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Students join DC rally to protest Israel, World Bank BY ANDY GOLODNY
A contingent of about 60 Brown students joined the thousands of protestors who convened Saturday in Washington, D.C., to oppose globalization, the Israeli invasion of Palestine and U.S. military involvement in wars abroad. Members of a variety of campus groups rode a bus and cars to the capital to participate in the protests, participating students said. The protest attracted an estimated 75,000 people, according to Washington, D.C., police estimates. The protestors said they were objecting to an array of actions, including Israel’s occupation of Palestine and the policies of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund — two organizations that held meetings in D.C. this weekend. “I am not satisfied with what is currently passing for peace and justice, and I wanted to add myself to an exciting and visible action,” said Riana Good ’03, who attended the rally. “We were protesting the war on terrorism in all its forms, including Colombia, Israel and Afghanistan,” said Kenna Stormogipson ’03, who demonstrated in Washington on Saturday. Students said they participated in a march from the Washington Monument to the Capitol Building, walked around the monument and engaged in discussion with other activists. Shaun Joseph ’02, who attended the rally, said the oppression of the Palestinian people was one of the major issues that
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‘PROCEED AND CONTINUE TO ROCK THE MIC’ Black Thought of The Roots, right, and Rufus Wainright performed on the Main Green Saturday for Spring Weekend. Students flocked to the concerts on the green, where The Roots,Wainright and Dar Williams entertained on a sunny afternoon.
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Students abroad weather turmoil of Mideast conflict Jury set in Cianci BY JULIETTE WALLACK
With violence escalating in the Middle East, colleges across the country are canceling their study abroad programs in Israel and urging students to return home. But two Brown students studying in Israel are not coming home, even with the safety concerns they face. Danny Wasserman ’03, who has been in Israel since January, does not plan to return home before his originally planned departure date in mid-June, he said. Aviva Zablow ’03, studying at Hebrew University, has been there since the beginning of the school year. Director of International Programs Kirstin Moritz said Brown cannot require its students in Israel to return to the United States because they are not studying through a Brown program, though they do earn credit from Hebrew University which can eventually be transferred to Brown credit. Brown did not approve any study abroad in Israel for the fall, said Kirstin Moritz, director of international programs, but “we have not asked” the two Brown students currently in Israel to return home. Wasserman said he was not able to take
a study abroad leave because the State Department had already issued a travel warning for Israel by the time he went to get approval for his plans last spring. Instead, he said, he took a general leave of absence, which allowed him to enroll at Hebrew University. “We’ve been in touch” with the Brown students, Moritz said. “They are doing fine. They are exercising caution.” The experience is “pretty different” from what other students have when they travel overseas to study, Wasserman said. He and his fellow students get regular security briefings, he said, and most do not travel to downtown Jerusalem or to certain parts of Israel. Also, he said, he avoids taking buses — because of the recent suicide bombings on or near buses — and takes cabs instead. There are now about 50 international students remaining at Hebrew University of the hundreds that usually study there, Wasserman said. Those absent include about 75 University of California students, he said, who faced losing financial aid if they remained in Israel for the rest of the semester against the university’s wishes. Harvard University cancelled its study abroad program April 7, after the State
Department issued its warning April 2, according to the Harvard Crimson. Moritz said Brown does not approve study abroad leaves to any country that faces a State Department travel warning, but right now Israel is the only country in the Middle East that faces such a decree. There are a total of five Brown students in Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon, she said, and the University has “been in touch with all of those students,” but they have no plans to return early. Students filed applications to travel to Egypt next year, Moritz said, but no one has applied yet to study in Jordan or Lebanon. Mortiz said the University has not approved any study abroad applications for next year’s programs in Israel because of the State Department’s warning. But, she said, as soon as Brown receives indication from the State Department that it is safe to travel to Israel, the University will begin considering applications. “In the case of Israel,” she said, “we could certainly process late applications.”
Students protest Abercrombie T-shirt, claiming racist stereotyping of Asians page 5
BY CHRIS BYRNES
Jury selection in the corruption trial of Mayor Vincent Cianci came to a close in U.S. District Court Friday as both sides settled on 12 jurors and six alternates. Having identified 31 potential jurors as tentatively qualified, Chief Judge Ernest Torres stopped jury selection and allowed the prosecution and defense to exercise peremptory challenges, eliminating candidates they didn’t like. The jury consists of eight men and four women, most of whom live outside Providence and have little knowledge of the details of Operation Plunder Dome. Juror Paul Metro told Torres that he learned more from Torres’ initial briefing prior to jury selection than he had learned previously from media outlets. He knew the corruption trial had
Herald staff writer Juliette Wallack ’05 can be reached at jwallack@browndailyherald.com.
I N S I D E M O N D AY, A P R I L 2 2 , 2 0 0 2 Mezcla impresses with dance at Saturday night cultural show in Salomon page 3
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TO D AY ’ S F O R E C A S T Anthony Giunta ’02 considers the United States’ response to Saddam Hussein column,page 11
Kerala Goodkin ’02 advocates the place of emotion in the classroom column,page 11
Men’s tennis overcomes Harvard, claims first ever Ivy League Championship page 12
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ARTS & CULTURE MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2002 · PAGE 3
New music dresses down modern, with innuendo BY STEFAN TALMAN
“Live at the G-spot,” the theme of Brown New Music’s Saturday night show, made for an innuendo-laden event: from the waitresses’ risqué dress to the strawberries in every plastic cocktail glass, the group attempted to create — in both mood and music — a thoroughly modern evening. “Trio,” a Geoffry Hamilton spoken-word piece that kicked off the evening, was humorously poetic, abstract and — true to the 1980s — artistically self-conscious. The show’s theme, meant to simulate a nightclub (for modern music), lent levity to the evening. Throughout the performance of “Trio” (written in 1985), the “dialogue” that audience members could have interpreted as difficult, abstract poetry was greeted with chuckles. Trio’s performers demonstrated great dramatic skill, executing the entirety of the piece with utmost seriousness. Yet within the context of the nightclub theme, the humorless, dramatic performances were taken as deadpan, bringing the audience full circle, back to humor. Although this effect was not so obvious throughout the more strictly “musical” performances, a lightness of mood pervaded the audience, creating an enjoyable evening. Modern music is not easy listening. Modris Eksteins’ description of Debussy’s impressionistic music in “Rites of Spring” outlines the genre perfectly, describing it as characterized by “new harmonic patterns and interest in sounds for their own sake without reference to melody.” The music performed by the BNM orchestra, excluding the Piano Concerto in G-Major by Drew Maletz ’02, fits this description. Especially in historic context, as a rebellion against the melodic music of the Victorian era, modern music is meant to be abstract — it is meant to be hard for the audience to “understand.” This makes the music difficult and limits the audience’s enjoyment. When BNM instituted the theme — apparently, BNM’s concerts always feature a theme, or at least antics — it broadened the audience. With the waitresses and other forms of subtle humor, the whole audience, from modern music aficionados to the bacchanalian Spring Weekender, could relate to the music and the concert on some level.
Mezcla troupe captivates in Friday show BY JUAN NUÑEZ
Mezcla’s “Una gala de sabor” featured energetic performances by the troupe’s members who were greeted with a characteristically enthusiastic response from the audience Friday night. The night’s opening number, “Carnaval,” encapsulated the show’s biggest strength: its astonishing success in engaging its audience. “Carnaval” was a sexy, vibrant piece performed with an abandon that fascinated an energetic audience. The dancers’ grins revealed they were having great fun, and the spectators, via enthusiastic, good-natured hoots and hollers, appeared to echo the performers’ mindset. Some of the show’s more memorable pieces were the “Bachata,” a Dominican dance, and the “Spanish Flamenco,” a regal piece that demanded absolute selfpossession from the dancers. A single motion of one of the dancer’s wrists was forceful enough to entrance the audience. The intricate choreography — containing elaborate steps and considerable movement around the stage — of the Mexican piece “La Bruja” was impressively performed by Adriana Lopez ’04, who danced in a white tulle dress with ribbons and lace while balancing a lit candle on her head. The second act was dedicated in large part to the Cuban tradition and contained two strong variations of the Salsa. The first one, “Street Salsa,” choreographed by Cyrus Dugger ’02 and Andrea Diaz ’02, featured fast-paced, animated steps. The second, “Cuban Salsa,” was elegantly choreographed by Adianez Albelo ’03 and danced by 13 couples who had to switch partners on cue on multiple occasions. “Una gala de sabor” advertised itself as
The night’s opening number,‘Carnaval,’ encapsulated the show’s biggest strength: its astonishing success in engaging its audience.‘Carnaval’ was a sexy, vibrant piece performed with an abandon that fascinated an energetic audience. The dancers’ grins revealed they were having great fun, and the spectators, via enthusiastic, good-natured hoots and hollers, appeared to echo the performers’ mindset. a cultural show, and to its credit, the troupe’s definition of culture highlights more than folklore. Many of the dances were framed around amusing sketches that affectionately criticized aspects of Hispanic culture, such as “Latin Time” — in which everyone arrives a half an hour later than they are supposed to — or that slyly skewered traditional gender roles. One of the strongest sociopolitical statements was made by the performance of “Pop Latino,” choreographed by Miguel Molina ’03 and Bruce Henry ’03. The piece featured men, who danced in sexually charged steps with each other, to the audible delight of the audience. “Blame it on Mexico” penned and performed by Andrea Muñoz Martínez ‘04, was emblematic of the strongest and weakest aspects of these performances. The piece pondered the meaning of the word “Chicana.” Martínez, playing herself, was incandescent, performing with fervor and radiant intelligence. The writing of the piece was not as even, unfortunately. At its best, it was a pungent, acid critique of identity politics, but the piece
itself was not subtle enough to get its message across without at times descending into the didactic. Another memorable piece was “Tres Mujeres en la Carmelita,” a sweet ode to Miami performed by Maya Ibars ’02, Leslie Nuñez ’02 and Luisa Patiño. The three funny pieces addressed the idiosyncracies of growing up with refugee parents, growing up Latina in the Cuban dominated city and the alienation of growing up without speaking Spanish in a community where the language’s influence is pervasive. Noteworthy vocal performances were the stunning rendition of Chilean composer Violeta Parra’s “Gracias a la vida” as sung by Adam Lelyveld ’02 and Ramón Stern ’04. Stern’s sweet tenor and Lelyveld’s baritone harmonized beautifully, and they galvanized the audience when integrated with the restrained percussion and guitars. Herald staff writer Juan Nuñez ’03 is assistant arts and culture editor. He can be reached a jnunez@browndailyherald.com.
At PW, ‘Play!’ rediscovers childhood again BY CAROLINE ANG
“Play!” has it all: a murder mystery, a spaceship, foxes in the forest, flashbacks to a childhood in Alaska. And with characters like DJ Peed His Pants and the Devil’s daughter, it’s tough to imagine a theatrical production with more diverse and engaging elements. “Play!,” Production Workshop’s fourth slot show, opened this weekend with shows Friday through Monday at 8 p.m. and a midnight showing on Saturday. Also known as the Providence Youth Playwriting Festival, “Play!” features a delightful series of five plays written by local Providence schoolchildren, interspersed with wacky improvisational comedy. Director Elizabeth Parrott ’03 said she dreamed up “Play!,” which combines her love for children’s theater and improvisational comedy, when she saw a niche that had yet to be filled in Brown theater. “I feel like Brown does a really good job of making theater for Brown students, but does less in the way of making theater for everyone. In terms of having fun theater —
theater that people walk away from really enjoying what they saw – it’s been a long time since I went to a play and came out with a really huge smile on my face,” she said. Starring Kerry Silva ’02, Diana Fithian ’04, Adam Lewis ’03, Darius Pierce ’02, Thomas Roache ’02, Gayle Macdonald ’04, Lila Rose Kaplan ’02, Greg Shilling ’04 and Stacey Yen ’03, “Play!” aims to bring out the inner child in everyone. Nothing in any of the scripts is too crazy, random or improbable to be acted out. Parrott’s troupe of nine is ready for anything, whether it be the transformation of six regular kids into a coven of witches with superpowers or Jay-Z as a vampire who sucks moviegoers out of their seats to star in his horror films. “Play!” celebrates what happens when the imagination of a playwright can and does go wild. It is primarily a series of stories staged as plays. Anything is possible in this kind of theater. Before the show begins, audience members enter through the upstairs PW space, which has become an arts and crafts workshop. Using posterboard and paints, the
audience can create props to be used during the show and drop off their suggestions for objects, occupations and locations to be used in improvisational games. During the show, the director and cast make an effort to include the audience in the action of the play. The plays are staged on a semi-circle of raised platforms, with the audience sitting in the middle of the space. The actors are constantly moving around the set, making the audience crane necks and turn heads in order to see where they are. The end result is interactive theater, a concept not usually found in PW. Although some of the cast’s improvisational skills occasionally fall flat, for the most part “Play!” succeeds in fostering audience participation and pumping up the energy level, which is crucial to this production. The show relies on the audience’s willingness to engage with the zany plots and colorful characters. All in all, “Play!” is definitely worth seeing. Director, cast and crew have put together a fabulous celebration of what it feels like to become a kid again.
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Trial continued from page 1 something to do with contracts for towing and “a health club,” he said, referring to alleged bribery for placement on Providence’s car-towing list and Cianci’s extortion of a membership to the University Club. Gina Waleryszak told Torres her husband was employed in Providence as a tow truck driver by AAA at least six or seven years ago. She has no idea the details of her husband’s employment or whether he was on the Providence tow list. Cianci attended the twentyfifth wedding anniversary of juror John Quattromoni, which took place 27 years ago. Quattromoni said he has no idea who invited Cianci, although Quattromoni “was half in the bag” that night, he said. He does not know Cianci personally. Kevin Dietz is currently employed by Newport Tent and typically works 90 to 100 hours each week over the summer, he
said. He told Torres he could still serve on the jury and would work nights and weekends to make ends meet during the trial. Torres praised him for his dedication to his civic duty. Other jurors include Mary Dole ’90, Paul Carle, Robin Cavallaro, John McDevitt, Russell Lacey, Paul Metro, John Viera, Carol Piti and Ann Duchesne. Dole is the only Providence resident in the group, according to the Providence Journal. The trial, which is expected to last eight weeks, accuses Cianci, former Director of Administration Frank Corrente, assistant Artin Coloian, towing contractor Richard Autiello and real estate investor and convicted felon Edward Voccola with extortion, bribery, mail fraud and other charges in a 29-count indictment. Opening arguments and the testimony of tax board member David Ead are scheduled for Tuesday. Herald staff writer Chris Byrnes edits the metro section and can be reached at cbyrnes@browndailyherald.com.
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CAMPUS NEWS MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2002 · PAGE 5
IN BRIEF Schedule keeps Simmons from appearing at ADOCH events President Ruth Simmons did not attend any portion of this year’s “A Day on College Hill”program for prospective students, event organizers and University administrators said. Laura Freid, executive vice president for University affairs and public relations, said Simmons left the University as ADOCH was kicking off.The annual program, designed to introduce prospective students to Brown, took place from April 16 to 17. Freid would not say where Simmons was from April 16 to 17. “We spoke to the President about ADOCH in November, but she already made plans to be out of town, so it was out of our control, unfortunately,”said Cate Oswald ’04, ADOCH co-chair. “It was both disappointing and unfortunate that Ruth Simmons wasn’t there,”said Emily Boness ’04, Oswald’s cochair. Dean of the College Paul Armstrong spoke to prospective students and their parents Tuesday night on behalf of the faculty and apologized that Simmons was not there, Boness said. “I wish she had been there because she could have swayed some prospective students,”said David Zehngut, a prospective student who participated in ADOCH. For “people who want to go to brown her leadership is a very important part of that, and she will be president when they are students here,”Freid said.“That’s a lot more important than a token appearance.” Boness agreed that Simmons’absence was unimportant to prospective students. “ADOCH had enough other opportunities for students to see Brown that (Simmons’absence) didn’t affect the prospective students’decision,”Boness said. Simmons attempted to meet prospective students coming off the “Brown train,”which arrived in Providence on Tuesday afternoon, Boness said. The train was delayed and Simmons had to leave for an unknown location, she said. “She did try to make the train.She really wanted to meet the students at the train, and the train was delayed,”Freid said.“She had other things on her schedule.She waited as long as she could.” Previous University presidents participated in ADOCH events in a variety of ways. Some Brown presidents have traveled with prospective students on the Amtrak train, which runs from Washington, D.C., to Providence.In addition, former presidents have addressed students and parents at ADOCH. But Freid said Simmons’absence was not out of the ordinary.“It’s not typical that a president would spend the whole day on College Hill,”Freid said. Along with Armstrong, Director of Admission Michael Goldberger and Mayor Vincent Cianci spoke to prospective students and their parents. Cianci said his attendance at ADOCH was unique because mayors do not take the time to talk to prospective students at “NYU, Columbia or Yale.” — Andy Golodny,with Herald staff reports
Abercrombie T-shirts rouse student ire Brown students protested Saturday, demanding the clothing retailer apologize and institute diversity training BY CARLA BLUMENKRANZ
Students at Brown and colleges nationwide are demanding an apology from the clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch for a line of T-shirts they say perpetuate stereotypes of Asian Americans. About 10 Brown students handed out fliers and gathered petition signatures at the Providence Place Mall Saturday, in coordination with similar protests organized at universities including Harvard and Stanford and at Abercrombie headquarters in Illinois. The T-shirts depict advertisements for fictional businesses that include Wong Brothers Laundry Services and bear slogans such as “Two Wongs can make it white.” The shirts were pulled off shelves last week, but students across the country plan to protest until Abercrombie issues an apology, said Brown protest organizer Bonnie Kwon ’03. Other demands include diversity training for Abercrombie employees and increased representation of minorities in the store’s catalogue. Students gathered at 4 p.m. Saturday at Faunce Arch, where they handed out fliers to Spring Weekend concertgoers, and proceeded downtown to the Providence Place Mall. The students distributed their fliers and gathered over 300 signatures on a petition demanding an apology from the company, Kwon said. Few shoppers had heard about the T-shirts, but nearly
all were receptive to the campaign for a formal apology, said Michelle Lin ’03, who worked with Kwon to organize the protest. The protesters hoped to speak to Abercrombie & Fitch president Michael Jeffries, who visited the store Saturday, but found he had already left when they arrived, Kwon said. “It was really hard to mobilize students” to arrive before the Spring Weekend concert on the Main Green concluded, she said. Involved students hope to increase awareness of the campaign for an apology on campus this week and participate in a national boycott of Abercrombie, Lin said. Student groups are now asking that shoppers buy clothes from the company and then immediately return them, explaining their reasons for doing so, she added. Abercrombie & Fitch did not expect the T-shirts to create controversy, Spokesperson Hampton Carney said in a statement issued last week. “The thought was that everyone would love them, especially the Asian community,” he said. “We thought they were cheeky, irreverent and funny.” This is not the first time Abercrombie has generated community protest. Parent groups have long complained about the explicit content of its catalogue, and in 1998 Mothers against Drunk Driving protested an Abercrombie & Fitch advertisement for alcoholic drinks. The T-shirts have fetched as much as $250 at Ebay.com’s online auctions Web site. Herald staff writer Carla Blumenkranz ’05 can be reached at cblumenkranz@browndailyherald.com.
Cisneros: Minorities gaining urban influence BY SHANA JALBERT
The story of America’s cities in the 1990s has been one of changing demographics and economics, Henry Cisneros said in a lecture Thursday. Using survey and census data, a list of minority pop icons and population projections, Cisneros focused on the influence minorities, particularly immigrants, will have on the future of U.S. cities. Cisneros is the former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and former chairman of Univison, the country’s largest Spanish-language television station. He was also the first Hispanic mayor of a major U.S. city, San Antonio. Cities reversed years of declining populations in the 1990s, Cisneros said, and the United States’ downtown areas grew significantly. Cisneros attributed this growth to six factors: a strong economy, new elements of the economy that were city-centered, the evolution of markets within cities, a generation of city leaders devoted to entrepreneurship, employment generators that have stayed in the city and changing demographics. Although Cisneros recognized pressing urban problems, he said “many things have converged to create hope,” and that these factors can be traced largely to the “thriving life” of new immigrant populations.
Forty percent of New York City residents are foreignborn, Cisneros said, the highest level since 1910. Overall higher levels of immigration drove national population growth in the 1990s, he added. Since minority families are larger and younger, America will be almost half minority by 2050, Cisneros said, adding that “this shift is so massive that Americans have to respond” by addressing the special needs of this multicultural population. Cisneros refuted the myths that minorities compose a small market, do not participate in the middle class and do not aspire to prosperity. Latinos led middle class population growth in the 1990s, and minorities spend more money per household than non-Hispanic whites in most arenas, he said. The growing minority population is “the new workforce,” providing new energy and creating a “huge imperative for growth,” Cisneros said. But he stressed that we “cannot allow our schools to slip” just because the traditional population is aging. “Failure in this arena will result in second-class status” for minorities and recent immigrants, he said, adding that rebuilding civic institutions in our cities and finding creative ways to educate new groups will be a key part of harnessing see CISNEROS, page 8
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Rally continued from page 1 activists rallied around. “Everyone started chanting Palestinian solidarity slogans,” Joseph said. “It was very exciting to have a march this big to protest what Israel is doing.” “There has not been enough public outcry against what is happening in the occupied territories,” said PostTheater Editor Alden Eagle ’03, who attended the rally. “It was the most ethnically diverse march I have ever been to,” Stormogipson said. “The rally was like a giant activism expo with all the groups talking to each other.” The students said the rally was very peaceful, especially in comparison to the violence that has marred other anti-globalization protests since Seattle in 1999. “It was very peaceful, and there weren’t many problems with the cops,” Good said. “We were looking for a non-violent approach.” The contingent of Brown students who went to Washington, D.C., was the largest to travel to attend a protest in two years, Stormogipson said. Some of the students who went to Washington, D.C., had mixed reactions about those who stayed behind for Spring Weekend. “I am not against anyone having a fun time on Spring Weekend, but I would rather not get caught up in something trivial like which band is playing,” Eagle said. “This is just too serious a situation for me and I wanted to take part in something important rather than go to a concert.” “I have no criticism of people who stayed behind, but it is great that we got so many people who cared enough to demonstrate their dissent that they left Spring Weekend behind,” said Matt Denio ’03. “I had a fabulous time,” Good said. “We were engaged in discussion with other groups, and there was a sense of comfort and power with being around all those people.” An informal student group called A20 Mobilization organized the transportation from campus to Washington, D.C. Herald staff writer Andy Golodny ’03 is a campus news editor. He can be reached at agolodny@browndailyherald.com.
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About 60 Brown students were among the thousands that traveled to Washington, D.C., on Saturday to protest the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the policies of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
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WORLD & NATION MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2002 · PAGE 7
IN BRIEF Earth Day sets stage for Gore-led attack on Bush energy policies WASHINGTON (L.A. Times) — As President Bush leads the
nation Monday in celebrating Earth Day’s 32nd anniversary, environmentalists are unleashing a harsh and well-coordinated attack on his energy and environmental policies, headed by former Vice President Al Gore. The erstwhile White House rivals have scheduled dueling public appearances to mark the day — Bush in New York’s Adirondack mountains and Gore at Vanderbilt University in Nashville,Tenn. But more than a replay of the last presidential campaign, Monday’s developments are likely to serve as a harbinger of the next one, regardless of whether Gore runs again. And while Monday’s rhetoric will focus on the environment, the political back-and-forth also will illustrate the growing willingness of Democrats and other detractors to attack a war commander’s handling of an array of issues, including the Middle East and even the war on Afghanistan. Since Bush took office 15 months ago, his energy and environmental agendas have emerged as perhaps his most vulnerable. Almost every action Bush has taken in those areas has drawn scathing attacks from environmentalists, from the now-stalled proposal to explore for gas and oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to the secretive manner in which Vice President Dick Cheney developed a national energy policy. And with many senior posts in key agencies, such as the Interior Department, occupied by onetime industry executives, the ties between the Bush administration and big business also have emerged as a point of contention. Recently released Energy Department records reveal, for instance, that industry executives enjoyed far greater access to senior government officials drafting the energy plan than environmental groups did. Neither Gore nor the environmental groups are holding their fire. For example, rather than waiting until after Bush’s remarks Monday to issue their reactions — the time-honored Washington tradition — they acted pre-emptively. By Friday afternoon, numerous groups had delivered condemnations of the president’s policies — pegged to his New York speech Monday.The Natural Resources Defense Council, which has played a central role in publicizing the inner workings of Cheney’s energy task force, ran a Sunday newspaper ad with this headline:“On Earth Day, President Bush will probably plant a tree. ... It’s the other 364 days we’re worried about.”
German elections boot Schroeder MAGDEBURG, Germany (L.A. Times) — Here in the troubled eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, where Germany’s woes are written large and suffered widely, voters angered by high unemployment, mounting debt and western arrogance voted a government aligned with federal Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder out of office Sunday. The surprisingly strong protest vote cast a pall over the Social Democrats and can be expected to give momentum to Schroeder’s challenger in the Sept. 22 national elections, archconservative Bavarian Gov. Edmund Stoiber of the Christian Social Union. In the last state balloting before the tight federal race, the electoral upheaval in Saxony-Anhalt also gave Stoiber’s party and its allies in the Christian Democrats a slight majority in the upper house of parliament — a shift likely to paralyze initiatives by Schroeder. With its shiny new exteriors and bankrupt core, Saxony-Anhalt is a veritable shrine to the failures of postreunification policies of both major parties. Massive federal spending intended to lift living standards in the east was focused on the construction of modern highways, sleek office buildings and glitzy shopping malls, while the nationwide labor-market restrictions that discourage job-creating investment have persisted here through five years of governing by the Christian Democrats and eight under Schroeder’s Social Democrats. Sunday’s vote for a new state parliament and leadership made it clear that Germans, at least in the more volatile east, want change on more than just the surface. Stoiber’s political allies won nearly 38 percent of the votes — up 16 percentage points from the 1998 state election — which together with the pro-business Free Democrats’ 13 percent gave them the majority coalition needed to govern.
Global finance summit ends with call for rich nations to help end world poverty WASHINGTON (L.A. Times) — Global finance leaders concluded a weekend summit Sunday by pressing wealthy nations to broaden their commitment to ending world poverty, while anti-globalization activists wound down two days of uncharacteristically orderly demonstrations. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund ended their spring meetings by launching a campaign to send every child to primary school and calling on the industrialized world to tear down trade barriers that keep poor countries poor. But they declined to provide immediate financial relief for bankrupt Argentina, and they left unresolved a standoff over a U.S. proposal to replace Third World loans with grants. The nation’s capital remained calm despite a proliferation of protest causes and events. Some demonstrators marched on behalf of Palestinians, some rallied to oppose U.S. policy in Colombia, and some assembled outside IMF and World Bank headquarters to denounce the forces of globalization. District of Columbia police reported no protest-related arrests Sunday. The day before, when all 3,600 officers were placed on active duty while tens of thousands of activists took part in a multithemed march, a few dozen demonstrators were apprehended. It was a far cry from the scene two years ago, when nearly 1,300 protesters were arrested here during the spring meetings of the World Bank and the IMF. Similar gatherings in other cities around the world have led to violent clashes between protesters and police. At the conclusion of Sunday’s session, World Bank President James Wolfensohn expressed gratitude that this year’s anti-globalization protest groups were smaller in number and less inclined to confrontation than their predecessors. Wolfensohn said he had met over the weekend with representatives of organizations that oppose some World Bank policies, and he acknowledged that their criticism has influenced bank policy. “I think that’s not a bad thing, that there’s an outside group that is constantly watching, constantly pushing,” he said.
Inside the adjacent buildings that house the sister financial institutions, participants in this year’s sessions discussed emerging evidence of a global economic recovery, debated their response to the financial meltdown in Argentina and sought new strategies for stimulating growth in the world’s poorest countries. The World Bank’s Development Committee announced an initiative intended to ensure that, by 2015, all children would be receiving a primary school education. An estimated 125 million children around the world currently receive no schooling, bank officials said. The education campaign, which would require as much as $5 billion in outside financing, would begin with a “fasttrack” demonstration program in 10 poor countries. The policy-making panel called on the United States and other industrial nations to reduce tariffs on agricultural products and other exports from the developing world and to eliminate farm subsidies that encourage overproduction and drive down world commodity prices. Agricultural subsidies now exceed $300 billion a year, or roughly six times the amount of development aid that rich countries provide to the Third World. “It is not enough” to provide more financial aid to encourage development in poor countries without addressing trade policies that have the opposite effect, the committee said in its final communique. The global leaders left Washington without resolving an impasse over the form future development assistance should take. U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill lobbied his counterparts to reduce the amount of money provided to poor countries in the form of low-interest loans and to increase the amount provided through grants, which do not have to be repaid. But foreign leaders and World Bank officials have been leery of the U.S. proposal, citing concerns that it could undermine aid programs by reducing the stream of debt repayments used to finance additional development. Until the matter is settled, no action can be taken on a World Bank request for $12 billion in immediate funding to replenish the development account.
Gates set to testify in Microsoft antitrust trial WASHINGTON (L.A. Times) — In a bold but risky bid to fend off tough antitrust punishment of his company, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates is scheduled to testify Monday in the landmark case.
The much-anticipated appearance by the world’s richest man will be the first time Gates has testified in court in person during Microsoft’s four-year antitrust battle with the government. The move, which comes in the sixth week of the trial pitting Microsoft against nine states, is aimed at projecting a more compliant image of the software giant to a federal judge who will decide what punishment Microsoft should face for violating antitrust laws. Gates “will address the evolution of the PC industry and speak to the potential harm to consumers and the industry posed” by the states’ remedy proposals, Microsoft spokesman Jim Desler said. “No one is better at talking about these issues than Bill Gates.” Gates’ appearance also may help counter the damaging impact of his 1998 videotaped deposition in which he appeared aloof, forgetful and defensive. In that video, Gates repeatedly said he could not recall key corporate events. But government lawyers contradicted his statements at the time by introducing incriminating e-mails and other documents that showed Gates had direct knowledge of many of the company’s efforts to crush business rivals. The video appeared to have a significant impact on the original trial judge in the antitrust case, who repeatedly urged Microsoft to put Gates on the stand and then — in an interview published after he ruled against the company — likened Gates to Napoleon. A federal appeals court, saying the comments by U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson showed bias, reversed the jurist’s order to break up Microsoft. But the appeals panel upheld Jackson’s ruling that Microsoft violated antitrust laws by using its flagship Windows software to thwart competition from software rival Netscape Communications Corp., which was later acquired by America Online Inc. The appeals court directed the district court to replace Jackson. Shortly after the appointment of U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly to the case last fall, the company announced that Gates would testify. But few experts
believed the brilliant but volatile software mogul would take the stand because of the risk that he might tip the balance against the company in a closely fought antitrust case. Lawyers present when Gates was deposed in February for the current trial proceedings said he did much better than in the first deposition. The deposition from February has not been released. But the performance apparently gave Microsoft confidence that Gates might be an asset on the witness stand. “He was animated and much more easygoing than the first time around; he even cracked a few jokes,” said one lawyer who was present. Gates’ levity may dissipate in what experts expect to be a tense showdown between Gates and the states’ lead trial lawyer, Brendan V. Sullivan Jr. — one of Washington’s bestknown litigators. Sullivan, who hasn’t cross-examined any Microsoft witnesses or spoken at length in court since his opening statement March 18, could confront Gates with portions of his earlier video deposition or use incriminating emails to discredit the software executive. But legal experts say Sullivan will be limited in his cross-examination by the scope of Gates’ direct testimony. Experts say that since Microsoft reached an out-ofcourt settlement with the Justice Department in November and avoided a court-ordered breakup, Gates may have more to gain — and the states more to lose — by speaking out on behalf of his company. “The upside for Microsoft, it seems to me, is greater than the downside,” said Andrew Gavil, an antitrust expert and law professor at Howard University. Gates, Gavil added, has “been the shadow defendant in the case all along. And if anyone is going to make the case for Microsoft that the states’ remedies are harsh and unnecessary, it is Mr. Gates.” Some longtime observers of Microsoft, however, said Gates’ volatile personality still makes it risky to put him on the witness stand. “Bill Gates has a tendency to think he can outsmart people,” said Rob Enderle, a senior technology analyst for Giga Information Group Inc. in Santa Clara, Calif. “He’s a smart guy. But (cross-examination) is what these lawyers do for a living. I think his appearance is ill-advised.”
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Cisneros continued from page 5 the energy of new Americans. Cisneros also spoke on the question of bilingualism in the United States. He said that while “politicians try to make it divisive,” people see the need for bilingualism in dayto-day existence. Immigrants must learn English to get ahead in
M. Lax continued from page 12 making nine saves. Though Brown played well overall with dramatic advantages in groundballs and faceoffs, the win highlights a Brown defense that is prone to giving up goals late in the game. It is a trend the Bears will have to eliminate, as the team will only go as far as its young defensive core will take it.
America, he said. Cisneros is now chair and CEO of American CityVista, a company that builds affordable homes in major city centers. The lecture was held in the Salomon Center for Teaching as part of the Brown-Providence Journal conference, “The City: No Limits.” Herald staff writer Shana Jalbert ’04 can be reached at sjalbert@browndailyherald.com.
Brown plays at Providence on Wednesday at 2 p.m. in what should be a mere tune-up game for league leading Cornell on Saturday. Brown’s road to the post-season goes through Ithaca. The Big Red sits atop the Ivy League standings and was ranked fifth in the nation in last week’s coaches’ poll. Sports staff writer Jermaine Matheson ’02 covers men’s lacrosse. He can be reached at jmatheson@browndailyherald.com.
Meier continued from page 12 Chosen as ESPN magazine’s “Next Athlete, 2001,” Ming is a frighteningly agile 7’6” shotblocking menace with excellent skills and a beautiful stroke from outside. Nike, in all its foresight, signed him years ago. It knew what the basketball fans of China know: He is the future. The kid, now 22, can do it all. His shot blocking is legendary. Ask Vince Carter and Gary Payton, who each got stuffed in a matter of minutes at the Sydney Olympics, where Ming first turned heads on the international stage. The secret was already getting out — GMs weren’t flying over to China to watch games for relaxation — but the Olympic performance seemed to seal the deal: Yao Ming could play with the big bad Americans. Indeed, the main concern with Ming seems to be the transition to the toughness of the American game. He’s not a very hefty fellow at the moment. His slender body may be a liability
M. Tennis continued from page 12 either Cerretani, still battling Cliff Nguyen, or Shamasdin, down 3-4 in the third set to No. 124 William Lee. Shamasdin fell in the first set, but was able garner a heroic second-set victory. Clinging tenaciously, he broke Lee’s serve in the third set, evening the score at four games each. In the most crucial of situations, Shamasdin pulled forth his best two games of tennis this season. He held his serve through a deuce, battling back and forth with Lee and eventually concluding the game on a hard overhead slam. Shamasdin played the next few points in the last game with effortless style and breathtaking finesse. Then, two points away from an Ivy Championship, he and Lee rallied before Shamasdin hit an out-ofposition volley to put the point away. The first-year, the team’s fate as heavy on his shoulders as Atlas must have felt the weight of the world on his own, was now one point away from helping his team
under the hoop, but being 7’6” doesn’t hurt and his agility is, by all accounts, incredible. He loves to pass the ball and is very adept at doing so. His shooting causes eyes to pop out of heads. Have you ever seen someone 7’6” stroke a three? (Picture Ray Allen shooting inside of Shawn Bradley’s body.) No, but that will change. Michael Jordan had never seen it happen either, until a certain counselor from Shanghai drained one in his eye at his summer basketball camp. Jordan invited Ming because he knew the kid was good, but he wasn’t expecting a shooter. Yao Ming, though, is hardly what you’d expect. He didn’t come completely out of nowhere. Dad, 6’10”, was a basketball player. Mom gets even more credit. She is a former captain of the national team and stands 6’4”. Yes, this explains the height. Basketball was certainly an expectation from the Ming family gene pool, and so far Yao is living up to all expectations, biological and otherwise. Ming is already bigger than life in China, where he is wor-
shipped as a cultural icon. This is what Nike noticed very early on, realizing that China had 2.5 billion feet and a national hero who was an unsigned basketball player. The country is very reluctant to let him go, and his owners will not release him to just any team. They want the team to have a shot at the title within a few years. They want the team to be dedicated to developing Ming. And they want the team to send coaches to Shanghai to develop the young basketball talent there. The Shanghai Sharks are well aware that they are in a powerful bargaining position. There are those, including analyst Bill Walton, who believe Ming has the ability to take over the game — a sport dominated by Americans since James Naismith invented it in 1891. He could very well be the first overall pick in this summer’s draft. One hopes demands will be met and fans on both sides of the globe will have the fortune of watching Yao Ming play against the best players in the world.
to the first-ever Ivy League Championship in school history. Lee served up the point, the two exchanged shots and Shamasdin moved to net hitting a few volleys. Lee responded with a hard-hit forehand that struck the net, unbalancing Shamasdin. Shamasdin lost his footing, and in falling, released his racket in the air, managing to hit a cross-court volley that Lee, a senior and veteran leader for Harvard, was unable to touch. “Our freshmen have played with such maturity all season long and it really showed today,” Malone said. At that moment, the Brown men’s tennis team won its first ever Ivy League Championship since the beginning of recorded league time. “We all came up big against a talented team of players,” Drake said. “Defeating Harvard — a team that has dominated the Ivy League — in the last game of the season shows how far this program has come.” Meanwhile, with the championship squared away, Cerretani continued perservere despite an
injury to his ribs. “I didn’t even know that Jamie was injured,” Goldberg said. “He did a great job staying on the court, which kept a lot of pressure off Adil and me because we did not know the score of his match.” Cerretani, unable to extend upwards and serving underhand for almost the entire match, won the first set. He lost the second and was down by a large margin in the third, but regained his momentum as the fans egged him on to still greater efforts. Cerretani brought the third set from 0-5 to 3-5, but could not pull off the eventual win. “Jamie, playing with an injury even when we already defeated Harvard, epitomized what our team is all about,” Malone said. “This was a tremendous win for everyone on this team that has worked so hard.” The victory and undefeated season qualifies Brown for the NCAA Regional Championships May 10th through May 12th.
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Assistant sports editor Jesse Warren ’04 covers men’s tennis. He can be reached at jwarren@browndailyherald.com.
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LETTERS MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2002 · PAGE 9
Rowley misrepresents feminism in his pro-life stance To the Editor: It seems fairly certain that the inflamatory language and sweeping generalizations proposed by Travis Rowley ’02 in his provocative anti-abortion column (“If abortion is not murder, then nothing is,” 4/17) were intended to deeply shock readers of The Herald. So drastic an ideological rampage should not be left unopposed, so I will do my best to offer a few simple comments in support of Sarah Weddington and all of the efforts of pro-choice demonstrators and activists on this campus and beyond. First of all, I suggest that we leave the term “radical feminist” out of the debate. Weddington is far from radical in her feminist thinking. She is supportive of equal treatment of women. This is hardly a shocking notion for the year 2002. The pro-choice movement is feminist in that it argues that the government has no say over a woman's body. To be prochoice is not, and never has been, to support the use of abortion “as a tool for gaining power over men.” Such conspiracy theory rhetoric hardly lends power to pro-life arguments and frankly makes me almost unwilling to address Rowley with any respect. As for the violently pro-life opinions of the column, it would be futile to offer
any sort of counter argument. I could go into the fact that abortions are not used for contraception by happily irresponsible couples, as Rowley suggests, but are mostly required by women in truly treacherous situations. I could remind Rowley that a woman's choice is often motivated out of concern for the life of an unwanted child — a concern which could hardly be labeled as “selfish.” Rowley will never have to make a decision about abortion, nor will he ever have to face anti-female discrimination. An intelligent person once said that feminism is the radical notion that women are people. I would advise Rowley to consider such words of wisdom carefully in his future dealings with women and attempts at argument in a public forum. The debate over abortion rights is presently a vital one. Valid discussion of the issue, in which both sides are presented rationally and without insult, could greatly benefit our society as we enter into a era which may alter the legacy of pro-choice legislation. However, to frame such a debate in misogynistic terminology and outdated rhetoric is hardly helpful. I commend Weddington for her bravery and the Students for Choice for continually raising our consciousness. You can rest assured that many of us could have listened to Weddington's "liberal filth" for a lot longer than one short Sunday night. Rebecca Schendel ’02 April 18
Understanding of both sides key to a resolution in Mideast To the Editor: In this time of escalating violence in the Middle East, we're hearing a lot of opinions. Most people seem to believe one side or the other is at fault, and that the situation can be resolved if that side would just stop doing whatever bad thing it is they are doing. Both these assumptions trivialize one of the most complicated situations in history. I've been to Israel. I have spoken with Jews, Palestinians and Palestinians with Israeli citizenship. I've talked to members of my family who moved to Israel and their children who were born there. I've met Jews and Palestinians who have lost loved ones to violence. I've stood on the spot where Rabin was murdered. Yet I have no answers, no solutions — only more questions. The emotions in the people of Israel are so intense and so deep-rooted that to think we can understand them is, in my opinion, folly. I cannot put myself in the place of the Palestinian man whose son was shot. I gaped while my cousin decided to drive the long way back to Jerusalem since a sniper had been firing at cars taking the shortcut. Both groups have killed and continue to kill. For every injustice you can name, someone else can find one committed by the other side. So consider the possiblity that there are no easy answers, no unilateral solutions. When you can truly understand both
the Jew and the Palestinian who have suffered through years of violence and hatred, then perhaps you can find a solution. Jason Sobel ’02 April 19
Herald shows bias in coverage of campus Mideast debate To the Editor: In “Campus tensions run high, as students debate Mideast blame” (4/17), The Herald misrepresents the aims of the group that Michael Linden ’03 and I have begun to organize. What was not communicated in the article is that we do in fact support Israel, and it is precisely because of a concern for Israel's well-being that we wish to see an end to occupation. Selective representation in the media leads to the polarization of issues like this one. In fact, the media is quite culpable for creating the fallacious binary with regard to the current situation in the Middle East that one is either for Israel or against Israel. Linden and I would like to find a way to support Palestinian human rights and a two-state solution while maintaining our support for the state of Israel. These ideas are not mutually exclusive. Gabriel Kahane ’03 April 18
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A conspicuous absence An important aspect of the “Brown experience” was absent when prospective students descended on College Hill last week to decide if Brown was right for them. President Ruth Simmons did not participate in any of the events in this year’s “A Day on College Hill” program. Laura Freid, executive vice president for University affairs and public relations, told The Herald Simmons planned to greet prospective students as they stepped off their train. The train was delayed, and Simmons left the Providence train station and the University for what was described as “other things on her schedule.” While the physical presence of the president of the University is not a major factor in determining whether a prospective student will attend Brown, it could be a deciding factor for some students. Newsweek, major television networks and other media outlets have profiled Simmons — she is the University’s public face. And, as public faces go, hers is certainly one of the most ubiquitous in all of higher education. Previous presidents participated in ADOCH to varying degrees. While Gordon Gee rode the train with prospective students from Washington, D.C., to Providence, other presidents did much less. But as Simmons embarks on her plan to revitalize academics and campus life at Brown, the students who will live and study in that revitalized environment should be able to discuss with Simmons how they feel about her vision for the University. Often, decisions about how to proceed with new initiatives have been limited to a group of select administrators and even more select students. It is unfortunate that Simmons could not find time in her schedule to discuss her plans with the prospective students. In her brief tenure at Brown, Simmons has proposed a number of exciting initiatives to distinguish Brown as a first class institution. We can only hope that as she continues to work toward revitalizing the University she will continue to be a presence on campus, interacting with students and discussing these plans. Simmons’ absence from ADOCH forces us to wonder how dedicated she is to student interaction. We can only hope that Simmons does not agree with Freid’s dismissal of ADOCH as a “token appearance.” Hopefully she will make it a priority to get to know the Class of 2006 and discuss her vision with the class when they arrive on campus.
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LETTERS Rainey uses selective facts to oppose Zionism
Israeli state exists as response to apartheid
To the Editor: While I am opposed to most Israeli policies toward Palestinians and supportive of Palestinian self-determination, the problem with Brian Rainey ’02’s column (“The Palestinian struggle is one against apartheid,” 4/17) has little to do with his criticism of the current situation in the Middle East. With his choice of facts to present, his quotation of “hate,” his description of Theodore Herzl as “moping” and his suggestion to Jews that he has the answers, Rainey ignores Jewish history, the demographic makeup of Israel (composed of Arab, Ethiopian, European and other Jews) and belittles the desire for self-determination and survival against violent situations worldwide. His praise of "inspiring movements" against antiSemitism, then, does not ring true. Rainey suggests that he knows the secret to Jewish freedom, and if we argue otherwise, we are “regurgitating the stories spoon-fed to us by the U.S. media.” Perhaps he could consider that the creators of the Main Green display are intelligent people, capable of reflecting on Israel and Jewish history and coming to a different conclusion. By claiming that Zionism was anti-Jewish, Rainey shows arrogance in disputing the legitimacy of Jews as the only people who cannot forge their own history. In providing real and important examples of Israeli discrimination against Palestinians, he decides that allegations of real and present antiJewish rhetoric and actions are not worth his time. Here, he painfully, and unfortunately arrogantly, misses the mark and doesn’t contribute to a peaceful future.
To the Editor: The Brown community has recently engaged in a discussion about whether Israel should exist as a Jewish state (“The Palestinian struggle is one against apartheid,” 4/17). For many of us who are Jewish, such a question requires very little thought or explanation. However, it may not be as clear to some, so I will try to elucidate our position. Last week I attended a Holocaust memorial service, along with perhaps 30 other students. As we each talked in turn, I was shocked by the percentage of students who had lost family members. Out of the 30 students, I would guess that only four or five of us did not lose a single person to the horrors of World War II and the Holocaust. For thousands of years, there has been no place in the world where being Jewish is accepted. At a fundamental level, anti-Semitism is a system of world apartheid that we must all fear and seek to overcome. The existence of Israel, a Jewish state, provides to each Jew the guarantee that there is somewhere in the world where he or she has the right to live, free of hatred and free of oppression. If one considers the attacks on Jews in France, Germany, Tunisia and even Berkeley, Calif., in recent weeks, one can plainly see that only a Jewish state can give a Jew the guarantee of a life of freedom. This is the central tenet of Zionism. It is a guarantee that so many Americans enjoy and a guarantee that most of us would wish on the entire world, including the Palestinian people. To suggest that Israel is in essence an apartheid state is to ignore the simple observation that Israel is, in fact, an answer to a system of world apartheid. Its existence is neither a mistake nor a luxury but rather a basic necessity. Just ask any Jew.
Leora Cieplinski Cimet ’02 April 18
Erez Biala ’03 April 17
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OPINIONS MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2002 · PAGE 11
Emotion has its place within the classroom Challenging the classic separation of emotion from reason WHY IS ACADEMIA SO SCARED OF words to their own experiences or daily realemotion? For years, it seems, higher educa- ities. Conversation was stilted. There were tion has sought to sever the mind and heart. long gaps of silence. Concepts remained The separation has become so ingrained floating within the realms of theory and into students’ conceptions of the “intellect” abstraction. In the rare cases that students are given a that should emotion inadvertently creep space to share a bit of theminto our studies, many of us selves with the professor and leap back in fright. “What the rest of the class, they are should I do?” we ask ourselves, often bewildered. As a Writing furrowing our brows. “How do I Fellow, I was once assigned to a respond?” class in which the professor Intellectuals constantly encouraged students to use “I” argue that emotion muddies in their papers and to enrich logic, clouds reason, intrudes their critical analysis with their into the heady realms of own emotional reactions. “research” and “proof.” They Many students felt lost. “I don’t have their point. Emotional know how!” one sputtered in experience cannot be the basis KERALA GOODKIN frustration. Years of schooling of logic; neither can it serve as DON’T QUOTE ME have expertly conditioned us comprehensive “proof” for an ON THIS to keep ourselves and our academic theory. emotions out of “serious” acaBut — and of course there’s a but — emotion can also compel logic, it can demic papers. “Dry” and “boring” are the bring abstract academic theories into the key indicators of a truly academic essay. realm of everyday understanding. Emotion When something actually moves us and we and reason need not be mutually exclusive. want to write about it, many of us literally When I was a freshman, I took a class don’t know how. (Hey, I only learned by writcalled “Resisting Identities” that dealt with ing opinions columns.) Recently I read a book for a class about racial issues in multicultural literature. Despite its compelling title, the class was a the frustrations that a working class woman terrible bore. It revolved around speculative of color confronted during her years in coldiscussions of subordination, marginaliza- lege. During class discussion, no one knew tion and authenticiy. Students of color, who what to say. “Why is she so angry?” one stucomprised most of the class, were never dent finally asked, with a heavy emphasis provided with a space to apply these fancy on “angry.” The general consensus was that the author needed to overcome her anger if she wanted to write an “academic” book. Kerala Goodkin ’02 hails from San The anger was intrusive, students said. One Francisco, Calif. Her columns appear on woman asserted that “she should have just alternate Mondays.
written memoirs instead.” I don’t agree. We can learn from anger. We can use our “intellect” to seek to understand its root causes. In asking ourselves, “Why is she so angry?” we can move the emphasis from “angry” to “is.” Anger can both enrich and exemplify our bland theoretical frameworks about race and class. Because without emotion, the frameworks remain just that — theoretical and bland. Many of us view the classroom as a space to think, not to feel. In fact, many of us prefer it that way. It makes things easier. Conversation between talking heads is refined and often painless. We don’t even need to know each other’s names. Heck, we don’t even need to see each other’s faces. Bring emotion into the picture, and things can get dicey. Students become vulnerable. Discussions can become uncomfortable. Feelings can get hurt. But I would argue that this is where a deeper level of learning has the potential to take place. When we incorporate personal experience and emotion into the classroom, we become more human to each other. How many of us carry on discussions with fellow students for three hours a week, and then pass these same students on the Main Green without giving them even the slightest acknowledgment? It happens all the time. The shallow student-student relationships developed in the classroom stops at the classroom door. But when we relate to our fellow students on a deeper emotional level, the discussion extends beyond the classroom: it continues at The Gate and on the Faunce steps. It continues even after the
semester’s end. When I advocate emotion in the classroom, I do not mean to suggest that classes should turn into mushy-gushy therapy sessions. We can develop a dynamic relationship between the theory, the text or the subject at hand, and our own emotional reactions. We can logically dissect and analyze these reactions. We can theorize about them within a broader context. While it’s exciting to see the addition of departments like gender studies and ethnic studies to college course catalogues across the country, I sometimes worry about their futures within the hallowed walls of academia. Currently at Brown, I find that these departments are the few that do provide a space for emotion and personal experience. But these departments are also still fledgling — not just at Brown — and I worry that they will feel compelled to move away from the heart in an attempt to be viewed as “legitimate” by the rest of academia. I worry that academia will take the intensely emotional issues that these departments handle and wring them dry. I worry that classes in these departments will be reduced into specialized and largely inaccessible dribble, liberally sprinkled with “isms” and “ologies.” Don’t get me wrong: the “isms” and “ologies” can be valuable, but less so when they exist only within a vacuum of the mind. It’s high time to abandon the old-fashioned and ill-conceived split between emotion and reason. It’s time to infuse academic writing with energy and passion. It’s time to bring that same passion into the classroom. It’s time for the boredom to end and the true learning to begin.
How should we deal with that pesky Saddam? Putting an end to a known source of global threat remains a challenge H E S TA N D S B E F O R E H I S P E O P L E toleration of the Al Qaeda network by the clad from head to toe in military decoration Taliban government in Afghanistan was no and colorful regalia, praised by his dutiful longer acceptable, the United States and its subjects as the one man destined to bring allies devoted a significant military effort to glory to their nation, and ultimately peace removing the Taliban from power as soon as possible. Given the rich historiand prosperity to a region he cal trend of the good guys trying will one day conquer. His own to smear the bad guys off of the land is steeped in a tradition of map of global power, how is it harsh dictatorial rule, with a possible for Hussein to still poscensored media and squashed sess the power and opportunity sources of political rivalry. to be such a threat to the rest of Within his grasp lies what may the world? be a vast arsenal of deadly Eleven years ago, the United nuclear, biological and chemiStates, France and Great cal agents of warfare that will Britain deployed tens of thouprove critical to the furthering ANTHONY GIUNTA sands of troops to the Gulf for of his ambitions as the undisDECONSTRUCTION the ostensible purpose of puted leader of a global threat. WORKER checking Hussein’s power This is not a scary scene from when his invasion and Nazi Germany or anything out of an Orwellian novel. This is a picture of a declared annexation of Kuwait weighed too nation that exists today and is far more real heavily on the consciences of the more than anything a cynical author would be enlightened nations of the world. Despite able to contrive. This is the modern-day Iraq the largest military campaign waged by one nation upon another since the Vietnam era, of Saddam Hussein. It is a curious state of contemporary inter- no serious effort was made to assassinate national relations that a man such as this, so Hussein or to catalyze the political and hell-bent on power and potentially threaten- social groundswell necessary for a coup in ing not only to the United States but also to Iraq’s greatest time of crisis. In 1998, the security around the globe, has managed to U.N. Security Council made another hold the reins of power for over twenty years attempt to put a chink in Saddam’s armor, in a world that hopes to never see a third sending in inspectors to examine what world war. The allied forces waged war many believed to be a threateningly signifispecifically for the purpose of ousting Hitler cant stockpile of global weaponry. Despite from power when it became clear that his months of intense investigation, however, ambitions stretched beyond the borders of Hussein was cleared of his threat, and he Germany. When the events of Sept. 11 once again sat back more comfortably in brought forth the idea that the continued his throne. Today, Saddam’s Iraq is still just as powerful and deadly as ever, but the reasons for Anthony Giunta '02 wishes there were such his maintenance of power are more coma thing as an easy answer when it comes to plex than they may first appear. Prompted matters of international scale.
by a newfound desire to eradicate all potential sources of terror throughout the world, the Bush administration has in the past few months waxed more rhetorically over the need to destroy Saddam, but no one has yet put forth a convincing, practical method of satisfying this need. The United States, of course, has never entirely turned its back to Hussein. In addition to crusading for a more watchful eye on Iraq’s nuclear capabilities, there have been — ever since 1991 — repeated proposals to covertly assassinate him or politically remove him from power. The reason why Hussein has managed to dodge so many bullets, both literally and figuratively, is that he has been a master of dealing with his enemies that would make Machiavelli blush with pride. Despite the parading of the Gulf War as a humanitarian cause designed to save the tiny, helpless nation of Kuwait from the evil clutches of the Iraqi giant, the war itself was fought principally on economic grounds. Saddam’s takeover of Kuwait put an aggravatingly disproportionate share of the world’s oil supply in his hands, a scenario wholly unacceptable to much of the free world’s gasoline market. Hussein was undoubtedly aware of the economic consequences of his actions, enough so to realize that once the United States and its allied forces managed to secure Kuwait and its vast oil stock, there would be little further incentive for them to completely annihilate Iraq and take Saddam out of power. When Hussein allowed weapons inspectors to enter Iraq without actually leading them toward anything of noteworthy alarm, he managed to placate enough critics to keep the United Nations wrestling with its own critics of diplomatic over-aggressive-
ness, rendering the organization literally powerless to stop him from protecting his weaponry stockpile. Admittedly, Iraq is far less of a world power than it was 11 years ago. Its military capabilities have required extensive rebuilding in the wake of the Gulf War, and its political influence over the Middle East has been subsequently stifled. The outbreak of renewed hostilities in the IsraeliPalestinian conflict, however, is proving to be the latest opportunity for Saddam to further secure his own power in the midst of international conflict. As long as the United States continues to pledge its support for Sharon and the Israeli campaign, there will be enough anti-American sentiment in the Arab world to keep would-be enemies of Iraq within Hussein’s camp. An invasion of Iraq, or even a covert operation to assassinate Saddam, could be extremely costly at this point, in terms of provoking further hostility among Arab nations and thereby weakening the U.S. cause against the Palestinians. What to do about Saddam right now, thus, is a heady issue with no clear-cut answer. It would not be wise for the United States to compromise its efforts in Israel at the expense of a campaign in Iraq with no guarantee of success, and economic recovery should not be threatened by a potential exogenous shock to the global oil market, should Iraq find its back to the wall. However, one thing is clear: the ultimate destruction of Hussein’s Iraq must remain on the U.S. agenda, and all nations that value the freedom from terror for which we now so valiantly fight. That terror still exists and waits menacingly for the ripe time to spring. That terror is embodied in the form of one very elusive and crafty man.
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SPORTS MONDAY APRIL 22, 2002 · PAGE 12
M. TENNIS CAPTURES IVY TITLE 4-3 WIN OVER HARVARD CAPS UNDEFEATED RUN
BY JESSE WARREN
The men’s tennis team narrowly defeated Harvard Sunday, claiming its first-ever Ivy League Championship Though Brown did not disappoint throughout the match, the Bears still were in dire need of a victory. The team looked with fervent hopes to Adil Shamasdin ’05, who was down 3-4 in the third set, and injured Jamie Cerretani ’04, also down 0-5 in the third set. Shamasdin pulled through in dramatic fashion. The team opened up the day with two crucial doubles wins and a match-deciding doubles point. Second doubles team of CoCaptain Nick Malone ’02 and Shamasdin went down early, but less than 15 minutes later, the first doubles team of Co-captain Chris Drake ’03 and Justin Natale ’03 came up with a big 8-5 victory to even the doubles score 1-1. Meanwhile, on court three, the third doubles team of Jamie Cerretani ’04 and Nick Goldberg ’05 held Harvard back. The two, easily having their way, were up 72 on match point when Cerretani emphatically won the doubles point with an overhead smash, putting the Bears up 1-0 and placing the team in a superior position. Malone commenced singles play at the number one position for the second consecutive game. Malone held serve early on, but, down 4-5, he was demolished by No. 90 Jonathan Chu and lost the first set 6-4. Though down 1-0, Malone played hard, and could not pull off the win, losing in the second set by a score of 6-2. Not long after, Natale, in the second spot, recouped Malone’s loss. Undoubtedly playing his sharpest game of the year, Natale bulldozed David Lingman in the first set 6-2 and played an amazing second set, winning 6-4 to put the Bears back in a dominant position 2-1. At number four singles, Drake was pas-
NBA looks East for next big star THE SHANGHAI SHARKS ANNOUNCED yesterday that phenom center Yao Ming will be made available for this summer’s NBA draft. There may not seem a less likely place than China to find the next great professional basketball player, but no countries or continents have LUKE an exclusive lock MEIER on talent, and it GAME TIME turns out Shanghai has produced the player who many believe could someday completely change the game. see MEIER, page 8
SCOREBOARD Weekend Results Women’s Water Polo
Women’s Crew
BROWN 17, Wagner 3 BROWN 19, Utica 3 BROWN 9, Harvard 7 Hartwick 7, BROWN 5
BROWN def. Boston University
Softball
Men’s Tennis BROWN 4, Dartmouth BROWN 4. Harvard 3
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Women’s Tennis BROWN 4, Dartmouth 3 Harvard 7, BROWN 0
Baseball BROWN 11, Dartmouth 2 BROWN 9, Dartmouth 3 Dartmouth 13, BROWN 8 BROWN 5, Dartmouth 4
BROWN 5, Penn 4 BROWN 11, Penn 4 Princeton 10, BROWN 3 Princeton 6, BROWN 1
Men’s Crew lost to Northeastern
Women’s Lacrosse BROWN 14, Penn 9
Men’s Lacrosse BROWN 11, Dartmouth 8
sionately embattled with Harvard’s Mark Ridell. Drake was in control early leading 31 and on serve. With the crowd behind Drake, Ridell arrested the match several times to question Drake’s calls. Ridell regained his lead 5-4 and was on serve. Then, in an extremely controversial call by the line judge in a tight tenth game of the first set, Drake fell 4-6. Drake mustered his reserves in the middle of the second set, but was unable to make away with the victory, losing 6-2. With the match a dead heat, at two points apiece, the Ivy League Championship’s revolved around an injured Cerretani, playing with a strained rib. Also crucial were the team’s two first-years, Goldberg and Shamasdin, playing five and six singles. Goldberg was the first to step up. Goldberg looked strong from the start and easily won the first set 6-3, but quickly lagged in the second set 0-2. Realizing full well the importance of his match and sensing the hungry chants of the crowd, he rallied to win five straight games, taking a 5-2 lead. His opponent, Oliver Choo, took the next two games yet relinquished a serve to Goldberg and gave him another chance to seal the win. “I was a little nervous and lost a few match points,” Goldberg said. “But I didn’t want to wait around anymore and let another game slide.” Up 5-4 and on serve, Goldberg double faulted twice in a row and was down 0-30. He then responded by winning the next three points. With the score 40-30, he made a solid serve and, after a brief rally, stroked the ball down the line. Choo tried to return it, but was powerless, forced instead to witness his team go down a point once again. The Bears now needed one win from see M. TENNIS, page 8
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With two Brown players left on the courts, Nick Goldberg ’05 won in two sets, 6-3, 6-4, giving the Bears a 3-2 lead over Harvard on the team’s way to the Ivy Championship.
With 11-8 victory, men’s lacrosse keeps hopes of NCAA Tournament berth alive BY JERMAINE MATHESON
With no room for error, the men’s lacrosse team (5-6, 3-1 Ivy-League) withstood a late scare to beat Dartmouth (5-5, 0-4) 11-8 at Stevenson Field on Saturday. The win keeps Brown’s postseason hopes alive with pivotal Ivy League match-ups versus Cornell and Princeton yet to be played. Saturday’s game was one the Bears expected to win. Thus far, Dartmouth is winless in the Ivy League, but the Bears knew they still had to play well. Any letdowns at this stage in the season could have cost Brown an opportunity to play a first-round playoff game at home. Brown was shut out in the first quarter and Dartmouth took an early onegoal lead. In the second, Brown made the necessary adjustments. Jimmy Mormile ’02 notched Brown’s first goal with Ryan Culligan ’05 assisting to tie the game. Brown would add three more goals in the second. Brian Miller ’04 tied the game at two with Gessner ’03 assisting. Later, Jon Thompson ’03 tied the score at 3-3 with an unassisted goal. The Bears out-hustled the Big Green in the quarter, picking up four times as many ground balls. This play led to ten more Brown shots and the lead at halftime. Mormile gave Brown a 4-3 advantage
with Michael Hughes ’03 assisting. Brown put on an offensive clinic in the third quarter. Hughes scored on an extra-man advantage with another assist by Culligan. Thompson would then add his second unassisted goal of the game as the lead grew to 6-3. Britton Derkac ’05 scored his first collegiate goal with Hughes assisting. Next, Chazz Woodson ’05 scored unassisted. Mormile expanded Brown’s lead to 9-3 with Gessner assisting. The third period ended with five different Brown players scoring goals in nearly every fashion. Just as impressive, the Brown defense kept Dartmouth away from the net. Goalie Mike Levin ’04 needed to make just one save and kept Dartmouth scoreless in the period. Dartmouth, however, did not roll over. The Big Green matched Brown’s offensive onslaught with a similar one, scoring five goals in the fourth quarter. Hughes broke a Brown scoreless drought in the period with his second goal of the game, this time unassisted. Arguably the most important goal of the game, it turned the momentum back in Brown’s favor, as Mormile scored his fourth goal of the game minutes later. In a game that could not have ended soon enough for the faithful fans at
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The men’s lacrosse team kept its hopes for an NCAA birth alive with an 11-8 victory over Dartmouth. Stevenson, the Bear defense held on for the victory, 11-8. Levin had another solid game in net see M. LAX, page 8