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Smoking ban exemptions in jeopardy

BY ANNE WOOTTON STAFF WRITER

When the statewide smoking ban officially went into effect March 1, many Providence business owners strongly objected to exemptions granted to estabMETRO lishments like the Graduate Center Bar and Wickenden Pub with Class C and Class D liquor licenses. In response to their protests, Superior Court Judge Stephen Fortunato Jr. ruled March 31 that these exemptions are unconstitutional.

The House of Representatives passed a bill April 5 prohibiting smoking in those Class C and Class D facilities previously exempted from the ban, and the Senate is expected to pass the legislation tomorrow.

The exemptions — which permitted certain facilities to continue to allow smoking until Oct. 1, 2006 — currently apply to all Class C and Class D facilities,

provided that they have fewer than 10 employees and the Class D facilities have “defined memberships,” are “distinctly private” and are run by nonprofit organizations.

In the lawsuit, plaintiffs provided evidence that their sales had dropped 10 to 35 percent since the ban took effect. To prove that such exemptions created inherent disadvantages, they hired a private investigator to demonstrate that certain exempted businesses were advertising their advantage with no attempt to maintain the “defined membership” called for in the legislation, according to The Providence Journal.

Fortunato issued a temporary order eliminating the exemptions and mandating that smoking in private clubs and bars halt immediately.

Rep. Arthur J. Corvese, D-North Providence, played a role in crafting the

exemptions last year and was the only vote in the House against the bill.

Attorney General Patrick Lynch ’87 and Associate Professor of Medicine David Gifford, acting Rhode Island Department of Health director, were defendants in the suit. Though his responsibility entails defending the constitutionality of the law, Lynch said he thinks “the judge’s decision is good for public health,” and the House vote was “a good step,” according to an April 6 Journal article.

When Fortunato issued his ruling, the health department responded by mailing summaries of his decision to holders of Class C and D liquor licenses, according to Bill Dundulis, environmental health risk assessment toxicologist at the Health Department.

If the health department receives a comsee EXEMPTION, page 4

Independent concentrators forge new academic paths

BY PHILLIP GARA CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Some Brown students find even the New Curriculum’s existing concentrations too limiting. From trauma studies to rationality and decision making, Brown students are creating independent concentrations to merge academic disciplines in new ways and incorporate their experiences outside the University.

With the increase in interdisciplinary concentrations at Brown, the number of students pursuing independent concentrations has decreased slightly in the past few years, according to Associate Dean of the College Linda Dunleavy.

Most recent independent concentrations have been centered on issues in biomedical ethics and studies, Dunleavy said.

The University stopped accepting declarations in the concentration in biomedical ethics this semester due to a lack of funding and available faculty.

Some prospective concentrators said they are now considering creating independent concentrations in biomedical ethics.

Heather Daniels ’06 is working to get approval for her independent concentration in holistic health studies.

Building on her experiences with Nepalese culture and different concepts of medicine and health during a semester off, Daniels aims to explore different means of viewing the concept of health other than through Western biomedicine.

According to Daniels, the holistic perspective she is trying to build upon “takes into account the person and the environment they are interacting with.”

Her proposal includes classes from a broad spectrum of departments, see INDEPENDENT, page 6

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Student Union discovers $70,000 in funds Group will sponsor new Fall Weekend

BY ARI ROCKLAND-MILLER STAFF WRITER

The Student Union, an umbrella organization of major student groups revitalized this year after a long period of inactivity, recently discovered $70,000 in its account. Ricky Gresh, director of student activities, discovered the money just before spring break, when he was reviewing the accounts of various student groups.

Although Gresh said he was unaware of the source of the newly found money, Swathi Bojedla ’07, the interim chair of the Student Union, assumes it is the remainder of a contingency fund established by the Union years ago, before it waned out of existence in the early 1980s. Katherine Husk ’07, the interim secretary of the Student Union, also is not sure where the money came from, although she agrees with Bojedla’s hypothesis.

Bojedla believes that the account was originally much smaller, but that it grew exponentially from interest over the course of the last 20 years. “I’m pretty sure there’s no way that (in the early ’80s) they left $70,000 in a bank account, especially considering how much that must have been worth then,” Bojedla said.

The Student Union was formed in 1973, and until the early 1980s it served as an umbrella organization that united some of the key student groups on campus, distributed funds garnered from the student activities fee to differ-

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The Graduate Center Bar prohibited smoking starting April 1 after its exemption to the state smoking ban was ruled unconstitutional.

see UNION, page 6

Havens ’99 representing Guantanamo detainees

BY SHAWN BAN STAFF WRITER

Sarah Havens ’99 has traveled from the Van Wickle Gates to Cairo to Guantanamo Bay. Havens is a secondyear associate at the New York office of British law firm Allen & Overy, which represents 14 of the approximately 550 men being held at the Camp Delta prison.

Since January, Havens and three of her colleagues have traveled twice to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to gather information for the habeas corpus petitions that Allen & Overy has filed on behalf of its clients. A third trip is planned for later this month.

The firm’s clients are all Yemeni men in their 20s or early 30s who were picked up in and around Afghanistan and Pakistan beginning in January 2002.

Havens said visiting the clients and witnessing their conditions was an eyeopening experience. “You grow up in the United States, and you think the government will never do this and be willing to push aside constitution and international law like this,” she said.

Havens described the conditions of the Guantanamo detainees as “poor” and “inadequate,” citing unclean tap water,

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solitary confinement, general beatings and abuse as examples. Many of the detainees have kidney stones and inadequate access to medical treatment, according to Havens.

Allen & Overy is in the process of detailing instances of religious and sexual abuse faced by its clients. Havens said one of her clients had his hair shaved in the shape of a cross.

The shoddy conditions have led to poor morale among the detainees, according to Havens. “Their spirits were

better than I expected, I guess, but overall they are still very down,” she said.

She expressed her hope that the presence of neutral observers at Guantanamo Bay has led to an end of some of the worse abuses. “I think with the presence of counsel, the treatment has gotten better, because the government feels obligated to stop some of the worse abuses,” Havens said.

The unique nature of the case has cresee HAVENS, page 7

UCS, UFB candidate debate tonight Candidates for the top positions on the Undergraduate Council of Students and the Undergraduate Finance Board will debate their platforms tonight at 7 p.m. in Barus and Holley 166.

This year’s candidates include: UCS President: Brian Bidadi ’06, Ben Creo ’07, former Herald columnist Nate Goralnik ’06 Vice President: Sarah Saxton-Frump ’07 Academic and Administrative Affairs

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TO D AY ’ S E V E N TS “GOVERNANCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST: IRAQ AND BEYOND” 5 p.m. (Smith-Buonnano 106) — Barbara Bodine is Executive Director of the Kennedy School of Government's Governance Initiative in the Middle East and a former ambassador to Yemen and career member of the Senior Foreign Service who has worked in Baghdad and Kuwait.

“BEYOND FEAR AND PITY: THE DISABILITY RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE U.S.” 12:15 p.m. (Salomon Center 003) — Professor of German Studies Carol Poore will discuss the emergence of the disability rights movement in the United States, the changing image of people with disabilities, and civil rights issues today.

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“TOWARDS A SCIENCE OF WELLBEING?” 4 p.m. (MacMillan 177) — Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman of Priceton University will speak on recent developments in the theory of well-being in social science.

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Chafee ’75 key vote in U.N. ambassador confirmation

BY ROBBIE COREY-BOULET METRO EDITOR

Sen. Lincoln Chafee ’75, R-R.I., will likely support the nomination of controversial conservative John Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations following this week’s Senate hearing. A moderate Republican member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, many believe Chafee’s vote will ultimately determine whether the nomination passes.

The prospect of Bolton’s confirmation has drawn a national outcry from various political organizations, while several of Chafee’s local Democratic rivals have spoken out against the Bush nominee. Bolton, the current undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, received President George W. Bush’s nomination March 7.

Steve Hourahan, Chafee’s press secretary, told The Herald he expects the vote to take place today following conclusion of the Senate panel hearing. Although Rhode Island’s junior senator has tentatively supported Bolton’s nomination, he has not entirely committed himself to this decision.

“These hearings are there for a purpose,” Hourahan said. “They

In an interview with the During the same speech, are to help senators make up their minds, and that’s why he’s not Bolton said, “There is no such Providence Journal, Chafee said thing as the United Nations. that should he support Bolton, his made up his.”

During a career that has There is an international commu- decision would be based on the included positions under former nity that occasionally can be led assumption that “policy is going presidents Ronald Reagan and by the only real power left in the to be made at the White House George H.W. Bush, Bolton has world, and that is the United and the State Department” and made several controversial decla- States, when it suits our interest that Bolton will only represent — rations that have critics question- and we can get others to go and not define — American positions. ing his commitment to the United along.”

Christopher McAuliffe ’05, outBolton has also publicly quesNations and its mission.

“He has continuously dis- tioned the legitimacy of interna- going president of the College played that he does not believe in tional law, saying “the goal of Republicans, said he views Bolton as “a great pick” for U.N. this institution,” said ambassador, saying he Harpinder Athwal, Although Rhode Island’s junior agrees with Chafee’s reaspokeswoman for on “both a theoCitizens for Global senator has tentatively supported soning retical and a practical” Solutions, a nonpartilevel. san political organiJohn Bolton’s nomination, he has “First of all, I think that zation that has the Senate has really protested Bolton’s expanded its own opinion nomination through not entirely committed himself to of itself when it comes to television and radio its duties to provide ads. this decision. advice on nominations,” “Rhode Island has been a big target for us,” Athwal those who think that internation- McAuliffe said. “I think it’s good to said, adding that the group con- al law really means anything are let the president set the tone for tinued its campaign in the state those who want to constrict the what his foreign policy is going to United States,” according to the be.” last weekend.

McAuliffe also indicated some The group’s Web site, New Yorker.

Hourahan acknowledged that of the protest stems from “very www.StopBolton.org, features video clips showing several of Chafee “has some concerns about limited comments that you’re Bolton’s most controversial public some of the things Mr. Bolton has hearing in the media,” adding, “I assertions, including a statement said in the past,” adding that don’t understand what’s so conin 1994 that “if the U.N. secretary Chafee “is looking to hear the evi- troversial about this. The ambasbuilding lost 10 stories, it would- dence” presented at this week’s sador to the U.N. should want to work for American interests.” hearing. n’t make a bit of difference.”

But Athwal said Bolton’s representation would likely jeopardize the United States’ relationship with the United Nations, a relationship that is “vital for national security.”

“You’re sending in a unilateralist to work with a multilateral institution,” she said, calling Bolton a “loose cannon” who “goes off on his own tangents and pushes his own ideological positions forward.”

In a statement issued Friday, Rhode Island Secretary of State Matt Brown, a Democrat, echoed this concern for how Bolton’s nomination might negatively impact national security. Brown is currently one of two Democratic candidates who have entered the 2006 race for Chafee’s Senate seat, along with former Attorney General and current U.S. Attorney Sheldon Whitehouse.

“Bolton is the most extreme of all of (Bush’s) appointees,” Brown said. “He is vehemently opposed to the very institution to which he is nominated.” Brown also accused Chafee of going against the will of Rhode Island voters, who have “spoken loud and clear with hundreds, if not thousands, of calls to Senator Chafee urging him to oppose John Bolton’s nomination.”

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Exemption continued from page 1 plaint regarding one of these previously exempt facilities, Dundulis said such facilities would be held accountable for the information presented in these notifications. “We’re trying to get it on all fronts,” he said.

The mailings also include a copy of the press release detailing Fortunato’s ruling, some additional information and copies of no smoking signs to be displayed.

The Graduate Center Bar posted a sign asking patrons to smoke outside until a final ruling on their exemption is made.

Wickenden Pub, located at 320 Wickenden St., is the Class C facility closest to the University.

The Brown Faculty Club holds a class D license but banned smoking in the club several years before the statewide ban took effect.

On a day-to-day basis, smoking is not allowed at the Faculty Club, according to an employee who has worked there for 25 years and requested to remain anonymous. However, in the past, exemptions have been

made for private parties when the host rents out the entire club, she said.

In such cases, “It’s up to the discretion of the host,” she added.

Should the legislation clear the Senate and Governor Donald Carcieri ’65 sign it into law, such exemptions will no longer be possible.

Juliana Wu / Herald

Smoking ban exemptions that were once granted to private establishments such as the Graduate Center Bar and the Brown Faculty Club were ruled unconstitutional on March 31 by Superior Court Judge Stephen J. Fortunato Jr.

India and China sign accord

BY JOHN LANCASTER THE WASHINGTON POST

NEW DELHI, India — The leaders of India and China announced a new “strategic and cooperative partnership” aimed at strengthening economic and political ties between two Asian giants — and historical rivals — that together account for nearly 40 percent of the world’s population.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Chinese counterpart, Wen Jiabao, oversaw the signing of agreements on border issues, trade and the development of new energy resources to fuel their booming economies. They also called for cooperation in fields such as software, agriculture and health care.

“India and China can together reshape the world order,” Singh said after a ceremony welcoming Wen to India’s presidential palace.

The agreements herald an important shift in relations between the world’s two most populous nations. They fought a brief border war in 1962 and have long regarded one another with suspicion, but more recently they have come to recognize their common interests as emerging

economic and military powers on the world stage.

In particular, each country is eager to capitalize on the other’s economic strength — manufacturing and computer hardware in China, services and software in India — while boosting trade that by all accounts has remained far below its potential.

Economic motives aside, China also wants better relations with India because it is competing for influence with Washington, which was several years ahead of Beijing in recognizing India’s potential as a military and economic power and has greatly increased the level of its cooperation with India in both spheres.

India, for its part, sees advantage in better relations with China because of China’s long record of support for Pakistan, including the sharing of missile technology, and its rapid military buildup, which potentially threatens India’s interests in the Indian Ocean. Indian officials also were gratified by what they said was Wen’s expression of support for India’s bid for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council.

“Everybody started talking about the rise of China a long time ago, and now they’re talking about the rise of India, so I think there’s a shared sense that something terribly important is now happening,” said Vinod C. Khanna, a former Indian diplomat who served in China and once ran the East Asia division of India’s Foreign Ministry.

Tiger continued from page 12 ing to a recent trend.

Over that 31-hole stretch during which he was an unprecedented 15-under at Augusta National, we saw the emergence of Tiger Woods, the adult. Battling back from a disappointing 2over-par first round, Tiger birdied every other hole, including seven in a row at one point. He displayed a combination of power, experience, consistency and control that the 2000 Tiger could only match with world-class scrambling ability.

When his streak of brilliance ended Sunday morning, Tiger was left running off fumes, thrust into the heat of battle on the famed back nine at Augusta.

Somehow, he was able to recapture the flair and unpredictable genius of his younger years, something that had been missing recently. The side-winding chip for birdie on 16 was proof of that. It was the more consistent, powerful Tiger who got to the top of the leaderboard, but it was the old, aggressive, unpredictable Woods who was able to stay alive on the back nine and seal the victory in a playoff.

Tiger dedicated the victory to his ailing father, who is slowly fading out of his immediate life, but also celebrated like the young Tiger, jumping into his mother’s arms on the 18th hole. Now that he’s halfway to equaling Jack Nicklaus’ record 18 major championships, it will be interesting to see in the next few majors whether a new, even better Tiger emerges as the most dominant golfer ever.

By writing a sports column, Phillip Gara ’08 has entered a new phase of his journalistic career — one he hopes will include his marriage to a Swedish model.

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‘Double Blind’ breaking ground for BTV dramas

BY KIRA LESLEY FOCUS EDITOR

If you have ever suspected you might be involved in a campuswide conspiracy, you’re not alone.

The cast and crew of BTV’s “Double ARTS & CULTURE Blind” are reflecting the fears of conspiracy theorists in season two of their dramatic series, which premieres tonight at 9 p.m.

Executive producers Dan Rizzotto ’06 and Erica Meredith ’05 describe “Double Blind” as a standard drama with a college twist.

“We used to say it was ‘Alias’ meets ‘Felicity’ meets ‘The X-Files,’ ” Meredith said, “but it’s evolved into its own hybrid drama.”

The series, which aired eight half-hour episodes last year, follows the lives of four undergraduates and one graduate student who are all part of an “escalating campus conspiracy,” Rizzotto said.

The show’s premise: Four students become involved in a psychology experiment that turns out to be a front for a major research foundation conducting a shady investigation. Behind the façade of legitimacy, the foundation workers are collecting their own data on a new drug that has “accidentally” been released on campus.

Although the show contains humorous and romantic elements, Rizzotto and Meredith have kept a strong focus on plot development and action. “We don’t want to go into soap opera melodrama,” especially since many students assume a studentproduced drama will be melodramatic, Rizzotto said.

Tackling a dramatic series is no small task. According to Meredith, “Double Blind” is the only student-run dramatic series ever produced at Brown. She and Rizzotto took the dramatic route because the challenge appealed to them, she said. Producing a dramatic series “is a lot harder, there’s a lot more constraints, it’s just a lot more ambitious,” she said.

Running two eight-show seasons, each with an hour-long finale, is also a bold move.

Frequently, students have ideas for shows, but they never produce more than a pilot episode, Meredith said. For a show to run 16 episodes in two separate seasons, each building to a finale, is unprecedented, she said. BTV’s popular “Brown Date” ran for several years, but like the syndicated “Blind Date,” after which “Brown Date” was modeled, each episode ran independent of the others. The only other BTV show to follow the eight-episode and grand finale format is “White Brown Friends,” a

comedy that debuted last semester.

Perhaps the reason more shows do not make it past the pilot episode is the sheer number of work hours required to keep a show running. As executive producers, Rizzotto and Meredith not only pay out of pocket for expenses, but they also co-direct, co-edit, organize cast schedules and supervise the music used in each episode. Meredith also does a hefty amount of writing.

In addition to commercial songs — which student-produced shows can use without violating copyright laws — “Double Blind” has its own composer, Zain Effendi, a student at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. After Meredith and Rizzotto finish editing the pictures for a particular episode, they go through and look for cues — places in the picture sequence to introduce music — and instruct Effendi what music they need in which places. He then composes and sends his work to them, at which point they review it and send it back asking for any necessary changes.

It’s a time-consuming process: Rizzotto said he spends about 30 hours a week working on “Double Blind,” and Meredith puts in 40 to 50 hours a week. In addition to editing and filming, a lot of time is taken up in preparation. Meredith and Rizzotto must create a technical breakdown of props and shots and organize cast schedules, which can prove a daunting task.

The show currently features six lead characters, all of whom are present in the hour-long finale.

“It’s a logistical nightmare,” Meredith said.

“It’s a magic trick,” Rizzotto added.

In addition to time concerns, the financial burden can be problematic.

Meredith and Rizzotto look to cut expenses where they can. For example, they employ what Rizzotto refers to as a “poor man’s steady-cam.” In the world of television and film production, a steady-cam is a camera positioned on top of an apparatus that runs along tracks to ensure a steady moving shot. They have used a camera set on a borrowed Health Services wheelchair.

Another way Rizzotto and Meredith have saved money is by shooting with a high-definition camera. According to Rizzotto, high definition is “the new buzzword, kind of the wave of the future as far as video goes.” Highdefinition cameras provide a good quality picture without using expensive film.

Less money spent on film

means “you can shoot a lot more without worrying about the cost,” Meredith said. For this reason, more Hollywood producers are choosing to shoot in high-definition video, rather than with film.

The movie “Collateral,” starring Jamie Foxx and Tom Cruise, was shot in high definition, as was “Star Wars: Episode II.” High-definition video is not the only thing “Double Blind” has in common with the professional entertainment industry. Rizzotto and Meredith said they feel the current trend in television is to adopt cinematic features.

Traditionally, television shows have been characterized by close shots, familiar sets and a strong emphasis on the auditory, whereas film has incorporated more grandiose cinematography, landscape shots and a stronger visual element. A sitcom such as “Friends” is shot almost entirely on three sets, but many current dramas such as “Desperate Housewives” and “Lost” — which is shot on location in Hawaii — are adopting a traditionally cinematic style.

Rizzotto and Meredith said that while they try to make the show unusual and interesting, they also work to make “Double Blind” reflect such current trends in television. They recently shot on location in Connecticut. “It’s fun when we go to places like Connecticut, because we can’t go to Hawaii,” Rizzotto said.

“But we can go to Connecticut,” Meredith finished.

Meredith and Rizzotto study current dramas for guidance and inspiration because in the television industry, the ability to adeptly emulate is highly valued, Meredith said. A writer trying to break into the TV industry writes a “spec (short for speculation) script” — his or her version of a current TV series. “If you can write what’s already on TV, that’s where you need to be,” she said.

With any luck, in a few years, that is where Meredith will be. see DOUBLE BLIND, page 7

GISP topics run the gamut

BY KIM STICKELS STAFF WRITER

If your interests encompass wastewater management in Varanasi, India, sex therapy since the 1970’s or quantum computation — topics not found in the pages of the Course Announcement — you can still receive credit for learning about them at Brown.

This spring, five groups of students submitted applications for GISPs that range from an examination of dinosaurs in culture to an exploration of the war on drugs.

For Jeffrey Yoskowitz ’06, a combination of ideas from different friends and professors led to the evolution of a course titled “Tea, Coffee and Alcohol; Social and Commodity History.”

Originally, Yoskowitz wanted to do a GISP on tea — its history, types and associated culture. The idea sprang from a course at Brown on immigrant literature.

“Every single immigrant group in the U.S. I read about had a different culture surrounding tea,” Yoskowitz, who has spent time with Bedouin cultures in the Middle East, said. “For the Bedouins, tea is integral. A full cup of tea is a symbol that they want you to stay,” he said. “They give you a half cup if they want you to leave.”

Along with co-coordina-

tors Ben Creo ’07, Idan Naor ’08 and Kate Brandt ’07, Yoskowitz talked to different professors, all of whom identified coffee as an important influence on American culture.

Professor Emerita of History Patricia Herlihy, who agreed to sponsor the GISP, talked with the group about how the temperance movement in Russia spurred public resentment which helped lead to the Bolshevik Revolution.

The group decided to focus on tea, coffee and alcohol.

“We’re taking a different approach: studying history through the commodities,” Yoskowitz said. “It’s a way to study beverages and how they intersect with culture and society and economics and how they have affected history.”

He cited “Mecca Cola” — started by a French Muslim, it is an alternative cola that symbolizes antiAmericanism — as an example.

To create a successful GISP, students must find a faculty sponsor, draft a detailed syllabus and submit the proposal to a sub-committee of the College Curriculum Council, which reviews the proposals before making recommendations to the rest of the Council, said Associate Dean see GISPS, page 9

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Independent continued from page 1 including philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, biology, community health and anthropology.

The most unique part of Daniels’ proposal is a class she plans to take at the University of Hawaii that studies health and healing in religion.

Another independent concentrator exploring a new perspective in medical studies is Bathsheba Demuth ’06, who is working on trauma studies.

According to Demuth, her concentration is “an interdisciplinary look at how different economic and political factors create ‘structural violence,’ which is so detrimental to populations that it inflicts physical harm.” Demuth hopes to analyze how public health and economic interventions can be designed to take into consideration psychological and cultural aspects that “go beyond the physical.”

Demuth’s concentration is based on the two years she spent living in a remote Native American village in the arctic, which she said

made her notice how poverty and cultural influences often create different lifestyles that can be viewed from medical and sociological points of view. By taking a mix of comparative literature, public health, anthropology, history and sociology classes, Demuth is building on her experience in the arctic, which taught her to “read against the grain in various disciplines.” She will complete her thesis work on her experience in the village.

Daniels’ and Demuth’s independent concentrations are characteristic of many new proposals that are heavily influenced by students’ experiences outside of Brown, Dunleavy said.

Among other trends in the independent concentration program, Dunleavy has also noticed a rise in proposals in performance studies and digital media.

One of a few students who is doing work in these emerging disciplines, Sage Morgan-Hubbard ’05, has titled her independent concentration “Perfor-mance Studies: the socially conscious art of the everyday.” MorganHubbard will draw from different fields at Brown including dance, ethnic studies and visual arts to

explore how “everyday life is performative,” she said.

Morgan-Hubbard said she is trying to analyze how certain academic subjects can have a performance element at their core as they deal with race, gender and sexuality. Her thesis project focuses on the photographer Lorna Simpson, who combines photography and text to address such, Morgan-Hubbard said.

Despite recent trends, however, independent concentrations are by no means limited to performance and biomedical studies.

Adam Green ’05 has titled his independent concentration “Rationality and decision making.” Green is combining philosophy, psychology, statistics and economics courses to analyze game theory, decision theory and “expressive utility theory” in his concentration, which looks at how people should make decisions and how they actually make decisions, he said.

Green, who was two courses away from finishing his A.B. in physics, said he decided on an independent concentration because he felt his interests could not be fit into one or two subjects.

According to Dunleavy, most of the recent independent concentrations come in subjects that are on the “vanguard” of academia and have not had enough of a track record for Brown to create an official concentration.

But today’s independent concentrations could become mainstream concentrations in the future. “Successful independent concentrations like ethnic studies end up being added as majors,” Dunleavy said.

M. track continued from page 12 In his season debut, Neil Hamel ’07 recorded a personal best 9:40.50 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, finishing only seven seconds behind first place. In only his second time racing the 400-meter hurdles, Will Bernitsky ’08 finished in 55.69 for a nearly two-second personal best.

Jumpers Ray Bobrownicki ’06 and Brian Zubradt ’08 earned eight points each for their second-place efforts on jumping mats. Bobrownicki successfully cleared 6-9 in the high jump,

Union continued from page 1 ent groups and planned campus-wide events.

When the Undergraduate Finance Board was established in the early 1980s, however, the new group assumed responsibility for allocating funds, making the Student Union virtually obsolete, Gresh said. It was at this time that the Student Union stopped meeting.

The Student Union was reestablished last semester under Gresh, though it no longer serves the role of allocating funds to Brown’s various student groups. Bojedla and Husk were appointed to the positions of interim chair and secretary.

The new Student Union hosted the Faunce Turns 100 birthday party using funds provided by its member groups. It was not until months later that the Student Union found the $70,000 in its account.

The money “certainly helped increase the legitimacy of the Student Union,” Bojedla said. She said that in planning future events, it will be better to not have to ask member groups to “sacrifice part of their budget for a mission that is not their own,” given the tight budgets with which many

and Zubradt had a personal best jump of 14-11 1/2 in the pole vault.

The 4x100-meter and 4x400meter relays did not stray from the trend of second-place finishes, as the squads started and finished a day of runner-up honors for the Bears.

After using the UConn Invite as a tuneup, the Bears’ focus will turn to this Saturday’s home competition at the Brown Invitational.

“The men’s team as a whole has so much potential,” Eisenreich said. “They just have to be enthusiastic and bring it to the practices like they do to the meets.”

groups are currently working.

The Student Union’s membership currently includes the Special Events Committee, Brown Lecture Board, Brown Concert Agency, Brown Television, Brown Student Radio, Brown Film Society, the Underground and Brown Key Society.

Husk and Bojedla are still not sure about how they would like to use the newly-found money and both expressed reticence about spending it prematurely.

“We don’t want to rush into anything, because we’re still a new group,” Bojedla said.

She added that it would be beneficial to allow the money to collect even more interest before it is spent.

Bojedla said the purpose of the Student Union is to foster tradition at Brown, and therefore its leaders are thinking of using the money to create a new annual event.

Husk said that next semester there would be a Fall Weekend in addition to Spring Weekend.

The Student Union was instrumental both in establishing Fall Weekend and in planning this year’s program for Spring Weekend, she said.

Elections will be held in the fall to establish a more formal leadership structure for the Student Union. After the elections, the Union will begin to consider potential uses of its money more seriously.

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Double Blind continued from page 5 Although she is a PLME student, she is deferring medical school for two years to pursue a career in the entertainment business.

Ultimately, she said she hopes to become a “show-runner” — an executive TV producer who leads the entire creative process. Some familiar “show-runners” include David Kelley, creator of “Doogie Howser, M.D.,” “Ally McBeal” and “Boston Public,” and J.J. Abrams, creator of “Felicity,” “Alias” and “Lost.”

Meredith has also written three feature films. She said the

Softball continued from page 12 lead would not last long — Dartmouth put three across the plate in the bottom of the second inning. Both teams’ pitchers then took charge, and there were only six total hits for the rest of the game. Angela Megaw pitched the complete game for Dartmouth, giving up only four hits while striking out a seasonhigh 10 batters.

Game two featured a fantastic pitchers’ duel between Marissa Berkes ’05 of Brown and Karen Edwardson of the Big Green.

Both went the distance while only allowing six hits combined.

It was another offensive struggle for the Bears, who did not record a hit until the sixth inning. Berkes helped her own cause by leading off the inning with a single down the right field line. She advanced to third on a pair of groundouts and scored the first run of the game on a passed ball.

The Bears were able to keep Dartmouth scoreless in the bottom of the sixth, but in the bottom of the seventh, Dartmouth was able to put its first three runners on base, one on a clean single and the other two on errors. The Bears were able to keep their composure in throwing the lead runners out at home plate with the next two batters, but Kalie Jackson’s two-

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process for getting a feature film produced is quite different from getting a television show produced. The first step is to “get good quality films under your belt” and an agent to promote and pitch them to producers, she said.

Rizzotto is not completely decided on what career path he would like to pursue. He said he would like to start off creating independent films, then move to Hollywood films. “But TV is also a very big option,” he said.

Meredith and Rizzotto hope their experience working on “Double Blind” will help prepare them for their future careers. “It’s the most important thing to us right now,” Rizzotto said. “It’s what

RBI double promptly ended the game and gave Dartmouth the win. The loss spoiled a great pitching performance by Berkes, who held the Big Green to two runs on five hits while striking out six.

“These losses definitely humbled us. We now are playing with a nothing-to-lose mentality,” Omokaro said. The Bears take the field again on Wednesday, this time in a non-league contest at home against the University of Rhode Island.

Havens continued from page 1 ated some special difficulties for Havens and her colleagues. It took four months and a “very, very thorough” process for them to obtain the security clearance necessary to view classified information pertaining to the case. A protective order limits information the lawyers can provide to their clients.

The attorneys must travel to a secure facility outside of Washington, D.C., to work on the petitions. Classified material can be reviewed only at the facility, and all writing must be done on its computers. “Sometimes we’ve had to catch a flight down to D.C., go to the place, spend one or two nights there, and then catch a flight back to New York,” Havens said.

The flight to Guantanamo Bay presents its own difficulties. Barred from flying over Cuban airspace, the plane must circle the island before landing on the southern tip of Cuba. The attorneys and their translators are then escorted to Camp Delta, where the

detainees are held. “It’s been very expensive to go to Guantanamo, and each time we have to bring translators with us,” Havens said.

After graduating from Brown with a concentration in international relations, Havens spent a year in Cairo before attending Georgetown University Law Center. She credits her Brown education with helping prepare her for some of the challenges the case has presented. “If it wasn’t for Brown, with its open curriculum, I wouldn’t have studied Arabic or studied abroad in Egypt,” she said.

“I think my knowledge of Arabic has been very helpful to these clients, who have only experienced the worst of the American system. Naturally, they have some reservations, and it helps to have someone speak their language, even if imperfectly,” Havens added.

The case, along with similar lawsuits related to the Guantanamo detainees, is currently awaiting the outcome of an appeal in the Washington, D.C., circuit courts. In the meantime, Allen & Overy is planning a third trip to Guantanamo Bay for

the week of April 18 to gather more information.

Havens is uncertain about the fate awaiting her clients.

“The government, given the flimsy evidence they have, could never have a habeas proceeding. They can’t have a fair trial. What evidence they do have is produced through torture or abuse, and wouldn’t stand up in court,” she said.

“It’s possible that the government will try to make arrangements to return them to their home countries with the agreement that they will be put in prison,” Havens said.

Havens said that working on the lawsuit and witnessing the conditions suffered by detainees at the camp has made her “really disappointed in this (Bush) administration.”

However, she pointed to the response of the legal field as a positive sign. “We usually represent investment banks and financial institutions, but we are taking on this case for free.

It’s been inspirational to see the number of people who are passionate about this issue, both conservatives and liberals. So in that sense, it hasn’t been completely negative,” she said.

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Problems plague control of radioactive waste at nuclear power plants, report says

BY SHANKAR VEDANTAM THE WASHINGTON POST

WASHINGTON — Pervasive problems plague the control of radioactive waste at the nation’s nuclear power plants, in part because the federal government has been sluggish in instituting and enforcing safeguards, according to a federal report issued Monday.

The Government Accountability Office’s indictment of the nuclear facilities and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is the most comprehensive reckoning to date of problems that have begun to emerge at a number of plants in recent years.

Inadequate oversight and gaps in safety procedures have left several plants unsure about the whereabouts of all their spent fuel, the GAO said, and problems in tracking the materials suggest that radioactive

rods could be missing from more than the three plants that are widely known to have problems.

“NRC inspectors often could not confirm that containers that were designated as containing loose fuel rods in fact contained the fuel rods,” the report said.

“The containers, in some cases, were closed or sealed and, in other cases, the contents were not visible when looking into the spent fuel pool. Thus, spent fuel may be missing or unaccounted for at still other plants.”

The commission said it agreed with the GAO’s findings of “uneven” control of spent nuclear fuel. NRC spokeswoman Beth Hayden said the agency had been forced to prioritize safety concerns after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and that this had caused delays in implementing security measures to safeguard the spent fuel rods.

In change of tactics, insurgents launch militarystyle offensive against U.S. base in Syria

BY ELLEN KNICKMEYER THE WASHINGTON POST

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Insurgents claiming to be linked to alQaida tried to overrun a U.S. Marine base on the Syrian border Monday using gunmen, suicide car bombs and a fire truck loaded with explosives, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.

U.S. officials described the assault as the second time in less than two weeks that foreign insurgents have employed new tactics of massing an organized military-style offensive rather than staging smaller scale bombings and attacks.

In another development, an American contractor believed to be working on an aid project was reported kidnapped in the Baghdad area, the U.S. Embassy said. Authorities released no other information, but soldiers stepped up searches of vehicles entering Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone.

Monday’s raid was on Camp

Gannon, a U.S. base at Husaybah, a few yards from the Syrian border near the Euphrates River. U.S. Cobra attack helicopters fired on the insurgents to repel simultaneous attacks by suicide bombers and armed fighters, officials said. A second car bomb exploded 15 minutes after the first assault, “at the same entrance, while the soldiers were busy rescuing the wounded,” Iraqi army Capt. Saad Abdul Fattah said.

The U.S. military said three Marines were wounded and at least three bombers were killed.

Witnesses and a hospital spokesman reported that 10 to 15 people were killed, including foreign and Iraqi insurgents.

A statement posted on an Islamic Web site purportedly from a group known as al-Qaida in Iraq, led by Abu Musab Zarqawi, asserted responsibility for the attack.

Camp Gannon is an abandoned railway station that hous-

es hundreds of Marines along a border long used by smugglers and other outlaws. Insurgents have operated openly in some towns along the border.

The suicide bombers, driving a fire truck, a pickup truck and one other vehicle, “attempted to breach the perimeter of Camp Gannon,” the U.S. military said in a statement.

The bombs exploded prematurely, slightly damaging the camp defenses of concertina wire and barricades. A mosque and other surrounding buildings also sustained minor damage, the statement said.

Marines came under smallarms fire at the same time, the military said. A 25-year-old student who witnessed the attack said at least 40 Arab and Iraqi fighters took part in the assault.

Cobra attack helicopters fired on a vehicle carrying an unknown number of gunmen, destroying it, the military said.

The attack came nine days after Zarqawi’s group asserted responsibility for an unsuccessful attempt to breach the walls of the U.S.-run Abu Ghraib prison in a concerted attack involving mortars, rockets, car bombs and ground fighters. U.S. officials said the two massed attacks were well-planned and mark a change in strategy for foreign groups that have been known for individual suicide bombings and kidnappings.

Zarqawi’s group appears to be trying now for a spectacular coup against U.S. forces in Iraq, in a bid to regain flagging popular support and momentum, a U.S. official in Baghdad said.

An Iraqi insurgent commander with Zarqawi’s group who claimed he helped lead the Abu Ghraib assault said in a recent interview that the movement had been scouting Anbar province in search of a U.S. base to attack with suicide bombers and heavy weapons. Monday’s assault was in Anbar province.

The commander, who goes by the name Abu Salim, did not cite other possible targets for insurgent strikes. Another commander, who goes by the nom de guerre Abu Jalal, a member of the Sunni Muslim-led insurgent group Mohammed’s Army, said in a separate interview that Zarqawi’s group intended more assaults on U.S. installations like the one on Abu Ghraib, in an effort to strike fear among the 138,000 U.S. troops here.

Daily attacks by insurgents have dropped from the triple- to the double-digits since national elections in late January, according to officials. The electoral turnout was considered significant despite calls for boycotts and threats of attacks by insurgents. Many analysts saw the voting as a rejection of the violent attacks, which have killed far more Iraqis than U.S. troops.

Iraqi insurgent groups such as Mohammed’s Army draw heavily on former military men from the Sunni minority, which fell from dominance when President Saddam Hussein was deposed in April 2003.

Leaders of the new government increasingly have been trying to draw Iraqi insurgents into the political process, splitting them from foreign fighters such as Zarqawi.

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Algae toxin is widespread

BY ROB STEIN THE WASHINGTON POST

Algae that produce a toxin that may be linked to brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s are far more common than had been thought, researchers have found.

Scientists have known that some species of blue-green algae emit a toxin known as BMAA, which has been found in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients in Canada and in people in Guam who died from a similar brain disease. That has led some researchers to speculate that the toxin may play a role in diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Lou Gehrig’s.

Although the theory remains unproven, Paul Alan Cox of the National Tropical Botanical Garden in Kalaheo, Hawaii, and colleagues tried to assess how widespread the toxin is. The researchers found that samples from all five of the major types of blue-green algae, also known as

W. track continued from page 12 said Wall’s “competitive effort was there, but the results weren’t.”

Her performance is typical for a meet this early in the season. The team has been training through this and last weekend’s meets, focusing on competing well rather than getting impressive results. Rothenberg says they are about “one week away from when we start to sharpen up a bit.” By then, the team hopes that training from early competitions will translate into better results in later meets and culminate in strong results at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships.

Sarah Groothuis ’08 improved on last week’s impressive performance with a 156-07 win in the discus, immediately qualifying her for NCAA Regionals. Her throw is within four feet of the

cyanobacteria, produce BMAA, including 95 percent of the 30 varieties they studied from around the world.

Because cyanobacteria are among the most common organisms on Earth, the findings indicate that more research should be done to determine what role they may be playing in disease. The number of “blooms” of the organisms is expected to increase with global warming, the researchers noted.

“It may be now prudent to monitor BMAA concentrations in drinking waters contaminated by cyanobacteria blooms,” they wrote in the April 5 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

“BMAA concentrations should also be monitored within invertebrates, fish, or grazing animals used for human consumption that either directly consume cyanobacteria or forage on plants or prey that may have accumulated cyanobacteria-produced BMAA.”

school record and places her on Brown’s all-time top 10 list in the event.

Co-captain Jill Lynch ’05 placed second in the shot put with 44-2 3/4.

Jen Donahue ’05 and Laura Dudek ’07 ended a solid meet for the throwers. Donahue won the hammer throw with 162-8 and Dudek took second place in the javelin throw at 131-10 and qualified for ECACs in the process.

“Everyone performed very solidly and we are very excited about where we are right now,” said Throws Coach Michelle Eisenreich.

Overall, Rothenberg said the meet “provided good solid competition in all events” and a valuable opportunity to “compete against New England powerhouses UConn and Northeastern.” As the first win of the outdoor season, the meet set a positive tone for next week, and performances are expected to improve as long as the Bears continue to put forth a strong effort.

GISPs continued from page 5 of the College Linda Dunleavy.

Charles Custer ’08 is a cocoordinator of a proposed GISP to examine dinosaurs from a scientific and cultural perspective. He recalls the genesis of his group’s idea for a class: Sitting at dinner one night, they wondered why dinosaurs pique many children’s interest but few pursue the subject because of minimal course offerings examining these creatures and the cultural mythologies that surround them, he said.

Currently participating in a GISP on Confucian ethics and spirituality, Custer had prior experience designing and facilitating a GISP, which can be a lengthy process.

Dunleavy said this process is part of the educational value of GISPs. “Students get to have the opportunity to see what goes into putting a course together,” she said.

“The actual class ended up being a lot different from the syllabus,” Custer said, referring to his previous GISP. “It was four students and a professor and he said basically ‘we’ll do what you want.’ ” Custer said he thinks the students will stick closer to the syllabus of “Dinosaurs and Culture” because students will be responsible for more of the class time.

Sponsored by Professor of Biology Christine Janis, the course will draw from a variety

of texts but also incorporate films such as “Jurassic Park” and “The Land Before Time.”

“The Politics of Drug Control Policy” is another GISP which explores political issues. Student coordinators Cindy Beavon ’07 and Nicholas Renzler ’07 said the GISP grew out of their involvement with the campus student group Students for Sensible Drug Policy.

“On the international level, the drug war affects so many parts of life. We wanted to have it be a broad introduction to all the different levels of policy from the national to the international,” addressing issues of racism, the prison industrial complex and international drug trafficking, she said.

The final product of the class will be a book of 20- to 25- page essays written by the participants, which the class will distribute to other drug policy and advocacy organizations in the country, including over 120 SSDP chapters.

The GISP focuses on “how to move forward and effect change,” Renzler said, citing the

bills to legalize medical marijuana, give federal student aid to students with past drug convictions and end felon disenfranchisement as political initiatives in which the class will try to effect positive change.

GISP co-coordinator Kartik Akileswaran ’07 helps students propose GISPs. He estimates over 95 percent are approved.

Despite unlimited possibilities, there are usually only around 10 to 15 GISPs, ISPs and academic internships proposed for the fall semester. “A lot of people have ideas but don’t know how to go about doing that and mold it into an independent study,” he said.

Finding a sponsor is one of the most common problems students bring to Akileswaran.

He advises students interested in proposing a GISP to find a sponsor early and utilize the Resource Center for help. “I hope more and more people will become aware of the opportunities they have with independent study and in general with the current resource center,” he said.

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EDITORIAL/LETTERS TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2005 · PAGE 10 S T A F F

E D I T O R I A L

Chafee’s choice Known for his willingness to cross political lines and vote against his party, Sen. Lincoln Chafee ’75 — Rhode Island’s lone Republican in Washington — now finds himself the center of attention in the fight over John Bolton, President Bush’s nominee for ambassador to the United Nations.

Chafee is the swing vote on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Bolton’s confirmation is all but assured if he makes it to the Senate floor. Chafee, like his Democratic colleagues, does not think Bolton is the best choice for the ambassadorship. But Chafee either does not realize the power his vote wields or does not have the best interests of Rhode Islanders at heart, because observers expect him to submit to White House wishes in a vote that may come today.

Steve Hourahan, the senator’s press secretary, told The Herald that Chafee will use the committee hearings to help make up his mind. Chafee, in turn, has said Democrats have not yet made a strong enough case to convince him to bolt from Bolton. But Chafee doesn’t think Bolton is the best choice for ambassador, and he shouldn’t wait for someone else to convince him he’s correct. After all, if Bolton is shot down, the White House will gladly provide another nominee to serve as a Bush administration mouthpiece, possibly one who has not spent much of his career offending and disregarding the U.N. “It’s an important vote,” Chafee says in an article appearing in today’s Times. “But I’ll be honest. Back in Rhode Island, I think the interest groups care strongly about it, but I think the average citizen doesn’t know who John Bolton is.” Apparently, Chafee only represents the opinions of his constituents — such as in his opposition to the war in Iraq — when his constituents are aware they’re being represented; but when he perceives an issue as under the radar, he falls in step with the GOP. The senator was perfectly happy to create a meaningless publicity stunt by refusing to vote for George W. Bush last year, but when his single vote almost certainly will make a difference on the Senate committee, he is ignoring his responsibility to the Ocean State.

We’d like to see Chafee prove us wrong. The Bolton vote may be a turning point in the 2006 Senate race, and the choice is simple: If Chafee wants to run for re-election as the maverick politician he’s established himself to be, he should vote against Bolton. If he wants to run as a Republican partisan in the country’s most Democratic state, he should vote for him.

DANIEL L AWLOR

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OPINIONS TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2005 · PAGE 11

Here we go again GUEST COLUMN BY DYLAN BROWN I hardly find intellectual diversity and academic freedom “troubling,” as Erica Sagrans defined them in her column (“From margin to center: the rise of intellectual diversity at Brown,” April 8). According to her graduation date, ’05, it’s unlikely Ms. Sagrans was on campus for much of the so-called pre-David Horowitz era.

I was on campus during that embarrassing episode. Not only was I outraged by the actions of the students who stole The Herald press run, I supported the editors’ decision and right to print Horowitz’s ad, even though I disagreed with its content. I’m no right-wing conservative.

I have worked for Democrats since my time on campus. I am just much more concerned about the protection of free speech than I am about being protected from that which might offend some peoples’ sensibilities.

Don’t get me wrong. I love Brown, and my time on campus was the most extraordinary experience of my short life. However, I was and still am concerned about fringe elements at Brown disrupting the learning process, and attempting to impose their view of truth on others by stifling meaningful discourse. When I attended Brown, I couldn’t help feeling that my more conservative friends’ beliefs and ideas were marginalized on campus. During discussion section, I found myself taking the “conservative” position, partly to be provocative, but also because no one else would. As a teaching assistant, I made sure competing sides of an issue received fair time and respect. Anything less would have been doing my classmates and my discussion section students a disservice.

As an alum, I applaud President Simmons’ efforts to bring more balance to campus discussion. My only regret is that I am unable to partake. Ms. Sagrans needs to realize there is a difference between balanced debate and a conservative “chilling effect.” I think the so-called “liberals” at Brown could learn a little bit about real tolerance before they start proselytizing about conservatives threatening the public discourse.

To be honest, Brown students have quite a dubious history of shouting down pro-life or antiaffirmative action speakers when they come to campus.

I find it interesting that Ms. Sagrans doesn’t seem to consider alumni concerns about the apparent lack of intellectual diversity at Brown worthy of our president’s attention. Last time I checked, it’s the alums at a private university who pay a large portion of the university’s bills through their donations. While things are different on campus, some alums actually grow up to be, dare I say, Republicans, or care for things like intellectual freedom and diversity as much as they care about religious or racial diversity.

Moreover, Ms. Sagrans ostensibly decided that the whole campus is so intellectually wellrounded that a conservative speaker cannot “improve our education.”

However, Ms. Sagrans’ point that rightwingers are waging an assault on academia is right on. I completely agree that professors should not be subject to lawsuits from students who don’t like what they teach, or should worry about being fired for political reasons. And don’t get me started about the jihad being waged on evolution. In my view, that is well beyond the scope of legislative authority. My point is that Brown is far from being dominated by conservative voices, and that all perspectives should be welcomed and vigorously debated.

To paraphrase John Stuart Mill, one can never really know their own beliefs are the truth unless they confront their beliefs with those in opposition. In either case, how can you defeat your opponent if you don’t know what they’re thinking or how they got there?

So, engage; challenge; surrender comfort.

Dylan Brown ’03 is a proud alum.

What’s in a meal credit?

GUEST COLUMN BY AMY BAYNES In contrast to Cornell where I previ- Services have responded to some stu- When a student calls home halfway ously attended school, Brown is a much dents’ desires for more healthy/alterna- through first semester and says that more open, laidback, positive commu- tive/organic fare, should students really they had to buy dinner the past couple nity. However, Cornell definitely has an be forced to pay such unreasonable of nights because they have no points prices? When I go to Jo’s, I want some- left, their parents may start to wonder easy leg up on Brown’s Dining Services.

I am not going to talk about the thing to eat because I am unable to go what it is that they are paying for.

What really gets to me is the fact that mediocre food served at the Ratty or its the Ratty. I don’t want to pay money and poor overall setup. My main concern is I most certainly do not want to be taken the Hostess snacks are $1.25 at Jo’s, in some cases $0.75 more than the same with Brown’s policy on the use of meal advantage of.

The Herald did an investigative article items sold at Store 24. Possibly, it is credits at Jo’s. (Undoubtedly, the same problems that I am going to address (“Store 24, CVS cheapest among local Brown’s way of forcing us to eat more occur at The Gate, where meal credits convenience stores,” March 10) about healthily, by ordering a wrap (but not are also accepted, but I have never eaten the prices of certain items at various too healthily — wraps are still much stores both on campus and off campus more expensive than Hostess fare). there, so I will not speculate.)

First, how was the $4.20 equivalent and found that most items were more Maybe Brown assumes that those points they provide decided? It must have been a ranIt appears that there isn’t a drink that I can get with to us will be used to make up the difdom assignment my sandwich without using points or paying out of ference between because it does not our meal’s total correlate with any my pocket. This doesn’t make sense to me. price and our allotof the prices at Jo’s. ted $4.20 instead of $4.20 is supposed to pay for one meal of mine? Okay, expensive on campus. Why aren’t more being used to buy Advil, a toothbrush so I brave the line at 7:40 p.m., because people angry about these price differ- and a S’mores bar at the Campus Market, none of which are sold at Jo’s. the dining halls close absurdly early, and ences?

Though great professors attract more But what lingers in my mind, perhaps realize that I have already spent $3.25 for my measly ham and cheese on multi- money and recognition to a university not unfounded, is that possibly Brown is grain bread. That leaves $0.95 left to get such as Brown, those professors are in trying to make a little more money off of what usually accompanies a sandwich: a turn attracted in part by the student my hardworking parents and hungry drink. So I look around and see Honest population. Professors want to teach me.

Though I am not sure that this Tea. That looks good, but, at $1.65, a lit- students who are intelligent, driven and tle outrageous. Next choice — orange want to learn. What Brown needs to annoys many people, or that some peojuice — over $2.00! Huh. It appears that remember is that these students can be ple are even aware that this is happening (this may be what Brown hopes for), there isn’t a drink that I can get with my equally attracted to other institutions.

For many high school seniors apply- I get irritated just walking into Jo’s. So, sandwich without using points or paying out of my pocket. This doesn’t make ing to different colleges and universities, the next time you go to Jo’s or The Gate, money is an object. If they get into and the cashier swipes your card twice, sense to me.

True, I could have gotten a hamburg- Brown, financial aid might not cover I hope you will wonder why you just had er and a soda and would have been good enough, or their parents might be ineli- to pay extra money for the meal you are to go. But why should I, in one of my gible because they have no debt, yet are entitled to under your allotted meal more healthy moods, be forced to pay not living too comfortably. It is a plan. And if they only swipe your card more money when my multigrain sand- squeeze for most parents to send a child once, I hope you wonder where the leftwich and Honest Tea is just a different to Brown, but it is comforting to know over difference went. variation of a meal? I understand that that their child will never need extra the Honest Tea is more expensive that a food money because of the “adequate” Amy Baynes ’08 has overdrawn her flexfountain soda, but as Brown Dining meal plan and many dining options. points .

SAMANTHA PLESSER

Ferrets and dating at Brown Brown University is a wonderful place. However, at least in this bitter senior’s experience, it is where relationships go to die. I grimace as my friends who have found their significant others at college skip back and forth through the Main Green, kissing on benches and waltzing along Thayer Street. And I’m truly happy for them, although at times I cant help thinking that I was told when I got here that college would be prime husband-hunting grounds. I know this is an antiquated notion, spewed forth by my mother and my grandmother who met their prospective matches on the Spencer college green in what is reminiscent of some Hallmark Movie of the Week. Yet, graduation looms closer, and aside from a few interesting and complicated relationships, I have nothing to show for my dating future except a broken heart and a lot of animosity towards men in general.

Thus, after weighing carefully the pros and cons of once again investing time and energy into obtaining a relationship, I decided to take a step in a different direction. I got a ferret. Now, one might call me crazy or, dare I say it, pathetic to seek companionship from an elongated guinea pig, but this was probably the best decision I’ve made in quite some time.

Spencer is a fabulous pet. Not only

that, but he has a personality that makes him, at times, seem like a terrified boyfriend in a maladjusted relationship. Spencer doesn’t like commitment. He likes to do his own thing. He has a place where he hides in which he stores highlighters, makeup sponges, bobby pins and some of my dancing hamsters. Yes, the space he has claimed as his own is inside my Armani throw, but the dude has got some good taste.

Spencer, by seeking out a hiding spot, has taught me that perhaps I may have been somewhat suffocating in past

makes my apartment smell relationships. All anyone needs, whether ferret or boy, is time alone.

Spencer has shown me, quite literally when he flees at the sight of me and burrows into my throw, that it is “alone time” for both of us.

Spencer likes to be fed and taken on walks. He needs attention but he doesn’t like smothering. I am responsible for filling his food dish and letting him run around the house. He likes it when I hold him and stroke his head for a little while, but he doesn’t always want to be playing with me, fetching a ball or eating treats from my hand. Spencer enjoys his freedom. He has found a way to pick the lock on his cage and when he feels neglected, he gets out of there

and destroys my apartment.

Apparently, like boys, ferrets need a good balance of coddling and independence.

Spencer makes my apartment smell weird — sort of a musky, even (dare I say it) manly scent. He is up all night and sleeps all day. He doesn’t wake up when I want to play and he is up all night when I’m trying to sleep. He’ll be sweet and loving one minute and then pensive and grumpy the next. Yet for all of his quirks, Spencer has given me companionship. He has also taught me in some small way how to treat a member of the weird. opposite sex. Sometimes boys want to be loved, but most of the time, especially in college, they want their space. Sometimes boys want to have their future all planned out, but most of the time, they just want things to go with the flow. And even though you can’t keep a boy caged in, they usually will come back if treated with love and respect. Interesting how much a ferret can teach us.

Laugh all you want, but Spencer and I are doing fine. However, if I start walking around with a leashed horde of cats, it’s time for everyone who knows me to get scared.

Samantha Plesser ‘05 makes ferret-normative statements.

THE BROWN DAILY HERALD

SPORTS TUESDAY APRIL 12, 2005 · PAGE 12

UConn Invite victory gives w. track first win of season

BY KATIE QUINLAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Brown women’s track and field team won the University of Connecticut Invitational Saturday — the Bears’ first win of the outdoor season and the first time they beat UConn since the indoor track season of 2000.

Distance Coach Rick Wemple said he sees the win as a “good indicator of improvement” as the team prepares for the Brown Invitational April 16.

In the running events, Fara Kitton ’05 had two excellent performances in the 400- and 100meter hurdles and also ran in the 4x100 meter relay. She won the 400 hurdles in 62.06 seconds and managed a 14.52 in the 100meter hurdles despite a strong headwind and block slip at the starting line. “My time was decent, all things considered,” Kitton said. “I am planning on PRing next week and every time from here on out.”

Eleven women raced the 1,500meters for Brown. Many of them used the race as a tuneup for next week’s meet, in which they will be competing in a variety of events including steeplechase, and the

5,000 and 1,500. Four of the women set personal bests, the most notable of which was turned in by Anna Willard ’06, who won the race in 4:37.29. The sheer number of Bears on the starting line made for an “awesome intimidation factor,” said Wemple.

Naja Ferjan ’07 and co-captain Kelly Powell ’06 took first and second place respectively in the 800meter. Powell led the first lap and the two worked together to set the pace for Ferjan’s 2:09.69 win and Powell’s outdoor personal best of 2:13.66. Jaylon White ’05 won the 100-meter dash in 12.85, followed closely by teammate Lauren Hale ’07 in 13.17.

In field events, the Bears claimed three of the top four spots in the pole vault. Janea Russ ’06 and Tiffany Chang ’08 both jumped 11 feet 5 3/4 inches for first and second place, and Allison Brager ’07 took fourth at 10-6.

Dominique Bosa-Edwards ’05 placed second in the triple jump, and Ashley Wall ’05 took third in the long jump at 17-10 1/4.

Jumps Coach Anne Rothenberg see W. TRACK, page 9

Softball swept at Harvard, Dartmouth Offense musters just four runs over weekend

BY JUSTIN GOLDMAN SPORTS STAFF WRITER

The softball team looked to get its momentum started in defense of its Ivy League title this weekend as it traveled to play doubleheaders against Harvard and Dartmouth.

Unfortunately, luck was not on the Bears’ side, and they were swept in both doubleheaders.

The losses drop the Bears to 49-1 overall and 0-4 in league play.

Brown was competitive in both games against Harvard, losing each by a score of 3-1. In the first contest, Brown was unable to figure out Harvard pitcher Shelley Madick, who only allowed two hits while striking out 13 en route to her fourth win of the season. “She is a good pitcher, but nothing that we haven’t seen before,” said co-captain Uchenna Omokaro ’05.

The Crimson was able to strike early in game one, scoring two runs in the bottom of the first inning. The Bears were able to cut that deficit in half in the top of the third inning, when Rachel Fleitell ’06 hit a double to right-center with two

outs and later scored on a Harvard error. However, that was all the offense that Bruno would get for the game.

Omokaro took the loss for Brown, going six innings while striking out eight and giving up three runs on seven hits.

In game two, Brown got on the board first. Liz Anderson ’07 hit an RBI single to center in the second inning to bring in Courtney Jenkins ’07, who had led off with a double down the left field line. The bats for the Bears stalled once again, though, as they were only able to muster four hits in the second contest.

The Crimson rallied in the bottom of the third inning, scoring three runs. That would be all the offense they would need, as they shut the Bears out for the rest of the game. “We just could not get any clutch hitting when we needed it.

Although we had very few opportunities, we did not take advantage of the ones we had,” Omokaro said.

The offensive woes continued for Brown when the team traveled to Hanover, N.H., to play Dartmouth on Sunday.

Ashley Hess / Herald

Rachel Fleitell ’06 was Brown’s lone star on offense with a homer and two RBIs in four games.

The Bears were only able to plate two runs on five hits in two games against the Big Green.

In the first game, Brown shot out of the gates as Fleitell led off with a home run, giving Bruno an instant 1-0 lead. The see SOFTBALL, page 7

M. track takes second to host Huskies in season’s first meet

BY JILANE RODGERS SENIOR SPORTS WRITER

Dan Grossman ’71

Tiffany Chang ’08 placed second in the pole vault Saturday, one of three Bears to finish in the top four in the event.

STORRS, Conn. — After returning from spring training in Florida, the men’s track and field team competed outdoors in New England for the first time this year. It still felt like spring break for the Bears,

New Tiger, similar dominance For a 31-hole stretch this weekend at the Masters, we caught glimpses of a new Tiger Woods. At times, it was eviPHILLIP dent that GARA ALL PHILLER he’s not q u i t e ready to enter this new phase of his career, even though he may go on to reach greater heights of dominance. But the combination of the new and old Tiger was good enough for his fourth green jacket and his first major win since his U.S. Open triumph at Bethpage Black three years ago.

As Woods has grown up in the public spotlight over the last decade, we have watched him develop as both a golfer and a person. In many respects, what was on display last weekend may the beginning of the next chapter in his life and career.

In the mid 1990s, Woods burst into the limelight as a fearless, unrestrained, long-hitting stud under the protective wing of his parents, Earl and Kultida Woods, and swing coach, Butch

Harmon. Yet, for all his natural gifts, Tiger was still a raw talent.

After a brief slump in the late 1990s, he re-emerged as a more complete young adult who could still hit prodigious drives but could also control his game like a seasoned veteran. From 1999 to 2002, Tiger dominated golf like few have ever done, holding all four major titles at once. He was successful because he combined his aggressive play and excellent scrambling ability with a newfound maturity.

During his recent 0-for-10 stretch in majors, Tiger struggled with his newfound independence. He became increasingly disgruntled with his erratic swing and more contentious with the media that once labeled him as a charismatic poster child. Despite attempts be more self-sufficient, he also became stubborn and unable to let go of some of the comforts of his youth. Tiger was reticent to switch to new driver technology and often struggled wtih trying to mesh his old playing style with recent swing

changes. As Woods has encountered the challenges of aging, we have seen a more human Tiger whose unflappable, youthful confidence slowly eroded as a result of mounting shortcomings.

From late 2002 to 2004, Tiger distanced himself somewhat from the protective blanket of his early years. He started to part ways with Harmon late in 2002 and began publicly dating Swedish model Elin Nordegren.

Also, Tiger’s parents were no longer waiting at the 18th hole to shower him with hugs and kisses after every win.

Tiger’s Masters triumph may be a sign that he is finally becoming comfortable with the changes in his life and golf game. Tiger married Nordegren in the fall and hired a new swing coach, Hank Haney, who is working to make Tiger’s game even more technically sound and less reliant on scrambling. Woods has also switched to modern technology in his driver and 3-wood, adaptsee TIGER, page 4

though, and a cloudless sky and a temperature near 70 made the day ideal for competition.

Brown came away with 131 points, taking second to host University of Connecticut as cocaptains Jake Golenor ’06 and Patrick Tarpy ’05 led the way for the Bears.

Golenor earned the only victory of the day for Brown, giving the team 10 points with his 170foot, 6-inch throw in the discus.

“Jake had a really good meet,” said Throws Coach Michelle Eisenreich. “I’m excited about that.”

Though he qualified for the NCAA Regionals last week in his season opener, the distance was a personal best for him by four feet. Already ranked first in the Ivy League, the throw puts even more distance between Golenor and the rest of the field.

“I was really happy with the way the day went,” Golenor said. “My goal is to come out again in two weeks and do it again.”

The throws squad continued to show its depth throughout the day. Earning six more points for the Bears in the discus, Kent Walls ’06 threw 162-8 to take third and move into second place in the Ivies.

“We really want to do well in the discus,” Eisenreich said. “It’s our strongest event in the throws, and we’re hoping to get four people to score (at the Heptagonal Championships).

Kent and Jake will lead them.”

Walls doubled, taking more

third-place points in the hammer throw with a mark of 170-3.

John Reid ’08 set a personal best in the same event in only his second collegiate competition.

“Being over 170 in the hammer again is important,” Eisenreich said. “Kent’s being consistent. In the discus, he was only a foot off of his (personal record).”

Tarpy debuted for the 2005 outdoor season with a secondplace finish in the 1,500-meter run. He shared the lead for nearly three-fourths of the race with eventual winner Max Smith from Providence College.

Posting a final time of 3:53.12, Tarpy’s performance will rank him in the top 10 of the Ivy League in the event this year.

Michael Piche ’05 crossed the line after Tarpy to take third. He and three other Bears posted personal bests in the event.

Jordan Kinley ’06 also turned in a personal best and third-place performance for the Bears’ middle distance squad, finishing the 800-meters in 1:54.20.

Multiple athletes turned in runner-up finishes around the track and infield as well. see M. TRACK, page 6 BROWN SPORTS SCOREBOARD TUESDAY, APRIL 12 M. LACROSSE: at Harvard IVY LEAGUE AWARDS — W. LACROSSE Offensive Player of the Week: Amie Biros ’07