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EASY AS CAKE Warren Brown ’93, founder of CakeLove bakery, was on campus Friday serving up buttercream meringue cupcakes ARTS & CULTURE 3

iGONE This week’s crime log includes a report of $23,493 worth of iPods missing from the Brown Bookstore CAMPUS NEWS 5

RED BADGE OF DEFEAT The men’s crew team felled Harvard Saturday, ending the Crimson’s 24race winning streak SPORTS 12

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Clinton stresses need for more women ‘at the table’

BY STU WOO CAMPUS WATCH EDITOR

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Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., delivered the inaugural lecture of the Doherty-Granoff Forum on Women Leaders to a full Meehan Auditorium Saturday evening.

MAN ESCORTED FROM AUDITORIUM The unidentified man who initiated the heckling of Clinton at her lecture in Meehan Auditorium Saturday night was escorted out from the building by Department of Public Safety officers and was not arrested, said Michael Chapman, vice president for public affairs and University relations.

The University has a set of policies for dealing with protests, which Chapman called “a necessary and acceptable means of expression at Brown.” But he said the protesters’ actions at the senator’s lecture were out of line.

“Protests become unacceptable, however, when it obstructs the basic exchange of ideas, such as halting a lecture or debate or any public forum or trying to seize control of a forum, such as Senator Clinton’s, for one’s own purpose,” he said.

Chapman said it took

Activists critique Clinton’s policies before speech

Coalition of activists not affiliated with those that disrupted senator’s talk

BY CHLOE LUTTS SENIOR STAFF WRITER

About 50 or 60 protesters gathered outside Meehan Auditorium Saturday evening to voice their objections to the politics of Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., including her voting record on the war in Iraq.

The protesters were a coalition of activists from various organizations, including Military Families Speak Out, the American Friends Service Committee, the Community Coalition for Peace, the International Socialist Organization and Brown Faculty and Students Against the Occupation of Iraq.

The protest drew some but not many Brown students. Zack Fleischner ’09, who listened to

see SIDEBAR, page 6

see PROTEST, page 6

UCS, UFB elections delayed following criticism of process

BY ERIC BECK NEWS EDITOR

Responding to criticism from students and administrators that the process for this year’s Undergraduate Council of Students and Undergraduate Finance Board elections were poorly publicized and rushed, the UCS Election Board issued a revised timeline late Sunday night that pushes key dates back by about a week. But the new schedule violates UCS’s Code of Operations by delaying voting until days before reading period commences.

Despite protests from activists against the war in Iraq, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., delivered a warmly received lecture about female leadership in Meehan Auditorium Saturday night, urging students to become more active in political discourse.

The former first lady, delivering the inaugural lecture of the Doherty-Granoff Forum on Women Leaders before a crowd of over 3,000, also criticized the Bush administration for its “extraordinary claims of executive power” and other domestic and foreign policies.

Clinton’s speech was somewhat marred by a disruption from anti-war protesters. Seven minutes into her speech, an unidentified man stood up on his chair and began shouting.

“Is it leadership to support the war?” the man yelled at Clinton, referring to her votes to authorize and to continually allocate funds for the American invasion of Iraq.

At an emergency meeting last night, the board discussed concerns surrounding the election process and set a new timeline for the election. Most dates are now about a week later than originally planned, so petitions are now due next Monday, and voting will be held on WebCT from Sunday, April 23 to Tuesday, April 25.

Voting concludes three days before reading period commences on April 28, even though the UCS code stipulates that “the election shall take place at

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Anti-war protesters who had interrupted the speech of Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., were eventually escorted out of Meehan Auditorium by Department of Public Safety officers.

He was joined moments later by a few other protesters who chanted anti-war slogans and unfurled a banner that read, “Clinton War Senator.”

Clinton ignored the hecklers and continued her speech. The initial protester was eventually escorted from the auditorium by Department of Public Safety officers. The others were either escorted out or left on their own accord. Still, it took about five minutes before the disturbance was quieted.

The protests appeared to have little effect on the audience’s support for Clinton. The senator received a standing ovation from the near-capacity crowd upon her introduction and at the conclusion of the speech, in which she urged women to become more involved in politics.

“Women have to be at the table,” she said. “Women have to be part of every decision-making process. That means, especially beyond our borders, anything we can do to promote and support women accepting responsibility for their own lives and playing a role in the larger society has to be one of our highest priorities.”

Clinton also spoke about the failures of President George W. Bush’s leadership, quoting satirist Stephen Colbert: “Instead of making decisions from the facts, our leadership makes facts from the decisions.”

In particular, Clinton attacked the Bush administration’s failure to prepare for Hurricane Katrina, calling it “a massive failure … unworthy of America.” She also critiqued its contributions to the national debt and its alleged failure to adequately address global warming concerns. She blamed the loss of 2.8 million domestic manufacturing jobs within the see CLINTON, page 4

Alum reflects on road to cult comedian status

BY CHLOE LUTTS SENIOR STAFF WRITER

As part of the Ivy Film Festival, Michael Showalter ’92 regaled a packed Salomon 101 Saturday night with his talk, titled, “The life and times of a relatively obscure basic ARTS & CULTURE cable sketch comedian.”

Relative obscurity notwithstanding, Showalter drew a capacity crowd to the auditorium for a lecture loosely focused on overcoming criticism and his experiences in the entertainment industry.

Showalter’s entry into the entertainment industry came immediately after he graduated from the University. After transferring to Brown from New York University, he maintained his involvement in an NYU sketch comedy troupe called the New Group. After graduation, the group became the cast of “The State,” a sketch comedy show on MTV. The show ended after four seasons, when Showalter said the group stopped getting along. After that, he joked, see SHOWALTER, page 7

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Michael Showalter ’92, actor and co-writer of “Wet Hot American Summer,” spoke Friday night in the Salomon Center as part of the Ivy Film Festival.

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PHYSICS DEPARTMENT ARTHUR O. WILLIAMS LECTURE 4:30 p.m. (Barus & Holley 168) — Paul Grannis, a professor from the University of New York at Stony Brook, will speak about exploring the microworld of forces and particles.

“THE STATE AND DEVELOPMENT” 4 p.m., (Watson Institute) — Development studies sponsors a multidisciplinary and multiperspective panel on the role of the state in the developing world.

DIALOGUE BETWEEN PUERTO RICAN MAINLANDERS AND ISLANDERS 6 p.m., (Third World Center) — This event provides a medium for students to discuss issues that have been part of the Puerto Rican community for years.

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Low-key awards ceremony closes fifth annual Ivy Film Festival

BY JEAN YVES CHAINON STAFF WRITER

About 60 attendees — mainly student and adult filmmakers — were present at the 2006 Ivy Film Festival awards ceremony to honor young filmmakers in Andrews Dining Hall Sunday morning. The ceremony was as unceremonious as it was warm-hearted: there were no traditional “And the winner is” declarations but instead casual conversations and cheerful applause.

Thirteen honors were awarded in several different categories, including Best Film School Production, Best Short Screenplay and the Ivy Choice Award. Other awards were presented in categories such as drama, comedy, innovative filmmaking and animated films.

The jury for the student films was composed of Michael Showalter ’92, the acclaimed actor and co-writer of “Wet Hot American Summer;” Marc Francis, the director of “Black Gold;” Mark Ross, a producer at Maguire Entertainment; David Courier, a senior programmer for Outfest, the Sundance Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival; and Lisa Gossels, the director of “Children of Chabannes.” Of the judges, only Ross, Courier and Gossels attended Sunday’s reception, which was also marked by the absences of numerous award winners.

Daniel Falcone, a student at Columbia University, was the most lauded student director and filmmaker. He received two awards, including Best Film School Production for his movie “Night Swimming.” One judge said it “gave a fresh new twist to the age-old tale of unrequited

love.” The judges noted Falcone’s lush cinematography, his innovative production design and the depth of meaning he captured in individual shots.

Falcone was also the recipient of the Best Director award and a Canon camcorder from one of the festivals’s sponsors, the Open Student Television Network.

Thyra Heder ’06, the only Brown student to win an award, received the Best Undergraduate Documentary award for her film “The Bakery.”

Brad Wilson, a Cornell University student, was awarded the Best Undergraduate Comedy award for his film “Nun Hunt.” Wilson, like other recipients, gave an improvised acceptance speech. “Thanks to everybody who made this possible. … Thanks to the Catholic Church,” he said.

Three students from New York University, Ian Grody, Ido Fluk and Andrew Jenks, were respectively awarded Best Feature Screenplay, Best Undergraduate Drama and the Founder’s Award, presented by Ivy Film Festival founder David Peck ’03.

The fifth Ivy Film Festival was the most successful to date, gathering more student filmmakers and viewers than ever before, according to its organizers.

“This year’s student competition is the best that I have seen in my four years at Brown,” Programming Director Bryan Chang ’06 told the audience. “I personally grew attached to every film I saw this weekend,” he added, praising the “technical level of accomplishment” of the films.

The reception was followed by a final multi-screening of the award-winning films.

‘Earthdome’ in front of List Art displays sustainable housing efforts

BY LYDIA GIDWITZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER

A mound of sandbags, earth and barbed wire was erected in front of List Art Center over spring break. This structure, called an earthdome, was built by Ceara O’Leary ’06 as a complement to her senior thesis in architectural studies, which addresses housing options along the California-Mexico border.

O’Leary’s thesis emphasizes the importance of alternative building techniques as a way to provide more environmentally conscious housing. These options could be constructed by anyone at any time in most geographical areas.

“It aims to illustrate that housing can be inexpensive and efficient and utilize minimal materials, even the earth beneath our feet, thus proving environmentally sensible,” O’Leary wrote in an e-mail to The Herald.

The earthdome exemplifies this method of construction and is considered a form of emergency housing for migrant farm workers along the California-Mexico border, she wrote. This population is facing an acute housing crisis, according to O’Leary, and this alternative building

structure could be the answer.

The earthdome method was conceived at the Cal-Earth Institute in Southern California. The method came from a design by Nader Khalili, an Iranian architect, who was working with NASA to create housing for Mars and the moon. Khalili realized that these techniques could be adapted to address housing problems on Earth, as well.

O’Leary traveled to the Institute to learn about the earthdome construction process.

O’Leary wrote that she built the earthdome both to test the efficiency of the housing option and to show the importance of alternative means for housing “since conventional housing methods are often not feasible in many regions of the world, where limited funding and resources may largely inhibit standard housing production.”

The earthdome is an example of sustainable housing that provides shelter from the most basic of materials and can be easily constructed. “Overall, I hope to emphasize the existence of alternative solutions to housing shortages that need not conform to conventional construction standards, and to highlight an innovative and incredibly efficient building method,” she wrote.

Forging careers in food Brown ’93 and Cowin ’82 regale students with sweet tales of success

BY HANNAH FURST STAFF WRITER

On Friday afternoon, Warren Brown ’93, founder of CakeLove bakery and Love Café, and host of the Food Network’s hit show “Sugar Rush,” returned to his alma mater to serve Italian buttercream meringue cupcakes in the Blue Room.

“It’s a great way to blow off class and steam,” said Brown, joking about how he thought of the idea to serve cupcakes to students.

Brown and Dana Cowin ’82, editor-in-chief of Food and Wine Magazine, were back on campus for the first annual Alumni Spotlight event, sponsored by the Office of Alumni Relations and the Office of Campus Life and Student Services. According to David Greene, vice president for Campus Life and Student Services, Alumni Spotlight was created to improve the quality of programming outside of the classroom by connecting students with notable alums.

Brown’s visit included speaking as a guest in Professor Barrett Hazeltine’s EN 90: “Managerial Decision Making” on April 6, along with a well-attended informal talk in Arnold Lounge the same day.

While Brown began his career as a litigator for the United States Department of Health and Human Services, he explained to EN 90 students how he was able to receive a large bank loan in March 2002 to begin his dream business, CakeLove bakery, in Washington, D.C., and eventually two Love Cafés. The success of his operation resulted in an see SWEETS, page 4

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Ceara O’Leary ‘06 erected this mound of sandbags, earth and barbed wire called an “earthdome” outside List Art Center as part of her thesis in architectural studies.

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Clinton continued from page 1 past five years on Bush.

“The administration has basically told our auto companies and auto suppliers and the one in 10 American jobs that are connected to them, ‘You are on your own,’” Clinton said.

Clinton urged students who are discontent with current leadership to bring about change by voting and running for office.

“We have a system of government, a constitutional democracy, if we can keep it against the most extraordinary claims of executive power we have seen in our nation’s history,” Clinton said. “And if you agree that we need a new direction in our country … the only way we get that is through the electoral process.”

The reference to elections might have been a hint to the senator’s own plans for the future. Considered the frontrunner for the Democratic Party’s 2008 presidential nomination, Clinton attended a fundraiser in East Greenwich before the lecture at which she raised $150,000, according to an article in Sunday’s

Providence Journal. In all, Clinton has raised over $21 million, according to data from the Federal Election Commission. This figure far surpasses any other potential Democratic presidential contender. Though the money is officially pegged for her Senate re-election campaign, she is expected to be easily re-elected and can roll over unspent dollars for a presidential bid.

For the most part, Clinton’s lecture was as well received by audience members as the speech given by her husband, former President Bill Clinton, last April, in which he also received multiple standing ovations.

“I thought she was a very good speaker,” Jen Magalong ’08 said.

“She handled herself very well while people were screaming at her, and she acknowledged them at the same time and didn’t get flustered.”

But Magalong said she believes the heckling from the antiwar protesters was unnecessary, a sentiment echoed by several students.

“It was appalling, it was rude and I couldn’t even understand what the guy was saying,” Magalong said.

“I didn’t like that they protest-

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Multiple anti-war groups gathered outside Meehan Auditorium Saturday evening to protest Sen. Hillary Clinton’s support of the war in Iraq. ed during the speech,” said Neil Mahajan ’08. “Do it outside.”

But not everybody who attended the lecture was happy with Clinton’s speech. Sureya Sayadi, a Kurdish-Iraqi doctor who now lives in California, wanted Clinton to address the war in Iraq.

After the lecture, Sayadi, who was wearing a bright pink shirt that read “No War” on the front, told The Herald, “I want Senator

Clinton to pull out the troops out from Iraq, to not fund any war.”

She also accused Clinton, who is on the Senate Armed Forces Committee, of planning to add more military bases in Iraq with the goal of attacking Iran and of overlooking the abuse of Kurds by the Turkish government.

Sayadi added that she thinks the protest of Clinton during the speech was justified.

The Doherty-Granoff Forum on Women Leaders, co-sponsored by the Taubman Center for Public Policy and the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, was founded this year

by Michael Granoff and Ellen Doherty-Granoff ’83. Before Clinton’s lecture, the Granoffs said they hope the forum will serve, in part, to train the next generation of women leaders at Brown.

Sweets

learning how to bake professional cakes. To solve his knowledge deficit, Brown read cookbooks.

Though he did take one cooking class to learn about the art of decorating cakes, he is largely a self-trained baker.

For Brown, cooking is all about visualization. “I put myself in the bowl when I am cooking. I am part of the bowl,” he said.

Brown’s business philosophy focuses on customer satisfaction, he said, adding, “We have to understand what our customers want and match that.”

While Brown is not looking to sell his product wholesale, he does want to expand the business by opening more bakeries across the country, he said.

Both Brown and Cowin expressed their satisfaction in being able to return to the University to share their stories with students.

“I love Brown and I take any chance I can to come back,” Cowin said. She also said that it was the people she interacted with in college, combined with the University’s overall philosophy of personal choice and independence, that helped her create her success.

Brown ended his interview by telling students how impor-

tant it is to find a passion in life.

For him, opening a cake shop and running his own business is about finding happiness. Having been an imaginative and inquisitive child, Brown said “(Baking) feels a lot like what I used to do as a kid.”

continued from page 3 offer from the Food Network to host his own show.

The highlight of Brown’s visit to campus was an interview conducted by Cowin. The interview was modeled after the television series, “Inside the Actor’s Studio,” and was appropriately titled, “Inside the Stuart Studio,” as it took place in Stuart Theatre.

In the beginning of the program, the audience, composed of both students and members of the Providence community, viewed a short clip from “Sugar Rush.”

During the interview portion of the program, Brown spoke about his journey to success.

Brown said he came up with the idea to start a bakery in response to positive comments he received from travelers while walking through John F. Kennedy International Airport with a homemade cake wrapped in blue bubble-wrap. It was at this moment he decided cake would be his entry into the business world.

Still, Brown had a lot of learning to do. While he grew up cooking burritos and pasta, he was now faced with the challenge of

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For Brown, cooking is all about visualization. “I put myself in the bowl when I am cooking. I am part of the bowl,” he said.

When Cowin asked Brown to describe his goals for the future, he concluded by saying, “I like to think my painting is not yet finished.”

Because Brown did not start his career as a baker, Greene said Brown could serve as an inspiration to students. “He is a real entrepreneur … because he took risks to follow his dream,” Greene said. He also added that Brown’s unusual career path should resonate with Brown students, who are often multi-talented.

Brown pointed to the positive impact of his undergraduate education. “I had no idea how valuable it was until I left,” he said.

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UCS team drafting winter session proposal

BY STEPHANIE LEE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

A newly formed team of Undergraduate Council of Students members is currently drafting a proposal to establish basic components of a potential winter session.

Members of the team, headed by Tristan Freeman ’07, chair of UCS’s Academic and Administrative Affairs Committee, hope the proposal will ultimately lead to more concrete plans that could be quickly finalized and enacted.

Zachary Townsend ’08, vice president of UCS, told The Herald two weeks ago he expected the proposal to be completed soon after spring break.

In a meeting with several UCS leaders last month, President Ruth Simmons indicated the University would support the development of winter session offerings, thereby inviting further discussion of the issue.

Members of the committee said they hope a pilot program will be available to a limited number of students next January to test initial offerings for a winter session.

If successful, they presume such a program could be put in effect that would be available to the entire student body every year.

David Greene, vice president for campus life and student services, gave The Herald a list of possible winter session activities, such as travel opportunities, courses for academic credit, non-credit-bearing courses or extracurricular activities like internships, community involvement, service learning through the Swearer Center for Public Service or research experience.

Both Freeman and Townsend said the committee has closely researched the JTerm currently available at Smith College. Committee members are particu-

larly interested in that program because of Simmons’ involvement in its development during her time as president of the Northampton, Mass., college.

Smith’s J-Term is a three-week long program that offers non-credit courses for which students, faculty, staff and area residents submit proposals throughout the year. In the past, Smith has offered courses such as knitting, fine arts, electron microscopy, Korean cooking and mask-making.

For now, it seems Freeman and other UCS members are exploring more traditional programs for academic credit, but the specifics have yet to be finalized.

Freeman also said conversations with friends and other students on campus have led him to believe undergraduates are generally in favor of a winter session, adding that he can think of very few drawbacks to such a program.

One obstacle, however, might be a financial burden to the University to develop the program as well as fees students will have to pay to participate, Townsend said.

Factors going into the cost will mainly consist of housing, dining and payments to faculty for what Freeman presumes would be a three-week program. UCS is attempting to find cost-effective solutions to address these issues in order to make a winter session a reality.

According to Greene, the initial idea to develop some sort of winter program stemmed from a number of concerns raised by students and parents alike.

“The winter intersession feels like it’s too long to just be at home to unwind and too short to get a job or have some other meaningful experience,” Greene said.

Freeman echoed this sentiment, saying Brown offers such a unique environment that students would like to take advantage of for more than eight months each year.

POLICE LOG

$23k worth of iPods reported missing from bookstore

BY SIMMI AUJLA SENIOR STAFF WRITER

The following summary includes all major incidents reported to the Department of Public Safety between March 24 and April 6. It does not include general service and alarm calls. 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 department, PPD or the Office of Student Life. DPS maintains a daily log of all shift activity and general service calls which can be viewed during business hours at its headquarters, located at 75 Charlesfield St. Friday, March 24: 12:30 a.m. Complainant reported that a known subject harassed him in New Pembroke. The incident has been brought to the attention of the Office of Student Life.

Tuesday, March 28: (No time specified.) Complainant reported the Brown Bookstore was missing several iPods amounting to approximately $23,493. DPS detectives are investigating the incident in cooperation with bookstore personnel.

4:38 p.m. Complainant reported a possible violation of a restraining order. DPS Special Victims Unit and DPS Detectives Unit are providing the complainant with support.

Thursday, March 30: 8:44 a.m. DPS and PPD officers responded to complainant’s report that a known subject assaulted her while she was parking her car on Benevolent

Street, a report corroborated by witnesses’ accounts. DPS Special Victims Unit is providing support for the complainant.

Friday, March 31: 12:00 a.m. Complainant reported four male subjects approached him as he was about to enter his dormitory on Prospect Street. One of the subjects pushed him and took his Brown ID. The subjects then left the area, and the student contacted DPS when he returned to his room. The student declined support services.

Saturday, April 1: 1:00 a.m. DPS and PPD Officers responded to a report of an attempted break-in at the corner of Thayer and Waterman streets. The officers noticed four broken basement level windows and searched the building in vain for a suspect. A witness reported seeing a male subject wearing a brown sweatshirt kicking the windows. Upon further investigation of the area, officers found a male subject fitting the description and interviewed him. The subject, a Brown student, later admitted to committing the crime. PPD officers took the subject into custody and transported him to PPD’s downtown headquarters.

Monday, April 3: 4:00 p.m. Complainant reported his bicycle, a silver 12-speed hybrid, was missing from a bike rack on Manning walk.

Complainant said he put his bicycle in the basement bike room of Harkness House at approximately 12:00 p.m. on Friday, March 24. When he returned from spring see CRIME, page 6

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Protest continued from page 1 the protesters’ speeches holding a “Troops Home Now” sign distributed by the activists, said he “just stopped by” the protest on his way to the speech because he is “antiwar and not a fan of Clinton.”

The protesters were primarily objecting to Clinton’s complicity in the war in Iraq and her failure to take a leadership position among Democrats as the sponsor of a Democratic alternative to the administration’s imperialism, according to Liz Sperber ’06, one of the organizers of the protest.

“Clinton’s record on the war in Iraq and now on Iran is pretty terrible,” Sperber said.

Military Families Speak Out had asked Clinton to meet with members of local military families and Sureya Sayadi, a Kurdish human rights activist visiting Providence. Clinton’s office did not respond, Sperber said.

In light of this, Sperber said the activists were also protesting “in the spirit of free speech and dialogue.”

Although generally unified in their dissatisfaction with Clinton’s leadership as a Democratic senator, the protesters had a variety of complaints. Signs with slogans ranging from “Hillary

Crime continued from page 5 break on April 3, he saw his bicycle in the Manning walkway bike rack. Complainant left the area for class and decided to return later to retrieve his bicycle from the rack, only to find it gone when he returned.

Clinton: Not a True Democrat” to “You have blood on your hands” to “Remember Hiroshima — Remember Vietnam” reflected the range of protesters’ opinions.

The aims of the protest were equally diverse. Sperber said she personally was hoping to raise community awareness and show solidarity with everyone who is suffering from the occupation of Iraq. By addressing their message to Clinton, she said protesters were also hoping to effect “more immediate legislative change on that level.”

Noah Merrill, local program coordinator for the American Friends Service Committee, said his group was supporting the effort because he hoped Clinton would take the opportunity to meet with military families and Sayadi. Although the AFSC does not endorse political candidates, he said as someone who “could very easily be the next Democratic president,” he thinks Clinton “should be speaking out against the war,” especially in light of the fact that “public opinion is against the war (and) the war is clearly illegal.”

Jacque Amoureux GS, founder of the Rhode Island chapter of Military Families Speak Out, told The Herald “the reason why we’re here is we asked Senator Clinton to meet with Rhode Island military families (and she)

Wednesday, April 5: 4:34 p.m. Complainant reported her wallet was removed from an unattended desk in Barus and Holley between 10:20 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4. There are no suspects at this time.

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has not responded.” MFSO also contends that Clinton “fails to provide leadership on the Iraq war” and has not come forward with her own alternative plan or supported the plans of other Democrats, including Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. Amoureux said she believes Clinton’s refusal to present an alternative plan is simply a matter of political expediency for Clinton, adding it is “unconscionable that she has failed to take leadership.”

After Clinton’s speech, Amoureux told The Herald MFSO was not associated with what she called the “aggressive and inappropriate” outburst during the speech. She said local media outlets had “conflated” the protest outside with the outburst inside but that the organizers of the pre-speech protest “had no knowledge that that was going to take place.” She said she regrets that the disruption took attention away from the military families, adding that members of MFSO had discussed action during the speech and decided it was inappropriate and would have been an infringement on Clinton’s right to speak. “The only thing we did was to boo,” Amoureux said.

Four protesters stood up and began shouting during the speech. Two who would not cease shouting were physically escorted out of the auditorium,

including one who had smuggled in a large banner under his jacket that read “Clinton War Senator.” The officers who dealt with the protesters offered to allow them to stay and continue to hold the banner if they would be quiet and sit down, but the protesters did not respond. As he was leaving, the man who had smuggled in the banner shouted, “This is what freedom looks like.”

Heather Mello, a freshman at Rhode Island College who was holding the other corner of the banner and shouting “troops home now” until forced to leave, said she was participating in the protest as a member of the International Socialist Organization.

“How can she claim to stand for women’s rights?” Mello asked. “She really doesn’t care about (Iraqi women),” she told The Herald.

Speakers at the protest outside included Amoureux, Sayadi, Stephany Kearn, whose son was killed in Iraq, Providence College Professor Anthony Affigne ’76 and Brown Professor of Anthropology Catherine Lutz. Sayadi called Clinton “a great supporter of the war” and accused the United States government of using the Kurds to justify a war in its own interest. She criticized the actions of American troops in Iraq, saying

they intentionally run over children on sidewalks, and asked, “This is the democracy Hillary Clinton wants for the American people? … What deals are you making for the oil and for your presidency, Clinton?”

Kearn, whose son was in the United States Marine Corps and was killed during his second deployment to Iraq, said, “I don’t know what Hillary’s doing, but she’s not taking care of our sons and daughters over there and she’s not taking care of the Iraqi people.” Clinton should “take care of her children, take care of her country’s children and then she can take care of the world,” Kearn said.

Affigne agreed, saying, “If Hillary Clinton were actually representing the women of America … she would feel the pain of the women of America.”

He also announced that he “will not vote … for a person whose hands are dipped in the blood of innocents.”

Lutz challenged Clinton “to explain why she allowed Stephany’s son to die” and criticized the senator for aligning herself with the Democratic and Republican “parties of empire.”

She said the people attending the lecture were “going in with a lot of hope” that Clinton would provide an alternative political agenda but that she consistently refuses to do so.

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after Vice President for Campus Life and Student Services David Greene, Associate Vice President of Campus Life and Dean for Student Life Margaret Klawunn and DPS officers tried to convince him to “be respectful of the rights of other people (listening) to Senator Clinton’s speech,” Chapman said. “And when that failed after repeated attempts to comply with policy, (Brown DPS officers) escorted him outside the auditorium when it became clear he would try to continue to disrupt the senator’s speech.”

Chapman said he did not know whether the other protesters were removed from the auditorium, but it appeared they

were escorted out or left on their own accord.

As of press time, Chapman said it was unclear if any of the anti-war activists inside Meehan were affiliated with the University.

A representative of Rhode Island Military Families Speak Out, which organized the antiwar protest outside Meehan before Clinton’s lecture, said in an e-mail to The Herald that the hecklers were unrelated to the group. One woman who held up the sign that read “Clinton War Senator” was identified as Heather Mello, who is not affiliated with Brown and is a member of the International Socialist Organization.

continued from page 1 nearly five minutes to remove the initial protester, the most vocal of the activists, because University officials wanted to give him a chance “to comply with our policies.”

The man was only removed

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Showalter continued from page 1 he “went into a deep depression and did nothing for a few months but play chess, smoke cigarettes and read lots of Stephen King novels.”

In 1997 Showalter teamed up with Michael Ian Black and David Wain to create “Stella,” which began as a show at a New York nightclub and was eventually picked up by Comedy Central.

In 2000 Showalter and Wain made the cult film classic “Wet Hot American Summer,” which succeeded in as far as it, according to Showalter, “barely got into the Sundance Film Festival, was sparsely attended, and definitely won no awards.” It was then shown in “tens of movie theaters” and received “an enthusiastic thumbs down from Roger Ebert.”

When asked for advice on how to deal with this sort of criticism, Showalter said, “I don’t like being criticized, at all, and I take it very personally.”

In response to criticism, Showalter said he finds that writing nasty letters to critics helps. He read the audience excerpts of one such letter to a New York Times critic, beginning, “Please don’t take this the wrong way, but I bet you have bread crumbs in your vagina” and continued in a similar vein with several references to hoagies. “In a roundabout way, that’s my advice — it’s write hate mail.”

Showalter’s blunt humor elicited tremendous laughter from the audience, but the audience perhaps identified most with his jokes about his experiences at the University. He rem-

inisced on the classes he took in the Salomon Center “that I rarely, if ever, went to.”

Showalter called the invitation to speak at Brown a “major honor and kind of a joke,” since, as he said, he was “barely allowed to graduate.”

“If drinking beer at the Grad Center Bar” had been a concentration, he said he would never have studied semiotics.

But he welcomed questions on semiotics if only to test his ability to give “bullshitty answers.”

Nevertheless, Showalter told The Herald he did in fact like his classes at Brown. “Students here were really smart. … It wasn’t geeky smart, they were just cool,” he said.

He also said he found a “great community of artists and musicians” at the University. His roommate, John Hamburg ’92, went on to write “Along Came Polly” and co-write “Zoolander” and “Meet the Parents,” he said.

Showalter identified the first defining moment of his life as occurring in fourth grade when he saw “Animal House” for the first time. After which, he “wanted to be John Belushi,” an actor in the film, and he had a toga party inspired by the film for his birthday.

The second defining influence of his young life was a summer spent at a camp called Mohawk in the Berkshires, where, in between field trips, making spin art and “masturbating in our sleeping bags,” he and his friends discovered hip hop, he told the audience.

Showalter mocked his fleeting teenage interests in pretending to be a “true gangsta.”

He showed the audience photos of himself and joked, “that’s a scowl that says I’ve had a hardknock (expletive) life,” as he said, on the streets of suburban

New Jersey, where he was raised

by Ivy League academics.

Showalter got his start writing in high school, where he was the editor of his high school’s literary magazine as well as a contributor. He read a poem that “wasn’t meant to be a joke” but contained memorable lines including “there is a whore in my apartment building” and “I smoked a reefer with them.

They didn’t know (expletive) about (expletive).”

The third major moment in his life was his freshman year at NYU, where he met the members of what would become the MTV show “The State,” he said.

At NYU he was the smartest student in all his classes and “completely miserable,” he said.

“I wasn’t smart enough to get into Brown straight out of high school,” he said. ”My essays were boring because my mother forced me to write about my summers abroad and how I could fold my own laundry.” After transferring to Brown he was back at the bottom of the academic hierarchy where he “really flourished,” he said.

At Brown, he joined IMPROVidence and auditioned for the Brown Derbies. “What’s funnier than a bunch of dudes in old tiny hats singing a cappella?”

Showalter told The Herald the greatest reward of relative fame is the opportunity “to connect with people and make friends.”

He said he gets to meet a lot of the “kind of person that likes the kind of comedy I do and I tend to like those people.”

‘Dateline’ pedophile sting raises eyebrows

BY PAUL FARHI WASHINGTON POST

WASHINGTON — The NBC news magazine “Dateline” agreed to pay a civilian watchdog group more than $100,000 to create a pedophile sting operation that the network plans to feature in a series of programs next month, network representatives and the organization’s founder said. As part of the sting, the network also went along with police officials’ deputizing of the group’s members, in effect turning “Dateline’s” made-for-TV operation into a law-enforcement action. The segments, taped last month in Ohio, have prompted news media observers and others to question NBC’s methods and criticize its practices.

“Dateline’s” orchestration of the sting crossed ethical boundaries and could place the network in an awkward legal position, they said.

NBC’s senior producer of the segments, Allan Maraynes, confirmed the arrangements but said that the network had no qualms about them. “We’ve raised the public’s consciousness of a very serious issue,” he said. “We think we’ve created a model (for reporting on Internet pedophilia) that accurately reflects what happens in real life.”

Since 2004, “Dateline” has

aired three reports in the sting operation series, titled “To Catch a Predator.” In each report, the news magazine worked with a Portland, Ore., group called Perverted Justice, whose volunteer members pose as young boys and girls in Internet chat rooms and wait to be contacted by adult men seeking sex with minors. The volunteers lure the men to a house rented by NBC, where they are caught on hidden cameras and confronted by a “Dateline” reporter. Some of the men are subsequently arrested.

“Dateline” and Perverted Justice have staged stings in Fairfax County, Va., Long Island, N.Y., and Riverside, Calif.

During the Fairfax operation last summer, the men lured to the house included a rabbi who worked in Potomac, a schoolteacher from Prince George’s County and a physician from the Eastern Shore.

In each of those segments, Perverted Justice received no compensation from NBC, nor were any of the group’s members deputized.

But NBC’s relationship with the group changed before “Dateline” began taping an installment of the series last month in rural Darke County, Ohio. After the first three “Dateline” stings each drew more than 8 million viewers, Persee DATELINE, page 9

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M. lax continued from page 12 least 40 percent of them,” Cotter said. “The little things are what matter in deciding games, especially in the Ivy League. Not being able to come through on faceoffs or ground balls is a big reason why we’ve been struggling.”

It did not help that Cotter, one of the team’s faceoff specialists, was out with a concussion for the Yale game, leaving Brown with an even steeper uphill climb.

“Without Rob Cotter it made it even worse,” said Head Coach Scott Nelson. “That, combined with our play on the defensive end, really hurt us.”

Yale won six of seven faceoffs in the opening period en route to a 4-2 lead after one quarter.

Attackman Tyler Gaffney ’07, making his first start of the season, cut the deficit in half 37 seconds into the second quarter, but the Bulldogs responded with three unanswered goals for a 7-3 advantage at halftime.

“It was 5-3 and we were playing good defense and they threw a bad pass that deflected off of one of our players and in,” Nelson said of the second quarter. “Then we put the ball on the ground and they threw it into an open net. They got a few cheap ones that were pretty demoralizing. You have to give credit to Yale (though), they played very well.”

Attackman Dave Madei-

ra ’07 did all he could to keep Brown in the game with a series of goals, but the four-goal halftime deficit was too much to overcome. Yale outscored the visitors 7-5 in the second half to walk away with the 148 victory.

The loss was the Bears’ fourth straight and dropped them to 2-6 overall (0-1 Ivy League). Even with its recent struggles, Bruno is by no means preparing to just play out its remaining schedule.

“It’s important always to play with a little bit of desperation, but at the same time we don’t need to lose focus and go into games so desperate that we end up playing out of control,” Cotter said. “While we are 0-1 in the Ivies we know that we have five important games ahead of us and we think that we can win some of those games. We need to stay poised, focused and a little desperate.”

Brown’s next game is Tuesday night against Harvard at Stevenson Field. The annual match-up always generates emotion, especially this year, as it is the Bears’ first home game in over three weeks.

“We’re all excited to get home. Playing during the week and under the lights is something everyone looks forward to,” Cotter said. “This is the game we look forward to each season. There’s a lot of energy and emotion involved, and hopefully it will turn into a win for us and a turning point for the rest of the season.”

W. lax continued from page 12 erase the 2-0 deficit and take a 43 lead before Columbia’s Rachel Ryan tied the score a minute before the half. Buzzell scored twice unassisted, and DeTolla and co-captain Kate Staley ’06 also scored before the end of the half.

The second half was a see-saw battle from the get-go. The teams found themselves locked in 5-5, 7-7, 8-8 and 9-9 ties. At one point, the Bears led by a score of 7-5 before giving up three unanswered goals.

“After every Columbia goal, though, there was definitely no panic,” Buzzell said. “The defense

W. tennis continued from page 12 going,” Ames said. “Her ability to ace me changed the course of the match.”

In an epic second-set tiebreaker, the umpire overruled Ames at 7-7 when she called Robertson’s first serve out, which gave Robertson the point and an 8-7 lead. Robertson eventually won the tiebreaker 9-7.

Even after such a distressing call, Ames would not fade away.

She battled Robertson in the third set to grab a 5-3 lead.

“I know I am not going to lose a match over one point,” she said. “I had to put it behind me.”

Up 5-3, Ames unraveled and

M. crew continued from page 12 varsity newcomers Ryan McShane ’08, Colin Keogh ’08, Paul Strombom ’08 and Chris Greene ’08, the Bears found a coherency and rhythm behind the stroke of Joe Donahue ’07 that has been absent since the glory days of the all-conquering 2000 team.

The experience and power of Steve Van Knotsenburg ’06 and Ben Harrison ’07, combined with the icy composure of cocaptain David Coughlin ’07 and the binding spirit of Pat Yu ’06 at coxswain, rounded out a lineup that now must be regarded alongside Princeton and Stan-

W. crew continued from page 12 ditions challenged the Bears, the Scarlet Knights had a more difficult time dealing with the rough weather. Eight-hundred meters into the varsity eight race, the Rutgers boat suffered an overhead crab, an error in which an oar’s handle flies over the rower’s head because the blade of the oar was pushed un-

gets together and the attackers get together and with pats on the back we reassure each other that this is ours so lets put it away.”

And with time running out, the Bears put it away. Redd tied the game at eight with under seven minutes to go. A minute later, Buzzell scored her fourth goal of the game to give the Bears a 9-8 lead. Columbia fought back to tie the contest with 39 seconds remaining, but it took only 19 ticks of the clock for the Bears to reclaim the lead for good. Columbia was whistled for an offsides call, giving DeLuca the Bears’ fifth free-position shot of the game with 20 seconds left. DeLuca capitalized by beating Columbia goalie Marcela Calidonio for the game winner.

Though the game looked even on paper — the teams were nearly equal in shots, ground balls, free position shots, saves, fouls and turnovers — the Bears felt as though the superior team emerged victorious.

“We were definitely the better team,” said Staley, the team’s second leading scorer behind Amie Biros ’06. “I don’t think we played as hard as we could have the entire game but we knew we’d win the entire time. Every Ivy League win is huge now because it gets us one step closer to an (Ivy) championship and to the NCAA tournament.”

The Bears continue their conference schedule at home this weekend when they host Cornell on Saturday afternoon.

lost the next four games to drop the match 2-6, 7-6 (9-7), 7-5. Ames’ effort was especially noticeable on an afternoon when all her teammates lost in straight sets with the exception of Amanda Saiontz ’07, who captured a straight-set victory at second singles.

The following day against No. 42 Penn, Bruno showed considerably more fight across the board than in its match with the Tigers. Ames rebounded from her tough loss to earn the Bears’ only singles victory of the day in a 7-5, 7-6 win. Both Ashley Pariser ’08 and Brett Finkelstein ’09 stretched their opponents to three sets before succumbing.

But the Bears were simply overmatched against the Quakers, who are 3-0 in Ivy League play. Saiontz, one of the team’s best players, lost in straight sets,

and Sara Mansur ’09 struggled in her loss against an opponent who hit winner after winner.

Head Coach Paul Wardlaw had previously hoped the Ivy season would inspire his team to a new level of competitiveness.

This weekend seemed — at least temporarily — to derail that hope. Ames, who left everything on the court in her two matches, kept things in perspective.

“I know all the girls care so much about winning, especially in the Ivies,” she said. “This was a miniature wakeup call for us to start playing with our hearts more.”

The Bears have an opportunity to rebound this weekend when they travel to Ithaca, N.Y., to take on Cornell Friday and to New York City on Saturday to face Columbia.

ford as contenders for a national title.

Co-captain Harrison issued a confident challenge to the team’s upcoming opposition.

“It is a group that recognizes that hard work, dedication, honesty and faith are the ways to victory,” he said. “Saturday was a great first step in our collective quest to reach our goal.”

Coughlin also reiterated the importance of Brown’s spirit.

“Our coaches told us that the race would be decided based on how we responded when we were pressured,” he said.

Keogh, in his first varsity race, was ecstatic with the result. “I thought it would take a lot to beat the feelings I had about last season winning the East-

ern Sprints and having a perfect regular season record,” he said.

“But this was great because the only people who thought we could win were the guys on the team and the coaches and we proved that we have the makings of a very special boat.”

The team, however, recognizes there is still a lot of work to be done and that the win does not automatically entitle it to a place on the podium in Worcester, Mass., for the Eastern Sprints in late May. The win did generate some much-needed momentum heading into another tough race this weekend. The Bears’ next race is against No. 8 Northeastern University on the Charles River in Boston, Mass.

der the water and caught in the flow. Rutgers’ third varsity eight suffered two overhead crabs.

Flynn reported that one of the incidents was so severe that a Rutgers rower had to be attended to by EMS. “The last race at 5 p.m. was really difficult. There were white caps on the water,” Flynn said.

“One of our main goals was to handle the really rough conditions as best as we could, and we accomplished that.”

The Bears will head to the

Charles River in Boston on Saturday to take on host Boston University as well as the University of Massachusetts and the University of Texas. Next week’s races should be more challenging than Friday’s race, according to Flynn. “(BU) is always right up there with us,” she said of the Terriers, currently ranked 20th in the nation. “They are always gunning for us. They will definitely put up a good fight.”

Yet the Bears are ready for the competition, particularly because the team is such a committed and unified group, Reynolds said.

“We are a very cohesive team.

We’re not divided by different boats. We all think of ourselves as one unit, as Brown women’s crew,” she said. “We are going to keep up the race mentality every weekend, and we’re going to bring that intensity to every competition.”

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verted Justice hired an agent to negotiate with the network.

NBC sources said Perverted Justice received compensation in the low six figures for its role in the Ohio sting. The group’s founder, Xavier Von Erck, did not dispute that description but declined to provide specifics.

To meet local statutes involving evidence-gathering, three Perverted Justice members who engaged in Internet chats with alleged pedophiles were deputized by Darke County’s sheriff, said Richard Howell, the county’s prosecuting attorney. Technically, deputizing the volunteers made them law enforcement officers during the sting, Howell said.

Mainstream news organizations typically do not pay sources for their cooperation because such payments might unduly influence the source’s actions or information. Dateline’s tactics on other stories have been questioned recently. On Friday, NASCAR officials accused the news magazine program of trying to “manufacture the news” by bringing a group of Muslim men to Martinsville Speedway in Virginia to see how they would be treated by NASCAR fans.

Moreover, it is almost unheard of for a media outlet to allow its paid associates to act as law enforcement officials, even on a temporary basis, journalism experts said. “I can’t think of anything like that,” said Lucy Dalglish, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, an Arlington, Va.based group that advises journalists on legal issues. “It sounds to me like a very risky thing to do.”

Journalists reject such an arrangement because they might be publicly perceived as being “agents of the government” rather than as independent news gatherers, Dalglish said. “This would certainly have me holding my breath,” she said.

least one week before the first day of the reading period, without exception.”

“We decided that students seemed to care more about having a seemingly fair electoral process than about following our code,” said Kate Brockwehl ’08, chair of the Election Board.

UCS President Sarah Saxton-Frump ’07 told The Herald, “This is one of those times where we can follow our code and piss off a lot of people … or we can make a decision to not follow exactly what the code says in the spirit of having a fair election process.”

Holding elections so close to reading period isn’t ideal, Brockwehl said, but no schedule would be perfect because elections fall during a busy period on campus, with Passover, Easter, Spring Weekend, A Day On College Hill (which now falls on the same night as the candidates’ debates), the end of the semester and reading period all presenting possible conflicts.

Brochwehl said she hopes the new timetable and better advertising will encourage outsiders to pursue a UCS position.

“A key part of why the elections are being pushed back is to allow students who haven’t been on UCS or UFB before to have a few days to come to information session, ask questions about running” and ultimately decide to run, she said.

Even though the code also dictates that the election dates must be set by the end of February each year, the original timeline wasn’t formulated until April 4. A campus-wide e-mail announcing the dates was sent out at 3 a.m. April 5.

Informational sessions were held the following day, and candidates were supposed to submit their petitions to run at a meeting to be held tonight —

leaving only six days for students to decide whether to run and collect the 100 signatures required for class positions and 400 signatures needed for executive board slots.

Greek Council Chair Meghan Gill ’06 sent an e-mail Saturday to other student group leaders asking them to join a Greek Council-led coalition appealing UCS for a revised election process. In the e-mail, Gill wrote that the elections process was unfair because it was poorly advertised — decreasing the chance students not currently in UCS would get involved — and required students to collect signatures in less than a week.

Gill told The Herald she wanted to submit a complaint to UCS to “make it known that student groups on campus aren’t happy with the way the elections are being run.”

UCS also didn’t do a good job telling student group leaders how their groups could endorse candidates, Gill said.

Brockwehl told The Herald that information about endorsements was placed in student group boxes in the Student Activities Office and posted on the SAO Web site. She said she requested that an e-mail be sent to student group leaders, but it’s not entirely clear whether an email was sent — Brockwehl said one student group leader indicated receiving the e-mail, but others told her that they didn’t get an e-mail. Gill told The Herald she never received an e-mail about endorsements.

Though Gill’s e-mail was sent to student group leaders and not UCS members, some students complained to UCS members about the elections process. Others contacted University administrators, who in turn contacted UCS leaders.

The elections process has been plagued since February with a lack of interest in membership on the Election Board.

M. tennis

(10), 4-6, 6-2. Another three-set match was lost at third singles, as Thomas fell 7-5, 2-6, 6-0.

“It was tough to lose the match like that,” Harris said. “Penn fought hard, we fought hard. We definitely put it all out there on the court.”

While the Bears were clearly frustrated, they refused to dwell on the loss, instead focusing on what they need to do to have a shot at the Ivy title.

“We’re very positive, we’re

working hard and we’re very focused. We need to stay focused on ourselves,” Hanegby said.

And that outlook clearly started with the coach.

“We have to just continue to improve,” Harris said. “We’re still a young team, and we’re still battling the injury bug. We definitely need to get a little healthier. Phil has had a rough month, and that’s been a little frustrating for him. We need some others to step up.”

continued from page 12 a great return game. After we clinched that, everyone was pretty psyched.”

Meanwhile, Thomas and Sam Garland ’09 took the third doubles match 8-5. “It was a credit to our toughness to sweep the doubles matches,” Harris said.

Singles play began with more wins by Kohli and Lee. At fifth singles, Kohli won 7-6 (5), 6-2, while Lee took a 6-2, 6-2 victory at sixth singles.

The next match completed was a 6-1, 6-2 loss by Charm at fourth singles, making the total match score 3-1 with half of the singles matches completed. But with just one win needed in the second three matches, the Bears failed to take any.

“The turning point was midway through the singles matches,” Harris said. “They let their (aggressiveness) slip a bit and allowed Penn to stay in the match.”

At first singles, Hanegby lost the first set in a tiebreaker and was unable to recover, falling 76 (5), 6-2. At second singles, Ratnam also dropped his first set in a tiebreaker, and though he rallied back to take the second set, he ultimately lost the match 7-6

“There is much more involved than initially meets the eye,” Brockwehl said.

The board — composed of both UCS members and students who are not a part of UCS — is largely independent of the organization. The UCS president appoints a UCS member as the board’s chair, who then appoints the rest of the committee. Election Board members are prohibited from running in the election, creating a shortage of people interested in joining the board.

In mid-February, former UCS Vice President Charlie Cummings ’06 agreed to chair the Election Board but later backed out of the role, Saxton-Frump said, leaving her with the task of finding a new chair.

Saxton-Frump said only six UCS members were eligible to head the board because either they weren’t returning next year or weren’t intending to run in the election. Two of the members — Saxton-Frump herself and Treasurer Jonathan Margolick ’06 — would be too busy with other UCS duties to take the job, leaving only four possible candidates to head the board.

“I personally had a very hard time talking anyone into doing it,” Saxton-Frump said.

Brockwehl agreed to chair the Election Board in mid-March,

and “this has been my number one priority since (then).

I’ve probably spent more time on this than anything else,” she said.

“It was a time-consuming process just to get a board together,” Brockwehl said. “Students are very eager to complain about the process but not so eager to run for UCS or UFB to try to change it or join things like the Election Board.”

Brockwehl wasn’t able to fully assemble the board until the week of spring break. The board was not able to meet and set an election timetable until last Tuesday, creating the shorter-than-usual gap between the election’s announcement and initial deadlines that in part sparked the criticism that led to the creation of the revised timetable.

Despite the confusion surrounding the election, Brockwehl said she hopes that prospective candidates won’t be discouraged. “I would encourage students frustrated by this process and the way it’s been carried out to think about all of minutia involved and talk to someone on the Election Board about it instead of rushing to disregard the elections in general and UCS and UFB as organizations,” she said.

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A step backward It’s not every day that a big-name speaker comes to campus, as evidenced by the impressive turnout to hear Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., Saturday evening. To accommodate the high demand, the University altered the setup of Meehan Auditorium to seat 1,000 additional spectators after the original tickets were snatched up soon after becoming available.

As the inaugural speaker for the Doherty-Granoff Forum on Women Leaders, Clinton was slated to speak on the changing and increasingly important role of female leaders. Though perhaps not as interesting a topic as, say, a potential run for the presidency, Clinton’s mere presence on campus represented a valuable resource that members of the Brown community and Providence residents were eager to take advantage of.

A small handful of protesters, evidently, had other plans.

The protests that took place during the lecture, while presumably an attempt to advance dialogue on the war in Iraq and Clinton’s senate votes relating to the conflict, succeeded only in threatening to deprive both Brown and Providence from politically relevant speakers in the future. Moreover, those attempting to disrupt Clinton’s talk cheapened the efforts of the coalition of activists who protested Clinton’s policies prior to her appearance. Members of Rhode Island’s chapter of Military Families Speak Out and others articulated their opposition to Clinton without attempting to take the stage away from the senator or hinder community members’ ability to hear her views firsthand.

Unfortunately, it is all too easy to conflate the two separate demonstrations. Jacque Amoureux GS said she fears local television stations may have even committed this error in their coverage of the event. Even if that is not the case, audience members and others inevitably viewed the pre-speech demonstrations differently after four protesters crossed the line and imposed on Clinton’s talk.

It was unrealistic for those behind the disruption to believe their efforts would enact any sort of positive change. A seasoned politician, Clinton certainly has seen such outbursts before and knows not to engage when they arise. Had they instead paid attention to the senator’s speech, even if it did not directly address their specific concerns, those behind the disruption could have possibly gained a new perspective that would have enriched their arguments against her policies. But they refused to wait for an appropriate time and place to voice their opposition.

As a result, their arguments are no stronger, and their position as anti-war activists is severely diminished. In five minutes, they managed to compromise positions they have likely been fine-tuning for months. We only hope they didn’t also manage to deprive the Brown community of future appearances from other public figures — or respectful anti-war protesters of their voices.

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THE BROWN DAILY HERALD · MONDAY, APRIL 10, 2006 · PAGE 11

Clinton protesters an embarrassment Disruptive protesters at Hillary’s lecture stifled an important message about women’s equality

BY LAURA MARTIN OPINIONS COLUMNIST

Around this time three years ago, I wrote my first letter to The Herald. The letter was in response to the protests that occurred during a lecture by Richard Pearle, former chairman of the Defense Policy Board. During his lecture, which addressed academic diversity, a large group of students chanted, dis-

I reflected on the Pearle protest. Surely, I thought, there won’t be protests at this lecture — Hillary’s base is too strong at Brown, and nobody would protest at a women’s leadership initiative conference. Unfortunately, I was wrong.

During Clinton’s lecture, several individuals held up signs and chanted slogans, apparently demanding that Hillary vote to remove troops from Iraq. The protesters became so disruptive that they

The fact that the protesters drowned out the senator’s speech, which addressed the struggles of women around the world, was simply unacceptable. played signs labeling Pearle a warmonger and circled Salomon Center banging drums. The lecture was meant to be a forum on political diversity and balanced discourse in academia. The protesters showed a complete disregard for freedom of speech; instead of having the common decency to hear 15 minutes of opposition, they chose to drown out Pearle’s words.

Before New York Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton’s speech this Saturday,

affected the delivery of Clinton’s speech.

It was unclear whether the individuals were students or community members, but, unfortunately, the incident reflects unfairly upon the students of Brown, who had no control over the conduct of their fellow audience members. If Brown strives to be an institution that fosters leadership and embraces intellectual debate, it is essential that we host events that retain professional decorum. Audience members must control their be-

havior, and Brown students must express their embarrassment at such actions.

The protests were not effective; they simply hurt the reputation of our school.

There are appropriate forums for debate. You have the right to disagree with Clinton’s decisions, but nobody is going to listen to your message if you act crazily, stand on your chair and shout unintelligible words that only the few people sitting around you can understand. Your message did not get to the senator. Your message did not get to the nation. Your message did not get to anyone. We tried to ignore you. If you want to make a difference, try being a leader. The senator was giving you advice on how to do just that. Try writing to the senator. Try writing to newspapers. Try holding debates.

Try, at least, to be taken seriously.

The inaugural speech of the DohertyGranoff Forum on Women Leaders was not an appropriate place for a war protest. The fact that protesters drowned out Clinton’s speech, which addressed the struggles of women around the world, was simply unacceptable. I came to the lecture to hear an influential, successful woman address the issues of women’s equality and international women’s rights struggles. These are vital issues that should not be silenced for any reason.

Many expressed disappointment that Clinton’s lecture was not particularly political. Our generation does not understand what the big deal is with women’s equality — don’t women now occupy the same roles as men in the workplace? Aren’t there sexual harassment laws already in existence?

Such questions are signs that our generation is dangerously unaware of just how recently women achieved equality in this nation. Our mothers and grandmothers have won these battles for us. We have been born into a time of immense opportunity.

It is also easy to forget that most women in this world do not enjoy such liberties. We are of the first generation to benefit fully from the struggles of women in the past, and we must appreciate fully the opportunities that lie before us.

Clinton was attempting to convey such messages to the students of Brown University. I ask that the student body not be apathetic to the inappropriate behavior of demonstrators who tried to place their own personal agendas over the message of women’s equality. Their childish behavior drowned out a vital message. The educational opportunities of future Brown students depend partially upon our ability to host influential lecturers, and in order to do this, we must maintain an open and inviting atmosphere. We cannot drown out the words of another, even if we may disagree with those words.

After three years as a columnist, I chose to write my last column for The Herald on the events that occurred this Saturday.

I find that my message is the same as my first letter. To restate what I wrote in that first letter: “Protesters, you conveyed your message loud and clear: we should ignore you.”

Laura Martin ’06 says farewell to The Herald.

Vive le status quo!

Recent turmoil in France reveals a pressing need for economic and social reform

BY MICHAEL SCOTT ROBINSON GUEST COLUMNIST

If you haven’t noticed, France has not been doing so well lately. The French have been telling us for decades how superior their society is to the heartless, ruthlessly individualistic and inequitable Anglo-American system. And, in truth, for a long time French society did seem to be running along quite nicely. They had their wine and their cheese and their 35hour work week, and so when the French scoffed at us, there was not much we could say.

Behind the scenes, though, it was always a different story. Even as French officials publicly lauded the French socioeconomic system, experts on both sides of the Atlantic silently acknowledged that France’s trajectory was unsustainable.

In the 1980s and early 1990s, various socialist administrations were elected and promised to defend against any challenge to the much-loved French social model. In practice, however, even these leftist leaders soon discovered that France would have to liberalize to stay afloat economically, and, as France’s leaders could not renege wholly on their campaign promises, they enacted only limited reform.

Concurrently, the French model of social integration was also silently failing.

The French stressed complete social and racial equality on the surface, even forbidding the acknowledgement of race in official censuses. But in the background French employers were engaging in massive racial discrimination (discarding applications with Arab-sounding names, for example). This produced an insufferably high minority unemployment rate and caused many second-generation immi-

grant youths to turn to fundamentalism.

By anyone’s measure, French society was ripe for explosion. In 2005, it did just that. Angered by their position in a system they saw as infected by institutional inequality, young French Muslims rioted in the suburbs, holding the country hostage for months. Again, months later, university students rioted in protest of an attempt by a desperate French government to enact relatively modest labor reform.

As a result, even the strongest defenders of the French way of life have become disillusioned.

Today, France is at a critical crossroads, the likes of which the country has not seen since the student uprisings of 1968.

In recent years, the country has struggled to find its way in a scary new world that is no longer Eurocentric — let alone Francocentric — and where a modern-day Maginot Line-type defense against globalization and competition is as futile as the original. Ultimately, France must accept the change or be left behind. That means, for one thing, economic liberalization. France’s public-ownership policies that stifle competition must be rolled back, taxes must be reduced to rekindle consumer incentive and the powerful labor unions that have driven up benefits and the minimum wage at the expense of the employment rate must be reigned in. Also, the 35-hour work week and the 22 months of paid unemployment are not exactly helpful.

Accepting change also means acknowledging and integrating the growing Muslim population in its midst. The country would greatly benefit, for example, from an increased minority presence in social institutions, including government, the police force and the media (the Assemblé Nationale does not have a single Mus-

lim or black minister). Reconsidering its ban on affirmative action would also do France well, given the current system’s aversion to upward social mobility.

Luckily for the French, they will have a chance to choose whether to enact such reforms as soon as next year. In 2007, France will hold its next presidential election, the outcome of which will likely have an enormous impact on the country, given the striking difference in candidates. On the one hand, there is the current Prime Minister Dominique Villepin, natural successor to President Jacques Chirac. You might remember de Ville-

enforcing order with riot police. A second-generation immigrant himself, Sarkozy is much-beloved by those in France itching for change and is seen as a breath of fresh air in a society long dominated by well-groomed political elites. Unlike Villepin, Sarkozy backs massive liberal economic reforms and wishes to strengthen France’s relationship with the United States. It is therefore interesting that his approval rating currently eclipses that of the prime minister. A third and final candidate in the mix is Ségolène Royal, of the Socialist party, though from opinion polls it seems the French are unwilling at this

Ultimately, France must accept economic liberalization and social reform or be left behind. pin from his stint as French ambassador to the United Nations during the run-up to the Iraq war, so one can imagine how French foreign policy might play out in such an administration. Economically, he is representative of the French protectionist mentality. In fact, only a few weeks ago, Villepin was roundly criticized for blocking the free-market foreign takeover of French companies Suez and Arcelor.

However, he has also shown recent signs that he is open to some degree of liberal reform.

On the other hand, there is the current Interior Minister Nicholas Sarkozy, who notably (or infamously, depending who you ask) took a hard-line approach toward the Muslim youth riots in 2005, calling rioters racailles (rabble) and strictly

point to dig their own grave.

Though the candidates have vastly different visions for the future, it is unlikely that the new government will be able to avoid reforms as French society crumbles around it, regardless of who wins.

It is more a question of whether France will settle for policies of damage control or whether it will take the initiative and march boldly into the future. As an inveterate Francophile, I hope to God they choose the latter, if for no other reason than I’d hate to see a France bereft of its self-assured smugness. I’ll be there waiving my tricouleur if they do.

Michael Scott Robinson ’08 likes wine and cheese but not 35-hour work weeks.

SPORTS MONDAY THE BROWN DAILY HERALD · APRIL 10, 2006 · PAGE 12

M. crew stems Crimson’s tide Bears end Harvard’s three-year winning streak

BY STEELE WEST SPORTS STAFF WRITER

For four years, no one could beat Harvard’s men’s crew team during the regular season — a span that lasted 24 races. The last time anyone had knocked off the Crimson was in 2002, when the University of Wisconsin accomplished the feat at the Eastern Sprints Championship. All that changed on Saturday when the men’s varsity eight bested the three-time defending national champions on the Seekonk River by 0.5 seconds.

Given the relative ease of Harvard’s victories in the junior varsity, freshman and varsity four events, the No. 7 Bears lined up against the nation’s

Courtesy of Susan Keogh

The men’s crew team upset three-time defending national champion Harvard on Saturday. third-ranked boat on Saturday with bleak expectations. Indeed, it was assumed Harvard would defeat the Bears comfortably before it battled No.1 Princeton for Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges Conference supremacy next Saturday.

Brown made a fast start across

Yale dominates tempo, hands m. lax 14-8 loss

BY CHRIS MAHR SPORTS STAFF WRITER

After starting with a 2-5 record during its non-conference schedule, the men’s lacrosse team went into its Saturday afternoon matchup at Yale looking to generate some momentum for the rest of the season. Unfortunately, Brown fell behind early and never recovered, dropping its Ivy League opener 14-8.

“We’ve kind of seen the end of games spiral out of control, and that’s happened a lot this year,” said defenseman and co-captain Rob Cotter ’06. “A lot of it is just a matter of building confidence

and recreating the chemistry we saw in the beginning of the season.”

On Saturday, the Bears knew they would have to contend with midfielder Dan Kallaugher — one of the best faceoff men in the country — as well as pick up their fair share of ground balls in order to have a chance at victory. Bruno accomplished neither. The Bulldogs picked up 32 ground balls to Brown’s 19 and won a whopping 19of-26 faceoffs.

“We knew that it was going to be a struggle to win faceoffs but you feel that you want to come away with at see M.LAX, page 8

W. tennis swept in first Ivy home stand 6-1, 6-1

BY BART STEIN SPORTS STAFF WRITER

The women’s tennis team hoped to kick off the Ivy season with a bang, but instead the Bears stumbled out of the gate.

Princeton handily defeated Brown 6-1 on Friday, and the Bears then dropped a 6-1 decision to No. 42 the University of Pennsylvania on Saturday at the Pizzitola Sports Center.

Bruno dropped to 4-10 overall on the season and 0-2 in the Ivy League.

Despite the lopsided losses, Brown made both opponents work for their victories. Against Princeton, Daisy Ames ’07 provided an emotional three-set match at first singles that cap-

tured the attention of nearly everyone in attendance.

Ames began the match playing nearly flawless tennis against her opponent Darcy Robertson. She started the match by causing Robertson to make numerous unforced errors and long points. She cruised to a 6-2 first set victory and went up 4-1 in the second set.

At 4-1, however, Robertson buckled down and began connecting on more of her first serves. In one game alone, Robertson recorded four straight aces.

“It became really hard to figure out where her serve was see W.TENNIS, page 8

BROWN SPORTS SCOREBOARD FRIDAY, APRIL 7 No. 70 M. TENNIS: Brown 5, Princeton 2 W. TENNIS: Princeton 6, Brown 1 SATURDAY, APRIL 8 M. CREW: Brown V8 5:35.7, Harvard V8 5:36.2 W. CREW: Brown V8 7:40.5, Rutgers V8 8:06.65 M. LACROSSE: Yale 14, Brown 8 W. LACROSSE: Brown 10, Columbia 9 No. 70 M. TENNIS: Penn 4, Brown 3 W. TENNIS: Penn 6, Brown 1 M. TRACK: 2nd of 8 (UConn Invitational) W. TRACK: 2nd of 9 (UConn Invitational) W. WATER POLO: Brown 10, Harvard 6;

Hartwick 13, Brown 5 SUNDAY, APRIL 9 BASEBALL: Brown 7, Princeton 1; Brown 8, Princeton 7 (10 inn.)

M. GOLF: 11th of 20 (Yale Spring Invitational) SOFTBALL: Brown 2, Penn 1; Penn 8, Brown 0 W. WATER POLO: Michigan 14, Brown 9 (OT) MONDAY, APRIL 10 BASEBALL: vs. Cornell (DH), 12 p.m., Aldrich Dexter Field SOFTBALL: at Princeton (DH)

the first 400 meters before being pegged back by Harvard. By the 1,000-meter mark, Bruno was struggling to hold level with a team that has rarely been challenged by any crew since 2001.

Brown upped its stroke rate considerably over the final stretch, stabilizing at a 41.

In the end, the Bears’ intensity was too much for Harvard, which began to look uncomfortable and suddenly far from a fourth-consecutive Intercollegiate Rowing Association title.

Brown’s finishing time of 5:35.7 was good enough to edge out the Crimson, which clocked in at 5:36.2.

In a lineup that contained see M.CREW, page 12

Choppy water can’t slow down w. crew vs. Rutgers

BY MADELEINE MARECKI SPORTS STAFF WRITER

The women’s crew team took on an additional competitor at Friday’s home race against Rutgers — Mother Nature. Braving rough wind and rain conditions, the Bears showed their experience and strength by defeating the Scarlet Knights in each of the four contested races.

The race was moved up a day ahead of its original Saturday slot due to the currents and tides of the river, which would have forced the competition to take place around 6 a.m. Saturday.

Though Brown, which is ranked ninth nationally, entered the contest as the heavy favorite, this fact did not change the team’s mentality going into the races, said captain Caitlin Flynn ’06.

“Rutgers doesn’t have the same experienced team as we do, but that doesn’t mean we go into the races thinking it’s an easy win,” Flynn said. “We treat all our competitors the same way, and we never take anything for granted.”

The Bears soundly defeat-

ed Rutgers, winning the varsity eight 7:40.50 to 8:06.65, the junior varsity eight 7:24.78 to 8:00.66, the third varsity eight 8:08.31 to 8:36.15 and the novice eight 5:39.70 to 6:11.13.

The varsity eight improved to 2-2 on the season while the junior varsity eight remained undefeated. The novice eight moved up to 3-1.

Even with the day change, the rough weather wreaked havoc on the race schedule.

Both teams contested a third varsity eight instead of fours, and the novice eight course was shortened by 500 meters due to the adverse conditions.

Friday afternoon’s races served not only as another opportunity to get the competitive juices flowing, but also as an optimal moment for the team to continue improving its skills, according to Katie Reynolds ’06.

“We’re always looking to improve our technique, and (the weather conditions provided) a perfect opportunity for us to keep working on that,” she said.

Although the choppy consee W.CREW, page 8

No. 70 m. tennis’ Ivy title hopes take hit in loss to No. 52 Penn Quakers

BY ERIN FRAUENHOFER SPORTS STAFF WRITER

The men’s tennis team, ranked No. 70 in the country, saw its Ivy League title hopes take a hit in the opening matches of the conference season this weekend. After dispatching Princeton 5-2 in New Jersey Friday, the Bears lost hold of a 3-1 lead over the University of Pennsylvania to fall on the road to the No. 52 Quakers, 4-3.

“We were very disappointed; we expected to beat Penn,” said Dan Hanegby ’07. “It was very painful.”

The match against Princeton began with a strong team showing by the Bears, who were clearly excited to be done with a grueling out-of-conference schedule. In the first and second doubles matches, Princeton took 4-1

leads, but all three Brown squads won for a sweep and the doubles point.

“To sweep doubles was really huge,” said Head Coach Jay Harris. “We’ve never done that against Princeton. It was a really strong showing.”

The Bears followed up their doubles sweep by taking four of the six singles matches. No. 63 Hanegby defeated Sratha Saengsuwarn 7-5, 6-3 at first singles, while Eric Thomas ’07 and Saurabh Kohli ’08 also defeated their opponents in straight sets at third and fifth singles, respectively. Chris Lee ’09 closed out the team’s victory with a 7-6, 6-2 win over Jonathan Leslie at sixth singles.

“It was really great to get revenge,” Lee said of defeating Leslie, who had beaten him in the quarterfinals of Dartmouth’s Big

Green Invitational in November. “I played smart. I did what I needed to do to win.”

While the Tigers lacked the Bears’ impressive national ranking, they fielded a strong team that made every match close.

“Princeton is one of the two most talented teams in the league,” Harris said. “I was really proud of our guys.”

Against Penn the next day in Philadelphia, the Bears again began by sweeping the doubles point. This time, the first and second doubles matches were decided in tiebreakers, with Charm and Lee earning a 9-8 (6) win at first doubles and Hanegby and Kohli taking a 9-8 (5) win at second doubles.

“We saved a match point,” Lee said. “We came back with see M. TENNIS, page 9

W. lax downs Lions in closing seconds

BY TOM TRUDEAU SPORTS STAFF WRITER

The women’s lacrosse team responded to last week’s tough overtime loss to Dartmouth by beating Columbia 10-9 in the rain Saturday for its first Ivy League victory of the season. After Columbia tied the score at nine with less than one minute to play, Krystina DeLuca ’09 netted the game winner with only 20 seconds remaining. With the victory, Brown improved to 1-1 in Ivy play (4-6 overall).

“There is no better feeling than coming away with that win,” said Jennifer Redd ’07. “I think we could have dominated, but I’m really proud of how

we supported one another and fought through all the rain and hail and all the tight situations.”

Underclassmen accounted for seven of the team’s 10 goals on Saturday. Along with DeLuca’s game winner, Bethany Buzzell ’09 scored four times, and Mimi DeTolla ’08 registered three goals of her own.

“The win was huge for us,” Buzzell wrote in an e-mail.

“There was stuff we could have done better, so we will just keep building on that so we can move through the Ivies with more wins.”

Brown poured in its four goals over an 11-minute span to see W.LAX, page 8

Kori Schulman / Herald

Bethany Buzzell ’09 had a career-high four goals in the Bears’ 10-9 win Saturday.