of faculty will benefit all students taking classes in the bio-med

division, Shank said, because all faculty members teach both graduate and undergraduate classes. In addition, more faculty members will translate into more research opportunities for undergraduates. “The effect (of adding faculty) is huge because undergraduates in the bio-med department do a research project with a faculty member and these are the faculty with whom they’ll be doing research,” Besdine said. In keeping with the increased focus on research expansion, the University announced Wednesday that Dr. Eli Adashi, formerly of the University of Utah Health Sciences Center, will be taking over for Besdine as dean for medicine and biological sciences. Adashi, who boasts a prolific research career,

Chez Lenore’s “lease” is legal, even though it was just a simple handshake, according to lawyers metro, page 5

UFB opens presentation portion of meetings, sees better student-group proposals campus news, page 5

BY ANNE WOOTTON

President Ruth Simmons has spent much of this semester away from Brown, raising funds in the “quiet phase” of the University’s capital campaign. Before leaving to look at a mock-up of the Life Sciences Building, Simmons took time on Wednesday to speak with The Herald about her overarching vision for the Plan for Academic Enrichment, plans for the capital campaign’s official launch, the University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice and what it’s like to ask for a $100 million donation. Simmons’ next trip will take her to California in January, followed by Oregon; Denver, Colo.; Phoenix, Ariz.; Florida, Detroit, Mich.; Houston, Texas; and Atlanta. She will travel to Paris over the summer and to Asia next year. Herald: Everyone is most curious about the plan, and how you think it’s going. Simmons: The plan is — well, it’s amazing. We started the first year doing a very abbreviated plan just to get started, and in that first year we announced the major things. They included need-blind admissions, an expansion of the faculty and changes in graduate school support. The second year, we started a much

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I N S I D E F R I D AY, D E C E M B E R 3 , 2 0 0 4 Brownbrokers’ “Psyche” mixes musical styles successfully, uses talented cast well arts & culture, page 3

Looking back and ahead: Simmons reflects on the semester and U.’s future

Rob Sand ’05.5 thinks John Kerry ripped of some Democrats during the presidential election column, page 11

Re-turfed OMAC field should help alleviate scheduling crunch for club and intramural teams sports, page 12

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THIS MORNING FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2004 · PAGE 2 Five Stories Eddie Ahn

TO D AY ’ S E V E N TS X-RATED HYPNOTIST 7:30 p.m. (Salomon 101) — Providence’s own X-rated hypnotist will perform a show for Brown students. Doors open at 7 p.m., and tickets are $5. First-years and members of sororities and fraternities get in for free.

“PSYCHE” 8 p.m. (Stuart Theater) — Brownbrokers’ musical production, written by Jed Resnick ’06 and featuring music by James Eglehofer ’04, opens tonight on the main stage.

BROWN UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA 8 p.m. (Sayles Hall) — The Brown University Orchestra performs pieces from Gould, Copland and Schumann with conductor Paul Phillips and clarinet soloist Alex Kotch ’06. $2 for students and seniors; $4 general admission.

FALL DANCE CONCERT 8 p.m. (Ashamu Dance Studio) — The first night of the annual Fall Dance Concert features various dance groups on campus, including Fusion, Dance Extension, Attitude, New Works and others.

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MENU Jero Matt Vascellaro SHARPE REFECTORY LUNCH — Shepherd’s Pie, French Green Beans with Tomatoes, Pancakes, French Toast, Home Fries with Garlic, Grilled Breakfast Sausages, Hard Boiled Eggs, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Mocha Angel Dessert. DINNER — Breaded Pollock Fillets with Tartar Sauce, Rice Pilaf, Asparagus Cuts with Lemon, Baked Acorn Squash, Multigrain Bread, Cajun Apple Cake, Chicken Pesto Pasta.

VERNEY-WOOLLEY DINING HALL LUNCH — Vegetarian Minestrone Soup, German Sausage Chowder, Chicken Fingers, Cheese Tomato Strata, Sugar Snap Peas, Chocolate Chip Cookies. DINNER — Vegetarian Minestrone Soup, German Sausage Chowder, Chopped Sirloin with Onion Sauce, Lasagna with Sauce Oven Browned Potatoes, Belgian Carrots, Sauteed Broccoli with Garlic, Multigrain Bread, Cajun Apple Cake.

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ARTS & CULTURE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2004 · PAGE 3

Brownbrokers’ ‘Psyche’ worthy of the gods BY JEN SOPCHOCKCHAI

Set to an unlikely pairing of musical styles, Brownbrokers’ “Psyche” is an ancient love story told with a contemporary twist. The musical is an original adaptation of Greek mythology, written by Jed Resnick ’06 (book and lyrics) and James Egelhofer ’04 (music). It’s contemporary in the music it incorporates as well as the modern sensibilities and language its characters project. Psyche is a mortal girl adored by fleets of men as a goddess. A jealous Aphrodite is not exactly pleased by this and deploys her son, Eros, to compel Psyche to fall in love with a monster. When faced with the beautiful maiden, however, Eros falls for Psyche himself. In the show Apollo warns Eros that all mortal-god romances end in misery. Will this one suffer the same fate? “Psyche” acknowledges that it is a formulaic romantic comedy, and therefore allows itself to be playful and fresh. It also has a pleasantly sur-

prising amount of character development. Psyche is a progressive youth trapped by her beauty; she is complex because she wants men to engage her in conversation instead of ogle her. Resnick’s lyrics are cute and funny, but it is his script that has substance. If all the musical numbers were removed, the spoken scenes remaining would still form a compelling play. Egelhofer’s compositions combine two genres of music that would not normally appear together on stage. At first “Psyche” appears to be a rock musical in the mold of “Rent,” “Aida” or “Jesus Christ Superstar,” but when the gods break out into song, Baroque harpsichord trills accompany them. The effectiveness of this contrast is debatable and at times jarring, but the musical representation of the differences between humans and gods ultimately strengthens the show.

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Renovations underway in CIT BY JANE PORTER

A staircase displaying Brown’s computer museum pieces in the CIT is currently in the preliminary stages of construction at the Center for CAMPUS NEWS Information Technology. The project is part of the expansion of the Department of Computer Science to the third floor of the CIT building. The staircase will help unify the existing offices on the fourth and fifth floors with the new third-floor office space, said Tom Doeppner, associate professor of computer science and department vice chair. “We don’t want peeps who have offices on the third floor to feel that they are out in Siberia,” Doeppner said. In addition to the staircase, the $1.4 million project will also pro-

vide the CS department with more classroom space, a media room, around 13 offices, a large open work area, a kitchen, additional storage space and new furniture, said Project Manager Joanna Saltonstall. These additions are part of the second phase of renovation of the CIT’s third floor, which was given to the computer science department last year after Computing and Information Services offices previously occupying the space moved to a new location in Davol Square. The first phase of the expansion project was a $1 million renovation of the north half of the third floor. The renovation began last fall and was completed by the spring of 2004. It involved the construction of three labs and a TA room, which are currently being

used by the department. The staircase will curve around a display of computers the computer science department has collected over the years. The computers will rest on glass shelves suspended from cables, and luminescent panels along the railings will add a modern element to the design, Saltonstall said. “We have kept one of every kind of computer we have ever had, back to the early 1970s,” Doeppner said. “It’s the history of the department in all of these machines.” The collection includes over a dozen computers that are a part of the department’s computer museum, currently located under the fourth floor staircase. The new stairs will provide a more visible display area for these machines

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Tougaloo continued from page 1 than four years ago, were key factors in the decision to breathe new life into the program. She added that when President Ruth Simmons went to Tougaloo as the college’s Commencement speaker last spring, she “signed a recommitment to the relationship between Brown and Tougaloo” with Tougaloo President Beverly Hogan. “We are at a stage of building the programs,” Wilson said. “We’re in the quiet phase.” According to Wilson, the University is waiting to establish a new set of programs with Tougaloo before widely publicizing the relationship again. Karen Allen Baxter, professor of Africana studies and chair of the Tougaloo Campus Advisory Committee, said information about the exchange opportunities right now is spreading “basically (by) word of mouth.” Brown and Tougaloo are still exchanging students, however, and the collaboration includes several different exchange programs, including ones for students, faculty members and administrative experts. Students can take classes at the other college for a semester, and Tougaloo professors teach at Brown during the summer. The student exchange includes an undergraduate exchange and the Early Identification Program, which accepts a handful of Tougaloo students each year to enter the Brown Medical School. Sheree Carney MD ’07, a for-

Calendar continued from page 1 said Professor of Biology Peter Heywood, about the changing length of the fall semester. “This fall was a case of moving things around so that topics that took three lectures were condensed to two lectures.” Some students have complained that the same course material was squeezed into the smaller amount of time. “The last month of the semester has definitely been crammed in some classes,” said Newton Ikhariale ’06. “But some professors crammed in other parts of the semester.” Heywood chaired the committee that recommended the institution of the current academic calendar, which took effect in the fall semester of 1983. Previously, the fall semester began in the second week in September and ended in January, with a break for the winter holidays. When a committee proposed moving the fall semester to end before the holidays, many professors opposed the measure, afraid they would have to spend their breaks correcting exams, according to Heywood. “The saying used by the professors who opposed the changes was ‘blue books under the Christmas tree,’” Heywood said, referring to the small blue books often used in exams. The spring semester was

mer Tougaloo student, entered Brown in Fall 2003 through the Early Identification Program. She applied for the program when she was a sophomore at Tougaloo and completed the required exchange semester at Brown her junior year. Carney knew she wanted to apply for the Early Identification Program as early as her freshman year at Tougaloo, where, she said, “it’s very, very well known and established.” The current stage of development for the relationship involves looking at the schools and deciding what kind of collaboration would best benefit both institutions, Wilson said. According to her, the three exchanges — student, faculty and “academic enrichment,” which includes positions like library employment — are the focus of most development concerns. Several plans are being considered for new collaborative programs, Wilson said. The Education Alliance at Brown and the Tougaloo education division, for example, “are considering ways in which students and faculty may be able to participate in the Education Alliance program” at Brown, she said. Wilson also said that she is working with another faculty member “to develop a grand proposal for international research opportunities.” These opportunities, she said, would potentially be designed “to recruit individual students from Brown and Tougaloo who would work together in teams at international research sites.” Herald staff writer Camden Avery ’07 can be reached at herald@browndailyherald.com.

moved a week earlier to compensate for the new, longer winter break. The four-day weekend in February was also instituted to give students and faculty a break between the start of the semester and Spring Break, Heywood said. If the University wanted to set a sliding end date in December that would never fall on Christmas in order to keep the same length to the semester, the start date would need to be adjusted again, said University Registrar Michael Pesta. But that would require starting the semester before Labor Day, something that was considered when the current calendar was developed. “The fall semester was noticeably shorter here than it was at Emory (University),” said Dana Ayoub ’05, who transferred to Brown after her freshman year. “When I was a sophomore I was shocked how soon Thanksgiving came.” While this fall’s shortened semester can be attributed to how the 365-day calendar works, there have been true anomalies in the past. In 1994, the Tuesday after Labor Day happened to be Rosh Hashanah, so the University set the first day of classes a week later than usual in addition to other changes. The semester had only 63 class days that year, Pesta said. Herald staff writer Chris Hatfield ’06 edits the sports section. He can be reached at herald@browndailyherald.com.

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CAMPUS NEWS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2004 · PAGE 5

UFB switch to open meetings results in better presentations BY STEVE MOILANEN

Responding to complaints from students, the Undergraduate Finance Board established an “open” meeting policy earlier this semester, for the first time allowing students to watch as their student activity fee is allocated to campus groups. UFB meetings include two parts: student presentations and member deliberations. Until this year, both parts of the UFB meetings were completely closed. Beginning this year, the presentation portion of the meetings was opened to anyone. The deliberation process remains closed. The implications of the change have been twofold, said UFB Chair Adam Deitch ’05. First, he said, conducting open meetings is a matter of principle. Deitch said that students should have a sense of “openness in governance.” And while only a small number of students have attended the newly opened meetings, Deitch said, “More important is the ideological element.” According to Deitch, the other effect of the change has been that student groups can now see the presentation process for themselves. Deitch said that before the change, even representatives for student groups who were simply waiting to present were not allowed into the meeting room and had to sit outside on the floor. Representatives from groups are now able to see what a “good” presentation looks like and what sorts of questions will be asked of them. As a result, Deitch said, “The presentations (this year) have been substantively better.” Deitch said that the response to the change from student groups has been

encouraging. “In previous years there have been a ton of complaints,” he said. This year he has heard “nothing but positive feedback.” Student groups that have presented in front of UFB this year agree. “It helps people understand what the context is for the presentation,” said Josh Champagne ’05, a representative for the men’s Ultimate Frisbee team. Champagne added that while the change is beneficial, student groups are still competing for limited resources. Michael Flaxman ’07, representative for the Outing Club, also agreed. “I think it will help foster student trust in the system,” he said. He added that he believed the change would make it “harder to shortchange any organization.” According to Deitch, the new open meeting policy is one of several changes being made to UFB this year. Beginning this year, members of UFB attended a daylong orientation to familiarize themselves with the work they would be doing. Additionally, UFB members are holding office hours for students. UFB is currently working toward creating a “code of operations” that Deitch said will serve as a how-to for students groups’ presentations. According to the UFB Web site, these changes are aimed at “better integrating the ideals of accountability, openness, and communication into the way (UFB) both interacts with groups and allocates funds.” Deitch said the changes help support the mission of UFB. “The real reason we’re here is to serve the student body,” he said. UFB’s last meeting of the semester is Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Petterutti Lounge.

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Though atypical, Chez Lenore’s ‘handshake’ lease legal, attorneys say BY ROBBIE COREY-BOULET

Two months ago, hairstylist Lenore Ronci would have never guessed she would be forced to leave the Thayer Waterman LLC Building — a space she’s called home for 25 METRO NEWS years. But an abrupt eviction has left Ronci, owner of the hair salon Chez Lenore, looking for new space to rent on College Hill. Ronci said Kenneth Dulgarian, the building’s owner, did not have written leases with tenants on the second floor. She told The Herald in November that Dulgarian previously said he “doesn’t really believe in leases,” leaving her without one for the past 20 years. While Ronci and other tenants thought their rental space was secure, Dulgarian informed them on Oct. 31 that they would be forced to leave by the end of the year, Ronci said. Dulgarian declined to comment for this article. Although this scenario is not typical, local commercial real estate attorneys said Dulgarian’s actions do not violate the Rhode Island Landlord-Tenant Handbook, which governs real estate agreements.

Scott Summer, a business attorney with the Providence-based firm Montaquila and Summer, P.C., said the rental agreement Ronci described is technically legal. If Ronci did not sign a lease and has no other way to prove she entered into a long-term deal with Dulgarian, then her agreement is “subject to termination by any party on 30 days’ notice,” Summer said. “Quite frankly, shame on her for not having a lease,” he said. When Ronci asked to renew her lease after her first five years in the building, Dulgarian assured her a written contract was unnecessary, she said. “He said, ‘We have a handshake. Don’t worry, you’ll be here a long, long time,’” Ronci said. Barry Kusinitz ’71, another Providence-based attorney familiar with commercial real estate issues, said he was surprised such a long-term agreement lacked an official written contract. “I would think the tenant should have tried to protect (herself) more,” he said. A renter without a lease is called an “at-will tenant,” he said, and is assumed to rent the space on a month-to-month basis. Such agreements are subject to termi-

nation at any time as long as the landlord provides proper notification, he said. Summers said that, given Dulgarian’s business reputation, he believes the eviction was probably executed legally. “He’s a well-known landlord on Thayer Street, and he’s a smart businessman,” he said. “I’m sure he did it right.” The affected businesses occupying space on the second floor include the Brown Entrepreneurship Program, a law office, a communications firm, a marine conservation collaborative and a Starbucks Coffee Company training site. Starbucks and Allegra Print & Imaging currently occupy the first floor of the building, which is located at 212 Thayer St. Although Dulgarian would not comment on his future plans for the building, Ronci said she believes the entire second floor will be “broken down” so that Allegra can move upstairs. This process will entail several changes that will alter the character of the building, including demolition of a main staircase so that an elevator can be installed, Ronci said. “I can’t believe he’s going to let

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Café Java to be replaced by Chinese restaurant Café Java, a restaurant on the corner of Thayer and Meeting streets, has closed its doors. Its space is being taken over by a Chinese restaurant. Iskandar Boutros, who was working in the space on Thursday, said his son, Michel, is the new tenant in the Café Java space. He

Lenore continued from page 5 go of that beautiful staircase,” Ronci said. “At one time, he referred to this as his pet building.” Allegra’s owners declined to comment. Prior to her eviction, Ronci said her relationship with Dulgarian was positive and largely without conflict. “I always had a lot of nice things to say about him,” she said. But as his business expanded, Ronci said she believes Dulgarian adopted a more profit-oriented approach in dealing with his clients — one that favored big businesses over smaller tenants. “His relationship with all of us changed,” Ronci said, referring to the smaller second-story tenants. About five years ago, Ronci said, Dulgarian began adjusting the terms of his rental agreements with these tenants, a process that involved raising rents and refusing to pay for some services he previously covered, such as heating expenses. Sundari Meacham, a shift manager at Starbucks, provided a kinder description of Dulgarian and his renting practices. “If anything, he’s great,” she said. “He goes out of his way for us. If I call him with any prob-

said the coffee shop has been closed since Thanksgiving and Michel Boutros plans to open the new restaurant, Shanghai, in five to six weeks. Café Java’s closing comes amid other changes on Thayer. Esta’s, a gift shop, video rental store and bike retailer at the corner of lems, someone comes to take care of it the next day. He’ll even stop in out of his way if he sees something himself.” Meacham said Starbucks’ owners are aware they will have to relocate their second-story training space, although she was not sure when Dulgarian officially notified them. “I don’t know if we had a lease that’s ending in January and we’re not given the option to renew,” or if Starbucks rented the space on a month-tomonth basis, she said. The branch’s owners and a spokesperson from the company’s corporate headquarters, located in Seattle, declined to comment for this article. Mark Nickel, director of the Brown News Service, said the University has no plans to move into the Thayer Waterman LLC building. “There is no plan. There’s not even any discussion about the University using that space,” Nickel said. Ronci said she believes Dulgarian could have provided his tenants more time to leave the building. “He was very crude and rude,” she said. “He sprung it on us. He just took the ground beneath me.” Ronci added she would no longer do business with Dulgarian, even if he changed his mind and offered to let her keep the space. “This is not the man I met 25 years ago. … Money changes people,” she said.

Thayer and Olive streets, will close Dec. 31, and the Smoothie King franchise at Thayer and Angell streets closed its doors a week ago, putting up signs that it is closed for the season. The College Hill Bookstore and In Your Ear Records closed earlier in the fall. — Stu Woo

Psyche continued from page 3 Director Briel Steinberg ’06 has to juggle a often crowded and chaotic stage, but succeeds. Most of the show’s cast contributes strong vocals, particularly the two leads. Leighton Bryan ’08 is adorable as Psyche and is a consistent and talented singer. David Greis ’07 as Eros can also hold his own as an actor and singer. But the show-stealing performance belongs — no surprise — to Debbie Friedman ’05, who plays Aphrodite. Friedman has never failed to be amazing in a show, and her diva-Cruella DeVille-seductress version of the goddess of love is no exception. Ross Cowan ’07 shows off perfect comedic timing in this production, after demonstrating in “The Laramie Project” earlier this semester that he can handle drama, too. The best scene in the entire show is easily when Psyche and Eros are alone together for the first time. The interaction the two soon-to-be lovers have with each other outshines any flashy chorus number Resnick and Egelhofer can dish out. And the song in this scene will stun the audience with its beauty, just as Psyche does Greece. Herald Arts & Culture editor Jen Sopchockchai ’05 can be reached at herald@browndailyherald.com.

CIT continued from page 3 and will also help unify the department more. “One of the nice things about the central staircase is you get the sense that you are in a building within a building,” Doeppner said. Drywall and electric wiring are currently being worked on for the project. The actual installation of the staircase will take place over winter break, when loud noise and heavy machinery can be used without disturbing faculty and students, Saltonstall said. The staircase will be installed by March and the renovation project completed by April, Doeppner said. “The whole project gives us a lot of needed space not only for faculty and graduate students,” Doeppner said. “Already we have space for undergraduate teaching assistants and researchers, and we will have more space when this thing is finished.” Herald staff writer Jane Porter ’06 can be reached at herald@browndailyherald.com.

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Simmons continued from page 1 more extensive process, involving students, faculty, campus committees and so forth, in a debate about where our resources should be allocated and precisely how much we should try to do over the 10-year period of time. We undertook, for example, a master planning process just for the physical campus and invited in an architect who looked at everything on the campus and told us what we needed to do in order to improve the campus. That person looked at where we might find expansion room, because the question is if we need a new building, where on the Earth would we put it? Because we couldn’t figure that out — we looked around and we didn’t see that. We knew we needed an expert to come in to do that. As you might imagine, in every possible aspect of the campus, we’ve been studying what we should do. That took the next two years because it’s very involved. We really have been looking at everything. A subset of that was looking at what kind of spaces should our students have, and so we brought in a separate group to look at social spaces on campus, whether we needed a fitness center, whether we needed a campus center, what we should do with the Ratty, what we should do with our dorms, and on and on. … I would say where we are now is with all of these studies and refinements and debates and so forth, we are at a point in the plan where we have a very good idea of what we anticipate doing over a ten year period of time, that those things have been well-vetted by alumni, administrators, students. I’m very happy where we are now. I was concerned at the outset given how complex this all was — we actually might not be able to involve people to the extent that we needed to, but I do think that the students have had a strong voice in the process. We’re doing some things that I wouldn’t have guessed we’d be doing, frankly, but that’s because we listen to student input in terms of those things. Herald: You have said in the past that you have been pleased with donors’ willingness to put their money to whatever uses the University thinks are most important for the plan. Where do fitness centers fit in? Simmons: It was really the campus that urged that we build the fitness center. If I had made the decision myself, I’m not sure how — I might’ve picked the Ratty first (laughs). But I’ve really been convinced by the students that that isn’t the most important thing to them. Yes, we do need to renovate the Ratty, but it’s not the most urgent thing, from the students’ standpoint. (The Undergraduate Council of Students) recommended some near-term changes that they thought were needed — extending the hours of certain things on campus to reflect the hours that students keep, rather than the official University hours. And while that’s been controversial, implementing it, it really came from the student

recommendations that they needed some of these things open. The students requested extended library hours. They requested more gathering spaces on the campus, so we’ve redone a number of spaces on campus because of student suggestions there. They’ve suggested more satellite fitness, so we have two new satellite fitness facilities. So we’ve tried to implement as much of that as we could. At the same time, I think when we started this process I would’ve guessed a different outcome. I would’ve guessed that there would be much more substantial interest in, for example, doing the Ratty first. But that hasn’t been the case. There’s been much more interest in, for example, fitness centers, than going in and redoing the Ratty. Herald: So it’s really a question of involving as many groups as you can in this huge undertaking? Simmons: Right. Do you think it’s too huge? I wake up every day worrying about whether or not we’re trying to do too much. That’s my biggest worry. That’s the thing I think about most — is it too much, and will we collapse under our own ambition? On the other hand, I would worry if we didn’t have that ambition. Herald: What about the campaign? When might it start? Simmons: The Corporation has endorsed a 10 to 15-year plan that involves capital improvements, an increase to the endowment, new programs, enhancements for student life, planning for a greatly expanded campus not necessarily on College Hill and so on. Because we have all that planning underway, we are now in a position to launch the campaign officially and to go to our donors and say, “Here is what we’d like you to support. I know you’re interested in this, I know you’re interested in that, but note: Here is three years of study and consultation with every group on the campus, that has resulted in our prediction that this is the right set of things to support. Will you support those things?” So far people are responding very well to that. I think this is a campaign — in my own experience with campaigns — where the donors are responding to what we actually need, and to what we actually want, which is fantastic. Imagine having somebody give you $100 million and not fuss with you about what it should be for. And when you say, ‘Our highest priority, Mr. Frank, is student financial aid,’ and the donor says, ‘Okay,’ without any discussion, I mean — it’s sort of like a dream. It’s going well, and our goal officially is to launch in the fall. We’re getting to go public in the fall. (This semester) I’ve been asking for money. In the quiet phase of the campaign the goal is to raise what is called a “nucleus fund,” a very substantial amount of money that you try to raise to get the campaign off to a good start. Our biggest donors are approached in this phase. We have a targeted list of people that we pay attention to throughout the year, and it’s rather like a little dance. We try to get on their schedule, and

they know why we’re coming so they might not be available (laughs). We keep working with them to make sure that we can see them. Sometimes we’re seeing people several times, not just one time. There are several different things that we do. I go in to meet with people to talk about the campaign. Then, we do big events. We do dinners, we do luncheons, and these are wonderful because it’s a very small setting, and people feel they’re much more included, much more involved, because they’re really having a conversation with us about Brown. Then we have the bigger events, and the bigger events are just huge. They’re as many people who desire to come as can. We just did a big event in Northern New Jersey. We have a lot of alums in the New York area, and sometimes they feel that we only pay attention to Manhattan. We did a huge event in Boston a few weeks ago, which was actually the day after the election, and it was in the same place where Kerry had conceded, so it was quite interesting and very emotional kind of session with the Bostonians there, because the election was very much on people’s minds. And yet we got terrific attendance at the reception. Part of it is being out and about in the country and letting people connect to the University. It’s a lot of fun for me when I go to events and people come up to me and say, “I’ve been out of Brown for 40 years. I’ve never been back to campus since then, and this is the first time I’ve ever done anything.” Isn’t that terrific? I mean, when you can find people who’ve been away for 40 years — Sidney was away for 60! Sixty years, OK, with virtually no contact with Brown. So there is so much potential for us among all of those people out there who really are connected to Brown and for whom Brown has done a lot. And we have to find them. Because we can’t be successful at the level we want to be if we do not find them, and if we do not pay attention to them. Herald: What’s the general idea behind the campus center? Simmons: There has been a lot of work done on that, and there is a proposed site if we do a campus center. It’s not altogether clear that that’s the highest priority for the campus. What the students have told us

is that they feel that the opportunities to function more coherently as a community are missed at Brown because of the absence of a larger space where students can congregate in a variety of different settings. One thing I’ve noticed — I have receptions every year at the house for different classes, and I always have a reception for the seniors. The number of times at the senior reception every year that I see seniors seeing their friends from their first year and saying, ‘Oh my God, I haven’t seen you since first year.’ That’s pretty common at Brown, because of the way we are organized, and student longing for a campus center is really all about the need for community — the need to encounter people more frequently. Herald: The Herald has been covering many of the events sponsored by the Committee for Slavery and Justice. What do you hope to see come out of it? Simmons: I would like to put to rest the sort of nagging sense among alums that there’s something very particular, very different in Brown’s history that’s tied to slavery. I’d like for the historical context to be clear, because there has been an independent body of scholars looking at it and commenting on it. I hope we’ll have something that isn’t a socalled “official University version” that people think is inevitably a whitewash, but an authentic, scholarly observation about the Brown context. I would like to make that available to all of our alums and all of our students, so that we could all answer questions as we go about the country and people say, “By the way, what about John Brown? And what about the way Brown was founded?” I want everybody to have that at the tip of their fingers, to be able to say, “Oh, no, we’ve investigated that thoroughly. Here’s the story.” I think the committee said early on that because of the deep ambivalence that people have — the incapacity in this country to even talk about slavery and justice — (they wanted) to bring some light to that, some clarity, so people don’t feel that they’ve got to break out in invective or scream and be very emotional about this. We’re at a distance where we should understand what history is, and how we interact with history, and how we use history. I’m hoping that there will be something that will enable us to get that into the high school and school curricu-

lum in the state, because much of what we’re dealing with is really about state history. I think it would be wonderful if we had something in the curriculum at Brown. We walk among so many different things every single day on our campus without the least idea of what we are looking at, what we are seeing. (The committee) is also for us to gain a better appreciation for what we are walking among, because we have so many historic sites on our campus and near our campus that it would be very useful to know how to use that as a part of our overall learning process. Part of the planning process has been about using what we have in a better way — this is also about using what we have in a better way. Yale created an institute on slavery. What’s the proper way for Brown to organize that? We have, in the John Carter Brown Library, some of the most amazing resources on slavery in the New World. How are we making use of that? I think that there are so many directions they could go in, and I just hope that because of the expertise that they have, that we will get some really terrific ideas. I love that kind of stuff — people confronting history using their intellectual resources to do it well, and helping to demonstrate how you can take the emotions out of so many of the things that we’re dealing with and look at world conflict today and ways in which societies are fundamentally broken because they are unable to use their intellectual resources and their simple human capacity to get beyond historic wrongs. I’m fascinated by the fact that we can have, as a nation, a bitterly divided election, and be very angry about that, and then get up the next day and continue with the work that must go on. That’s something that we have really not been able to replicate extensively around the world. Why not? What is it that we are not doing as universities that might help that process along better? How should we dare think that societies can do that, if we cannot do it at universities? So I love the fact that Brown is doing this, I love the fact that it’s controversial and Brown is doing it still, and I think it’s one of the best things that a university can do. Herald staff writer Anne Wootton ’08 can be reached at herald@browndailyherald.com.

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Faculty continued from page 1 said he wants to make increasing research opportunities for undergraduates, graduates and medical students a top priority. Along with the new faculty will come much-needed expansion of research facilities, Besdine said. In addition to occupying space in the Life Sciences Building, the bio-med

division will expand into a fivestory building at 70 Ship St., in the Jewelry District. The building, which formerly housed a costume jewelry store, will now be home to Brown’s state-of-theart 105,000-square-foot Laboratories for Molecular Medicine, Besdine said. The Ship Street building is Brown’s first academic building to be located off College Hill, Besdine said. It will house the new Center for Genomics and Proteomics.

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Proteomics is a field that developed as a result of genomics — a branch of genetics that studies organisms in terms of their genomes, or full DNA sequences. “Genomics … is the study of how groups of genes act together and how genes regulate themselves and one another,” Besdine said. Proteomics deals with analyzing the structure, function and interactions of the proteins produced by a particular cell, tissue or organism. The two fields are linked because genes affect biological change through the synthesis and control of proteins, he said. Most of modern biology focuses on genomics and proteomics, Besdine said. “Brown had not kept pace in the past in these areas, so investment in them has been absolutely essential, and I totally agree with that decision,” he said. Scientists working at the Ship Street building will do research directed at gaining a better understanding of the basis of human biology and disease, Besdine said. In general, scientists on campus are focused on basic biological medicines, not disease, but “there is a point of intersection, and that’s what we’re focusing on at Ship Street,” he said. In addition to a combined 270,000 square feet of space in the Ship Street and Life Sciences buildings, the University has committed to building a new 150,000-square-foot building for the Program in Public Health, Shank said. The location for this building has not yet been determined. The University has also committed to adding 17 new tenuretrack faculty in the Department of Community Health, Shank said. Two more results of the departmental expansion include the Initiative in Global and Environmental Change, an interdisciplinary program involving the bio-medical, evolutionary ecology and environmental studies programs, and a program for computational molecular biology. The computational molecular biology initiative will be based at the Ship Street building and will involve “basically figuring out what to do with the 3 billion base-pair sequences of the human genome and how you can use that to figure out information about disease, development and different issues,” Shank said. Shank said that with the planned changes, the Division of Biology and Medicine will be competitive with peer institutions such as Harvard and Stanford University for the world’s best faculty. “I’ve been here 26 years, and I think this is the most exciting time at Brown,” he said. Herald senior staff writer Kira Lesley ’07 can be reached at herald@browndailyherald.com.

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Field continued from page 12 “We are already looking into eventually getting lights for that facility,” Bold said. “To have that kind of surface where you can basically play 24 hours a day and not wear it out, and not have lights would be a waste of space.” The athletic department chose FieldTurf over Astroturf because of its lower injury rates and athletes’ preferences towards it, Bold said. FieldTurf consists of fake blades of plastic grass and rubber pellets that act as dirt, whereas Astroturf is more of a rug of woven synthetic material. In addition, FieldTurf’s infill system is a combination of rubber and sand, making the field softer. “We did a lot of research and talked to many people that have recently put in turf fields,” Bold

M. track continued from page 12 improved runner and as a Heps scorer in the 500-meter run indoors. He also holds the thirdfastest time ever for Brown in the event. Pruzinsky looks to move up to the 200 and 400-meter runs after competing successfully in the shorter dashes as a first-year. Johnson also brings back three members of his fourth-place 4x400 relay squad, a team that raced to the sixth-fastest time in Brown history: Pruzinsky, Dissmore and Christian Tabib ’07. “We have talented freshmen who can step up, like Will Bernitsky and Luke Renick,” Johnson said. “Also, El Gilbert (’05) has stepped up when the relay has needed him throughout his career.” The Bears will open their season on home turf at the OlneyMargolies Athletic Center this Saturday, when Brown hosts the Alden Invitational. “We’re getting it started,” Johnson said. “We’ll see some competition and see what adjustments we need to make as we head into the winter recess meets. It’s good to have the younger ones get on the track early and see what they do with the competition at this level. But we’re really gearing to running fast in late February.” Herald staff writer Jilane Rodgers ’06 covers men’s track and field. She can be reached at herald@browndailyherald.com.

said. “A lot of the research shows that athletes prefer that type of surface. It seemed to be the safest surface. It has the least amount of pull on an athlete’s body. Astroturf tends to be harder and leads to more injuries.” Together with the Astroturf on the roof of the OMAC, the new field offers a second artificial surface for sports. When second semester beings, the new venue will be used for all levels of sports, including varsity, club and intramural events. Although the field is now complete, there is some final grooming of the field and some additional landscaping that will take place in the spring. The new FieldTurf is expected to be especially useful in February, when varsity teams begin their season and when poor weather conditions typically render grass pitches unplayable. “At different times of the year it will be used differently,” Bold said. “Once (varsity) teams are able to get on the grass fields some time in February or March, they will stay on grass. Then it

will be much more heavily used for club teams and intramurals.” A number of intramural sports will be played on the new field, including ultimate Frisbee, softball and flag football in the spring. Intramurals and Facilities Coordinator Dianna Clauss said she was looking forward to the completion of the renovation work and the availability of the new field. “It just gives us more flexibility when it comes to rescheduling intramural games,” she said. “With the renovation, it was hard to schedule the games because we were down to one field, which had no lights. Once Daylight Savings Time kicked in, we only had until 4 p.m. to schedule the games,” Clauss said. Students who play intramural sports are also looking forward to the opening of the new field. “We’ve been playing soccer out on the roof of the OMAC, and it gets really cold sometimes,” said Louis Tee ’07. “I hope we’ll get a chance to test out this new field.” — With additional reporting by Shawn Ban

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EDITORIAL/LETTERS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2004 · PAGE 10 S T A F F

E D I T O R I A L

Diamonds and coal A diamond to the melee that was Esta’s after it announced the clearance sale of its fine video collection, which included “Private School for Girls,” “The King of Masks” and “Spice World” — all of which we now own. Coal to the exodus of independent stores from Thayer Street. But a diamond to the triple-decker Target, Ikea and IHOP replacing Chez Lenore in the Thayer Waterman LLC building. We can almost taste those flapjacks and fro-yo. A cubic zirconium to the mass e-mails crowding our inboxes. Hearing 12 times a day about CAREER OPPORTUNITIES we aren’t qualified for kinda blows, but it’s nice to have an excuse to join the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail. Coal to Jim Taricani’s douchebag source for revealing himself after putting the reporter and his transplanted heart through an ultimately unsuccessful legal battle on his douche-y behalf. SHANE WILKERSON

A diamond to the Sustainable Food Initiative’s calendar featuring faux post-modern veggie porn. Fig leaves are so passé. Diamonds to Marisa Quinn, Dick Spies, Beppie Huidekoper, David Greene, Tommy Hayes, Rajiv Vohra P’07 and everyone else who graciously made time in their busy schedules for The Herald. But you’ll get a bigger diamond if you tell us about the second $100 million donation that’s rumored to be on its way.

LETTERS Carnevale does not present all the facts To the Editor:

Another administrative diamond to the grizzled associate dean of the College whose online navel-gazing has provided us with hours of amusement and … navel-gazing. But coal to whoever walked off with our poster featuring the dean au naturel. That was one of a kind. Until we print a thousand more. A diamond to the Brown Band. All three members of it. Ki yi yi. From 114, bollocks to all of the above and more. You know it doesn’t really matter. See you at the GCB. And, finally, a 115-carat diamond to Team Herald. Despite the departure of the team’s seniors, its players are key and its leadership looks to step up big-time next season — and we know you will.

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I must strongly object to the views contained in Alex Carnevale’s guest column “Get rid of Kofi before it is too late” (Dec. 1). First, Carnevale refers to the United Nations as “the international hangout for corrupt sycophants.” Making such a generalization grossly demeans those U.N. employees who risk their lives everyday in war torn countries. It demeans those who were killed last August in the terrorist bombing of the U.N. building in Iraq. It demeans all the U.N. employees who go to work everyday with every intention of trying to improve the world we live in. Second, Carnevale states that the U.N.’s “first priority (is) expanding gigantic, inefficient bureaucratic U.N. programs.” Though many U.N. programs may be inefficient, the benefits of these programs greatly outweigh the deficiencies. They have successfully defused conflict and helped foster recon-

ciliation in countries such as El Salvador and Mozambique and have coordinated extensive humanitarian action for people affected by civil war and natural disaster. Even the Oil for Food program, which the author blindly condemns, has achieved quite a lot. Through the program between 1996 and 2002, communicable diseases were reduced and polio was practically eradicated. Primary school attendance increased by 32 percent and secondary school attendance jumped up by 72 percent. And this is to name but a few of its accomplishments. Condemning the United Nations as Carnevale does is unfair given the amount the United Nations does to try and secure stability in the world. Shyam Sundaram ’08 Dec. 1

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An article in Thursday’s Herald on the “Ripe 2005” calendar (“New calendar aims to promote local produce with nudity”) misstated the publication’s price. It costs $15, not $22. An article in Wednesday’s Herald (“ResCouncil recommends making Grad Center coedoptional”) misstated the number of people who belong to Games House. Games House has 13 members, not 17 as stated in a correction in Thursday’s paper.

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OPINIONS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2004 · PAGE 11

ROB SAND

Kerry the miser saves for 2008 John Kerry still has millions of dollars in contributions that he didn’t spend on beating President Bush and the Republicans. Estimates of the amount that Kerry is still sitting on vary from $10 to 45 million. After countless pleas to ordinary citizens like you and I to contribute to the Kerry-Edwards 2004 campaign, one hopes that those pleas would amount to something better than extortion. We were told that, in return for our contribution, he would protect our nation from any future abuses by the Bush administration. Instead, he has enriched himself for another run in 2008. The disgust of Democratic campaign strategist Donna Brazille and other Democratic National Committee members, as reported by the media, shows that I am not the only one who sees this as outrageous and illogical. I hoped that the $75 I gave Kerry, the equivalent of my grocery bill for three weeks, would have been used for the purpose it was intended. Coupled with the other millions in donations Kerry decided not to use, it could have been part of a massive Ohio push, adding that key 1 percent to Kerry’s column. It could have been used to defeat the recently senile Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning. He beat Democrat Daniel Mongiardo by only 20,000 votes after his behavior, including taping a debate from Washington, D.C., while using a teleprompter and saying that Mongiardo looked like one of Saddam’s sons, cost him a 40-point lead in late October. It could have given at least 10 Democrats the $1 million needed to win a House seat legitimately, as opposed to the four seats Republicans picked up in Texas due to the worst gerrymandering in decades. Instead, Kerry decided to save for 2008. Mr. Kerry, I am not funding your 2008 bid. You had your shot and you failed — I want my money back so that I can either eat or donate it to someone who can win in 2008. But I am not suffering greatly because of this. To me, $75 is a lot of money, but it pales in comparison to what those at society’s lowest rungs have to lose from another four years of Republican rule. I was, after all, able to find a job as a teaching assistant this fall. That alone makes me more fortunate that the millions who are unemployed and whose unemployment benefits Bush has refused to extend. While working as an intern in Washington, D.C., last spring, I opened a letter from one of Sen. Harkin's constituents who have lost their jobs. This particular woman decided to use her unemployment benefits to fund her pursuit of an associate’s degree, which would make her much more employable. But, she wrote, her unemployment benefits ran out, and she was unable to finish her degree. Harkin and other Democrats fought to extend benefits and lost. Kerry could have extended them and saved this woman from despair. But he did not do all he could. In early October, the Bush administration announced it was cutting housing aid to the urban poor, even though record numbers of families had already become homeless under its watch. Kerry could have reversed that rule. But he did not do all he could. Kerry promised to deliver a higher minimum wage, but he did not do all he could to deliver on that promise. There is at least one working member in 63 percent of poor families. The number of full-time workers living in poverty increased by 45 percent from 1978 to 2002 with a rapid acceleration in recent years. It now stands at 2.6 million workers, not counting their family members. Although more than an increase in the minimum wage is needed, Kerry could have made work pay again. But he did not do all he could. There are many of us who did not do all we could. I donated. I worked on a congressional campaign throughout the summer. I went to New Hampshire on Election Day to get out the vote. I also called all my friends in Iowa while on the bus northward to remind them to vote, and even got at least one to switch from Bush to Kerry. Could I have done more? Probably. But I had other responsibilities: a summer job and then school to deal with, for starters. Millions who worked as hard as I did can say the same for themselves. But it was John Kerry’s job to do all he could. No less is expected from the party leader and presidential nominee. And yet, he couldn’t even manage to spend all the money he was given in order to win. While it hurts those of us who worked hard to help Democrats, it hurts more for those who couldn’t afford to join us. It hurts most for those who have seen their lives deteriorate under the intentional neglect of the Bush administration. And it is to those people that John Kerry owes an apology. Rob Sand ’05.5 says the left needs new leaders.

ALEXANDRA TOUMANOFF

Thanksgiving in California For Thanksgiving break, I left Los Angeles to visit my relatives in the small town of Ojai, Calif. As we drove on an idyllic country road from Santa Barbara, I could not help but point out my extensive knowledge of nature and country life despite growing up in a big city. “Horse,” I said, pointing out the window to where a horse meandered in a field of dry hay. “Yes,” said my 13-year-old cousin, looking at me as if I were deranged. “A real horse?” I asked, in disbelief. “Of course, a real horse,” he said. “So, what do people do with them?” I asked, curiously. “They ride them,” he told me. “No kidding,” I said. But I was already off on another epistemological tangent. I couldn’t be stopped. “Barn,” I said, pointing to an old lean-to wooden structure behind the horse that looked as though it needed some serious hormone shots and possibly some calcium supplements. “Yes,” he said. “Probably with a groom.” I stared at him. “A real groom?” He did not grace this with a response. He just peered at me with his head cocked to the side as if he wasn't sure whether I was real. “We have malls,” I told him. “Mmmhmm,” he said. Ojai is a great place for seeing animals and gaining three pants sizes. We did what any normal family does in a warm weather climate: we barbecued. Not turkey, because turkey is for wimps. Instead, we barbecued steak, chicken,and salmon, and made bashed potatoes, which we washed down with plenty of Häagen Dazs before declaring we could not eat another bite. Then we ate some more. Eventually, we ate through what was left of

Thanksgiving dinner and were forced to venture elsewhere. At the local Italian eatery, the waitress asked my cousin interestedly why he was in Mongolia last summer and then presented us with a strawberry “shortcake” that was as tall as Shaq. I didn’t have to ask my cousin if it was real shortcake. I could tell. My grandmother reassured me. “When you are on vacation, food felonies don’t count.” I wanted to believe her. There are three traffic lights in this whole town, so it is difficult to work anything off. I thought that maybe I could go running, like Anne of Green Gables, in some local field, but my cousin helpfully informed me that these were “real fields” full of nettles and gopher holes that could break your leg. “Stop,” I told him. “You’re ruining my dream.” But he wasn't, really. Now I had a good excuse to eat what I wanted and not exercise. After all, I was on vacation. “But you can always go work out at my parents' club,” he said. “I wouldn’t dream of it,” I said. “I could never in good conscience enter a manmade structure that so besmirches this natural landscape.” Instead, I wandered around downtown, which is only a block long. There were three movies playing at the local theater, which was a real step forward, I was told, because they usually play only one. As I wandered, I felt the beginnings of a blistering burn and discovered that the sun here is real. I burped and it tasted like strawberries. Bring lots of SPF 40 and drawstring elastic pants if you go to Ojai, or better yet, a giant bathrobe. Continually push locally-grown strawberries coated in sugar glaze into your mouth and imagine running it off in golden fields. Never leave your lawn chair. That’s a real Thanksgiving.

Turkey is

for wimps.

Alexandra Toumanoff ’06 will soon froyo.

JONATHAN LIU

What’s the frequency, Kenneth? On Wednesday, Tom Brokaw signed off for the last time as the entirely unobjectionable, glibly pandering, slightly speech-impeded anchor of NBC “Nightly News.” He was replaced by the still somewhat inscrutable Brian Williams, a figure notable only for his highly deadpan, vaguely homoerotic appearances with the similarly red-of-hair and endowed-of-height Conan O’Brien on “Late Night.” Tributes were made, emotions were expressed, Greatest Generations were conjured and the world went on. It’s not like Brokaw’s retirement is worth crying over. Which is to say, his ratings supremacy notwithstanding, Brokaw is no Dan Rather. Indeed, when Rather finally departs for that journalist retirement home in the sky — “60 Minutes” — next spring, I wouldn’t be surprised if I do shed a few tears. Because forgeries, scandals and temper tantrums aside, at least Rather stands for something. Of course, certain self-styled media critics will insist that something was simply lefty politics. Which I think is missing the point. I wouldn’t deny that Rather probably votes Democrat and is likely a social liberal, but that’s hardly the reason he elicits so much disdain in so many people. After all, Walter Cronkite openly editorialized on air about Vietnam and he was The Most Trusted Man in America. No, what makes people hate Rather — and what makes him brilliant — has to do with the style of television. We let Cronkite get away with criticizing war and Brokaw get away with jingoist sentimentality because we can imagine these opinions coming from real people outside the box — we can imagine Peter Jennings going home and kissing his wife or Brokaw sitting down with a Scotch. But Rather’s life is television — his biography is a surreal series of muggings, wild taxi rides and ridiculous costumes

fit for an Aaron Spelling soap. Rather is, simply put, a deeply bizarre figure — a boutique product for a niche audience. The oftcited Web site RatherBiased.com may be focused on detailing evidence of the anchor’s political leanings, but its most interesting feature by far is the exhaustive list of singularly Ratherian moments, ranging from his admissions of drug use (“I can say to you with confidence, I know a fair amount about LSD.”) to his response to an uninvited interview request (“Fuck you. You got it?”). Best of all, of course, are those down-home Texan sayings, which seem neither particularly Texan nor particularly authentic to Rather but are instead delivered with the sinister irony of a David Lynch movie. Consider this election night beauty: “These returns are running like a squirrel in a cage now, and one can get a little confused.” RatherBiased.com suggests that these absurd man-of-the-people moments are written beforehand and thus somehow disingenuous. Perhaps. But I’d argue that Rather is the last genuine TV personality left, precisely because he is so tightly wound, so simultaneously choreographed and on the brink of complete breakdown. Jennings and Brokaw try to be the levelheaded, benevolent fathers most Americans never had; Bill O’Reilly and his ilk occupy the tell-it-like-it-is simplicity of a crazy uncle. Rather alone acknowledges that television isn’t real, that we viewers really don’t know those people staring at us through the fourth wall — that they aren’t fully-formed individual people at all. So he’s willfully weird, his “terrorist tape”-like delivery constantly reminding us to question him, question the news and question everything else.

Dan Rather’s legacy.

If anyone ever preempted Jonathan Liu ’07 for the U.S. Open, he’d totally throw a fit.

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Varsity, club and intramural sports will benefit from renovated field BY ANNE DUGGAN

Renovation work on the field behind the Olney-Margolies Athletic Center will be completed this week, making available another venue for athletes to play on. The playing surface of the field has been completely revamped, with the grass pitch replaced by FieldTurf. The Department of Athletics decided to re-turf the field as a result of its poor condition when it was a grass pitch. Typically by mid-September, just two weeks into the school year, the field resembled a dirt field with sporadic patches of grass. Usage during the summer by camps and late August by football for its double session left the field in poor condition for the rest of the semester, said Thomas Bold, associate athletic director in charge of facilities. Replacing the grass with FieldTurf not only provides a new surface that is resistant to both adverse weather conditions and heavy use but also reduces the usage of the other grass fields, leaving them in better condition. According to the original plans set forth in June 2003, the project was to cost $800,000, an estimate based on the square footage of the turf that was to be installed. Because the budget was set prior to the completion of the field design and construction documents, certain changes necessitated another approval for the increased price, $1.1 million in the end, and more fund raising, Bold said. The Brown University Sports Foundation was given permission to secure funding last spring. Although construction was initially slated to begin in May, the groundbreaking came on Sept. 7 after a year and a half of planning. Although the field is ready for use, the Athletics Department is currently looking into adding lights around the new field, a move that may face opposition from area residents, Bold said.

see FIELD, page 9

Alden Invitational first step towards improvement at Heps for m. track BY JILANE RODGERS

As the winter weather settles in, the focus of the track and field program shifts from the cross country course to the indoor track. The men’s team comes into the 2005 season looking to step up from its fourth-place finish at last year’s Heptagonal Championships and will do so under the leadership of returning athletes and with the help of some talented new faces. “We’re looking to finish in the top three,” said Head Coach Robert Johnson. “It’s a matter of staying injury-free. Right now we’re training hard.” On the infield, Ray Bobrownicki ’06 comes back as a top competitor in the high jump. He boasts a personal best of 7-1/4 in the event, has two individual titles under his belt and ranks sixth on Brown’s indoor alltime top 10. At last year’s indoor championships, Bobrownicki out-jumped the rest of the Ivy League by well over two inches, and he enters this season as a favorite to defend his title. “We’ll look to (Bobrownicki) for his experience, especially as a two-time champion,” said jumps coach Anne Rothenberg. In addition to Bobrownicki, Rothenberg’s squad returns the formidable pole vault duo of Mike Murray ’06 and Grant Bowen ’07. They are tied for fourth on Brown’s indoor top 10 in the event, and the two scored at last year’s Heps. Rothenberg also anticipates Ikenna Achilihu ’08 making an immediate impact

on the team scoring. Achilihu was a Louisiana high school state champion in the triple jump and also a standout basketball player. Pulling its weight in the field events will be coach Michelle Eisenreich’s throw squad. Co-captain Jake Golenor ’06, who is 10th on Brown’s all-time list for the shot put, will lead the charge, as a returning Heps scorer in his event. Golenor will partner with newcomer Jayme DeDona ’08. Kent Walls ’06 also has the experience necessary to contend for points in his indoor specialty, the weight throw, Eisenreich said. A wide range of events on the track also return men capable of taking individual Ivy titles for the Bears. Distance coach John Gregorek will field a deep and talented squad, as foreshadowed by the harriers’ successful fall season. Fresh off their impressive cross country campaigns, Jeff Gaudette ’05 and co-captain Patrick Tarpy ’05 will look to take top honors in events ranging from the mile to the 5,000 meter run. Gaudette holds the school record in the 5,000-meter run (14:09) and took fourth in the event at last year’s Heps. He is also ranked sixth on Brown’s top 10 in the 3,000-meter event. “We can add to Jeff and Pat the guys we have coming back healthy,” said Gregorek. “We have guys with a lot of leg speed like Eamon Quick (’07) and Jordan Kinley (’06).” Kinley will be a threat in the shorter distance events after scoring at last year’s

BY KATIE LARKIN

After last year’s successful season, the women’s indoor track team will start its season this Saturday competing at home in the Alden Invitational. Last year, Brown placed third for the indoor season in the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships and second in Heps for the outdoor season. This season looks promising for the Bears, said Head Coach Robert Johnson, who pointed to the team’s deep roster. “We have a very balanced team, and I think that we will have a successful year if we can find that toughness early on in the season,” Johnson said.

Gymnastics

Friday, Dec. 3, vs. BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY, 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 6, vs. UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8, vs. UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 21, vs. COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 28, at University of Central Florida (UCF Holiday Invitational) Wednesday, Dec. 29, vs. Charleston Southern University/Fordham University (UCF Holiday Invitational) Monday, Jan. 3, at Providence College Thursday, Jan. 6, at Canisius College Friday, Jan. 14, at University of Maryland-Eastern Shore Saturday, Jan. 22, at Yale

Friday, Jan. 14, at University of California-Berkeley with Stanford University Sunday, Jan. 16, at Sacramento State with Seattle Pacific University Sunday, Jan. 23, vs. ITHACA COLLEGE WITH MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY, 1 p.m.

Fencing Sunday, Dec. 5, at Brandeis University

see M. TRACK, page 9

Wrestling

There will be many other areas of strength for the Bears this season. Two solid throwers, co-captain Jill Lynch ’05 and Jennifer Donahue ’05, return for their final indoor season. Jumpers Ashley Wall ’05, Domonique Bosa-Edwards ’05, Brittany Grovey ’06 and Erin Mechster ’06 will provide depth in the triple jump, while Tiffany Chang ’08 should provide a boost for the pole vaulters. Powell will lead a group of reliable long sprint to middle distance runners, and Akilah King ’08 should have a strong debut with the sprinters. “We don’t have our usual depth in the hurdlers, but there are strong competitors there who will step it up for us,” Johnson said. There is no score for Saturday’s meet, which will provide an opportunity for new athletes to gain experience and for the entire team to improve its condition for upcoming meets. “This meet will allow our athletes to get their competitive juices flowing and to prepare for the season ahead,” Wemple said. Other strong contenders in the Heps may be Cornell and Princeton, although neither has the total depth that Brown has, according to the coaches. Still, the Bears want to avoid complacency. “We’re going to try to motivate each other so that we can perform well and be strong when we get into tough meets,” Grovey said. Although Heps are in the back of their minds, the Bears are trying not to think that far ahead quite yet. “This early in the season it’s hard to make realistic goals,” Johnson said. “We have to gauge how everyone is performing and look at the health of our athletes, but the championship is a one-shot deal and we’d like to finish in the top three.”

Dec. 3-4, Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational Saturday, Jan. 8, Lone Star Duals Saturday, Jan. 15, vs. BOSTON UNIVERSITY Saturday, Jan. 22, vs. RUTGERS UNIVERSITY AND AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

Herald staff writer Katie Larkin ’08 covers women’s indoor track. She can be reached at herald@browndailyherald.com.

The team lost key athletes from last year — six runners who graduated last spring placed in the top five of various events at Heps, including Caci Cambruzzi ’04, Katherine Kosub ’04 and Kate Cushing ’04, all members of the first-place, record-breaking 4x800 team. Despite the substantial loss, the team may actually improve in this race. “This year we have a lot of talent in the middle distance area with runners like Naja Ferjan (’07), Anna Willard (’06) and (co-captain) Kelly Powell (’06) who moved up from the 400,” said assistant coach Richard Wemple.

WINTER BREAK SCHEDULES

Saturday, Dec. 4, vs. WINTHROP UNIVERSITY (Brown Classic), 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5, vs. LEHIGH UNIVERSITY/BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY, 1 or 3 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7, at U.S. Military Academy Tuesday, Dec. 28, vs. Dayton (Florida International Tournament) Wednesday, Dec. 29, vs. Florida International University/Stony Brook University (Florida International Tournament) Monday, Jan. 3, at Sacred Heart University Thursday, Jan. 6, at American University Saturday, Jan. 15, at Yale Tuesday, Jan. 18, vs. U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY, 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, vs. YALE, 7 p.m.

Heptagonals in the 1,000 meter run. Joining Quick and Kinley on the middle distance squad will be Ari Zamir ’08, who holds a personal best of 4:15 in the mile, and Mike Piche ’05, whom Gregorek anticipates having a breakthrough season after “ending his cross country season on such a high note.” Johnson’s sprints and relays will be headlined by Mike Pruzinsky ’07 and Dallas Dissmore ’05. Dissmore returns as 2004’s most

Balanced, deep roster should make up for losses as w. track starts season

Men’s Basketball

Women’s Basketball

Dan Grossman ’71

High-jumper Ray Bobrownicki ’06 dominated the Ivy League last season, winning the individual title at the Heptagonal Championships in the spring by two inches.

Men’s Ice Hockey Friday, Dec. 3, vs. RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, vs. UNION COLLEGE, 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 30, vs. Merrimack College (Toyota UConn Hockey Classic) Friday, Dec. 31, vs. University of Connecticut and College of the Holy Cross (Toyota UConn Hockey Classic) Friday, Jan. 7, vs. CORNELL, 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, vs. COLGATE UNIVERSITY, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 12, vs. AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, vs. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSLOWELL, 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, vs. PROVIDENCE COLLEGE (Mayor’s Cup), 7 p.m. Women’s Ice Hockey Friday, Dec. 3, at Union College, 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, at Union College, 4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 4, vs. UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 7, at Colgate University Saturday, Jan. 8, at Cornell Tuesday, Jan. 11, at Harvard Friday, Jan. 14, at University of Minnesota Saturday, Jan. 15, at University of Minnesota

Skiing Jan. 14-15, UMass/Smith Carnival Jan. 22-23, Plymouth State Carnival Men’s Squash Saturday, Dec. 4, vs. PRINCETON, 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5, vs. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, at Amherst College Friday, Jan. 21, vs. BATES COLLEGE, 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, vs. COLBY COLLEGE, TBA Women’s Squash Saturday, Dec. 4, vs. PRINCETON, noon Sunday, Dec. 5, vs. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, at Amherst College Friday, Jan. 21, vs. BATES COLLEGE, 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, vs. COLBY COLLEGE, TBA Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Dec. 3-5, Princeton Invitational Wednesday, Jan. 12, at University of North Carolina with Bucknell University Saturday, Jan. 15, at University of Pennsylvania Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track Saturday, Dec. 4, ALDEN INVITATIONAL Saturday, Jan. 15, Terrier Cup (at Boston University) Friday, Jan. 21, at University of Rhode Island