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Administrators did not disclose opening of TWTP to white students

Panel discusses U. connections to slave trade

U. unsure if all first-years will be invited this fall

BY DANA GOLDSTEIN

BY ROBBIE COREY-BOULET

Administrators chose not to publicize a decision that officially opened the Third World Transition Program to white firstyears last fall. The decision was “probably motivated” by Supreme Court rulings in June 2003 on affirmative-action policies at the University of Michigan, said Karen McLaurin-Chesson ’74, Third World Center director and associate dean of the college. The decision held that schools must accept and reject students not as members of any ethnicity but as individuals. “I didn’t think it was necessary for public announcement,” McLaurin-Chesson said. Looking back on this decision, she said there “probably should have been an announcement.” White students in the Class of 2007 did not receive invitations to the pre-orientation program, although they would have been admitted if they had requested to attend. McLaurin-Chesson said she is unsure whether white students will receive invitations this fall. Since the Supreme Court decision, a number of Brown’s peer institutions have announced the opening of their minority orientation programs to white students. Last month, the Yale Daily News reported that Yale University’s pre-orientation program, Cultural Connections, will be open to

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Darshan Somashekar ‘05, Sean Siperstein ‘05, Lily Rayman-Read ‘06, and Will Bittinger ‘05 participate in a discussion of the Internet’s role in political campaigns.

Internet increasingly vital to campaigns, student panel says BY SARAH LABRIE

The impact of the Internet on politics has yet to reach its full potential, according to a panel of students who spoke Thursday night in Salomon 001 as part of the Brown College Democrats’ Democracy Awareness Week. Students on the panel had worked for former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean’s presidential campaign and for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Panelists agreed on the Internet’s importance in bringing together supporters of common causes. Darshan Somashekar ’05, webmaster for the Brown College Democrats, has worked as an intern in the DCCC’s recently created department of online

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operations. Of the nine candidates in this year’s Democratic presidential primary, Dean was the one voters most associated with the Internet, Somashekar said. Dean’s Web site included a blog, or online journal, that let supporters follow Dean’s every move on the campaign trail. The Web site also helped volunteers organize MeetUps, where Dean supporters could talk about their candidate and plan grassroots campaigning. The strength of Dean’s Web-based campaign was that it was interactive, Somashekar said. Voters could send see DEMS, page 3

Finalists for senior administrative positions to be interviewed in coming weeks BY BEN GRIN

Search committees are close to creating a list of finalists for two open administrative positions: vice president for campus life and student services and vice president for public affairs and University relations. Luiz Valente, associate professor of Portuguese and Brazilian studies, is heading the search committee for the new vice president for campus life and student services. The position is currently occupied by an interim vice president, David Greene, who was formerly President Ruth Simmons’ executive assistant. Valente would say only that he is “comfortable’ with the applicant pool and declined to comment on whether Greene is a candidate for the position. The ideal candidate combines strong managerial and interpersonal skills, Valente said. The Office of Campus Life, which reports to the Office of Student Life, oversees a range of administrative departments, including the Third World Center, the Office of the Chaplain, Brown

Dining Services and the Department of Athletics. The search committee is made up of 11 members, including four faculty members, two administrators, three undergraduates and two graduate students, he said. Valente said the search committee has advertised for the position in several academic journals, including the Chronicle of Higher Education. Some candidates were nominated for the position by their colleagues, while others submitted applications on their own, according to Valente. The committee has received about 100 applications, he said. Valente said the committee hopes to compose a list of finalists before Spring Break. At that point, the search committee will invite the finalists to campus, where they will meet with the committee, student leaders and possibly Simmons. After meeting with the finalists, the search committee will make recommendations to Simmons, who has the final

say in the hiring process. John Savage, professor of computer science, is heading the search committee for the vice president for public affairs and University relations. The office handles community and government relations, publishes the George Street Journal and the Brown Alumni Magazine and manages University events. Savage’s committee has 14 members, including four members of the Corporation, four University administrators, four faculty members and two representatives of an outside search firm, who have been able to seek out potential applicants. Savage said there is “no expectation” of student involvement in the decision-making process. “We’re getting close to creating a list of finalists,” Savage said, adding that finalists should be invited to campus for interviews within a few weeks. “Our intention is to present this university with some very high-caliber candidates,” he said.

China will change only with the help of those who were oppressed, writes Erin Baksa ’04 column, page 7

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In the midst of substantial media coverage, Brown’s new Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice commenced its public work Thursday night with a panel discussion titled “Unearthing the Past: Brown University, the Brown Family and the Rhode Island Slave Trade.” Although media attention has focused on the possibility that the University will make financial reparations for slavery, panel discussion focused on Rhode Island’s role in the slave trade, in particular the involvement of the Brown family. About 100 people attended the panel, held in Salomon 101, although few of them were undergraduates. President Ruth Simmons, who formed the committee last summer, was not present at the panel and instead participated in a University fundraising event in Darien, Conn. The event began with an introduction by committee chair and Professor of American Civilization James Campbell, who urged members of the Brown community to think deeply about the issues of slavery and justice as reflected in the history of the University and the nation. “What responsibility, if any, accrues to us in the present as inheritors of this mixed legacy?” he asked. Brown University was founded as Rhode Island College in 1764 and renamed after Nicholas Brown Jr., a 1786 graduate, in recognition of a $5,000 contribution. Brown was the son of Nicholas Brown Sr. and nephew to Moses Brown, an abolitionist Quaker, and John Brown, a Rhode Island slave trader and businessman. Panel members J. Stanley Lemmons, professor at Rhode Island College, and Joanne Melish Ph.D ’96, professor at the University of Kentucky, focused their remarks on Rhode Island’s centrality to the African slave trade. During the 18th century, between 60 and 90 percent of ships sailing to Africa each year began their journey in Rhode Island, Lemmons said. It is a great irony that although Newport and Bristol were the premier U.S. ports in the slave trade, Rhode Island was the first state to outlaw the slave trade in 1787, according to Lemmons. Later, it was Moses Brown’s Abolitionist Society that brought charges against John Brown for illegal slave trading. John Brown was acquitted of the charges, although his ship was condemned by the courts, Lemmons said. Melish spoke about the “erasure of the historical significance and experience of slavery in New England. “New England, as a region, has been invested in the distance between itself and the evil, slave-holding South,” she

Katherine Cummings ’06 says U.S. drug laws leave Americans in danger column, page 7

Athlete of the Week Jessica Link ’05 is key to w. hockey team’s championship quest sports, page 8

W. lacrosse recovers from University of Maryland loss by beating Colgate sports, page 8

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Dems continued from page 1 messages to the Dean campaign via email and be assured their voices were heard. “You can’t talk to a TV commercial,” he said. Other strengths of Web-based campaigning include its cheapness inefficiency, although limited public access to the Internet represents a significant weakness, Somashekar said. “The Internet doesn’t represent everyone,” he said. “Dean was boxed in by the Internet. He energized the youth core and ignored other demographics.” As the Internet becomes even more ubiquitous, Somashekar predicted it will play a greater role in campaigns. Campaign platforms could one day be based entirely on ideas expressed by constituents through blogs and email, he said. Will Bittinger ’05 agreed that the Internet’s political power has only just begun to be discovered, citing Web sites such as Democracy for America (formerly Dean for America) and Change for America as examples of its potential. Still, TV still has more clout than the Web, according to Bittinger. A clip of Howard Dean’s “scream heard round the world” after the Iowa caucuses was played repeatedly on CNN, leading many voters to discount Dean as a viable candidate. “What people see, that’s their reality,” Bittinger said. Lily Raymond-Reed ’06 interned for the Dean campaign as an advance team

member. From working with the press and MTV’s Rock the Vote, she said she’s found students are more likely to get look for about the election on the Internet than on television or in newspapers. “When trying to mobilize younger Democrats, we found that kids were more likely to check their e-mail than their mailboxes,” Raymond-Reed said. College Democrats Vice-President Sean Siperstein ’05 said that while the Internet has been embraced by the Democratic Party as an effective campaign tool, many political organizations don’t fully understand the benefits it can provide. After the Super Tuesday primary victories March 3 clinched the nomination for Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), his campaign used the Internet to raise $10 million in 10 days, and is currently attempting a repeat performance, Siperstein said. He also noted the use of the Internet by state-level campaigns, citing Democrat Ben Chandler’s win in a recent Kentucky congressional special election. “In 2008, if people aren’t taking the Internet seriously, something seriously wrong will have happened,” Siperstein said. Zack Rosen, a computer science student who took time off from college to create Dean’s Web site, was originally scheduled to speak, but he was not at the panel. Herald staff writer Sarah LaBrie ’07 can be reached at slabrie@browndailyherald.com.

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“Three Chairs, Two Cubes” equals five standouts at PW BY DANIELLE CERNY

What happens when you give Brown students three chairs, two cubes and a pen? Apparently, you get an eclectic festival of original short plays. “Three Chairs, Two Cubes” features five student-written plays, each running about 15 minutes long and using nothing more than three chairs and two wooden boxes for a set. The first play, Ben Gottlieb’s ’07 “Instructions for a Block,” immediately directs the audience’s attention to one of the centerpieces of all five performances: a large, black cube. Attached to the cube is a list of simple instructions directed at no one in particular and containing no explanation for their existence. Two young characters, Ernie (Alexander Horn ’05.5) and Ellie (Elisabeth Zerofsky ’07), circle the cube, unsure of how to approach the seemingly clear instructions of “turn the block to your right” and “step onto the block.” The scene unfolds with the clarity and productivity of “Waiting for Godot,” as the two characters fumble over the box’s instructions. Each often resorts to repeating verbatim the other’s questions as though voice and intonation could supply insight into previously enigmatic statements. The characters often forget what they are talking about as they get lost in the web they have spun for themselves from straightforward instructions. The scene gains momentum and clarity when the instruction “kiss each other on the

cheek” adds a much-needed human side to the scene. This instruction is interpreted just as clumsily as those that preceded it, and it soon becomes clear that nothing can be explained or decoded before stumbles, confusion and occasional awkwardness. Appropriately, the scene concludes with the characters and the cube precisely where they started. “Breathing,” by Jennifer Silverman ’06, takes place in a more tangible realm. The play features Naien (Mirele Davis ’07), who suffers from a mental disorder that has created an unbridgeable chasm between her character and reality. Naien’s poetic dialogues document the idiosyncrasies of her thought processes, which extend to her inability to communicate with her brother Ali (Jake Rosenberg ’07). The festival’s third play, “Apricot Supernovas,” by Krista Knight ’06, embodies an atmosphere distinct from its predecessors. “Apricot Supernovas” is structured like a contemporary “Twilight Zone” episode. An enigmatic teacher narrates the story of one of her fourth-grade students, Yen (Nate Saunders ’04), who has mastered the concepts of Newton’s laws but cannot figure out how to escape the gravitational pull of the babysitter with whom he has fallen in love. The charm of “Apricot Supernova” is its flowing, original writing. The story is truly innovative and draws the audience into Yen’s world as it collapses around him. see PW, page 4

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PW continued from page 3 “Living Room,” by Diana Fithian ’04, is one of the highlights of “Three Chairs, Two Cubes.” The short play centers on the living room of a recently divorced couple trying to sell their house. The couple is visited by a potential buyer, Serena, their former

babysitter (Brittain Youngblood ’07). As the three recall their experiences in the living room, it becomes clear that Serena has come to settle the score on a dark secret still embedded in the room. Tense, beautiful acting keeps the audience on the edge of its seats. Although the scene unfolds in 15 minutes, it is striking and leaves an impression. Finally, “Why are We So Unhappy?” or “Goodnight, Dear” by Yale Wang ’06 features a young couple struggling to build a life on the memory of a onceimmeasurable love. The frustration of the wife (Kai Morrison ’07) boils over when her husband (Owen McDougall ’07) wakes her yet again with his monstrous snoring. The couple’s broken-down apartment is a stark contrast to the palace they imagined their love would build. In touchingly per-

TWTP continued from page 1 white students this fall. “Like every other college and university, we’ve been looking at all of our diversity programs to ensure they are compliant with the changing legal environment,” said Interim Vice President for Campus Life and Student Services David Greene. “TWTP has just been part of a larger process.” In addition to addressing legal concerns, the acceptance of white students to TWTP aligns the program with the University’s general mission, Greene said. This involves “having programs in general that are open to all students,” he said. But explicitly inviting white students raises economic issues the University needs to address, McLaurin-Chesson said. Depending on the response of future incoming classes, TWTP might not be able to budget for or accommodate all interested students, given its current resources. “We can’t afford to have a TWTP for the entire incoming class,” she said. “We don’t have the capacity.” Admitting white students also

formed soliloquies, the two recall the roots of their relationship and wonder if their old passion could be salvaged to save their crumbling marriage. While each play has its own charm, it is the combination of these five distinct narratives that makes “Three Chairs, Two Cubes” a must-see. The plays are the perfect length to engage the viewer, without one dull moment in the production. And although the plays could stand on their own, the knowledge that the scripts for “Three Chairs, Two Cubes” were generated by students makes its scenes all the more impressive. “Three Chairs, Two Cubes” plays at Production Workshop Friday through Monday at 8 p.m. Herald staff writer Danielle Cerny ’06 edits the Arts & Culture section. She can be reached at dcerny@browndailyherald.com.

poses ideological problems, McLaurin-Chesson said. Although all students can attend, the program primarily addresses issues concerning students of color. Admitting white students will change how TWTP is both described and marketed to students, Greene said. “At the same time, we’re undertaking a more systematic review of TWTP to ensure that the program continues to be completely relevant and that it best meets the needs of students today,” he said. Since TWTP was opened to white students in the fall of 2003, according to McLaurin-Chesson, the language of its mission statement has become more inclusive. The statement that “TWTP is a space for Third World students to share a history of collective experiences” has been removed since the fall of 2001. The statement currently on the TWTP Web site describes the program as “a forum primarily for students of color,” “primarily designed to help entering students of color identify and increase their awareness of issues they will encounter at Brown as minorities in a predominantly white institution.” When Michelle Higa ’04 attended TWTP as a first-year in 2000 and as a Minority Peer Counselor in 2001, she said she did not believe white students were permitted to attend. “But I don’t recall hearing anything to the contrary,” she said. Higa said she thinks the presence of white students could significantly impact TWTP. Students might be less likely to address “touchy” racial issues if the comfort of the program were compromised, she said. “Sometimes you guard yourself if white students are there,” she said. “It’ll make it a different program, but it’s hard to say if it will be better or worse. For me, it was invaluable to have that experience coming into college.” But Angela Pullen ’07, who attended this year’s program, said she disagrees. “I’m not sure, but I think the program would still go the same way,” she said. “They’d still talk about the same things.” Pullen said she was also unaware that white students could become involved with TWTP, but she said she would still have participated if white students had attended. Herald staff writer Robbie CoreyBoulet can be reached at rcoreyboulet@browndailyherald.com.

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W. lax continued from page 8 Offensive Player of the Week for her blistering start to the season. Anneberg, who leads Brown in scoring with seven goals and two assists, netted two of her three goals of the day after halftime. Anneberg got off her typical bevy of shots on goal, as she had in the Maryland game, but against Colgate, she was rewarded for her efforts. “It’s her mentality as a captain and a senior that allows her to strive to get better every day,” Ingram said of Anneberg. “Our opponents know about her, and in the Maryland game they put their best defender against her, limiting her opportunities. Sunday she was able to break through, which says a lot about her determination.” But Anneberg was not the sole contributor to Sunday’s vic-

Slavery continued from page 1 said. That sentiment was echoed by panel member Bela Teixiera, executive director of the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society. Texiera’s organization attempts to relay Rhode Island’s experience with slavery to the black community, which traditionally has not had access to such materials, according to Texiera. Panel member Rhett Jones Ph.D. ’76, Brown professor of history and Africana studies, said that although slavery existed in every pre-modern human society, it was unique in the New World because of the way it was linked to race. “What we did in the United States is to give race meaning,” Jones said. “So when we say that a person is black, we say it tells us something about his physical abilities, his intellectual abilities and … his moral character.” It is interesting to question how much the African American community itself has bought into this concept of race, Jones said. Jones said he recalls a time when organizers of some African-American social events would post brown paper bags on the door, and anyone with skin darker than the bag would not be allowed inside the events. During the question-andanswer session, many audience members focused their comments on reparations and the specifics of the committee’s formation and mandate. J. Roy McKechnie ’55, an alumni representative for his class, said that when the New York Times published its March 13 front-page article on the Steering Committee for Slavery and Justice, “my phone began to burn itself off the wall with irate,

tory, as she received help from Staley and Passano, with two goals each. Pierpont chipped in with two assists and spearheaded a Brown defense that held the Raiders to one second-half goal. What started out a dogfight between two hungry teams on Sunday soon turned into a onesided affair in Brown’s favor. “We had a confidence about us during the second half,” Ingram said. “We had a collective goal of getting 60 percent of the 50-50s (center draws and ground ball attempts) and we got 59 percent,” a result Ingram said pleased both her and the team. “It’s the most mentally tough team since I’ve been here,” Ingram said. “We’ve got great leadership from our seven seniors. They’re a multi-dimensional group with different personalities and different strengths on the field.” Sunday’s win was a shining

example of Brown’s potential, but there are still key facets of game on which the team is eager to work. “We need to stay consistent in our game and focus on us,” Ingram said. “We need to show an ability to respond to our opponents. We also need to make sure that we can’t be observers in the process (of getting after 50-50s) and get our knuckles down in the ground.” Bruno’s tussle with regional rival Boston College, scheduled for this past Wednesday, was postponed due to inclement weather. For its next challenge Brown travels north to Cambridge, Mass., this afternoon to take on Harvard University in its first Ivy League match of the season.

curious or simply puzzled classmates.” McKechnie demanded to know the qualifications of the committee members. Campbell referred him to the committee’s Web site and said Simmons selected members for their diversity of viewpoints and areas of expertise. Campbell said he feared the New York Times piece had given readers the notion Simmons is pushing the committee toward advocating economic reparations, and said he wanted to disavow that impression. McKechnie also criticized the Third World Transition Program and the practice of black students marching separately during Commencement. Campbell referred him to The Herald’s Thursday coverage of Simmons’ announcement that TWTP should be open to all students. Scott Ewing ’05 asked Campbell how the three undergraduates on the Committee were chosen. Ewing added he was “disappointed” to have found out about the committee only after its members had been chosen. Campbell responded that he “got a letter in (his) mailbox” from Simmons with the names of committee members, but he told The Herald Tuesday that he did appoint one committee member, Seth Magaziner ’06. British freelance journalist Joanna Walters, who was working on an article for the London Guardian, asked the panel members what they thought the committee should do if descendants of Brown family slaves came forward and asked for a place in the discussions. All the panel members steered discussion away from answering Walters’ question directly, but later in the discussion, Melish said institutionalized racism continues to be felt

today, even by recent immigrants, making the concept of reparations a broad one. “When we think about our damaged society, we need to think about people damaged by results — that is, people of color in general,” she said. “But when we talk, it always comes down to ‘Who’s entitled?’”

Herald staff writer Chris Mahr ’07 is an assistant sports editor and covers women’s lacrosse. He can be reached at cmahr@browndailyherald.com.

Herald staff writer Dana Goldstein ’06 edits the RISD News section. She can be reached at dgoldstein@browndailyherald.com.

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Diamonds and coal Coal to poor student turnout at Thursday’s symposium on the Brown family’s participation in the Rhode Island slave trade. Brown’s new Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice might be national news, but you wouldn’t know it from students’ apparent lack of interest, or from last night’s unfocused panel. But a cubic zirconium to the fact that Brown family funding only comprised 18 percent of the University’s endowment in 1804. If only the Winnick family had contributed 18 percent of its Global Crossing dividends to the endowment in 2001. A diamond to the charming benevolence of Laura Kavazanjian ’06 toward her flasher. You’re absolutely right, Laura: all that man needs is some underwear. ANDREW SHEETS

Coal to the University’s failure to perceive that the opening of the Third World Transition Program to white first-years necessitated a public announcement. What kind of a host doesn’t send an invitation? A diamond to Director of Health Education Frances Mantak’s artist friend and his drug-free exploration of psychedelic themes. We have a friend, too, and when he wants to see an embracing couple swept over by a wave transporting a group of dolphins above an underground volcano that gives birth to the sun, he goes to the local McDonald’s to score some LSD. Coal to the Brown College Democrats for failing to inform students that no-show speaker and former Howard Dean Web site-designer Zack Rosen had all the promise and all the delivery of Howard Dean’s campaign. And a diamond to our favorite Deep Throat. Concert planners might not be crooks, but they sure don’t know how to keep a secret.

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LETTERS Race not the only division in Brown student body

University’s treatment of peer counselors a “slap in the face”

To the Editor:

I was very interested to read the article about the purpose of the Third World Transition Program (“U. examining TWTP’s misson, legality,” March 18), and was particularly struck by President Simmons’ comment about the usefulness and the applicability of the term “Third World.” It is the economic rather than the racial connotations of the phrase that concern me and that I feel are often overlooked or overshadowed by the more hot-button issue of race. Although ethnic minority status is frequently used as a synonym of being of the working class, both personal experience and reason tell me that the categories are not equivalent. It is, after all, much easier for any person to lose great sums of money than to gain them. I have learned to appreciate deeply the rural, predominantly lower-middle and working class area where I was raised, but I have also often felt alien and isolated when confronted with the world of suburban privilege and entitlement that seems prevalent at Brown (and, I suspect, most other high-profile universities). As a racial nonminority, I can’t comment on the effectiveness of that part of the program, but I would urge the organizers and other people considering the function of TWTP to not forget that there are rubrics other than race with which to divide both American society and Brown’s student body.

As friends of this year’s MPCs, RCs and WPCs, we strongly object to the University's lack of regard for those who currently do this very important work. The Herald’s March 17 article, “Peer Counselor program will be reexamined in 2005-06,” states that the university intends to do a major overhaul of the program, but does not note until nearly the end that this will include only a paltry raise in counselor salary to $625 per semester. One reason it took two rounds of applications to find next year’s counselors is that many students cannot afford to put in the required 15 hours of difficult work per week to be a counselor. Those on financial aid have to take another job to fulfill their work study requirement, which is usually $1250 per semester, twice the proposed wages for counselors. Under this new increase, counselors on financial aid and others who cannot afford the low pay will continue to work two jobs, putting their studies, social lives and extracurricular activities at risk. That Brown will increase the size of units next year only makes this low pay more of a slap in the face. Given that many universities provide their counselors free room and board, Brown must at least pay counselors enough so that financial aid students can take the position without having to work another job. Any “reexamination” of the counselor program that does not resolve this issue will be inadequate.

Ruth Tilley ’05 March 18

Seth Leibson ’05 Chris Hu’06 Te-Ping Chen ’07 Lindsay Ryan ’06 Madeleine Lipshie-Williams ’07 Brenda Rubenstein ’07 Caitlin Cohen ’07 Peter Asen ’04 Student Labor Alliance March 17

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OPINIONS FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 2004 · PAGE 7

The road to Chinese democracy GUEST COLUMN BY ERIN BAKSA

As Xu Wenli, founder of the Chinese Democratic Party and visiting professor at Brown has said, there is a road to democracy in China, but it is not a straight one. Change in China must come from within, but any dissidence against the Chinese government has been suppressed. Although some prisoners of conscience, such as Wang Youcai and Xu Wenli, have been released, the Chinese authorities continue without fail to arrest and detain individuals whose acts have been classified as “subversive acts against the state.” What is considered subversive to the Chinese government includes officially registering a political party, since the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party is enforced by its single-party system. Also considered subversive are the acts of publishing articles that are critical of the government and could possibly incite opposition and discussing the conditions of the nation and its political situation online. Many people representing Hong Kong this past summer, for example, protested the Chinese government’s intent to implement Article 26 in Hong Kong. Article 26 called for immediate action from the Chinese government to oppress any individuals or groups that have committed subversive acts against the state. At a protest in Cambridge, Mass., Xu Wenli stated that he felt Article 26 simply means imprisonment. Furthermore, the conditions of an individual’s detainment are far from lawful by our standards. Often the offender can be detained for months before he has a trial, or before his family even knows of his whereabouts. The high level of brutality that such offenders endure at detainment and transfer centers is unconscionable. This was the case for Chinese Democratic Party leader He Depu, whose wife was denied any knowledge of her husband’s location or condition. It is now known that he has suffered severe beatings from guards, to the point that he was left partially deaf. Although some prisoners of conscience, such as Xu Wenli and Wang Youcai, have been released, the reality is that more are detained each day. The situation at hand is a grave one. Yet the fact that Chinese authorities have thoroughly oppressed freedom of speech and freedom of the press does not imply that democracy is a completely foreign concept to China. The promotion of democratic ideologies dates back to at least

as early as the activities of Kang Youwei in the 19th century. The precedent is there. Are the Chinese people simply incapable of realizing democracy? I think not. There are three main obstacles obstructing China’s road to democracy. The first pertains to the nature of China’s political trends. Chinese politics have historically centered on the notion of revolution. From the early periods of warring states that struggled to unite China to the mere turnover of dynasties to the transition between modern 20th century parties such as the Guomindang and the CCP, each new regime is extremely critical of the previous and each attempts to create a more authentically Chinese society under the party line. If China is to establish a democratic state, it must be a

Arguing for China’s innate democratic potential. stable one. That is to say, the trend of revolution must come to an end. Second, the isolationalist policies, so typical of the Chinese government, must be eliminated. These policies continue to lead to the revocation of basic human rights, such as freedom of speech and freedom of the press. The most obvious manifestation of such isolationist policies is the government’s control of information leaving and entering the country by means including the Internet, television, and personal mail. Anyone who has traveled to China and experienced Chinese television realizes the rampant censorship and the extreme one-sidedness of the news made available. The worst part of the matter is that the educated people of China are aware of the suppression of information but must repress their dissent or risk arrest. The situation of the economy and the state has not yet reached a level where travel outside the country is possible for the average person. Fortunately, the longer China is open to trade, the more difficult it will be for the government to maintain this stagnation. China’s third obstacle derives its potency from the fact

that China is such a enormous country. This has always been a cause of unequal development. Perhaps one of the largest most fundamental problems facing China is its unequal distribution of education. Education in rural areas is thoroughly impoverished. Unless a student tests extremely well, he or she will be faced with paying the cost of college which, considering rural financial capacity, is most likely nothing but a fantasy. This deprivation of education only weakens the nation. Many of its people do not even represent themselves, let alone desire to be represented politically. In “Zi Xun,” Chinese writer and philosopher Lu Xun expresses his frustration with his nation’s isolation and deprivation of awareness through the metaphor of a burning iron house. There is a fire inside an iron house that only opens from the inside where people all lie on the floor amidst the smoke. Lu Xun asks his fellow intellectuals, if we knew that some of the people lying on the floor in the iron house were still somewhat conscious, would we not try our hardest to wake them so that they may save themselves and the others who have already passed out completely? If Lu Xun’s model is accurate, then Chinese dissidents like Democratic Party leaders Xu Wenli and Wang Youcai are faced with the task of bringing their nation’s people to full awareness. Working with these dissidents of the Chinese government has shed light on the aforementioned state of affairs in China and has provided immense insight through their personal accounts. The dilemma is this: dissidents who must awaken the sleeping nation are themselves oppressed and detained by the Chinese government or else granted their freedom outside the country, where some remain ineffective. It is thus the first task for Caring for the Heart of China, a non-profit human rights organization founded in 2003 by Xu Wenli, to focus our efforts on delivering relief to these individuals. China certainly does not need another revolution. But if it is to change from within, these oppressed individuals will be the catalyst. Erin Baksa ’04 is an East Asian studies and philosophy concentrator. She has worked as Xu Wenli’s personal interpreter and aide at the Thomas J. Watson Institute of International Studies since his arrival at Brown after his release from prison on Dec. 25, 2003.

KATHERINE CUMMINGS

The morality of our miserable war on drugs In the world of drug policy reform, Ethan Nadelmann is the man, so to speak. He is a go-to person, both well informed and well connected in his capacities as an academic and activist. As an active member of Students for Sensible Drug Policy, and as an American citizen who has long felt concerned and perplexed about the manner in which we “fight” the drug war, I am well acquainted with Nadelmann’s initiatives as a leader of the reform movement. But as I listened to his lecture “Building a Movement to End the War on Drugs,” Tuesday evening here at Brown, I was struck by new realizations about the illegitimacy of current U.S. drug policy, specifically considering the manner in which the drug war violates any notion of the sanctity of personal sovereignty over mind and body. In questioning our need to utilize the criminal justice system to protect ourselves from the evils of drugs, Nadelmann articulated the fundamental problems with global drug prohibition: Why do we rely upon criminalization, as opposed to implementing a system of strict regulations, treatment and education? And what is it about the prohibited drugs that distinguishes them from the drugs that we use and abuse every day? We allow AnheuserBusch to televise ads that directly link alcohol with glamorized visions of youth and sex, but launch propaganda crusades relating marijuana with terrorism, teenage pregnancy, negligence and violence. Why are we so quick to accept the misinformation campaigns and drug demonization efforts facilitated by organizations like D.A.R.E. and the Office of National Drug Control Policy? This pattern of thinking opens up the possibility of castigating drug use not only within a legal framework but also on a moral axis. According to Nadelmann, somewhere along the way Americans arrived at the “conviction that there was something viscerally, morally and biblically

wrong” with the use of marijuana, cocaine, heroin, LSD, mushrooms, crack and other illegal drugs. I often wonder about the origins of the deeply imbedded belief in the evil menace of drugs. I don’t presume that the aforementioned substances are harmless and should be legalized and distributed on every street corner. On the contrary, I am acutely aware of the potential hazards associated with drug use. But why do some drugs elicit an

Information, not incarceration. almost irrational panic and not others? My question is this: Does the government have the authority to intercede between citizens, as potential drug users, and specific drugs they may choose to put into their bodies? If the government chooses to apply the model of regulation and not criminalization to alcohol and tobacco, there is no legitimate basis (medical, scientific, moral, religious or otherwise) for discrimination between drugs in terms of the legality of use. We impose rules about driving under the influenced, and punish acts of violence and the destruction of property in an attempt to discourage behavior that is harmful to society. But laws that explicitly attempt to control the intake and possession of drugs are not sustainable, enforceable or legitimate. The alcohol prohibition efforts of the early 20th century failed for the same reasons that the attempt to globally prohibit drugs has been entirely unsuccessful. People will not respond to state mandates about what they can or cannot put into their bodies, especially when these mandates

assume the universality of a given moral code. According to the United Nations International Drug Control Program, the international drug trade generates as much as $400 billion annually, reflecting 8 percent of all international trade. Clearly, people are still using drugs. Instead of criminalizing and imprisoning drug users, we need to focus our resources and energy on minimizing the harms of drug use through education and treatment programs. The dangers of drug addiction cannot be overlooked, and real information about these dangers — not the scare tactics of recent anti-marijuana commercials — needs to be available to citizens of all ages. The War on Drugs poses far more of a threat to the safety and well-being of the American populace than the terrors of “reefer madness” ever did. Our drug-war policies have resulted in the propagation of innumerable social crises: the spread of infectious diseases (through needle sharing), the disenfranchisement of nearly 2 million people criminalized for drug use or trafficking, racially disproportionate incarceration rates, unlawful civil asset forfeitures and exorbitant budget deficits. To date, federal and state spending on the drug war amounts to $8.5 billion, a large portion of which is allocated to the incarceration of over 1.5 million people every year. In 2002, Drug Enforcement Administration agents armed with automatic weapons raided a Santa Cruz, Calif., hospice because it grew and distributed marijuana to its patients. When a paraplegic patient suffering from postpolio syndrome could not comply with officers’ demands to stand up, she was handcuffed in bed. Is the arrest of an invalid, or the greater numbers of arrests and incarcerations of drug users and traffickers appropriate uses of our tax dollars? I certainly hope not. Katherine Cummings ’06 fought the law and the law lost.

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SPORTS FRIDAY MARCH 19, 2004 · PAGE 8

Link ’05 leads Bears in quest for ECAC title BY ROBBY KLABER

That the women’s ice hockey team is now enjoying postseason play is at least partly due to the efforts of Jessica Link ’05. Link leads the team with 28 goals and 19 assists this season and has scored 128 points over her three-year career. “Jessica works extremely hard each game and puts a ton of effort into each period. She always wants to be around the puck. Whatever needs to get done she is willing to do,” said captain Katie Germain ’04. Link has been one ATHLETE of the team’s main leaders, instrumental OF THE to helping it advance WEEK to the ECAC Final Four for the third straight year. “On the ice Jessica leads by example. When we are not on the ice she keeps the mood light and is very approachable,” Germain said. Link named her ability to score more goals as one of her greatest improvements this year, crediting it to her teammates’ passes near the net and her training at Brown last summer. As a result of her additional time in the weight room and on the ice, Link said she feels more prepared for ECAC Final Four. “Because I stayed at Brown last summer, I feel like I have improved many skills, especially my quickness,” she said. “However, I still need to improve on (the) mental aspect of the game as well as continue to get stronger so that I can go up against bigger players.” Teammates said Link has strong work ethics and described her as determined player who never quits. Brown will need a determined team

effort Saturday when it hosts top-seeded Harvard University in the ECAC semifinals. The team lost to Harvard twice during the regular season. If Brown wins, the team will advance to the championship game on Sunday, against either Dartmouth College or St. Lawrence University. The women’s hockey team swept Princeton University last weekend, with a 21 win on Friday and an overtime win of 3-2 on Saturday, both at Meehan Auditorium. Link played pivotal roles in the weekend’s victories, netting a goal in each. Link said she and the rest of the team know they will have their hands full this weekend against Harvard. “We realize that Harvard will be a difficult opponent,” she said. “We need to focus on containing their top players. It is important that we play the way we have all season since that has brought us success.” Crucial to the team’s success has been its cohesiveness, which has improved since last season, Link said. “We show a lot more continuity on the ice than in years past,” she said. “Off the ice, we are like one big family.” Link also said she believes it is important that the team start each game on a positive note, adding she believes the team’s losses are often because it comes out flat. Playing against a high-caliber team like Harvard, she said the Bears must have a lot of energy from the start. “No one expects us to win, so we are just going to play the way we have all season,” she said. “We will play with a lot of pride and hopefully get to play on Sunday.” Herald staff writer Robby Klaber ’07 can be reached at rklaber@browndailyherald.com.

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Athlete of the week Jessica Link ’05 and the women’s ice hockey team will take on Harvard in the ECAC semifinals this weekend. Link currently leads the Bears in goals and points.

W. lacrosse recovers from big loss to Maryland, hands Colgate first loss of season BY CHRIS MAHR

Whole new season for one-loss wonders (Los Angeles Times) — After all the speculative hubbub about the chance of an undefeated team winning the NCAA championship — Indiana’s 1976 record is safe again — something has been overlooked. One-loss teams haven’t done so well, either. Not since the 1974 North Carolina State team led by David Thompson took revenge on UCLA for its single loss by defeating the Bruins in the NCAA semifinals on the way to the title has an NCAA champion finished with a “1” at the end of its record. Stanford and Saint Joseph’s are the 18th and 19th teams since then to enter the NCAA tournament with a single loss. Only three — the University of Nevada-Las Vegas in 1987, the University of Massachusetts in 1996 and Duke University in 1999 — even made it to the Final Four. What does it all mean? Perhaps not very much. “The reality of it is, all the numbers go out the window now,” Stanford Coach Mike Montgomery said when asked about his team’s No. 1 seeding and 29-1 record. “We’re proud we accomplished what we accomplished, but we’re well aware this is now the season everyone’s pointing toward, and it’s a six-game season,” he said. Over the years, that one loss has affected different teams in different ways. “Actually, it kind of brought our team together, and it was a motivating factor,” Thompson said of the 1974 regular-season loss to UCLA. “We wanted tremendously to play UCLA again and redeem ourselves.

They’d been to the finals the seven previous years and we knew they’d be back again.” Stanford, which defeated the University of Texas-San Antonio in a first-round game Thursday, got its revenge on Washington in the Pacific 10 Conference tournament and has moved on. “In some respects, we had forgotten what a loss felt like,” said guard Matt Lottich. “Recognizing how much we didn’t like that feeling might help.” Jerry Tarkanian, whose 1987 UNLV team entered the NCAA tournament with one loss and reached the Final Four before losing to eventual champion Indiana in the semifinals, doesn’t believe the record is the issue. “Too many people make too much of what losing does to you psychologically,” he said. “You feel bad you lost, you move on. You’ve got to win the next game.” The last one-loss team to try to win the NCAA tournament was Duke in 1999. But unlike Stanford and St. Joe’s, whose losses came in the final two weeks of the season, Duke lost early in the season, to Cincinnati. They might as well have been undefeated, for all the pressure they were under. Duke won by 41, 41, 17 and 21 points before defeating Michigan State by six in the semifinals, and the Blue Devils were already being fitted for crowns before Connecticut won the championship in a stunning title game upset. rch, a Blue Devil team led by Elton

This weekend did not have the best of starts for the women’s lacrosse team, but it ended on an encouraging note. Brown fell to a buzz-saw of a thirdranked University of Maryland squad 21-6 on Friday, but rebounded Sunday to down previously undefeated Colgate University 10-5 at Stevenson Field. Down 11-3 at halftime in the Maryland contest, Brown showed a lot of resolve when it came out fighting in the second half. “We sat down at halftime to look back and reflect upon what was important to us,” said Head Coach Theresa Ingram. “The goal of the second half was to play with a little more confidence and more focus on us and force Maryland to step up.” The end result was not what Brown had hoped for, although Ingram said the value of such a game is immeasurable down the road. “It’s always important to measure yourself against the top teams,” she said. “It means a lot to us knowing our goal of breaking into the top 20 to play someone in the top five. It allows us to be exposed in some areas that we need to concentrate on.” Bruno was paced by two goals from Sarah Passano ’05 and one goal each from Kate Staley ’06, Ashley Holden ’06, co-captain Laurel Pierpont ’04 and Emily Blanton ’04. Sunday afternoon against Colgate presented the perfect opportunity for Brown to get back on the winning track. In taking the match, the team did everything it couldn’t in the game against Maryland, according to Ingram. “Colgate was giving us an opportunity for us to play Brown lacrosse and put

together our game,” Ingram said. “We were able to do more of the things that we spent all February working on.” Yet at halftime the game was still very much in question, as Brown clung to a 5-4 lead. This very well may have been attributable to the fatigue that comes with playing three games in five days, as Bruno had done to open up the season. “In the first half we were very tentative and undisciplined,” she said. “Fatigue was definitely a factor during the Colgate game, but we showed great mental strength and toughness in the second half.” Pacing the second-half surge was cocaptain Christine Anneberg ’04, who was recently named Ivy League see W. LAX, page 5

BROWN SPORTS SCHEDULE Friday, March 19 Men’s Tennis: vs. Maryland — Baltimore County, Pizzitola Sports Center, 3 p.m. Women’s Swimming: NCAA Championships, College Station, Texas Wrestling: NCAA Tournament, St. Louis, Mo. Saturday, March 20 Men’s Lacrosse: vs. UMass, 1 p.m., OMAC roof Women’s Ice Hockey: vs. Harvard – ECAC Semifinals, Schenectady, N.Y. Equestrian: at Johnson and Wales, Rehoboth, Mass. Baseball: at Appalachian State (DH), Boone, N.C. Gymnastics: ECAC Championships, Philadelphia, Penn. Softball: vs. Boston College, College Park, Md. Softball: at Maryland – Eastern Shore, College Park, Md. Women’s Swimming: NCAA Championships, College Station, Texas Wrestling: NCAA Tournament, St. Louis, Mo. Sunday, March 21 Women’s Tennis: at Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Mass. S.ftball: at Maryland, College Park, Md. Baseball: at Appalachian State (DH), Boone, N.C.