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Neighbors take aim at LiSci with lawsuit BY JANE PORTER

East Side residents are suing to halt construction of the $95-million Life Sciences Building, claiming the assessment of the building’s environmental impact was insufficient. The lawsuit, now in its early procedural stages, centers on residents’ concerns that the new building will cause adverse environmental and health effects that were not properly determined. Plaintiffs are calling for construction to halt while a new, more in-depth assessment is completed. “The thrust of this lawsuit focuses on potentially toxic and other harmful emissions,” plaintiff William Touret told The Herald. “People have been very upset about this building from the time that it was first proposed.” Toxic emission is one of many qualms local residents have regarding the new building. Residents are also concerned with traffic congestion and parking, the destruction of historical buildings and the effects on the “overall character of the neighborhood,” Touret said. Touret, who lives within one block of the site, is one of 11 East Side residents involved in the suit. He has been a vocal opponent of the project since Brown presented the project to neighbors in fall of 2001. In addition to Brown, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the U.S. Department of Energy are also defendants in the lawsuit, which was brought in U.S. District Court. These government agencies conducted an environmental assessment of the building, which residents believe was insufficient and not in accordance with law. NASA and the DOE contributed around $6.2 million to the Life Sciences project. The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 requires that these federal agencies prepare a detailed statement of the environmental impact of the building. The original statement was released in June 2003 and found no significant adverse environmental effects. The Life Sciences Building, which will be located on Meeting Street next to the

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The line of customers waiting to check out at the Brown Bookstore Monday stretched through the store as students geared up for the start of classes today.

Jägermeister master donates $20 million for academic building 62 years after he should have graduated, Frank finds his place at Brown BY JONATHAN ELLIS

A $20 million donation from a man who spent one year at Brown and made Jägermeister a household name has set in motion the first phase of the University’s decade-long physical expansion plan. The gift allows planning to begin on a $30 million academic building that will house the Department of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences, the Brain Science

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Program’s administrative offices, a 350seat auditorium and classrooms. Sidney E. Frank Hall will also anchor a landscaped north-south pathway connecting the Pembroke campus to Lincoln Field, dubbed “The Walk.” The University will probably spend two years planning the project, begin construction in summer 2006 and finish in 2008. It is possible that members of the Class of 2008 will see the building’s com-

This past week, new Brown students experienced for the first time the challenges of moving away from home and into double rooms, and some upperclassmen came back to dorms that had been renovated over the summer. Five dorms — Hegeman Hall, Caswell Hall, Miller Hall, Metcalf Hall and Machado House — received new paint, furniture, lighting, flooring and lighting systems; in addition, all of the Graduate Center towers received new beds, which students can adjust to a

desired height. But although some dorms are in better condition than last year, Richard Bova, director of residential life, said the housing situation could be improved. “We are very tight on housing,” Bova said. Although both the number of students with off-campus permission and the number living in converted spaces have held steady, there were 22 students living in temporary housing as of Sept. 2 — an increase over the same time last year.

The increased number could be due to students not participating in the housing lottery but still requesting oncampus housing, Bova said. Other students might have planned to study abroad in the fall but have changed their plans, he said. Bova said he expects these students will be able to move to permanent housing within two weeks, as the Office of Residential Life determines where empty rooms exist on campus. see HOUSING, page 4

Hot weather, heavy furniture marked move-in for Alexandra Toumanoff ’06 column, page 11

Last spring’s debacle proves UCS election process is flawed, says Ethan Ris ’05 column, page 11

A 2003 alum died Monday morning in an apparent suicide, according to police and news reports. Joanne Michelle Leavy fell from the top floor of a building at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Leavy, a second-year graduate student at the school, is the sixth NYU student to commit suicide in the past year. Leavy was living in New York City with her father; their residence was across the street from the building from which she allegedly jumped. Leavy won a 2003 Weston Prize at Brown for her work in art-semiotics.

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Leavy ’03 dies at Tisch School

Move-in goes smoothly, but housing crunch leaves some in temporary rooms BY AMY HALL GOINS

pletion before graduating, said Richard Spies, executive vice president for planning and senior adviser to President Ruth Simmons. The Corporation approved Sidney Frank’s $20 million contribution — the largest gift for a building in University history — at its May 29 meeting. Frank, 84, said he feels strongly about the

New players help w. soccer to open the season with two big wins sports, page 12

Chris Hatfield ’06 says professional sports leagues should honor their contracts sports, page 12

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THIS MORNING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2004 · PAGE 2 Coreacracy Eddie Ahn

TO D AY ’ S E V E N TS OPENING CONVOCATION Noon (Main Green) — Brown’s 241st academic year officially begins with the procession of the Class of 2008 through the Van Wickle Gates. Kay Warren, professor of anthropology, will deliver a keynote address titled “Creative Minds.” Classes will not meet during the convocation ceremony: I-hour classes will end at 11:30 instead of 11:50, and J-hour classes will begin at 1:20 instead of 1.

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Clinton undergoes successful heart bypass surgery NEW YORK (Los Angeles Times) — Former President Bill

Clinton underwent successful heart bypass surgery Monday and he should be able to resume a full range of normal activities — including political campaigning — within six weeks, his doctors said. “(Clinton) is recovering normally, he had a relatively routine operation, and everything looks straightforward,” said Dr. Craig Smith, the heart surgeon who led a 15-member medical team in the procedure at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Smith, who appeared at a news conference following the operation, said Clinton, 58, would spend the night in intensive care, transfer to a regular hospital room over the next several days and then go home for a recovery period of several months. The former president, he noted, should be able to live out a full and active life. Clinton’s wife, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, issued a statement after the operation thanking “the incredible medical staff at the hospital for taking such good care of my husband.” She also thanked the more than 37,000 people who have sent e-mails and other messages since the former president checked into the hospital last Friday. “As many families know, open heart surgery, though increasingly common, is a very serious procedure,” Sen. Clinton said in a note written with her daughter, Chelsea, 24. “These past few days have been quite an emotional roller coaster for us.” Although doctors said Clinton’s operation was routine, he was lucky to have been diagnosed with heart problems as quickly as he was, said Dr. Allan Schwartz, the hospital’s chief of cardiology, who participated in the operation with Smith. Without prompt diagnosis and medical care, he noted, “there is a likelihood (Clinton) would have had a see CLINTON, page 5

Russia says school attack was intended to ignite regional war NAZRAN, Russia (The Washington Post) — The guerrillas who

took over a school in southern Russia last week argued heatedly with each other over whether to abandon the siege in the moments leading up to the firestorm of explosions and shooting that killed hundreds of children and adults, Russian officials said Monday. Russian special services had a surveillance tape of the militants fighting about whether to stay or flee just before a bomb they had planted in the school gym went off, prompting Russian commandos to storm the building, a senior Kremlin official said. Investigators were exploring whether the bomb detonated by accident or as a result of the internal dispute. As more details surfaced about the massacre at School No. 1 in the town of Beslan, a partial picture emerged of the guerrillas and the four men who led them into the school, where investigators say they took orders by phone from a Chechen commander, Shamil Basayev. The leaders, they said, included a Basayev bodyguard and a former police officer who turned against authorities and led a bloody attack here in the neighboring republic of Ingushetia last June. All four leaders were killed in the battle at the school, authorities say. The Kremlin official, Aslanbek Aslakhanov, said in an interview that more than 20 elite Russian commandos were killed in the day-long battle that began Friday, many of them accidentally shot in the back by armed civilian vigilantes who rushed to the school to fight for their children. The previously undisclosed death toll, he said, surpasses any in the history of the famed Alpha and Vympel special forces units. In sorting through the origins of the hostage crisis, Russian officials said they have concluded that the strike against a target outside Chechnya, the scene of nearly 10 years of intermittent fighting, was part of a broader strategy to reignite the entire North Caucasus, a historically volatile region of mixed ethnic and religion groups. While the government has admitted to lying about the scope of the hostage crisis at first, its analysis about the goals and

Chechen sponsorship coincides with that of independent specialists. “The puppet leaders who organized these fierce incursions, they are attempting to destabilize the situation in the North Caucasus and make one people go against another,” said Aslakhanov, President Vladimir Putin’s top Chechnya adviser. “They are inciting old grudges and unsolved problems.” To bolster their version of events, Russian officials put a Chechen man they identified as a captured guerrilla on state television Monday night to make the first public statement by any of those involved in seizing the school. Visibly injured and having trouble talking, the prisoner described one of the ringleaders giving the orders for the attack. “We gathered in the forest and the Colonel — it’s his nickname — and they said we must seize the school in Beslan,” said the man, who had short, dark hair and no beard. He said the orders came from Basayev and another Chechen commander, Aslan Maskhadov, and that his group included Arabs and Uzbeks as well as Chechens and other nationalities. “When we asked the Colonel why we must do it, he said, ‘Because we need to start war in the entire territory of the North Caucasus.’” Many of the guerrillas who seized the Beslan school in the republic of North Ossetia took part in raids in Ingushetia in June that killed 90 people, investigators said Monday. “They’re the same people that attacked Ingushetia,” said Musa Apiyev, deputy interior minister in Ingushetia. “They’re traveling, they’re moving from place to place, exploiting the weak spots in our positions, and they’re running from spot to spot committing their dark crimes.” Ingushetia and North Ossetia, located south and west of Chechnya, are dominated by different ethnic groups and fought a brief war over territory in 1992. Relations have remained tense since. In the days after the school hostage crisis, many Ossetians have blamed the Ingush and warned of retribution. see RUSSIA, page 5

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Housing continued from page 1 Some students in temporary housing found their living situations far from ideal. In an Olney House room usually used as a keg room by the Sigma Chi fraternity, temporary furniture has been moved in for Joseph Donahue ’07 and Herald staff writer Jonathan Herman ’07. Donahue and Herman, who were assigned the temporary room Thursday, are waiting for permanent housing. This year, transfer students were given housing based on their semester level. In the past, they were the last students to be assigned housing, often ending up in converted lounge spaces or in Perkins Hall, but now, all of the transfers have housing and are spread out across campus, Bova said. Students living in the renovated dorms said they appreciated the changes made since they picked their rooms last spring. Keri Backus ’07 said she liked the new furniture in her South Caswell double — though she said the bathroom needed some repairs. “The furniture’s awesome; it’s the only real difference I noticed. The paint is peeling off some of the walls,” she said. Backus, who is from Seattle, had stored her room furnishings off campus over the summer. She also said getting connected to the network was “really easy this year.” But many first-years had difficulty getting connected to the network, according to David Gomel ’06, a Help Desk student consultant and member of DormStorm, who estimated that he helped 10 to 15 people daily during orientation. DormStorm, intended mainly to assist firstyears, sends student consultants into the dorms to help students get connected to the network properly and securely. Gomel also helped students get rid of spyware and viruses on their computer and set up their email accounts. He estimated that around 250 to 300 students were helped by members of DormStorm. Members of BEARS — the Brown Early Arrival Response System — also helped firstyears move in, hauling boxes and refrigerators into first-year dorms. First-years had different approaches to packing. Maria Krezias ’08, who traveled from Greece to Littlefield Hall, brought only two large suitcases and some pictures, preferring to buy most of what she needed after arriving. More common were first-years like Ben Herschenfeld ’08, who drove with his parents from his New Jersey home in a station wagon crammed with his possessions. But bringing everything to campus is only half the move-in battle. Herschenfeld explained that most of his belongings were still packed up and that his room in Keeney Quad was not decorated yet. “The only problem with moving in is that I haven’t done it yet,” he said. Herald staff writer Amy Hall Goins ’07 can be reached at herald@browndailyherald.com.

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Clinton continued from page 3 substantial heart attack in the near future.” The physicians noted that Clinton, who was otherwise in good physical shape, had been complaining of chest pain and shortness of breath during workouts in recent months. He initially chalked it up to sporadic interruptions in his exercise regimen, due to an extended national book tour, as well as recurring bouts of acid reflux. But the former president sought out medical help late last

Russia continued from page 3 “It appears to be a deliberate provocation to reignite the conflict between Ingushetia and North Ossetia, to extend the range of the chaos,” said Fiona Hill, a scholar at the Brookings Institution in Washington who was among a group of Westerners that met with Putin on Monday. “It’s very easy to stir up the region if you want to, and somebody wants to,” she said. “This is a wake-up call. The whole of the Caucasus is going to go up at this rate.” Putin raised the specter of the region breaking apart from Moscow during a meeting with Hill and other visiting Westerners late Monday. “There’s a Yugoslavia variant here,” he said, according to notes taken by Eileen O’Connor, a participant. “It would be difficult to imagine the conse-

week when he experienced these symptoms for 15 to 20 minutes after being completely at rest, Schwartz said. Clinton went to a hospital near his home in Chappaqua, N.Y., Thursday evening, and an angiogram the next morning revealed significant blockage in the major blood vessels leading to his heart. Clinton was transferred to New York-Presbyterian, an internationally renowned medical center, where doctors recommended immediate surgery, said Smith, the hospital’s chief of cardio-thoracic surgery. But the surgical team waited until Monday morning to allow the

blood thinning medication that Clinton had been taking to work its way through his system, so he would not have major bleeding during the operation. The procedure began at 8 a.m., with doctors surgically cracking open Clinton’s chest. They used segments of arteries from his chest wall as well as a segment of vein snipped from his leg to reroute the blood flow around his blocked heart arteries, Smith said. During the surgery, Clinton’s heart was stopped, and he was hooked up to a heart and lung machine. His heart resumed pumping after the new blood

flow was created, Smith added, and the team of doctors left the operating room around noon. More than 500,000 such operations are performed every year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These procedures can dramatically reduce the number of deaths from heart disease, the nation’s No. 1 killer, but the key to success is early diagnosis and treatment, physicians say. The former president’s future health will depend heavily on a low-salt, low-saturated-fat diet, as well as exercise and medications, Smith said.

quences for the rest of the world. Bear in mind Russia is a nuclear power.” The four leaders inside the school represented the spectrum of the region’s ethnic groups: a Chechen, a Russian, an Ingush and an Ossetian, according to tentative identifications conveyed by Russian officials. What remained unclear was the extent of the involvement of Arab fighters, if any. Russian officials initially said 10 of the hostage-takers were Arabs, but surviving hostages said in interviews that they saw no Arabs and not one was identified as a leader to outside negotiators. Russian investigators are checking out reports from an unidentified Western intelligence service suggesting that some of the attackers came from Jordan and Syria, according to a source briefed on the government’s investigation who spoke on con-

dition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter. An Islamic group tied to al-Qaida’s second-in-command, Ayman Zawahiri, has claimed responsibility for the attack. But some analysts remained skeptical, arguing that the Russians were exaggerating the Arab connection so Putin could claim to be fighting international terrorists rather than domestic nationalists. “It could be there were advisers from the Middle East, but initiating the plan, executing it, belonged to locals,” said Alexei Malashenko, a regional specialist at the Carnegie Moscow Center, a research organization. Calling the shots, according to Russian investigators, was Basayev, the brutal guerrilla leader who has fought the Russians in two wars over the last 10 years and been designated a terrorist by the United States and

United Nations. Basayev stormed a Russian hospital in 1995 and took more than 1,000 patients and doctors hostage and sponsored the capture of a Moscow theater in 2002 that led to the deaths of 129 civilians. In apparent retaliation for the attack on the school, Russian authorities rounded up relatives of Basayev and Maskhadov in Chechnya on the second day of the siege. “I think it was to be hostages for hostages,” Akhmed Zakayev, a Maskhadov lieutenant, said in an interview. Twenty of Maskhadov’s relatives were detained and later released, Zakayev said. Col. Ilya Shabalkin, a military spokesman, said the family members were held at the main base in Chechnya for their own protection. “We hid them in Khankala for two days to avoid vengeance actions against them,” he said.

LiSci continued from page 1 Bio-Medical Center, is a six-floor facility that will house the Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, and the Department of Neuroscience. The building will house research in the fields of microbiology, genetics, genomics and biochemistry. The labs’ use of biological and radioactive materials will generate hazardous wastes. The dispute centers on whether the testing done by NASA and the DOE has adequately proven that this emission will not have harmful effects on the surrounding community. “The University believes the environmental testing done by those agencies (was) sufficient and well done,” said Mark Nickel, director of the Brown News Service. In a response to the lawsuit submitted June 16, the University asked the court to dismiss the complaint and the plaintiffs’ request for a more indepth analysis. “No one in the neighborhood is saying to Brown that they shouldn’t expand their biotech resources,” Touret said. “The issue is where is a safe place to do it and build this building.” Steel structural work on the building began last week. The project is currently scheduled for completion in the spring of 2006. Herald staff writer Jane Porter ’06 can be reached at herald@browndailyherald.com.

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University and wants to continue his philanthropy. “I’m going to do more for Brown in the future,” Frank said. “I’m contemplating a very large gift that I’ve discussed with President Simmons.” That gift is not finalized, he said, but it would fund scholarships for students unable to afford tuition otherwise. Frank, who entered Brown as a member of the Class of 1942 but dropped out a year later due to low funds and low grades, used his marketing savvy to build a liquor-importing empire based on brands such as Jägermeister liqueur and Grey Goose vodka. “There are a lot of people who have been successful without a lot of time at college — I’m one of them,” Frank said. “I’m going to be a billionaire,” he added. But in 1999, Sidney Frank Importing agreed to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by paying $2.6 million to 104 women, some of whom worked as promotional models known as Jägerettes. Frank and his company did not admit wrongdoing in the settlement.

and Linguistic Sciences was originally slated to move into the Life Sciences Building, but that idea was scrapped as the building was downsized and more biology labs were added to the blueprints. Since its inception in 1986, the program has called the Metcalf Chemistry building its home — a building that “just needs to be thoroughly renovated,” Bill Warren, professor and chair of cognitive and linguistic sciences, said. “The labs are kind of crumbling.” Despite minor renovations last summer, Metcalf “is a disaster right now,” Spies said. Frank Hall will give the cognitive and linguistic sciences department proximity to the forthcoming Life Sciences Building, along with new labs and space for additional faculty. The department has hired Tom Griffiths from Stanford University as a new assistant professor and plans a search for a professor of cognitive neuroscience this year, Warren said. “We’re delighted to move,” Warren said. “We’re … really pleased with being one of the first buildings on (The) Walk.”

An academic nexus Frank Hall will lie immediately to the west of the Brown Office Building and bookstore, bounded by Olive and Angell streets to the north and south. The site is currently occupied by a Shell gas station; Brown owns the property, and the station’s lease expires in 2006. If the University decides to put the new building’s construction on the fast track, it might work out a deal with the Shell station’s owner to demolish that facility earlier than scheduled, Spies said. The Department of Cognitive

A “third campus” Frank Hall will not be solely an academic building. “One of the design principles we’re trying to incorporate … is that the ground floors (of buildings along The Walk) are shared spaces,” said Frances Halsband, the architect who designed the University’s master plan. Like other future buildings along the pathway, Frank Hall’s entrances will open to both The Walk and exterior streets, bringing together the campus and outside community, she added. The building will look out onto an oval-shaped green

space, the centerpiece of The Walk. The landscaping and utility renovations required to create The Walk will cost $30 million, Spies said. To make room for the oval area, the Peter Green House will be moved to the western edge of the block, adding to the residential feel of Brown Street, Spies added. The Department of History currently occupies that house. “The key idea” of The Walk is that “filling in the gaps between the old Brown campus and Pembroke is an opportunity to build a third campus, in a way,” Halsband said. The direct route between the Pembroke campus and Lincoln Field, running between Brown and Thayer streets, previously snaked pedestrians through parking lots and past dumpsters. Currently, even that route is blocked because of construction on the Life Sciences Building, scheduled for completion in the spring of 2006. Given the adjacent timetable for the construction of Frank Hall, Spies said it is possible there will be no direct route between Pembroke and Lincoln Field for the next four years, though he said the University would like to avoid that scenario. But when the University achieves the goals in its Strategic Framework for Physical Planning, alleyways will be replaced with green spaces framed by at least three new buildings, one of which is Frank Hall. “When we made those drawings, we had no idea which buildings would come first,” Halsband said. College Hill residents had the chance to put in their two cents at a June 24 meeting hosted by continued on next page

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continued from previous page Spies, who described an institution that began with University Hall in 1770 and has grown exponentially ever since, doubling in size every 35 to 40 years. “Is there no end to this?” Ronald Dwight ’66 asked at the meeting. Dwight, a College Hill resident, was an outspoken opponent of the Life Sciences Building’s construction. Only in recent decades has urban congestion forced the University to rethink its expansion strategies. Halsband has determined that Brown can add up to 1 million square feet of floor space within the existing campus boundaries, and Frank Hall represents the first major initiative to claim some of that capacity, Spies told The Herald. Frank Hall will be a five-story, approximately 60,000 squarefoot structure, according to the Brown News Service. At the June meeting with neighborhood residents, many audience members said they were concerned that The Walk would lead to new traffic and parking problems, especially since students would cross up to four streets on their way from Lincoln Field to Pembroke. One man suggested that Harvard and Yale universities “wouldn’t ram the students across the street and watch the cars back up. “Aren’t you capable of something better than that?” he asked. But Spies rejected the notion of sub-par planning. A traffic consultant engaged by the University concluded it “could resolve the pedestrian-car conflict without bridges, tunnels or more traffic lights,” Spies said. In fact, he told residents, The Walk will create a more organized pattern of pedestrian crossings. “Our experience on other campuses is that bridges that were built are being torn down because people want to be on the street with other people,” Halsband said in an interview. Some College Hill residents said they were disappointed that the University did not seek more input from its neighbors before moving ahead with its construction plans. “Is this a fait accompli?” Dwight asked. “Why are we here? We will have no input into this, will we?” But Spies said the University gave the College Hill community “significant” opportunities for input. And a Thayer Street businesswoman said she appreciat-

ed the effort. “Reaching out is what makes the difference,” she said. “I want to compliment you for finally responding to the needs of the community,” she added. Ed Bishop ’54 P’86, P’91 said he thought the University’s construction plans had “been well thought out.” Bishop, who lives on Waterman Street, said he imagined Brown could recapture even more space by making use of unused property it already owns. Decisions remain Many of the details of Frank Hall and The Walk have not been finalized. An architect for the building has not been selected — Spies said the pick will probably be made this fall. Spies said he did not know whether Frank Hall would be envisioned with a traditional attitude or with, perhaps, more out-of-the-box thinking. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently opened its new Stata Center, a “whimsical” building with broad, open spaces and no interior grid, according to the New York Times. The building is home to MIT Professor of Linguistics Noam Chomsky, among others. Warren said the design of Frank Hall probably wouldn’t go that far. Still, “it may be that we would design some spaces that would be open,” he said. It is also not known whether the University will seek the permanent closure of Olive Street, which runs between the sites of the Life Sciences Building and Frank Hall. Spies said Brown would “probably” like to do so, but he added, “We are sure we can make the basic plan work regardless.” And the University still has not decided where it will eventually establish a campus center. From an initial list of 12 possible sites, planners have narrowed the choice to two — the Metcalf complex or a new building across The Walk from Churchill House. “There’s a lot of sentiment for Metcalf,” Spies said, though he said the University is still considering both options. But putting the center in Metcalf would facilitate the use of a building “that’s clearly outlived its usefulness for (its current) purposes,” Spies added. “I would love to see it in Metcalf,” Halsband said. “For see FRANK, page 8

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Frank continued from page 7 me, a student life center benefits from being in a building that has a history,” she added.

Analysts have not yet determined whether transforming the collection of buildings that make up the Metcalf complex into a campus center is feasible, Spies said. But if a donor emerges and the University does decide to

proceed with the conversion, it would not necessarily have to wait until the cognitive and linguistic sciences department moves out in 2008, he said. “Hopefully, we’ll have that problem,” Spies said. A “marketing genius” Frank first came to Brown because, he said, “I always wanted to go to an Ivy League school.” To fund his attendance, he worked at his father’s apple orchard, waited tables and hauled lumber 12 hours a day for 50 cents an hour. He managed to save $1,000, enough for tuition and board for one year at the University. Frank said the director of admission told him, “You’re a borderline case, but I’m going to accept you, because you have a strong handshake.” But with his funds running low and his grades also below par, Frank dropped out after just one year at Brown. Despite that, the University helped Frank land his first job after his single year at college. The man in charge of hiring at Pratt & Whitney Motors rejected applicant after applicant, Frank said, until he noticed Frank had attended Brown — so had he. “So I owe that to Brown,” Frank said. “Brown people like to help each other.” During World War II, Pratt & Whitney trained Frank in engineering and sent him to India and China. Frank said he used his troubleshooting skills to figure out why engines kept cutting out on a fleet of planes. But on a “harrowing trip” to test the fixed

aircraft, a Japanese fighter tailed the flight, he said. “Though I was just a kid from a farm in (Norwich, Conn.), that one year at Brown gave me the courage to compete and the ability to succeed in my first job at Pratt & Whitney and beyond,” Frank told the Brown News Service. And Frank met his wife through his best friend at Brown. Upon his return from India, his future father-in-law put him in charge of a program using alcohol in motor fuel. Frank said his father-in-law fired him, rehired him and fired him again before he set out on his own in 1972, founding Sidney Frank Importing. Five years later, he said, he began work on his company’s first flagship brand, Jägermeister. He began importing the liqueur from Germany, but he said he did not spend a penny on advertising — he spent only on marketing. Frank invented the Jägermeister tap machine, which chills the drink and pours it at just a few degrees above zero. “I have a patent on it in my name — so I’m an inventor,” he said proudly. Frank said he also came up with the idea for “Jägerettes — beautiful women that would work part time for maybe $20 an hour.” The models would make appearances at bars and raffle off Jägermeister prizes. And in 1985, an article in the Baton Rouge Advocate called Jägermeister “Liquid Valium.” “Sales zoomed after that,” Frank said. “That’s marketing. If you get a break, you have to know what to do with it.” In 1985, Jägermeister sold 55,000 cases in the United States, according to the Wall Street Journal. In 2000, it sold 530,000 cases. “They call me a marketing genius,” Frank said. “I’ve taken brands with no advertising and built them up to the leader in the area.” Frank said he invented his own vodka, Grey Goose, at age 75, and even designed the bottle himself. He sold 100,000 cases in 1999 — and 1 million cases in 2002, according to the Journal. That has sent competitors scrambling to compete in the growing “superpremium” liquor market, the paper reported. In May 1997, the federal government’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Sidney Frank Importing. Some of the women represented in the suit worked as Jägerettes. They alleged they were subjected to “unwelcome verbal and physical harassment including … hugging, kissing,

licking and grabbing of breasts and buttocks” by bar owners and patrons when they worked at promotional events, according to the New York Daily News. Frank said the EEOC charged that his company did not provide sufficient protection for the Jägerettes and demanded he supply each with a bodyguard at events. “Ever hear of something so ridiculous?” he asked. The EEOC complaint also charged that some of his female employees were subjected to similar harassment from Frank himself, the Daily News reported. It also alleged Frank would offer clothing, trips and job opportunities to win sexual favors. Frank said at some events, “they’d have 10 Jägerettes to meet me. Each one would give me a big hug. But I never did anything that I wouldn’t want someone to do to my daughter.” One Jägerette in the suit “made up a lot of stories,” he added. Frank said the settlement came as the EEOC tried to settle a number of open cases. “We never admitted we were guilty,” he said. The settlement was intended “to get them off our backs,” he added. The EEOC said the $2.6 million settlement was the largest of its kind ever arranged in the state of New York, the New York Times reported. Frank was not pleased about the EEOC’s practices. “Congress has given them the authority to go into your office, open your files without a court order,” he told The Herald. Writing in the Providence Journal, Brent Lang ’04 questioned the University’s decision to name a building after Frank in light of the lawsuit. But Spies said he personally had no objection to the idea. “I believe that the primary test is the use to which the funds will be put,” he said. “I don’t buy the argument that we shouldn’t accept money from someone as a judgment of his company,” Spies added. “It’s a naïve approach to say that there is clean money,” Simmons told The Herald in 2002. “Should we dismiss you as a student if we determine that the money with which your tuition was paid was inappropriate?” Frank is not the first donor to Brown with a questionable record. Gary Winnick, former chairman of telecommunications firm Global Crossing, was investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission for knowingly overstating Global see FRANK, page 9

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M. soccer continued from page 12 that they are better than us.” Even though Brown’s returning players spent two weeks together in Europe, there was still a lack of cohesion that often comes early in the season. “It’s kind of a matter of getting back into it,” said Ben Brackett ’07. “We learn (our system) all spring and then we go away.” In addition to confusion in the midfield and backfield, Brown had several small injuries that brought starters to the bench. Noonan would say only that all of his players would be able to play in coming games. Brown will have a week to recoup from the loss before it hosts the seventh annual Adidas-Brown Classic this weekend. “Overall, at this time of year

Frank continued from page 8 Crossing’s projected profits while selling his own shares in the company. Winnick and his wife, Karen, had given at least $149,000 to the University in 2002. Karen Winnick is a member of the Corporation. And A. Alfred Taubman, for whom Brown’s Taubman Center for Public Policy is named, spent time in jail for his role in a pricefixing scheme while he was chairman of the auction house Southeby’s. Frank said he does not deserve

W. soccer continued from page 12 was a potent weapon for the Bears last year, as they were able to score many key goals without having to carry the ball all the way to the end line for a corner kick. The Bears dominated the first half against Sacred Heart. Although they did not score, they possessed the ball for nearly the entire half, wearing the opposing defense down and setting up Waddell’s goal. Brown solidified its lead when Kathryn Moos ’07 lofted a pass to

we are still working on things,” Noonan said. “Also, we are still working on our fitness level. We did give away two goals in the last 10 minutes of the game, and our answer was not good.” On Friday night, Brown will face a talented Clemson University squad coached by former Bears head coach Trevor Adair. From 1991 to 1994 Adair coached the Brown squad and led the 1994 team to a final eight NCAA appearance. “We have a little bone to pick with them,” Brackett said. “They have some national team players on the team, so they will definitely be good.” On Sunday afternoon, Brown will play the University of San Francisco. Both Friday’s and Sunday’s games will be televised. Herald staff writer Ian Cropp ’05 covers men’s soccer and edits the sports section. He can be reached at herald@browndailyherald.com.

Hatfield continued from page 12 antee that the money I deferred to next season is going to end up in my pocket, since the team could just cut me before next season due to my now inflated salary. In what other profession does this happen? If a company decides to let go of an employee on salary, usually some kind of severance package is involved. If your boss asked you to defer some of your salary to next year, you’d probably look at him like he was crazy. It just doesn’t make sense. So why was there an uproar when Ricky Williams decided to retire just before the start of training camp? Why on earth should a player worry about being loyal to his team when his team will never be loyal to him? When a coach like Jimmy Johnson was quoted as saying he planned on running Emmitt

to be lumped into the same category as Taubman and other corporate criminals. “I wasn’t found guilty,” he said. “They didn’t prove I was guilty or innocent. They just accepted the money. And they got headlines that they got a big payoff.” At first, Frank said, he was not willing to give Brown as big a payoff as he did. When Ronald Vanden Dorpel GS ’71, senior vice president for University advancement, first visited Frank — “as he does to anybody that’s got money” — Frank offered only $1 million. But Vanden Dorpel, whom Frank called “a good salesman,”

persisted and eventually won the donation. Frank said he has not been to the campus lately but plans to visit. But, he said, part of the campus came to him after his gift. “President Simmons came down with most of the directors and gave me my honorary diploma,” he said. “Most students take four years to earn their diplomas — it took me three hours!” This article originally ran in The Herald’s summer issue.

Schreck, who headed the ball past the Pioneer goalie for a 2-0 lead. A late goal gave Bruno the 3-0 win. In both games, the key to the Bears’ defense was not just strong play from the defensive backs, but a true team effort. “Experience and hard work,” said Pincince in response to questions about how his team shuts down opponents. “The whole team has understood team defense … We take everything one training session, one game at a time.” The Bears continue their season this weekend as they travel to Cape Cod to play in the ECAC

Tournament.

Herald staff writer Jonathan Ellis ’06 can be reached at herald@browndailyherald.com.

Herald staff writer Bernie Gordon ’07 is an assistant sports editor and covers women’s soccer. He can be reached at herald@browndailyherald.com.

Smith so much that his career would be shortened, why the heck should a player worry about the effects of his actions on his team? Drugs aside, Williams was looking out for his own interests, just like his employer would be looking out for its own. This situation is exactly why the NHL players’ union is willing to face a year-long labor stoppage to avoid having a salary cap. NFL players are merely the puppets of Paul Tagliabue and the owners. The average career of an NFL player lasts between four and five years, often ending when the player suffering some kind of chronic physical injury. Meanwhile, the machine of a

league rolls on, easily ranking as the most successful of the major professional sports leagues. With the sacrifice players make on the field every week during the fall and early winter, the least the league could do is guarantee their contracts. Of the four major leagues, football players by far make the least amount of money. With the NFL as successful as it is, giving the players what they agree to play for in the first place just seems fair. Chris Hatfield ’06 does not have a guaranteed contract as sports editor of The Herald. He plans on holding out for more money when the semester is over.

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EDITORIAL/LETTERS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2004 · PAGE 10 S T A F F

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Battle for College Hill College Hill residents’ opposition to the Life Sciences Building has been vocal and lengthy. Since the University announced its original plans for the building in the fall of 2001, neighborhood activists have done everything within their power to halt construction — from yelling at administrators during meetings to filing federal lawsuits. The lawsuit alleging that the building’s environmental impact has been underestimated is nothing more than a lastditch effort by these neighbors to revive a battle that has been fought and resolved several times over. The building has been under construction for a year already and is less than two years away from completion; the environmental-impact tests that residents allege are incomplete were approved months ago. And the facility being built has already been redesigned and downsized, partly in response to neighbors’ concerns. Suing now serves no clear purpose, unless the plaintiffs would rather have an unfilled hole in the ground than a completed building. Objections to the project are understandable; the building is in a historic district, and residents have a lot to put up with — rowdy college kids, continuing construction and parking problems. But Brown is one of Providence’s main attractions, and many residents undoubtedly choose to live in the neighborhood because of the University, not despite it. Without the University, the Hill would be like any other residential neighborhood. Brown brings immeasurable value to College Hill, but it can continue to do so only if it can maintain state-ofthe-art facilities. The University has shown neighbors that it is willing to take their concerns into account, but it seems clear at this point that for the small group of neighbors responsible for the lawsuit, no concession will be enough. We are surprised that neighbors did not voice equally indignant opposition when Paola Pivi’s large-scale artwork “Untitled (Donkey)” was erected on the Sciences Library earlier this year. With construction on the five-story, 60,000-square-foot Sidney Frank Hall slated to begin in the summer of 2006, it is inevitable that the debate over Brown’s expansion will continue. We hope that by then, more reasonable voices will take up the cause of historic preservation on College Hill. For now, though, it’s time that Brown is allowed to grow.

NICK SCHADE

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OPINIONS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2004 · PAGE 11

ALEXANDRA TOUMANOFF

Making the furniture move Moving in is much like what my mother once said about giving birth. Immediately following the event, you cannot believe how painful it was and vow to never go through it again. Time dulls the miserable memory. Eventually, delusions take over, and you think, yeah, it was tough, but sure, I could go through it again. Then you do go through it again and you realize how wrong you were. Immediately after flying in to Providence, my friend and I were forced to lug suitcases, storage boxes, and furniture up two flights of stairs. Three steps from the top, I stopped. “Leave me here,” I said. “I can't go on.” “But there are only two more steps!” she said. “Just leave me to die.” Ten minutes later, we looked at what we had been told was our suite, but we didn't buy it. The furniture, dust and cardboard boxes were packed so closely together within the narrow green rooms that walking in felt like entering the trash compactor in “Star Wars.” “Maybe we should rope it off and have it investigated for hazardous waste,” I said. “Oh my God, what did I just step on?” asked my friend, kicking at a small furry animal that turned out to be someone’s underwear. But we were Brown students, and soon we had things well in hand. We began excavating, aided only by a bag of rapidly disappearing pretzels. Soon, the pretzels were gone, but clothes, boxes and furniture still remained. “Well, at least we've made some progress,” I said, looking at the empty pretzel bag. We pretended to move furniture and unpack. Furniture lay on its back, deceptively innocent as it blocked doorways and punched us,

teaching a hard-learned lesson about how deeply furniture violence has penetrated modern culture. Unfortunately, moving the furniture was imperative in order to cross from one end of the room to the other. Otherwise, climbing into our beds without a stepladder would be difficult, and opening and closing window shades would be impossible. “Shall we move the dresser?” sighed my friend. “Absolutely,” I said. Moan. Grunt. Yell. Pant. We managed to shove the

Push. Pull. Sigh. Heave. Undress. dresser out of the doorway, chipping minimal paint, and wedged it into the closet. High-fiving, we saw that now it would open only three inches. We stared at each other in dawning horror. “Screw it,” said my friend. “I'm taking my shirt off before we push this thing back into the bedroom.” She whipped her shirt across the room and stood in her bra, to the delight of some first years and their parents outside. “Me too,” I said. Panting in our underclothes, we saw that the windows behind us were open too. We were beyond caring. I glared at the dresser. It glared back, giggling maniacally. Grunting ensued.

“Push!” “No, go slowly! Are you trying to kill me?” “Hmm, maybe if we tried it in a different position...” We tugged at it and lurched back into the bedroom, kicking over boxes containing property that last year had seemed desperately important but now we wished would rot in hell. Strength waning, we shoved the dresser at the wall, where the top of it hit the wall but the bottom of it stood stolidly on the barf-colored carpeting. Grunting, we pushed, while a neighbor in the next suite over hammered a nail. We got a nice rhythm going. “Arrgh!” “Bang!” “Don't force it! My back!” “Bang!” “Yes! Yes! Oh, yes! Push! Just a little further ... almost there...” “AAAAAHHH!!!” Bright red with sweat streaming down our faces, we smiled proudly. The dresser was now placed successfully six inches from where it had originally stood when we moved it in the first place. Against our wills, our eyes swiveled with guilt and apprehension toward the desk, the cardboard boxes and the half-open suitcases. On second thought, maybe living in a trash compactor wouldn't be so bad.

After moving her dresser, Alexandra Toumanoff ’06 promptly took a nap.

ETHAN RIS

Was it all a dream? Was it all a dream? Did the 2004 election really happen? Could be the opening to Michael Moore’s next blockbuster. Could also be an appropriate question for the Brown student body to ask itself about last spring’s Undergraduate Council of Students elections. If it was a dream, it was the kind of dream where we wake up knowing that something confusing and unsettling happened, but damned if we knew what it was all about. Of course, more important questions to ask might be: Why should anyone care about what happened last spring? Aren’t there more important topics to be thinking about than some silly student elections at our frou-frou college? Isn’t this space reserved for oral sex tips and discussion of what brand of oil John Ashcroft uses to anoint himself? (Crisco.) The answers to these questions are, respectively: (1) Because UCS has oversight of hundreds of thousands of our dollars, theoretically represents the student body and can possibly enact very positive change at Brown; (2) Perhaps, but not many; (3) I also hear that Richard Perle soaks in a bathtub full of Aunt Jemima every morning. It is doubtful that anyone fully understands what happened in last spring's election for UCS president — not the voters, not the candidates and certainly not the people who were running it. After then-President Rahim Kurji ’05 announced his retirement from the fast-paced world of student government so he could spend more time with his family, a field of four candidates cast their hats into the ring and boldly set out to wedge themselves into political stereotypes. We had Herald opinions columnist Ari Savitzky ’06, the wild-eyed gladhander; Sonia Gupta ’06, the smooth-talking optimist; Joel Payne ’05, the mellow moderate; and Brian Bidadi ’06, the fringe candidate with a cult following. These four horsemen galloped across campus with buttons and Web sites, begging for signatures and votes. An active and engaged electorate turned out in force for the much-anticipated candidates’ debate, swelling the Barus and Holley venue past its official capacity of 12 people.

Election night came and at midnight on an unseasonably cold May night, a small crowd of candidates and supporters waited for the results on the steps of Faunce. And waited. And waited. At 3 a.m., were told by an Elections Committee reeking of booze and cheap perfume that there was some sort of tie and everyone was going to have to vote again. As it turns out, UCS uses run-off voting, a fun method of

Thrills and confusion as we elected this year’s president of UCS. democracy rejected by every state in the United States except for Louisiana, which is not well known for its lack of corruption. Although nobody would confirm it, it seems that Savitzky landed 46 percent of the vote, Payne and Gupta came in with 25 percent each and Bidadi scooped up the rest. Savitzky was, of course, proclaimed the winner. Just kidding. This being the Brown Bayou, we had another election, this time featuring just Savitzky and Payne, who had edged Gupta by only 11 votes. Another frenzy of electioneering ensued, along with the appropriate scandals that nobody could explain. Forty-eight hours later, our nightmare was over; we had a president. Payne had edged Savitzky, 54 percent to 46 percent. Of course, nobody realized it, because The Herald had stopped printing for the semester, leaving the Daily Jolt as the campus’s only source of news and sophisticated polling about our favorite holiday (Boxing Day). The consensus on the Jolt was that Payne had been elected, but only because Savitzky was in jail for aggravated assault. The most tempting analogy for our convoluted UCS election is the presidential election in 2000. Savitzky is Gore, Payne is Bush, Bidadi is Nader, the Elections Committee is the Supreme Court, Will Smith is Ali, etc. But this is too simple.

The real analogy is with the 2004 Democratic primaries. Savitzky is Howard Dean, the early favorite who came up short at the critical moment and saw it all slip away. Payne is John Kerry, who edged out the competition at that critical moment and got the backing of a coalition of voters determined to stop the other guy. Bidadi, of course, is Dennis Kucinich, and Gupta is … let’s say Gupta is Dick Gephardt. The point is that Payne caught the wave that was turning away from the frontrunner and rode it to victory. What does this mean for the Joel Payne presidency? After all, he was the first choice of only a quarter of the electorate. Furthermore, a difference of just six votes would have put him out of the race and possibly put Gupta into power. Will he forever be perceived as illegitimate? No. Both Payne and John Kerry won legitimately in real elections. It’s not Payne’s fault that the UCS constitution is moronic, and a clear majority of voters preferred him over Savitzky. The 2004 election, however, still cast a cloud of confusion over UCS, adding to the clouds of uncertainty that already hovered there, casting raindrops of lost opportunity onto the plain of irrelevance. The fact is that UCS could be the impetus behind a surge in student empowerment, but as long as it is perceived as a pathetic pasture for former high school treasurers, it won’t get anything done. The good news is that Joel Payne, by all accounts, is a swell guy who can bring people together to get things done. We shouldn’t hold our breaths waiting for some bold initiatives from him, but I hope he can create the right environment for those ideas to get traction a take off. Perhaps the first item on his agenda should be an overhaul of the UCS elections procedure. A clarified online voting protocol would be in order, as well as the elimination of run-off voting. Also, all Brown students should be forced to pay close attention to campus politics, under penalty of death for non-compliance. Now that would be government in action. Ethan Ris ’05 is a history concentrator.

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SPORTS TUESDAY TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2004 · PAGE 12

Rust not a problem for young w. soccer squad in shutout wins

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Co-captain Meghan Schreck ’06 and the women’s soccer team opened their season with two shutout victories. BY BERNIE GORDON

The women’s soccer team (2-0-0, 0-0 Ivy League) opened the 2004 season with a bang, posting a 3-0 victory over Sacred Heart University (1-2-0) on Friday and a 2-0 victory over George Mason University (1-2-1) on Sunday. The Bears

could have looked rusty opening against two teams that had already played a few games. But it was their opponents that wound up looking that way, as both visiting teams were thoroughly outplayed en route to two commanding Brown victories at Stevenson Field. Brown’s 2-0 start “sets the tone for what we want to do on both sides of the ball,” said Head Coach Phil Pincince. “We are pretty pleased so far.” The hallmark of last year’s team was its strong defense, and that has carried over into this year. Returning three of four defenders and picking up transfer goalie Hillary Wilson ’06 from Arizona State University, the Bears are looking to improve on a defense that was ranked second in the Ivy League last year. On offense, the Bears have done a good job integrating the underclassmen and creating a lot of chemistry. On a team that features nine newcomers and only two seniors, the Bears are making an effort to come together and become more cohesive every time they play. “(The new players) are doing well learning what we want them to do — they are mixing well, and that’s something we want to continue,” Pincince

said. This was clear against George Mason. The Bears weathered a strong early half by their opponents; they were outshot 18-7, but only one of the shots was a clear one, as the Brown defense kept the ball out of the box. George Mason broke down late in the first half, and co-captain Meghan Schreck ’06 crossed to Anne Friedland ’08, who beat her defender and buried the ball in the back of the net. From that point on, it was Brown all the way. Andrea Paganelli ’08 scored off a rebound, and the Bears dominated the second half. George Mason tried to come back, but the Brown defense held, again limiting them to mostly outside shots. “In the opening 15 minutes (George Mason) carried the play,” Pincince said. “They are a much more physical team than Sacred Heart. In the second half we did a nice job possessing the ball.” Against Sacred Heart, it was more of the same. The Bears scored off a flipthrow by Jill Mansfield ’07, which Kathleen Waddell ’07 buried to give Brown a 1-0 lead. Mansfield’s flip throw

inspection reveals the exploitation of these world-class athletes. We might as well start with those millions of dollars. In case you weren’t aware, NFL contracts are not guaranteed. That means at any point, a franchise can terminate a player’s contract. In other words, if I were to sign a $25 million contract with my beloved New England Patriots and they decided to cut me before the season started, all they would have to pay me was the prorated money I “earned” during training camp. Ask Lawyer Milloy, who was the heart and soul of his team’s defense, had made several Pro Bowls and was uncer-

BY IAN CROPP

emoniously cut less than a week before the season started last fall, about how this system works. For the most part, any player can be cut by his team at any time. One major factor in the career choices of adults is job security. In the NFL, the only secure thing is that a player can’t count on loyalty from his employer. Oh, and whatever part of the contract that is salary can be distributed in any way throughout the life of the contract. So, if I’m a nice guy and restructure my contract to help the team fit under the salary cap this season, there’s no guar-

After spending two weeks in Europe, the men’s soccer team lost its first domestic game of the season, falling 3-1 to Boston College on Friday. Brown, ranked 21st in the NSCAA/Adidas Pre-Season Poll, scored early in the second half to tie the game, but Boston College used a late twogoal burst to seal the victory. Despite having played four games while on tour in Europe, the Bears had some trouble adjusting to the speed of the game. ”For the first 30 minutes we had to get our legs under us,” said Head Coach Mike Noonan. “The speed and intensity with which Boston College played is faster than what we saw overseas, where the speed is slower but the players are more skilled.” During the first half, co-captain Chris Gomez ’05 made several saves to keep Boston College’s lead to one goal. “They should have been up an additional goal after the half,” Noonan said. Brown came out more organized in the second half and tied the game five minutes into the half. After Ibrahim Diane ’06 drew a free kick outside the Boston College box, Jeff Larentowicz ’05 sent a loose ball past a slew of Boston College players into the net. Several offensive chances failed to yield a goal for Brown, and Boston College used a full-field counter attack to take a 2-1 lead in the 77th minute. Six minutes later, Boston College netted a third goal when Brown failed to mark a player on a corner kick. “It was a good college soccer game against a good competitive team,” Noonan said. “The better team on the day won.” Last year, an unranked Brown opened the season a week later, upsetting a highly touted Stanford University team. “Things are the other way around from last year,” said Marcos Romaneiro ’05. “Now the teams (we play) want to prove

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The plight of yeoman NFL athletes All the students at Brown seem to have a cause that they devote their spare time fighting for, and I think I’ve finally found mine. It’s a situation that involves a popuCHRIS HATFIELD TOP HAT lation being taken advantage of and used for the personal gain and amusement of others. I am outraged by what I see here, and I can’t keep quiet any longer. I’m referring to the plight of professional football players — puppets of the NFL and court jesters to masses of sports fans. At first glance, the stars of the NFL have it made. However, a closer

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B ROW N S P O RTS S CO R E B OA R D Fall 2004 Team Schedules Women’s Golf Field Hockey Saturday, Sept. 4: Brown 7, Albany 0 Wednesday, Sept. 8, vs. Sacred Heart (at Yale), 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, at Dartmouth, noon Sunday, Sept. 12, vs. Vermont (at Dartmouth), noon Saturday, Sept. 18, vs. Boston University (at MIT), 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22, vs. Rhode Island, 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, vs. Harvard, noon Tuesday, Sept. 28, vs. Northeastern (at Wentworth), 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 3, at Boston College, 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, vs. Columbia, noon Wednesday, Oct. 13, vs. Fairfield, 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, at Princeton, noon Wednesday, Oct. 20, vs. Providence, 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, vs. Cornell, noon Wednesday, Oct. 27, at Holy Cross, 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 31, at Pennsylvania, noon Saturday, Nov. 6, vs. Yale, noon Football Saturday, Sept. 18, vs. Albany, 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, vs. Harvard, noon Saturday, Oct. 2, at Rhode Island, noon Saturday, Oct. 9, at Fordham, 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, at Princeton, 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, vs. Cornell (Homecoming), 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30, at Pennsylvania, 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, vs. Yale, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, at Dartmouth, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20, vs. Columbia, 12:30 p.m. Men’s Golf Sept. 25-26, at Dartmouth Invitational Oct. 2-3, at Army Invitational Oct. 9-10, at Yale Fall Invitational Oct. 18-19, at New England Championship

Sept. 18-19, at Dartmouth Invitational Sept. 25-26, at Princeton Invitational Oct. 16-17, at Yale Invitational Men’s Soccer

Wednesday, Oct. 6, at Boston College, 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, at Princeton, 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, at Connecticut, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, vs. Harvard, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, vs. Holy Cross, 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, vs. Cornell, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30, at Pennsylvania, noon Saturday, Nov. 6, vs. Yale, 7 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 3: Boston College 3, Brown 1 Friday, Sept. 10, vs. Clemson (adidas-Brown Classic), 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12, vs. San Francisco (adidas-Brown Classic), 1:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17, vs. Hartwick (Yale Classic), 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19, vs. Duquesne (Yale Classic), noon Friday, Sept. 24, vs. California (Stanford Tourney), 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 26, vs. Stanford (Stanford Tourney), 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29, at Rhode Island, 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, vs. Columbia, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, at Princeton, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12, at Providence, 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, vs. Harvard, 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, vs. Cornell, 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26, at Boston University, 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30, at Pennsylvania, 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, vs. Yale, 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14, at Dartmouth, 1 p.m.

Men’s Tennis

Women’s Soccer

Saturday, Sept. 11, at Stonehill College Invitational Saturday, Sept. 18, vs. Harvard (at Goddard Park, Warwick, R.I.) Saturday, Oct. 2, Murray Keating Invitational (at. University of Maine) Friday, Oct. 8, at New England Championships Saturday, Oct. 16, Pre-NCAA Meet (at Indiana State) Friday, Oct. 29, at Ivy League Heptagonal Championships

Sept. 17-19, at Harvard Invitational Sept. 24-26, Northeast Intercollegiate Oct. 1-4, at ECAC Championships Oct. 21-26, at Omni Regional Championships Nov. 4-7, at National Indoors Nov. 6-8, at Dartmouth Invitational Women’s Tennis Sept. 17-19, at Virginia Beach Collegiate Tennis Invitational Oct. 1-3, Brown Invitational Oct. 9-11, at U.S. Open National Tennis Center Tournament Oct. 22-26, at ITA Fall Regional Championships Oct. 30-Nov. 1, at Big Green Invitational

Saturday, Sept. 11, at UC Davis (UC Davis Tournament), 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, vs. Nevada (UC Davis Tournament) 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17, vs. Delaware (Marist Tournament), 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 17, vs. Holy Cross (Marist Tournament), 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, at Marist (Marist Tournament), 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 21, vs. Rhode Island, 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24, vs. Boston College (Brown Invitational), 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, vs. St. Peter’s (Brown Invitational), 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, vs. Albany (Brown Invitational), 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1, vs. Yale, 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, at Providence, 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, vs. Princeton, 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, vs. Pennsylvania, 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15, vs. Cornell, 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, vs. Columbia, 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22, at Dartmouth, 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, at Harvard, 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, at Pennsylvania, 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30, at Princeton, 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, vs. Harvard, 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, vs. Dartmouth, 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12, at Columbia, 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, at Cornell, 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17, at Yale, 7 p.m.

Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Men’s Water Polo

Friday, Sept. 3: Brown 3, Sacred Heart 0 Sunday, Sept. 5: Brown 2, George Mason 0 Friday, Sept. 10, vs. Cal Poly (ECAC Tournament at Cape Cod), 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12, vs. Hofstra (ECAC Tournament at Cape Cod), 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17, vs. New Hampshire, 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19, at Boston University, 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 26, at Dartmouth, 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29, at Providence, 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, vs. Columbia, 5 p.m.

Women’s Volleyball Friday, Sept. 10, vs. Montana (UC Davis Tournament), 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 18, at Fordham, 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, at Iona, 8:30 p.m. Sept. 24-26, at ECAC Championships Thursday, Sept. 30, at Connecticut College, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, at M.I.T., 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, at Harvard, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, vs. Queens, 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, vs. St. Francis, 4 p.m. Oct. 30-31, Northern Championships Nov. 13-14, at Eastern Championships