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Having brought the graduate school to a more prestigious position than ever before, Dean of the Graduate School Karen Newman will leave her position in May after a three-year tenure. Newman signed on as dean in 2001 with the intention of serving in the position for only three years, she said. Newman has held a faculty position at Brown since 1978 and did not see her appointment to dean as a career change, but rather a three-year term during which she had the opportunity to help shape an exciting period in Brown’s history. A recently appointed search committee has called for candidate nominations to succeed Newman, due March 31 and will continue the search process from there, said Provost Robert Zimmer. Graduate school applications have increased by 46 percent since Newman began her term, and the selectivity of graduate school admission is now at 17 percent, almost equal to the college’s 15.9 percent. Newman attributes these changes to the graduate school’s navigable new Web site and to her administrative review of the graduate school, which included adding budgetary administration and standardizing forms. In general, Newman said, “the buzz is out there” about Brown’s investment in expanding faculty, enacting need-blind admissions and enabling a stronger community for its graduate students. Newman has been lauded most recently for her work with the development of the Cogut Humanities Center and the Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World and has invigorated the graduate school through her commitment to the Plan for Academic Enrichment and active outlook on educational development, Zimmer said. With funds from the Plan for Academic Enrichment and budget reorganization, Newman raised graduate student teaching assistant stipends to equal mid-range salaries among competitor

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The Tomassi Combo — Evan Brown ’06, tenor saxophone; Yoshi Fujita ’06, alto saxophone; and Chris Erway GS, trombone — brought some jazzy tunes to Grant Recital Hall on Monday Night in the Jazz Combo Concert. schools. She also worked to build community around graduate research by applying for and instating five Mellon Graduate Workshops a year. These seminars bring students writing their dissertations together to share ideas and expedite a process that is often isolating and lengthy. “I came in ready to enact the Plan for Academic Enrichment and through that, strengthen the mission of the University,” Newman said. Newman’s colleagues were full of praise for the departing dean. Dean of the College Paul Armstrong said Newman fully understood the participatory enterprise that is learning. “If we could clone Karen Newman, that would be great,” Armstrong said. Newman understood the role of the graduate school in “making the fabric of the University College strong,” Zimmer said. He gave Newman credit for putting the graduate school on its feet with her high level of academic standards and val-

Student dies in New Pembroke 1 A student was found dead Tuesday in New Pembroke 1. Providence Police and Department of Public Safety officers limited access to the dorm Tuesday evening until the body was removed from the building. A student who lives in the dorm told The Herald that a police officer informed him that an NP1 resident died “several days ago” but did not specify the cause of death. PPD detectives said they could not confirm the death until next of kin had been notified. University officials refused to comment. —Eric Beck Editorial: 401.351.3372 Business: 401.351.3269

ues. “It’s really important that we see a triangulation, not just a dyad,” Newman said, reflecting on the importance of a relationship between undergraduates, graduate students and faculty. A strong graduate school helps Brown attract topnotch faculty and enriches the experience of undergraduate students, particularly those involved in research, she said. Even as a dean, Newman remained committed and connected to undergraduate education, having participated in an Undergraduate Teaching and Research Assistantship and having read several undergraduate theses while dean. On top of her administrative duties, Newman has continued to teach one class per year in the departments of English and comparative literature, where she has a joint appointment. After a year’s leave, during which she will work on a research project tentatively titled “French Shakespeare,” Newman will return to Brown to teach.

President Ruth Simmons will chair a search committee for the next superintendent of the Providence Public Schools, Mayor David Cicilline ’83 announced Tuesday. The 19-person committee will be responsible for recommending a final group of candidates from which Cicilline and the school board will make the ultimate selection. In a preliminary timeline that the Mayor’s Office shared with Simmons, the search should finish in mid- to late-summer, said Marisa Quinn, assistant to the president. Current Superintendent Melody Johnson announced in February that she had accepted the position of superintendent of schools in Fort Worth, Texas. Frances Gallo, former director of administration for the school department, has been appointed transition superintendent until a permanent replacement is found. The search for a new superintendent comes at a pivotal time for the Providence school system. Problems within the system were exemplified during recent troubles at Hope High School, as the Rhode Island Department of Education outlined a “Consolidated Corrective Action Plan” for the school after a series of public hearings in December. Some public officials called for Hope’s closing, or for the state to assume control of the school, but the action plan appointed a special master to supervise improvement efforts. At the March 1 faculty meeting, Simmons had said the University would announce new initiatives with the Providence school system the week of March 7. These initiatives have now been postponed until a new superintendent has been named, Quinn said. Simmons’ involvement with the search committee will not affect her efforts in the silent phase of the University’s capital campaign, Quinn said. — Herald staff reports

Seniors seek employment with varying degrees of luck BY ALEXANDRA BARSK SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Looking for a job is undeniably a stressful and time-consuming process — some seniors got it over with in the fall, others are just now starting to fill out applications, and then there are those who have done their best to avoid it altogether. According to Kimberly DelGizzo, director of the Career Development Center, at this time of the year, she encounters seniors who are at a wide variety of points in the job-hunting process — including those who do not even want to think about starting to look. “There are those students who did oncampus recruiting — some who are doing investment banking or consulting and who already have positions — and a lot of other people who have been actively involved in the job search who have some things percolating,” DelGizzo said. “And then there’s a pool of students who either don’t want those fields and so they haven’t been looking for anything else yet, or they’ve been looking but they haven’t found what they need and want and are getting a little stressed about it.”

In terms of her future employment prospects, Shereen Kassam ’05 has been stress-free since December. She has already secured a position as a business analyst at Deloitte Consulting in Boston and will start work in August after taking what she called her “last vacation ever.” Kassam applied to about 10 different firms, all through the CDC’s eRecruiting website, and ultimately chose between three different offers. According to Kassam, the application process for the investment banking and consulting positions included up to three separate rounds of interviews, which, she said, required a good deal of preparation. For the consulting positions, she read case study books and conducted mock case studies with friends. And for the investment banking positions, “You have to know what’s up in the markets, read the Wall Street Journal, remember everything you learned in economics,” she said. According to DelGizzo, many students hold the misconception that the on-campus recruiting program, run by the Employer Relations staff, serves primarily students who are interested in invest-

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ment banking and consulting because it is those industries that tend to do heavy and visible on-campus recruiting. Though the CDC tries to bring a broader spectrum of industries to Brown, DelGizzo said, many organizations do not conduct on-campus recruiting because they cannot afford to, their hiring need is not great or that is not typically the way they hire. Han Wen ’05 also used the eRecruiting Web site to submit applications in the fall, but because she had planned to go to graduate school in political science, she said she originally viewed the job search as “a backup plan.” Wen said she did not start putting a great deal of effort into the application process until she heard about a marketing position at L’Oréal in New York — a job she ultimately secured. “I spent much more time on that application,” she said. “I did a lot of preparation for interviews, a lot of research. I read as much as I could on the Internet about the company, the industry and their comsee JOBS, page 5 News tips: herald@browndailyherald.com

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WORLD IN BRIEF Fed mentions inflation; Wall Street reels (Los Angeles Times) The Federal Reserve hiked interest rates Tuesday and rattled investors by warning about rising inflation pressures, marking the first time in more than four years that the central bank has openly worried that prices might be climbing too quickly. The Fed’s shift raised the prospect that interest rates could be headed significantly higher this year, which in turn could slow the economy — and particu-

larly the still-booming housing market. Nervous investors drove the Dow Jones industrial average to its lowest close since late January, while interest rates on long-term Treasury bonds surged to their highest levels since June. At its regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday, the Fed lifted its key short-term interest rate by a quarter-point, to 2.75 percent — the seventh such increase since June.

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TO D AY ’ S E V E N TS “RESTRICTING REASONS, ATTENUATING DISCOURSE: RAWLS, HABERMAS, AND THE CATHOLIC PROBLEM” 12-1:30 p.m. (Petteruti Lounge, Faunce House) — Featuring Robert George of Princeton University, this lecture is part of the series "Religion and Law."

DAMS, DEVELOPMENT, AND RESISTANCE ON INDIA'S NARMADA RIVER 5 p.m. (Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute) — Mike Levien, a 2001 Williams College graduate, will give a slide show and presentation on the issues surrounding the Sardar Sarovar Dam and the people's movement that has been resisting it for two decades. Based on his experiences, he will talk about the dam, the movement, the values and paradigms of development at stake and the role of the World Bank.

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MENU SHARPE REFECTORY LUNCH — Hot Corned Beef on Rye, Barley Pilaf, Cauliflower, Green Beans and Peppers, Red Potatoes w/ Shallots, Frosted Cookie Squares, Hot Roast Beef Sandwich

VERNEY-WOOLLEY DINING HALL LUNCH — Vegetarian Cheese Soup, Ham and Bean Soup, Pizza Supper Pie, Vegan Roasted Vegetable Burritos, Mexican Corn, Frosted Cookie Squares

DINNER — A Night on the Town Dinner Special

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W W W. D O R M S N AC K S . CO M Don’t be fooled by the professional Web site and prompt delivery — the founders of Dormsnacks.com are four sophoO N mores. In EN 9: “Management of Industrial and Nonprofit Organizations” as first-years, Robby Klaber ’07 and Kevin Dickson ’07 jokingly egged each other on to come up with business ideas. One day, Dickson showed up in Klaber’s room and said he thought he had “something.” After bringing two other classmates on board — Herald photographer Chris Bennett ’07 and Matt Bornstein ’07 — the group began developing a business model for a snack delivery service in EN 90: “Managerial Decision Making.” When the group realized existing companies provided a similar service, Dickson said he “went through a crisis, thinking someone’s already doing this.” But the Dormsnacks staff soon realized their organization could be different. “A lot of (snack service) companies are pretty much students hiding stuff in their dorm rooms who then get on their bike to pedal out deliveries and collect a few dollars,” Dickson said. But Dormsnacks.com eschewed guerilla sales for an actual business plan. “That helped formalize our ideas,” Klaber said. “We had a very comprehensive business plan that detailed every small aspect.” Incorporated last May and launched in October 2004, the company now offers over 500 products, ranging from food and drinks to tampons and Q-tips. Unlike food delivery services at other campuses, Dormsnacks.com requires no minimum purchase and delivers merchandise to dorms every Sunday with no extra charge. “We felt as students that we were being taken advantage of because CVS and Store24 pretty much have a monopoly in the area,” Dickson said. “We’re trying to cover costs, but more importantly we’re try to get products to students at lower prices.” Dormsnacks purchases merchandise in bulk from a variety of wholesalers and retailers in the area offering the best prices. Rather than encountering skepticism on account of their age, the group has built professee SNACKS, page 5

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In a tiny office hidden behind empty cubicles on the first floor of Barus and Holley, a collection of Brown graduates and three current students are developing a product that could change the way the world sleeps. Nearly two years ago, a student on the West Coast complained to a friend at Brown that because of early morning grogginess, her test had gone poorly. She suggested that an alarm clock that could detect your sleep patterns and wake you up in a light stage of sleep would solve the problem. Within months, a team of students with combined engineering and entrepreneurial expertise came together and incorporated Axon Sleep Research Laboratories, intent on developing a product with exactly that purpose. “There has been 20 years of research of sleep inertia, but no one had done anything with it,” said Axon President Eric Shashoua ’04.5. “We are really the first to come up with something that is not a gimmick, but a real product, based on real science.” By the end of 2004, Axon Labs had raised over $250,000 and signed with an industrial design firm to develop the aesthetics of their product — SleepSmart — beyond a head-

Working for a technology consulting firm in high school, Ethan Wingfield ’07 realized he could offer the same services to smaller businesses and nonprofits at lower prices. Wingfield started élan Web Development, his fifth business, the summer before his first year at Brown. “Entrepreneurship is definitely in my blood,” Wingfield said. Ben Creo ’07 joined him in spring 2004, along with a friend of Creo’s studying at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. This fall, the three began working with Herald Copy Editor Zac Townsend ’08, who had flirted with entrepreneurship since he started a small mutual fund in middle school. In the seemingly ubiquitous world of Web design, Wingfield said élan has distinguished itself by combining high design quality with a “robust content management” system that allows customers to update their sites on their own, at any time and with minimal training. “We’re the only firm I know in the area that takes both of these together and provides them to their clients,” Wingfield said. Although élan has yet to become incorporated or develop a definitive business plan, it is already making a profit — much of which is reinvested. “The beauty of our business model, being pure consulting, is that we didn’t have to prove ourselves,” Wingfield said. “We could dive right in and do what we know ourselves capable of doing.” The Brown students recruit clients, assess their needs and do “mini-branding” work developing logos, but delegate the technical design component to others whom they pay on a contract basis. “The great thing about that for clients (is) that when they come in with a unique set of needs, we don’t have a staff group of people, we go out and find people who meet their exact needs,” Wingfield said. But he added that élan does not simply serve as a middleman. “We work with (clients) through the entire process,” Wingfield said. Although Creo’s father’s law firm was one of its first clients, élan has moved beyond its initial business of

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The dot-com boom may have died years ago, but a series of successful businesses started and run by current Brown students proves that college entrepreneurship opportunities still abound. Although the University may have a reputation for being anti-corporate and has limited business-related course offerings, Professor Emeritus of Engineering Barrett Hazeltine estimates he may have advised nearly a hundred burgeoning businesses over the years. The three companies profiled offer only a snapshot of start-ups flourishing at Brown. Entrepreneurship, said Hazeltine, “is infectious.”

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Elan continued from page 3 “several thousand dollar” engagements with lawyers, architectural firms and accounting groups. They are currently working on the Brown Hillel Web site. “When you’re just starting off, it’s important who you know,” Creo said. After that, he said success depends on providing a good service and “referrals, referrals, referrals.” All three members agreed that being half the age of many clients has not hurt them. “People have an automatic assumption that young people are good with technology and that they bring youthful tech savvy to this sort of work,” Wingfield said. “There is an instant legitimacy lent to us by coming from Brown — we’re not just like any three college students,” Townsend said. “Some people occasionally have apprehensions, but once they talk to us … they realize we’re really well organized.” Each of the three members has a multitude of extra-curricular commitments — Wingfield recently resigned from UCS, but Creo serves as Campus Life Chair and Townsend as Communications Chair. Given their varied interests, élan’s future trajectory

Murphy continued from page 8 training again. He had the opportunity to meet and talk with Lance Deal, an Olympic silver medalist in the hammer throw and throws coach at the University of Oregon. Eugene is known as one of the biggest cities in the track and field community, and according to Murphy, lived up to its reputation. “It was a great atmosphere for track,” Murphy said. “It was completely different than anything I’d been around. Everywhere you went, when people found out you were on a track team, they were excited and wanted to talk to you about it. It was contagious.” Returning to campus in the fall, Murphy used the motivation he gained from the summer to begin training for the spring. Now, Murphy will travel with the track team to Florida once again this spring break to pick up where he left off. He will put on a

generates much internal discussion. Regardless, all three of them plan to stick with the business in the near future. “I wouldn’t define any of our challenges as unique to us. They are challenges any small business deals with,” Townsend said. “We want to grow, so how do we grow?” Wingfield agreed that their future could take several different directions. For now, he hopes they will continue to build on their success. “Who our clients are now may not be who our clients are in a year. Adapting the model to that is a process that requires a lot of thinking and discussion and healthy argument,” Townsend said. But for now, the three entrepreneurs remain college students. “Anyone involved with business at this level as an undergrad already think to themselves ‘Am I starting work too soon? Have I stopped being a student too soon and evolved at too fast a rate?’ ” Creo said. “Every person who does this will answer in the same way: ‘This business is a learning experience. I love what I do.’ ” “We don’t sleep, we work really, really hard, and you can’t do this unless you really care about the people you’re helping,” Wingfield said. “Between those three things we manage a really good business and keep clients happy.”

Brown uniform for the first time in two years with not only his own goals in mind, but those of the team as well. “Having Hugh back for the outdoor season means a lot for team morale after our disappointing finish indoors,” said cocaptain Jake Golenor ’06. “He’s humble and a natural leader.” A limited schedule leading up to Heps will help to reduce possible strain on his arm and poise him to take an individual win for the Bears. “It will be tough competition, since All-American Sean (Furey of Dartmouth) returns,” Eisenreich said. “He’ll be going up against one of the best throwers in the country to win.” While an individual Heptagonal title is the primary objective, neither he nor Eisenreich see it as the biggest goal. “I want to finish top-five in the country,” he said. “We’ve already been throwing marks equivalent to (NCAA) Regional (qualifying) marks in practice. It’s been a long time, but I’m finally ready.”

Axon continued from page 3 band and Altoids tin. This February, they obtained a permanent patent on the product. Shashoua said they intend to test the device this summer and begin selling it in 2006. Shashoua said the product will likely last up to 700 consecutive days and be priced at roughly $199. Although a grant obtained through Professor Emeritus of Engineering Barrett Hazeltine allows Axon to base their office on campus, they are autonomous from the University, like any other student business. But unlike many Web-based campus startups that do not need funding before making revenue, Axon benefited from the support of Brown alumni — some of whom they met at an Entrepreneurship Program event. Shashoua said two of the company’s board members and half of its investors are alumni. Both Shashoua and Business Development Manager Jason Donahue ’05 have been involved in previous business ventures and said that their experience helped get Axon on track. “We knew what the process was and how important it was to get a lot of things knocked out of the way quickly,” Shashoua said. “We were careful to take people on our team who we knew to be highly responsible and high-performing people.” The fundraising process took longer than expected, and Shashoua spent most of his time attracting investors. But once checks started coming in, people were calling “out of the blue,” he said. “We thought: How does this happen? Just two months earlier we were being rejected.” Axon now faces yet another round of fundraising, as well as questions about the best way to distribute and market their product. Still, if the response SleepSmart has received at presentations around the country is any indication, interest in the product is considerable. “A lot of people say ‘Oh, I don’t need one, but my spouse does,’ ” Donahue said. The Axon team’s enthusiasm for entrepreneurship and confidence in their success has caused some members to turn down what Shashoua described as “compelling opportunities” in order to stick with their own venture. “I’m going to be working with these guys for as long as it takes,” said Chief Technology Officer Ben Rubin ’05, adding that he now thinks differently about his future because of the experience. But Axon’s rewards even thus far have not come without some personal costs. The difficulty of balancing student and business lives is probably why many Brown businesses fail, Donahue said. “We’ve all been sleep deprived, which is really ironic,” Shashoua said. “It took time and a little bit of risk to make the leap to entrepreneurship, but so far it’s already been rewarding,” Donahue said. “This way I’m not a cog in the machine. I see exactly what I am doing for this company.” As far as their eventual goals for Axon, Donahue and Shashoua agreed that while any entrepreneur who could take their company public would seize the opportunity, they are simply focusing on bringing their product to the market. “Getting on ‘Good Morning America,’ that’d be a good goal,” Donahue said.

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Jobs continued from page 1 petitors.” And her work paid off. During the four separate interviews, she said, “I was able to anticipate what the aims of their questions were. I was able to respond with very relevant information. … I could show them that I had devoted my time to studying this.” Though Wen said she is happy with her decision not to pursue graduate school, she said it has been a source of anxiety. “I feel like the choice I’m making now will have large implications with the way my life will turn out,” she said. It is this thought that causes Clement Lee ’05 — who is not sure exactly which career path he wants to pursue — to be nervous about the job hunt. “We’re in a system where you can live 21 years and not make any real decisions about what you want to do,” he said. “With a summer job, you know that you only have it for three months. … This feels really serious; it feels like you’re going to lock yourself into something for at least a couple years. That’s my nightmare: having no foreseeable end.” Lee plans to move back home to New York after graduation and to work as a paralegal intern during the summer while looking for permanent employment. “It’s nice to have something to tide you over so there’s not this overwhelming impending sense of doom hanging over your head,” he said. DelGizzo said that ideally, at this point, all seniors would have started their job search months ago. But she added, “It’s never too late.” Kassam went to the CDC for the first time during her first year at Brown to figure out how to get an internship for the summer.

Tennis continued from page 8 faced a tough challenge in Soma Kesthely, but was able to rally after dropping the first set and won 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the first spot. Tedaldi won the only other close match 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (6) in the sixth spot,

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“I went to all those workshops and one-on-one meetings, did the assessment testing,” she said. “It was helpful for coming up with a game plan.” According to Jeffrey Wyrtzen ’05, the CDC’s resume and cover letter advice was most helpful. “I think Career Services is all you make of it. If you want them to help you they will, but if you sit back and aren’t proactive they’re not going to do much for you,” he said. Like Wen, Wyrtzen had wanted to pursue a graduate education — in his case, law school — after Brown, but he reconsidered those plans after spending his junior year abroad in England. To discover alternative options, Wyrtzen met with a career counselor, spoke with her about his interests, and then took an online personality test to determine which career paths might suit him. From that, he learned that advertising, public relations or marketing would possibly be good fits. “I didn’t really know much about (those industries). … I never really thought about them until they were suggested to me,” he said. Though he has, thus far, applied to and interviewed with about four different advertising and public relations companies — which he found through family and friend connections rather than from job postings — Wyrtzen said he has not been very aggressive in his job search, due in most part to the time constraints of academic life at Brown. “Despite the fact that you know you have to get a job, it can be hard to find the motivation,” he said. Though he is still without a job for next year, Wyrtzen remains optimistic: “You have to be somewhat hopeful. You need to go into it seeming confident and eager and enthusiastic,” he said.

sional relationships with many distributors. “A lot of people admire what we’re trying to do and are very supportive,” Dickson said. While Klaber and Dickson said existing customers remain loyal and take them seriously as a business, attracting new customers is their greatest challenge. “The most challenging thing is getting people onto the Web site and to change their habits,” Dickson said. Apart from these marketing challenges, Klaber said the biggest surprise has been students’ preference for healthier fare. Still, Kraft Easy Mac remains one of their most popular items. As a Web-based company with little initial cost, Dormsnacks.com became profitable almost as soon as it began making deliveries. But the founders have yet to earn any salary themselves. “If we’re doing too well, we lower prices more,” Klaber said. “Everything we’ve been making goes back into the company.” Klaber said the company will next open franchises at other schools where students have expressed interest. If all goes well, they may expand beyond Rhode Island by next spring. But the company continues to struggle with a public relations challenge here at Brown. “Our Web developer, Matt Bornstein, did too good a job, and a lot of people don’t think we’re Brown students,” Dickson said. He added that students come by his dorm room, see the Dormsnacks.com sign and ask if he’s being paid to display it. “We’re definitely not a corporation working for an evil empire,” Dickson said. “We started this ourselves.”

Though the matches offered little competition, Head Coach Jay Harris said it was a good learning opportunity. “Getting everyone involved in a doubleheader like this allows everyone to get sharp for what will be some great matches in the next week,” he said. The squad begins a spring break road trip on March 29 that takes them to No. 54 University of

New Mexico, No. 13 Pepperdine University and No. 50 Fresno State University. “These matches coming up during spring break are important matches for us as we play teams that are ranked higher than us nationally,” Shamasdin said. “However (they) are very beatable if we play well at all positions, including the doubles.”

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EDITORIAL/LETTERS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 2005 · PAGE 6 S T A F F

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Local devotion Until recently, President Ruth Simmons was a rare presence on campus as she spent much of her time globetrotting, soliciting donations. But Simmons’ appearance at the first Brown University Community Council last week and her scheduled appearance at the announcement of the new athletic director today show that even as she works to ensure Brown’s future, she is not neglecting the current state of the University. Her agreement to chair the search committee for the next superintendent of Providence Public Schools demonstrates that Simmons continues to be aware of and invested in the present and future of the larger Providence community, as well. It is a telling compliment that Mayor David Cicilline ’83 finds Simmons to be mindful enough of the needs of the city’s education system to put her at the head of the committee. And we are proud of Simmons for choosing to become involved. Though she says her role will not affect her fundraising efforts, how many Ivy League presidents in the middle of a capital campaign would make city schools such a priority? Before her appointment to the search committee was announced, Simmons had already revealed her intention to create initiatives linking the University with Providence schools. Simmons now says that these initiatives will be postponed until they can be coordinated with the new superintendent, but that doesn’t mean students can’t fill in during the interim. Though Simmons said in February she did not think the University was equipped to run a segment of Hope High School, Simmons clearly did not mean that Brown should be uninvolved. In fact, Simmons has taken on a broader involvement by working with not just Hope High but the larger school system. Building the University’s relationship with Providence’s public schools is an important step in providing local students access to the Ivy League education available down the street. And it is an honor to see Simmons heading that effort.

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LETTERS Support Councilman David Segal To the Editor: Of course Ethan Ris ’05 has the right to run against David Segal. No one questions that, the straw man set up in a March 21 letter notwithstanding (“Ris shouldn’t be discouraged from running”). But since there is only a finite amount of time, energy and attention for political battles, why would anyone concerned about social justice spend the time and energy to run against David Segal, the City Council’s leading voice for social justice (along with Councilman Miguel Luna)? Councilman Segal is superb: He cares deeply, he listens carefully, he is responsive, he thinks before he speaks, he acts to bring about actual change rather than just grandstanding about it, he works hard, he persists, he has developed good working relationships in and out of city government and he has grown and continues to grow in the job. Best of all, David Segal has shown that rare com-

bination for a public official: thoughts, guts and results. What more could you want in an elected official? Segal led the Green Party nationally in supporting Kerry over Bush; he has led the effort to get the First Source program for jobs for unemployed Providence citizens actually implemented. He works with community groups, gets improvements for his ward, and does what he can to help people in need. I worked and voted against Segal when he first ran, as a 2002 letter I wrote The Herald indicates. This time I’ll bust my chops to get him re-elected if he runs again. He’s earned it. He deserves to win.

David Riley Providence March 21

Councilman Segal’s careerism To the Editor: David Segal and his supporters have been trying to dissuade Ethan Ris ’05 from running against the much-hyped but little-seen councilman, claiming that Ris would “waste” the resources of Providence progressives in a council race. Now, let us forget for a minute that this argument takes for granted the support of many Providence political groups that Segal seems to assume have written his candidacy a blank check. What is most ironic is that all this talk of careerism and “wasting” resources that Segal implies of Ris best describes the actions of

the city councilman himself. City council elections are in fall of 2006, more than a year and a half away, so I have to ask myself: Doesn’t Segal, who is barely into the second half of his term, have more important things to do than try to scare a potential rival out of the race? Trying to ensure an unopposed run this early in the process — that sounds like careerism to me.

Arta Khakpour ’05 March 21

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OPINIONS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 2005 · PAGE 7

Claiming democracy through Clean Elections GUEST COLUMN BY SEBASTIAN BENTHALL In the United States, a much-heard frustration among the politically active is that despite the widely ranging views of the public and politicians, voters are invariably left with a choice between two centrist parties: the Republicans and the Democrats. This is due largely to two factors. First, the Democratic and Republican parties have the long-standing precedent of being the only financially empowered representatives of the left and right. Nearly all the money that spills into political campaigns spills into those parties alone. In turn, such funds allow the two parties to build up their political capital and dig themselves even more securely into their Congressional seats. So their power is maintained, and the convenient policies the two parties choose to brand themselves with remain the voters’ only options. Who are the losers in this vicious cycle? Third parties and politicians that would break from the party line to serve the public interest if they weren’t dependent on and locked into a partisan political machine. Second, even when citizens come up with policies with potential for real social good, ideological inertia overpowers our legislators, who are dependent on campaign money and must perpetually answer to the question, “Who’s got the cash?” Corporations, unions, industrial coalitions and agricultural lobbies are happy to pay the price for political influence. Like the two dominant political parties, the power of special-interest groups is cyclical: They finance politicians that support their cause and promote their platform. New ideas never make it onto the stage. A system that allows for these processes disenfranchises voters whose beliefs do not square with either political party or who are not represented by a powerful lobby. Instead of a dynamic democracy that searches in earnest through a wilderness of policies to find those paths that maximize social welfare, we get a sluggish equilibrium in which special-interest deadlock forms a smokescreen behind which politicians can chase cash from self-serving, economically entrenched institutions that are all too happy to screw over the public. The solution to this problem is campaign finance

reform, that bipartisan item that still manages to be left off so many legislators’ platforms. It takes guts to undermine your own power base for the sake of an unrepresented constituency, which may be why the task falls on the shoulders of such iconoclastic celebrity-politicians as Russ Feingold and John McCain on the national level. But on a state and local level, the weight lands in our own laps. Fortunately, a particular form of public campaign financing called Clean Elections is spreading across the United States. Already passed in Arizona, Vermont, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Maine, the movement has reached Rhode Island’s legislature. The Clean Elections bill Rhode Island is considering would grant grassroots candidates that can collect a qualifying number of signatures and small $5 “seed” donations a fixed amount of money for their primary and general election campaigns — provided that they agree to raise no further funds. In this way, the Clean Elections system is distinguished from other campaign finance reform initiatives, such as the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act. While BCRA tried to reduce corruption by regulating private campaign contributions, the most recent presidential election demonstrates the failure of such measures. Clean Elections creates an alternative where candidates can opt out of receiving private campaign contributions all together. Furthermore, participation is voluntary, dodging the bullets of campaign finance reform critics who claim that private campaign contributions ought to be protected as a form of free speech. If Clean Elections candidates are outspent by privately funded candidates, the amount of public campaign funding they are awarded is increased to keep them on a level playing field. This provides a disincentive for those who try to simply buy their victory: Under Clean Elections, a candidate’s best choice is to turn to public financing. The result is a competition between financial equals that is won on merit, not money. The ability of moneyed interest groups to influence politics has stood as an embarrassment to the democratic ideal since our country’s inception. Moreover, it stands

It takes guts to undermine your own power base for the sake of an unrepresented constituency, which may be why the task falls on the shoulders of such iconoclastic celebrity-politicians as Russ Feingold and John McCain on the national level. But on a state and local level, the weight lands in our own laps. as an undue obstacle to innumerable causes that deserve public consideration. Any organization that is taking action against the status quo and any individual who believes in a democracy with integrity should throw their support behind Clean Elections reform. Because until publicly-funded campaigns can level the political playing field, advocates for change will be fighting a steep uphill battle. If you want to find out more about Clean Elections, check out www.cleanelectionsri.org and come to the Hourglass in Faunce House tonight at 9 p.m. for a performance by hip-hop artists from Broad St. Studio, followed by word! poets and Andrew Fox ’06. Sebastian Benthall ‘07 is a member of Democracy Matters and is a strong proponent of several political positions that nobody’s heard of.

MATT LAWRENCE

UCS doesn’t speak for us on national politics From time to time, the Undergraduate Council of Students discusses and sometimes passes a resolution relating to a national political issue. Featuring topics like the Iraq war, embryonic stem-cell research and, most recently, the Patriot Act, the minutes of UCS meetings sometimes reflect the sort of discussion more commonly found at a Presidential debate or a bad dinner party. I’m not writing this to belittle UCS. I have respect for the work they do and appreciate the effort they expend to help the student body. Normally, UCS and I get along fine: I vote every year, and other than that UCS doesn’t bother me and I don’t bother it. But last Wednesday morning I got an email from UCS about a meeting that night that said, “We will be discussing a resolution against the Patriot Act. If you are a lover or hater of freedom, come debate the merits of this resolution.” I was not only surprised at the somewhat offensive tongue-incheek remark, but that UCS thinks the Patriot Act is its business. I know it’s more fun to debate national issues than kegs on campus, but I wish the UCS would leave the pointless political rambling to us opinions columnists and stick to business. Imagine it’s a week from now in the Oval Office. A senior White House staffer comes running in, interrupting President Bush in the middle of a photo-op with some third graders. “Mr. President — bad news!” says the staffer. “The Brown Undergraduate Council of Students, the student-government organization at an extremely liberal Ivy League university, has passed a resolution condemning the Patriot Act!” “Damn it!” shouts the President, and pounds his desk, “I really wanted them behind me on this one.” Frightened nine year olds run for cover. Flash bulbs light the room. By six o’clock, CNN has come up with an exciting “UCS v Bush” graphic and UCS Vice President Charley Cummings ’06 is in a shouting match with Donald Rumsfeld on Larry King Live. Later that night, Bush announces he’s axing the Patriot Act. “I just didn’t realize the liberal college students

that UCS speaks for felt this way,” he says. UCS resolutions on national political issues are impotent, but that is not my only problem with them. UCS shouldn’t discuss national political issues for two other reasons: it’s not their job and it’s a waste of time. I’ve heard the “Student Advocacy” clause invoked, which gives UCS the ability to “support” student advocacy groups. But endorsing a group by providing them with funds, space or even a declaration of support is not the

“Mr. President — bad news! The Brown Undergraduate Council of Students, the student-government organization at an extremely liberal Ivy League university, has passed a reslution condemning the Patriot Act!” same as passing a resolution on the political issue itself. We don’t elect our UCS representatives to “speak for us” on national politics, but on University matters. The UCS constitution specifically states, “The Council shall represent students and the interests of students in all matters of University life and all areas of University operations.” Although you might be able to argue that some national issues affect college students in particular and therefore UCS has a responsibility to weigh in on these matters, it’s hard to make the case that national issues such as the

Patriot Act or the stem cell debate really affect us as a matter of university life. It’s also obvious that UCS resolutions on political matters don’t really do anything. I think most students recognize this. Nevertheless, there are some who argue that the resolutions do have an effect — usually special-interest groups looking to get their own issues discussed. These same groups argue that such resolutions are, by some stretch of the UCS constitution, UCS’s responsibility. These groups, and the UCS members that support them, would disagree with me when I say that UCS resolutions on political issues are irrelevant and outside their jurisdiction. I’m not intimately acquainted with the inner workings of UCS, and maybe my common sense is wrong — maybe it is their job. But if I’m dead wrong (or you think I am) and it is within the responsibility of UCS to make resolutions on national political issues, then why aren’t national politics a consideration in UCS elections? I’ve voted every year, and the biographies and statements of those running for office mention their political beliefs only in passing, if at all. If UCS wants to claim to represent my voice on national politics, my voting priorities will have to change: Instead of evaluating the devotion, achievements, competence and leadership ability of a representative, I would be interested in their politics — are they pro-choice? Pro-affirmative action? What do they think about Israel and Palestine? If UCS members disagree with me, I urge them not to leave their political discussions in their meetings, but to bring them into the upcoming elections too. That way we can make an educated choice about the people who claim to represent us, whether we like it or not, on national issues. Matt Lawrence ’06 thinks the UCS should pass a resolution calling for Fox to start airing “News Radio” reruns and for Taco Bell to open a location on Thayer Street.

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SPORTS WEDNESDAY MARCH 23, 2005 · PAGE 8

After two years on the sidelines, thrower Murphy ’06 ready to return BY JILANE RODGERS SENIOR SPORTS WRITER

When the men’s outdoor track and field team opens its season next week, it will be with Hugh Murphy ’06 back on the roster. Murphy will return to the lineup as a star for the Bears despite being sidelined for nearly two years, which included a long recovery from Tommy John surgery. Though his name will be new to the roster, his presence at the track will not be. Murphy was never missing from the action, as he served as a constant supporter for the Bears both on and off the field. “He has a great sense of humor, but knows when it’s time for business,” said teammate Paul Rosiak ’07. “Hugh just brings in a positive aura, so to speak, to the squad. To Brown track as a whole, he is the guy that knows everyone. He follows everyone’s events and supports the whole team.” After a long wait, Murphy will finally be able to offer more than his support. He plans on putting major points on the board for the Bears. “I have to try and make up for two years of missed scoring, two years where I wasn’t able to compete for the team,” he said. Six years ago, when Murphy decided he wanted to compete in track and field, he chose the javelin because it “combined the athleticism of running with the strength of throwing.” His junior year of high school, he attracted the notice of Division I programs across the nation with not only his highly decorated athletic resume, but a competitive academic record as well. “We were really impressed not only with his high school best of 198 feet, but also with his good attitude towards the sport and his level of dedication,” said Throws Coach Michelle Eisenreich. Murphy’s choice ultimately came down to either Kansas University or Brown. Because he was from a small farming town of Baldwin City, Kan., the Jayhawks appeared to be the safe choice. But after spending a weekend in Providence on a

recruiting trip, Murphy’s mind was set on Brown. All signs pointed to Murphy having a solid rookie campaign as his preseason training went according to schedule, while he adjusted to the challenges of balancing a demanding athletic schedule with the rigors of an Ivy League education. “He had been training really well,” Eisenreich said. “He was stronger and faster than he’d ever been.” But no one knows better than Murphy that no story can have a fairy tale ending without its fair share of poisoned apples. Traveling to Gainesville, Fla., with the track team for the spring break trip, Murphy eagerly anticipated his collegiate debut. He took to the javelin runway at the Florida Relays confident that he was capable of setting a personal best. Murphy surpassed all expectations, as he hit 215 feet, 7 inches on his first throw as a Brown Bear, ranking him third in school history. However, with the throw, something pulled in his right elbow and he passed on his second attempt to try to alleviate the pain in his arm. Just 15 minutes later, on only his second collegiate throw, Murphy’s storybook day came to a crashing end as the ulnar collateral ligament in his throwing arm completely gave way. When the outdoor season concluded that year, Murphy’s one early-season throw ranked him as the seventh first-year in the country and made him a name to watch in Brown track and field. But he soon received the news that to be able to compete again he would need to undergo surgery to replace the damaged ligament in his elbow. In August, a tendon in his leg was used to replace the ligament in his elbow. The procedure called for an intensive 12 to 18 months of tedious rehabilitation. “When I returned to school in the fall, I was spending three to four hours at a time in the training room,” he said. “It’s almost as much time as I spend practicing while healthy.” But the surgery was to be only one of the

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Hugh Murphy ’06 is returning to competition after undergoing Tommy John surgery. many obstacles Murphy struggled to overcome in his sophomore year. In September, he experienced the first in a string of heartaches, when a friend from home was seriously injured in a car accident. Sicknesses and phone calls of devastating news from home plagued Murphy’s semester. “Academically, emotionally, physically, everything was going downhill,” he said. With so much weighing on him, going home for winter recess should have been a welcomed vacation from stress to recuperate. But on Christmas Eve, a year of tragedies culminated with the death of his sister, and it was nearly the breaking point for Murphy. “I had taken into consideration (taking off the next semester), but I thought it would be better to just get back into the routine,” he said. “Second semester was better, but I was just so tired and worn down.” Instead of quitting, he dedicated himself fully to his rehabilitation, relying on hopes of success in the coming year to help pull him through. When Brown hosted the outdoor Heptagonal Championships last spring, he could only cheer from the sidelines. It was a dark moment for Murphy, as the chance to compete at Heps at home comes only once

M. tennis sweeps Hofstra, BC, women go 1-1 BY MATT NICHOLSON SPORTS STAFF WRITER

The men’s and women’s tennis teams were busy this weekend, as each hosted a pair of matches. The men’s squad throttled Hofstra University and Boston College on Saturday, earning two 7-0 victories. The Lady Bears suffered a 4-3 loss to Boston College on Friday, but bounced back with a 4-3 win over Virginia Tech on Sunday. The sweep leaves the men at 11-3 on the season, while the women move to 5-3. The women’s team went ahead early against BC when captain Alex Arlak ’05 and Daisy Ames ’07 won 9-7 at first dou-

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Michelle Pautler ’07 won number five singles on Sunday to force a tiebreaker against Virginia Tech.

bles, and Amanda Saiontz ’07 and Michelle Pautler ’07 clinched the point, winning 8-2 at second doubles. BC, however, rallied in the singles competition and managed four wins, enough to take the match. Anita Ivancevic ’08 won her match at third singles 7-5, 6-2 and Ames thrived at the fourth spot, winning 6-2, 6-0, but BC won hard-fought matches at first, second, fifth and sixth singles. The loss to BC marks the first time this season that Brown lost a match in which it won the doubles point. “We let BC stay in the (singles) matches and they took advantage of it,” Arlak said. Brown’s victory over Virginia Tech indicated a similar change in trend, as the Bears managed to pull out their first victory in a match in which they lost the doubles point. Arlak and Ames fell in first doubles 8-6, then Saiontz and Pautler lost an 8-2 match at second doubles, giving Virginia Tech the point. Arlak’s and Saiontz’s doubles opponents gave them difficulties in the singles competition as well. Saiontz fell 6-0, 6-1 in first singles, while Arlak lost 7-5, 6-2 in the second spot. Brown managed to recover, as the team garnered victories in the third through sixth spots. Ivancevic, Ames, Pautler and Kelley Kirkpatrick ’08 clinched the match with their four wins in straight sets. “(Kirkpatrick) really has improved a lot, and you can see that all of her hard work has paid off,” Ivancevic said. Ivancevic had the added pressure of

playing in the tie-breaker, a responsibility which, despite her youth, she handled with determination. “She was the deciding match and she handled the pressure well,” Arlak said. Brown will look to build on the impressive win over Virginia Tech over spring break, with five matches between March 27 and April 1. “Five matches in six days and dealing with the transition of going from indoors to outdoors aren’t going to be easy,” Arlak said. The men’s squad had a less thrilling but equally important weekend as it rolled over Hofstra and BC in Saturday’s doubleheader. Bruno manhandled Hofstra, forfeiting neither a point nor even a single set in the 7-0 win. Michael Scherer ’08 and Scott Blumenkranz ’08 turned in the most notable performances, playing like seasoned vets, despite limited playing time thus far. Scherer won handily in a 6-2, 6-3 match at fourth singles and Blumenkranz won 6-2, 6-2 in the sixth spot. The men’s squad continued its dominating play against BC later that afternoon, sweeping the second match almost as easily as the first. Brown won the doubles point, though BC put up enough of a fight to prevent a clean sweep, as the Eagles edged out Blumenkranz and Luke Tedaldi ’06 9-8 in third doubles. The afternoon’s singles matches were as one-sided as the morning’s. Goldberg see TENNIS, page 5

every five to six years. “It was difficult to watch … especially the javelin, because I knew that I could be right there with those guys,” he said. The summer would begin to chase away the shadows for Murphy, as he took the rare opportunity to travel to Eugene, Ore. and stay for nearly a month with a group of men from the distance squad. “He interacts well with members from every event group,” Eisenreich said. “He’s just that type of guy.” Murphy used the time to relax and begin see MURPHY, page 4

New A.D. will be appointed today After an eight-month search, the University is prepared to announce its new director of intercollegiate athletics and physical education. President Ruth Simmons and members of the search committee will make the announcement at 11 a.m. today at the Brown Faculty Club. The Providence Journal, citing anonymous sources, reported that the choice would be current Director of Admission Michael Goldberger. The successor will fill the shoes of Dave Roach, who departed the University in July to take the same position at Colgate University. Senior Associate Athletic Director Joan Taylor has served as the interim replacement since September. The search for a new A.D. was conducted by a committee chaired by Luiz Valente, associate professor of Portugese and Brazilian studies and comparative literature. The group brought three final candidates to Providence in the past month before making a final recommendation to the University last week. — Ben Miller BROWN SPORTS AWARDS

TUESDAY, MARCH 22 GYMNASTICS ECAC Coaches’ Choice: Maya Vadiveloo ’05 TRACK AND FIELD Winter Academic All-Ivy: Brittany Grovey ’06, Ray Bobrownicki ’06

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Winter Academic All-Ivy: Sarah Hayes ’05 MEN’S ICE HOCKEY Winter Academic All-Ivy: Gerry Burke ’05 WRESTLING Winter Academic All-Ivy: Doran Heist ’06 SKIING Winter Academic All-Ivy: Hillary Swaffield ’06 SQUASH Winter Academic All-Ivy: Lillian Rosenthal ’05, David Bailey ’06

SWIMMING and DIVING Winter Academic All-Ivy: Matt DelMastro ’05, Jessica Larson ’06