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UDC trial ends in probation for one student Student alleges homophobia played a role in Sept. 15 altercation in which two students were injured, one hospitalized BY CARLA BLUMENKRANZ

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DRESSING UP Students performed their own version of trick-or-treating last night across campus to celebrate Halloween.

A call to Asian American activism Author Helen Zia kicked off Asian American History Month by calling on activists to take a stand against the ‘demonization’ of racial groups in the United States BY JULIA ZUCKERMAN

Asian Americans, historically demonized as “evil,” must take a stand against the demonization of others, said activist and author Helen Zia Thursday evening at the Asian American History Month convocation. Zia titled her speech “Gooks, Geishas and Goblins: Asian Americans and Other Evils that Go Bump in the Night.” She said citizens and the U.S. government have targeted Asian Americans as “evil,” viewing them as a threat to national security. She spoke about the “parallel universes” that exist, where significant contributions of Asian Americans are not reflected in history books and popular culture. “Our task is to collapse these parallel universes,” she said. Asian Americans’ contribution to history has been largely ignored, Zia said, describing a phenomenon she called “MIH,” or “Missing in History.” Zia is the author of “Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People” and a former executive editor of Ms. magazine. She grew up in New Jersey during the 1960s, when she was regularly asked, “Where are you from? … No, where are you really from?” a question she said was likely familiar to Asian Americans in the audience. During the Civil Rights Movement, friends told her she had to decide whether she was black or white, not allowing for the possibility that she was something else, she

said. After college, Zia spent two years in medical school before leaving to become a community organizer, working as a construction laborer in Boston. When she got involved with the lesbian community, members of other groups confronted her and refused to work with her if she was a lesbian. Zia did not come out until after she moved to Detroit, where she worked on an auto assembly line and continued her community activism. She helped spearhead Asian American activism in 1982 when Vincent Chin, a Chinese American, was killed in Detroit at a time when the public was suspicious of Japanese Americans. Chin’s murder became a galvanizing event for Asian Americans from all backgrounds. The U.S. government’s imprisonment of nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee is a more recent example of the same phenomenon, drawing together “people of conscience” of all ethnicities, she said. Zia urged the audience to engage in activism. “Twenty years ago, there was nothing. … Today, an entire infrastructure of change has come into being,” she said. “It’s your voices that are going to make a difference.” In their introductory remarks, Asian American History Month programmers Christopher Yee ’04 and Paul Pasaba ’03 described the difficulty of finding a theme for the month to encompass all Asian Americans — students of East Asian, South Asian and Southeast Asian descent involved in at least 10 student organizations. The month, titled “Asian American: The Struggle to Define Asian America,” aims at “examining the privileges and oppressions that bind us to each other,” Pasaba said. Zia’s speech was preceded by a performance by spoken-word artists Vincent Chong ’03 and Ammala Donangsavanh, a student at the University of Rhode see ZIA, page 4

I N S I D E F R I D AY, N O V E M B E R 1 , 2 0 0 2 University Organist Mark Steinbach performs traditional Halloween concert page 3

UCLA prof offers a literary reading of Eli Wiesel’s ‘Night’ at Thursday lecture page 3

Visiting S. African king urges Americans to consider alternative government structures page 5

A University Disciplinary Council investigation of an altercation between two students has resulted in a oneyear probation for one student and a Dean’s Hearing for his fraternity, Theta Delta Chi. The conflict, which occurred at about 2 a.m. on Sept. 15, involved Theta Delta Chi brother Lawrence Rubida ’04 and Matthew Lueders ’05. It took place in Lueder’s single in Chapin House, which also houses the fraternity. Both students had been drinking, they said. Following the incident, Lueders accused Rubida of assault, discrimination based on sexual orientation and entering his room without permission, Rubida said. The University charged Rubida with underage drinking, Rubida added. Rubida said he received a bloody nose. Lueders said he sustained a concussion and bruising to his ribs and face, and spent the night in a local hospital. James Stascavage, associate dean of Student Life, refused to confirm or deny that the incident occurred or that the University took any disciplinary action. On Oct. 21, the UDC heard the charges against Rubida and put him on probation for one year, Rubida said. On Wednesday, the Office of Student Life held a Dean’s Hearing with Theta Delta Chi leadership regarding the incident, said Penny Billington ’03, Greek Council chair. see UDC, page 8

Two Brown students approached, one assaulted Thursday Three subjects approached two male Brown students and assaulted one of them in separate incidents a few blocks apart around the same time early Thursday morning, according to Department of Public Safety reports. At approximately 12:58 a.m. on Thayer Street at the intersection of George Street, a white vehicle with three males inside approached a student who was walking alone. The student reported that the driver called him over to the vehicle and seemed nervous. The student reported feeling uncomfortable and fled in the opposite direction. The vehicle then continued south on Thayer Street. Moments later, another male student was walking alone east on Power Street when he heard someone run up behind him. A subject struck the student twice in the back of his head, and the student saw three males run away and enter a new model white SUV with dark tinted windows and a ski rack on the roof. The subjects drove away south on Thayer Street, the wrong way on the oneway street. DPS and the Providence Police Department responded and searched the area but did not locate the suspects. — Herald staff reports

TO D AY ’ S F O R E C A S T Barron Youngsmith ’06 says media coverage of the Russian hostage affair was abysmal guest column, page 11

Women’s soccer drops hearbreak to Boston College on a last second goal sports, page 12

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Organist Mark Steinbach thrills midnight concert goers BY MOMOKO HIROSE

Students, many dressed in costumes, sprawled across the floor in the auditorium of Sayles Hall late Thursday night to enjoy the University’s annual Halloween organ concert. University Organist Mark Steinbach has played at this midnight concert for about eight years. “I love this event because it’s such a high energy event,” he said. “I also like performing at that time of the night — there’s just something ecstatic. It’s like a big party rather than a formal sit-down performance.” Steinbach, dressed in a long black robe and red devil horns, welcomed the crowd. He performed eight pieces in all, including The Pink Panther theme song and Toccata and Fugue in d minor by Johann Sebastian Bach, more commonly associated with the Sorcerer’s Apprentice theme song in Disney’s “Fantasia.” The works Steinbach played were predominantly French romantic, circa late-1800s. “I just love getting to that place where I feel like it’s like people are sitting in my living room like friends, and I’m telling them about this great piece I’ve found that I’ve learned,” Steinbach said. “If they found this piece of music on the shelf, it wouldn’t mean anything.” With melodramatic, sustained chords and intricate trills, Fantasie and Fugue on BACH by Liszt evoked strong see ORGAN, page 9

Wiesel’s ‘Night’ more novel than history text, Cal prof asserts BY EMIR SENTURK

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Across campus last night, students dressed in costume to celebrate Halloween, top and bottom left. At midnight, University Organist Mark Steinbach held his eighth Halloween concert in Sayles Hall.

Elie Wiesel’s 1957 book “Night” is essentially a novel, not simply a history book, said former University of California at Los Angeles Professor Arnold Band in a lecture Thursday night. “I call Wiesel’s book a novel, which at times offends a number of people, because a novel implies a degree of artfulness,” said Band, who teaches Hebrew and comparative literature. “Night,” first published in France in 1957, was Wiesel’s first book after his 1954 work in Yiddish, “The World Was Silent.” Both describe his experiences during the Holocaust. In writing a book of just 109 pages, Wiesel could not encompass all the horrible experiences of the Holocaust, Band said. “I’m not arguing that there’s anything dishonest about the story. He wasn’t writing (‘Night’) for a Jewish audience, but for a universal audience,” Band said. “He wanted to get his message out and used the most effective way of doing this,” he said. “If the most effective way is to use novelistic means, then that’s what you do.” “Night,” which describes Wiesel’s 10-month struggle in Auschwitz, his experience on the Death March after the camp’s fall to Russian troops and time spent at Buchenwald before the end of World War II, has become the “canonical work” of the Holocaust, Band said. “Survivors may not realize that they’ve read and assimilated the novel. The contours of his own experience are the basic contours of the Holocaust experience for many people,” Band said. But Band said that in calling Wiesel’s book a “novel,” he was not questioning its authenticity or the events and experiences in the text. see NIGHT, page 4

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have not stepped up. And with running backs that have been injured for most of the season, perhaps expectations were a little high for this year’s Brown team. “We don’t have the same weapons we’ve had in the past,” said Head Coach Phil Estes. Brown has also been hard hit by injuries, making a team lacking depth at skill positions all the more vulnerable. Defensive starters Bobby Parisien ’03 at linebacker and safety Hunter Young ’03 are still questionable for Saturday. Coming into the season, this should have be a heavyweight match-up against two of the most successful teams in the league over the past few years. Right now, Brown is on the ropes. Estes compared the team to the New England Patriots, both in dire need of a win. “They (the Patriots) just need to get another win to get their confidence and their feel good back. We need that as well,” Estes said. Game facts Brown (0-6, 0-3 Ivy League) at Pennsylvania (5-1, 3-0) Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1 p.m. Last week: Brown 7, Cornell 10 (2OT); Penn 41, Yale 20 Last year: Penn 27, Brown 14 Staff writer Jermaine Matheson ’03 is an assistant sports editor and covers the football team. He can be reached at jmatheson@browndailyherald.com.

“I’m not doubting that he suffered and that he was there,” Band said. “I’m not talking about what happened, because it clearly happened. What I’m talking about is how he reported what he experienced.” To demonstrate some of the novelistic elements in “Night,” Band discussed how Wiesel crafted the beginning of the book. The opening does not deal with Wiesel’s family, Band said. Rather, Wiesel’s first words relate to his surrogate father, Moshe. Moshe, a Polish Jew who lived in Hungary, was taken by Nazi rule to Poland after Hungary fell but managed to escape. He saw what was being done to the Jews in Poland and, returning to Hungary, told his companions in Wiesel’s hometown about what he saw. “In effect, Moshe’s relationship to the Jews of Sighet in 1944 is much like Wiesel’s relationship to the reader,” Band said. “This is a very strategic choice,” Band said. “This allows him to introduce certain interesting ideas that are very novelistic and extremely important.” Band asked the audience to reread the book after his lecture. “Given your enhanced awareness of the artfulness of the book, you must ask yourself, ‘To what extent does this affect your reading of the book,’” he said.

Island and co-organizer of the grassroots group Providence Youth Student Movement. Chong described a conversation with a stranger, a soldier about to ship out to Kuwait. When Chong wished him a safe mission, the soldier responded, “Don’t worry, man. I’ll kill some for you.” Chong described his shock “We have to raise at the statement, and he said he realized that in our voices loud another context, members of his own community could be the target of simand clear — ilar violence. Footage of a protest by simply so that we PrYSM at the Immigration and Naturalization Service can be heard.” office accompanied Donangsavanh’s performHelen Zia ance. Activist and author During her performance, Donangsavanh spoke of her anger at seeing members of her community harmed as a result of security measures. She raised her voice at the finish, saying, “Sound the battle cry: We shall not be moved.” Zia also urged the audience to speak up. “We have to raise our voices loud and clear — simply so that we can be heard, simply so that we can be taken seriously, simply so that we can be a real part in this American democracy.”

Herald staff writer Emir Senturk ’05 can be reached at esenturk@browndailyherald.com.

Herald staff writer Julia Zuckerman ’05 can be reached at jzuckerman@browndailyherald.com.

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Debate team scores well at fall tourneys BY DANIELLE CERNY

The roughly 20 core members of Brown’s Debate Union are working to uphold the group’s 100 years of tradition, scoring impressive showings at their first seven tournaments of the semester. The Debate Union competes in parliamentary-style debates that are not research-based. Participating schools host the student-run tournaments every weekend, and Brown travels as far south as Maryland and as far north as Dartmouth College to compete. “There are no topics given to you ahead of time,” said Debate Union President Brookes Brown ’04. “It can range from philosophy and legal things to scenarios from movies.” A tournament includes five rounds, each with four competitors, two from each team. The judges, provided by the host schools, rank the contestants from one, the best, to four. In addition, the judges award points to individual debaters. Brown hosts an annual college tournament that in past years attracted up to 100 two-person teams from schools as far away as Stanford University and the University of Minnesota. The tournament also includes all the Ivy League universities, many liberal arts schools and others, Brown said. The University also hosts a high school tournament, she said. Tournaments follow a “power pairing” format in which the winners of a round pair up against each other, and teams with the same number of wins and losses compete. Teams with the most points compete against those with the least points so that the top teams do not knock each other out of the competition, Brown said. At the end of the five rounds, the top eight teams “break” to quarterfinals, which narrow to the semi-finals and ultimately to the final round. In addition to naming a final winning team, judges name individual winners based upon their cumulative individual points, Brown said. “It sounds kind of dry, but the fun is that on any given day you could be debating legal theory or debating who’s hotter between two people,” said Debate Union Vice President and Herald cartoonist Will Newman ’04. This year, Brown’s team has broken at all seven tournaments it has competed in so far, a feat most schools can’t boast, Brown said. “We were rebuilding the team, and now we’re really coming to our own, I think,” Newman said. “Brown as a school has only recently come back in debate from not having done as well, so we aren’t in a position yet to have any big, inter-school rivalries, but they do exist among other teams.” Yale University and MIT boast strong debate unions, and Cornell University and Amherst College are emerging as strong competitive teams this year. Brown’s debate team is open to anyone interested in learning the art of debate, and unlike many other schools, Brown does not hold tryouts to be on the team, members said. Debate unions maintain nationwide rankings of individual debaters. When they were first-years, Brown and Newman were rated second and third respectively in the country. see DEBATE, page 9

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King Lereo Molotlegi spoke to a full crowd at Starr Auditorium Thursday night. He urged students to consider alternatives to the common standard of democratic government.

Examining alternatives to the American way King Lereo Molotlegi of South Africa said that Brown students and other Americans must understand that there are forms of government in other nations that are different from the U.S. model BY ALLISON LOMBARDO

King Lereo Molotlegi hopes Brown students will understand that the American way of government isn’t the only way. The 36th king of the Royal Bafokeng Nation in South Africa, Molotlegi spoke to a packed Starr Auditorium about the challenges of traditional government in a modern world Thursday in a lecture titled “Hereditary Rule in the Age of Democracy: An African King’s Reflections.” The Bafokeng ethnic group is located in the North West Province of South

Africa and sits on the world’s second–largest platinum reserve. Numbering 300,000, many Bafokeng are wealthy and politically and economically powerful in South Africa. Traditional government “is founded on basic human principles of respect, sense of community and sense of commitment,” Motolegi said. Molotlegi said tradition is the heart of modernity. “To know where you are going, you must know where you come from,” he

said. Molotlegi said tradition is important in a modern nation, much like Thanksgiving remains meaningful in America. The Bafokeng are an example of an African success story, while they struggle with the dichotomy between preserving African heritage and working toward the modern, said Visiting Assistant Professor of Research at the Watson Institute Susan Cook, who introduced Molotlegi. Nelson Mandela once praised the Bafokeng for encouraging black participation in politics, and other traditional communities approach the Bafokeng for advice, Molotlegi said. Molotlegi said his people still have see KING, page 9

For some profs, work at U. is an extension of home BY HANNAH BASCOM

Some Brown faculty have professional and private lives that are deeply intertwined with the University, but this is especially true for those whose spouses also work on campus. Darrell West, director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions, met his wife, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Johanna Schmitt, at a faculty mixer at the Brown president’s house in 1982. “We each got invited separately and happened to sit next to each other and have a good conversation,” West said. Three months later they got engaged, and they were married on Brown-owned land in Bristol, R.I., in August 1983. Each year, West said, they go back to the president’s house the first Tuesday of fall semester. Although it is technically an open house, West said, “We like to think of it as our personal reunion.” Although they both work within a relatively close proximity to one another, West said he and his wife have little overlap in their professions.

“Occasionally we see each other at faculty assemblies, and we wave across the auditorium. … We’re in two very different areas.” Professor of Cellular Biology and Biochemistry Susan Gerbi and Jim McIlwain, professor of neuroscience, met while Gerbi was washing her car in a parking lot shortly after she began working at Brown. McIlwain, who was starting his second year of teaching, struck up a conversation, and the two hit it off. They married in 1976, and have both been at Brown ever since. Bio Med Professors John and Annette Coleman came to Brown already married in 1963. They had one young child at the time, and had encountered problems with nepotism rules in their job search. Brown did not have rules against family members working together and provided a fulltime faculty job for John Coleman and a part time research assistant position for Annette Coleman, John Coleman said. “We didn’t dream when we came here that we would both end up on the faculty, or that we would remain here for more

than five or six or seven years,” John Coleman said. “But with the opportunities that developed at Brown, (leaving) was never any interest to me.” Annette Coleman worked closely with John Coleman part-time for 12 years until she became a member of the faculty herself. “First, they needed someone to teach a course, so they hired me to teach part time, then they needed someone to teach full time … then it became a tenured profession,” she said. “They discovered they had a pearl in their midst, that they had hired the wrong one, but I had tenure at that time,” John Coleman said jokingly. Working with a spouse makes the daily grind a little easier, John Coleman said. “We understand very well what the pressures are. When the rat race gets unbearable … (she) knows what’s happening and how to deal with it,” John Coleman said. Gerbi agreed. “There are many stresses of academic see SPOUSES, page 9

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Titans (+3.5) over the COLTS The Titans managed to avoid losing to the Bengals last week and in doing so, pulled with-in a game of the first place Colts. Sad, I know. On the other hand, Peyton Manning has proved that he can’t beat Steve Spurrier at any level and it will take a win this week for me to jump back on the Tony Dungy bandwagon.

“Monsters of the Midway.” The video for this years’ team will be the “Not Quite in the Last Place Shuffle.” BROWNS (+3) over the Steelers While Pittsburgh has looked impressive the last two weeks, Cleveland is motivated by the memory of their recently deceased owner, and don’t underestimate the impact that can have on a team. At home, look for the Browns to play tough and pull out a big win, moving them into a virtual first place tie. Dallas (+3) over the LIONS Fittingly after breaking Sweetness’ record, Emmitt heads to Detroit, where if the Lions were not one of the worst-run organizations in professional sports, Barry Sanders would have broken the record two years ago. Smith should add to his record this week, just so Barry will have to work extra-hard to break it when he finally unretires. Hey, it could happen. TEXANS (-3) over the Bengals In the shock of the week, Cincinnati guaranteed a win this week and that alone makes me pick against them. Only the Bengals would guarantee a win, when they have yet to pick up a “W” all season long. Plus, it would make a nice punch line if the

Ching continued from page 12 So why Brown? I took a visit in December, and it was the first snow you guys had, which was neat because I’m from Hawaii, of course. It was a lot of fun. Football here was pretty even with other prospective schools, but I decided to come here for the education. I also wanted to come to the East Coast. I’ve been in Hawaii my whole life, and I wanted to experience something else, so I could grow more. So what is your impression of the East Coast after having been in Hawaii for so long? Is it tough being far from home? I’m still getting adjusted, it’s a little colder now. Even the people are different — everyone is more laid back in Hawaii. It’s a tighter atmosphere here, but it’s good to be out here, to experience the real world, I guess. It helps that I have two friends here, one is the starting quarterback for the Harvard JV team, and one is at BC.

Jets (+7.5) over the CHARGERS Sure I might be crazy to pick the Jets, but like sniffing glue, old habits die hard. In the last two new seasons, New York has been much better on the road than at home, but if you played in a stadium named for another team, maybe you would, too. There is no way San Diego is the best team in the AFC and they are due for a let down game right about now. 49ers (+3) over the RAIDERS Oakland and New England are continuing their competition to see who can free fall the fastest, and both should continue their descent in Week Nine. San Fran put up 38 points last week and Terrell Owens loves to outshine Jerry Rice, so look for him to sign a few TD catches this week. Rams (-3) over the CARDINALS (LOCK OF THE WEEK) Apparently the Rams wanted to make it a challenge for them to make the playoffs this year and it will be, with powerhouses Carolina,

Did you expect to be starting? My goal coming in was to start, but it took me some time to get there. I started at fourth string, then I had a good camp and I began moving up. The first game I wasn’t starting, but one of the starting corners got hurt in the first quarter, and ever since then I’ve been in there. I’m getting better each game — I’m more used to the speed, more comfortable now. The first couple of games I was a little timid, and I didn’t know what I was doing sometimes, but it’s much better now. Clearly it has been a tough season — how is the team responding? We are pulling together, and we realize that every game we have lost has been close. The chances have been there, we just have to finish it off. We definitely have all the tools. I mean, we lost by two to Harvard and Princeton, so we’re not really down. The seniors try to keep everyone up — it’s hard when you’re 0-6. However, the last two or three games we have been playing a lot better. We’re a team; it’s hard to separate us. Personally, what has the season

Atlanta and Arizona all sitting ahead of them right now. If Faulk does not have at least three touchdowns, it will be a disappointment. Redskins (+2.5) over the SEAHAWKS My theory is that Trent Dilfer broke a mirror during his Super Bowl celebration and is now being forced to live out seven years of bad luck. How else can you explain going from Super Bowl MVP to being released to being a backup QB to getting injured twice in one season? With the win, Washington could actually find themselves at .500 and with almost as many wins as the University of Florida. GIANTS (-3) over the Jaguars Ike Hilliard’s drilling on Monday night is just one of the reasons why the NFL is becoming a scarier to place to play. A helmet to the abdomen is fun for no one. While Ike rests his separated shoulder, the G-men will look to take out their revenge for another poor MNF performance on the Jags. PACKERS (-4.5) over the Dolphins And finally … Cris Carter has come back to Green Bay. If Carter could catch touchdowns from Brad Johnson, Warren Moon and Jeff Hostetler, he can catch them from Ray Lucas. Unfortunately, the Packers, who have not forgotten Carter tormenting for years as a Viking and have almost wrapped up their division, will spoil Carter’s return to the NFL.

been like? It has been a tough season, but I think I’ve learned more this year than I did every other year in high school. The coaching is different; I’m just learning a lot more. It’s hard to adjust to football and then school and social life. There’s not much time for anything, and I don’t go out every weekend night. In the beginning I couldn’t go to the unit activities because I simply didn’t have time. I’m a shy guy, so I wasn’t going to go up to people and introduce myself, but every day I meet someone new. It just takes time. What’s so challenging about college ball, physically or otherwise? Is practice tougher than ever? The speed is not too bad, but as far as the mental aspect of the game, (the coaches) put in a lot of stuff and they expect you to know it. Every week they put something new in for the opposition. So physically I can match up, but mentally it takes a lot of focus. Practice is really competitive, and once in a while there are little scuffles, but it is good for the team. Everyone is trying to become better.

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IN BRIEF Russian government accuses Turkey, Qatar of aiding Chechen rebels MOSCOW (L.A. Times) — Russia charged Thursday that Turkey and Qatar are giving sanctuary to Chechen rebels as officials released taped excerpts that they said linked militants who took over a Moscow theater to ousted Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov. Pressing a diplomatic offensive to brand Chechen separatists as terrorists worldwide in the wake of the Oct. 23-26 theater takeover that led to at least 119 deaths among the hostages, Russia already has persuaded Denmark to detain a former Chechen deputy prime minister close to Maskhadov on allegations of terrorist activity. Until recently, Maskhadov was the most likely negotiating partner for Russia in any talks to end the grinding three-year war in the separatist Russian republic. President Vladimir V. Putin has virtually ruled out negotiations. Putin spokesman Sergei Yastrzhemsky used a news conference Thursday to put the spotlight not only on Maskhadov but also on Qatar, which he said is sheltering another top Chechen figure, Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, and on Turkey, which he said is allowing Chechen rebel groups to openly raise funds. According to an excerpt of a taped phone conversation played at the news conference, the leader of the hostagetakers, Movsar Barayev, spoke to Yandarbiyev in Qatar. In the conversation, Barayev said that “Aslan” knew about the plans to seize the theater showing the musical “Nord-Ost.” Only three brief excerpts were played, however, and there was no way to verify the government’s interpretations, including that Barayev was referring to Maskhadov. The Chechen detained Wednesday in Copenhagen, Ahmed Zakayev, was in Denmark to attend a congress on Chechnya that had infuriated the Kremlin. The Danish government agreed to hold him on an Interpol warrant as Russia initiated a formal extradition request Thursday. Interviewed by the Los Angeles Times last week before his arrest, Zakayev denied any link to the hostage-takers:“Neither President Maskhadov nor any of our official representatives are in any way connected,”he said at the time. Rather, he blamed Russian policy in Chechnya:“Every day of war, every day of punitive measures leaves dozens of lone avengers who cannot be controlled by Maskhadov or anyone else.”

Earthquake in Italy jolts school, kills six and traps others at Halloween party ROME (L. A. Times) — An earthquake knocked down the roof of a school in central Italy Thursday, killing at least six children and trapping dozens of others during a party to celebrate Halloween. Two women were also killed in their homes in San Giuliano di Puglia, a medieval village of 1,195, about 50 miles northeast of Naples. The 5.4 magnitude quake struck at 11:33 a.m. The epicenter was reported to be in the nearby city of Campobasso. About 50 people were initially trapped when part of the roof over the nursery and elementary school collapsed, authorities said. Rescuers said after nightfall that they could talk with two groups of buried children, who had ducked under benches for protection. Some of them were later rescued, including six dustcovered children pulled out from under floodlights and quickly sent to hospitals. Onlookers applauded and called out “Giovanni! Giovanni!” when one little boy was brought out on a stretcher. “As soon as he came out he called me `Papi’ like he always does,” Giovanni’s father told state television, which didn’t further identify the man.“I immediately saw he was in good condition. He told me there are many other children still alive, a little shocked but still alive, so the hope is still there that they can save more. I thank God for this gift he has given me.” Halloween has recently become popular in Italy, and some of the frightened relatives at the school had painted faces for the festivities. Children in costume also stood watching. “We had organized those celebrations to exorcise the fear of the spirits. Instead, this morning, the terror came from the earth,” one of the injured teachers, Luigina Vaccaro, said after being hospitalized.“There were indescribable moments when it seemed as though the earth met the sky.” The school, built in 1953, was located near the village’s historic center. Children up to the age of 14 attended the party, according to reports from the scene.

Labor leaders resign posts in Israel JERUSALEM (Washington Post) — When the Labor Party

resigned from Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s coalition Wednesday night, he lost more than the 25 Labor votes and his comfortable parliamentary majority. According to political analysts here, he also lost a traditionally moderate partner that for 19 months had helped his government avoid an extremist label and provided a shield against domestic and international criticism. Sharon Thursday negotiated with small ultranationalist and right-wing orthodox parties to help him survive a no-confidence vote scheduled for Monday. Members of his nationalist Likud Party and other analysts said it is probable that he will survive that challenge and establish a new government. If so, they added, Sharon and his government will have traded collaboration with Israel’s large center-left party, and its image of openness to conciliation with the Palestinians, for support from a small group of Israel’s most unyielding politicians, determined to retain the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. “The people of Israel are the losers,” said Abraham Diskin, a mainstream political scientist at Jerusalem’s Hebrew University. “At this time of a war of attrition, a unity government is a necessity. It is not good for Israel to have government that is considered a government of extremists, right-wingers, settlers and lunatics.” Sharon’s allies acknowledged he might have to depend on extreme right-wing lawmakers to survive the confidence vote and beyond. But, they said, that does not mean his government — already considered hardline on Palestinians — will suddenly lurch farther to the right or be held hostage by the the most extreme of new coalition partners. “I can say very clearly that the prime minister has stated that anyone joining the government has to do so on the basis of the programs and guidelines of the previous government,” said a Sharon adviser, Zalman Shoval. “Unless the prospective partners in a narrow-based government accept that, he will not put himself in the position of prolonging the government for a few months by going back on those principles.” On the surface, Labor’s six Cabinet ministers resigned from the government and the party’s parliament members voted against the 2003 budget because Sharon refused to cut $147 million from Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and spend it instead on social

programs for the poor. But analysts said Binyamin BenEliezer, one of the most hawkish members in the Labor Party, staged the resignation to boost his left-wing credentials with his party faithful, who will vote Nov. 19 for new party leaders. Recent polls show Ben-Eliezer running third behind two more liberal Labor politicians. “Ben-Eliezer thought that without leaving the government, he’d lose on Nov. 19,” said a political analyst, Hanan Crystal. “We’ll know in three weeks whether this was a strategic step or a mistake.” The resignation of Labor’s 25 members leaves Sharon with 55 votes in the 120-member parliament, or Knesset, six short of the majority he needs to survive and pass legislation. Political bargaining underway by minor parties to extract concessions from Sharon in exchange for future support demonstrated Thursday why it might be difficult for him to hold his government together for very long. Some of the smaller parties and fringe politicians who helped give him a 67-45 victory on the budget vote reportedly demanded a larger share of the budget as their reward. The National Union-Yisrael Beiteinu alliance, an extreme right-wing opposition party whose seven votes are crucial, reportedly rejects a new U.S. peace proposal that, as written, aims to create an independent Palestinian state by the end of next year. Sharon also has problems with the proposal. But Eliezer Cohen, an alliance lawmaker, said his party would demand military operations against the Palestinians “four or five times bigger” than the ones Sharon’s government has launched. “Either they agree to our terms, and we are in, or there will be elections around March or April,” he said. The bigger prizes, however, are the six Cabinet posts vacated by Labor’s ministers, particularly foreign minister and defense minister, previously held by Shimon Peres and Ben-Eliezer. More than any others, those two posts and the men who occupied them acted as a foil to deflect criticism away from Israel and Sharon. Peres, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 for helping craft the Oslo peace accords the previous year, in particular was a link to European capitals, where most leaders have little stomach for Sharon’s politicies. Peres reportedly turned down an offer from Sharon to join a new government as a special international envoy.

Dems favored to overtake GOP governorships WASHINGTON (L. A. Times) — For the last eight years, Republicans have held the governor’s office in more than half the 50 states. Democrats are poised to erase that edge next week—a shift that would reverberate across the country in local and presidential politics. At minimum, Democrats are expected to approach parity with the GOP, winning enough of the 36 gubernatorial contests on Tuesday to command the statehouses in two dozen states. The Democrats also could gain a clear majority. Republicans now govern 27 states, Democrats 21 and independents two. But perhaps more significant than the raw numbers is the size of the states each party governs. Not only is Democrat Gray Davis favored to win reelection as governor of California, but several other large states now led by Republican governors are tilting toward a Democratic takeover — including Illinois, Michigan and Pennsylvania, all considered pivotal in presidential contests. “You’ve got some heavy-hitter states” poised to turn over, said John Kohut, an analyst for the nonpartisan Cook Political Report. “The implications for 2004 are clear. Democrats have gained some ground.” In all, 10 of the 15 most populous states are expected to have Democratic governors next year. That’s a conservative projection. Among the other five: — Florida, where Republican Gov. Jeb Bush is in a tight race fo r re-election against Democrat Bill McBride. — Massachusetts, where Democrat Shannon O’Brien and Republican Mitt Romney are in a dead heat for an open seat. — Texas, where GOP Gov. Rick Perry, elevated when George W. Bush became president, faces a tough challenge from Democrat Tony Sanchez, who is spending tens of millions of dollars of his own fortune. Only in New York and Ohio, among the major states, are Republicans apparently assured of holding onto the governorship. Depending on its strength, the Democratic gubernatorial surge could produce another milestone. Among the party’s nominees are nine women, all running competitively. If four win, then at least six governors next year

would be women — a record. The lone Republican female nominee, Linda Lingle in Hawaii, also is running a strong campaign. Currently, there are five female governors. Republicans face potential losses in large part because they have more seats to defend Tuesday — 23 of the 36. Many of their warhorses, like Gov. John Engler of Michigan, were forced out by term limits. Democrat Jennifer Granholm, one of this year’s most prominent candidates, is favored to succeed him. Other vulnerable Republican incumbents and candidates are laboring in the long shadow of GOP predecessors. Gov. Scott McCallum, R-Wis., for instance, is seeking to win on his own a post once held by former Gov. Tommy G. Thompson, now Bush’s secretary of Health and Human Services; and Republican nominee Mike Fisher in Pennsylvania is seeking the post vacated last year by Tom Ridge, now homeland security chief. Democrats James Doyle in Wisconsin and Edward G. Rendell in Pennsylvania are giving both men all they can handle. One Republican in Illinois suffers from bad timing. State Attorney General Jim Ryan is trailing in a bid to succeed a scandal-tarnished GOP incumbent governor also named Ryan. Democrat Rod Blagojevich, a three-term U.S. House member, is the front-runner. Democrats have relatively few vulnerable incumbents. Two are Govs. Don Siegelman of Alabama and Jim Hodges of South Carolina, running against Republicans Bob Riley and Mark Sanford, respectively. Gov. Tom Vilsack, D-Iowa, is also in a tight race against Republican Doug Gross. Although critical in each of the three dozen states where elections are being held, the gubernatorial campaigns as a whole have attracted less national attention than the battle for Congress. That was also true in 1994. In that year, Republicans won control of the House and the Senate for the first time in 40 years. But they also broke a long-standing Democratic stranglehold on power at the state level, capturing a majority of the governorships for the first time in a quarter-century.

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UDC continued from page 1 Rubida said he believes the investigation of the fraternity stems from charges that it has engaged in discrimination based on sexual orientation. If OSL penalizes the fraternity, sanctions could include social probation, Billington said. Lueders’ account of the events of Sept. 15 begins at 2 a.m., when he said he returned with five friends to his Chapin single. Within several minutes of their arrival, one of his guests urinated in the hall, he said. The Department of Public Safety responded to the incident, citing Lueders for hosting a guest who damaged University property and requesting that he clean the hallway, he said. Shortly after DPS’ response, Rubida returned to the building and learned from a fraternity member that someone who exited Lueders’ room had urinated in the hall, Rubida said. At that time, he did not know who Lueders was and was not aware that DPS had responded to the incident, he said. Rubida said he knocked on Lueders’ door, which Lueders opened, and asked to speak to the person who had urinated in the hall. “My exact words were, ‘who pissed in the hallway?’” he said. Lueders responded by screaming “Get the fuck out of my room,” Rubida said, adding that Lueders was “obviously intoxicated.” At this point, Rubida said Lueders “threw the first and only punch.” Lueders agreed that Rubida entered his room and asked to

Lueders claims that the fraternity fosters a homophobic environment, and cited a “STR8” flag placed in the bathroom across the hall from his room as evidence. The flag, which is intended to “celebrate heterosexuality,” according to its vendor’s Web site, appeared in the bathroom shortly after Lueders moved into Chapin House, he said. speak to the person who urinated in the hallway, and that he asked Rubida to leave and then punched him. Following that first punch, Lueders said Rubida knocked him against the wall of his room and threw him to the ground. Rubida claims that he pushed Lueders away “to separate myself from him,” causing Lueders to hit the wall and then fall to the ground. After Lueders was on the ground, Rubida said he held him down in self-defense. While Rubida was holding Lueders down, witnesses separated the two, both students said. Rubida claims the mediators were members of the fraternity who were standing outside Lueders’ door during the incident. Lueders said those same fraternity members banged on his door and yelled anti-gay slurs during his altercation with Rubida. Their comments included “You’re fucked, faggot,” Lueders said. Rubida said fraternity members deny making any such remarks at the time, as does he.

“This isn’t a gay-straight issue,” Rubida said, adding that he did not know at the time of the incident that Lueders is gay. If sexual orientation had influenced Rubida’s actions, “I would have been kicked out of the school,” he said. Lueders claims that the fraternity fosters a homophobic environment, and cited a “STR8” flag placed in the bathroom across the hall from his room as evidence. The flag, which is intended to “celebrate heterosexuality,” according to its vendor’s Web site, appeared in the bathroom shortly after Lueders moved into Chapin House, he said. Following the separation of Lueders and Rubida, Lueders called DPS, which alerted the OSL dean on call to the incident. DPS filed a report, but refused to release or comment on it to The Herald. Lueders has since moved to another dorm. Herald staff writer Carla Blumenkranz ’05 can be reached at cblumenkranz@browndailyherald.com.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2002 THE BROWN DAILY HERALD PAGE 9 Bafokeng, he said. Molotlegi said he plans to invest in education to create innovation in an attempt to “bring (the people) along and develop them like the land over time.” Addressing a question from the audience about AIDS, Molotlegi said that because of mass immigration, AIDS is a serious problem for the Bafokeng. Though the Bafokeng are still developing a long-term policy to fight AIDS, they run an aggressive program with help from outside agencies, he said. The Bafokeng have a community-owned land system, so the

title to the platinum reserve belongs to the entire community, Molotlegi said. The Bafokeng receive 22 percent of profits from the company that mines it. The money is used for communal benefit such as investment in roads and schools, Molotlegi said. “We are what we are today because of platinum,” he said. When asked if there will ever be a queen, Molotlegi said that he didn’t know. Women are allowed to fully participate in politics but when no women run for office, the king appoints women to the advisory council, he said.

emotions. Swells, along with strong distinctions in dynamics, made this piece stimulating. Marche Funébre by Frédéric Chopin created an interesting dialogue with somber, dark overtones coupled with lively, jubilant measures. Various themes ran alongside each other where long chords contrasted sharply to the flurried high-pitched trills.

Though many are familiar with the classic “Funeral March,” the almost delighted tone and variation evident in the middle of the piece was a welcome change. Apparition de l’eglise éternelle by Olivier Messiaen proved to be more slumber inducing. The soft, mysterious piece with minor scales created more of a mood, with little development in terms of a clear, distinct melody. Especially effective were the decrescendos, leaving the tones hanging delicately over the air. Students said they found the

concert to be an alternative to the classic Halloween affair. “Fabulous,” “great for RISD students also,” “relaxing,” were some of the adjectives students used to describe the concert. There are three organs on campus, one in Manning Chapel, one in Alumnae Hall and one in Sayles Hall. The organ in Sayles Hall is the largest Hutchings-Votey organ in the world, named after a builder who was famous in Boston around the turn of the century. The organ, which has over 3,000 pipes, will turn 100 in 2003.

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“One of the pleasures of debate is you learn to question things and gain skills that will help you in job interviews, school and life,” Newman said. “You learn how to have deep debates whereas people who haven’t had practice in debate often resort to name calling or yelling.” Despite the success of the Debate Union this year, the University doesn’t provide adequate access to transportation for competitions, Brown said. Brown is also one of the few schools that does not pay for its debate members to compete in the major national competitions, she said. Regardless, the debating season continues over both semesters, and its members take part in weekly practice debates to hone their skills, Brown said.

life: teaching, deadlines, presentations. It really helps having a spouse who understands these stresses.” Working together provided the Colemans with a flexible schedule and the ability to deal with problems that arose at home more easily, they said. They take sabbaticals together and also plan to retire at the same year. But seeing the love of his life at work has its down side, John Coleman said. “There is a danger that the world becomes too narrow, the circle of acquaintances becomes too narrow, but we get around that,” John Coleman said. Annette Coleman said it has been important for them to keep their social circle broad. “Otherwise, you sit at dinner and talk about what’s happening in molecular biology,” she said.

Tenure also can cause a problem. McIwain received tenure after working for the University for six years. The next year, when Gerbi was up for tenure review, the University considered not giving as many faculty members tenure to cut costs. “At that point, I wasn’t looking for a job just for me, but somewhere he could work too,” Gerbi said. In the end the University gave Gerbi tenure, and the couple remained at Brown. Increasingly the University must take a spouse’s needs into account when recruiting faculty, Gerbi said. If they are not both equally interesting and qualified, problems sometimes arise. Gerbi said the University often does not consider just that individual, but also his spouse in its review, which he said was unfair. “A problem the institution faces is if a married couple works here, and they decide one isn’t up to snuff, it’s pretty likely the other half of the couple will leave as well,” Gerbi said.

King continued from page 5 many obstacles to overcome. Many look to the West for inspiration, but the struggle begins when one asks how to get from now to there, he said. The Bafokeng still face many of the challenges that other African areas face, such as AIDS and poverty. Because of the history of segregation, many have put freedom before education, and the gap between the elders and youth poses constant problems for the

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Diamonds and coal A diamond to the admission office’s “Talent Quest,” designed to increase minority representation in the student body. On a campus that thrives on diversity, it’s good to see action at a level that will actually make a difference in the student body’s demographics. A coal to long lines for printers in the Center for Information Technology. Our efforts to save money and space by not purchasing printers are stymied by the higher opportunity cost imposed by the lines. And while we’re at it, a coal to economics midterms. A diamond to students, faculty and staff who will exercise their right to vote on Tuesday. Whether we cast a ballot in Salomon or mail an absentee ballot, our voices will be heard, and each vote will make a difference. A diamond to Professor David Kertzer and the current stage production based on his book, “The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara.” Calling attention to the multi-faceted story has important consequences even today — religious conflicts still exist, and efforts to examine and understand them can only help. A diamond to codpieces. Thank you, Anthony Burgess, for droogs, peet and pee and em. A coal to goblins, black cats and other things that go bump in the night. It’s not enough that Facilities Management won’t turn on the heat. Now we must fight the forces of another dimension and buy extra blankets. A diamond to trick-or-treating, especially when you’re younger than 10 years old and are doing it on Wriston. Sometimes students are scary, but less so when you’re young and they’re masked and giving you candy. A diamond to using Halloween as an excuse to crossdress and bathe in candy with other amorous cross dressers.

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State of Israel not a true democracy To the Editor: I write to thank Brown University’s faculty and students for allowing me to speak on the realities of the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations recently. While there are always audience members who attend my lectures to advance their own political agendas rather than to listen and learn, I was elated by the number of students who gathered around me after my presentation. Whether they agreed with my position or not, they were courteous and respectful, but more importantly, genuinely interested in learning and seeking solutions. Of those students, Brown must be very proud. As could be expected, some students used the opportunity to espouse the usual Israeli arguments in The Herald (“False advertising at Michael Tarazi’s Brown lecture,” 10/29/02). While none of the arguments was particularly new (I have been hearing the same since I was in college), I was struck by the sheer ignorance and lack of logic in defending Israel as a “democracy” because Israel allegedly “makes no distinction between its Arab and Jewish citizens.” First, Israel does indeed discriminate against its non-Jewish citizens. Human Rights Watch writes that "discrimination in law and practice against ethnic and religious minorities and other societal groups, especially on issues of employment and social benefits remained major problems" in Israel (www.hrw.org/wr2k2mena5.html). Even the U.S. State Department, which no one can accuse of being even-handed when it comes to enforcing international law against Israel, stated in its 2001

annual human rights report that Israel “has made little headway in reducing the institutional, legal and societal discrimination against Israel’s Arab citizens … who do not share fully the rights provided to … the country’s Jewish citizens.” The report continues to state that Israel “has not allocated sufficient resources or taken adequate measures to provide Israeli Arabs … with the same quality of education, housing and social services, as well as the same opportunities for government employment as Jews. In addition, government spending is proportionally far lower in predominately Arab areas than in Jewish areas.” Second, let us assume for the sake of argument, as wrong as the assumption is, that Israel does indeed treat its citizens equally. The question then becomes: why are Christians and Muslims in the Occupied Palestinian Territories not Israeli citizens while Jews living in the same territories are? Three million Christians and Muslims who have lived under Israel’s de facto sovereignty for 35 years have no political or civil rights in Israel, whereas 400,000 Jews living illegally in the same territories are given full political and civil rights as Israeli citizens, including, of course, the right to vote. In another country such a blatant allocation of rights and privileges based on ethnic or religious identity was called apartheid. In Israel, and apparently to Israel’s unquestioning U.S. supporters, this is called “democracy.” Imagine a country where the majority of Jews were denied citizenship and the right to vote because they were Jews. Tell me, would anyone call that a democracy? Michael Tarazi Oct. 30

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Correction In “GIS maps: the researcher’s new best friend,” (Oct. 30), The Herald incorrectly referred to GIS as “global information systems,” instead of “geographic information systems.”

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OPINIONS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER1, 2002 · PAGE 11

A survival guide for dealing with life’s little rejections “What to do when nobody loves you,” and solutions to myriad other calamities EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WE ARE REJECTED Rejection: It’s not you, it’s me. by the institutions and people we love Translation: It’s you. It’s so you. most. Whether it is auditioning for a play, Response: Stand in a corner and cry. pouring our heart out to somebody or applying to the University of South Rejection: We thank you for applying to Carolina (goddamn you filthy gamecocks), the Community College of Rhode Island. This year was our most comlearning that we are not petitive year yet! We received accepted is a painful and conmore qualified applicants fusing ordeal. than ever, and unfortunately What exacerbates the pain for you, you’re not one of further is the fashion in which them. We thank you for we are rejected. Instead of a applying and for your $50 reasonable explanation, we application fee. We hope that receive meaningless clichés. you will donate to us in the This then leads to hours of agofuture. nizing contemplation, in Translation: You are stupid. which we flip-flop those very Response: Apply to Tufts; they clichés in our head, trying to YALE WANG take anybody. extract every morsel of meanSIZE DOES MATTER ing from them, trying to underRejection: Now’s not the right stand why we suck so much. time for me. I’m a writer. So it should Translation: Maybe when I’m come with no surprise that I have the supernatural X-Men ability to dead, we can see each other again. read subtext, the novel behind the sen- Response: Die alone. tence. As a man of letters, I feel it is my duty to translate (like Altavista) the clichés Rejection: Let’s be friends. Translation: You will hear me whine about people use to reject one another. In the following article, I will list some my current lover and then watch me go common rejections, a translation of what back to him/her because he/she is more they really mean and a reasonable handsome than you. Also, I still expect you response for the rejected to have. I write to take me out to dinner and pay for it. this so that a person in pain will under- However, you will never ever get your freak stand exactly why he hurts, so that he can on with me again. Ever. live through his suffering. It should be Response: Get your mack on with your noted that I am no Dr. Phil, no medical “friend’s” friends. The jealousy of your new expert, and have never taken a psychology “friend” will force him/her back into your course. So please use this with your best arms, at which point you can suggest a ménage à trois. discretion. Yale Wang ’06 hails from Cranston, R.I.

Rejection: I need some time alone.

Translation: You annoy me like an alcoholic roommate with dysentery. Response: Lock him/her in the trash room for three days. Rejection: I thank you all for showing enthusiasm for my course. Unfortunately, enrollment is capped at 17 students. As much as I would like to take on more students, I am unable to. Translation: First-years and sophomores suck. However, seniors will soon have to work at the same boring job for eight hours a day, five days a week, for the rest of their lives. Response: Sit in on the professor’s class every day and make lewd comments about his or her significant other. Rejection: We should see other people. Translation: I’ve got more concubines than Emperor Hugealicious Wang. Response: Say, “How can you be so cruel as to suggest seeing other people when you know I’m legally blind? You monster.” Rejection: Getting your jump shot blocked by a 5’4” white boy. Translation: You suck at basketball. You are uncoordinated. You have no athletic ability. Response: Signup for varsity football with the Brown Bears. Rejection: Don’t call us, we’ll call you. Translation: We do not associate with losers. Please stop trying to act/sing/perform on stage. If a college group judges you to be untalented, what makes you think you can perform professionally? Response: Join my new group, The Brown Turds. Think a cappella with break-

dancers, poets and other people who aren’t good enough. We will revolutionize a cappella the way Rockapella did on “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?” First meeting at 5 a.m. on Dec. 31 on the Main Green. Rejection: Running against Bush and winning the popular vote, but losing the election. Then being made fun of because your depression has made you too fat to run a mile. Translation: You’re not cool enough to pull an Andrew Jackson. Response: Pretend to be a moron, and then people will vote for you. Rejection: You’re not my type. Translation: You’re either ugly, boring, annoying or all of the above. Furthermore, only a person without any sense of touch, taste, sight, smell and sound can stand your presence. Either that, or I’m an perfectionist who judges people on looks alone. Response: Ask, ‘What is Times New Roman or Courier New?’ At which point she’ll stare at you dumbfounded, giving you enough time to run away. Rejection: Waving at a girl who is smiling at the guy in back of you. Translation: You just made yourself look like a complete dildo. Response: Hang your head in shame. Rejection: I love you, but I’m not in love with you. Translation: Nobody loves you, not even your mother. Response: Write articles for The Herald, imbuing each with humor so as to hide your sadness. Whoops!

Like sniper reports, Russian news coverage was pathetic It is unacceptable for the U.S. news media to have waited for the Russian hostage crisis to end before printing stories THE RUSSIAN HOSTAGE CRISIS LAST WEEK the color of your skin — but it shows how has been covered by the news media and disinterested the news media is with actuseen by the American public (which suppos- ally giving us the news. Say what you want about the sniper edly sees things however the news sees things) with approximately the same zeal for story, but the Russian crisis was handled objective, reasonable reporting as the D.C. far more appallingly by the media. It happened on Wednesday, but did Sniper Crisis. I’d like to recap, for not even make a single paper a moment, the way that the BARRON until Friday. Body bags were sniper crisis was handled by the YOUNGSMITH already coming out of the themedia. There was no white van; GUEST COLUMN ater, and still nobody in the yet the news actually printed United States had a clue or a graphics of different white vans so that the public would be able to protect care as to what was going on. Let’s get the themselves, in case they saw a van that numbers straight: a suicide squad took looked like one from the picture. There was about 800 people hostage in a theater. no Soviet-made assault rifle; yet the news Those are 800 members of families, ardently printed a 3D model of an AK-74. including small children who just wanted There was no lone wolf psycho killer; yet the to see the damn show. Some were average American could be seen day and released. Had the building exploded, it night sitting in front of the TV shouting, “I would have left about 750 dead. That’s a know how this kind of man thinks. We all quarter of the number of people that died know how he thinks. He wants fame, for- in the World Trade Center. Their lives hung tune, has a slightly German accent and looks in the balance. Yet the U.S. news media twiddled its just like Christopher Walken.” Luckily, movies have prepared us for thumbs on the story. I work at WBRU News these kinds of situations. So much so that (probably not any more) and asked to do a the people at CNN and NBC get flustered story on the Russian situation. The when the real life situation does not go response was, “I think if it was in New York according to their own carefully planned City it would be the biggest, grandest, movie script — in fact, they’d rather report most chilling human drama ever. But I their own script than look for real facts. think you should just let it go.” The impli“You mean they have a black guy playing cation being that the general public is the sniper?” they mumble to each other. made up of closed minded animals that The next day, you see them call up Denzel don’t know what’s going on beyond their Washington to do an expert opinion piece. own borders. How are they going to know Not only does it show our closed minded- if they don’t hear it on the news? That’s ness — you can be a sniper no matter what what the news is for! Like the sniper’s white van, the stereotype of the U.S. public is a figment of the network corresponThis is Barron Youngsmith’s ‘06 second dent’s imagination; yet strives so hard to guest column for The Herald.

make their fantasy a reality. U.S. coverage of the hostage situation only began after the crisis was over — when we had something to nitpick and complain about. The initial news headlines (“How Putin made a tragedy into a triumph”) do pose completely justified questions about the nondisclosure of the Russian “mystery gas,” as well as the use of said gas, but they ignore the situation on the ground completely. The general newsman’s reflex since the Cold War has been to immediately criticize Russia, and headlines like these do not seem to reflect the opinion of anyone (especially not any Russians) other than those present in the newsroom at the time of inception. These are the same people who had been so doggedly ignoring the facts of the case up until that point. If we look from the point of view of the average Russian, it was a tragedy. Yet how many other options did Putin have? If the average Russian wanted Putin to cave in to the Chechen demands, he would have. What happened instead was a traditional Russian-style victory; the type of victory which has always been chilling to the West and consistently manages to rattle the sensible yellow journalist’s sensibilities to the core. In World War II, the Russian victory over Hitler came at the price of 20 million Russian dead. They absorbed it and called it a bittersweet victory. The price of a “social victory” — an industrialized Soviet Union and collectivized agriculture during the Stalin era was another 11 to 18 million Russians. World War I saw the loss of eight million Russian conscripts. Russian preparation for nuclear war from 1950 to 1980 centered on actually absorb-

ing the casualties, preserving some of the population and therefore winning by default. More recently, Boris Yeltsin’s “economic shock therapy” catapulted the country into violently convulsive cycles of poverty. By 1994, the average Russian life expectancy dropped to 57 years, causing an estimated 1.57 million premature deaths from 1990 to 1995 once again in pursuit of a victory for the free market economy. When compared to the death of 30 percent of Russia’s entire population from 1920 to 1945, the hostage rescue’s success rate sounds above par. The Russians did it their way, pa Russki; weighing the numbers bluntly and succinctly on the poorly built Russian calculator that they use when quizzed on the devil’s arithmetic. The choice of chemical should certainly be questioned. The lack of disclosure as to the nature of this chemical seems to be an old Soviet reflex. But these questions do not somehow negate the rescue of the surviving hostages, nor do they make Putin a laughingstock or some kind of madman. The use of sleeping gas was a matter of necessity. There was no other feasible way to enter the theater without alerting some of the 50 terrorists and giving them the few seconds necessary to set off the explosives strapped to their bodies. Without that tactical Russian decision, everyone would have perished. In a land where the news media describes five war deaths as “too much for the public,” this has been portrayed as an unthinkable and boorish trade off. Only the Russians can really say. But when was the last time we listened to someone outside the newsroom?

THE BROWN DAILY HERALD

SPORTS FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1, 2002 · PAGE 12

Revenge is the pick as Bledsoe hosts the Pats

Football looks for elusive first win at UPenn

THIS WEEK’S PICKS, AS USUAL, ARE AGAINST the spread provided by the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. As a note, I received a warning that I might be replaced by someone who used to pick XFL games. (Home team in CAPS)

BY JERMAINE MATHESON

Brown football will look to score its first win of the season this weekend when it goes up against the University of Pennsylvania. Players to watch: Brown: WR Chas Gessner ’03 (68 catches-1st in Ivy League, 10.4 yards per catch); QB Kyle Slager ’04 (265.5 yards per game-2nd Ivy League); LB Joel Barone (50 tackles, 8.3 per game). Penn: QB Mike Mitchell (272.5 per game-1st Iv League); WR Rob Milanese (99.3 yards per game); DL Travis Belden (4 sacks)

Last week — 5-9 Season — 57-58-1 Almost a Lock of the Week — 4-4 BILLS (-2.5) over the Patriots After four weeks of picking the Patriots, four straight losses and YALE WANG still being 0-forSIZE DOES MATTER the-Pats this season, I have decided that it is in the interest of my health to go against them this week. Plus for Drew Bledsoe, this game will mean almost as much to him as a Super Bowl, as he looks forward to watching Tom Brady get sacked over and over again. BUCS (-7) over the Vikings Calling the 2000 Baltimore Ravens, the Bucs are trying to impersonate you. Right now, Keyshawn Johnson is scoring less than A.C. Green and might need a map to find the end zone. Still, I have as much faith in Minnesota as I do in Martha Stewart’s innocence. FALCONS (-7.5) over the Ravens Michael Vick will be stopping by Ron Dayne’s house to pick up a Heisman Trophy any day now. Vick should have no problem running all over a Raven’s “D” that is missing Ray Lewis, which is equivalent to 1999 Chicago Bulls missing Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Steve Kerr. Eagles (-6.5) over the BEARS Clearly everyone is right when they claim that Donovan McNabb is the new prototypical NFL QB, but did everyone forget about what Randall Cunningham did in the ’80s? As for the Bears, apparently the 2001 team was not the reincarnation of the see SPREAD, page 6

SCOREBOARD Friday’s Games Men’s Water Polo BROWN at Northern Division Championships, Cambridge, Mass.

Men’s Track

BROWN at Heptagonal Championships, Van Cortland Park, N.Y.

Women’s Track

BROWN at Heptagonal Championship, Van Cortland Park, N.Y.

Volleyball

BROWN versus Harvard, 7 p.m. Pizzitola Center

Women’s Ice Hockey

BROWN versus Niagara, 7p.m. Meehan Auditorium

Saturday’s Games Football BROWN at Pennsylvania

Fencing

BROWN at Smith Invitational, Northampton Mass.

Women’s Soccer

BROWN at Pennsylvania

Men’s Soccer

BROWN at Pennsylvania

Women’s Ice Hockey BROWN versus Niagra, 3 p.m. Meehan Auditorium

Men’s Ice Hockey

BROWN versus Harvard, 7 p.m. Meehan Auditorium

Volleyball

BROWN versus Dartmouth, 7 p.m. Pizzitola Center SUNDAY

Field Hockey

BROWN at Pennsylvania

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Women’s soccer aims to pick up another league win as it heads down to UPenn.

Women’s soccer dropped by last-second goal, loses 2-1 thriller to B.C. BY BRETT ZARDA

In a season filled with bitter defeats, Wednesday night’s 2-1 loss to Boston College may have redefined the term “heartbreaking.” A goal by BC’s Katie McGregor, with 18 seconds left in regulation, ended a valiant comeback effort by the Bears and dimmed any chances they had for a postseason birth. The team got off the starting blocks slowly for the second consecutive game. A conservative mindset early on had the Bears looking to contain rather than attack. “We started with a very defensive line-up,” said Michaela Sewall ’04. “We were looking to keep the other team from scoring and maybe playing a little conservative.” The early strategy backfired when the Bears allowed a goal in the ninth minute to freshman Meighann Recile. Down 1-0 and desperate for a win, the Bears quickly sparked their intensity level and their offensive attack. The Bears’ best opportunity of the half was due to a remarkable individual effort by Laura Iden ’03. Iden displayed the foot skills that have earned her four goals this season before ripping a shot just barely over the crossbar. Down 1-0 at half, the Bears were in a familiar hole,

but still competing well. The teams continued to trade punches for the first 42 minutes of the second half as the clock ticked ever closer to the game’s end. Then with less than three minutes remaining, an impeccably placed corner kick by Kim La Vere ’06 altered the complexion of the game. Lavere chipped the ball perfectly to the top of the six where a well timed jump enabled Michaela Sewall to get a head on the ball. In a pinball style reaction, the ball went off the crossbar, off the head of Kristin Ferell ’04, through the hands of the BC keeper and landed, conveniently, on the forehead of Megan Schreck. Schreck, whose responsibility on the play was to shadow the keeper, calmly redirected the ball into an open goal to tie the game at 1. With just minutes on the clock the contest seemed destined for overtime. Then, with only 18 seconds left in regulation, it happened again. BC’s Meighann Recile turned and ripped a shot into the upper left corner of the net from 25 yards out. Final score: Boston College 2, Brown 1.

Outlook This is not a good match-up for Brown. Though they were picked to finish third in the league, Penn is playing better than anyone is right now. The hottest team in the league plays one still in search of its first win. Penn has the stingiest defense in the league allowing 17.2 points per game and is unbeaten in league play. “Penn is very aggressive, very skilled in what they do on defense. They do a lot of zone blitzing,” said Brown Head Coach Phil Estes. Offensively, Penn has the best passer in the league in Mike Mitchell. A young Brown secondary will have to contain the most potent passing team in the league on Astroturf. The Quakers have been rolling over league opponents, averaging more than 40 points per game. “They’re very balanced on offense, we’re going to have our hands full against them,” Estes said. For Brown, first-year quarterback Slager has had an up and down season, and lately it has been down. Part of it is that players not named Gessner see FOOTBALL, page 4

First-year starter Ching ’06 has immediate impact for football BY ERIC PERLMUTTER

Jason Ching ’06, a Honolulu, Hawaii native, is a starting cornerback for the Brown football team. He has started five of the Bears’ six games this season and was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week after a fine performance against Princeton. FRESH FACES

What had been your experience with football before coming to Brown? I’ve played football since eighth grade, and then in high school I was on varsity for all four years and started from sophomore year on. I played cornerback, but senior year I played both ways, cornerback and wideout. Our team’s record was around .500. We played in a hard league, though – there are two nationally ranked teams in our division, and we play them twice a year. I’ve played corner since I was little, and I know more about it, so I’m playing corner here.

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