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Student car ignites on Waterman A car belonging to a Brown graduate student caught fire in front of Faunce House on Waterman Street shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday. While Providence city firefighters were extinguishing the fire, the burning vehicle rolled forward into a parked car belonging to two sisters of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, who were attending an event in Faunce House. The car, a red Audi 4000, belonged to Faith Model GS, who was driving back to campus from Boston and noticed smoke and the smell of burning plastic as she crossed Prospect Street. She had pulled over on Waterman when she saw flames coming from the dashboard. She jumped out of the car and went to call police. “It’s unfortunate that I don’t have a car anymore, but at least no one was hurt,” Model said. According to Sgt. Stephen St. Jean of the Brown Department of Public Safety at the scene, campus police “responded to a fire in progress,” but were unable to put out the fire with five handheld extinguishers. They then called the Providence city authorities, who dispatched a police cruiser and a fire engine. St. Jean said he did not know what started the fire, though another officer present said he suspected the wiring in the dashboard had caused the blaze. “I feel bad for these guys, too,” Model said of the sisters, whose car sustained minor damage from its collision with the burning vehicle. “There is not too much damage,” said Phi Uong, one of the sisters. Officers at the scene said the car was to be towed. — Ben Leubsdorf

Greek Council responds to Spring Weekend conflict BY STEPHEN NARAIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

earlier that week. “The smell had been around the hall for a while, but we didn’t really know where it was coming from,” Quitman said. A week later, at around 3 a.m. Feb. 10, the bathrooms and hallways of Champlin Hall were severely vandalized. One resident, who requested to remain anonymous, said she woke up at 5 a.m. and discovered a shower covered in a red liquid with the curtain torn down. Thinking that the spilled substance might have been blood, the student immediately called the Department of Public Safety. The mess of red liquid turned out to be Jell-O shots. The vandals managed to spill cough syrup in the fourth-floor bathroom and smear shaving cream, toothpaste and dishwashing liquid all over the bathrooms on the second, third and fourth floors. Champlin Hall Residential Counselor Jessica Wall ’07 told The Herald that the words “f--- bitches” were written on the carpets of her hallway in either wine or dishwashing liquid. No one knows who the Champlin or Barbour perpetrators are. Wall said both she and Champlin’s custodian “really don’t think that any of (the Champlin) kids did it.” As a result, no one in Champlin is being charged for the damage. According to a dorm-wide email sent by Wall, the building’s custodian purchased new shower curtains with personal money to replace those that had been torn down in the Feb. 10 incident. In Barbour, residents called the Department of Public Safety and the emergency phone line for Facilities Management immediately after the oven had been turned on and opened. They were told by Facilities Management that emergency calls are prioritized by the order in which they are received. Facilities Management did not arrive at the site to take care of the smell until

The Greek Council, Brown’s umbrella organization of campus fraternities and sororities, unanimously decided Tuesday to move its annual Spring Weekend concert event, Rage on Wriston, to Friday, April 22 in response to a scheduling conflict with Passover. Traditionally, Rage on Wriston is held on the Saturday of Spring Weekend on Upper Wriston Quad, and features music by Brown students and alums. Holding Rage on Wriston as planned would be “disruptive and insensitive” to students celebrating Passover, said Chris Guhin ’05, chair of the Greek Council. “First of all, I want to extend my deepest regrets that all students cannot equally participate in this year’s Spring Weekend events. … It’s unfair for students to have to choose between celebrating Spring Weekend with their friends or observing a holy day with their family,” Guhin said. Individual fraternities will continue to hold their own events the Saturday of Spring Weekend. The Council’s decision comes as the University and numerous campus organizations are examining scheduling alternatives that would respect the religious beliefs of members of the Brown community while preserving one of Brown’s most popular campus traditions. Guhin praised planners at the Student Activities Office, especially Ricky Gresh and Phil O’Hara, who are working to “iron out the logistics” that inevitably arise when rescheduling major campus events. “The University is trying its best to work things out … whether it is getting people to help out with sound (for the concert) or staffing gates,” Guhin said. When first told about the conflict, Guhin admitted those in the Greek community were not sure what to do. Given the traditions of Spring Weekend, some students expressed reluctance to begin switching events around. “Somewhere along the line, the social chair (of the Greek Council) and I reached the conclusion that we can’t have any major events on Saturday. … The meeting (on Tuesday) was to formalize what the Greek community was going to do.” Robert Lazerow ’06, president of Alpha Epsilon Pi, Brown’s primarily Jewish fraternity, said he was grateful to the University and the Greek Council for their hard work in accommodating students observing Passover. “Personally, I was disappointed over the scheduling conflict … but I am confident that the University is making the appropriate steps and am satisfied that events are being moved

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Shortly before 9 p.m.Wednesday, a car belonging to a Brown graduate student caught fire on Waterman Street.The driver escaped uninjured, though the vehicle rear-ended a car belonging to two sisters of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary parked in front of Faunce House.

Recent acts of vandalism disturb students BY JULIANA WU STAFF WRITER

Over the past two weeks, Barbour Hall and Morriss-Champlin have experienced bizarre, and likely alcohol-fueled, acts of vandalism. Two weeks ago, Deena Quitman ’07 turned on the oven in the second-floor kitchen of Barbour to bake brownies. As soon as she opened the oven door to check the heat, she was confronted by the overwhelming stench of urine, which permeated the dorm thereafter. Residents had called the Department of Facilities Management to complain

38 juniors named to Phi Beta Kappa Thirty-eight members of the Class of 2006 were elected last week to membership in the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the oldest academic honor society in the United States. Sixteen of the students are studying abroad this semester, while 22 are on campus. To be eligible as a junior for Phi Beta Kappa at Brown, a student must have attended the University for five semesters and received 17 A’s during that time. Students may also receive Phi Beta Kappa honors in their senior year. The Alpha of Rhode Island chapter at Brown was founded in 1830. Last year the society elected 36 members of the Class of 2005. Members of the Class of 2006 elected last week: Lucia Ballard Robert Blair Brian Corcoran Vincent Criscione Andrew D’Cruz Daniel Dadush Joshua Dunford Jonathan Fader Julia Furman Anthony Halperin Danielle Hill Mayalisa Holzman Andrew Huddleston Krista Ingebretson Mia Kazanjian Matthew Krumholtz Worasom Kundhikanjana Karim Ladha Jennifer Lambe Rachel Lauter Editorial: 401.351.3372 Business: 401.351.3269

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TO D AY ’ S E V E N TS WHY THE UNITED STATES IS TARGETED BY TERRORISM 12 p.m. (McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute) — A seminar with Martha Crenshaw, Department of Government at Wesleyan University.

DEBATE ON THE FUTURE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY 8 p.m. (Salomon 001) — The Brown Debating Union presents a parliamentary-style debate concerning how the Democratic Party should regroup given recent electoral defeats.

WHY APES AND HUMANS KILL 4:30 p.m. (Salomon 001) — Richard Wrangham, from the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University, and Director of the Kibale Research Project in Uganda, discusses these issues and the social factors that have created a logic of conflict unique to human warfare.

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Harvard faculty continue assault on Summers BY ERIC BECK SENIOR STAFF WRITER

A month after Harvard University President Lawrence Summers said that women may have less innate mathematic and scientific ability than men, he continues to face a storm of criticism that threatens to tarnish and even end his presidency. The latest backlash came at a meeting of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences Tuesday, the first faculty meeting after Summers delivered his controversial remarks Jan. 14. With over 250 faculty members present, Summers sat quietly during the 90-minute meeting, where he was berated by professors, the Harvard Crimson reported Wednesday. Tuesday’s faculty meeting marked the first time in recent weeks that criticism of Summers expanded from attacks on his comments about women to general criticism about his tenure as Harvard’s president, the Crimson reported. “(We must) show the public that we are not cowards, we are not spineless and we are not with you,” said Arthur Kleinman, chair of Harvard’s anthropology department, according to the Crimson, which was the only news organization permitted at the meeting. According to the Crimson, criticisms of Summers ranged from his tendency to stifle debate and intimidate professors into silence to the debacle surrounding the 2002 departure of Professor Cornell West and inflammatory comments Summers made before his arrival at Harvard. Faculty members said Summers’ autocratic leadership style is more fit for a government bureaucracy or a corporation than an academic institution. One professor, according to the Crimson, reminded faculty members at the meeting of a remark Summers made in 1991 as chief economist of the World Bank, when he suggested transferring pollution-producing industries

from developed countries to what he called the “under-polluted” Third World. Diana Eck, a professor of comparative religion and Indian studies, told the Associated Press, “I’ve never seen a faculty meeting like it. So many people stood and spoke from the heart about how they felt about his leadership.” The faculty meeting ended with a unanimous vote to convene an unusual emergency faculty meeting Tuesday, when faculty members are expected to cast a vote of confidence regarding Summers. “Judging from the meeting today I think the likelihood of a no confidence vote is high,” Harvard Professor of Sociology and Department Chair Mary Waters told the Crimson. The Crimson reported that Summers is not expected to resign in advance of next Tuesday’s faculty meeting, though his resignation is not out of the question. “Many of your faculty are dismayed and alienated and demoralized. There is a legitimate crisis concerning your leadership and style of governance,” Kleinman told Summers, according to a transcript of his remarks released to the Boston Globe. “I have heard several outstanding colleagues say it is time to leave Harvard. I don’t believe that, but I fear others do. I ask you then to think hard about how who you are as president has taken us to this dangerous moment.” Summers expressed regret at the meeting, though some faculty members present told the Crimson they thought his apology was insincere. “I deserve much of the criticism that has come my way. If I could turn back the clock, I would have said and done things very differently,” Summers said at the meeting, according to the Crimson. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is only one of 10 schools at Harvard, but it is the largest and most powerful because it com-

prises the undergraduate college and the graduate school of arts and sciences. Summers has also faced criticism from his colleagues at other institutions. Last week, three university presidents released an unusual rebuke of their counterpart at Harvard. John Hennessy of Stanford, Susan Hockfield of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Shirley Tilghman of Princeton, all scientists, jointly prepared an opinion piece published in the Globe Saturday criticizing Summers’ remarks about women in mathematics and the sciences. “Speculation that ‘innate differences’ may be a significant cause of under-representation by women in science and engineering may rejuvenate old myths and reinforce negative stereotypes and biases,” they wrote. Princeton Media Relations Officer Eric Quinones wrote in an e-mail to The Herald, “As the issue continues to generate discussion on campuses and in the media, (the three presidents) felt — as scientists and university presidents — that it would be helpful to take a more forward-looking approach and focus on why it is important to encourage women to pursue careers in math, science and engineering.” Following the backlash surrounding his Jan. 14 remarks, Summers has apologized and recanted. “Despite reports to the contrary, I did not say, and I do not believe, that girls are intellectually less able than boys, or that women lack the ability to succeed at the highest levels of science. … I was wrong to have spoken in a way that has resulted in an unintended signal of discouragement to talented girls and women,” Summers wrote in a Jan. 19 letter to the Harvard community. In the aftermath of the controsee SUMMERS, page 9

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Vandalism continued from page 1 hours later, frustrating students. Although custodians used strong deodorants, the smell of urine lingered in Barbour for a few days, according to one resident. The entire oven unit was removed and replaced the following Monday. Acts of vandalism are not uncommon on the University’s campus. “It happens far too often,” said Joel Payne ’05, president of the Undergraduate Council of Students. According to Payne, the incidents have increased in intensity in recent years. Last semester, someone defecated on the walls of the bathroom in Josiah’s. Two years ago, Brown students angered residents of the Fox Point neighborhood by urinating on residents’ lawns and destroying property during a

party. Payne said UCS has decided that acts of student vandalism have been occurring at alarming rates. UCS is putting together an ad-hoc committee of students and faculty advisers to address the problem, he said. The committee will be cochaired by UCS members Hannah Melton ’06 and Evan Layne ’06, and will consider whether vandalism on campus is problematic enough to require administrative measures. “We’re still trying to assess the situation and looking at what our options are,” Payne said. Mark Nickel, director of the Brown News Service, said there has not been a noticeable increase in the number of vandalism instances. “Instances of serious property damage are reported as police matters,” Nickel said, but DPS has not investigated the Barbour or Champlin incidents.

Greek continued from page 1 away from Saturday night,” Lazerow said. Though still in its planning stages, Lazerow said AEPi will hold a Seder on the Saturday of Spring Weekend in lieu of their usual cocktail party. Details of the Seder are not yet available. Lazerow said though the scheduling conflict is unfortunate, he was happy to see the response by Brown students and administrators. “On the whole, everyone is receptive to responding to this problem as a group and has shown respect and cultural sensitivity to those observing Passover. … I am pleased to see this from the Greek community and the Brown community in general,” Lazerow said. Guhin notes that the traditional performance by Dave Binder, the New Hampshire folk performer who has defined Spring Weekend’s wind-down, will most likely be unaffected by the conflict since it is scheduled on Sunday after sunrise. “The date is what it is,” Guhin said. “We are mostly concerned that all students, especially graduating seniors, have the best weekend possible given the circumstances.” At the same Feb. 15 meeting, the Greek Council also endorsed the UCS proposal to remove the campus ban on kegs.

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Payne ’05 addresses UCS criticism

Mantak: Take care of friends at parties

BY LAURA SUPKOFF CONTRIBUTING WRITER

BY STEWART DEARING STAFF WRITER

As many students express opinions about changes to be effected by the Undergraduate Council of Students via this week’s WebCT poll, others have voiced their complaints against UCS through threads on the Daily Jolt. UCS President Joel Payne ’05 told The Herald that complaints targeted at individual members of UCS “put the burdens (of UCS) on one person.” Payne encouraged members of the executive board “not to post a response and not to dignify those posts,” he said. Payne acknowledged the Jolt’s attempts to prevent the occurrence of unkind, largely anonymous threads like those created Tuesday and said he understands that “it’s a freedom of speech issue.” He reiterated UCS’s willingness to listen to all suggestions and concerns, encouraging students to attend the open council meetings. “If the criticism is that real, we can take it,” he said. “I trust the students to see through people who make it their issue to disrupt student government,” Payne said. “(This week) I also saw a lot of conversations being sparked by instant runoff voting and other campus issues people want us to pursue.” By the time Wednesday’s UCS meeting began, the WebCT referendum had already generated over 1,700 votes. UCS information has also been readily available and heavily accessed through the council’s new Web site, updated by Mike Morgenstern ’08. One thousand unique visitors

Every Brown student knows someone who has been sexually assaulted, according to Director of Health Education Frances Mantak. Mantak spoke to a group of about 30 students, more than half of whom were men, about date rape and sexual assault last night in a panel organized by Joshua Wilson ’05, Melba Melton ’06, Delta Tau and Health Education. The goal of the discussion, arranged in response to a Feb. 6 sexual assault outside the Liquid Lounge at 165 Angell St., was to dispel common myths about sexual assault and inform students of pertinent resources on campus. Mantak emphasized that sexual abuse and assault can happen to anyone, regardless of race, gender, education and sexual orientation. Though Brown doesn’t have its own statistics, on the national level, one out of 10 college women has been raped in her lifetime and 10 percent of all sexual assaults happen to men, she said. According to national statistics, the majority of sexual assault victims know their assailants. “We focus on strangers, but this is disproportionate to reality. The more we focus on strangers, the less we can recognize actual perpetrators,” Mantak said. Although many students believe that Rohypnol, known as “roofies,” is the most common date rape drug, alcohol is the actual culprit, she said. Alcohol does not cause sexual abuse, but it does exacerbate it, she added. Mantak also discussed the effects of sexual assault on victims and their friends. She quoted a residential counselor, whose words she thought accurately summed up attitudes at the

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University: “People feel like, ‘I was smart enough to get into Brown, I’m smart enough not to get sexually assaulted.’ If it happens, you feel stupid and don’t want to tell.” In fact, victims of sexual assault blame themselves to regain a sense of control over their situation, Mantak said. “When people are in situations over which they have no control, like sexual assault, they focus on what they as individuals did or did not do. They blame themselves,” she said. Victims also isolate themselves from the world to cope with the intense emotional pain they have experienced. “People dissociate from their surroundings and feelings as a way to manage them. The pain becomes projected inward onto themselves or outward onto others,” Mantak said. The best way to prevent date rape or sexual assault is to go to parties with people you trust, Mantak advised. “If you go out with people you trust, they will take care of you if there is a problem or you have been drugged,” she said. see ASSAULT, page 7

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UCS continued from page 5 have viewed the site over 2,500 times in the past week. Former associate members Vance Hynes ’05 and Sara Damiano ’08 were elected to representative positions to replace resigned members at Wednesday’s meeting, allowing them to vote on two resolutions expected to be presented next week. One resolution, from the Brown Environmental Action Network, calls for the University to step up to become part of an “Energy Challenge.” “We’re trying to get Brown to commit to a certain percentage of renewable energy,” said Emily McAteer ’07, a member of BEAN who presented to the council. The resolution to bring back kegs on campus will also come to a vote next week, pending a favorable response to the poll on WebCT. Student Activities Committee Chair Sarah Saxton-Frump ’07 told the council that there will be no University events the night of Saturday, April 23 in deference to those celebrating Passover. Events typically held Saturday will be moved to Friday, and the Saturday afternoon Ben Folds concert will be over by 5, she said.

Assault continued from page 5 Many students who have been treated for overuse of alcohol by Brown Emergency Medical Services are victims of “date rape” drugs whose friends have protected them, she added. When sexual assault does occur, the best way to help a friend is to stay calm, Mantak said. “Most victims of sexual assault are afraid to get help, so if someone tells you about it, it is a gift,” she said. She advised students to use the words “I believe you” and “It’s not your fault” when talking to the victim. She also urged that professional help and medical attention be sought within 72 hours of a sexual assault. Finally, Mantak emphasized maintaining a positive outlook when dealing with sexual assault. “Please keep believing in the possibility of healing. There is a way out,” she said.

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sports fraud that is perpetuated in the United States today is that athletes at these top-tier schools really are students as well. While some undoubtedly do take advantage of the educational opportunities afforded them, many others find that their sport consumes their time to the point where attempting to keep up with classes is not a possibility. Of course, it is a lot easier to disguise one’s academic failings at an institution of 20,000 students than at a school such as Savannah State that only enrolls 2,500. It then comes as no surprise that the top athletic schools also tend to be the biggest universities. There is not a single football power that falls in what could be called the “medium-sized” category, and only a handful of basketball teams that meet similar criteria. The plain truth is that the bigger the school, the bigger the budget

and the more funds available to go to things such as athletics. It then follows that the more money for athletics, the better the program, which in turn leads to more boosters, which further enriches the already wealthy. Those who did not get a chance to jump on the gravy train at the start of this process are left out in the cold, playing in front of 500-person crowds while attempting to meet the NCAA standards for athletic funding and the mandatory number of programs. For Savannah State, it is one of those teams left on the outside looking in, paying dearly for the decision to move up and with dreams of big paydays quickly replaced by the dark underbelly that is the basement of Division I athletics.

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versy, Summers established two task forces at Harvard to deal with issues surrounding women in mathematics and the sciences and women faculty. But even some of the leaders of the new task forces have indicated they are not satisfied with Summers’ response. Barbara Grosz, Harvard professor of natural sciences and chair of the new Task Force on Women in Science and Engineering, criticized Summers at Tuesday’s faculty meeting for refusing to release a transcript of his Jan. 14 comments, the Crimson reported. “We cannot have honest intellectual discussion of your points and the evidence you provided for them so long as neither is accurately known,” she said at the meeting. Many Harvard professors were not satisfied with Summers’ apology and, according to the Globe, see the debacle as an opportunity to evaluate what they call Summers’ tarnished and embarrassing tenure as Harvard’s president. “This has been a searing afternoon for me,” Summers said after the meeting, according to the Crimson.

rently seventh in the Ivy League with 6.2 boards per contest. Hayes’ high-energy style of play is not limited to the glass. A slashing guard, Hayes excels at driving to the basket, often taking punishing hits en route for the score. Her ability to finish has even improved this season, as she is currently second in the league in scoring at 14.6 points per game. Hayes’ toughness is in her genes, too. Bob Hayes was also an NFL wide receiver who played on the Super Bowl Champion Dallas Cowboys in 1972. In the past few weeks, Hayes has taken her game to an even higher level. Two weeks ago, the Bears put together a pair of home wins against the two New York Ivy League teams, Cornell and Columbia. Hayes had a monstrous weekend, racking up 35 points and 17 rebounds during the two-game home stand, giving her the nod for Ivy League Player of the Week for the second time this season. “I was very surprised to receive (Ivy League Player of the Week), but it feels good to be recognized,”

Hayes said. “It’s definitely an award that says a lot about our team. We all have to work together to set each other up and get good looks at the basket. Plus, it’s a lot easier to play with teammates that are also your friends off the court.” She previously earned that honor on Jan. 17 after leading her team to wins over American University and Yale. Hayes was an offensive force in both games, tying her career-high of 22 points against both opponents. “Our Ivy League opener against Yale was probably our best game of the season thus far,” said Hayes, who led the Bears with five steals in the win. “We all came out on fire and we gave it everything we could as a team.” The Bears have used that fire to propel them to second place in the Ivy League with a 6-2 mark. The Bears would have been in first if they had won their game against Dartmouth Saturday. Hayes and the Bears hope to avenge their first Ivy League loss of the season on Friday when they travel to University of Pennsylvania to take on the Quakers, who won the Ivy League title last season. — With contributions from Sports Editor Ben Miller

continued from page 12 but this is far from the truth. The softball team went winless and has not scored a run in its last 20 games. The football team finished 2-8 and has already had 11 players quit while rumors swirl of an NCAA investigation. You would be hard pressed to find a more clear-cut indicator of the growing disparity between the “haves” and the “have-nots” that is going on today in college sports. While the Tigers struggle to make ends meet without even beginning to think about the quality of the product on the field, other schools such as USC can pull in multi-million dollar paydays just for one football game. Then there is the matter of academics. Perhaps the greatest

Sports Editor Ben Miller ’07 could not be called “medium-sized.”

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EDITORIAL/LETTERS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2005 · PAGE 10 S T A F F

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An open letter to vandals Dear sirs and/or madams, What on earth were you thinking? We at The Herald understand the power of alcohol to impair movement and judgment, but as of yet we have not experienced the apparent power it has to control the minds and bodies of ordinary, intelligent men and women, forcing them to rip down shower curtains and pee in ovens. Sadly, we fear that alcohol was not at the root of at least the one of the two incidents that have come to our attention. In Champlin Hall, the destruction of students’ living and showering spaces on four different floors appears to have been willful, systematic and entirely without reason. Whatever the motive, a harmless prank it was not. No, this ridiculous incident and many like it are symptomatic of the total lack of true community and respect for communal space at Brown. Small incidents every day point to a need for more community ownership of campus spaces. A vicious side effect of the free-market housing lottery system with its mercenary friendgroup shuffling and almost total recomposition of dormitories on a yearly basis is that we take no real responsibility for our dorm facilities. We are simply passing through, and the custodians will be here Monday morning to make it all new and shiny again. The residential counselor program and UCS’s slowly approaching campus region plan presuppose that there is some community to be built in our upperclass houses. The model of this belief is the tight-knit first-year unit. But whereas rising sophomores at Yale and Harvard universities are sorted into communities that they will belong to for years — somewhat like the real world — Brown students only pass through temporary shelters, which we treat as if no one will ever have to live in them again. It’s time to take some responsibility. Our support goes to the Champlin students who chipped in to pay their custodian back for their new shower curtains. Building community within residential communities requires more effort than the rest of us are making. We urge the Office of Student Life to reconsider whether the freedom of the housing lottery is really what is best for students who literally cannot hold their Jell-O shots.

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LETTERS Responses to the divestment demonstration, anti-Zionism, safety concerns To the Editor: The widely circulated account of Friday's demonstration for divestment from Israel is inaccurate. Of particular concern to us is the false allegation that University officials failed to protect student demonstrators from violence and harassment. In fact, deans and DPS officers stepped up to intervene when a heated exchange ensued between two To the Editor: Reading Sean Siperstein’s ’05 letter to the editor yesterday (“Anti-racist action preaches hateful rhetoric,” Feb. 15), I was struck by what I think is the fundamental difference in perspective plaguing the campus debate on Israel and Zionism. To Sean, the bedrock of this issue is an unshakable belief that Israel must remain a Jewish state with special rights and privileges for its Jewish citizens, and a de facto second class status for its other inhabitants. For those such as myself, who view Zionism from the perspective of its several million Palestinian victims, the bedrock of this issue is a question: Why did the Palestinian people have to surrender their homeland because the Jewish people were persecuted in Europe? To the Editor: The suggestion that Anti-Racist Action and Democratic Solidarity Committee are attempting to create an anti-racist environment at Brown (“Zionist threatens protestors as U. stands silent,” Letters, Feb. 15) is entirely laughable. They suggest that since the Department of Public Safety is not protecting them from evil, faceless “Zionists,” they have the right to pursue violent means in an attempt to create a more perfect Brown society. Of course, they barely veil this threat by suggesting that they have the right to provide their “own security,” going so far as to tie their group to the far more legitimate concerns of Action for Safety. They also seem to feel that they speak for a vast cross-section of people of color at this University. Perhaps the 20 people that showed up at their protest, shockingly, do not accurately represent the minority popula-

students. Had we observed any violations of the Code of Student Conduct, we would have taken appropriate disciplinary action. We work diligently to ensure that all members of the Brown community are afforded the same rights and protections. Margaret Klawunn, Interim Dean for Campus Life Robert Samuels, Interim Senior Associate Dean and Director of Student Life Feb. 15 A one-state solution is neither “anti-Semitic” nor “anti-democratic,” but rather the only just solution that asks each party to give up exactly the same thing: their ethno-nationalistic attachment to historic Palestine/Israel as their land and their land alone. A two-state solution, besides appearing less and less realistic each day with the growing Palestinian minority in Israel, the expanding settlements in the West Bank and the staunch refusal of the settlers to leave, provides very little hope for peace or justice in the region. A Balkanized Israel/Palestine, each with militant minorities clinging to their sense of entitlement and victimization, is a future no peace-loving person desires. Arta Khakpour ’05 Feb. 15 tion at Brown. I cannot help but think that if I were to refer to “The Spics” in an article, I would not be immune to criticism because I was simply refering to a distinct political agenda. Let's be honest: In referencing an entire group of people in this way, “Zionist” very obviously is a euphemism for The Jew. How can any Jew feel comfortable on this campus with a group asserting its right to violence and using anti-Semitic terminology? What would they make of me? I am both a Cuban “person of color” and a Zionist (Jew). The groups would have it seem that they are the victims of discrimination, and I cannot say that I agree with spitting at anyone peacefully protesting. Unfortunately, based on their inflammatory rhetoric, I wonder just who should be afraid if we were to meet in a dark alley? Perhaps, I'd better call Safewalk from now on. Daniel Hernandez ’06 Feb. 15

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OPINIONS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2005 · PAGE 11 NATE GORALNIK

NICHOLAS SWISHER

Waiting for Iraqi freedom

In defense of plagiarists

The war in Iraq, like the Vietnam War, faces American policymakers with the infuriating difficulty of engaging in asymmetric warfare against a shadowy enemy. Once again, U.S. forces that venture far from their bases meet ambushes and booby traps set up by a mysterious army whose fighters show little regard for their own lives and melt easily into the civilian population. In Vietnam, U.S. forces staged attacks along the Ho Chi Minh Trail to cut off the Viet Cong's military supply lines. In Iraq, semi-automatic rifles left behind by Saddam's army are so plentiful that they sell on the street for about the cost of a pack of cigarettes. Yet the stakes of the present battle may be even higher. Domino theory was a sham, but failure in Iraq could destabilize the region, dealing a victory to terrorist groups. After all, it was the triumph of the jihad against the Soviet occupiers of Afghanistan that inspired the modern monster that is al-Qaida. Guerrilla warfare dates back to 1808, when the newly installed King Joseph of Spain, a foreign Bonaparte, sought unsuccessfully to liberate the country's peasantry from their ecclesiastical overlords. The peasants rallied behind their oppressors. “That was all that mattered for the Spaniards,” writes Edward N. Luttwak of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, “not what was proposed, but who proposed it.” The same appears to be true in Iraq, where a reported 83 percent of Sunnis want U.S. forces to leave the country immediately. Iraq's insurgents have found plenty of new recruits eager to kill coalition forces. Iraq's intelligence chief estimates that the insurgency now numbers over 200,000 fighters. U.S. policy assumes that a participatory Iraqi government will quell the insurgency by offering representation to disparate Iraqi interests groups, but the continued presence of U.S. troops threatens to de-legitimize the new government and prevent it from providing a locus for national unity. Are we repeating the mistake we made in Vietnam? Should America cut its losses and pull out? Certainly not. When President Nixon pulled out of Vietnam, the government of South Vietnam was left helpless against the North Vietnamese onslaught. Iraq would be defenseless against the internal strife that would ensue if America left. U.S. occupation is divisive, but anarchy is explosive. It is too soon to leave Iraq, but we must prepare the government for our withdrawal. The scandal over U.S. body armor has overshadowed a glaring difficulty for the Iraqi government: it wasn't until almost two years after the coalition invasion that a single Iraqi battalion equipped with appropriate armor was deployed. The new government has only 10,000 deployable troops. We should not have waited to get serious about training Iraqi security forces. Iraq’s government must convince its people that it has a monopoly on violence, so that the payoffs of participation outweigh the payoffs of rebellion. A government that remains perpetually dependent on U.S. assistance cannot inspire that confidence. Last month, the world witnessed the bravery of Iraq's voters on Election Day. Even Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi army helped maintain order during the vote, and afterwards Sadr and other Shia leaders made unprecedented attempts to reach out to Sunnis in a bid for national unity. We first made the promise of freedom for Iraq years ago. In the coming months, we must finally deliver. Nate Goralnik ’06 shouts out to Club Sex Spiros.

Academia is conducting a witchhunt. The target? Plagiarists. Under pressure from the academic community, Jimmy Jenkins, president of Edward Waters College, recently resigned after a plagiarism scandal cost his school its accreditation. The selfstudy the college submitted to its accreditation group last month had been partially plagiarized from Alabama A&M University. The 139-year-old institution could now potentially close its doors due to an administrative lapse. Evidence clearly shows that Jenkins neither condoned nor was aware of any wrongdoing. Since becoming president in 1997, Jenkins had doubled enrollment and vastly improved Edward Waters College's facilities. Nevertheless, despite years of diligent service to Edward Waters, Jenkins paid for the mistake with his job. It is difficult to defend plagiarism — honest writing is imperative to the success of public discourse, whether it is academic, literary or journalistic. However, Jenkins’ case sheds light on the unwarranted standards regarding scholastic dishonesty and punishment thereof. Consider how Fred Barnes of the Weekly Standard censured historian Stephen Ambrose for his failure to properly cite a passage written by another author. Though Ambrose apologized for the mistake, Barnes continued his puritanical mission to seek out more supposed plagiarism in Ambrose’s work. The result? Because of a few negligible errors and an overzealous reporter, Ambrose, a prolific and influential writer, now suffers a tainted reputation.

Too often, public opinion mandates that the appropriate penalty for any sort of plagiarism should be severe. If accused of plagiarism, whether you’re a student, administrator or author, whether it’s intentional or not — don’t expect a long career. The problem with public opinion is that there is little discretion in its judgment. The majority of scholastic plagiarism cases are unintentional — a student fails to cite the words of another author or simply uses an argument or sentence comparable to something already published. Take the case of playwright Bryony Lavery, whose reputation was recently destroyed by a case of accidental plagiarism. Her play “Frozen” lifted approximately 675 nonconsecutive words from a New Yorker article about psychiatry. Lavery asserted that the plagiarism was unintentional; the playwright argued that she thought the article was “just news” and therefore not subject to copyright. Author Malcolm Gladwell wrote of Lavery’s dilemma, “She was confused because she didn’t understand how six hundred and seventy-five rather ordinary words could bring the walls tumbling down.” Is it appropriate for an entire career to be damaged because of one indefinite offense? Why make these excessively harsh judgments on unintentional plagiarists? If our ultimate goal is to promote honesty in discourse, then there’s a double standard at work here; journalists and pundits may calculatedly spew the most venomous, misleading and mudslinging of polemics, but the second they cite sources incorrectly, their reputations are decimated — just

ask Dan Rather. Over the past few years, the obsession to catch plagiarists has intensified largely as a direct response to the growth in the Internet’s usage. While the Internet is a valuable research tool, it also gives plagiarists more source material than ever before. In the United Kingdom, universities are urged to use detection software and appoint special officers in order to remain vigilant against the “constant threat” of plagiarism. But such paranoia sounds more to me like the Red Scare than a feasible effort to promote honest academic discourse. “Are you now, or have you ever been a member of the Plagiarist Party?” Fortunately, Brown University takes a more enlightened approach. Professors generally outline proper methods of citation so as to avoid confusion and ask that students visit them with any questions about plagiarism policies. Rather than fearing technology as a force of academic corruption, most professors promote Internet use. Such policies reflect trust in students. But while these smarter policies facilitate honesty in the classroom, they do little to affect the public perception of those maligned by plagiarism charges. It’s time to re-evaluate the stigma we attach to plagiarism, both inside and out of the classroom. Plagiarism is a serious problem that must be dealt with. But incorrect citation certainly shouldn’t be a reason to topple a career. and you can’t promote academic honesty with a witch-hunt. Nicholas Swisher ’08 plagiarized most of this article.

JOSHUA LERNER

Here comes the BID The bustle of urban streets and neighborhoods remain sustainable only for so long. With time, paving begins to wear, parking facilities become overcrowded, and security lags in the face of escalating crime. A common choice among retailers, shopkeepers and business owners who have a stake in the area is to develop a Business Improvement District — an area developed and maintained by a tax levied on local property owners. The taxes pay for improving facilities, such as telephone poles, paving and parking spaces. The extra taxes also pay the salaries of new BID “ambassadors,” guards who patrol the streets in order to maintain security. The ultimate goal: a face-lift that theoretically invites a prolonged boom in economic activity. Providence’s City Council recently approved the creation of such a BID downtown, a plan slated to take effect July 1. But here’s the rub: a BID has drastic implications for the lives of those who must call the streets their home. For the homeless, the creation of a BID ushers in even more insecurity into their lives. A BID sweeps the homeless under the rug to give consumers supposed peace of mind and increase the cosmetic appearance of the area it covers. Last year, the One Rhode Island Coalition estimated that minimumwage workers have to work 116 hours a week, year-round, in order to afford a two-bedroom apartment. Today,

Rhode Island’s housing crisis continues to worsen while its shelters offer the state’s homeless population inadequate support. Eric Hirsch of the Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless indicates that since 1997, housing costs have increased at twice the rate of household income. The result: more and more Rhode Islanders without homes. New York City’s Grand Central Partnership BID, established in 1988, produced some haunting stories. BID businessmen hired formerly homeless men and women to patrol the streets for an hourly wage of $1.15 — a rate that was said to be justifiable due to the fact that the service was an outreach program for the homeless, not a legitimate job. In 1995, evidence surfaced revealing that the untrained members of this street team were using physical force and violence to remove non-offending homeless people from the streets. Homeless people in Providence already have reason to fear police presence. The City Council recently passed — without public hearing — an ordinance banning “aggressive panhandling,” which is partly defined by the use of an unreasonably loud speaking voice. Unchecked, the Providence Police now have the power to intimidate, harass or arrest any panhandler whom they deem to be aggressive. To be sure, a BID in Providence will not necessarily violate the rights of the homeless. In Philadelphia, for example, police officers are required first to

give panhandlers written and verbal warnings before being able to make an arrest. But the corruption of New York’s BID authorities should make Providence just a bit more cautious in the endeavor to create its own BID. In light of Providence’s panhandling ordinance, People to End Homelessness is currently at work on a Homeless Bill of Rights, of sorts: a document delineating more specifically when, where and how a homeless person can remain in a public place without fear of harassment or intimidation. The group is also proposing a set of protocols for the BID ambassadors in order to ensure that no security officer can take advantage of a newfound position of power. Grassroots groups like People to End Homelessness are fundamental in gaining equal rights for the homeless. But what’s also necessary is our own awareness of Rhode Island’s devastating homelessness and affordable housing crises. The BID is only one indirect part of this multi-faceted problem, but we still cannot ignore its implications. If we can’t solve the housing crisis today, we must accept that there will be men and women living on the streets tomorrow. For now, though, the least we can do is try and make sure they don’t have to live in increased fear. Joshua Lerner ’07 would like you to contact him about homelessness and affordable housing in Rhode Island.

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SPORTS THURSDAY FEBRUARY 17, 2005 · PAGE 12

Toughness, rebounding from Hayes ’06 have w. hoops reeling in victories BY MARCO SANTINI SPORTS STAFF WRITER

Nick Neely / Herald

A tenacious rebounder and slashing guard, co-captain Sarah Hayes ’06 has led w. hoops to a 6-2 record in the Ivy League.

The women’s basketball team began this season with the best start in the history of the program. Leading the Bears all year has been co-captain Sarah Hayes ’06, who in her third year as a starter, has elevated her game and her team to a new level. “Sarah is always improving from game to game,” said Head Coach Jean Burr. “She is a very competitive and focused individual who pushes the team to a higher level of play.” Since her first season at Brown, Hayes has been a standout. She received the Ivy League Rookie of the Year award for the 2002-2003 season and was named honorable mention all-Ivy and co-MVP for the Bears. Her follow-up campaign was equally successful, as Hayes was again given honorable-mention All-Ivy after leading the team in rebounding and averaging double figures in scoring for the second year in the row. A psychology and history concentrator, the Beaufort, S.C. native aspires to play professional basketball in Europe. “Sarah is one our most balanced players,” Burr said. “She is very athletic, unselfish and consistent.” One of the first things that stands out about Hayes on the court is her speed. On a given play, she can grab a defensive rebound right under the basket, and with one dribble be out in front of the pack, racing coast-to-coast for a crowd-pleasing layup. Speed and quickness is in Hayes’ blood. Her late cousin, Bob Hayes, was an Olympic Gold Medalist in the 100-meter dash in 1964. The next obvious thing about Hayes is her tenacity. Although she is listed at only 5’8”, she is one of her team’s most effective rebounders, and is arguably the best rebounding guard in the league. She is cursee W. HOOPS, page 9

NHL cancels its season after 153 day lockout BY THOMAS HEATH AND TARIK EL-BASHIR THE WASHINGTON POST

NEW YORK — The National Hockey League became the first major sports league in North America to lose an entire season because of a labor disagreement Wednesday, when Commissioner Gary Bettman announced the cancellation of the 2004-05 schedule after the owners and players’ union failed to reach a collective bargaining agreement. The decision was the culmination of a labor dispute that began Sept. 15, when the owners locked the players out of training camps because the union would not agree to the owners’ demand for a National Football League-style ceiling on payrolls, commonly referred to as a salary cap. The demise of the season creates enormous uncertainties for the NHL, which has strived unsuccessfully for years to achieve a stature equal to that of the other big three sports leagues in the United States. The NHL, which claims its teams have lost $1.8 billion over the past decade and that 20 of its 30 clubs lost money last year, is instead left with an unsatisfied core fan base, no national television contract and a future very much in doubt. No Stanley Cup champion will be crowned this year, the first time that has happened since 1919, when the 2-year-

old league called off the finals because of a flu epidemic. “Every professional sports league owes its existence to its fans,” Bettman said. “Everyone in the National Hockey league owes our fans an apology. We are truly sorry.” NHL owners were determined to lower rising player salaries, which averaged $1.8 million last season. After months of rejecting a salary cap, the players’ association agreed to one this week, even as it held to its position that the NHL’s finances were not as dire as the league states. But despite a last-ditch effort to salvage the season over the last few days, the league and players could not agree on a payroll limit. “Keep one thing perfectly clear: The players never asked for more money; they only asked for a marketplace,” said Bob Goodenow, the executive director of a union representing the league’s 700 players, more than 350 of whom are playing in European leagues this winter. Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis, who says his franchise has lost $100 million since he bought it for $80 million in 1999, acknowledged that fans of the sport have been disheartened by a winter without the NHL. “When the game re-opens, we’ll have a lot of work to do,” he said. “The game is about more than just a CBA. I know this will be dam-

aging, but I am supportive of the decision the league reached.” Leonsis said he normally would lose about $20 million during a season, but said he will lose half of that this year because the lockout actually costs him less than if he were putting a team on the ice. Leonsis said deposits for season tickets would be returned to fans. Bettman said the league would turn its focus on returning to the ice for the 200506 season, adding that while the league would work to reach a collective bargaining agreement with the union, it would leave all options open, presumably including hiring replacement players if a deal is not reached. “Nobody knows what the damage to the sport will be,” Bettman said. “Nobody knows what revenues we can count on. I suspect we are going to have to do lots of things with our business partners, with our fans, with ticket prices. We’re going to have to earn back the trust, love and affection of everybody who’s associated with the game. We’re going to have to look at a completely different economic model, one that’s going to have linkage. The best deal that was on the table is now gone.” Goodenow agreed there had been damage to the game. “Fan support is going to be an issue going forward,” Goodenow said.

The dark world of elite college sports rears its head at SSU The annual “bubble watch” and hunt for one of those 65 NCAA Tournament berths is just starting to heat up for most college basketball teams. But for Savannah State, the horror show that has been BEN MILLER MILLER TIME this season has finally come to an end. On Monday, the Tigers became the first team since Prairie View in 1991-92 and the second Division I school in 50 years to not win a single game in a season. Luckily for them, the season ended better than it began, falling only 49-44 to Florida A&M. That loss was nothing compared to the 62-point drubbing they suffered at Memphis to open their futile campaign. In fact, their final loss was the closest the Tigers came all season to a win. They never led at the half and had 17 losses of 20 points of more. Their average margin of defeat was a pathetic 23.3 points per game. It would be nice to say that Savannah State’s situation is just emblematic of bad luck or a few bad bounces. But if you want to find a real reason, you need look no further than the economics of big-time college sports. Savannah State is one of the country’s oldest historically black colleges, and until recently, it had competed in Division II of the NCAA. This changed in 2002, when the school made a decision to jump to Division I with the hopes that a successful program would quickly turn into big profits. Unfortunately, the NCAA can be a harsh mistress, and the Tigers found this out the hard way. As a new member of Division I, it is nearly impossible to find a slot in an athletic conference and even more difficult to convince schools to play on your home court. Schools new to the highest level of America’s collegiate athletics find themselves on the road more often than not, playing against opponents far above their skill level just to receive the payday that will help keep the program afloat. It would also be nice to say that the basketball team was just the lone disappointment among other quality teams, see MILLER, page 9 ECACHL STANDINGS Men’s ICE HOCKEY Team ECACHL 1. Cornell 14-2-2 2. Colgate 12-4-2 3. Harvard 12-4-1 4. Dartmouth 11-7-0 5. Vermont 10-6-2 6. Brown 8-7-2 7. Clarkson 7-10-1 7. St. Lawrence 7-10-1 9. Union 7-11-0 10. RPI 5-12-1 11. Princeton 4-13-1 12. Yale 3-14-1 Women’s ICE HOCKEY Team ECACHL 1. Harvard 14-1-1 2. Dartmouth 14-2-0 3. St. Lawrence 13-2-1 4. Yale 10-6-1 5. Princeton 7-5-3 6. Brown 8-7-1 7. Colgate 6-7-3 8. Clarkson 5-10-1 9. Cornell 3-14-1 10. Vermont 3-13-0 11. Union 0-16-0

Pts. 30 26 25 22 22 18 15 15 14 11 9 7

Overall 18-4-3 20-8-2 15-7-2 13-8-3 16-11-3 13-8-3 11-17-2 13-15-2 11-18-1 13-17-2 6-17-2 4-19-2

Pts. 29 28 27 21 17 17 15 11 7 6 0

Overall 16-6-2 21-3-0 23-4-3 12-13-1 11-10-2 11-12-2 13-13-3 11-13-6 3-17-3 5-22-3 5-23-1