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Two win Marshall Scholarships

Morse says U. renovations could force her resignation

BY CHRIS HATFIELD

BY AIDAN LEVY

On a typical weekday between 1 and 4 p.m., Senior Lecturer in Chemistry Edelgard Morse tutors bewildered undergraduate students who are attempting to emerge from CH33: “Equilibrium, Rate, and Structure” with a passing grade. She has devoted the past 27 years of her life to that pursuit and was hired specifically for that purpose. Now she plans to end her residency at Brown and resign at the end of the semester.

“They’re trying to kick me out because they have hired a lot of new people, and they are looking for space,” Morse said.

Morse said she made the decision in September, after Associate Provost Nancy Dunbar informed her that her office would be relocated to another building because of imminent renovations to accommodate the new Environmental Change Initiative. The ECI, a part of the Plan for Academic Enrichment, is an interdisciplinary program that blends the social and hard sciences in an effort to address current ecological trends and resolve environmental conflicts such as climate change.

Dunbar said the program, which incorporates the departments of ecology and evolutionary biology, geological sciences, sociology and physics, would be most efficient if it were housed in Macmillan Hall — already a hub of research and development for chemistry, geology and environmental science. But one of the rooms that requires renovation for the ECI to make a smooth transition is Macmillan 213, Morse’s office.

“We’re making better, more intensive use of what is obviously a scarce resource, which is space,” Dunbar said. “The understanding was that the tutorial program could be fully

close Wednesday at 5 p.m. SafeRIDE will suspend service at 3 a.m. on Wednesday.

Most dining facilities, including the Sharpe Refectory and Verney-Woolley Dining Hall, will close on Wednesday afternoon, while Josiah’s and campus snack carts will not be open on Wednesday.

All libraries will also close Wednesday afternoon. The Rockefeller Library and Sciences Library will be open on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and normal operation hours for all libraries will resume on Sunday. Satellite fitness centers will be closed, but the Olney-Margolies Athletic Center will be open Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.

Although major University operations will cease during the break, at least one organization is trying to make the break a little bit easier for students staying on cam-

Two Brown seniors, Kingston Reif ’05 and Ryan Roark ’05, have been selected for prestigious Marshall Scholarships.

The scholarship winners will not be formally announced until early December, but Reif and Roark said they were notified earlier this week of their selections. The scholarships allow U.S. college graduates to study at any university in the United Kingdom for two years toward a Master’s degree.

Candidates must enter the competition from one of eight regions; they must live or study in the region from which they enter. If a student’s application is chosen, he or she participates in a final interview, after which applicants are notified of their acceptance.

At least 40 scholarships are awarded each year. Last year, there were no recipients from Brown. There were between 800 and 1,000 applications for the minimum 40 spots this year, according to Reif.

Roark, who will graduate in May with a triple concentration in mathematics, biology and comparative literature with a focus in literary translation, was informed of her selection Monday morning.

“It was actually early when they called, and they woke me up so I wasn’t doing cartwheels or anything, but I was really excited,” she said.

For her Marshall program, Roark will study oncology at Cambridge University, and she plans to apply for a third year so she can get her doctorate. She said she would like to become a cancer researcher after graduating, and she is considering writing books on cancer as well. Her first lab work at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, which was based in cancer research, put her on her current track, she said.

Roark is currently working on two theses, one translating the 16th-century French novel “La Mariane du Fillmené,” and the other based on her research at Southwestern. She volunteers at the Hope Center for Cancer in her spare time, and is an editor-in-chief of the Catalyst.

After her first year at the University, Roark transferred to Harvard, but she spent only a semester there before coming back to Brown. She said she realized Brown gave her the freedom to study multiple concentrations in the five-year A.B.-Sc.B. program, something Harvard could not offer.

Reif, an international relations concentrator, is planning to continue within that discipline at the London School of Economics. He said he was “flabbergasted” when he heard he had been awarded a scholarship. He said he is interested in studying in the “English school” theoretical approach to international relations, which attempts to synthesize the approaches of the three main schools of thought within international relations — realism, liberalism and constructivism. The lead scholars in the English school are at LSE, which is why it was his first choice.

Reif also keeps busy outside the classroom. He is a member of the College Democrats and Brown Model UN, plays

see THANKSGIVING, page 3

see MARSHALL, page 3

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Senior Lecturer in Chemistry Edelgard Morse says she will resign if the University moves her from her office.

Alums encourage black, Latino students to seize time at Brown

BY JUSTIN AMOAH

Black and Latino students should seek out all available resources at Brown, students and alumni moderators agreed during a discussion, “Navigating the Brown Experience,” on Sunday night.

Paul Lowe ’82 moderated the discussion, joined by his wife, Nadine Cartwright-Lowe ’82, Kenneth McDaniel ’69 and an intimate group of black and Latino students.

Lowe said the Brown experience is a journey, and he cautioned students not to run out of gas trying to navigate their way through Brown or drive too fast and end up in “a crash-and-burn situation.”

The workshop was sponsored by The Brotherhood, a campus group that exists as a safe space for black men to discuss and express socially and politically significant views.

“A lot of what I went through (at Brown) was continuous self-definition,” said McDaniel, a retired deputy CEO offi-

see MORSE, page 3

cer of the U.S. Navy. “I had to realize that the environment wasn’t going to change to suit me.”

McDaniel encouraged students to develop a “personal success plan” that would help them find comfortable study places, and to identify a resource base available at Brown. He said students should find out what kind of learning style they have, and adapt their study techniques accordingly.

Lowe is now president and founder of BHA Education Consultants in Connecticut as well as the treasurer of the Brown University Alumni Association.

“You are all-stars, and the best of the best. In 10 to 20 years, whether you believe it or not, you’re going to be the next leaders,” said Lowe, who referred to W.E.B. DuBois’ idea of college-educated black men as the “talented tenth” of society.

see LOWE, page 3

Thanksgiving break looms for students who remain on campus

BY STU WOO

Ken Lock ’08 is disappointed that he won’t be able to go home this Thanksgiving. The South San Francisco, Calif., resident said it’s impractical to fly back to the West Coast for such a short break.

“You pretty much lose two days on the plane, so you’re spending a lot of money to go back home for three days,” he said. “I’m going back for Winter Break in four weeks anyway, so it doesn’t seem worth it.”

As a result, Lock and a handful of other students will find themselves on a relatively empty Brown campus during next week’s recess, without access to many University services and facilities, including fitness centers, health services and, most importantly, food.

“I wish they didn’t close the dining halls over break,” Lock said. “I’m going to go shopping with one of my advisors for food over the break. I’ll get some Easy Mac or

something like that.”

Marylou McMillan, executive officer of campus life and student services, said most University services will be suspended during Thanksgiving recess. However, she added that essential services such as Emergency Medical Services will be available.

“The two things that we always emphasize to people is that there are always crisis and emergency people available,” she said.

McMillan said EMS and the Department of Public Safety will operate as usual during the break. She also said Psychological Services will have a clinician on call, and the Office of Student Life will have an administrator or community director available in case of emergencies.

The majority of University facilities will close Wednesday afternoon and will reopen on Monday morning. Health Services and Psychological Services will

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Ben Carlson ’07 suggests a solution to the lack of aid for transfers: a repeal of need-blind admissions opinions, page 7

Football ends season on a high note with hard-fought win against visiting Columbia sports, page 8

Young men’s hoops team drops fourth game in season, despite return of Forte ’05 sports, page 8

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A CONVERSATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY 7 p.m. (Third World Center) — A discussion about safety, diversity awareness and community policing initiatives with DPS. Refreshments will be served.

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TOMORROW ’S EVENTS “AN ECONOMIST’S POINT OF VIEW ON NEUROECONOMICS” 4 - 5:30 p.m. (CIT, Lubrano Conference Room) — Aldo Rustichini of the University of Michigan will speak as part of the Wayland Collegium Lecture Series.

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ARTS & CULTURE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2004 · PAGE 3

MEZCLA’s fall show beguiles with variety, energy

BY MADELEINE MARECKI

The Spanish word “mezcla” can be translated as mixture, combination or assortment. Last weekend, Brown’s Latino Performing Arts group, MEZCLA, lived up to its name. From traditional Mexican ballet to modern hip hop, from the complex music of tango to the contemporary beat of Destiny’s Child, MEZCLA’s fall show danced the entire Latino spectrum in Salomon 101 on Friday.

After a rousing performance by the Bolivian dance group Fraternidad Folklorica Boliviana, MEZCLA took center stage.

Ballet Folklorico Mexicano performed two traditional Mexican dances, including a visually astounding segment where six women showed off their intricate, tap dance-like steps while swishing flowing skirts in time to the music. The nearly perfect synchronization of the dancers along with the visual effect produced by the swirling colored skirts made the performance hypnotic.

A story-telling, two-part piece, “Belly Dance,” proved to be the crowd favorite, and an interesting experimental mixture of Middle Eastern and Latino cultures. The piece tells the story of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, who falls in love with a Spanish girl. The Sultan takes his love back to the palace, but the girl is met with resistance from some of the women of the court. This confrontational scene is depicted through both seductive belly dancing and aggressive body movements. The two opposing groups — the supporters and the critics of the girl — take turns showing their authority and power with their impressive dancing. The Spanish girl, played by Deniz Arduman ’06, and the leader of the opposing group, played by Marilyn Markman ’06, displayed clearly superior belly dancing skills, making them a marvel to watch.

The first contemporary-flavored piece of the show was set to “Los Santos” and featured the Merengue group members performing a funky, edging routine to the heady, fast, hip hop-like beat. This innovative piece was not traditionally Latino, but it expressed the African roots and influences of Latino culture.

In “Gala,” MEZCLA dancers performed a piece incorporating several different Latino dance influences set to varying music, many of them party tunes, in celebration of thirty years of Latino presence at Brown. Although not as meticulously choreographed as most routines, “Gala” expressed the pride of Brown’s Latino community.

Morse continued from page 1 functional and move to a different location, but we didn’t feel like we had as many choices for a program that was as large and complicated as the ECI.” Morse argues that relocating the tutorial center would be detrimental to the success of the CH33 program.

“I don’t want to say that one can teach chemistry students anywhere,” Morse said. “It has to be close to where the chemistry is, so they can come to me right before the lab.”

While Morse offers extra help to students in CH33, they also have the option of transferring into the self-paced tutorial program if they are failing the course. These students have until the end of the second semester to finish the course with Morse and receive full credit.

While her resignation will have no effect on the majority of the nearly 500 students enrolled in CH33 this semester, the approximately 40 students enrolled in the tutorial program will be forced to return to Brown before the end of winter break to ensure that they have sufficient time to finish the program within the first or second week of spring semester.

The tutorial program was the direct result of a revolt that took place in April 1975, when approximately 40 minority students commandeered University Hall and issued a series of demands. After a 38-hour sit-in, administration officials agreed to certain concessions: in addition to improving the minority student recruitment program, the administration agreed to establish support programs in math, writing and chemistry to level the playing field for minority students with insufficient background in these subjects.

Prior to the creation of these programs, it was rare for a minority student to enter the fields of medicine, engineering or science at Brown, Morse said. In order to satisfy the requirements for these concentrations, students must complete introductory chemistry.

After the institution of the tutorial program, success rates for minority students rose. Since then, almost 500 minority students have entered medical school after graduation from Brown, according to Morse. Morse has aided approximately 1,000 students since her appointment, she said. Since 1998, she has offered her services from her current office, which was built adjacent to the chemistry labs for tutoring. Prior to

Next, the intricate and fascinating art of tango took center stage. Invited by MEZCLA, Ellen Mayer and Robin Pfahning of Providence Tango performed an Argentine tango, in which every step is improvised. It is imperative that the two dancers understand and connect with each other completely. The concentration on Mayer and Pfahning’s faces showed the intensity of the improvisation, and the duo put on an impressive show replete with intricate and intertwining steps.

The highly anticipated “Meren-Reggae-Hop,” a mixture of Merengue, hip hop, and Reggaeton, was another crowdpleaser. One of the unique specialties of MEZCLA, this performance melds varied music and dance moves from Latino and popular culture. The story of this piece centered on a girlfriend (MEZCLA President Yara Lorenzo ’05) who pretended to be sick in order to avoid her boyfriend (Owen McDougall ’07). The girlfriend went out clubbing with her group and was eventually caught by the boyfriend and his posse. Music from Destiny’s Child, Usher, and Fat Joe highlighted the great dancing by both the women and the men.

The men were very impressive, particularly McDougall.

Their dance moves were smooth and sharp, in perfect time with the music.

This spring will mark MEZCLA’s 10th anniversary.

“Putting this show together was such a labor of love,” Lorenzo said. To show their appreciation to the audience for their support, MEZCLA members surprised everyone when they ran down the aisles, throwing MEZCLA T-shirts into the crowd.

After the show, Lorenzo spoke of the tremendous amount of work the group put into the realization of its latest project.

“Since the first week of the semester, the performers were meeting. The board members have been meeting since the summer, once a week for three to four hours. People love this organization,” she said.

Lorenzo said the biannual performance is important for the Brown campus. “(The MEZCLA performance) is often the first encounter with diversity of Latino culture for many people on campus,” she said. “Every year we present a beautiful, positive representation of Latino culture. There are so many negative stereotypes (of Latino culture) from the media. People think we are monolithic, when we have so many different cultures.” that, she worked out of the Metcalf Chemistry building.

“This office is absolutely gorgeous,” Morse said, referring to her current space. “When students come in here, they are often very depressed because they are failing a course, and they’re usually freshmen. This room is more cheery.”

While the chemistry department intends to find a replacement for Morse immediately, she said she does not think it is possible to find someone with as much experience.

“The thing that’s sad is that anybody can fill anybody’s position, but it takes a while before you get used to caring for the students,” Morse said. “The next year or so will not be easy for whomever takes over.”

Professor Richard Stratt, one of the three professors who teach CH33, has collaborated with Morse over the years to ensure that his students pass. “She’s not going to be easy to replace,” he said. “She’s more than just a chemistry teacher.

She’s an advisor for these students.”

During her appointment, Morse has prevented approximately one-sixth of the students enrolled in CH33 from failing, Stratt said.

“There has been fairly strong sentiment within the chemistry department that they don’t understand at all why that particular space is being renovated,” said Paul Williard, chair of the chemistry department. “It will be a loss to those individuals who have been working with her because she does a very, very good job.”

Her students agree. “She’s very good,” said Mary Greene ’06, who is taking the course to satisfy pre-med requirements. “Without it I’d probably fail, and if it were in another building, I’d still go.”

Arielle Rames ’07, a marine biology concentrator, said she would also make the trek to see Morse regardless of the location, but she’s not certain that everyone shares her sentiments.

“People don’t like to go very far away, especially when it starts getting cold,” she said.

Unless Morse can be relocated to a room she deems adequate in Macmillan, she will resign, she said. While renovations are not scheduled to begin until winter break, there is no sign that the administration will renege on its plan to renovate the already cramped Macmillan instead of another building.

“There’s a sense of maximizing our space,” said Dunbar. “There will be lots more faculty and students in Macmillan than there were before.”

Thanksgiving continued from page 1 pus. The Third World Center is inviting everyone on campus to its Thanksgiving dinner. Organizers say that the dinner will include cooking, conversation, games and good food. Frank Crespo ’07 attended last year’s TWC dinner with 20-30 other students, and said he is looking forward to this year’s feast.

“It gets pretty solitary around here during the break, so it’s nice to know that there are other people on campus,” Crespo said.

Many international students are staying on campus during break. Sean Hong ’06.5 said that instead of taking a 14-hour flight home to Korea, he’ll stay at his dorm during the recess and spend Thanksgiving Day at a friend’s house in Providence.

“I feel all right because I can go to Korea during the winter,” he said.

Because his family does not celebrate the American Thanksgiving, Hong said that he won’t be especially tough to be away from home during the holidays.

Instead, he is looking forward to the break. “I can rest,” Hong said.

Lock is also eager for the break. He said he is looking forward to the TWC Thanksgiving dinner and for time to take it easy. “It’ll be nice to be able to relax for the five days,” he said. “I definitely do miss home, but I’ve already been here awhile so I think I can wait a couple of more weeks.”

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

Lowe continued from page 1 Lowe said Brown is like a huge computer database: “If you go through Brown and you don’t seek out help, you might as well attend a community college.” He urged students to network and take advantage of Brown’s resources.

Lowe said he felt there was more cohesiveness among black students when he attended Brown than there is now. The unity was expressed through the existence of black fraternities on campus, which carried the spirit created at historically black colleges.

Cartwright-Lowe said her class was not as cohesive as earlier classes but that during her time at Brown, faculty members of color would gather minority students of the class together.

Lowe listed 10 navigational tips to help guide students. He encouraged students to network with other students and alumni of color, take notes about their experience and share them with other students, be aware that racism exists but not let it inhibit their academic achievements and try to form an alliance with people who support their goals.

Some students said they feel disconnected from the resources at Brown, feel the need to compare themselves to white students and worry that their actions in the classroom represent a whole race because at times they are the sole minority in their classes. One said he felt he had to experience Brown alone when he first arrived on campus because the system was not made for him to succeed.

“We are not here on our own, and we did not make it here on our own,” said Nicholas Few GS. “We participate, therefore we are,” he said, commenting on the black community at Brown.

Elmo Terry-Morgan ’74, associate professor of Africana studies, encouraged The Brotherhood to establish a network among students that would help students of color navigate through Brown and thrive academically.

Marshall continued from page 1 intramural basketball and football, works at the Watson Institute and has been a guest columnist for The Herald.

Reif said he has considered getting into policy after he finishes at LSE. “I’m very interested in the State Department,” he said. “That’s probably the route I will go unless I really love what I’m studying, in which case I might stay in the academy, but probably not.”

— With additional reports by Dana Goldstein

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her and making her work hard for each of her 19 points.

With a little under eight minutes to go, and the Bears still down by 15, Burr switched the Bears into a full-court press to get the team back into the game.

The strategy worked, as the Bears went on a 23-11 run.

With time running out and the Owls ahead by six, Sarah Hayes ’06 stole the ball from a Temple guard and found Ashley King-Bischof ’07 at the top of the key for a three-pointer to pull the Bears within three with 15 seconds left.

Unfortunately, that was the closest the Bears would get, as the Owls converted their free throws to close out the game.

“This was a complete team game. Holly was very effective down the stretch in drawing people and creating driving and passing lanes,” said Burr.

Hayes was the catalyst defensively for the Bears with five steals, including two in the final minute.

“Sarah stepped up and took charge,” Burr said. “She is at her best when the pressure is on.”

The Bears showed very balanced scoring, led by Robinson with 19 points. Hayes and Kelly added 15 and 14 points, respectively.

The Bears return to action this Tuesday as they travel to New Jersey to take on Fairleigh Dickinson University.

some really good things.”

Although the Bears shot 48.3 percent from the field in the first half, they only went to the foul line once. They were down only three at the half, but when their shots stopped falling in the second half, the Bears’ lack of size was a huge disadvantage.

“We are not as talented in the post,” Partee said. “Our lack of experience inside has forced us to play as a perimeter team, and when that is the case, you aren’t

Herald staff writer Justin Goldman ’07 covers women’s basketball. He can be reached at herald@browndailyherald.com.

Football continued from page 8 ’05, Tyler Johnson ’05 and Ian Tolle ’05, rushed for his fourth touchdown, giving him a Brown record 17 on the season.

“We’re talking about controlling the football and making first downs and they did better than that,” Estes said. “They put points on the board and put the game out of hand.”

The efforts of the defense were similarly hard to overlook. A strong defensive effort spearheaded by Craig Young ’05 (five tackles and an interception) kept Columbia from retaking the lead.

Paul Kaminski ’05 and Mike Stefanacci ’05 each contributed

Recap continued from page 8 seconds behind the Crimson.

—Ian Cropp Equestrian After three straight losses, the equestrian team again fell short of the top spot at Connecticut College, placing second behind the University of Connecticut.

Brown aggressively matched UConn in nearly every aspect of the show, but despite a tremendous effort, lost to its nemesis by a score of 41-40.

Brown won all eight divisions, and took six runner-up spots and seven third places. Jamie Peddy ’06 captured first in both open fences as well as open flat.

Meanwhile, Marissa Geoffrey ’07 grabbed first in both intermediate flat, in which she was the point rider, and intermediate fences. Peddy also won the highpoint ride off, while Geoffrey took fourth. Brown is currently second in the regional team standings, trailing UConn by six points. three tackles, while linebackers Scott Epperson ’05 and Dan Doublin ’05 combined for 12 stops and a sack.

For Marietti, the victory in his final game in a Brown uniform was particularly sweet. “He did what a veteran quarterback should,” Estes said. “I owe him a lot for the four years of service he put into this football team. I didn’t just do this for him, I did this because we were thinking that he could go out there and win for us.”

Hartigan was clearly the star of the game with 179 yards and four touchdowns. Along with the single-season touchdown record, Hartigan also set a new Brown mark for points in a season with 102.

“A lot of (my touchdowns)

going to get to the foul line as much.”

The Bears were back in action yesterday in Dayton, Ohio. This was Brown’s fourth road game in seven days. The wear and tear of traveling was apparent from the moment the game tipped off.

The Bears started three freshmen, Huffman and first-time starters Adolphe Coulibaly ’08, and Macdonald. Brown fell behind early, 19-2, and only recorded 18 first half points while giving up 44.

“We had a lot of good open looks,” Partee said. “We executed

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—Madeleine Marecki Men’s and Women’s Fencing The hard work of the fencing team paid off again as it performed well at the Northeast Fencing Conference meet held at the University of New Hampshire this past weekend. The team walked away with seven wins in nine events against several area schools.

The women swept the meet with a 5-0 victory, led by allAmerican epeeist and tri-captain Ruth Schneider ’06 and foilist Jennifer Hausmann ’07, who recorded victories of 12-1 and 132, respectively. No female fencer won by less than a five-bout gap.

The men’s squads, however, did not do as well as their female counterparts, ending the day 2-2.

They solidly defeated the University of New Hampshire and Boston University, but fell to Tufts University and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. The men had the only undefeated Brown fencer of the day in foilist Jeremy Zeitlin ’07, who went 6-0.

—Zaneta Balantac have to do with me and a lot of them have to do with the rest of the offense,” said Hartigan. “It’s an honor to be called upon in those situations by coach, and I’m just doing the best I can in those situations.”

With the Columbia game barely on the books, Estes was already thinking about next season. “I’m just proud of the way our seniors played, Estes said. “But right now it’s about letting people like Nick Hartigan step up to lead this team next year. We were talking about it all the time, as soon as that Columbia game is over we start planning for next year.”

Assistant sports editor Chris Mahr ’07 covers football. He can be reached at herald@browndailyherald.com

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Herald names 115th editorial board

BY MORGAN BIRMINGHAM

The annual Herald banquet Friday night introduced the 115th editorial board of The Brown Daily Herald — or did it?

Outgoing editors Juliette Wallack, Philissa Cramer and Julia Zuckerman, all ’05, revealed that although The Herald went daily in 1891, it has actually published since 1866, making the new board so blithely referred to as “115” in fact the 140th editorial board of The Brown Daily Herald.

Nevertheless, the disillusioned staff of The Herald managed to raise a toast to the departing 114 and welcome the new editors.

Jonathan Ellis ’06 will take over as editor-in-chief, joined by Sara Perkins ’06 as executive editor and Dana Goldstein ’06, Chris Hatfield ’06 and Lisa Mandle ’06 as senior editors.

Ellis, who spent this semester directing coverage of College Hill and Providence as Metro editor, is an Ann Arbor, Mich., native. The computer science and public policy concentrator brings his news sense, reporting and editing experience and wry sense of humor to the position. Ellis is well-versed in the University’s capital campaign after reporting on the two donations from Sidney Frank earlier this year.

A Milton, Mass., native, Perkins brings to the board an eye for news, honed in newsrooms of both The Herald and the Patriot Ledger in Quincy, Mass. After spending the spring of 2004 editing The Herald’s Metro section, Perkins became news editor, helping the 114th board direct coverage of campus events and issues.

Hailing from New York City and its suburbs, Goldstein moves onto the board after a year at the helm of the RISD News section. Armed with reporting experience at home and abroad, Goldstein brings to the board a broad perspective about politics, and her training as a writing fellow will also be useful in her editorial position.

Hatfield, of Salem, N.H., brings his strong leadership skills, admirable work ethic and undying love for Boston sports, especially the Red Sox, to The Herald. In a year as sports editor, Hatfield has raised the standard of Herald sports writing. His dedication and enthusiastic attitude make him a welcome addition to The Herald’s leadership team.

Returning to Providence after studying abroad in Madagascar this semester, Mandle spent long nights at The Herald last year as design editor. A native of Los Altos, Calif., Mandle will bring to the board her strong news sense and maturity.

Meanwhile, next year’s business staff will ensure The Herald’s financial success. Ian Halvorsen ’06, a history concentrator from Summit, N.J., will step up to lead the team as next year’s general manager. Daniel Goldberg ’07, of Westport, Conn., will balance his neuroscience studies with serving as The Herald’s Executive Manager.

At Friday’s banquet, Herald Design Editor Peter Henderson ’07 received the annual Brown Daily Herald Award from the 114th editorial board for being a steadfast and indispensable part of the Herald staff. Since replacing Mandle on nightly layout duty, Henderson has brought music to the office. Thankfully, Henderson, an Ann Arbor, Mich., native, will be continuing in his position in January.

Meryl Rothstein ’06, a history concentrator and grizzled veteran of the Arts and Culture section, is returning to the section from a semester in Seville, Spain, in the spring. She’ll join Melanie Wolfgang ’07, a New Bedford, Mass., native who is moving from her post as chief of the copy desk and bringing along the same arts understanding that she used while covering this semester’s campus visit from Dustin Hoffman P’07.

Senior Staff Writer Justin Elliott ’07 will move in as the editor of the Campus Watch section. A Latin and history concentrator from Bridgewater, Mass., Elliott helped cover last year’s RIAA lawsuit against the University and profiled newly-elected Rep. Bobby Jindal ’91.5, R-La. Robbie Corey-Boulet ’07 showed his aptitude for metro news reporting when he covered the mugging of Judy He ’07, The Herald’s outgoing sports photography editor, behind The Herald’s offices. An urban studies major from University Place, Wash., Corey-Boulet also wrote about neighborhood concerns with Brown’s expansion.

The Herald is proud to introduce a new features section this spring semester. Steering the new project will be Stephanie Clark ’07 and Kira Lesley ’07. An American history concentrator from Mill Valley, Calif., Clark has been a prolific writer since her first-year spring, covering campus visitors such as “Ethicist” Randy Cohen.

Lesley, from Portland, Ore., has brought keen observation and writing skills to feature subjects ranging from Hope High School to campus voice mail.

Taking over the sports section will be Chris Mahr ’07 and Ben Miller ’07. Mahr, a native of Newton, Mass., and a devout Red Sox fan, has been an assistant sports editor for two semesters, a wide range of sports. Miller, who foolishly thinks his hometown Baltimore Ravens have a chance against the New England Patriots, has been one of the section’s most dependable staff writers.

Ari Savitzky ’06 and Te-Ping Chen ’07 will step in to the opinions section. Savitzky, a Providence native and history concentrator, served as campus life chair and atlarge representative of the Undergraduate Council of Students and was a columnist for The Herald and Post- this fall.

Te-Ping Chen ’07 is a sociology and international relations concentrator. She joined The Herald this fall as a regular columnist.

Chen, of Oakland, Calif., works as a writing fellow and is active in the Student Labor Alliance.

On the production side, The Herald will welcome two new photography editors, Juliana Wu ’06 in general photography and Ashley Hess ’08 in sports photography.

Wu, a transfer from the University of Chicago, was a news reporter and photographer there, and has contributed in both capacities to The Herald this semester. Hess, a first-year from Dallas, is on loan from the women’s rugby team and ran her high school’s paper.

Taking over as copy desk chiefs will be Katie Lamm ’07, an international relations and history concentrator from New York City, and Lela Spielberg ’07, a history concentrator from Westmont, N.J. New graphics editor Matt Vascellaro ’07 has drawn his popular comic strip “Jero” for three semesters and written and directed his television show “White

Brown Friends” for one. He has never actually had the opportunity to lift weights with President Ruth Simmons.

The 115th editorial board also announced the names of writers who have become staff writers this fall.

Stu Woo ’08, a San Francisco native, has been one of the most prolific new writers, pouncing on news of interesting campus speakers and even ones who aren’t actually coming.

Anne Wootton ’08 brings clear analysis to event coverage and to news ranging from the performance of the Annual Fund to a display of Jack-o-Lanterns.

Eric Beck ’08 has become a goto writer for complex stories. The Tampa, Fla., native was part of The Herald’s election coverage team and has kept up with changes in student activities, Brown First, and campus fitness facilities.

M.C. Lader ’08 came to Brown from high school in Connecticut and a home in London, and she was integral to The Herald’s election coverage.

Christopher Chon ’08, another integral part of election coverage, reported on the campus reaction to the presidential election and explained the complex initiatives some Brown voters faced on the Rhode Island ballot.

Ben Leubsdorf ’08, from Washington, D.C., brought the Keeney Quadrangle perspective to The Herald’s election coverage and a penchant for investigation to stories about library leaks, electronic registration and Thayer Street evictions.

Jonathan Sidhu ’08, hailing from the Los Angeles area, adds enthusiasm and friendliness to The Herald’s offices. He has covered issues large and small, from police responses to off-campus parties to a documentary about Scrabble.

The Herald also welcomes three new sports department staff writers, Caroline Brandon ’07, another D.C. resident, Jilane Rodgers ’06, from Brea, Calif., and Boston native Charlie Vallely ’06.

M. hoops continued from page 4 our offense, but just couldn’t get the ball in the hoop.”

In addition to missing uncontested perimeter shots, the team once again struggled to get to the foul line. The team also continued to struggle defensively.

“We had a lot of defensive breakdowns,” said Ruscoe. “The last two games we just haven’t played good defense.”

With a short break for Thanksgiving, the Bears have nine days off before taking on Wagner in Staten Island, N.Y. on November 30.

Herald staff writer Carolyn Brandon ’07 covers men’s basketball. She can be reached at herald@browndailyherald.com.

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EDITORIAL/LETTERS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2004 · PAGE 6 S T A F F

E D I T O R I A L

Season of thanks-giving The Thanksgiving story of friendly cooperation between British settlers and Native Americans may be little more than myth, but because we feel there is merit in an annual accounting of our blessings, we have compiled this non-comprehensive list of the things for which we, as Brown students, have to be grateful.

Thank you to Marshall Scholarship winners Kingston Reif ’05 and Ryan Roark ’05 for making us all look good. And thank you for triple-concentrators. They keep the rest of us humble.

Thank you to Senior Lecturer Edelgard Morse, who has helped generations of Brown students pass CH 33: “Equilibrium, Rate and Structure.” Because of you, more students have been able to realize their dream of making it to med school.

Thank you for alumni who take time out of their busy lives to visit campus, reminding us just how lucky we are to be Brown students.

SHANE WILKERSON

Thank you to BuDS for providing us with dozens of “Thanksgiving dinners” throughout the semester, so we can prepare for the one that counts.

Thank you for a fall semester that’s one week shorter than it was last year. Yes, finals really did sneak up on you.

Thank you to our senior athletes completing their final seasons this fall. You keep the Brown Bear spirit alive. Rarr!

Thank you to our amazing Brown artists and performers of all stripes. Especially the ones who paint their faces with fake blood and lie on the Green. You keep us sharp.

Thank you to Sidney Frank for the Jägermeister with which we will wash down our turkey — to the tune of $120 million.

Thank you for the incredible privilege of our Brown education. Where else could we take any class we want, meet thousands of Ivy Leaguers who don’t know their non-existent GPAs and use meal credit to clog our arteries with fried dough?

LETTERS Carlos misguided in her election analysis To the Editor: “Same as it ever was” by Marjon Carlos (Nov. 17) was a misguided piece of political hate speech that termed everyone who voted for George Bush an ignorant fool.

While polls say that 20 percent of voters’ most important issue was moral values, Carlos assumes that this was the only reason these people voted.

Furthermore, what does Carlos think the other 80 percent of voters were doing at the polls on Election Day? They certainly weren't voting for John Kerry.

Carlos goes on to insinuate that the Texas Republicans are fighting against the huge influx in

minority population in the state. This would be quite strange considering that the president received a clear majority of the Hispanic vote in states such as Texas and Florida.

Ms. Carlos needs to learn that politics is always a struggle from within, but the real fight is on the outside, because it is that preacher's son from Kentucky, that ignorant fool, who will gladly take up arms so that people like you are protected in writing your misguided hate.

Jacob McAuliffe '06 Nov. 18

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OPINIONS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2004 · PAGE 7

Harrowing trips GUEST COLUMN BY EMILY NEMENS

With the bulk of the nation making their way to Mom, Dad, Grandma or Uncle Dick’s house for Thanksgiving dinner this week, traveling in late November can be a trying experience. Whether you’re heading to Warwick or the West Coast, the turkey and the loving family at the end of the road are usually reasons enough to fight the crowds. My family lives in Seattle, though, which is too long a haul for a four-day weekend. Since coming to Brown, the stress of cross country travel has led me to embark on a secondary plan: East Coast Thanksgivings.

For the past three Thanksgivings, I have traveled through 10 states along the Atlantic. And while pumpkin pie always inspires me to persevere, I have had some harrowing trips.

First year I was a homesick, fledgling vegetarian, wary of turkey and post-Sept. 11 air-travel. So I traveled by train to my aunt’s house in Northern Virginia and stuck to her mashed potatoes, sans turkey gravy. The meal at my aunt's house and my travel along Amtrak’s rails were both disappointing — mashed potatoes really do need to be drowned in gravy, and the train was flooded with what seemed like every prep-schooler on the eastern seaboard. Growing up in Seattle, I had never met a prepschool kid, so I was not used to their antics. As we inched through New Jersey, the shrieking on cell phones and the shuffling of their brown loafers got old real quick.

Sophomore year I decided to stay close to Providence, splitting the long weekend between the house of a friend’s grandmother in southern Rhode Island and another friend’s place in Boston. Grandma’s house was a postcard Thanksgiving — warm and full of laughter, card games and family that loved one another.

There was still something amiss in the Norman Rockwell scene, however. Laid out on the table was a big turkey and eight kinds of dessert — four ice creams, two pies and two cakes. But where were the side dishes?

I’m used to a Nebraskan Thanksgiving, which involves no less than three kinds of stuffing, two mashed starches, four green things and giblets. The family did cook some peas as a token vegetable and opened a can of cranberry sauce for a hint of color, but

there were about 15 of us, and their proportions were horribly, horribly wrong. As far as I could tell, everyone got about eight peas, a teaspoon of mashed potatoes and half a pint of ice cream. Trying to fill up while not offending anyone by eating all the vegetables on the table, I was forced to eat, almost exclusively, turkey and dessert. Let’s just say, after a year and a half of vegetarianism and usually limiting myself to three desserts at a time, my stomach was not prepared for that kind of gastrointestinal challenge.

The strangeness of celebrating Thanksgiving away from home.

The next day my friend drove me to Boston for the hand-off. En route, it started snowing. Coming from snowless Seattle, the thought of driving through the snow appalled me. But my hardened New England friend and her brother thought the snowstorm was no big deal, and we plowed on through Massachusetts. I curled into the fetal position in the backseat and prayed we didn’t fishtail off a bridge. Ten minutes later, we hit some ice and careened into someone’s front yard. The yard was fine, but while spinning out of control at a raging eight miles an hour, we managed to hit the lone fire hydrant on the block, head on. No one was hurt, but we knocked the fire plug to a 45-degree tilt and lost our license plate deep in the hole where the fire hydrant once stood. My plan for a low-travel, low-stress holiday did not pan out as expected.

Junior year I went back to the Washington, D.C., area, flying this time. I was expecting chaos at the airport but

was not prepared for my first flight to be so tiny — the plane was a 19-seat commuter plane from Providence to New York — or so overbooked. Someone at the gate wasn’t counting heads, because when everyone boarded and took their seats, there were still three people and a seeing-eye-dog-in-training looking for a spot. The dog stayed pretty calm and avoided the chance to freak out in the plane’s small quarters, but its owner got kind of rabid, emphatic that the two of them get on the flight. A few businessmen who were no doubt dreading a holiday with the in-laws gave up their seats like as many hot potatoes. With a prayer that the dog wouldn’t get air sick, we were off.

I made it down to D.C. in one piece and faced the next challenge: to eat turkey or not. Since the last time I’d seen him, my cousin had started college and become a born-again vegan who lived off of soy products and David Bowie alone. Watching my aunt make him a separate batch of mashed potatoes without butter I imagined the pilgrims were rolling over in their graves. There are morals, but then there are holidays, and mashed potatoes without butter for this flexible vegetarian was taking things one step too far. I was ready to have gravy back in my life and nibbled on some turkey for sentimental reasons. Turns out tryptophan, that drowseinducing chemical in turkey, is kind of incredible in combating the stresses of holiday travel. It seeped into my bloodstream on slow release for the rest of the weekend, and I made it back to Providence, sleepy-eyed but well-fed.

So what’s the plan for this year? After all my negotiations with german shepards and fire hydrants, I’m bracing myself for some travails in my travels. Over great distances or right nearby, getting to a home for the holidays can be a bumpy, icy, over-booked road. But even if it is not like Mom used to make it, there is plenty of tryptophan-laden turkey (or soy products and wine) to warm your heart and make the return trip a little easier.

Emily Nemens ’05 wishes you safe travels.

BENJAMIN CARLSON

Fairness at any price Much of the debate in these pages about the injustice of denying transfer students financial aid has overlooked the most obvious solution to Brown’s avowed paucity of funding, and for good reason. This solution, if we truly want to give our transfer students fair and equal consideration, would require the repeal of need-blind admissions to Brown. But implementing it would require the renunciation of an article of faith, a policy that to many students at elite schools constitutes a self-evident good as dearly held as the notion of equal access to education, and one that has acquired a special significance at Brown in the last decade.

Before I provoke the ire of too many students, I should emphasize that my goal is merely to present the other side of this important issue, which has had a direct impact on the well-being of transfers at Brown.

Up until 2003 — roughly the same time that the University made good on its promise to admit students regardless of income — transfer students received financial aid in the same need-aware manner that other matriculants did. After that year, however, transfers were no longer eligible for aid. It does not take a keen mind to perceive that this correlation is not accidental, and we should not balk at frankly evaluating all the ramifications of this tradeoff.

Of course, as a member of the first class admitted under a need-blind policy in many years and a recipient of generous financial aid from the University, I understand the reluctance with which many of us approach this issue. “Need-blind” implies fairness and a leveling of the playing field between rich and poor. To many, it represents one of the most important steps toward striking out the notoriously old-boy exclusivity of Ivy League institutions. It sounds egalitarian.

But in so many cases, the practice does not measure up to the ideal. In the last few years, a number of uni-

versities have acknowledged the failure of their needblind policies to significantly increase the representation of low-income students at their schools. Last spring, Harvard reported that fewer than 16 percent of its students came from the bottom half of the national income distribution, despite having a need-blind policy for many years and a reputation for offering extremely handsome aid packages. Princeton observed the same disturbing decifiency in 2001 and revised its financial aid policy to entice low-income students with grants for

A case for revoking need-blind admissions. accepted applicants. Sidney Frank’s $100 million donation for subsidizing the education of Brown’s neediest students fulfills a similar purpose. All told, however, fewer than 150 students out of 5,500 are expected to qualify.

We should hardly be surprised at these low numbers — need-blind admissions do nothing to effectually alter the philosophy of historically elite and discriminatory schools. Instead, need-blind admissions merely shield universities from responsibility for the economic composition of their classes behind a curtain of meritocratic rhetoric that resonates with American ideals of bootstrapping and self-determination.

Under a need-blind system, rich students continue to benefit overwhelmingly from the emphasis on stan-

dardized tests, extracurricular activities and flashy experiences in college admissions, while poor students fade to the background because their disadvantageous circumstances in life do not factor into the committee’s decision. (Unless, of course, the applicant is sufficiently familiar with the process — as rich students are — to know that a heartwarming essay on overcoming misfortune never fails to impress application readers.)

The sum effect of these changes is an increasing sense of entitlement among the very same wealthy students who, 50 years ago, knew that that their admission to the Ivy League was recognized by society as a badge of privileged status as much as an affirmation of intellectual acuity. Without this sense of qualification, without this sobering consensus that wealth plays an essential part in college admission — which it undeniably does — elite Americans are free to feel genuinely superior to those of a lower station. Taking money out of the picture does not create equality; it promotes inequality and an attitude of self-righteousness among those who should be most humble.

This is the problem of need-blind admissions. Until measures of talent that do not favor the wealthy are employed, there can be no truly level playing field.

Perhaps the only solution is for colleges with ample resources — a group that unfortunately excludes Brown — to reintroduce a need-aware policy that, like affirmative action, pays regard to the inherently unequal circumstances of the first 18 years of applicants’ lives.

Until then, we should put an emphasis on the fair and equal treatment of all Brown students, transfers included, in financial matters. If that means that we must revoke a flawed policy of need-blind admissions, then so be it.

Benjamin Carlson ’07 feels grateful for what he has.

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SPORTS MONDAY NOVEMBER 22, 2004 · PAGE 8

First winning season in three years for football

BY CHRIS MAHR

Thanks to the steady guidance of quarterback Nick Marietti ’05 and the dominant running of tailback Nick Hartigan ’06, the football team ended its season on a high note, defeating Columbia, 33-21.

The pace of the game was set during Brown’s first offensive series, on which Marietti threw for 23 yards and two first downs.

The first completion was to Mike Westbrook ’05, another senior who had not seen much playing time this season. A 21-yard field goal by Steve Morgan ’08 gave the Bears a quick 3-0 lead.

Columbia (1-8, 1-5 Ivy League) showed no signs of lying down, responding with a 66-yard touchdown drive to surge ahead, 7-3.

But Brown regained momentum: timely passing by Marietti allowed Brown to take a 10-7 lead three minutes later.

“I was just excited that coach gave me the opportunity to play on Saturday,” said Marietti. “I just tried to go out there, be confident, step up and try to make plays.”

Morgan hit another field goal to give Bruno a 13-7 lead going into the half. The second half proved to be like many for Brown this season as Hartigan took over.

“He is an unstoppable, very productive and very durable back,” Estes said. “To take the pounding that he does game in and game out and carry the ball 39 times is pretty incredible.”

Consistent with the game’s back-and-forth nature, the two teams traded touchdowns to make the score 20-14. Once

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Quarterback Nick Marietti ’05 made the most of his first and last collegiate start, going 16-of29 for 189 yards. again, Brown replied. Keyed by a 19-yard reception by Jarrett Schreck ’06 on third-and-10, Brown responded with a touchdown as Hartigan scored again, putting Bruno up 26-14.

Columbia managed to get it back to a one-score game, scoring another touchdown with 3:21 left. They attempted an on-side kick, but co-captain Anjel Gutierrez ’05 signaled fair catch, drawing a 15-yard penalty when the Lions tackled him.

“I saw how the ball was placed and thought it could come to me,” said Gutierrez. “Then when he kicked the ball, it was just instinct that took over and that was that.”

Starting at the Columbia 31, Bruno sealed the win with another score. Hartigan, behind offensive linemen Sean Fortin ’05, co-captain Will Burroughs

see FOOTBALL, page 4

Weekend sports recap: M. ice hockey upsets No. 8 UMD with one-tenth of a second to go Men’s Ice Hockey The men’s ice hockey team (2-41 overall, 1-3-1 ECAC) notched a dramatic 2-1 road win over eighthranked University of Minnesota at Duluth (6-4-2) on Saturday, giving the Bears a split of the two-game weekend series following a 6-2 loss the night before.

In the game’s final tenth of a second, Jeff Prough ’08 scored off a pass from Sean Hurley ’08 to finish the comeback. Brown goalie Adam D’Alba ’08 turned back 44 Duluth shots in his first career start.

In Friday’s 6-2 loss, captain Les Haggett ’05 scored two power play goals, the first of which gave Brown a 1-0 lead in the middle of the first period. But sandwiched between Haggett’s goals were four Bulldog scores. When Brown fell behind 5-2 in the third period, D’Alba relieved starting goalie Kevin Kliman ’06 for the final five minutes.

On Saturday, Brian Ihnacak ’07 was back in the lineup following a benching last weekend, contributing the tying goal mid-way through the third period.

—Matt Lieber Women’s Ice Hockey The women’s ice hockey team (5-3, 3-3 ECAC) split their two games this weekend, overcoming Clarkson University on Friday night 2-1 but falling to sixth-ranked St. Lawrence University on Saturday 2-1 in overtime.

Against Clarkson, the Bears picked things up in the second period when Kathryn Moos ’07 scored at 10:42 on an assist from

Road weariness gets to m. basketball in losses to Rhode Island and Wright State

BY CAROLINE BRANDON

Even the return of last year’s Ivy League Player of the Year, Jason Forte ’05, could not propel the men’s basketball team to victory over the University of Rhode Island.

The Bears lost Friday night 7262, then came up short again Sunday afternoon in Dayton, Ohio to Wright State University, 67-44. The losses put the Bears’ season mark at 0-4.

“With such a new, young team,

I think this will be rebuilding year,” said assistant coach Andy Partee. “With eight new players, people are going to be taking on different roles from game to game. We have to find our identity as a team and it is going to take some time.”

The team’s freshmen have been playing a large part. Damon Huffman ’08 tallied 14 points with four three-pointers in 31 minutes on Friday night.

Mark MacDonald ’08 added 13 points

in 16 minutes off the bench. Also coming off the bench, Forte contributed 23 points, six rebounds, and four assists in 35 minutes in his first game back from being suspended.

“The freshmen are the bulk of our team,” said co-captain Luke Ruscoe ’06. “Without one of our starters on the court, the underclassmen have had the opportunity to play more minutes and do

see M. HOOPS, page 4

In close defensive battle, Temple Owls spoil season opener for w. basketball

BY JUSTIN GOLDMAN

The women’s basketball team dropped a tough game to Temple University 78-71 in a defensive battle Friday night, spoiling its home opener.

Neither team was able to establish itself in the first half as the lead changed hands eight times. The Owls, behind center Candice Dupree’s 14 points, pulled ahead of the Bears to go into the half up 2925.

“We wanted to focus on

(Dupree), but she was still very effective in the first half,” said Head Coach Jean Marie Burr.

The second half mimicked the first, as the teams continued to hold each other scoreless for extended periods. The Owls opened the scoring with two three-pointers to push their lead to ten, but the Bears kept the game close early in the second half with strong manto-man defense.

“Pressure on the ball was key for us. We wanted to pressure

their guards and make them work,” Burr said.

That strategy proved effective, as the Bears frustrated the Owl guards all night long.

However, the Owls were even more effective defensively, shutting Bruno down as they built a 15-point lead midway through the second half.

Temple was especially strong against center Holly Robertson ’05, rotating three players on

see W. HOOPS, page 4

Kerry Nugent ’05. Seconds later, Christine Holdredge ’07 scored to put Bruno up two goals, and Brown held on to win. O’Hara Shipe ’08 tallied 14 saves in goal for the win.

The next day, the Bears faced off against St. Lawrence. Brown broke a scoreless tie at 3:58 in the third on a power play goal from Myria Heinhuis ’06. The shorthanded Saints tied the game a minute later, sending the game into overtime, in which Rebecca Russell put in the winner on a power play, denying Brown a weekend sweep.

—Kathy Babcock Volleyball The volleyball team (8-17, 5-9 Ivy League) closed out its season with a five-game loss to Yale University on Thursday. In their last collegiate games, co-captain Elvina Kung ’05 posted 42 digs and Tanya Rinderknecht ’05 had 11.

Rachel Lipman ’08 and Katie Lapinski ’08 also recorded doubledigit digs with 18 and 13, respectively.

Leading the offense was Shawn Tulac ’07, who recorded a seasonhigh 22 kills. Julie MandoliniTrummel ’08 had 15 kills, followed

by Lauren Gibbs ’06 with 14. Leigh Martin ’06 connected for 63 assists and 17 digs to end the year with her 11th double-double of the season.

—Marco Santini Wrestling The wrestling team missed a top-three placing by a mere 2-1/2 points at the Keystone Classic this weekend, placing eight of ten wrestlers.

The Bears were hurt by a weak quarterfinal round in which only three grapplers won their matches, and injuries to co-captain Mike Pedro ’07 and Lee Beane ’06 prevented them from continuing, resulting in their being defaulted to sixth.

The Bears bounced back in the consolation rounds as Doran Heist ’06 won his next two matches to place third after losing a major decision to No. 1 seed T.J. Morrison of Rider.

—Bernie Gordon Women’s Swimming This past weekend saw the women’s swimming and diving team even its record at 1-1.

Harvard came to town Friday evening and came away with a substantial victory of 209-92. The few first-place finishes the Bears garnered were the 200-meter freestyle by Becky Kowalski ’07, the 3-meter dive by Jessica Larson ’06 and the 100-meter backstroke by Mariana Chuck ’05.

The women reversed their fortunes on Saturday as they came away with their first win of the season against Dartmouth. Brown took first place in all 12 events, taking a 151-68 decision. The team swept the 400-meter individual medley, as Bridgette Cahill ’06 took first, Lauren Harlow ’07 placed second and Dillon Delaney ’08 finished in third. Ashley Wallace ’07, Meredith Cocco ’07 and Kowalski

swept the 200-meter butterfly as well. Capping the performance was Larson, who took first in the 1meter dive.

—Adam Royster Men’s Swimming Like the women’s team, the men’s swimming and diving team (1-2) also garnered a split over the weekend, defeating Dartmouth 122.5-188.5 but falling to Navy 134107 in a tri-meet Saturday at the Smith Swim Center.

The meet started out well for the men, as they took first in each of the first three events. The quartet of Brian Sharkey ’06, Matt Del Mastro ’05, Matthew Zimmerman ’05 and Michael O’Mara ’07 took the 400-meter medley relay in 3:30.65, while Peter Volosin ’08 started a great individual day by winning the 1,000-meter freestyle.

Timothy Wang ’05 won the 200meter freestyle in addition to taking third in the 100-meter freestyle.

After Sharkey took third in the 50-meter freestyle, Eric Brumberg ’06 swam to victory in the 200meter individual medley, and Volosin took first his second event of the day, winning the 500-meter freestyle. To cap off the day, Brown won the 400-meter freestyle relay with the same group of four that had earlier won the medley relay.

—Chris Mahr Men’s Crew Four weeks after the men’s crew team competed at the Head of the Charles Regatta, it made a trip back to Cambridge, Mass., this past Saturday to compete in the less publicized Foot of the Charles.

The team sent five separate four-person boats that included members of the varsity eight and freshman eight to compete with several Boston-area schools.

Brown’s first two boats finished in third and tenth place in a field of 68. The top freshman boat finished sixth-tenths of a second behind Harvard’s freshman four, an improvement from the Head of the Charles, when the Bears lagged 20

see RECAP, page 4 B ROW N S P O RTS S CO R E B OA R D Friday, November 19 Women’s Swimming: Harvard 209, Brown 92 Women’s Ice Hockey: Brown 2, Clarkson 1 Women’s Basketball: Temple 78, Brown 71 Men’s Basketball: URI 72, Brown 62 Men’s Ice Hockey: University of Minnesota-Duluth 6, Brown 2 Women’s Squash: Harvard 9, Brown 0 Men’s Squash: Harvard 9, Brown 0 Saturday, November 20 Men’s Swimming: Brown 122.5, Dartmouth 118.5 Men’s Swimming: Navy 134, Brown 107 Football: Brown 33, Columbia 21 Women’s Swimming: Brown 151, Dartmouth 68 Women’s Ice Hockey: St. Lawrence 2, Brown 1 (OT) Men’s Ice Hockey: Brown 2, University of Minnesota-Duluth 1 Wrestling: Fifth place — Keystone Classic Equestrian: Second place — at Connecticut College Sunday, November 21 Men’s Basketball: Wright State 67, Brown 44