BY KRISTA HACHEY Discussions of recent crimes on cam- pus, ongoing student life projects and, briefly, the urgent need for “UCS quality fun-time bowling” marked the Undergraduate Council of Students’ Wednesday night meeting. Vice President for Administration Walter Hunter told the Council about recent improvements to the safeRIDE shuttle route, ones that have long been cited as a way to decrease crime on the campus periphery. “I went to the stop at the Third World Center to see how the new system is working,” Hunter said. “Every four to five minutes a bus stopped by, and the first one returned to the stop after 21 minutes. Since the changes were imple- mented, we have seen the number of riders double.” UCS acknowledged the progress made by the reversion to a one-route system but reinforced the need for fur- ther refinement by generating a short list of concerns, which included poor lighting, long waits and lack of student awareness, to stimulate discussion. Dialogue progressed to general com- munity concerns, centering largely on on-campus crime and security. Ryan Roth ’04, a student who attended the meeting, proposed the creation of maps displaying campus crime patterns that would be available to the community. “I think students would benefit from a visual representation of where crime is happening on campus,” he said. “If a map of some sort were made available, I know I would probably change my walk route to decrease risks.” Interim Vice President for Campus Life and Student Services David Greene said at the meeting that the administra- tion was tracking crime in this way and that he would look into making such a map available to students. Greene also told the Council about current efforts to develop two satellite fitness areas on campus by the summer at the latest. Greene is leading adminis- trators concerned with athletics, hous- ing and student life in a UCS-sponsored tour today of prospective residential spaces, including Keeney and Pembroke, that could house small fit- ness areas. In an update on the Ad Hoc Transportation Management Advisory Committee’s study of on-campus park- ing, Council member Jason Holman ’04 said parking rates at other schools start in the $400 range. Brown, whose lowest INSIDE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2003 TODAY’S FORECAST rain/wind high 62 low 40 THE BROWN DAILY HERALD An independent newspaper serving the Brown community since 1891 OCTOBER 30, 2003 Volume CXXXVIII, No. 103 www.browndailyherald.com THURSDAY Stefania Frangista / Herald Ballroom: Angie Chen '04, president of the Brown Ballroom Dance Team, directs team practice in Sayles Hall. The team is heading to the University of Connecticut competition this weekend and competed at Harvard last weekend. Two more robberies occurred near campus Tuesday night, bringing the total number of serious incidents in October to five. A female student walking at 10:42 p.m. at the intersection of Brown and Charlesfield streets was approached from behind by a man who tried to take her bag. He pushed the student to the ground and ran off with her bag. The student had an abrasion on her right hand and forearm, but refused medical treatment. The student described her attacker as 5’4” with short, dark hair, a thin build and clean shaven, wearing a dark crew- neck sweater and light pants. After stealing her bag, he got into a white van with Rhode Island plates containing at least two other people and fled east on George Street. The Department of Public Safety was then notified of an attempted robbery at 10:20 p.m. of a woman at Benefit and Jenks streets involving the same suspect and white van, which the woman described as having a red interior. Both DPS and the Providence Police have added extra patrols to the campus area. Anyone with information about either of these incidents should contact the Brown University Police Detective Unit. —Herald staff reports Two evening crimes extend wave Shuttle system returns to old route plan BY CARLA BLUMENKRANZ Once touted as a more comprehensive serv- ice suffering from “minor glitches,” the two- loop shuttle system implemented in September will revert back to last year’s one- loop system after delays and confusion about routes dramatically decreased rider- ship. The two-loop system was a “great idea” that, in practice, didn’t work, said Vice President for Administration Walter Hunter at an Undergraduate Council of Students meeting Wednesday. Few students under- stood how the routes worked, he said, and those that did found the waits too long to be worthwhile. Since the shuttle reverted to the 12-stop, one-route system Monday, waits have returned to four to five minutes, and rider- ship has nearly doubled, Hunter said. The next steps in reforming the shuttle system are installing permanent lighting and signage, both expected within the next month, said Abigail Rider, director of real estate and administrative services, and also in attendance at the UCS meeting. Dispatch Coordinator Elisabeth Reinkordt ’05, who formerly coordinated the student-run shuttle service, said the fail- ure of the two-loop system was in part due to the simultaneous transition to profes- sional drivers. The student coordinators who developed the new routes estimated that student driv- ers could complete them in 10 to 12 min- utes, Reinkordt said. But Road Island Red, the outside vendor that implemented the two-loop system, gave their drivers 20 min- utes to complete them due to liability con- cerns. “They added a lot more stretch time than we expected,” Reinkordt said, and, as a result, students often waited at stops for 15 to 20 minutes. A second problem with the way the new system was implemented was the lack of publicity, Reinkordt said. This, too, could have been avoided if students had main- tained control of the shuttle service, she said, since they know how to publicize on campus. UCS pushes for int’l need-blind admission BY MERYL ROTHSTEIN Brown is a need-blind institution — but only for Americans and permanent resi- dents. International students, who make up roughly 10 percent of Brown’s student body, are not admitted under a need- blind policy. The Undergraduate Council of Students wants to change that. UCS’ Admissions and Student Services committee could present a resolution to the Council as soon as next week asking the University to make need-blind admission for international students a concrete goal, said Ilena Frangista ’06, sophomore representative for UCS and member of the committee. Frangista said she realizes it will be difficult to achieve such an expensive endeavor in the very near future, given the University’s current budget con- straints. Need-blind admission for internation- al students would cost the University roughly $2 million to $2.5 million, said Director of Financial Aid Michael Bartini. This figure is only an estimate, and the cost could easily exceed that number, he said. But with the capital campaign under- way, need-blind admission for interna- tional students “could become a reality,” said UCS Treasurer Thilakshani Dias ’05, who also serves on the Undergraduate Finance Board. Achieving need-blind admission could be on the agenda of the College Advisory Board, a faculty committee to be created in the spring that will advise the admin- istration, said Director of Admission UCS recommends safeRIDE, safety changes in weekly meeting see FINANCIAL AID, page 6 see SAFERIDE, page 4 see UCS, page 7 RISD plans to build center to connect school’s Museum to students risd news, page 3 Students establish joke-to-real organization for lost internationals page 3 Southerners and oth- ers defend Confederate flag from views in column letters, page 9 Rachel Marshall ’04 says partial-birth abortions don’t tech- nically exist column, page 11 M. water polo loses three in Calif. tourney before Northern Championship sports, page 12
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BY KRISTA HACHEYDiscussions of recent crimes on cam-pus, ongoing student life projects and,briefly, the urgent need for “UCS qualityfun-time bowling” marked theUndergraduate Council of Students’Wednesday night meeting.
Vice President for AdministrationWalter Hunter told the Council aboutrecent improvements to the safeRIDEshuttle route, ones that have long beencited as a way to decrease crime on thecampus periphery.
“I went to the stop at the Third WorldCenter to see how the new system isworking,” Hunter said. “Every four tofive minutes a bus stopped by, and thefirst one returned to the stop after 21minutes. Since the changes were imple-mented, we have seen the number ofriders double.”
UCS acknowledged the progressmade by the reversion to a one-routesystem but reinforced the need for fur-ther refinement by generating a shortlist of concerns, which included poorlighting, long waits and lack of studentawareness, to stimulate discussion.
Dialogue progressed to general com-munity concerns, centering largely onon-campus crime and security. RyanRoth ’04, a student who attended themeeting, proposed the creation of mapsdisplaying campus crime patterns thatwould be available to the community.
“I think students would benefit froma visual representation of where crimeis happening on campus,” he said. “If amap of some sort were made available, Iknow I would probably change my walkroute to decrease risks.”
Interim Vice President for CampusLife and Student Services David Greenesaid at the meeting that the administra-
tion was tracking crime in this way andthat he would look into making such amap available to students.
Greene also told the Council aboutcurrent efforts to develop two satellitefitness areas on campus by the summerat the latest. Greene is leading adminis-trators concerned with athletics, hous-ing and student life in a UCS-sponsoredtour today of prospective residentialspaces, including Keeney andPembroke, that could house small fit-ness areas.
In an update on the Ad HocTransportation Management AdvisoryCommittee’s study of on-campus park-ing, Council member Jason Holman ’04said parking rates at other schools startin the $400 range. Brown, whose lowest
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Ballroom: Angie Chen '04, president of the Brown Ballroom Dance Team, directs team practice in Sayles Hall. The team is heading tothe University of Connecticut competition this weekend and competed at Harvard last weekend.
Two more robberies occurred nearcampus Tuesday night, bringing thetotal number of serious incidents inOctober to five.
A female student walking at 10:42p.m. at the intersection of Brown andCharlesfield streets was approachedfrom behind by a man who tried to takeher bag. He pushed the student to theground and ran off with her bag. Thestudent had an abrasion on her righthand and forearm, but refused medicaltreatment.
The student described her attackeras 5’4” with short, dark hair, a thin buildand clean shaven, wearing a dark crew-neck sweater and light pants. After
stealing her bag, he got into a white vanwith Rhode Island plates containing atleast two other people and fled east onGeorge Street.
The Department of Public Safety wasthen notified of an attempted robberyat 10:20 p.m. of a woman at Benefit andJenks streets involving the same suspectand white van, which the womandescribed as having a red interior.
Both DPS and the Providence Policehave added extra patrols to the campusarea. Anyone with information abouteither of these incidents should contactthe Brown University Police DetectiveUnit.
—Herald staff reports
Two evening crimes extend wave
Shuttle systemreturns to oldroute planBY CARLA BLUMENKRANZOnce touted as a more comprehensive serv-ice suffering from “minor glitches,” the two-loop shuttle system implemented inSeptember will revert back to last year’s one-loop system after delays and confusionabout routes dramatically decreased rider-ship.
The two-loop system was a “great idea”that, in practice, didn’t work, said VicePresident for Administration Walter Hunterat an Undergraduate Council of Studentsmeeting Wednesday. Few students under-stood how the routes worked, he said, andthose that did found the waits too long to beworthwhile.
Since the shuttle reverted to the 12-stop,one-route system Monday, waits havereturned to four to five minutes, and rider-ship has nearly doubled, Hunter said.
The next steps in reforming the shuttlesystem are installing permanent lightingand signage, both expected within the nextmonth, said Abigail Rider, director of realestate and administrative services, and alsoin attendance at the UCS meeting.
Dispatch Coordinator ElisabethReinkordt ’05, who formerly coordinatedthe student-run shuttle service, said the fail-ure of the two-loop system was in part dueto the simultaneous transition to profes-sional drivers.
The student coordinators who developedthe new routes estimated that student driv-ers could complete them in 10 to 12 min-utes, Reinkordt said. But Road Island Red,the outside vendor that implemented thetwo-loop system, gave their drivers 20 min-utes to complete them due to liability con-cerns.
“They added a lot more stretch time thanwe expected,” Reinkordt said, and, as aresult, students often waited at stops for 15to 20 minutes.
A second problem with the way the newsystem was implemented was the lack ofpublicity, Reinkordt said. This, too, couldhave been avoided if students had main-tained control of the shuttle service, shesaid, since they know how to publicize oncampus.
UCS pushes forint’l need-blindadmissionBY MERYL ROTHSTEINBrown is a need-blind institution — butonly for Americans and permanent resi-dents.
International students, who make uproughly 10 percent of Brown’s studentbody, are not admitted under a need-blind policy. The Undergraduate Councilof Students wants to change that.
UCS’ Admissions and Student Servicescommittee could present a resolution tothe Council as soon as next week askingthe University to make need-blindadmission for international students aconcrete goal, said Ilena Frangista ’06,sophomore representative for UCS andmember of the committee.
Frangista said she realizes it will bedifficult to achieve such an expensiveendeavor in the very near future, giventhe University’s current budget con-straints.
Need-blind admission for internation-al students would cost the Universityroughly $2 million to $2.5 million, saidDirector of Financial Aid Michael Bartini.This figure is only an estimate, and thecost could easily exceed that number, hesaid.
But with the capital campaign under-way, need-blind admission for interna-tional students “could become a reality,”said UCS Treasurer Thilakshani Dias ’05,who also serves on the UndergraduateFinance Board.
Achieving need-blind admission couldbe on the agenda of the College AdvisoryBoard, a faculty committee to be createdin the spring that will advise the admin-istration, said Director of Admission
UCS recommends safeRIDE,safety changes in weekly meeting
see FINANCIAL AID, page 6
see SAFERIDE, page 4see UCS, page 7
RISD plans to buildcenter to connectschool’s Museum tostudentsrisd news, page 3
Students establishjoke-to-realorganization for lostinternationalspage 3
Southerners and oth-ers defendConfederate flagfrom views in columnletters, page 9
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BY KRISTA HACHEYIn a room filled with lifeless mammals,bottled fetuses and walls covered withpinned-up butterflies, Tanya BrodskyRISD ’05, a printmaking concentrator,begins her work shift at the EdnaLawrence Nature Lab on the RISD cam-pus.
Though full of vitality herself, Brodskysays she feels right at home amid thethousands of natural relics and stuffedcreatures the lab preserves.
“I was always coming in here to drawthings, and then about a year ago Idecided to start working here,” she said.“It’s one of those weird jobs — hangingaround dead, creepy things.”
High shelves line the cluttered lab.From above, growling wildcats in mid-pounce keep a sharp eye on the studentsdown below. Unperturbed, Brodskytakes out a zinc etching of a turtle shellshe has been working on.
Brodsky said she was raised with artand said her grandfather, a social realistgraphic designer, inspired her creativepursuits.
“My family is originally from Ukraine,and it was realistic government propa-ganda artwork that influenced mydesire to represent things as they are,”she said.
In 1992, Brodsky moved to Illinoiswhere she found an environment indif-ferent to her needs as an artist.
“I wanted to get out of the Midwestand do art,” she said, complete with red“Wizard of Oz” shoes and a nose ring.“Art in my town consisted of little oldladies painting neighbors’ houses inwatercolor. There was a gallery that dis-
played more conceptual, abstract work,and it was shut down because nobodywent to it.”
While much of her art is bent on cap-turing the beauty and intricacy ofnature, Brodsky seems to have a keeninterest in the unsettling oddities it alsocreates. Among her plans for the futureis a trip to the Mütter Museum inPhiladelphia, which showcases abnor-mal natural occurrences like babies withtwo heads or humans with horns.
“It’s like Mecca,” Brodsky said.
“Internally, everybody’s insane andweird in their own way,” she continues.“I want to do artwork that reflects theinsanity within ourselves by represent-ing it with a kind of outward insanity.”
Envisioning her life in the long run,Brodsky says with a quirky smile that sheplans to settle down “someplace warmand take up designing wine labels.”
Herald staff writer Krista Hachey ’07 canbe reached at [email protected].
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After majorconstruction,RISD hopesstudents willnotice MuseumBY ALEXIS KUNSAKMany RISD students don’t use the RISDMuseum or know about its features, andadministrators aren’t happy about it.
According to Lora Urbanelli, interimdirector of the RISD Museum, many stu-dents think the amount of money theMuseum receives from tuition revenue ishigher than other departments.
But in reality, income from tuition isspread throughout all departments atRISD as evenly as possible, she said.
RISD Director of External RelationsAnn Hudner said she is frustrated by “thelack of trust from the student body.”
She said student turnover as classesgraduate makes accurate public percep-tion about the role of the Museum in stu-dent life difficult to maintain.
Urbanelli said Museum administratorshope to introduce the Museum to fresh-men during orientation but haven’tworked it into the program yet. Theresponsibility now falls to faculty mem-bers to introduce students to the hugevolume of resources available to them,but time and space force the Museum toturn away classes trying to see specificworks of art, Urbanelli said.
The RISD Center, slated to begin con-struction in 2005, will develop the bondbetween students and the Museum byallowing both bodies to inhabit the samespace. Currently, classes and other activi-ties involving students do not share anypermanent space with the Museum.
The Center, which will be RISD’s firstnew building in 50 years, will include
see MUSEUM, page 4
FACES OF RISD:a series of profiles of randomly selected RISD students
Student’s workcaptures beautyof nature
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Tanya Brodsky RISD ’05 works in the Edna Lawrence Nature Lab, where she preservesand draws animal specimens.
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“Once it was out of our hands, itwas out of our hands,” DispatchCoordinator Cisco Dilg ‘04 said ofthe shuttle system. “I don’t see thetwo-and-two loop as a failure,because I didn’t implement it.”
“Students could have made itwork,” Reinkordt added.
But, both Dilg and Reinkordtwere quick to commend RoadIsland Red and its drivers, whomthey said have made the best of adifficult situation.
“Given all the demands placedon Road Island Red, they’ve done agood job,” Reinkordt said. Forinstance, just this week the servicereformed its routes with only a few
days notice, she said.Road Island Red drivers are not
permitted to comment on theservice, several drivers told TheHerald. But, one driver said themain problem with the two-loopsystem was the lack of publicity.
Since shuttle routes changedlast week, the driver said there hasbeen a large jump in ridership.Still, the driver hopes for morepassengers.
“I still want more people to betaking the van,” the driver said. “Itmakes me feel like I’m doingsomething.”
Herald staff writer CarlaBlumenkranz ’05 edits the campuswatch section. She can be reachedat [email protected].
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space for the textiles collectionsand the Department of Printsand the Department of Drawingsand Photographs; those areasare the two that attract the moststudent interest. New storagefacilities and teaching spaceswill allow more students to takeadvantage of the Museum.
In a further effort to involvestudents, the Museum is accept-ing proposals for site-specificinstallations by students thissemester. Museum internshipsare offered during winter sessionand in the summer, and work-study employment is availableyear round.
Past exhibits, including lastyear’s contemporary wallpaperdisplay, have involved collabora-tion between printmakingmajors and featured artists.
While the Museum strives toinclude students, Urbanelli saidit still must expand in order tomaintain the professional levelof an accredited institution.
“The mission of a museum isto hold cultural treasures in thepublic trust so that art is not hid-
den in private collections,” shesaid.
Without the new spaceplanned into the RISD Centerthe museum would not be ableto maintain its current highstandards and continue makingnew acquisitions, Urbanelli said.
“Continually adding to themuseum’s collection is the way itsurvives, like breathing,” shesaid. “The new permanent gal-leries will make the work moreavailable to the general public,especially the collection from
the 20th century.”Urbanelli said administrators
are considering opening theMuseum on selected evenings sostudents, many of whom spendall day in studio, can take advan-tage of its offerings.
Amy Fitzgerald RISD ’05 saidthe expanded hours sound likean attractive plan for students,as long as they know about it.
“It will only be beneficial if it’sadvertised to students and coor-dinated with classwork,” shesaid.
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Museum The Center, which will be RISD’s first new
building in 50 years, will include space for
the textiles collections and the Department
of Prints and the Department of Drawings
and Photographs; those areas are the two
that attract the most student interest. New
storage facilities and teaching spaces will
allow more students to take advantage of
the Museum.
CAMPUS NEWSTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2003 · PAGE 5
Judy He / Herald
CANDIDATES: Brown College Democrats’ primary candidates’ forum featured representatives (second from the left) from the Dean,Clark, Edwards, Kerry, Kusinich and Lieberman campaigns. The event was moderated by Will Bittinger, the campaigns andinternships chair, iIn Carmichael auditorium,Wednesday night.
Students foundyouth communityservice program BY MICHAEL RUDERMANGrowing up in a community plagued bydrug abuse, teen pregnancy and violence,Luis Pagan ’06 did not want to be part ofthe problem. But it was difficult for him tofind a way to help his “run-down” neigh-borhood in west Providence. Youth InAction was the only program Pagan foundto effect change in his community.
The program, founded in October 1997by three teenagers, including Misty Wilson’05.5, and an adult, was designed to be “amachine for social change,” said YIAExecutive Director Karen Feldman, whohas overseen the organization from thestart. She reports to a Board of Directors of15 youth, ranging in age from 14 to 21.
YIA’s board controls the operation andbudget of the nonprofit organization,which has enabled over 420 youth to help6,700 people in the Providence communi-ty, Feldman said. It is the only organizationof its kind in the country, she said.
The program may at first appear to bean after-school program for disadvan-taged youth, but it “gives these motivatedkids an outlet to become good leaders,”said Elda Roman ’05.
Through the program, students havetaught their peers about issues such ashealth education, anti-violence, commu-nity action, community service and multi-cultural arts. They also built southProvidence’s ArtPark, conducted a surveyon the use of lead paint and created a teamof students that uses hip hop to “voicetheir feelings in an artistic format,” Romansaid.
Run out of a renovated home in SouthProvidence, YIA is overseen by a staff ofthree adults. Kenny Fernandez, who was13 years old at the time, signed the pur-chase agreement for the house inNovember. 2002. The property and reno-
BY TARA TUNNEYInternational students who find them-selves lost on campus — or in theUnited States — can now call LISP forhelp.
Jason Li ’06, president and self-pro-claimed “corrupt head” of the LostInternational Student Program, and agroup of his friends decided they wouldstart LISP initially as a joke. But, as morepeople showed interested and wanted tojoin, the program became more serious.
LISP, which Li called a “small socialorganization for international studentsand friends,” only began at the begin-ning of the semester and doesn’t haveany goals — yet.
But the group does have a Web site —www.lisp.tk — a member list with 31students and a mission statement thatcomes in both written and crudely-
drawn comic form.That statement — the non-pictorial
one — tells the story of LISP’s origins.“I was talking to a friend from India
and she was saying how, despite comingfrom South Asia, she did not really relateto the people at (the South AsianStudents Association).”
Li said he felt groups like SASA andthe Asian American StudentsAssociation were geared toward Asianstudents who had grown up in theUnited States. LISP does not cater to aspecific type of person as long as theyare international, he said, though it doeshave a few American members as well.
The comic mission statement tellsmuch the same story. It depicts anunhappy stick-figure international stu-dent arriving in America, where he islost among overbearing natives. In the
end, the stick figure runs away and findsrefuge and love in the LISP program.
Although the group only started amonth ago, its members are enthusias-tic. Since the founding of the group,there have been two informal events —brunch and ice cream at Ben and Jerry’s.
The group also plans to have a pump-kin carving, said LISP member AditiKibe ’06. Because LISP has not yet regis-tered with the Undergraduate Council ofStudents as a student group, it mustgenerate its own funds. Li said the groupis uncertain about whether LISP willever register, given the informal natureof the group.
“I like that it’s informal and that a lotof people in it are more relaxed,” Kibesaid. “It’s more personal because every-
Lost on campus: international students start LISP
see YIA, page 6 see LISP, page 7
Michael Goldberger.A number of administrators
have been receptive to the idea,Dias said. UCS’ goal is to keepthe issue present in the minds ofadministrators until the eco-nomic means are available, shesaid.
Need-blind admission isimportant to remedy the lack ofeconomic diversity amonginternational students, she said.
Talented international stu-dents are getting turned downeach year because they cannotafford Brown’s tuition, Frangista
said.In the Ivy League, only
Harvard, Princeton and Yale, allof which have significantly larg-er endowments than Brown,currently have need-blindadmission for international stu-dents.
When it comes to offeringfinancial aid to internationalstudents, “we’re significantlybetter than lots of institutions,”Bartini said.
Goldberger cited a study ofthe 2001-2002 academic yearthat placed Brown as the 12th-best school in terms of aid toforeign students.
Admittance of internationalstudents from diverse economicbackgrounds would help Brownbe more globally aware andwould “improve our way ofrelating to the world,” said JohnEng-Wong, director of foreignstudents, faculty and staff serv-ices. “It allows students to knowa bigger part of the world in apersonal way,” he said.
“How could it not make suchan incredible difference?”Goldberger said.
Some international studentscan afford to come to Brownonly because they are sponsoredby companies in their country,Dias said, which means thesestudents end up having a “voca-tional” experience at Brownbecause their sponsor dictateswhich classes they take.
“It’s just sad,” she said.In the meantime, she hopes
that international parents canraise funds to sponsor Brownstudents, she said.
More scholarships, like theBrown InternationalOrganization scholarship,would help alleviate the prob-lem, Eng-Wong said.
The BRIO scholarship wasstarted by BRIO in conjunctionwith President Vartan Gregorianand is now administered by theOffice of UndergraduateAdmission using funds raised bythe Office of InternationalAdvancement, saidInternational ScholarshipCouncil President LauraLehmann ’04.
Though optimistic about itsrealization, Goldberger saidsecuring need-blind admissionfor international students isparticularly challengingbecause of the numerous goalswithin the financial aid budgetalone. The University would alsolike to offer financial aid totransfer students, increase avail-able funding for ResumedUndergraduate Educationapplicants and offer more com-petitive loans to all students, hesaid.
Herald senior staff writer MerylRothstein ’06 can be reached [email protected].
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vation cost roughly $500,000,Feldman said.
The youths raised funds byapproaching all 15 city councilmembers, chief executive officersof companies, Mayor DavidCicilline ’83 and individualdonors. Eleven of the 15 citycouncilmen contributed to YIA.
Help from the Brown commu-nity has benefited the program,Feldman said. Thirty-five Brownstudents work with YIA partici-pants on a regular basis.
When Pagan was a sophomorein high school, he worked with aBrown student to write a 12-ses-sion health education curriculumaddressing HIV and teen pregnan-cy prevention. “It is one of themost professional curricula I’veever seen, and it’s completely writ-ten by youth,” Feldman said. Thecurriculum meets state educationstandards and has been used byYIA teens to teach their peers.
After working with a Brownstudent, Pagan showed interestin the University and gainedadmission. Pagan, Roman andWilson were all active in YIA and
are currently enrolled at theUniversity.
Two of the staffers at YIA areBrown graduates. Adeola Oredola’02 works at YIA and was selectedby the mayor to sit on theProvidence school board.
“Both Brown students andalums have given this organiza-tion a great deal of support,”Feldman said.
Roman urged current Brownstudents to help YIA youth. “Theyneed people to guide them andshow them that a college educa-tion is valuable,” she said. “Theyneed good role models.”
Insurance company BlueCross/Blue Shield contributedthrough donations the purchaseand renovation of the newlyacquired YIA house. Scott Fraser,who works for Blue Cross, said hewas touched by the work theyoung members of YIA have donein their community. “YIA reallyteaches youth who might be insome challenging circumstancesthat they can rise to leadershipregardless of their environment,”he said.
Herald staff writer MichaelRuderman ’07 can be reached [email protected].
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In spite of everything, theteam came out the next morn-ing more prepared for anotherround of water polo and for thefirst game of the day againstWest Coast powerhouse No. 5UC-San Diego.
“We went into the gameknowing that they were going tobe a very fast, very good team,”Clapper said. “We played betterthan Friday, but San Diego isjust on a whole different level.”
“The purpose was not reallyto win, but to play against one ofthe best teams for sake of com-petition,” Sandys said, “and forthe most part, we were able tokeep up with them.”
Co-Captain DougGrutzmacher ’04, Graeme Lee-Wingate ’06 and Tiner managedto put up three points on thescoreboard for Brown, but SanDiego affirmed its No. 5 spotwith a nine-point lead of 12-3 bythe end of the fourth quarter.
Game three of the tourna-ment pitted Brown against No.17 Santa Clara and presented alesson in patience for the team.Though the board read 11-5 infavor of Santa Clara, due to poorofficiating, the score did notreflect the nature of the game.
“Santa Clara is a good team,but this game should have beena one-goal game, if not a win,”Clapper said.
“The officiating was the dom-inant reason why we weren’table to keep up on the score-board,” Sandys said. “The refer-ees wouldn’t let us play ourgame and turned over our pos-sessions on offense based onbad calls.”
In spite of five goals scored byTiner, Grutzmacher, Wiener andThomas Payton ’07, the situa-tion disoriented the team andaffected its performance andcohesion.
“It was very frustratingbecause it brought us down andtook us away from the game,”Sandys said. “The result was notindicative of talent versus talentbut of the refereeing.”
The final game of the day andthe tournament matched Brownup against UC-Santa Cruz. TheBears dictated the pace of thegame, out-swimming theiropponents and in particulardominating the two-meteroffense position. After 28 min-utes of exceptional play, thescoreboard read 11-7 with aBrown victory.
“Going into the game wedecided not to care about theoutcome, to have fun and to notlet the officiating affect us,”Sandys said. “We focused onencouraging each other andplaying the game.”
After a 2-2 tie in the first quar-ter, the Bears secured the lead
with five goals in the followingperiod and an additional four inthe second half. Tiner andPayton led the offense, eachscoring four and three pointsrespectively. Co-Captain KeithStanski ’04 had a stellar per-formance in goal, blocking tenshots, including difficult four-meter penalty shots.
“Goal-tending is one of ourbiggest strengths,” Clapper said.“Both Fantone and Stanskiplayed very well this weekend,and stopped many shots fromup top and in one-on-one situa-tions.”
All in all, the weekend’s com-petition against some of the topteams in the nation thoroughlyprepped the Bears for theupcoming NorthernChampionships this weekend atBoston.
“In general, California teamstend to be stronger on counter-attacks, so having to guardagainst that will help us againstour game against Iona,” Clappersaid.
Brown, seeded fourth, willface Iona in the first and mostcrucial game of the tournament.Winning the first game deter-mines whether or not a teamwill continue on to the EasternChampionships in mid-November.
“Our advantage is that wehave a huge bench, and every-one on our team can play,”Sandys said. “We should out-swim and out-work Iona.”
In its last match-up, Brownsoundly defeated Iona 10-7, butbecause of the paramountimportance of the result and theheated rivalry, the game promis-es to be highly charged withexcitement and plenty of physi-cal aggression.
“We have to play at the top ofour game because both teamsare fighting to compete for thechance to continue their sea-son,” Clapper said. “But we’re ata good place right now, andwe’re in a good position to beplaying our best this weekend.”
Herald staff writer Jinhee Chung’05 covers the water polo team.She can be reached [email protected].
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0, have been good enough tokeep Dick Vermeil from cryingat all this season. Kick-return-er Dante Hall has alreadyreturned four kicks for touch-downs this season, whilePriest Holmes is the bestweapon in the league on themost balanced offense in theleague. Indy finally has adefense thanks to headcoach/defensive wiz TonyDungy. If he had players ofPeyton Manning and MarvinHarrison’s caliber in Tampa,they would have won multipleSuper Bowls during his tenure.
While Hall, Holmes andManning are gaining MVPconsideration, Steve McNairand Randy Moss are bignames that also have beencarrying their teams. McNairhas taken Brett Favre’s title asthe best leader in the game.His stats may not be gaudy,but he gets the job done andwins games — with or withoutpractice. Moss has finallyregained his dominating formafter a couple of mediocreseasons. Even without startingquarterback DaunteCulpepper for a few weeks,Moss has dominated oppos-ing defenses all season andhas the Vikings sitting atop theNFC in a tie with the Panthers.
Domination cannot be usedto describe the New EnglandPatriots, who may be the NFL’sbiggest enigma. After openingthe season with one of theworst-timed roster moves inrecent memory — the releaseof team captain Lawyer Milloydays before the season opener— the Pats have put together a6-2 record. Just like theirchampionship season twoyears ago, the Patriots are notnecessarily beating oppo-nents, but just not letting themwin. The most impressivething about their record is thatthey’ve done it despite having14 starters missing variousamounts of time throughoutthe first eight weeks. The inter-esting thing will be to see howthe team does as it gets playersback.
At this point, it’s almost likewe’re watching a two-partmovie. Plenty of plots are run-ning at once in the land of thepigskin, and it remains to beseen how they will play out.Will the Cowboys andPanthers continue to defy theexperts? What stars will puttheir teams on their backs andcarry them to the promisedland? Heck, we haven’t evengotten into the impendingreturn of Michael Vick — thiswas supposed to be his break-out season, remember. Thetrue winners here are us, theNFL fans of America. So grab aburger and a beverage, folks,because it’s game time.
Chris Hatfield ’06 is an assistantsports editor.
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one knows at least one otherperson in the group.”
The member page lists all themembers of the group with thepresident listed as the “corrupthead.” Members list five wordsabout themselves — including“Canadians are international
students too!” and “crazy gener-ally lost Czech chick” — andtheir nationality. Some of thenationalities representedinclude Turkey, Peru, Venezuela,Japan, Lebanon, India, Pakistanand Hong Kong.
Regardless of whether LISPbecomes a legitimate club oncampus, members are having agood time, both Li and Kibesaid.
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Moss has finally
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nating form after a
couple of mediocre
seasons.
“In general,
California teams
tend to be stronger
on counter-attacks,
so having to guard
against that will
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game against Iona,”
Clapper said.
rates are in the $200 range,would benefit from increasingthe cost of parking, he said.
Possible methods of assign-ing cost include implementing asliding scale based on economicstatus and charging more forpremium spots closest to cam-pus, Holman said. Increasingthe cost of spots nearby wouldallow lower prices in the satel-lite parking lot he said he hopeswill soon be secured in EastProvidence.
Addressing last week’s UCSdiscussion of the Photo Club’srequest to improve the group’sdark room in Faunce House,Greene said, “(The administra-tion) will work to get the dark-room working and will clean upthe ventilation system in thenear future.” He added that theUniversity is currently deter-mining how to fund the proj-ect.
UCS Secretary Joel Payne ’05presented the UCS CommunityService Task Force’s first project,which he is spearheading. TheThanksgiving Food Drive, withgoods donated to the RhodeIsland Community Food Bank,will take place from Nov. 3
through Nov. 17. The Task Forcealso hopes to initiate a mentor-ing and “shadowing” programfor members of Hope HighSchool’s student government,he said.
In response to studentrequests that WebCT allowaccess to all course syllabi dur-ing the shopping period with-out registration, UCS Academicand Administrative AffairsCommittee Chair CharleyCummings ’06 said departmentchairs would receive a letterencouraging them to submitsuch documents to the system.
First-year representatives areorganizing a class Halloweentrick-or-treat event. The groupis sending residential coun-selors maps marking participat-ing dorms and chalking out theroutes for Friday’s event, whichwill be held between 7:30 and9:30 p.m.
“Dress wacky and come becrazy,” said representativeJohnny Lin ’07.
UCS members also discussedthe need for more internalbonding experiences, such as agroup bowling trip.
Herald staff writer Krista Hachey’07 covers the UndergraduateCouncil of Students. She can bereached at [email protected].
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bracket. Moss and Charm bothwon their next two matches,and though both lost their nextmatch, neither went downwithout a fight. Charm fell toJeff Hulburt of Hartford 7-5, 4-6, 10-4, and Moss lost to PatrickFlint of Hartford 5-7, 7-6, 11-9.
The Big Green Invitationalwas the final scheduled tourna-ment of the fall season for themen’s tennis team. JamieCerretani ’04 and AdilShamasdin ’05 will compete atthe National IndoorChampionships from Nov. 6-9,having qualified at the ITARegional Tournament from Oct.18-21. The rest of the team willspend the winter practicing andpreparing for the spring season,which, judging from the fall, issure to be a great success.
Herald staff writer CraigMcGowan ’07 covers men’stennis. He can be reached [email protected].
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cellar. Cornell grabbed an earlylead and looked to play spoiler,but Brown continued to controlthe ball and the field.
“I think we kind of have the tar-get on us now and people are try-ing to play up to us,” Norris saidwhen asked about Cornell’s per-formance. “Cornell had nothingto lose and we did.”
“To come back, everyone real-ized they needed to step up indi-vidually,” Buza said. “We startedcutting to the ball better and notletting Cornell receive it.”
The increased intensity paidoff for the Bears. With just under15 minutes to go in the game,Buza gathered the ball on the leftside of the goal, and sent it towardthe cage, where Co-CaptainLaurel Pierpoint ’04 scored to tiethe game. Brown continued topound away, and with just undertwo minutes Tess Belmont ’06broke away from her defender,forcing the Cornell goalie out ofher cage. Belmont was able to slipthe ball past the goalie for thewinning goal.
The momentum from theCornell victory was evident yes-terday afternoon. Brown domi-nated Holy Cross for much of thegame. While the seniors onBrown’s squad have playedtremendously for the team allyear, Wednesday’s performancesspoke volumes about the skill andleadership of the class of 2004.
At the 15:49 mark of the firsthalf Brown kicked off the scoringon a penalty corner. After the ini-tial push to Buza, Buza faked adrive and pushed it to the left postwhere classmate MeaghanHarwood ’04 finessed the ballinto the goal. Wasting little time,Brown scored again and onceagain it was two seniors in on thegoal, as Pierpont assistedCarleton.
The Bears looked as if theymight run away with the victoryearly, but momentary lapses indefense allowed the Crusaders totie the game up.
But the Bears’ offense was notabout to go into hibernation. Asthe sun set and the lights onWarner Roof came up, Brown’soffense resurfaced.
“Everyone was in the gameand it was only a matter of timebefore we were going to scoreagain,” Buza said. “Everyonewas giving a second effort. Wewere not just waiting for a passbut moving and really workingwell with each other(Wednesday).”
Bruno took the lead and never
looked back on a beautiful goal.The play started when BrookeTownsend ’06 broke down theright side of the field and sent apowerful drive toward the goal.The drive deflected off of a stickand popped into the air whereCarleton swept the waist high ballinto the back of the goal.
Brown added its insurancegoal off a penalty corner, when ashot by Evan O’Connell’s ’05bounced off the goalie’s pads andBuza jumped on the rebound.Pierpont added another goal inthe final minute.
The success of Brown’s offensethis past week was a combinationof patience and practice.
“We’ve had the opportunitieson offense all season, we just havenot executed,” Norris said. “Weare finally getting the time andpace of the ball down.”
“We’ve been working on finish-ing in breakaway situations inpractice,” said Julia Kelderman’05. “The offense did a great job ofcapitalizing on their opportuni-ties (Wednesday), which is some-thing we will have to do thisweekend.”
This weekend Brown will faceoff against Penn. Penn, Yale andBrown are currently tied for thirdplace in the Ivy League with 3-2records. The game also marks thefinal home game for the Class of2004.
“Being tied gives us all themore motivation to come out andwin. There will be a lot of pushand heart out there,” Buza said.“I’m not worried that our teamwon’t come to play.”
“We have a strong group ofseniors who have done a great jobleading the team through the sea-son and as a group there is greatteam chemistry. To finish in thirdplace would reflect the hard workwe have put in and the characterof this team,” Kelderman said.
One senior in particular whohas been crucial for the Bears forthe past four years is Lizzie Buza.This week Buza was one of 19 ath-letes chosen for the North rosterfor the North/South Senior All-Star game on Nov. 22. Buza, afour-year starter at Brown, is,according to Norris, “the key togetting (the team) going. … Lizzieis one of the best overall players inthe country, and it is a welldeserved honor.”
But before Buza can suit up asan All-Star, she and the rest of thesquad have important work to do,and the fight for third place in theIvies begins Saturday at Brown.
Herald staff write MaggieHaskins ’04 edits the sports sec-tion. She can be reached [email protected].
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LETTERS EXTRATHE BROWN DAILY HERALD
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2003 · PAGE 9
To the Editor:
Re: “Time to tear down the Stars and Bars,” Oct. 28.I am very alarmed that an editor of any publication
would allow one person to print his/her opinion on onesubject without knowing what he or she is writing about.
John Brougher ’06 is not in any way considered anexpert in American history. When they “tear down theStars and Bars,” they will have to pry them from cold,dead hands, to quote an old adage used for gun control.
The War for Southern Independence was fought over“taxation without representation.”
The North was constantly trying to raise taxes onSoutherners through high tariffs on imported goods, inorder to protect the inefficient big businesses in theNorth. These big businesses could not compete withEngland and France, with whom the South traded cot-ton.
When Lincoln was elected president, he and the U.S.Congress immediately passed the Morrill Tariff (thehighest import tax in U.S. history), more than doublingthe import tax rate from 20 percent to 47 percent.
A state’s rights to leave the Union it voted to join wasnot enforced by the Northern lawmakers, although theright was in the U.S. Constitution.
Slavery did not become an issue to Lincoln until hedecided it would keep England and France from helpingthe Confederacy. Lincoln in fact stated, freeing someslaves and not others, or by freeing no slaves to keep theUnion, I would do so..”
A proper quote comes from “our” late PresidentJefferson Davis: “Truth crushed to the earth is truth stilland like a seed will rise again.”
Mark E. ChristianOct. 28
To the Editor:
Re: “Time to tear down the Stars and Bars,” Oct. 28.I can point out two historical facts which entirely discred-it this tome of ignorance:
1. The “Stars and Bars” is not the Confederate battle flagbut instead refers to the Confederate First National flag.
2. The author states, “The Confederate symbols on stateflags, for instance, were not placed there following the CivilWar as a sort of remembrance.” This is again a completemisstatement of fact as the Confederate battle flag wasadded to the canton of the Mississippi state flag in 1894.
The last time I looked the Civil Rights movement start-ed just a bit after that.
This “op-ed” is simply another demonstration of BrownUniversity students, among multitudes of others, are notbeing taught history but are instead being taught hate.
Col. Michael Kelley, Commanding37th Texas Cavalry
Oct. 29
To the Editor:
While there are many schools of thought lying withinany newspaper audience, you have to closely monitorfire eaters such as John Brougher ’06. (“Time to teardown the Stars and Bars,” Oct. 28).
Like all good propagandists he mixes an occasionalfact with a lot of repetitive liberal “philosophy”. If hereally wants to preach to those he thinks are below him,intellectually, he would do well to actually study the sub-ject to the point where he would actually sound believ-able. He may mislead those who are even less knowl-edgeable than he is, but he does not sway anyone edu-cated in the subject.
Brougher obviously prefers the repetition of unfound-ed opinions to the hard work required to become some-what familiar with his subject.
H.B. OwensOct. 29
To the Editor:
It is obvious Brougher has no inkling of the Americanhistory he is discussing in his recent article. It stands toreason, then, that he should not comment on anyone’sheritage other than his own.
The Southern states seceded from the Union to escapelaws enacted by a Northern majority Congress to protectNorthern industry from competition and levied increas-ing tariffs on goods imported from foreign countries.
There were no traitors in the Confederacy. If therewere, why were no Confederate civil officials or generalofficers tried for treason by the U.S. government? Slaverywas constitutionally legal, but morally incorrect, in allthe states for 89 years. Northern states enacted “blacklaws” to protect white workers as early as 1851. The term“separate but equal” originated from a Massachusettsstate law enacted in 1845. No, the Confederate States didnot fight for slavery or for racism. The Union attackedthe Confederacy for one reason: greed. Any other rea-soning is an attempt to hide the truth. I am proud myforefathers fought for the independence of the Americancolonies, the independence of Texas and the independ-ence of the Southern states.
Did any of Brougher's family fight in these conflicts,or is he just riding on my forefathers’ bloody coattails? Iinsist you leave my heritage alone.
Ken Fannin Oct. 29
Angry readers respond to Brougher’s attack on Confederate pride
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Transfer orientationand advising actuallyquite good
To the Editor:
As transfer students in the middle of our firstsemester at Brown, we were somewhat baffled bySarah Green’s two articles addressing the transferexperience (“Exploring bias against transfer stu-dents, part II,” Oct. 29).
Perhaps Green is no longer qualified to write onthe orientation and advising of transfers becausemany evident improvements have been made inthese areas since her arrival. Not only was the ori-entation program informative and welcoming, butit was guided by Transfer Counselors who hadrecently transferred to Brown themselves. In addi-tion, we were each advised by friendly, helpful,understanding faculty members and, in somecases, by Dean of Transfer Students MargaretKlawunn.
Referring to the “sad lives of transfer students” isboth inappropriate and offensive. We chose Brownto escape the “sad lives” we found at previous insti-tutions, and thus far our experience has exceededour expectations. Maybe we were lucky in terms ofhousing and having all of our credits transfer, butGreen seems to be bitterly describing isolatedevents that do not apply to all transfers. Other stu-dents surely are not biased or rude to transfer stu-dents; if anything, they are intrigued and interest-ed in our reasons for leaving our old colleges andmaking the risky decision to start over.
It is important that we recognize and thank theTransfer Counselors and deans for helping us makea smooth transition, and thank as well the Browncommunity for giving us the opportunity to experi-ence college the way it was meant to be.
Jessica Pesce ’06Abby Preissler ’05
Oct. 29
McAuliffe has wrongtake on communityresponse to Horowitz
To the Editor:
I find serious fault in Chris McAuliffe’s (“The finalword on Horowitz,” Oct. 28) characterization of thecommunity’s response to David Horowitz.Essentially, his main point seems to be that, “If aperson thinks David Horowitz was a waste of his orher time, he or she must not care to learn aboutconservative thought or about discussing or havingintellectual diversity.”
Please. I’d perhaps agree with McAuliffe (exceptfor making generalizations) if there had been anyactual intellectual content to Horowitz’s lecture.Instead, Horowitz essentially spent half of it praisinghis own personal history and the other half talkingdown to the audience about intellectual diversity (Ilost track of the number of times a sentence startedwith the exhortation, “You need to … ”). Rather thantaking the opportunity to thoughtfully engage theaudience, he simply reiterated his point of view andessentially accused detractors of intolerance.
It is also troubling that McAuliffe seems to viewthe Brown community much in the way thatHorowitz does. In his view, people were not disrup-tive only because the College Republicans and theadministration “called us out” and all of the audi-ence questions Horowitz dodged and spun were“insipid” anyway, leading to the conclusion thatthose of us who criticize Horowitz the most activelymust be completely ignorant and couldn’t havearrived at our opinions by reading some of his writ-ings and varying perspectives on them. His inabilityto even consider why people might think ill of thisman and his style as an individual, as opposed to aspart of a McCarthyite unwillingness to engage allconservatives, is truly shallow and close-minded.
We should all take the question of intellectualdiversity seriously, but not to the extent that weautomatically accept David Horowitz as the basisfor framing that debate.
Sean Siperstein ‘05Vice-President
Brown DemocratsOct. 29
Not quite yetThe Undergraduate Council of Students is planning to vote next weekon whether to ask the University to make admission for internationalstudents need-blind.
This is a laudable goal. Brown’s introduction of need-blind admis-sion for U.S. students in the class of 2007 represented a renewed com-mitment to educational access. International students should be justas able to take advantage of what Brown has to offer.
But UCS also expects the University to foot the bill.UCS representatives concede the endeavor would be costly.
Director of Financial Aid Michael Bartini said the cost could easilyexceed $2.5 million.
Offering increased financial aid to international students would benice. But the $2.5 million price tag isn’t realistic, and though it is anoble goal, increased financial aid for international students is not —and shouldn’t be — Brown’s top priority.
The University has a lengthy list of initiatives and goals that onlymore money will facilitate. Enhancing the academic offerings and stu-dent services available to the students already clamoring to attendBrown should come before increasing aid to foreign students.
Transfer students, Resumed Undergraduate Education students andplain old freshmen already struggle to pay for Brown, taking out bur-densome loans and requiring great sacrifices by their families. AsDirector of Admission Michael Goldberger outlined, providing aid fortransfer students and Resumed Undergraduate Education studentshave been on the University’s agenda longer than aid for internationalstudents. These goals have yet to be met.
A short-term compromise that would help Brown demonstrate itscommitment to having a diverse student body would be to admitinternational applicants on a need-blind basis, but make it clear tothese applicants that Brown cannot yet meet their full need, which itpromises to do for admitted American students.
The University could, upon admitting international students inneed of more financial aid than Brown can provide, help accepted stu-dents find independent donors and corporations to fund their wayinto Brown. Some students would still be unable to matriculate, butthe socioeconomic diversity of international students would increase.
Once the capital campaign is truly underway, increased financialaid for international students would be an excellent rallying call forthe thousands of international alumni in the United States and abroadlooking for a worthy recipient of their donations. Then, in a few years,Brown could fully back its promise of need-blind admission withincreased aid as well.
OPINIONSTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2003 · PAGE 11
BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS COLUMN,President Bush has probably alreadysigned into law the first federal restrictionon abortion since it was legalized over 30years ago. The Partial Birth Abortion BanAct makes it a crime for doctors to per-form the procedure commonly — andmisleadingly — referred to as partial birthabortion, a procedure that is used in lessthan one percent of all abortions.President Clinton vetoed this bill twiceduring his tenure in office due to its lackof an exception for cases where the life ofthe mother is in danger, and just threeyears ago the U.S. Supreme Courtdeclared that a similar law in Nebraskawas unconstitutional for its flagrantabsence of protection for the pregnantwoman. Nonetheless, the Senate passedthis legislation by a vote of 64-34, a winthat includes 17 Democrats.
In a sense, pro-choice leaders lost thefight to keep this procedure legal as soonas they accepted the usage of the term“partial birth abortion.” Medicallyspeaking, partial birth abortions donot exist, and thus the ban causesa great deal of confusion amongmedical practioners as to whatconstitutes a partial birthabortion. The procedurethat most resembles thedescription of the bill isknown medically as dila-tion and extraction, yetthe broad descriptionsin the bill mean thatdoctors are unclear asto what procedures arelegal. This severely limitswomen’s access to safeabortions, as many doc-tors are reluctant to performany procedure that may beinterpreted as a criminal act.
Furthermore, because the ban focuseson the type of procedure and not the timein the pregnancy at which it is performed,doctors may be forced to pursue less safeforms of abortion at the same stages ofpregnancy in which they would typicallyperform dilation and extraction. The lackof exceptions in the bill also means thateven pregnant women who discover thattheir fetuses have serious conditions —or will die at or before birth — must stillcarry their pregnancies to term.
The ban — despite being vague in itsdescription of partial birth abortions — isquite clear on its priorities, and thewoman falls dead last on this scale. A doc-tor who performs this ambiguous proce-dure can be jailed for up to two years, andthe father of the fetus and the parents ofthe woman (if she is under 18) are entitledto press charges and seek damagesagainst the doctor. This allows for thepartner of a woman and a young woman’s
parents to have more rights than thewoman herself has over her own
body. This penalty clearly estab-lishes a form of ownership overwomen’s bodies; if a woman, in
consultation with her doctor,decides to abort a pregnan-cy using a specific proce-
dure, her parents andpartner hold some sortof legal claim to that
fetus even as she mustforfeit her control ofher body.
These logistics aregaining far too littleattention. The debatewas essentially over assoon as the Left conced-
ed to the term “partial birth abortion.”Supporters of the ban succeeded inchoosing the language and defining theterms of this discussion, and pro-choiceactivists have failed in getting the mes-sage across that these procedures are notactually “partial births.” When the issuehas been framed in such a one-sided way,it must have been difficult to vote againstthe ban for a procedure that SenateMajority Leader Bill Frist repeatedlycalled “barbaric.” Rhetoric like this inten-sified the pressure on Democrats andresulted in 17 Senate Democrats votingfor the ban, including such liberal leadersas Senators Leahy and Biden as well asSenate Minority Leader Daschle.
For this I blame, in part, the reluctanceof the Left to take an aggressive defense of“partial birth” procedures. There exists anunderlying fear among many in the pro-choice movement that being too forcefuland public about this issue would alien-ate many in their base, who may not favorthe procedure. Many liberals back awayfrom this critical issue because they areafraid that if they tackle it head-on theywill be met with dim prospects of sup-port. Their assumption is wrong. Only 12percent of Americans believe that abor-tions should always and in all cases beillegal, and I am convinced that if moreAmericans were accurately informedabout partial birth abortions, they wouldoppose outright and definitive bans onthe procedure. Members of Congress, aswell as pro-choice activists, should trustAmericans by stressing truth over rheto-ric and medical facts over political jargon.Rather than cautiously backing awayfrom the issue of partial birth abortions,our leaders should confront the issue
directly and engage the public in an opendiscussion.
The partial birth abortion ban is funda-mentally about chipping away at women’sright to choose any form of abortion, andit is sadly one of several such policies thatis gaining momentum. The UnbornVictims of Violence Act has been pro-posed in each of the past three sessions ofCongress, but it is not until this year’smurder of the pregnant Laci Peterson thatthe bill gained broad support. The act —now exploitatively known as Laci andConner’s Law — mandates that anyonewho assaults a woman and either hurts oraborts her fetus will be prosecuted withan additional charge on behalf of thefetus. The actual goal of this bill — onethat many on the right freely admit to —is to grant the fetus personhood, so thatharming a fetus is the equivalent of harm-ing a person. It is simply another desper-ate attempt by anti-choice leaders to chipaway at the right of a woman to choose tocontrol her own body.
It is time for politicians to stop playinggames with women’s bodies. Though thePartial Birth Abortion Ban is likely to beruled unconstitutional once it is chal-lenged in court, its passage is a signal thatthe right to legal and accessible abortionsis hanging on by a tiny thread. As soon asBush gets his awaited Supreme Courtnomination, the 5-4 majority in favor ofRoe v. Wade is likely to be shattered,meaning that we can lose our right tochoose before many of us even realize itwas threatened. It is time for us all towake up and react aggressively to thecontinued attacks on women’s rights bythis Congress and this administration.Our mothers fought to earn us the legalright to control our own bodies — it isnow up to us to preserve that right for ourfuture daughters.
Playing politics with women’s bodies
Our preoccupation with finding love at Brown
I AM SO INCREDIBLY SICK OF HEARINGstudents on this campus whine about itslack of dating and/or serious relationships.Whether it’s a conversation in the BlueRoom, a post on the Daily Jolt or a columnin the pages of this newspaper, it’s thesame complaints time aftertime. Don’t people ever gettired of singing the sametune?
In his column yesterday(“Facing our fear of intimacywith creativity,” Oct. 29), Judah Lakin listedthe grandiose schemes he’s used to ask girlsout — attempts that are extravagant andout there to compensate for his self-pro-claimed awkwardness and insecurity. Forsomeone who’s so insecure, Lakin suredeals with the possibility of rejection well… over and over and over again. I find themain point of Lakin’s piece a bit elusive,and I’m confused as to what he’s trying tosay. I think his main point falls somewherealong the lines of girls should ask guysout/I want a relationship, not a randomhookup/Brown students have a fear of inti-macy/I’m a socially awkward and insecureguy (a socially awkward guy at Brown?Never…). Or, maybe it’s just another stab atgetting himself a date.
Lakin does not come across as the inse-cure and awkward “white dude” that he
makes himself out to be. If someone who’sso insecure has the balls to ask out six girlsover three weeks after facing rejection afterrejection, how many girls would he be ask-ing out if he were secure — upwards of 20?It takes a certain amount of confidence to
put oneself out there and asksomeone out on a date, becausein reality, no one’s going to ask ifhe or she doesn’t think there’ssome possibility of getting ayes. One must be secure with
himself or herself to head into a situationwhere rejection is a possibility.
And perhaps this is the reason behindstudents not going around leaving notesfor people in the Rock or buying a dozencandy bars and showing up at someone’sdoor (but I’ll have to hand it to Lakin —nice move bringing chocolate to a girl).And it really takes a certain amount of con-fidence and security in oneself to say, “Ihave come to realize that I deserve a bang-ing girl in every respect — physically, emo-tionally and intellectually. I won’t settle forless.” If every self-proclaimed socially awk-ward insecure guy at Brown walks aroundthinking that he’s entitled to a girl who’s“banging” in every sense, well then, I cansee why the male student body might be sowhiney.
On the random hookup issue, I’ve got toagree with Lakin; the casual drunkenweekend hookup thing at Brown is a sad
and pathetic vicious cycle, but it practical-ly comes with the collegiate territory.However, Lakin’s attempt to get a kiss fol-lows along the lines of the one-timehookup phenomenon. If a sober guyknocked on my door for 20 minutes at 2:30in the morning asking for a kiss, after firstcursing him out for waking me up, Iwouldn’t see the request as, “Would youlike to develop a relationship with me?”but more like, “It’s 2:30 in the morning andI’m horny, can I kiss you?” And I don’tthink asking a girl for a kiss in the middleof the night counts as asking her out on adate.
Now, I don’t want this to appear as anattack on Lakin. His story is the same as somany other students’ (males, in particular)at Brown; he wants to date, he wants a girl-friend, blah, blah, blah. But for a guy whoclaims to not have the time or patience forgame playing, he certainly seems to be
exerting a lot of effort into his pursuits. Thewhole baggage/suitcase thing? Come onnow.
I don’t think Brown students have a fearof intimacy (or a fear of intimacy of creativ-ity, for that matter), but they do have a pre-occupation with finding love/companion-ship. It’s a huge world out there with a lot ofother people besides Brown students. Youmight not find love here or even form aserious relationship during your time onCollege Hill. Get on with life. I know I didn’tcome to Brown looking for a relationship(lucky for me), but if it happens, so be it.I’m not about to start slipping people notesin the SciLi or tell someone at the Ratty he’sso hot he’s making my ice cream melt(good one, right Judah?). To those who areconstantly on the quest for love: chill. It’llhappen, just don’t force it. Pick up a hobby,join a club, get a job. Or just keep plottingways to get a girl to date you.Diana Rosenthal ‘05 hails from Brooklyn, N.Y.
DIANA ROSENTHAL
GUEST COLUMNIST
If a sober guy knocked on my door for 20 minutes at 2:30
in the morning asking for a kiss, after first cursing him out
for waking me up, I wouldn’t see the request as,“Would
you like to develop a relationship with me?” but more like,
“It’s 2:30 in the morning and I’m horny, can I kiss you?”
Students looking for a serious relationship need to stop trying so hard because it’s probably not going to happen
Rachel Marshall ’04 dedicates this column to her stepmom, and womeneverywhere who fought for the rights this generation takes for granted.
rachelmarshall
the marshallplan
SPORTS THURSDAYTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD
OCTOBER 30, 2003 · PAGE 12
FINALLY, THE BASEBALL SEASON HAScome to a close. The Marlins once againreign supreme in the baseball world,while the chaos is only beginning in theBronx. Meanwhile, the NBA has justbegun and the NHL is hitting its stride. As
exciting as thosetwo sports are,nothing really mat-ters until the play-offs in April andMay because halfthe league makesthe postseason ineach league any-way. No, friends,the action rightnow can be foundin the NFL, theperfect cure foryour baseballhangover.
It’s just about the midpoint of the sea-son, and as usual there is plenty to talkabout on the gridiron. Last season, theincrease in passing and big-play offensesthroughout the league was supposed tousher in a new era in offense. But, thatmovement died in Super Bowl XXXVIIwhen the Bucs defense made a mockeryof the Raiders offense. Yes, folks, just likeretro jerseys, running the ball is back instyle.
Leading the way, a couple of backs, whowere previously only viewed as slightlybetter than average, are having breakoutseasons — Jamal Lewis and StephenDavis. Lewis already has 977 yards rushingafter seven games, including an amazing295 yards in week two, a new record. Theamazing thing about Lewis’ success is thathe’s doing it with opposing defensesstacking the line of scrimmage becausethe Ravens have the worst passing offensein the league. Davis also does his workwithout much of an air attack. Davis isdoing his thing quietly, as he seems tohave done his whole career, and he hasled the surprising Panthers to a 6-1 record.
Speaking of surprise teams, nobodypredicted the start the Cowboys wouldhave, even after adding Bill Parcells ashead coach. But, the ’boys have reeled offa 5-2 start, although most of the team’ssuccess has been against sub-par compe-tition. The real test for the Big Tuna andcompany will be keeping the pace for therest of the season.
On the other side of things, last year’sSuper Bowl teams, Oakland and TampaBay, have been two of the most disap-pointing teams in the league. At 2-5, theRaiders seem to have forgotten wherethey found the fountain of youth last sea-son, and there certainly will be manychanges made to this club soon. But, theBucs don’t seem to have as much to worryabout. Despite their lack of a rushinggame, they didn’t have one last seasoneither, and they seem to be comingaround. Look for this team to get backinto the hunt soon.
One team that has already righted theship after an early crisis is the Rams. Wemay have seen the last of Kurt Warnerafter his hideous performance in weekone and the subsequent emergence ofMarc Bulger as more than a one-yearwonder. Even without Marshall Faulk formost of the season, the Rams may be theNFC’s scariest team, as they havereclaimed their title as the “Greatest Showon Turf” and gunned their way to 5-2.
In the AFC, the favorites at this pointhave to be the Chiefs and Colts. TheChiefs, the only undefeated team left at 8-
BY CRAIG MCGOWANBrown doubles once again was the crownjewel of the men’s tennis team at lastweekend’s Big Green Invitational atDartmouth. Though the Bears had onlythree players competing in the tourna-ment, the doubles team of Phil Charm ’06and Richard Moss ’06 captured the dou-bles title.
Charm and Moss defeated two teamseach from Harvard and host schoolDartmouth en route to their doublescrown. After beating Raj Shrestha andJohn Bois of Dartmouth 8-3 in the firstround, Brown took on Scott Denenbergand Brent Saiontz of Harvard, winning 8-2.
Charm and Moss faced off againstDavid Webb and Andres Reyes ofDartmouth in the semifinals, prevailingby a score of 8-3. Following these control-ling performances, Brown defeatedBrandon Chiu and Gideon Valkin ofHarvard 8-3 in the final.
Charm and Moss’ doubles perform-ance has been typical of Brown doubles allfall. In four tournaments, Brown has wonfive doubles titles, as some of the tourna-ments have multiple doubles brackets.With this impressive display, Brown hasasserted itself as the top doubles school inthe region, with a strong singles game toback up the inevitably powerful doublesplay.
“We have dominated every team in ourregion in doubles this fall, but we stillhave much to improve on doubles-wise aswe haven’t come close to reaching ourpotential,” said Head Coach Jay Harris.
In singles play, the Bears had severaltough matches. Charm lost his first matchto Jesse Paer of Dartmouth 2-6, 7-6, 6-3,and Moss fell to Chiu of Harvard 6-2, 6-4.Luke Tedaldi ’06, who did not play in thedoubles bracket, received a first-roundbye but lost to Valkin of Harvard 6-4, 6-2.
Following the tough first matches, theBears stormed back in the consolation
see HATFIELD, page 7
A dominatingdoubles squadleads M. tennis
M. water polo takes one of fouragainst tough California foes
Tackling theNFL’s first half
BY MAGGIE HASKINSComing off a thrilling victory againstCornell on Saturday, the Brown fieldhockey team (10-5, 3-2 Ivy League) tookto the turf Wednesday against HolyCross, looking to extend its current win-ning streak to three. Capitalizing onHoly Cross’ propensity to push itsdefense upfield, the Bears utilized astrong breakaway offense and defeatedthe Crusaders 5-2.
“We are in a groove right now,” saidHead Coach Carolan Norris after thegame. “We are playing well. It’s not like Ireally have to do too much. I just watchthem play, which is great.”
The Bears kicked off this winningstreak last Wednesday with a dominat-ing 4-0 victory over cross-town rivalProvidence College. In perhaps its most
dominating offensive effort of the sea-son thus far, the Bears racked up 25shots, compared to Providence College’smeager eight. Lizzie Buza ’04 scored twogoals on the afternoon and assistedMolly Carleton ’04, who also scoredtwice.
Bruno was able to sustain themomentum against Cornell on Sundaydespite the six-and-a-half hour bus rideto Ithaca, N.Y. Even after being downmost of the game, the Bears were able topull out a 2-1 victory
In the first 10 minutes the Bears hadnumerous opportunities to score, butwere unable to convert. This opened thedoor for a feisty Cornell squad that cur-rently resides near the bottom of the Ivy
BY JINHEE CHUNGThe men’s water polo team returnedfrom sunny Fairfield, Calif., with a winand three losses in the Davis Shootout.The tournament, hosted by theUniversity of California-Davis,brought together some of the topteams in the nation, including UC-SanDiego, Santa Clara and UC-SantaCruz. The Bears are now 9-10 for theseason before the NorthernChampionship held this weekend atHarvard.
Brown’s first match up was onFriday afternoon against No. 16 UC-Davis. Within the first few minutes ofplay, Davis immediately took the leadwith three unanswered goals beforeBrown’s lone goal of the half wasscored by Sean Tiner ’06, which wassoon followed by two more points forDavis.
The Bears fared better in the secondhalf, with another goal by Tiner andtwo more by Andy Wiener ’06. Goalie
Jay Fantone ’06 stopped 12 shots byDavis, including two four-meterpenalty shots. But Davis held ontotheir lead and sealed the win with fiveadditional goals, bringing the finalscore to 10-4.
“Because of the wear of traveling,we initially started out slow in the firsthalf,” said Coach Todd Clapper .“Overall, it wasn’t an extremely well-played game, though towards the endwe started looking more like ourselves,but not in top form.”
In addition to fatigue brought on bythe long trek across the country, theBears also had to tackle jetlag and theoutdoor pools of California.
“We had to acclimate ourselves toplaying outdoors,” Pat Sandys ’05 said.“In an outdoor pool, you have less per-ception of how far you are up anddown the pool, and it’s more difficultto judge your position.”
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Jay Fantone ’06 along with Keith Stanski ’04 were huge contributors in goal for the Bears.
Offensive barrage gives fieldhockey three wins in a row
