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Volume CXLI, No. 9 NATION SENSATION Resnick ’06 beats out thousands to secure lead role in national tour of ‘Rent’ ARTS & CULTURE 3

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Gay Shame posters prompt public release of updated harassment policy BY MARY-CATHERINE LADER FEATURES EDITOR

Gay Shame Providence, a group previously unheard of at Brown, posted fliers across campus Wednesday morning criticizing Brenda Allen, associate provost and director of institutional diversity, for not completing a “hate crime protocol” the group described as long overdue. In response, Allen included a link to the University’s new Discrimination and Harassment Policy and Grievance Procedures in Thursday’s edition of Morning Mail. The policy had not previously been advertised to the Brown community, though Allen said it was drafted in November. Allen told The Herald she had not seen the actual posters but had been alerted to their content. “I was e-mailed on Wednesday morning and told that there were notes on University Hall that had my name on them … asking what happened to the hate crimes protocol that I had promised two years ago,” she said. “The note on (the) door reminded me, or at least triggered me, to look back at what had happened, and we realized we never sent out (the policy),” Allen said. Allen said she had overlooked the fact that students had not been alerted to the

policy once “the holiday came, and I got back to work and other things took precedent.” Following a spring 2004 incident involving alleged hate crimes against Isaac Rodriguez ’04 and Joel Madrid ’05, Allen said she was asked to “form a committee to think about the policy and procedures we have for making and resolving complaints for discrimination and harassment.” But Gay Shame asserted in a Feb. 3 e-mail to The Herald that Allen’s charge included “the establishment of clear hate crime protocols by fall 2004.” Allen acknowledged that developing the harassment policy had taken longer than some might have wished, adding that she “wanted to be more thorough.” Allen first printed the policy in November and finalized it in December after more than a year of consultation with the community, including two “open forums” and a presentation to the Undergraduate Council of Students. The Feb. 3 e-mail from Gay Shame, signed by “Mary,” said the group “strongly supports the existence of (Brown’s new policy), however such policy should not be confused with hate crime policy and see GAY SHAME, page 8

Slavery and justice research influences other institutions BY LEORA FRIDMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

As the University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice prepares to submit its findings almost three years after receiving its charge from President Ruth Simmons, the influence of the committee’s work is being felt at other institutions undertaking similar projects across the country. Brown’s slavery and justice committee began its work during a key historical moment when “there was general sense that discussion of race had stalled and individuals were looking for a new way to have some dialogue,” said Catherine Manegold, professor of journalism at Emory University and a founder of the university’s Transforming Community Project. The TCP aims to look into the history of race at Emory and re-examine the school’s current racial climate. According to Manegold, Brown’s example served as a framing tool when Emory decided to start the TCP. Manegold also linked the roots of the TCP to a 2001 symposium at the University of California, Los Angelos in which academics from across the country began to address the contentious issue of reparations. “It is a question of how to re-initiate responsible conversation on this topic,” Manegold said, “and the beauty of Brown’s example was the language of needing fact-based dialogue … around such an emotional subject.” Manegold said she believes the full involvement of Emory’s administrators and staff, in addition to faculty, is a key difference from Brown’s program. Gary Hauk, vice president and deputy to the

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Last week, a group called Gay Shame Providence posted a number of fliers across campus, calling on Brown to establish a “hate crime protocol.”

president at Emory, described the TCP’s first year of programming as a series of “community dialogues,” usually centered on an assigned text and designed to “unearth and discuss underlying experiences of race around the campus,” usually centered on an assigned text. Hauk projected that over the next year of the plan, participants will be trained in archival research and oral history techniques so they can research the history of race and slavery at Emory. In the last year of the TCP, participants will use the research to “develop new curricular offerings and to shape our future,” Hauk said. The final phase of the project will involve a look at Emory’s campus today, including “hiring practices (and) avenues for complaint,” Manegold said. Hauk also noted that the connection to Brown’s work continues, as Simmons will give an address titled “The University Between Past and Future” as part of this week’s “Founder’s Week Festival” at Emory. Financial institutions have also been influenced by Brown’s “moral courage and leadership,” according to Roy Brooks, professor of law at the University of San Diego. Brooks cited Chase Manhattan Bank and Bank of America as banks that have researched their own ties to slavery, including the use of slaves as collateral for client loans. They have also taken steps to provide reparations in the form of scholarship funds for descendants of slaves. But Brooks called Bank of America’s actions “less heartfelt” because the company has not acknowledged that it profited from

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LOVE IN THE AIR

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No stage at PC for ‘Vagina Monologues’ BY STU WOO CAMPUS WATCH EDITOR

Arguing that the play contradicts Catholic beliefs, the president of Providence College decided on Jan. 18 to ban oncampus productions of CAMPUS “The Vagina Monologues,” a move that resulted in WATCH protests and counter-protests from students. In a statement released on the college’s Web site, President Rev. Brian Shanley, said he believes the play does not celebrate female sexuality — as it is commonly credited as doing — but rather degrades it. He said he reached this conclusion after

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carefully reading and studying the awardwinning Eve Ensler play, which also stirred controversy when it debuted on Broadway 10 years ago. “Far from celebrating the complexity and mystery of female sexuality, ‘The Vagina Monologues’ simplifies and demystifies it by reducing it to the vagina,” Shanley said. He also objected to the description of the play as “a bible for a new generation of women” and to a specific scene in the play in which an “alcoholfueled seduction” of a female minor by a 24-year-old woman results in “salvation” and “a kind of heaven.” see MONOLOGUES, page 3 News tips: herald@browndailyherald.com

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TO D AY ’ S E V E N TS “DEMOCRACY AND DIPLOMACY: PALESTINIAN AND ISRAELI ELECTIONS AFTER GAZA” 2 p.m., (Watson Institute) — Jeremy Pressman from the Department of Political Science at the University of Connecticut will give a lecture. THE WAL-MART SWEATSHOP WORKERS SPEAKING TOUR 7 p.m., (List Art Building) — Workers from factories in Colombia, Nicaragua and the Philippines speak about their experiences working for WalMart.

DINNER AND DISCUSSION: INVESTIGATING PROVIDENCE 7 p.m., (Andrews Dining Hall) — Students who took part in the Swearer Centersponsored weeklong winter breaks projects will discuss their investigation of homelessness, affordable housing, leadpaint, public education and immigration rights in Providence.

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CHORO MUSIC: ORIGINS, PRACTICE AND CONCEPTS 8 p.m., (Grant Recital Hall) — Paulo Sá presents a Choro Music lecture and performance.

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Resnick ’06 starring in “Rent” national tour Experts discuss controversial opera adaptations BY ILA TYAGI STAFF WRITER

BY REID THOMPSON CONTRIBUTING WRITER

“Unsettling Opera,” a panel discussion of operatic productions, brought together prominent scholars and members of the opera community Thursday and Friday to consider five contentious works — four adaptations of classic operas and a fifth original work. The forum, held in Grant Recital Hall, was sponsored by the Cogut Humanities Center and conceived by its director, Professor of History and Music Michael Steinberg. The workshop began Thursday evening with “Dr. Atomic,” the new work by John Adams, who has enjoyed perhaps the most popular and commercial success of any American composer of his generation. “Unsettling Opera” was lucky enough to have in attendance maverick Peter Sellars, who directed “Dr. Atomic” and adapted its libretto from sources as diverse as declassified government documents, the “Bhagavad Gita” and the poems of Charles Baudeliere. Sellars, called “one of the smartest people I ever met” by New York Times critic John Rockwell, who was also present, proved to be one of the panel’s most compelling speakers. “Dr. Atomic” tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist known as “the father of the atomic bomb;” his wife,

Kitty; and a few other figures in the Manhattan Project in the two weeks leading up to the bomb’s first test. Set in the New Mexico desert, it is an opera more concerned with the psychologies of its characters and the uncomfortable tension of their situation than with the drama created by the explosion upon which the plot rests. Tension and uncertainty reverberate through the knotty, intricate and often Wagnerian score and are manifested on stage by dark, shadowy lighting cast on characters who seem to glow radioactively. Sellars expressed his hope that “Dr. Atomic” might “put back on the table the question of elimination of all nuclear weapons.” His 1989 production of Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro,” considered widely controversial when it premiered for its setting in a Trump Tower penthouse, was one of four operas that were screened and discussed Friday. While the production resurfaces the opera with a commercialized Manhattan sheen, making it more relevant to a modern audience, underneath the business suits and behind the backdrop of Central Park are the same brilliant music and gripping drama that are at its heart. The quirks of characterization are not intended to replace, see OPERA, page 8

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Over 50 farmers, chefs, school food services and restaurateurs gathered in the Sharpe Refectory for the Rhode Island Local Food Forum on Friday. The event was presented in part by Farm Fresh Rhode Island and the R.I. Division of Agriculture in an effort to develop the local food system in an economically viable and environmentally friendly way.

On a drizzly Monday morning last November, Jed Resnick ’06 lined up with approximately 12 thousand other people outside New York City’s 37 Arts Theatre to wait for an audition. A few weeks later, Resnick received a phone call and decided to take a semester off from studying at Brown in order to star as lead character Mark in the national tour of the Broadway smash hit “Rent.” Speaking on the telephone from York, Penn., with motorcycles thundering in the background, an obviously exultant Resnick described his oncein-a-lifetime opportunity as “overwhelming” and “beyond my belief.” Resnick’s journey began when he received an e-mail from the Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance last semester, informing students of an open audition for “Rent” in New York City, Resnick’s hometown. During Thanksgiving break, Resnick and a friend, Allison Posner ’05, decided to take a chance with the audition. Posner was turned down, but Resnick went through five rounds of callbacks, each testing his ability

Monologues continued from page 1 Erica Rioux, the PC senior who was coordinating this year’s production of the play, said she was “devastated” when she heard of the news. “I feel that it sets a really negative precedent for the years to come for women on this campus,” Rioux said. Particularly devastating to Rioux was the timing of the ban, which came just three weeks before the play was set to run, and the fact that PC’s production was used as a charity fundraiser. For the past four years, PC students have run “The Vagina Monologues” on Valentine’s Day, as part of a national effort to raise money for and increase awareness of female anti-violence groups. Rioux said last year’s production at PC raised about $2,000 for the local Sojourner House women’s shelter and Sisters Overcoming Abusive Relationships. Rioux said she is now scrambling to find another venue for the play. She said her cast and crew of about 60 women is still rehearsing for a Feb. 14 show in hopes that a venue will be found. Student reaction at the college, a school of about 5,000, has been mixed. This was particularly evident at a Jan. 25 demonstration at the college’s main entrance in which 100 protestors of the ban were met by about 30 counter-protestors — mostly members of the PC College Republicans. Junior Kyle Drennen, president of the College Republicans, said his group was planning to demonstrate against “The Vagina Monologues” even

to sing, dance and act — a process that culminated in late December with a telephone call from the show’s director and producers informing him he had bagged the role. “I screamed really, really loudly,” Resnick said. “I never expected it. I love the show and always wanted to play Mark, but every time I took a step after the audition I thought it would be the last.” Arguably, however, Resnick, began his journey toward the role long before he received that department e-mail. He has interned at theater companies, participated in community theater and spent his summers acting. Resnick, a theatre arts concentrator, has also been actively involved in the theater scene at Brown, devoting himself to Sock and Buskin, Production Workshop and Brownbrokers, among others. He said he feels as if he has been “preparing for this role my whole life.” After the show was cast, rigorous rehearsals began in New York City on Jan. 4. Resnick and the other cast members, who range in age from 18 to 27, worked eight-hour days for three weeks, receiving only two days off during that time. Following a run-through of the show for

its producers, the cast and crew of “Rent” traveled to York, the tour’s first stop, to begin technical rehearsals. Resnick’s workday has increased to 11 hours in anticipation of previews to be held at Pennsylvania State College last Friday and Saturday. The tour departs for Cleveland tomorrow and will go on to visit several American cities. Describing his regrets at having to leave Brown, Resnick mentioned not being able to participate in Sock and Buskin’s upcoming production of “Hair,” missing his friends and being unable to take a solo performance theatre arts seminar. Resnick plans to return to Brown next spring, and earn his degree in May 2007. After that he would like to go back to New York City and continue his career as an actor. For now, however, Resnick is focusing on the seven-month tour ahead of him. Despite his all-consuming daily rehearsals and his occasional doubts as to whether he is even right for the role, Resnick said he is having the time of his life. “I’m working with an incredible group of people,” he said. “On the first day of rehearsal we sang ‘Seasons of Love.’ It sounded amazing. It blew me away.”

before the ban. “We felt a need to have some sort of counter-event — not necessarily a protest, but an event to support more traditional and less controversial ways of dealing with the issue of domestic violence,” Drennen said. He added that members of the Campus Ministry, a faithbased organization, joined the College Republicans in the counter-demonstration. Drennen said he and other College Republicans traditionally support more passive governance, but they are in favor of Shanley’s ban because PC is a private Catholic college. Drennen said it would be a completely different issue if this ban took place at a public

college or university. “Our college statement is to uphold Catholic values,” Drennen said. Still, many students voiced their opposition to the ban. “I love ‘The Vagina Monologues,’” said Nicole Gibbs, a junior. “I saw it last year and it was very powerful.” Gibbs said she worked at the Sojourner House and was upset that the women’s shelter would not be receiving any money from the PC play this year. “It did so much good, so in that respect it’s hard to see the play not being performed,” she said.

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W. hoops continued from page 12 run, Vocell hit her third three of the half from just about the same spot where she made her first two. “I was surprised they were giving me room after I had made my first two from there,” she said. “That’s why I shot the third one.” Despite the Quakers’ 3-14 record, they refused to lay down for the Bears. Penn went on a 12-2 run to end the half, pulling to within five at 29-24. Midway through the second half, however, Brown began to give itself some breathing room by once again relying on its stifling defense. Bruno’s pressure forced the Quakers into tough shots at the end of the shot clock almost every time down the floor in the second half. On the offensive end, the Bears continued their hot shooting. Up 44-36, they went on a 12-0 spurt that pushed their lead to an insurmountable 20. As before, it was Vocell’s spark coming off the bench that ignited the Bears.

First, she made a beautiful backdoor cut and converted the layup off a nice feed from Ashley King-Bischof ’07. Then, Vocell dished out two assists, one on a three by Kelly and the other on a layup by Lena McAfee ’07. “Jackie has been great for us all year,” said Head Coach Jean Marie Burr. “Great teams have players that know and accept their roles. That is how championship teams are formed.” Kelly, Hayes and Vocell scored 14, 13 and 11 points, respectively. McAfee added eight along with eight rebounds and King-Bischof poured in seven. On Saturday, the Bears again turned up the pressure on defense to take Princeton’s two talented posts, Cowher and Becky Brown out of the game. The plan worked well in the first half as neither got into a rhythm offensively. At the end of the first half, Vocell again came off the bench and provided a lift for the Bears. She scored seven points in a three-minute span in the midst of a 12-2 run that gave Bruno a 32-18 halftime lead. The Bears continued to

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keep the Tigers at arm’s length throughout the first 10 minutes of the second half, but after that, Princeton started to assert itself. The Tigers were determined to get their inside play going with Brown and Cowher, posting them up underneath and running them off screens. With the score 45-32 in favor of the Bears, Princeton went on an 11-0 run fueled by the post play of Becky Brown, who made three layups and collected a steal over that span. The Tigers’ defense keyed on Hayes, limiting her to five points going into the last three minutes of the game. But as she has done before, Hayes saved her best for last. First, Hayes hit a pull-up jumper from the elbow that gave Brown a 47-43 lead. Then, with less than three minutes to go, she made a backdoor cut and Kelly found her with a perfect pass for a layup. “Sarah always does the right thing at the right time,” Burr said. “She has a knack for the big play.” Princeton then made two layups, one each by Brown and Cowher, to make the score 4947 with 90 seconds to go. Both teams’ defenses tightened up and they exchanged possessions without scoring. With 40 seconds left, Bruno forced a Tiger miss, but Princeton’s Brown came down with the rebound and was fouled with three seconds on the clock. Brown had been 5-of-5 shooting free throws in the second half, but she missed the first of her two shots. She then missed the second and Princeton came down with the rebound. However, the Princeton forward that came down with the ball was ruled out-of-bounds before she could get off a shot and the Bears could exhale. The Bears hope to keep pace with undefeated Dartmouth as they travel to New York to face Columbia and Cornell next weekend.

Slavery continued from page 4 Brown’s leadership role in slavery and justice research emerged from necessity and academic duty, said James Campbell, associate professor of history at Brown and chair of the slavery and justice committee. Campbell described universities as ideal settings for “sustained research, contextualization (and) deep immersion in fact and reflection” about the history of race in America. Campbell also noted that Brown was implicated in the reparations movement by Randall Robinson’s book “The Debt,” which outlined the University’s ties to the slave trade and described Brown as a possible target for a classaction lawsuit. This development made researching Brown’s past a more pressing concern even before Simmons created the slavery and justice committee, Campbell said. The Herald reported in November that the committee will likely submit a final report this spring. “As a university, we purport to be truth-seeking and to draw strings from our pasts and find ourselves participants in communities that exist across time,” he said. “We cherish our legacies and seek to hand them down to those who will inhabit this institution after us. Therefore, how could we

say ‘We’d rather not talk about this?’” Campbell said he hoped the slavery and justice committee’s work would reverberate at other universities, “but it would be presumptuous of us to prescribe to other universities what to do.” Campbell stressed that the intentions of the committee are to attack the “problem of scholarship” spelled out by Simmons in her official charge to the committee, adding that he personally believed that is the best way to go about it. “People wanted to jump right to the reparations debate without knowing the history,” Campbell said, “but with this knowledge (collected by the committee), we can help transform the ground on which political debate takes place.” Brooks praised Brown for “giving the perpetrator of an atrocity an opportunity to reclaim its moral character … and giving the perpetrator and the surviving victims the opportunity to repair a broken relationship that comes out of the atrocity” — what he called a “forward-looking attitude toward reparations.” Brooks also stressed that he hopes Brown’s next step will include some form of financial reparations and the development of a special admissions programs for students, regardless of color, who commit to working with the black communities of Rhode Island after graduation.

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‘Critical need’ language proposal has undetermined impact on University

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Laptop thefts and car Push for Persian, increased Arabic offerings are independent of Bush initiative break-ins account for much “In global political terms, of winter break crime to expand the State Department BY REBECCA JACOBSON SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Although President George Bush announced a proposal Jan. 5 to increase the number of Americans fluent in “critical need” languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Hindi and Persian, it remains unclear if this program will affect Brown. Under the plan, called the National Security Language Initiative, Bush will request $114 million in fiscal year 2007 to enhance foreign language instruction in K-12 schools and universities. The State and Education departments will supply 75 percent of the $114 million. A similar $750 million request will be made to the Department of Defense for the improvement of the language skills of military and intelligence personnel for fiscal years 2007 to 2011. But Associate Director for the Center of Language Studies Merle Krueger said it is too early to say if Brown will benefit from the initiative, pointing out that the Bush administration has yet to secure funds for the plan. He said one part of the proposal that may have a direct implication for Brown is the plan

Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program, which allows native speakers of critical need languages to teach in U.S. universities and schools. At present, Brown has three Fulbright Teaching Assistants: one in Arabic from Jordan, one in Swahili from Kenya and one in Spanish from Mexico. Otherwise, Krueger said he foresees no major changes in the instruction of critical need languages at Brown, adding that issues of national security play little role in the choice of languages offered. “We don’t consciously offer languages identified as something in the national security interest,” Krueger said. “The interest in specific languages waxes and wanes, but I don’t think the decisions about where resources from the University are directed are made on the basis of what is in the news. It’s more a reaction to student interest.” Krueger acknowledged, however, that student demand often depends upon languages that are relevant to international politics. He cited Arabic as a language that has gained popularity of late.

when something like 9/11 occurs, then interest in Arabic and the Arabic-speaking world grows,” Krueger said. “That’s just logical.” Mirena Christoff, lecturer in Arabic, attested to the popularity of Arabic. She said that due to burgeoning student interest, a third section of AB 10-20: “Beginning Arabic” was added in the fall and AB 7080: “Fourth-Year Arabic” was created as well. A second section of AB 3040: “Intermediate Arabic” will be added for next year, as well as a course in classical Arabic literature taught by Elliot Colla, assistant professor of comparative literature, in spring 2007. Christoff, who is currently the only full-time Arabic teacher, said the search for another full-time faculty member is complete and an offer to the top candidate has been made. She declined to say who the choice is, but said the professor should arrive at Brown next fall. Christoff recognized the importance of Arabic as a language critical to national see LANGUAGES, page 7

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reported that two males in their early 20s approached them from behind, knocked them to the ground and demanded their money while they were walking on Manning Street. The men went through one of the complainant’s pockets and took his car keys, wallet and Brown ID. They then fled south on Cooke Street. One of

The following summaries include all major incidents reported to the Department of Public Safety between Jan. 2 and Jan. 23. The Providence Police Department also responds to incidents occurring off campus. DPS does not divulge information on open cases that are currently under investigation by the Friday, Jan. 27: department, PPD or 3:47 p.m. A University employee the Office of Student reported that his vehicle was stolen. Life. The vehicle, which was parked on Lloyd Avenue, was a green, two-door Plymouth Monday, Jan. 2: Voyager mini-van. Two students

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in Metcalf Hall reported that a Dell laptop and a digital camera were stolen from their room between Dec. 20 and Jan. 2. There were visible signs of forced entry into the room.

Sunday, Jan. 29: 2:30 p.m. Two students in Goddard House reported that forced entry into their room was attempted. Monday, Jan. 30: A complainant in Vartan Gregorian Quad reported that his electric razor was stolen from his unsecured room sometime between Dec. 20 and Jan. 21.

3:39 p.m. A complainant reported that his laptop was stolen from his office in Barus and Holley. The office was left unattended and unsecured for approximately 30 minutes. The laptop was secured with a wire lock. A co-worker reported that a thin male in his 30s briefly entered her office, though he left as soon as he saw her. This incident occurred around the same time as the larceny. Tuesday, Jan. 3: 4:45 p.m. A complainant reported that the front passenger side window of his car was smashed and his stereo was stolen. The car was parked on Lloyd Avenue. Wednesday, Jan. 4: A complainant reported that her wallet was taken from her book bag while she was working in a lab. The book bag was left unattended and unsecured for approximately 30 minutes. 5:40 p.m. Two complainants

the complainants was scraped on the nose. Thursday, Jan. 12: 12:45 p.m. A complainant reported that the front passenger window of her car was smashed and her iPod was stolen. The car was parked on Hope Street. 12:45 p.m. A complainant reported her cell phone and charger were stolen from her car, which was parked on Prospect Street. The front window of the car was smashed. A witness reported seeing a thin male hanging around the complainant’s vehicle. Sunday, Jan. 22: 4:30 p.m. A complainant reported that the passenger side window of his car was smashed and his iPod was stolen. The car was parked on George Street. Source: Department of Public Safety

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Super Bowl continued from page 12 polite foreign visitors from the Pacific Northwest. It was probably a fitting victory for a season that was mostly unspectacular, though there is still nothing but praise for the Steelers, who fought back from a difficult midseason to not only reach the playoffs but win three straight games on the road before arriving in Detroit. The Super Bowl started 40 years ago with a half-empty Los Angeles Coliseum but has become such a cultural force, most every decision the NFL makes in putting together the game comes under scrutiny not endured by any other sport. Take for example, the NFL’s decision to make the Rolling Stones the halftime entertainment. Normally, that’s a no-brainer, an unchallenged selection. But there are two cities in America where there simply should not ever be a band imported to play at a quintessential American event, which is how the NFL packages the Super Bowl: Nashville and Detroit. A whole lot of folks here were upset about the Stones being picked when Detroit has an unparalleled and historic stable of artists across the music spectrum. The two things associated with Detroit are cars and music, yet the NFL favored a European band, meaning the league passed on all of Motown for its headlining halftime show, not to mention locals such as Madonna, Anita Baker, Eminem and Kid Rock. The great Smokey Robinson performed across the street from Ford Field Friday night, so chances are he was available. And if Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder can do pregame and the National Anthem, then

why not reward them with the honor of doing the big show? Seeing Aretha perform in Detroit is, for some of us, the equivalent of seeing Frank Sinatra perform in New York or Michael Jordan perform in Chicago. It makes me wonder if some artists, particularly in the R&B tradition, are being forced to pay for Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction from a couple of years ago. Yes, this is what the Super Bowl has become. This is how big it is. Who’s in the pregame? Who’s singing the anthem? Who’s at halftime? Who has commercial time? How did the Steelers fans get all those tickets? At times, it didn’t look or sound like there was a single Seahawks fan in the building. To say the crowd was 90 percent in support of the Steelers is an understatement. No one should ever call Super Bowl XL a neutral site game. Not that anybody was at fault, but no Super Bowl in history has ever provided such a home-field advantage. And the Seahawks blew whatever chance they had of negating that advantage with one bonehead play after another, and several more bad calls, the kind that ruin postseason games. The Steelers committed a false start to begin the game, and another false start three plays later. But the Seahawks made even bigger blunders. Matt Hasselbeck missed a receiver on the game’s first possession that would have put his team deep in Pittsburgh territory. Guard Chris Gray’s holding penalty negated a third-down conversion that would have kept the second drive alive. A field goal that made it 3-0 prevented the third Seattle possession from being a complete disaster. The Seahawks should have had a touchdown on Darrell Jackson’s reception in the end zone, but the officials

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called an absurd offensive pass interference penalty on Jackson, wiping out the score. And the Seahawks weren’t through goofing up. A holding penalty brought back Peter Warrick’s 35-yard punt return and took away nice field position for Seattle. Even worse, Jerramy Stevens, the tight end called called “soft” by Pittsburgh linebacker Joey Porter, coughed up the ball on a third-down conversion that would have put Seattle deep into Steelers territory. Soft indeed. He dropped another pass in the second quarter (was benched for dropping yet another in the third quarter) and pretty soon, the Seahawks had settled into a

mode of relative incompetence. Josh Brown missed a couple of field goals, though they were hardly chip shots at 54 and 50 yards. The Seahawks should have been ahead by a couple of touchdowns, yet found themselves down 7-3 at halftime because the referees blew another call. Roethlisberger’s third-down dive into the end zone simply was not a touchdown, though it was called that on the field. Because less than two minutes remained, the call was reviewed in the booth. And everybody in the stadium plus everybody at home could see, clear and conclusively, that Big Ben didn’t get the ball across the goal line. It wasn’t a touchdown, plain and

simple. Yet, the call stood and the Steelers had a touchdown they shouldn’t have had. Another penalty assessed to the Seahawks early in the fourth quarter, which negated a gain that took the Seahawks to the 1, also never happened. A penalty against Hasselbeck for blocking below the waist when, in fact, he was trying to tackle the interceptor, was also erroneous. It would be irresponsible to say the officials were intentionally cheating Seattle. But the bad calls killed the Seahawks — killed them. Then, Antwaan Randle El’s option pass buried Seattle, covered the Seahawks with dirt and put an unofficial end to the Super Bowl.

Languages

William Beeman agreed that the first priority in improving Middle Eastern language instruction at Brown should be to enhance Arabic course offerings, but also mentioned the value of other critical need languages. Beeman said he has almost finished a proposal that, if approved, could result in the introduction of Persian language courses in the next academic year. He said there are funding considerations that could extend the process, but hopes that after nearly three decades of pushing for Persian, his goal may materialize. “There’s no question at all that there’s a national need for training in these languages,” Beeman said. “Our training in Arabic, Persian, Turkish — these critical Middle Eastern languages — lags way behind, even behind places like China

and India.” Krueger said increased interest in national security languages would not affect Brown’s offerings of noncritical need languages. He emphasized that he hopes the National Security Language Initiative does not diminish the significance of foreign language instruction as a means for understanding other societies. “It disturbs me a little bit to think that the only reason for studying language is in terms of language as a weapon or as defense,” he said. “We have to be realistic and understand that that’s partly necessary, but it also needs to be stressed that language is something that can bring the world closer together. It’s not just that we need to know about potential threats, but we also need to learn and become more global citizens.”

continued from page 5 security, but put greater emphasis on its capacity to open students to a vast cultural legacy. “Learning Arabic opens a huge window toward a cultural tradition shared by about 250 million people in today’s world,” she said. “It’s an immense opportunity to work through the language to acquire first-hand knowledge of this culture. Of course the security of this country concerns every citizen here, but there is no better way to improve your own security than to know who you’re dealing with, and there is no better way to do that than to do it in the people’s language.” Professor of Anthropology

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Opera

Gay Shame

continued from page 3 but to build upon and enrich previous and more historically based performances, and to offer a compelling reading for a contemporary audience weaned on TV, fast food and brand names, which Sellars lampoons during the overture. Though some opera-goers remain faithful to more traditional readings, panelist Pamela Rosenberg, general director of the San Francisco Opera, emphasized that our ears and eyes are not the ears and eyes of the past (in the case of “Figaro,” the 1780s), having been exposed to all manner of sound and spectacle unimaginable in earlier times, and thus seeing and hearing an opera as it was originally performed is impossible. Rosenberg is in the midst of a month-long stay at Brown as a Cogut Center Visiting Fellow. Her desire for an opera about an American Faust spurred the commission for “Dr. Atomic,” and, having worked as director of the Stuttgart Opera for 10 years prior to her engagement in San Francisco, she was unique among panelists for her insight into the commercial world of opera. The event featured discussions on three additional operas: Walter Felsenstein’s production of Verdi’s “Otello,” Patrice Chereau’s production of Wagner’s “Ring of the Nibelung” and Jossi Wieler’s production of Handel’s “Alcina.” The panelists’ enthusiasm spread through the room, which maintained close to a full house throughout the event. Alex Kotch ’06 said he “loved hearing all those intellectuals babble about opera staging and seeing how the contemporary stage director can adapt older music and stories to our current mode of life.”

continued from page 1 protocol.” The e-mail continued: “We do believe that Brenda Allen, a well-qualified individual who has a great deal of experience in her area, knows the difference between … a nondiscrimination act and actual hate crime protocol.” Allen said that hate crime protocol like that requested by Gay Shame “is what student affairs will do with that policy when a complaint comes in.” “People talk about discrimination and harassment in a lot of different ways, (and) use a lot of different words. … The notion of hate crime is really a very legal term, and is used mainly in the legal sense of a hate crime,” Allen said. “We clearly define discrimination and unlawful harassment in those terms, and we stay away from hate crimes because we can’t define something to be a hate crime.” Josh Teitelbaum ’07, president of the Queer Alliance, and QA member Knick Irving ’05 said they read the policy linked in Morning Mail, but “we couldn’t really identify it as a hate crime policy, ” Irving said. Teitelbaum said that Gay Shame is not associated with QA and that he has no knowledge of its members’ identities. The Gay Shame posters directed at Allen are signed, “The Brown Gay Community.” Though Allen said she attempted to include members of Brown’s LGBTQ community in the policy-drafting process, she could not recall which groups or individuals were consulted. Teitelbaum said the QA met with Allen last fall after

requesting to see the policy. The group did not receive notification of the policy’s completion. The meeting in the fall “was us asking for it,” Teitelbaum said, adding that he did not view it as “incorporation (in the policymaking) or anything.” Teitelbaum and Irving said they hope for a hate crime policy that specifically defines hate crime and outlines appropriate protocol. “If it’s not being recorded in a meaningful way, then what’s the point in taking the huge step to report it in the first place?” Irving asked. “When something is qualified as a hate crime, it steps up the response,” Teitelbaum said. “The fact that it wasn’t published maybe speaks volumes about the nature of the discussion,” Irving said. “It doesn’t really show that the University cares to identify and deal with this if you can’t even name it,” Irving said. Allen’s committee examined other institutions’ approaches to unlawful discrimination and decided to “stick to an understanding of discrimination and unlawful harassment because what the campus wanted was a clear statement about discrimination as it related to particular classes.” The policy’s broad language, Allen said, is intended to make it applicable to “a lot of different contexts, so we don’t use the word bias or hate crime in the policy.” Who is Gay Shame? Gay Shame said its membership includes “several members of the local queer community,” but did not specify whether Brown students are actively involved. Gay Shame Providence, “Mary” wrote in the Feb. 3 email, was founded in response

to “a number of local and national developments relating to queers and queer issues, as well as in response to some of the sentiments (or lack thereof ) of queers and non-queers alike surrounding these issues.” The group’s mission statement matches that of Gay Shame San Francisco, a group “committed to a queer extravaganza that brings direct action to astounding levels of theatricality,” according to its Web site, but the two groups are not formally affiliated.

“Mary” wrote in the Feb. 3 email that “hate crime still goes on here,” adding that hate-related incidents “occur regularly” and are often unreported. “Mary” added that members of Gay Shame hope Allen will “take our actions as an invitation to re-engage the discussions of two years ago … in an environment … that includes the involvement of students, faculty, administrators and community members.”

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The Bears used the morning’s momentum to their advantage in the afternoon’s match-up with the Tigers. Jeff Schell ’08 pinned his opponent at 125 pounds with 48 seconds left in the first period, and the Bears rolled from there. “We wanted to get out there and put some heat on (Princeton) early in the match,” said co-captain Michael Savino ’06. “When you get in a slump where you aren’t wrestling well, it’s tough to get out of it. Even if you’re dropping close matches you want to be wrestling well. We wanted to be aggressive early in matches and Jeff did a great job of that.” Dan Appello ’08 followed Schell’s effort with a 5-2 decision at 133 pounds, but Mark Savino ’08 lost a major decision at 141 pounds, making the score 9-4. The loss could have been worse for Savino, who narrowly avoided a pin late in the match that would have pulled the Tigers within three points. Mike Ashton ’06 quashed any notions of a Princeton comeback with a 15-0 dismantling of Andrew Sichel at 149 pounds for five team points, and Michael Savino followed with a major decision at 157 pounds. Ashton scored a two-point takedown early in his match and was subsequently bloodied by a shot to the face. With a plug in his nose to slow the bleeding, Ashton almost managed to pin his opponent on two different occasions. “I was just going with the flow of the match early,” Ashton said. “But our goal was to be aggressive early and get up on them. Winning can have a bit of a snowball effect where it rubs off on everyone down the line.” At the heavyweight position, Levon Mock ’08 closed the match nicely with a pin halfway through the first period. “I thought we wrestled hard all weekend,” a pleased Amato said. “Princeton’s not the caliber team we had been wrestling against, but Schell had two good matches this weekend, I thought Mike and Mark Savino both wrestled well, Shawn Kitchner had a good match to get us going (on Friday). We bounced back from that Lehigh shellacking nicely.” The only setback of the weekend was Friday’s loss to Penn in a match where the Bears once again hung with a difficult opponent but came away empty. Mark Savino lost with less than 30 seconds left in overtime at 141 pounds, when his opponent scored the winning takedown with Savino apparently out-of-bounds. Michael Savino lost his match when his opponent turned a 2-1 deficit into a 3-2 win after scoring a takedown that seemed to have been a false start. “Sometimes you have to wrestle against the (referees) too,” Savino acknowledged. However, the Bears fought back and took three of the last five matches from the Quakers, culminating in Schell’s last-second 3-2 win at 125 pounds. “Those last few wins (against Penn) were huge,” Ashton said. “There is a big difference between losing big and coming back to make it close.” With momentum earned from this weekend, Brown returns to action next weekend against Harvard University and Sacred Heart University in Providence.

their first 10 shots. MacDonald ended Bruno’s field goal drought with a layup that made the score 13-3 with 8:16 before the half. The Bears could not adjust to the Tigers’ style of play, which features a “switching man” defensive scheme the Bears had only seen in an early season game against the College of the Holy Cross and a clock-running offense that has long been a staple of the “Princeton Offense” installed by legendary former coach Pete Carril. “We didn’t really find where

M. Icers continued from page 12 period, thanks in large part to an early Brown procession to the penalty box. Forward Antonin Roux ’07 put the Bears in a real quandary with a five-minute major for hitting from behind that also resulted in a game misconduct. The Bears finally came alive in the last three minutes of the period. After Maki was sent to the box for roughing, defenseman David Robertson ’08, left winger Chris Poli ’08 and defenseman Pete LeCain ’06 all had great chances to tie the game but barely missed. Meanwhile, D’Alba showed no aftereffects from the soft goal he allowed in the first period, stopping all 19 shots he faced in the second. “He was unbelievable tonight. Some of the saves he made were (current Montreal Canadien) Yann Danis (’04)-esque,” defenseman Bauer said of D’Alba. Brown came charging out of the locker room for the final 20 minutes, and things began to click on offense. The Bears nearly tied things up when Poli’s shot off the post fooled the goal judge into triggering the red light, but the referees immediately waved the goal off. D’Alba held steady in net and Bruno went back on the attack, sending a barrage of shots at Harvard goalie John Daigneau. At the 14:07 mark, left winger Cory Caouette ’06 knotted the score at one with his second goal of the season. Skating to the left of the Harvard net, Caouette took a pass from teammate Sean Muncy ’09, controlled the puck with his skate and backhanded it past Daigneau. The two teams played to a stalemate for the rest of the period, forcing overtime. Harvard’s David Murphy scored at 2:05 to give Harvard a 2-1 win. It was a difficult way for things to end, especially for D’Alba, who played an exceptional game with 45 saves. Yet there was no lack of support for the Bears, which was to be expected for a raucous Brown-Harvard game. “That crowd was the best we had all year,” Bauer said after the game. “With the band there it felt like an actual college atmosphere, and that’s something to feed off of.” The Bears put the loss behind them and came out strong against Dartmouth on Saturday. Despite his strong performance the night before, D’Alba was given the night off while Mark Sibbald ’09 made his first collegiate start. “I’m not a firm believer in a change of scenery. I just felt that (Sibbald) deserved (to start) and that it was his time,” Grillo said. Sibbald did not disappoint early, keeping the puck in front of him

we could score until late in the game,” Huffman said about trying to crack Princeton’s defense. “And in those first 12 minutes, we took some shots and they didn’t go in. … It’s kind of like a snowball effect when you play Princeton, because if you make mental mistakes on the offensive end, they’re just going to hurt you when you play defense because they’re so patient and disciplined (on offense).” Even after the Bears hit their first field goal, their offense still sputtered. They scored a seasonlow 12 points in the first half, shooting only 3-for-18 (16.7 percent) from the field. Jeppesen

on the few shots he faced while Brown’s offense came out skating and passing particularly well. Bruno nearly went up 1-0 at the 10:00 mark when right winger Jeff Prough ’08 intercepted a pass in the Dartmouth half of the ice and fired a wrist shot that clanged off the crossbar. The Bears were rewarded for their inspired play at 17:30 when Caouette deflected a shot by defenseman Paul Baier ’08 past Dartmouth’s Mike Devine on the power play for his second goal in as many games. When the teams left the ice at the end of the period, Brown clearly held the momentum, slapping hands with fans and getting in the faces of Dartmouth’s players. Bruno’s intensity did not wane to start the second period as the hosts hustled for every loose puck and played the passing lanes extremely tight on the penalty kill. Still, the period belonged to the Big Green. Dartmouth nearly tied it when Rob Pritchard snapped a wrist shot off the left post five minutes in. With just 35 seconds left in the period, Dartmouth scored a power play goal of its own. After two nice saves by Sibbald, the penalty kill unit was unable to clear the puck, and Nick Johnson’s subsequent wrist shot found the back of the net. Despite the uninspiring end to the previous period, the Bears came out playing solid hockey to start the third. Brown went ahead 2-1 midway through the period when Prough made a beautiful pass out of the left corner to a streaking Poli, who roofed it over Devine’s right shoulder. The score remained 2-1 until the final minute, when Dartmouth pulled Devine in favor of an extra attacker. The move paid off when David Jones deflected a Tanner Glass shot past Sibbald to tie the game with 55 seconds left. “The shot was about halfway up,” Sibbald said. “I couldn’t see the guy (who shot it), but I could see the puck. It’s a shot I should have (stopped).” In the overtime period, both teams had opportunities to win but neither team could convert, and the hosts recorded their sixth tie of the season despite Sibbald’s solid effort. The Bears are playing some of their best hockey of the year as the regular season winds down and the league playoffs appear on the horizon. Even at 2-10-4, Brown is guaranteed a spot in the playoffs. “The two teams we beat are in the top (20 nationally), and every team we play we’re right there with them,” Bauer said. “Right now it’s all about the playoffs.” Next weekend, Brown embarks on its second road trip to upstate New York in three weeks with games against Union College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

said the team’s shooting has suffered because of the loss of Ruscoe, who missed both games due to a nagging ankle injury. Jeppesen said that without its leader the young team has been prone to shooting slumps. As in the Penn game, the Bears bounced back in the second half, outscoring the Tigers 25-22. But they still struggled from the field, sinking only six of their 17 second-half shots. Huffman scored 11 points in the second half to finish with a team-high 14 on the day. MacDonald had another solid showing, scoring eight points to go with his team-high six

rebounds. Huffman said that in the following week of practice the Bears’ main focus will be to start strong against next weekend’s opponents: Cornell and Columbia. “We obviously have a lot of things to work on,” Huffman said. “But I think it comes down to being able to recognize and adjust to what the other team is doing. Because we know that in the system we run, we know we can score on people, it’s just a matter of knowing when and how.” The Bears take on Cornell on Friday and Columbia on Saturday. Both games tip off at 7 p.m. in the Pizzitola Center.

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STAFF EDITORIAL

Shamed into action Upperclassmen might remember a few weeks of heated debate surrounding the tactics of the student group Action for Safety, which spearheaded a publicity blitz centered on the slogan “We’re not safe here” in spring 2004. The movement — which followed news of an altercation between gay and straight students that resulted in several disciplinary hearings — called into question the University’s policies for dealing with harassment on campus. Through its demonstrations, Action for Safety expressed dissatisfaction with how administrators and Department of Public Safety officers handled the situation. In the wake of the incident, Brenda Allen, the University’s director of institutional diversity, was charged with forming a committee to evaluate “the policy and procedures we have for making and resolving complaints for discrimination and harassment,” she recently told The Herald. The campus eventually quieted down, secure that administrators would clarify the University’s protocol regarding such issues. That Allen had to be “reminded” last week by angry fliers distributed by Gay Shame Providence to publicize what her committee produced — a revised Discrimination and Harassment Policy and Grievance Procedures — does nothing to dismiss complaints that the University handles such incidents insensitively. Though we appreciate Allen’s honesty when she concedes that the policy was drafted in November, the fact that it wasn’t widely released to the entire Brown community immediately after completion is unacceptable. Moreover, the hasty manner in which the policy was revealed underscores the opaque circumstances under which it was drafted. Allen told The Herald that she wanted diverse input in drafting the policy, including feedback from members of Brown’s LGBTQ community. Yet she was unable to recall which members the committee consulted. One overlooked group was Brown’s Queer Alliance, a seemingly obvious choice given that the spring 2004 incident was allegedly fueled by homophobic remarks. Members of the Queer Alliance claim they had to initiate a meeting with Allen themselves, and QA President Josh Teitelbaum ’07 said the group was not informed once the policy was drafted. The revised Discrimination and Harassment Policy and Grievance Procedures affects every segment of the Brown community, particularly because the document’s language does not address “hate crimes” specifically but instead focuses on general discrimination and unlawful harassment. Though their priorities might not always match those of the general community, University administrators have a responsibility to keep students, faculty and staff informed — no matter how busy things get around the holidays.

THE BROWN DAILY HERALD EDITORIAL Robbie Corey-Boulet, Editor-in-Chief Justin Elliott, Executive Editor Ben Miller, Executive Editor Stephanie Clark, Senior Editor Katie Lamm, Senior Editor Jonathan Sidhu, Arts & Culture Editor Jane Tanimura, Arts & Culture Editor Stu Woo, Campus Watch Editor Mary-Catherine Lader, Features Editor Ben Leubsdorf, Metro Editor Anne Wootton, Metro Editor Eric Beck, News Editor Patrick Harrison, Opinions Editor Nicholas Swisher, Opinions Editor Stephen Colelli, Sports Editor Christopher Hatfield, Sports Editor Justin Goldman, Asst. Sports Editor Jilane Rodgers, Asst. Sports Editor Charlie Vallely, Asst. Sports Editor PRODUCTION Allison Kwong, Design Editor Taryn Martinez, Copy Desk Chief Lela Spielberg, Copy Desk Chief Mark Brinker, Graphics Editor Joe Nagle, Graphics Editor

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LETTERS UCS to review elections process To the Editor: On Feb. 1, the Undergraduate Council of Students held internal elections to replace five voting representatives and, initially, three executive board positions. I want to apologize personally to the student body for the lack of an appropriate elections process to handle the resignation such a crucial and esteemable position as president of UCS. Though we have had executive resignations before, we have not in recent years seen a resignation that rightfully demanded so much attention from the student body. The UCS code, in which our elections process is detailed, is an ever-changing document notorious for inconsistencies. Two undergraduate students took it upon themselves to bring to light another of these inconsistencies: the elections

process for a vacated presidency. It is this level of attention that ensures good government, and it will bring to bear a revised process for any future resignations. I’m sorry the situation did not allow for an immediately productive discourse; over the next months, we will have an engaged discussion and debate about the merits and restrictions of UCS’ current special elections procedure. It is my greatest hope that this conversation will be amicable, honest and transparent.

Sarah Saxton-Frump ’07 Feb. 3

Chafee ’75 shows political backbone To the Editor: The senator favors gay marriage, opposed the War in Iraq and is one of the leading environmental advocates in the Senate. His stance against Judge Alito demonstrates that this is a politician that deserves a closer look among Brown students who prize political independence, as he has proved himself to be courageously progressive in the face of conservative party pressure.

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Students at Brown who are notoriously dedicated to articulating their liberal views might want to consider doing something truly radical and supporting a fellow alum on the other side of the aisle. As was demonstrated by his opposition to Justice Samuel Alito last Monday, Rhode Island Senator Lincoln Chafee ’75 has been one of the most tireless advocates for abortion rights in the Senate. Though a Republican, Chafee is the National Abortion Rights Action League-endorsed candidate and based his decision largely on the threat that Justice Alito will pose to reproductive freedoms.

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OPINIONS

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The speed of the generation gap A sophomore looks at how life has sped up for Generation Y BY MAHA ATAL

OPINIONS COLUMNIST One Sunday over break, my father was planning our dinners for the week. “Are you around on Thursday?” “Thursday?” My reply was not a reiteration of the question. It was a failure to think 96 hours in advance. At school, plans for a seven o’clock dinner are usually made in casual conversation sometime around 6:45. For my father, Sunday and Thursday were not two isolated moments, but were part of the same basic unit of time — the week, his nine to five, Monday to Friday routine. Whenever I am home from school, I find myself struggling with maintaining such a routine. My family mocks me for sleeping until noon, eating meals at odd hours and improvising my way through life rather than planning things out. My activities — eating, sleeping, watching TV, reading, seeing friends — have not changed. But since joining an enclosed community of Generation Y-ers, the pace at which I plan, execute and understand these activities has. We are a generation on the fast track. We access information, make choices and friends all with minimal effort (the mere “click of a mouse”) and maximum speed. Moreover, technology allows us to find results without a directed search — friends are made in random chats, new clothes or enticing Wikipedia articles are discovered in haphazard browsing. Rather than thinking in weeks, like our working parents, we think in “instant” messages, single Web pages, the minutes of a single iTunes download or at the longest, the 22 minutes of a sitcom

episode watched on DVD. Ever notice yourself anxiously looking at the clock halfway through a 50-minute lecture? Perhaps it’s because 50 minutes is twice as long as you usually spend watching and listening. Older generations worry that our attention span is too short and our demand for results too impatient. These critics see our hyper-speed as a flaw — if we live only in the moment, we might not succeed in the long term. We might be too apathetic for drawn-out political processes, too fickle for relationship commitment, too unstructured for lifelong careers. For such critics, the question is whether we, upon leaving college, will be able to adjust to the external world. They advise us to slow down to meet the needs of monthly bills, yearly taxes and elections every two, four or six years. They assume that these institutions will go on functioning at their current speed. I wonder instead if the gears of society will start turning faster with Generation Y at the wheel. I see us working in shorter intervals from our houses over the Internet, paying our taxes automatically, electing our leaders at more frequent intervals and demanding from them more immediate reforms. As a columnist, I am drawn to the

example of journalism. For our parents, news came in weekly bites — Time, Newsweek and the “Week in Review.” Today it is niche markets, like Brown students, who turn to a group-specific daily paper like The Herald for local stories and columns like this one. For pure information, Generation Y seeks instant gratification on the Internet. Print journalism, particularly weekly

to a publication that uses the hindsight of a week’s distance from individual events to analyze them in a short, accessible form, rather than one that speaks broadly in terms of the week. In 1911, Frederick Taylor advised factory owners to regulate minute actions to save milliseconds that would add up to profits. But the cumulative value of a moment was hard to understand when it took a week to mail a letter or visit a friend in a distant town. Taylor was criticized for superficially focusing on quantity over quality. We came of age with the musical Rent; we measure our years in “cups of coffee,” in 525,600 minutes. But our moments do not amount simply to energy saved — it is telling that they add up to “seasons of love.” Generation Y can fill each moment with the quality that once took days, using the technology at hand and the idealism we pretend not to harbor to make change sooner, rather than cynically writing it off as impossible. Witnessing the last great societal speed-up, the Industrial Revolution, Rudy-ard Kipling wrote, “If you can fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run/ Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it.” The Earth, Generation Y, is ours for the taking, if only we’d drag ourselves out of bed to seize it.

Ever notice yourself anxiously looking at the clock halfway through a 50-minute lecture? Perhaps it’s because 50 minutes is twice as long as you usually spend watching and listening. news magazines, has turned to analysis and opinion because information gets disseminated by quicker means. But the problem is not simply that by the time a weekly publication comes out we already know the week’s news. Nowadays, even weekly analysis seems out of touch with our hyper-speed. The very idea of packaging and interpreting our world by-the-week feels foreign. We are more likely to respond

Maha Atal ’08 wrote this column in under a minute.

To infinity and beyond The anniversaries of three tragedies remind us of the risks — and triumphs — of exploring outer space BY JOEY BORSON OPINIONS COLUMNIST

Twenty years ago last Saturday, the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger died in a cloud of smoke and flame. Thirty-nine years ago last Friday, three astronauts of Apollo 1 perished in a tragic accident while resting on the launch pad which would become their deathbed. And three years ago last Wednesday, the lives of seven men and women tragically ended when Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated only 15 minutes before its arrival at the shores of Florida. Seventeen American astronauts have died in the line of duty and the anniversaries of their deaths all fell in the last week. They died in service of a fundamental human dream: the that there is virtue in venturing beyond the familiar coastline to explore the dangers of the unknown ocean. Apollo 1 was to have been the first of a progression of flights that would bring men to the moon, a body that had not yet been touched by human footprints at the time. Challenger carried a schoolteacher, who was to explain the glory of the

cosmos to an audience of children. Columbia was returning from a mission whose objectives included determining basic properties of weightlessness — knowledge crucial for expanding humanity’s foothold in outer space. If asked to think about recent space achievements, I would venture that most people would talk about the Mars Rovers

below zero. Humans would never be able to go there, and a robot does not have a family and nation to mourn its passing. Yet humans provide irreplaceable perspective on humanity’s place in the solar system and provide a continuing example of the need to explore. Thousands of years ago, a few people first set across the Pacific in canoes. Eventually they populated Polynesia. Five hundred years ago, a few isolated ships set sail across another ocean — and came back with reports of a new world. Out of those expeditions emerged the United States. And 35 years ago, men set foot upon the moon. None of these explorations were painless; Magellan, the first to circumnavigate the Earth, would not live to see Europe again. Countless men and women have died in the settlements of Oceana and the Americas. And yet, people continue on. That spirit, and the acceptance of risk it entails, lives today in the astronaut corps. When children are asked what they would like to be when they grow up, few reply that they want to work as a tax attorney, a systems engineer or a chief

Fallen explorers believed in the virtue in venturing beyond the familiar coastline to explore the dangers of the unknown ocean. and the stunning pictures they returned of that alien world. Unmanned probes have provided invaluable data, which humans cannot replace, especially in environments that are far too hostile for survival. In the last year, NASA has sent a probe to explore the basic composition of the sun and another to take pictures of a moon of Saturn whose average temperature is hundreds of degrees

financial officer. But many will reply, “Astronaut.” It is a profession that has been able to capture our dreams in a way that no other has, and for that, this week deserves our attention — and our tears. We mourn them for the people they were, but also for the role they played. These disasters were caused not by malevolence or incompetence, but by little mistakes compounded in an unforgiving environment. We are imperfect creatures, and yet we are attempting to do what generations previous would have called impossible. And we fail. But we try again. We are a mortal species, not deities — and mistakes are part of the cost of being alive. All we can do is recognize that truth and strive on. And we are planning, even now, missions to Mars. I’ve never been adept at predicting the future, although I do know that if astronauts continue to explore, I have no doubt that future endeavors will require great sacrifice. But, if a halfcentury from now, a future Brown student can look at the moon and know that humans live upon its surface, then the deaths of 17 astronauts — and those who come after — will not have been in vain.

Joey Borson ’07 is spacey.

SPORTS MONDAY THE BROWN DAILY HERALD · FEBRUARY 6, 2006 · PAGE 12

As big events go, nothing to sing about

M. icers force OT twice but end weekend winless

Weekend wins move w. hoops into second

Bears trail only Dartmouth after handing Princeton its first league loss, 49-47

BY MICHAEL WILBON WASHINGTON POST

BY JUSTIN GOLDMAN ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

DETROIT — It wasn’t a classic, not to anybody other than the Pittsburgh Steelers. There were too many mistakes, too few memorable plays and the zebras tried their best to ruin the whole day. But style points are for the Olympics, not the Super Bowl. And once we get past Monday morning, history will know only that the Pittsburgh Steelers won Super Bowl XL. What was a largely unsatisfying evening when it comes to athletic theater will be remembered as a fifth Super Bowl victory for one of the NFL’s great franchises, the Steelers. The record won’t show that the first half of play looked more like preseason than super, only that Ben Roethlisberger made critical runs, Antwaan Randle El threw a beautiful option pass for a touchdown and the Seahawks played with a stunning lack of intelligence over the final 10 minutes. The Steelers now have one for the thumb, a fifth Super Bowl championship. And Bill Cowher has one. For the Steelers, it was a happily-ever-after victory for Cowher, for what appeared to be the 60,000 or so Steelers fans who commandeered tickets from every available source, for Jerome Bettis and his homecoming and for Detroit, which embraced its blue-collared brethren from Pittsburgh and seemed wholly satisfied with victory over the see SUPER BOWL, page 7

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Cory Caouette ’06 notched Brown’s only goal in a 2-1 overtime loss to Harvard. He again found the back of the net the following night, giving Brown a 1-0 lead against Dartmouth. BY CHRIS MAHR SPORTS STAFF WRITER

More than three months into the season, the men’s ice hockey team has played in overtime minutes what amounts to a 30th regular-season game. Despite the extra opportunities, however, the Bears have yet to garner an overtime win. The trend continued this past weekend, as the team failed in two more opportunities in its school-record ninth and 10th overtime contests of the year. Brown suffered a 2-1 overtime loss to No. 20 Harvard University on Friday night before enduring a disappointing 2-2 tie with Dartmouth College the next evening. The setbacks dropped the team to 2-10-4 in the ECACHL and 3-14-6 overall. The Bears are also still winless in the Ivy League, moving to 0-6-3 on

the year. “A loss is especially tough when you play an overtime game,” said captain Joe Bauer ’06. “It’s a lot of extra hockey, and there’s not much you can do about it.” It took some time for Brown to get going against the Crimson on Friday, but the Bears managed to stay competitive. The hosts survived a good Harvard forecheck to generate some solid scoring opportunities and dictate play for long stretches of the first period, yet it was Harvard that drew first blood. At the 16:32 mark, during a 4-on-4, Ryan Maki launched a slap shot from behind the blue line that trickled by Brown goalie Adam D’Alba ’08 for a 1-0 Crimson lead. The visitors controlled the first 10 minutes of the next see M. ICERS, page 9

Princeton forward Meagan Cowher hit a bit of a bump on the way to Super Bowl XL Saturday and it had nothing to do with her father’s football team. Rather, it was the women’s basketball team’s stingy defense that held the daughter of Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Bill Cowher to eight points — seven below her average — in knocking off Princeton 49-47. With that win, coupled with Friday night’s 65-47 defeat of the University of Pennsylvania, Brown claimed sole possession of second place in the Ivy League at 5-1 (11-8 overall). The win over Penn avenged a home loss to the Quakers last year and the win over Princeton gave the Tigers their first defeat in league play all season, snapping their eight-game winning streak in the process. In both victories, Brown’s full court press made the difference. On Friday night, Brown exploited the fact that the Quakers only had one sound ball-handler by using fullcourt pressure after every made basket. That pressure resulted in 27 Quaker turnovers on the game, which led to 33 Brown points. “We knew that No. 11 (Joey Rhoads) was their only good ball-handler, so we wanted to get the ball out of her hands,” said co-captain Sarah Hayes ’06.

Brown utilized some accurate long-range shooting to get out to an early lead on Penn. The Bears made five of their first seven three-pointers, including two from guard Jackie Vocell ’06, two from guard Colleen Kelly ’06 and one from Hayes. The early three-point barrage gave Brown a 17-5 lead midway through the first half. Penn then mounted a 7-0 run to trim the lead to 17-12 and get back in the game, but the Bears answered with a 10-point run of their own to push the lead to 27-17 with six minutes to go. During the see W. HOOPS, page 4

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Jaclyn Vocell ’06 netted doubledigit points off the bench in wins against Penn and Princeton.

Wrestling sweeps two, but Flat starts lead to two losses for m. hoops loses to No. 22 Quakers Bears net just 12 first half points against Tigers, 15 vs. Quakers BY STEPHEN COLELLI SPORTS EDITOR

Coming off three disappointing losses the previous weekend, the wrestling team had a daunting challenge on Friday, facing No. 22 University of Pennsylvania at the Pizzitola Center. Despite suffering a 26-10 loss, the Bears finally righted the ship the next day, dominating in a 32-6 win over Delaware State University and a 36-7 rout of Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling League rival Princeton University. The Bears are now 2-5 in the EIWL and 5-7 overall. The Saturday morning win over Delaware State jumpstarted Brown. The Hornets forfeited four matches, of which the Bears

only accepted two, and the lone Hornets win came when Branden Stearns ’09 was forced to retire with an injury. “It was nice to go out and dominate someone,” said Head Coach Dave Amato of the Bears’ first victory in five matches. “(Delaware State) is a young team and they didn’t have enough guys … but it was good for us. A lot of guys were able to get some work in this weekend.” After taking six-point forfeits in the first two matches with the Hornets, John Triggas ’09, Shawn Cully ’06 and co-captain Shawn Kitchner ’07 racked up 13 more points, putting the match out of reach. see WRESTLING, page 9

BROWN SPORTS SCHEDULE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3 M. BASKETBALL: Penn 68, Brown 51 W. BASKETBALL: Brown 65, Penn 47 M. HOCKEY: No. 20 Harvard 2, Brown 1 (OT) W. HOCKEY: Brown 0, Harvard 0 (OT) W. TENNIS: Brown 5, Syracuse 2 WRESTLING: No. 22 Penn 26, Brown 10 SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 4 M. BASKETBALL: Princeton 52, Brown 37 W. BASKETBALL: Brown 49, Pinceton 47 GYMNASTICS: Cornell 187.325, Brown 184.975 M. HOCKEY: Brown 2, Dartmouth 2 (OT) W. HOCKEY: Brown 3, Dartmouth 3 (OT) SKIING: 4th place of 10 teams (MIT Carnival)

M. SWIMMING: Columbia 127, Brown 116 WRESTLING: Brown 32, Delaware State 6; Brown 36, Princeton 7 SUNDAY , FEBRUARY 5 M. FENCING: Columbia 26, Brown 1; Princeton 18, Brown 9 W. FENCING: Columbia 22, Brown 5; Brown 14, Princeton 13; Cornell 15, Brown 12 GYMNASTICS: Brown 186.725, Cortland State 178.975 M. SQUASH: Dartmouth 8, Brown 1 W. SQUASH: Dartmouth 8, Brown 1 SKIING: 1st place of 10 teams (Plymouth State Carnival — Giant Slalom) W. TENNIS: No. 75 Boston College 7, Brown 0

BY CHARLIE VALLELY ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

The men’s basketball team got off on the wrong foot this weekend — twice. In road losses at the University of Pennsylvania, 68-51, on Friday, and at Princeton University, 52-37, on Saturday, the Bears struggled mightily in the first halves of both games, scoring only 15 first-half points against Penn before being held to 12 by the Tigers. Now 6-13 overall (2-4 Ivy League), the young Bears — who played both games without injured tri-captain Luke Ruscoe ’06, the team’s lone senior — were outmatched by the first-place Quakers and failed to adjust to the Tigers’ switching man-toman defense. “I definitely think experience plays a huge role,” said guard Damon Huffman ’08 of the team’s troubles early in games. “I don’t want to use it as an excuse … but it does affect you, because if you don’t have five guys on the same page — and that comes with experience — then you’re not going to be as successful.” Friday in Philadelphia, the Bears actually stayed within striking distance of the defending

champion Quakers (12-6, 4-0 Ivy) for a stretch of the first half. After Penn opened the game with an 11-2 run, the Bears went on a 10-4 stretch of their own, which was capped off by back-to-back three-pointers from forward Scott Friske ’09 and guard Marcus Becker ’07, cutting the Quakers’ lead to three with 6:45 before intermission. But the Quakers turned up the pressure on defense and outscored the Bears 18-3 to end the half, giving them a 3315 lead heading into the locker room. Guard Ibrahim Jaaber led the charge, scoring seven of his game-high 18 points during the streak. “We were hanging around for a little bit and then they really picked up their pressure on defense, and they forced some turnovers and got in the passing lanes,” said forward Keenan Jeppesen ’08, who finished with 11 points and nine rebounds. “We just didn’t respond the way we should have.” The Quakers dominated the battle of the boards, outrebounding the Bears 21-11 in the half. The Bears have struggled on the glass all year, which Jeppesen attributes in part to the team’s

failure to use fundamentals to compensate for its lack of height. “We’re seeing some matchups where we’re undersized and you can’t just jump for the ball when you’ve got a mismatch like that,” he said. “You’ve got to box them out, and that’s something we haven’t been doing.” The Quakers continued to increase their lead after halftime, going on an 8-2 spurt to start the second frame. They opened up their largest lead of the game — 29 points — when forward Steve Danley hit a layup with 7:53 left to make the score 60-31. In garbage time, the Bears outscored the Quakers 20-8 to make the final score more respectable, as center Mark MacDonald ’08 hit a trio of threepointers to give him a team-high 13 points. After shooting only 6for-22 from the field in the first half, the Bears hit 11 of 26 second half shots. The Bears’ first half woes only worsened on Saturday in Princeton, N.J. The Tigers, who improved to 3-1 in the league and 5-12 overall with two wins over the weekend, held the Bears without a field goal for the first 11:44 of the game, forcing them to miss see MEN’S HOOPS, page 9