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Parents descend on College Hill

BY CAMDEN AVERY

With Parents Weekend kicking off today, Brown is finalizing preparations, and Providence is feeling the strain of more than 1,200 visiting families.

As of last night, nearly 4,000 people — parents, grandparents and students — were registered for this weekend’s events, according to Amabelle Allen at the Brown Events Office.

More are expected. “We usually have 100 or so people who register on-site,” Allen said. She said Parents Weekend is expecting to host people from nearly every U.S. state and several other countries.

Three major downtown hotels — the Biltmore, the Marriott and the Westin — are all booked through the weekend, even with an average price of over $200 per night.

Because of the high volume of visitors to the city this weekend, some parents have been forced to book hotels in surrounding towns like Seekonk, Mass., and Cranston.

Two Brown parents who are prominent public figures will be speaking about their experiences and fields.

Chris Matthews P’05, host of the political television show “Hardball,” will be speaking tonight. Academy Awardwinning actor Dustin Hoffman P’07 will speak Saturday at 5:30 p.m.

Aside from the two featured speeches this weekend, events planned for parents include a trip to the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology in Bristol, lectures by prominent faculty members, a continental breakfast on the Main Green and receptions with various administrators.

President Ruth Simmons will speak with parents at 11 a.m. Sunday in her

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The Hourglass Café hosted “Jamnesty” Thursday night. Brown students played to benefit Amnesty International’s relief efforts in Darfur, Sudan.

New business concentration could begin in fall 2005 Multidisciplinary program would replace business econ, PPSO, engin-econ

BY ALLISON WHITNEY

A new multidisciplinary concentration program in economics, sociology and engineering is being sent for review to the College Curriculum Council on Tuesday.

The concentration — called the Program in Commerce, Organizations and Entrepreneurship — will be instituted in the fall semester of 2005 if the plan is approved, according to Dean of the College Paul Armstrong.

The program will provide a structural framework to unify the separate business-related concentrations currently

Organizers of Multiracial Heritage Week have planned events for Parents Weekend that aim to bring together families from diverse backgrounds and explore issues of identity for multiracial students.

Now in its 10th year, the heritage week, which will continue until Tuesday, features discussions, panels, potlucks and performances exploring the many different experiences of multiracial groups. The theme of the week is “Multiplied By Love: Exploring Identity in Multiracial Families and Community.” The week is the first in a series of 11 cultural weeks and months sponsored by the Third World Center.

Sage Morgan-Hubbard ’05, one of two TWC student programmers in charge of organizing Multiracial Heritage Week, said this year’s theme focuses on “how you can build communities when you are made up of so many different parts.”

“Traditionally (Multiracial Heritage

Week) has coincided with Parents Weekend. … Multiracial parents get a chance to talk to each other and meet each other,” said Associate Dean of the College and Director of the TWC Karen McLaurinChesson ’73.

Friday’s events include a Hapa Forum, co-sponsored by the Hapa Club, an organization for students of half-Asian descent, and “Keep It Movin,” a theater performance incorporating dance and poetry. The show is written, directed and performed

by Una Osato, a Wesleyan University graduate who is half-Japanese and half-Jewish.

The performance “represents (Osato’s) exploration of her own identity and explores the roles others played in forming that identity. It is an intersection between activism, identity and making art,” said Julia Grob ’05, who is helping to organize the event.

The weekend events are geared more toward families. An adoption panel on

Saturday will “bring together the whole family to talk about interracial adoption,” Morgan-Hubbard said. Also, a brunch on Sunday will allow parents and students to mingle. Next week’s events will focus on specific interracial populations, with a Latino discussion on Monday and a Native American panel on Tuesday.

Organizers said the first half of the week has gone well. Grob said that the interracial dating forum, which was held on Wednesday, is usually the most heated discussion because of the controversial nature of the issues and because “this is one of the only places where people discuss (interracial dating).” Other events included potlucks, speakers and an interracial couples dinner.

According to McLaurin-Chesson, it is beneficial to students to meet other people on campus with multiracial backgrounds

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see CAMPAGNA, page 8

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I N S I D E F R I D AY, O C T O B E R 2 2 , 2 0 0 4 Nilo Cruz’s MFA ’94“Anna in the Tropics” features strong cast and characters arts & culture, page 3

Brown grad who hit it big with greeting cards, stuffed toys is now selling her wares in Brown Bookstore campus news, page 5

It’s essential for students to know what exactly is happening to their vote, Sarah Bowman ’05 column, page 9

BY STU WOO

Richard Campagna ’72 has been an overachiever all his life. After graduating from Brown with a degree in political science at the age of 20, Campagna has sucCAMPAIGN ceeded in a plethora 2 0 0 4 of professions, including law, business and education. He has returned to school several times and holds five college degrees, including a J.D. and Ph.D. The 52-year-old is fluent in six languages and has worked as an interpreter for the U.S. State Department.

However, despite his many accomplishments, the Brooklyn, N.Y. native said that he is now facing his biggest challenge yet: He is trying to become the next vice president of the United States, running on the Libertarian ticket.

“Even though I had a clear idea as to what I was getting into and what I wanted to accomplish, it turned out to be a slightly bigger challenge than I thought it would be,” Campagna said.

“Slightly” might be an understatement.

Campagna and his running mate, Libertarian Party presidential candidate Michael Badnarik, are running so far behind in national polls that they are not usually mentioned in media coverage. However, although he is optimistic about his campaign, Campagna is realistic about his

Multiracial Heritage Week includes programming driven by themes of families and community

BY STEPHANIE BUSS

Libertarian VP candidate Campagna ’72 fights to raise party profile

Gavin Shulman ’05 took off the pounds — the right way — and is sharing the secret with readers column, page 11

M. water polo manages to make lastsecond goal and clinch victory against MIT sports, page 12

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THIS MORNING FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2004 · PAGE 2 Coreacracy Eddie Ahn

TO D AY ’ S E V E N TS TREASURES OF THE JOHN HAY LIBRARY: FROM MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS TO COMIC BOOKS (Friday, 3-4:30 p.m.) — Curators of the library’s special collections showcase some of the Hay’s rare, significant and unconventional holdings.

PERFORMANCE: BROWN CHAMBER SINGERS (Grant Recital Hall, Friday, 9 p.m.)

Featuring Palestrina‘s “Missa Brevis,” Britten’s “Flower Songs,” Italian madrigals and American shape-note hymns. Admission is $10, $5 for students.

CHRIS MATTHEWS P’05 (Sayles Hall, Friday, 8 p.m.) — The host of MSNBC’s “Hardball” delivers the Parents Weekend keynote lecture. See story, page 6.

DUSTIN HOFFMAN P’07 (Pizzitola Sports Center, Saturday, 5:30 p.m.) — The Academy Award-winning actor discusses his career. Moderated by Michael Ovitz P’05. See story, page 6.

PERFORMANCE: PARENTS WEEKEND DANCE CONCERT (FridaySaturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m.)

Students and guest artists perform, in collaboration with musicians.

Hopeless Edwin Chang

AN HOUR WITH THE PRESIDENT (Sunday, 11 a.m.) — President Ruth Simmons takes questions from parents.

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VERNEY-WOOLLEY DINING HALL LUNCH — Vegetarian Caribbean Black Bean Soup, Manhattan Clam Chowder, Popcorn Chicken, Vegan Vermicelli with Garlic Sauce, Sugar Snap Peas, Chocolate Chip Cookies.

SHARPE REFECTORY LUNCH — Chicken Fingers with Dipping Sauces, Oven Browned Potatoes, String Beans La Bells, Pancakes, French Toast, Cajun Potatoes, Kielbasa, Hard Boiled Eggs, Yellow Cupcakes with White Frosting, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Comino Chicken Sandwich.

DINNER — London Broil, Garlic and Butter Infused Rice, Zucchini and Summer Squash, Lima Beans, Anadama Bread, Cherry Jello, Apple Pie.

DINNER — Vegetarian Caribbean Black Bean Soup, Manhattan Clam Chowder, Honey Dipped Chicken, Corn Souffle, Mushroom Risotto, Zucchini, Carrot and Garlic Medley, Whole Green Beans, Anadama Bread, Apple Pie.

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ARTS & CULTURE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2004 · PAGE 3

‘Three Chairs, Two Cubes’ showcases new playwrights

BY JOEL ROZEN

A group of four student-written short plays premieres this evening at Production Workshop’s “Three Chairs, Two Cubes.” Presented by PW every semester, the show boasts a unique opportunity for up-and-coming student playwrights to display their works, or, as one might assume given the quality of tonight’s productions, works in progress.

From first to last, the plays include “The Fifth Law of Quantum Mechanics (or Static Motion and the Women’s Restroom)”, “Reconstructing Rastagar,” “Soap,” and “Evelyn and the Universe: A Self-Centered, Obsessive-Compulsive Love Story.”

Themes explored in the shorts range from the intimate and mundane, such as the uncomfortable farce of in-home business transactions, to the more political, like conflicting takes on a fledgling lesbian relationship.

Though superficially the brief pieces seem to have little in common with one another, they are subliminally linked by a common thread — they all feature the same five stage props indicated by the title of the series. The three chairs and two cubes are used for onstage furniture or whatever best suits the individual play. If these parameters seem limiting at first, by the end of the festival it becomes clear that with a little creative staging, nothing is outside the realm of possibility — that is as long as the viewer can supplement the appar-

see PLAYS, page 7

Poet Pickard touches listeners with sadness

BY MADELEINE MARECKI

Illuminated by spotlights, British poet Tom Pickard took center stage at the McCormick Family Theater Wednesday night. He both entertained and touched audience members when reading his pieces.

Pickard opened his 30-minute presentation with his poems “I was Thinking Tommy Armstrong” and ended with “Hawthorn.” He captivated some 30 students, faculty members and members of the public in every moment he read.

Pickard primarily chose selections that dealt with the sadness of death and the loss of love. He wasted no time jumping into some of his heavier work. The second selection he read was “The Crem,” a powerful poem depicting the solitude and intrinsic dreariness associated with a crematorium. Stark images pepper the lines of the piece, from drifting shopping bags to the eerie detail of the starched

collar of a cremator. Directness in description of visual images and lack of frivolity in wording created a profoundly somber mood.

Many of Pickard’s poems contain beautifully described landscapes. The listener can picture the windswept moorlands and rocky land of Pickard’s home in England. The incorporation of these scenes enhances the typically serious tone of the writing.

“The Crem” offers such images of landscape, as do “Raven Beck” and “Camera Obscura.” One of his best known poems, “Front,” presents a different type of landscape but produces the same effect. The cityscape within the poem is harsh and impersonal. “Front” includes such lines as “chopped waters, / deserted street corners, / randomly disturbed light,” which creates a chill within the lis-

see PICKARD, page 6

‘Anna in the Tropics’ shines because of cast, set, sound

BY JEN SOPCHOCKCHAI

Sock & Buskin fares well in the face of theatrical challenge with its production of “Anna in the Tropics” by Nilo Cruz MFA’94.

The play chronicles the effect Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina” has on the lives of Cuban cigar rollers in Tampa, Fla. Hiring a lector to stand before the factory workers and read classic novels is an enduring tradition, and, as lector Juan Julian reads, the audience soon discovers that there is a straightforward and obvious parallel between Tolstoy’s plot and that of Cruz.

Literature is almost its own character in the play, and its presence in the cigar factory allows the play’s characters to talk about personal and intimate issues they wouldn’t normally be compelled to bring up. Factory owners Santiago and Ofelia reaffirm their love for each

other while their daughter, Conchita, and her husband, Palomo, discuss the nature of their respective adulterous affairs — all because of “Anna Karenina.”

All the while, Santiago’s half-brother from the North, Chester, plots to radically change and possibly take over Santiago’s cigar company.

Producing a show in which most of the characters are not native speakers of English is always a challenge — casting actors who do not share the ethnicity of their characters is particularly tricky. Fortunately, every character is reasonably believable. Some cast members command Spanish accents better than others and are generally convincing. But the stark contrast between Chester’s New York accent and everyone else’s highlights instead of

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Econ continued from page 1 available in the three departments. Armstrong said these concentrations will be phased out over the next couple of years, to be replaced by three different tracks in the new program. The new concentration will likely be available to current sophomores. The executive board of the CCC has already seen the proposal, but Armstrong emphasized that it will likely undergo more changes if the full board accepts it.

The three tracks in the new program are Business Economics, Organizational Studies, and Entrepreneurship and Technology Management.

While the program is a collaborative effort between the three departments involved, Armstrong said each track will be based primarily in one department.

The concentration is an A.B. It will require eight foundation courses, two in each of four different areas: quantitative skills, economic and market theory,

organizational theory, and entrepreneurship and technology management. Under the current proposal, each track will have an additional six to nine required courses.

The concentrations that will be phased out if the new plan is approved are the Business Economics concentration in the economics department, the Public and Private Sector Organizations concentration in the sociology department and the Engineering and Economics concentration in the Division of Engineering. The timeline for phasing out the existing concentrations is subject to change.

The most significant change in the new program is that students will have to take foundation courses in all three departments.

Faculty members involved in creating the program said courses specific to each track are very similar to the concentrations they replace.

Ann Dill, associate professor of sociology and concentration advisor for PPSO, said the new Organization Studies track is very similar to PPSO. According to Dill, the only large changes are the specific foundation

requirements.

Similarly, Andrew Foster, professor of economics and chair of the department, said that the COE business economics concentration is not very different from the current one in the economics department. However, he said that the new program provides several advantages.

First, it is expected to reduce the number of students who double concentrate in these areas. Foster said COE will allow business-oriented undergraduates to take better advantage of the liberal arts curriculum, since they will have fewer required classes.

The COE concentration will have between 14 and 17 required courses — more than most A.B. degrees but fewer than would be required for a double concentration.

Additionally, Armstrong said the plan calls for the creation of new classes and the hiring of new professors. Specifically, two new courses in engineering and sociology are included in the foundation for all COE concentrators. The proposed classes are “Individuals in Organizations,” in sociology, and

“Entrepreneurship and Technology Management,” in engineering.

Foster said the Plan for Academic Enrichment provided the opportunity to create the new program. “It gave us the chance to say, ‘What could we do better if we had more resources?’” he said.

Both Armstrong and Foster stressed that the new program does not conflict with Brown’s liberal arts curriculum and that the concentration is not a preprofessional degree. “We’re not teaching skills for their own purpose,” said Foster. “We’re teaching courses about institutions and derivatives, but it also builds (students’) skills as economists.”

However, the program will provide opportunities for students to connect more concretely to the world outside of academics. Armstrong said the administration is looking at cocurricular options, such as richer internship opportunities with alumni and linking the curriculum to the Entrepreneurship Program, a student group.

Chris Yu ’05, co-director of the EP, said he and others at the pro-

gram are excited by the new concentration. “It gives students the opportunity to think about entrepreneurship as a viable career path,” he said, adding that the EP will continue to provide support for students outside of the classroom.

There was strong interest in the development of the COE program from many different groups, including students, professors, alumni and the Provost’s Office, according to Armstrong.

Dill, who chaired the committee that drafted the idea for the program, said a number of different proposals for research, courses and curricular development were unified under the new concentration program.

“It’s about an effort to improve the quality of what we can offer to our students,” Foster said. In terms of the field of economics, he said this program takes advantage of current trends in the field of finance, where there is increasing interplay between economists and financial institutions.

Dill described the new concentration as “cutting-edge” in the context of sociology curricula throughout the country. She and Foster both said they expect the program to attract more high-profile faculty and researchers to Brown.

Alexander Labinov ’06, a former engineering concentrator, said that he thought the entrepreneurship and technology management track would help the engineering department attract and retain concentrators.

He completed a year and a half of engineering requirements before deciding to switch concentrations because he wanted to explore further interests in sociology and other areas.

Labinov, who is the minority peer career liaison at the Career Development Center, said that one drawback of the new concentration would be that students graduating with this degree would not be able to compete as successfully in the high-tech industry job market as engineers who graduate with an Sc.B. They would, however, have strong math and analytical skills that Labinov said are highly valued in business and finance.

While planning for the new program began in the spring of 2003, very few students are aware of the proposal. Johanna Belda ’05, the president of the Economics Departmental Undergraduate Group, said the economics department had not disclosed very much information about the program. She did say that many students interested in business wanted a strengthened business program.

Similarly, Danielle Saltzman ’07, a PPSO concentrator, said that she did not know anything about the changes being discussed, but that so far, she has been very happy with her concentration.

While the current proposal is still in a draft stage, professors and administrators said they are open to other options. Dill said her department is discussing an additional track in the sociology concentration that would provide a curriculum in organization studies with a more purely sociological outlook.

“If it turns out three to four years down the road that the COE isn’t meeting the needs of a group of students, then we’ll bring business econ back,” Foster said.

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CAMPUS NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2004 · PAGE 5

20 Brown professors decry Bush foreign policy in open letter

BY STEPHEN NARAIN

Twenty Brown faculty members, adjunct professors and senior fellows signed an open letter earlier this month that criticizes the Bush administration’s foreign policy and calls for an urgent debate to reassess the present military strategy in Iraq.

The letter, released by the non-partisan group Security Scholars for a Sensible Foreign Policy, was signed by more than 800 international relations experts, including former staff members at the Pentagon, the State Department and the National Security Council.

Stuart Kaufman, a political science professor at the University of Delaware, was the lead author of the letter. The letter was written in mid-September, modified by various signatories, and released on the Internet and to news organizations Oct. 12.

“This is a very rare event, especially to find so many scholars from so many different points of view — over 800 now — agreeing on a single policy statement.

These are folks who rarely agree on anything. As far as I know, the last time something like this took place was during the Vietnam period,” Kaufman wrote in an e-mail to the Herald. “I have heard about other similar efforts on the same subject, but none has gained anywhere near as much support, as far as I know.”

Neta Crawford, associate professor and principal investigator of the Global Ethics Project at the Watson Institute, contacted Kaufman and became involved in helping to organize the effort to get Brown professors to sign it.

Crawford said the present debate about Iraq is constrained and that academics need to continue raising questions.

“We are told (the war on terror) will last a generation. If that is so, we should have a fuller discussion of the strategy,” Crawford said. And with the presidential election in less than two weeks, “whichever administration we have, we need to discuss the strategy in Iraq and in the war on terror with a more critical eye,” she said.

The group of academics who signed the letter was formed through the Internet, and a major way the letter was communicated among colleagues was through e-mail. “The group came together spontaneously because we all share the same concerns and are looking for ways to express them,” Kaufman wrote.

Although the letter applauds the administration’s initial focus on destroying al-Qaida bases, it contends that many justifications for the war in Iraq “have been proven untrue by credible studies” and calls reconstruction efforts “poorly planned” and “ineffective.”

Thomas Biersteker, director of the Watson Institute, said the war in Iraq has been “a distraction for global efforts on terrorism,” adding that terrorist breeding grounds in the Middle East have been expanded and that North Korea’s and Iran’s nuclear programs pose particular dangers.

Biersteker said he doesn’t usually sign

letters like the one he got from the Security Scholars group, but this particular letter dealt with an especially “pressing” situation.

“The war in Iraq has proven to be an extraordinary diversion from the principal threat facing the United States and the world today — the threat of increasingly lethal and indiscriminate acts of terrorism committed by non-state actors capable of operating on a global scale,” he said in a press release on the Watson Institute Web site.

Biersteker called the signatories “stunning in their range of philosophical, methodological, and theoretical breadth” which include a number of conservative individuals, according to the press release.

But Catherine Lutz, professor of anthropology and international relations, said had she written the letter, she might have strengthened the language.

Lutz, who characterized the invasion and occupation of Iraq as “empty of a legal and moral basis,” said one point that wasn’t made in the letter was that the deaths of Iraqis should be seen as war crimes.

While some suggest that professors should not be active in politics, the Brown professors said it’s appropriate for them to exercise their freedom of speech as citizens. The letter notes that all titles and affiliations are solely for identification purposes.

No part “of being a professor should prevent you from speaking out as a citizen,” said Keeney Professor of History Abbott Gleason.

And Lutz said there is a particular urgency for people like her to exercise this freedom now.

“The Bush Administration is the most secretive in the 20th century,” she said.

“The creeping notion that citizens have no role in decision-making about matters of war and peace is a fundamental threat to our democracy.”

The letter also calls for an open debate to reassess strategies and their implementation regarding Iraq.

Biersteker said the basis of the war should be further discussed — especially the notion of preventive war, which is profoundly destabilizing in international relations.

The debate should be a “legal (one) about whether George Bush should be impeached,” according to Lutz.

According to Kaufman, the letter was sent to the White House and to John Kerry’s presidential campaign the first week it was released. Although the Security Scholars group had decided to stop collecting signatures by that time, they kept rolling in.

As far as what the next step is for these security scholars, much is left to question and hinged upon the outcome of the upcoming relations.

“We haven’t decided what to do next, but we’re looking for ways to promote a more open debate on policy options, ” said Kaufman.

The letter and a full list of signatories can be found at SensibleForeignPolicy.com.

Bailey ’99 finds success with greeting cards, toys

BY STEVE MOILANEN

When Aisha Bailey ’99 started making homemade greeting cards for friends as a junior at Brown, she had no interest or experience in business. Now the alum finds herself at the reins of a budding national brand — selling cards, dolls and gifts that have attracted the attention of national retailers.

Bailey founded Aisha and Co. in 1998, when she was a junior. She loved giving greeting cards but found that store-bought cards were “never really unique” enough to suit her tastes. Combining this frustration with a lifelong passion for art, Bailey began to draw her own thank-you cards to give to people.

The response to the hand-drawn cards was great, and people began to ask her if she had any other cards. Seeing this response, Bailey began to think about pursuing the idea further, but was initially hesitant. It was her parents who ultimately propelled her to transform a fledgling concept into something profitable. “I have to credit them,” she said.

With her parents’ support, she submitted a line of four cards to a printer. Bailey began with a line of four hand-drawn thank-you cards, which she sold at the Brown bookstore.

She credits the bookstore for its support of her company. “They do try to promote student-run businesses,” she said. She is grateful for the bookstore, she said, because their receptiveness to her cards gave her a sense of confidence in her business.

The cards sold well, and Bailey began to think about pursuing the company further. Over the course of the next couple of years, she expanded the four variations on thank-you cards to eight. Soon after, she began producing cards for other occasions – graduation, birthdays, holidays and birth announcements.

As she began to sell at national shows, she noticed that buyers had a particular fondness for the characters on her birth

announcement cards, which feature cartoon-style drawings of infants. This interest prompted her to launch a line of baby plush toys, called “Ishababies,” which replicated the baby on the cards.

Bailey now sells mugs, T-shirts and backpacks in addition to the cards and plush toys — all featuring the same characters that originally appeared on the cards. Bailey’s products are currently selling at gift shops in Canada, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York. They are soon to appear on Amazon.com and Target’s online store. Large retail chains have expressed interest as well, she said, but she has opted to focus on slower growth.

Prior to founding the company, Bailey had virtually no experience in business.

She concentrated in English at Brown.

Bailey said, with a laugh, that while here, she took a healthy variety of classes — none of them related to business. She said she believes that the fact that Brown’s open curriculum “did not limit you in your thought processes” was beneficial to her mindset in starting a business.

Bailey said she “can see a lot of a growth in the future.” Specifically, she is considering writing books, creating a clothing line or even exploring the possibility of a television show featuring the characters.

She wants to sustain the company for the long-term because she believes the products have an underlying, important message that goes beyond toys or cards.

The products “focus on healing,” she said.

Additionally, the characters on the cards are very diverse, so as to represent what Bailey terms the “global village.”

For Bailey, even the blank expression on her characters’ faces has a deeper meaning — she called them the perfect representation of the innocent and “fresh” eyes of students, able to look at life with new eyes.

Bailey said she plans to devote part of the proceeds from her company to a children’s charity — she is currently deciding which one.

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Dance, theater and musical

productions are also scheduled every night this weekend, and the football, hockey and soccer teams will also play home games. The football team, which plays Cornell University on Saturday, is celebrating Homecoming.

All events are being held rain or shine, according to the events office. Most events this year are being held indoors or under tents, and walking tours of campus and the city will take place regardless of inclement weather.

Matthews P’05, Hoffman P’07 to speak this weekend Chris Matthews P’05, host of MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” will deliver the Parents Weekend keynote lecture for today at 8 p.m. in Sayles Hall. A graduate of the College of the Holy Cross, Matthews, who has spoken at Brown before, has distinguished himself as a journalist, a political commentator and a best-selling author.

As a journalist, he covered such events as the opening of the Berlin Wall and the peace referendum in Northern Ireland. He has received two “Crystal Ball” awards from the Washington Post for successful predictions of presidential elections.

As an author, Matthews has penned four best-selling books, including “American: Beyond Our Grandest Notions,” “Hardball” and “Kennedy &

Nixon.” Matthews has also worked as a congressional staffer, a speechwriter to President Jimmy Carter and a top aide to Speaker of the House Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr. Matthews last spoke at Brown on Oct. 27, 2003. He discussed the war in Iraq and the presidential election — at the time, Matthews said Howard Dean was his favorite of the candidates in the Democratic primary.

Matthews’ lecture begins at 8 p.m. A Parents Weekend registration badge or Brown ID is required.

— Christopher Chon Renowned actor Dustin Hoffman P’07 will receive the Distinguished Visiting Artist Award and discuss a lifetime of on-screen achievements Saturday at the Pizzitola Sports

Pickard continued from page 3 tener.

Departing from his characteristic simple phrasing, Pickard played with the sounds of various words. “Daydrugged” is a tonguetwister poem which wraps the reader in confusion much like the delirium experienced by the speaker within the piece. Similarsounding words pile on top of each other and roll over each other. Each suffocating list of words ends with the surprisingly clear phrase “like a skinned rabbit.”

Still, the reading had its humorous moments. “Hidden Agenda” is a piece written as, according to a slightly smirking Pickard, a “manifesto for the labour party in Britain.” The poem is effectively overwhelmed with the repetition of a certain expletive. The excessive and almost indiscriminate use of the word had the audience rocking with laughter. The rollicking atmosphere grew with Pickard losing his place in the middle of the reading and appropriately muttering the expletive.

Center. The event will be moderated by Michael Ovitz P’05, cofounder of the Creative Artists Agency, a well-known American talent and literary organization.

Hoffman, who has been lauded for performances in such films as “Rain Man,” “Midnight Cowboy,” “Kramer v. Kramer” and “The Graduate,” will supplement the conversation with a series of clips from his favorite films. His latest film, “I Heart Huckabees,” is playing in select theaters now.

“A Conversation with Dustin Hoffman” is being sponsored by Brown’s Creative Arts Council and is part of its Distinguished Artist Series.

Doors open at 4:30 p.m., and the event begins at 5:30 p.m.

Seating is limited. A Brown ID or Parents Weekend registration badge is required for admission.

— Melanie Wolfgang

For the most part, Pickard’s diction was clear and precise, allowing audience members to fully appreciate each word. A few times, he stumbled over some of his words, but he recovered quickly and started the verse again. The atmosphere of the reading was relaxed but serious for the most part. Except for a few moments of laughter, the audience was absorbed in quiet, concentrated thought.

The final reading, “Hawthorn,” displayed Pickard’s talent in touching his audience through the written word. The poignant and painfully sad poem told the story of the speaker’s loss of his beloved. Clear visual imagery, such as “berry red,” “blossom white” and “thorn sharp,” developed this powerful emotional tale.

Touched listeners sat and contemplated Pickard’s words a while after the British-accented voice ceased.

The reading of “Hawthorn,” like many of Pickard’s poems, proved to be a thought-provoking and profound experience in contemplating how the subject of the poem — and, more broadly, humanity — deal with sadness in life.

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Plays continued from page 3 ent lack of real set ornamentation with a little imagination.

In “The Fifth Law,” written by Matt Kelly ’06, the chairs take on multiple roles — first as makeshift sinks in twin bathrooms, then as cushions for a roll call of monologues, delivered by each of the four cast members. The plot remains simple — two pairs of women meet simultaneously in two separate public restrooms, banter for a few moments in overlapping dialogue and then interpret their encounters in a series of confessional speeches.

While the women vary in age and personality, putting them at immediate and formidable odds with one another, striking similarities between the women are later revealed as they recount the run-ins. For some, it will seem obvious that the play has been penned by a man — the all-female ensemble is populated by cartoon-like, unilateral characterizations of women, some of whom basically define themselves as extensions of their make-up or sex organs — but a likelier interpretation would accept this stereotyping as essential to the playwright’s message.

The play uses contrast as its central metaphor, the squabbles of the first scene’s rapid discourse set against the more personal admissions of the second.

By the end, Kelly treats the audience to a subtle outline of the driving motives at stake in a public urinal.

Jennifer Silverman’s ’06 “Reconstructing Rastagar” places the spectators in the middle of what seems to be a lesbian saga’s latest chapter.

Adhi cannot understand why her free spirited, sexy elder sister, Rastagar, never returns her phone calls. Meanwhile, Medira cannot understand why Rastagar, her live-in girlfriend, snubs her affection.

Anna continued from page 3 compensates for any dialectal difficulties.

The play’s long lines, full of colorful adjectives and complex metaphors, are also tough to handle, but do not trip up the actors at all.

Lucy DeVito ’05, who plays the excitable and whimsical Marela, nails humor, physical comedy being her forte. She transforms relatively humorless lines into show-stealing punch lines. That’s not to say she isn’t able to perform serious scenes — in fact, she does so very well.

Dan Hernandez ’06 as Santiago follows suit with similar talents.

Thomas Lipinski ’04.5, as the lector Juan Julian, radiates the glow of a classic film star, and even physically resembles screen legend Clark Gable with his pencil-thin mustache, suspenders and slicked back hair.

He has a notable chemistry with Angelica Scherer ’06, who plays Conchita, which surfaces in their steamy, sensual and forbidden love scenes together.

The show’s sound, by Designer Benjamin Samit ’06, is outstanding. In fact, the production seems incomplete in its

Ultimately, misunderstanding prevails, as the audience cannot understand why the title character is so sorely missed by her consorts.

Brittain Youngblood ’07 plays Rastagar as a nubile, promiscuous lesbian who has just discovered her own sex appeal and whose delusions of grandeur can only be the end products of a severe megalomania. Meanwhile, both Allison Laplatney ’07 and Thea Cohen ’08 — Adhi and Medira respectively — seem stiff in their roles, their only hint at real, underlying character evinced by their Birkenstocks and clogs. As proved in her masterful Rites and Reason play, “Double Negative,” playwright Silverman possesses an impressive flair for lyricism, and her writing here is similarly beautiful. But where is the hard-edged tension of her first play? Ultimately, this piece introduces the viewer to people who seem like not much more than social clichés.

After all this pathos, “Soap” is a breath of fresh air. A charming, fluffy piece of domestic comedy, this one-act by Brendan Pelsue ‘08 presents the audience with the absurd friendship forged by Irene, a well-intentioned but socially myopic homemaker, and Milton, a crisp, professionally-minded soap salesman.

Evoking the bubbly, comic vibrancy of a latter-day Carol Kane, Lizzie Vieh ’07 emerges as perhaps the most compelling and compulsively watchable actress of the evening. Her timing is clean, and she achieves just the right mixture of unsettled jumpiness and sympathetic anxiety to make her character interesting to the last minute.

Unfortunately, Matthew Sledge ’08 seems less confident in his soap salesman role, and in attempt to play off his woodenness, Vieh occasionally looks a bit ill at ease. Though the play ends abruptly, the most laughs were earned — and rightfully so — during their delightful repartee.

Rounding out the evening, Emily Drumsta’s ’06 “Evelyn and

silent moments. Every trickle, every gunshot and every foghorn is integral to the play’s success.

“I never knew silence could have so much weight,” Ofelia says during the play. In this show, seemingly deliberate silences have weight to the point of dragging the show down with them.

Music and song play a key part in the show, whether a Latin beat or classical tune. The cast often sings to create a mood for a scene — sometimes this is effective, but other times it kills the show’s momentum and energy.

The set, by Michael McGarty, is exceptional. McGarty makes use of every inch of the stage, from the floor to the ceiling, where he creates a detailed, realistic and aesthetically pleasing representation of a cigar factory.

All in all, “Anna” is a winner — with the exception of the play’s very last and cringe-worthy moment, in which faux snowflakes fall from above.

Herald staff writer Jen Sopchokchai ’05 edits the Arts & Culture section. She can be reached at herald@browndailyherald.com.

the Universe” is the fractured tale of a real American paradigm — the delusional, maundering, obsessive-compulsive urbanite.

More specifically, the narrative follows the life of Evelyn, and her futile, embarrassing attempts at getting her groove back.

Of course, the “groove” in question is romantic fulfillment, and Drumsta dispatches a fleet of potential matches for her character’s selection. Whom will she choose? Maxwell, her nebbish, hedge-trimming neighbor?

Bernie, her stereotypical and gaggingly greasy landlord? Or perhaps Julian, the recent Soviet immigrant whose “wet paint” sign incites in Evelyn a catatonic screaming fit of lonely tears?

One by one, the protagonist alienates them all.

Clothed in Miss Muffet pantaloons and a shimmery, panicked smile, Gabrielle Fuentes ’08 is certainly aggressive as the demented Evelyn, and her stage presence — in most actresses more disagreeable and threatening than pleasant and engaging — feels right at home in this play. Still, her performance occasionally feels wasted, as she is given nothing to play off of — an oversight attributable only to the directing. With neither chair nor cube in sight, Fuentes must content herself to flounce aimlessly around the stage, and the audience is expected to pick up the make-believe pieces.

Despite the loose ends and sloppy moments of all four productions, plaudits should be awarded to virtually everyone involved in the plays for their bravery and intrepid dedication to staging original work. It is never easy to realize something new, even less so with set restrictions. By the end of their first performance, the players seemed pleased — and in many ways, this should serve as validation enough for anyone who has ever wanted to write a play.

Performances of “Three Chairs, Two Cubes” run throughout the weekend in PW’s downstairs space.

Heritage continued from page 1 and to exchange perspectives on controversial issues.

“It’s good for students to know that there are adults on campus with similar backgrounds,” she said.

But organizers of the week stressed that the events contain interesting and relevant discussions for students not of multiracial backgrounds.

“Unfortunately, most of the events that go on that are related to the Third World community are attended only by the Third World community … which I would say is a shame,” Grob said.

Grob said the wide variety of formats was chosen to reflect the wide variety of experiences that multiracial groups encounter.

“Our experiences are multiple, and this week very much acknowledges those differences,” Grob said.

By creating a safe place to discuss commonalities and differences, organizers of the week hope to get people thinking about interracial issues.

“I think the most important thing is that people leave the events thinking about the issues and continue to think about them throughout their lives,” Grub said.

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Campagna continued from page 1 chances of winning the election and attributes his party’s low profile to biased media coverage.

“I don’t think my chances are that high, to be honest,” he said. “However, what I would say is that if we had a more level playing field and I thought the system was run more fairly in terms of the elite media, I think my chances would be a lot better.”

While winning the election is still his main objective, Campagna said his goal for this election was for the Libertarian Party to garner between 1 and 3 million votes, which would be the most votes the party would have ever received in an election cycle.

Another goal is to be a factor in battleground states.

“I want to have an impact in swing states,” he said. “Our vote totals should be greater than the margin of victory in those swing states, if we don’t win them.” He added that his goal wasn’t to “spoil” the presidential race in those states, but to gain attention for the party.

Campagna said he has been a Libertarian for about five years. He became interested in the party when a Libertarian gubernatorial candidate was making a campaign swing through Iowa City, Iowa, where Campagna currently lives with his wife and son.

“An individual by the name of Clyde Cleveland came through town and declared that he was running for governor,” Campagna said. “I attended a couple of his events here in Iowa City and got to speaking with him after events and became friendly with him. Not long after, I joined the Libertarian Party and soon after, he asked me to become his running mate.”

Campagna’s 2001 campaign for lieutenant governor has been his only experience in running for political office thus far.

Campagna is similar to other third-party presidential ticket candidates in that he is very critical of the Democrats and Republicans. Calling the two parties “the two heads of the monster government that the Libertarians like to call the Republicrats,” Campagna blasted the major parties and said their views sharply contrasted with those of the Libertarians.

“We are for the bottom-up government as opposed to the command-and-control top-down government as the Democrats and Republicans seem to espouse and govern,” he said. “The best government is the one that governs least, and when the government needs to govern, we believe that it is best done at the lowest level, starting with the individual.”

Campagna also dismissed the notion of the Libertarians as a “fringe party.”

While at Brown, “I remember reading Libertarian literature basically saying this Libertarian Party is really what the founding fathers were all about,” he said. “They were trying to make the point that there is nothing fringe-like about Libertarians. It’s probably closer to the mainstream than other political parties.”

For example, Campagna said Libertarian ideals reflect those of liberal Republicans, comparing the Libertarian style of governing to that of President Ronald Reagan. But he added that the Bush administration had strayed so far from liberal Republican ideals that it looked nothing like Reagan’s party.

When asked whether he would prefer Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry or President George W. Bush in the White House, Campagna implied he was leaning towards Bush.

“If the Democrats win, we are going further and further toward the nanny state and the big government command-and-control approach in foreign and domestic policy,” he said. “I almost deep in my heart prefer an outcome closer to our philosophy that an administration, namely the Republicans, would come closer to governing to our platform. Somehow, I personally prefer an administration that is more hypocritical but that would possibly do the right.”

But he added that his “gut feeling” was that many Libertarians would want the Democrats to prevail because of the many social rights that the Republicans have

infringed upon with the Patriot Act. Although Campagna was eager to talk about the views of the Libertarian Party, he was just as eager to talk about his personal life. In addition to being a politician, Campagna is a lawyer, businessman, psychological counselor and college professor.

He is a family man, living in Iowa City with his wife and 22-year-old son. He is a recreational swimmer and basketball player. He is an avid traveler — he said he has visited over 200 countries in his lifetime. And, according to one of his best friends from college, he is also a very good friend.

“The first thing I think of is that he’s a good person,” said Josef Mittlemann ’72, adjunct lecturer in engineering, who has known Campagna since their first year at Brown. “I think that his motives are to better the people around him.”

Mittlemann also said he thinks Campagna would make a good vice president.

“I think he does a good job of everything he undertakes, and I don’t think this would be any different – that’s who he is as a person.”

Campagna was raised in a Brooklyn neighborhood that he called a “cultural, athletic, movie star melting pot” because stars such as Barbara Streisand and Woody Allen grew up there. He demonstrated his academic prowess in elementary school and middle school, skipping two grades. He graduated from high school before most of his peers, at the age of 16, and decided to enroll at Brown. He said he was determined to go to an Ivy League school ever since he was a young boy.

“Brooklynites said that you got to go to an Ivy League school to get ahead and have a great life — that’s where the future leaders of America will come from,” he said. “So ever since I was young, I said to myself, ‘You have to go to an Ivy League school.’”

Campagna said he had several possible destinations for college, but he was sure that Brown was the right choice because it was a little more “quirky” and “freeing” than other Ivy League schools.

“It was pretty clear within me that Brown is really unique,” he said. “It’s just not as uptight and existentially free-wheeling, allowing people to succeed in a traditional sense and be more of who they are as an individual and really allowing people to create their own lives and exist in existential ways.”

Like many Brown students, Campagna dabbled in a variety of activities at college. He concentrated in political science, although he took several classes in Spanish, French and Portuguese. He was the social chair of the fraternity Phi Delta Beta and even wrote and published a book as a student.

Mittlemann said that even as a student, Campagna was always into philosophy.

“He was always this existential-type, philosophical person,” Mittlemann said. “I don’t think he’s much different today.”

Despite graduating from Brown more than 30 years ago, Campagna remains involved in the Brown community. He is the worldwide chair of the Brown Alumni School Committees, organizing Brown alums to interview and recruit prospective Brown students, and visits Brown occasionally as a result. When he does visit, he stays at Mittlemann’s house, where the two continue with their conversations that they started when they were students at Brown or on vacation together in Puerto Rico.

Mittlemann said he never thought of his friend as a politician, but Campagna’s candidacy did not surprise him.

“Now that he’s vice presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party, I would say that fits him to the T,” he said. “I would say he’s not a big-government person. He’s one who thinks deeply about things and is concerned for people and tries to keep his North Star, his general idea of what’s right and what’s good and what’s best for the people.”

Mittlemann also said that although he does not take political positions, he wishes the best for his friend.

“I just wish he were running with a more powerful party,” Mittlemann said. “But who knows — maybe in the future, with his participation, it will be.

Herald staff writer Stu Woo ’08 can be reached at herald@browndailyherald.com.

W. polo continued from page 12 goalie as he came out to challenge. It was a play well suited for breaking the MIT system that, according to head coach Jason Gall, vexed the Bears for most of the night.

“MIT runs a pressing defense, so most of the game they had us pushed against the wall, farther away from the goal than we wanted to be,” said Gall.

“On this particular play, (Bourne) used that against them by getting an inside path to the goal.”

Gall described the match as “a team effort,” with seven different Brown players each scoring a goal.

Momentum continually shifted, as neither team built a big lead at any point.

The Bears held a 3-2 lead at the half, but MIT engineered two goals in the third quarter to make it 4-3. Fourthquarter goals by co-captain Pat Sandys ’05 and Andy Wiener ’06 tied the score at five and sent it into overtime.

MIT scored first off a counterattack, but Brown refused to lie down, and D’Avino sent the game into the sudden-death period where the game was quickly decided.

“We were really just trying to work on some stuff, but it was a good win, and we were happy to win,” said Wiener. “(Goaltender) Jay (Fantone ’06) made some key blocks in the overtime period, and Greg (Harm ’06) played good defense.”

Although the match did not count in the standings, it let Brown get more game experience to work out some kinks before the Northern

F. hockey continued from page 12 the team’s play.

“We’re mainly just focusing on showing up to play on game day,” Norris said.

“This has nothing to do with field hockey. We were not prepared to play Wednesday mentally.”

With only four games left in the season, the coaching staff hopes the team will be able to show up in body and spirit for the next few games, but the season to this point has been unpredictable, so no one is sure what will

Football continued from page 12 Morgan has converted seven of nine field goal tries, including his last five, and has successfully made all 15 of his point after attempts. Morgan has also helped Brown in the field-position battle, averaging 37.7 yards per punt on his 21 punts, nine of which have been inside the opponents’ 20-yard line.

Cornell (1-4, 1-1 Ivy League) is also coming off a tough loss last weekend, as the Big Red dropped their homecoming

Beat Cornell

Championships, which are being held at Brown on the last two days of October. The team has performed poorly on its 6-on-5 opportunities all season; only one of seven man-advantages was converted against MIT, a Samson goal.

“We’re not showing patience with our passing and decision-making (on the 6-on-5),” Gall said, though he emphasized the team has the situation down pat in practice. “We’re trying to either rush passes or rush shots, or we’re not finding the free guy.”

He added: “When they get into game situations, they don’t exhibit enough patience. It takes time. Water polo, as basic as it seems sometimes, is definitely complicated — there are a lot of variables. And being able to execute something in practice is a lot different than doing it in a game under pressure.”

Fortunately, the team is versatile on offense, so the lack of a strong 6-on-5 presence is not fatal.

“We’re scoring more on the counterattack, and we’re scoring more on cross passes,” Wiener said. “I think it will come back to hurt us if we don’t start converting more 6-on-5s — we’re not going to be able to get away with it.”

Brown has already secured the third seed for Northerns. It beat out MIT and Iona even though all three teams have identical division records — the tiebreaker is goal differential in games against one another. Until then, the Bears have only to practice and hone their game.

Herald staff writer Eric Perlmutter ’06 is an assistant sports editor and covers men’s water polo. He can be reached at herald@browndailyherald.com.

happen on any given day.

The team continues to struggle with replacing last year’s senior class, leaving gaps both on the field and in leadership positions.

“We’re a young team — we only have three seniors and a couple of returning starters,” Kelderman said. “It takes experience to gain poise and composure, and I think we’re still working on that.”

The Bears play Cornell on Saturday at noon on Warner Roof.

Herald staff writer Kathy Babcock ’05 covers field hockey. She can be reached at herald@browndailyherald.com.

game to Colgate University 10-6. Like Brown, Cornell has struggled to put points on the board, averaging less than 14 points per game and only 307 yards of total offense per game. After last year’s 21-7 road victory against the Big Red, Brown looks to make it two in a row this Saturday afternoon at the Brown Stadium.

Herald staff writers Ben Miller ’07 and Chris Mahr ’07 cover football. They can be reached at herald@browndailyherald.com.

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OPINIONS EXTRA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2004 · PAGE 9

SARAH BOWMAN

Keeping the ballots honest We’ve gone way beyond the dangling chad.

While I hate to play the cynic, I believe that this country is approaching a whole new era in Election Day legal wrangling. With the presidential race in a dead heat, public concern over potential voting problems has soared. The specter of another contaminated vote hangs over the minds of many Americans and the American political system itself.

Yes, this is yet another column about the perils of voting in the upcoming presidential election. You probably read many such articles just over four years ago — you may have already read a couple this year. After November 2, you just might find yourself reading even more.

You may even be sick of all this talk by now. I certainly am. But we cannot afford to ignore this threat to the democratic process. Four years after the Florida mess and the Supreme Court’s intervention that effectively decided the presidential election, stories continue to emerge about the myriad problems many states are encountering as their elections officials prepare for the November vote.

Because the candidates are running neck and neck, the election could depend on a few swing states. In effect, the election may turn on the ballots cast by a few thousand voters. The margin of error is an especially important concern when the margin of victory is razor thin. This makes voting procedures, like registration and polling, an inevitably partisan issue.

The danger of balloting mistakes, however, crosses party lines The complaints made about balloting procedures encompass an array of issues, mostly centering on electronic voting. Critics charge that this system of voting is especially prone to mistakenly tally votes, that it is easi-

ly tampered with by hackers, and that, in the absence of a printed record of votes cast (which some states do not require) it would be impossible to do a recount.

But electronic voting is not the only issue of concern.

The huge number of new voters who have registered this year has posed a challenge to election commissions in some states. In Florida, charges have been leveled that black voters and others are being unfairly disenfranchised due to ballot technicalities or deliberate design; in New Hampshire’s 2002 election, there was a conspiracy to jam phone lines to prevent workers from

Do you know how your vote will be counted in November? getting people to the polls; in Ohio, there are allegations that workers unequally rejected voter registrations based on party affiliation.

The voting process, it seems, is not as transparent as merely pulling a lever.

It all boils down to the simple fact that voting requires more than making informed decisions about the candidates and the issues. This year in particular, it requires that we keep ourselves informed about the voting process itself. Because there are a number of vari-

ables that play into how you vote and how that vote is counted, we can never be certain that there is a direct correspondence between the way you mark your ballot and the way that ballot gets counted, or even that there is a direct relationship between whether you registered to vote and whether you are permitted to vote.

So what’s the solution? We can’t just be informed citizens — we have to be informed consumers, asking as many questions as possible until we are satisfied that the product we are buying into provides the best service possible. The analogy is complicated by the fact that we can’t just refuse to buy: for most of us, not voting is not an option. Nevertheless, and luckily, because democracy allows and advocates activism to ensure governmental accountability, we can and must investigate our country’s voting procedures.

On an individual level, this means finding out things like what machines our localities use, the potential problems of the type ballots they use, how they process voter registrations, how they allocate funds, and whether they would be prepared for a recount.

For those of us at college, this election demands that we find out how our local election commissions handle absentee ballots.

The problems involved in voting procedures will most probably continue in the following years, whether we continue to hear about them or not. In the future, we have to educate ourselves, not only about the candidates and the issues we care about, but also about the way our local governments organize the election process.

Sarah Bowman ’05 is not apologizing.

JULIA KAY

How not to have a dialogue Controversy can be a good thing. It can force people to critically engage with their own assumptions and ideas, and perhaps to modify them in light of new evidence or arguments. But controversy can also have an opposite effect; it can polarize a debate, sending people scurrying to the most extreme arguments and counterarguments, causing them to yell at each other instead of engaging in a productive dialogue.

Recently at Duke University, controversy overshadowed dialogue. The Brown community should take note: What happened there could happen here. And, to a certain extent, it already has.

After months of rancorous debate of its merits, the fourth Palestinian Solidarity Movement student conference finally took place on the Duke campus last weekend. Detractors had vehemently argued that the PSM refuses to condemn terrorism and therefore is not an organization fit to sponsor an event at a major university. But Duke decided to allow the conference to go forward on the grounds of free speech.

And free speech there was. “Israel is attempting to rid itself of the Palestinians as much as possible while taking as much land as they can,” Dianna Buttu, legal adviser in the PLO’s Negotiations Affairs Department, told conference attendees last Friday evening, according to the Jerusalem Post. (She made similar remarks about Israel’s security barrier in the West Bank at a speech at Brown last spring.) Buttu also called for divestment from Israel and, in response to the question of an audience member, declared Israel a greater human rights offender than both Sudan and China.

Similar extremist rhetoric was voiced at the conference on Saturday. Zionism was dubbed a “disease” by Yale University professor Mazin Qumsiyeh, co-founder of Al-Awda, the Palestine Right of Return Coalition.

Qumsiyeh was also quoted by media sources as saying that reporters inappropriately focus on “resistance to colonization” instead of acts of “repression and ethnic cleansing” perpetrated by Israel. He additionally rejected the prospect of a two-state solution to the conflict, a point echoed by another conference speaker.

Duke’s Jewish community, outraged by the PSM’s unwillingness to criticize and condemn terrorism, organized counter-programming that included the display of an Israeli bus that was decimated by a suicide bomber; a speech by noted extremist pro-Israel advo-

What Brown can learn from Duke’s disastrous lecture series. cate Daniel Pipes; another speech by former Knesset speaker Avraham Burg, who offered sharp criticism of U.S.-Israeli policy; and the performance of a Concert Against Terror, headlined by the band Sister Hazel.

Duke’s Freeman Center for Jewish Life later apologized for a comment made at the concert by Brigitte Gabriel, who witnessed terrorist-type activities in Lebanon and founded the American Congress for Truth.

She angered many members of the crowd when she referred to Arabs as “barbarians.” According to media

sources, the crowd was also polarized when a victim of state-supported violence in Sudan asked for help from his “Jewish brothers.”

Did last weekend’s events at Duke amount to a debate? No. Were they ever intended to? It doesn’t really matter. Instead, a lot of well-intentioned people who care passionately about a variety of issues — such as the rights of the Palestinians to live in peace and security, and the rights of Israelis to live in peace and security — came together to make a lot of noise and not much else.

There was no meaningful debate between the two camps, whose separation need not be so artificial.

“We felt without a renunciation of violence, it’s hard to have a conversation,” Eric Meyers, director of Judaic studies at Duke, was quoted as saying in media sources.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is, for better or worse, one of the most time-tested and student-approved sources of controversy around. Just as at Duke, it has emerged this semester at Brown, most publicly so in the form of support for and protest against Irshad Manji, a liberal lesbian Muslim feminist, and Mort Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America.

The strong campus reaction to these two speakers should make us all mindful of that latent potential that was clearly within Duke and resides here too at Brown.

Our campus community is easily excited and easily polarized. Since the speakers who have every right to be here by virtue of their right to free speech can contribute to this polarization, it is also important that we have a forum that can bring another side to the table. If the PSM ever wants to come to Brown, our campus community must be so duly prepared.

Julia Kay ’06 is a mathematical economics concentrator.

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EDITORIAL/LETTERS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2004 · PAGE 10 S T A F F

E D I T O R I A L

Diamonds and coal A diamond to Bill O’Reilly. We always wanted to know what you had in your East Side Pocket.

Another diamond to Jon Stewart for taking on Tucker Carlson, CNN, the media and the universe on “Crossfire.”

A cubic zirconium to Smith-Buonanno Hall. It’s just so far away — but the walk is totally worth it, if you’re a monkey taking a class in arboreal 106.

Coal to the Humvee owner who ironically boxed in the director of the Urban Environmental Lab this week. But a diamond if the irony was intentional.

Coal to The Herald for revealing the covert file-sharing wonder that is OurTunes. But a diamond to Computing and Information Services for not caring. Now pass that hot new 50 Cent track, neighbor!

SHANE WILKERSON

LETTERS

A diamond to not peeing on walls for 45 years.

Coal to Harvard University’s library system. It might be the second-largest library system in the United States, but no one really cares if it’s only open to Harvardians.

Martin’s column inaccurate and off-base To the Editor:

A diamond to Johnny Damon and the rest of the Boston Red Sox for making history Wednesday night. We offer a consolation diamond to the shattered Evil Empire. Phillies in 2005.

A cryptic note to Montana Wildhack: Your meeting was last Thursday.

Coal to the Parents Weekend shed on the Main Green, which looks like it was decorated with RISD Store castaways and symbolizes the carnival atmosphere on campus this weekend.

But a diamond to parents. Thanks for having us — we’re happy to reciprocate.

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As a Brown student, a Rhode Islander and a member of the University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice, I was disappointed to read the many inaccuracies and unfounded assumptions in Laura Martin’s recent column (“Committee on slavery and justice will accomplish little” Oct. 21). So the readers of this page can know facts as well as they know the angry speculations of a conservative columnist, I will set the record straight.

Martin states, “Instead of using resources to study the history of Rhode Island, Brown decides to reflect solely upon itself.” Perhaps if she had read our Web site a bit more closely, she would have realized that our very next event, this Monday night, is a panel titled “The Texture of Slavery in Colonial Rhode Island.” Our research and our programming have dealt heavily with the history of Rhode Island and will continue to focus on the history of Rhode Island until our work is done.

Furthermore, our studies and our discussions extend beyond Rhode Island. If Martin had taken the time to examine our calendar of events further, she

would have found, among other things, a conference on the Holocaust and a symposium on South African apartheid.

The second part of Martin’s imagined vision of the committee, that we were created to deflect lawsuits from the University, is totally without base. How exactly a person or group would be prevented from filing suit against the University simply because there is a committee that discusses slavery makes no sense legally or logically.

Perhaps if Martin actually attended any of our events (which are advertised in this publication in advance and open to the public) she would not have to rely on secondhand accounts and cynical guesswork to learn what our very public and open Committee is all about.

I invite her and anyone else to come to our events, speak with us and participate in our work — one of the most important academic exercises ever conducted concerning the history of Rhode Island.

Seth Magaziner ’06 Oct. 21

Show your spirit this Homecoming weekend To the Editor: I find The Herald’s assertion that “perhaps no one can change the attitude of the students” toward Brown sports teams (“Despite efforts by SAAC and athletic department, fans still staying away from football games,” Oct. 21) to be both a sad and potentially self-fulfilling prophecy.

As part of the Brown Band, which will attend nearly every football game this season, I have been fortunate enough to be privy to the traditions and spirit that are in fact very much alive and well at this university. Though we — as well as the talented cheerleaders, the increasingly vocal women’s lacrosse team and those ever-present drunk guys in the parking lot — do our best to rouse enthusiasm among our peers, we can only do so much. If the attitude persists that we are unable to do anything about this school’s lack of spirit, students will view any attempt to change the situation as an exercise in futility, which only exacerbates the problem.

A few myths need to be debunked. 1) Yes, we have

a football team. 2) They’re good. The two games of five that were lost were still fun to watch, even if we ultimately went home a little disappointed. 3) The stadium is not that far. Plus, when you get there, you’re typically rewarded with free stuff. For those still intimidated by the distance, there is a shuttle which runs every 15 minutes from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., making stops at Thayer and Charlesfield streets, Wayland Arch, Faunce Arch, and Thayer and Bowen streets.

There are still five games left in this football season — plenty of time to cultivate the sense of pride and enthusiasm of which we are capable. Doing so may even help our team maintain its winning record; what better motivation to move the ball than to make fans go wild? It is still possible to turn general campus apathy on its head, and there’s no better time to start the process than this weekend’s Homecoming game against Cornell University. 1 p.m, Brown Stadium, corner of Elmgrove and Sessions. See you there.

Leigh Elion '05 Oct. 21

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OPINIONS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2004 · PAGE 11

Fitter, happier GUEST COLUMN BY GAVIN SHULMAN

I am writing this column a changed man. A fitter man, a thinner man, a better man. A man who has seen the dark, morbid depths of obesity. A man with pounds upon pounds of past. And, proudly, a man who has risen out of the wheezing blackness of fatness with a much stronger and more well-balanced diet.

I used to weigh 727 pounds. I was the size of a pair of pregnant Siamese twins. That’s about 3 7/8 people, depending on what trimester each couple was in. I was so fat I could never leave the bed except for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I was so fat I couldn’t walk down the street without people staring, poking, snickering and puking. In fact, I was so fat, I couldn’t walk at all. I had to pay two Swedish men, Sven and Thor, to roll me around. We had to expand all the doorways in my house so that Sven and Thor could squeeze me through. I would have to come down the stairs one roll at a time, like a Slinky.

I was so fat I had to have my clothes specially shipped from the San Diego Zoo. I was a size super. I was so fat that I wasn’t allowed on the top floor of my house. I had to sleep in the backyard under a canopy. I was so fat that yo mama made jokes about me. And they hurt. I was so fat that if my clothes got dirty, all I could do was wrap a king-sized sheet around me, staple it and hope it held. I was so fat I couldn’t even make it to the taping of my own Maury Povich special. I had to have my interview done at home and shown via satellite. You should have seen me; I was a blubbering mess.

In a country of obese people I was a beast among all people.

But all that changed. Drastically. All that fat changed a little while ago when I made a promise to myself and a declaration to the world; that I would never consume

one more single carbohydrate again. That part of the pyramid was out. That group of food gone. I was on my first diet.

And it went something like this. Hamburger, no bun, for breakfast. Turkey, no bread, for lunch. Salami, one stick, for snack. Chicken, fish or corned beef for dinner.

And some slices of pastrami for dessert. Sometimes I would sneak a roll-less hot-dog in at midnight, but we don’t really have to mention that. It’s not a piece of cake.

Every day I had to discipline myself to maintain my

Making Dr. Atkins proud. diet, to stick to it even when it seemed impossible.

Every day only brought one more battle with myself in which I believed there was no chance I could survive without another biscuit. Every day was a war to only eat meat. But, every day I was making progress.

True, I was deadly tired all the time. I just felt like I had no energy. Like anything that would give my body any energy was just not there. I couldn’t get up, couldn’t exercise, couldn’t really do anything at all. But just being carb-less was taking its toll. I was losing weight.

So I stuck to my diet. Only drank carb-free water.

Only drove in a car without a carburetor. Only breathed pure oxygen so I wouldn’t let any carbon dioxide into my lungs. I avoided carbs like they caused cancer. There was not a single organic compound in my entire body.

And the weight was just lifting off. Like it was being loaded in a rocket and shot off to space to orbit there infinitely. Within two weeks I was able to step on the scale without breaking it. In a month I was able to stand on it if I could balance myself on one of my trunk-like legs. Two months in and I could actually see past my stomach to read the number on the dial. All I did was just keep eating meat and then sit around and let the rest take care of itself. The results were amazing.

Soon enough, I was actually skinny. I was actually so skinny that you could hang a ball from a rope wrapped across my forehead and play tetherball around me. I was so skinny that if I went out for a walk, I would have to make sure it wasn’t windy, or I might get carried away.

I was so skinny that I could poke a hole in a wash-cloth and use it as a poncho. I was as skinny as a coke-addicted, Range-Rover driving, magazine-clipping, triggerpulling vegan.

And so now, as of writing this column, six months after I was so fat Sven and Thor quit out of disgust and I swore off carbohydrates once and for all, I am proud to announce that I am officially back to my birthweight — 11 pounds 8 ounces. It was not always easy, but it was never that hard. All it took was a severe and serious resistance to that terrible, evil, breaded, bastard portion of the food pyramid that includes sugars, starches, celluloses and gums which are produced by photosynthetic plants and contain only carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, usually in the ratio 1:2:1, some willpower, no exercise, a lot of beef, pork, chicken and coldcuts, and the desire for change.

Trust me. If I could do it, you can too.

Gavin Shulman ’05 is a hero to us all.

ARI SAVITZKY

Meet our new, ethically bankrupt neighbors If you visited Providence Place Mall recently, you may have noticed a rather large sign on the corner of Memorial Boulevard and Francis Street, which reads, “Future home of GTECH World Headquarters.” The vacant lot located on the corner will soon be home to $88.5 million corporate headquarters by 2006, perhaps some months after the “LiSci.” So who is our newest neighbor? GTECH is an unusually generic corporate moniker, and perhaps this is one reason why few, even in Rhode Island, know exactly what its billion-dollar bearer does in our wacky economy.

GTECH Holdings Corporation isn’t making organic toothpaste or No. 2 pencils — it inhabits the shady world of state lottery contracts. The lottery has been termed a “stupidity tax,” and whether on stupidity, or addiction or impulsivity, it is essentially taxation.

Lotteries are state-run monopolies, and private companies bid to operate and service a state’s lotto.

In our federal system, national budget deficits are passed on to the states and local communities. When Congress underfunds public education, for example, the states are pressured to come up with additional dollars. Enter GTECH, whose “retail points-of-sale” — the lotto vending consoles common in most convenience stores — apparently bring in top dollar for states in a pinch.

The company began as a core group of investors bidding for lotto contracts in the early 1980’s, and their aggressive business practices — and a deficit happy Reagan administration — catalyzed the growth of the nation’s state lotto industry. In the 1990’s, GTECH broke into newer markets, including Internet gaming and financial transaction technology to make buying a lottery ticket as easy as grabbing a Coke or swiping a credit card.

Today, the company provides gambling technology for nations in five continents and has acquired at least six regional lottery companies in the last year, most recently in Eastern Europe and the Caribbean. Their Web site confirms spokesman Bob Vincent’s statement, “We generally have 70 percent of the worldwide

lottery markets.”

GTECH is thus especially big business for Rhode Island, and now that the state has agreed to a 20-year no-bid lotto contract, it is big business for Providence.

The city will be paid for the property in gradually increasing multimillion-dollar installments, and GTECH will provide preferences to Providence residents and businesses in hiring and construction, as well as 30 after-school computer centers and a small call center in the city’s south side.

Indeed, Providence desperately needs investment,

Is GTECH the kind of business Providence should invite to town? and the prospect of more stable jobs in Providence might seem worth the view of the state capitol building from Prospect Park. Yet it is disheartening when a company with close ties to the Bush family and to the GOP, that benefits from state deficits and “starve-thebeast” economic policies and that extracts revenue largely from society’s poorest, builds a new world headquarters in your backyard.

In 1994, the company hired lobbyist and former Texas Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes to quash a rebid on the state’s lotto contract. Even though the state house largely wanted the re-bid, a newly elected Gov. George W. Bush handed GTECH a no-bid contract.

Barnes’ silence may have been his most persuasive argument. During that year’s Texas Gubernatorial race, Bush had taken heat because his father allegedly pulled strings to get him into the Air National Guard

during Vietnam, and Barnes, who admitted on CBS this year that he did the string-pulling, stayed mum, allowing Bush to beat the rap. After Bush was elected, he pulled the state lottery commission’s director, dropped the GTECH competitor who had been announced as the winner and kept Texas with GTECH. Barnes was paid $23 million by GTECH. Additionally, in order to capture Florida’s state lotto, GTECH made a concerted effort to cultivate ties with the state and national Republican Party. GTECH began getting active in Florida politics in 1998, helping to elect Governor Jeb Bush and putting Bush family members and Republican activists on the company payroll. The payoff came last year, when Florida’s lottery contract came up for bidding and GTECH won the contract despite the current contractor’s lower bid.

Besides GTECH’s questionable political maneuvering, this year the company ran into trouble with the Brazilian government and the Securities and Exchange Commission, prompted by allegations of corruption and a $650 million lawsuit.

Investors seem only moderately shaken, though, both because the Brazilian Supreme Court failed to come up with any indictments and because GTECH continues to win contracts and retain huge market clout. St. Petersburg Times columnist Ron Trigaux notes that, “colorful past aside, GTECH’s lottery reputation is one of extreme efficiency. Florida has picked a company well known for extracting the maximum amount of money from the public for its clients.”

So while we should all be hopeful about the prospects of local economic development, now is a great time to write a letter or an e-mail. Go to gtech.com and send them your thoughts on good corporate citizenship. Tell the company to get cracking on the computer centers. And tell them you’ll see them around the neighborhood.

Ari Savitzky ’06 is a Keno kind of man.

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SPORTS FRIDAY OCTOBER 22, 2004 · PAGE 12

Water polo nets win in triple OT at MIT, 7-6

Homecoming preview Football returns home from three-game road trip, looking for first Ivy League win

BY ERIC PERLMUTTER

Regardless of the players’ allegiances to the Red Sox or Yankees, the men’s water polo team (8-7, 4-3 Northern Division) had something to be happy about on Wednesday night.

In an exhibition match against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (12-9, 4-3 Northern Division), to whom Brown had suffered a frustrating loss less than three weeks ago, Brown exacted revenge with a 7-6 sudden-death victory after two three-minute overtime periods failed to produce a winner.

John Bourne ’07 scored the game-winner with four seconds left in the sudden-death overtime on a lob shot, an opportunity made possible after a tying goal by co-captain Paul D’Avino ’05 with only 13 seconds left in the second overtime.

Capitalizing on a counterattack made possible by a failed MIT possession, Bourne took advantage of MIT’s aggressive defense and drove by his defender, receiving a pass from Luke Samson ’07 and lofting it over the

see W. POLO, page 8

BY BEN MILLER AND CHRIS MAHR

The football team heads into Saturday’s game against Cornell University at a critical juncture in its season. Despite having a 30 out-of-conference record, Bruno has failed to defeat Ivy opponents Harvard University and Princeton University, leaving Brown tied for last in the Ivies with a league record of 0-2.

In addition, the team has a quarterback controversy brewing. In last week’s game, the Brown offense had trouble generating points and Head Coach Phil Estes pulled starter Joe DiGiacomo ’07 late in the fourth quarter, replacing him with Anthony Vita ’07.

For DiGiacomo, the season began on a high note as he completed over 60 percent of his passes for 558 yards and three touchdowns in Bruno’s first two games at home. But the firstyear starter struggled in his next three games, all on the road, completing under 50 percent of his passes for just 477 yards.

More importantly, after not turning the ball over in the first two games, DiGiacomo threw seven interceptions and lost one fumble in those three games.

One bright spot from last week’s game was receiver Paul Raymond ’08. In his first extend-

Defense trying to get back on track for field hockey vs. Cornell

BY KATHY BABCOCK

The field hockey team (4-8, 13 Ivy League) will face Cornell University (2-9, 1-3) this weekend in a homecoming game that should be more evenly matched than the two teams’ most recent contests.

“I don’t think they’re a stronger team,” said Julia Kelderman ’05. “I think it should be a very good matchup and a very good, competitive game. If we come out and play our game, we’ll be fine.”

Both teams were shut out

by Princeton University last weekend — Brown went down 6-0 on Saturday and the Big Red lost 3-0 on Sunday.

The Bears went on to suffer a humiliating midweek defeat at the hands of cross-town rival Providence College.

“PC played with heart and we didn’t show up, and we got blown out,” said Head Coach Carolan Norris. “I expect more from our defense than what I saw in the first 20 minutes.”

Providence won the game 5-1, with the only Brown goal coming from Evan O’Connell ’05, assisted by Kristen

Judy He / Herald

Evan O’Connell ’05 and the field hockey team will try to establish consistency against Cornell on Saturday.

Vincent ’06. Goalie Kristen Hodavance ’08 recorded an impressive 12 saves.

However, the Friars dominated the Brown team.

“The defense was very disorganized in the first half, and we weren’t doing a good job of marking our girls,” Kelderman said. “We came out flat.”

Norris, however, is concerned with more than just

see F. HOCKEY, page 8

ed action of the season, Raymond recorded seven catches for 106 yards, earning him Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors.

With its passing game in question, Bruno has become even more reliant on running back Nick Hartigan ’06. The bruising rusher has 620 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns in the season, well on his way to matching his numbers from last year, when he led Division I-AA in yards per game.

Meanwhile, the Brown defense continues to impress.

Led by co-captain and outside linebacker Anjel Gutierrez ’05, the defense has forced six turnovers and recorded 16 sacks through the first five games while allowing fewer than 20 points per contest. The front four in particular have excelled, recording seven sacks. James Frazier ’06 leads the team with four sacks, while fellow defensive linemen Pat Curran ’06 and Casey Dougan ’07 have two sacks each.

Brown’s 3-2 start can also be attributed to a much-needed improvement in the special teams with the arrival of Steve Morgan ’08. The versatile

see FOOTBALL, page 8

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Casey Dougan ’07 has two sacks for a Brown defense that has held the opposition to under 20 points per game.

M. soccer seeks to halt two-game Ivy losing skid

BY IAN CROPP

Not since November 2002 has the men’s soccer team lost three straight Ivy League games. This weekend against Cornell University, the Bears hope to end their two-game Ivy League skid and return to the brand of soccer that has made them successful.

“I think a lot of people have crossed us off,” said Ibrahim Diane ’06 of Brown’s 1-2 Ivy record. “But we are going to fight until the end.”

After losing 1-0 to Harvard University on a goal in the final minute of play last Sunday, Brown left the field despondent.

Much of this week, the team focused on several specific parts of its defensive and offensive game, as well as team play in general.

“Right now we are going to take the rest of the season one game at a time,” said Ben Brackett ’07.

Despite putting many shots on net and many clear scoring chances, the Bears failed to score a goal against Harvard.

“You only get a certain number of chances in a game,” Brackett said. “If we had scored on one of those chances, it would have opened up the game.”

A problem that continues to plague the Bears is defensive lapses that lead to goals. The coaching staff has stressed maintaining concentration for the

entire game.

“It’s been a focus of the week,” Brackett said. “Every little mistake has been analyzed.”

In its past few games, the team has played teams with indirect styles of play and has not been able to execute its specific style of play.

“We get into a kickball kind of game when we play those kind of teams,” Diane said. “We are not going to let other teams’ styles of play dictate the way we play. We are going to play our type of game.”

Against Cornell, Brown plans on bringing the stalwart defense that shut out two top-five-ranked teams earlier this season.

“We are going to be pressuring them and not giving them freebies or any chances,” Diane said.

“We don’t want to play well for 89 minutes and then give up a goal.”

In addition to beating an Ivy League team, Brown has the extra incentive for beating Cornell — the team’s starting goalie transferred from Brown. David Mahoney left Brown after his sophomore year and has started at Cornell for two years.

“We are always trying to send a message every game, but it’s going to be nice to score against him,” Diane said. “But he’s not the focus. We are focused on scoring and winning.”

Brown and Cornell will face off

Saturday at 5 p.m. on Stevenson Field.

Herald sports editor Ian Cropp ’05 covers men’s soccer. He can be reached at herald@browndailyherald.com.

WEEKEND SPORTS SCHEDULE Friday, October 22 Men’s Tennis: Wilson/ITA Fall Regional Championships, Virginia Tech Women’s Tennis: Wilson/ITA Fall Regional Championships, University of Pennsylvania Women’s Volleyball: at Dartmouth Saturday, October 23 HOMECOMING Field Hockey: vs. Cornell, noon, Warner Roof Football: vs. Cornell, 1 p.m., Brown Stadium Men’s Soccer: vs. Cornell, 5 p.m., Stevenson Field Women’s Soccer: vs. Cornell, 7:30 p.m., Stevenson Field Men’s Tennis: Wilson/ITA Fall Regional Championships, Virginia Tech Women’s Tennis: Wilson/ITA Fall Regional Championships, University of Pennsylvania Men’s and Women’s Crew: Head of the Charles Regatta, Cambridge, Mass.

Women’s Volleyball: at Harvard Men’s Golf: vs. Dartmouth, Cranston, R.I. Women’s Golf: Harvard Invitational, Cambridge, Mass.

Sunday, October 24 Men’s Tennis: Wilson/ITA Fall Regional Championships, Virginia Tech Women’s Tennis: Wilson/ITA Fall Regional Championships, University of Pennsylvania Men’s and Women’s Crew: Head of the Charles Regatta, Cambridge, Mass.

Men’s Golf: vs. Dartmouth, Cranston, R.I. Women’s Golf: Harvard Invitational, Cambridge, Mass.