THE BROWN DAILY HERALD M ONDAY,
Volume CXLII, No. 37
Tamer Starf*ck yields little trouble
RCH 19, 1 9, 2007 20 07
Banner course catalogs to become available today
SNOWY SPRING
BY CHAZ FIRESTONE SENIOR STAFF WRITER
BY SCOTT LOWENSTEIN SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Queer Alliance’s Starf*ck dance Saturday experienced fewer problems than in previous years, with better event management and only one student requiring medical attention. “We were very pleased with the success of the event, the hard work of student planners and the solid coordination between students” and University officials, wrote Margaret Klawunn, associate vice president for campus life and dean of student life, in an e-mail to The Herald. “The careful planning to structure the event paid off.” The one student needing medical attention for alcohol consumption represented a decrease from past years. In 2005, eight students at Starf*ck required medical attention, as did 14 at last semester’s Sex Power God, the QA dance traditionally held in the fall, said Amanda Lehtinen ’08.5, who helped organize the event. The QA was placed on probation after 24 students required medical attention at Sex Power God in November 2005. The event attracted national attention after it was featured on Fox News’ “The O’Reilly Factor,” and Starf*ck was not held the following semester. In preparation for this year’s event, the University hired a second ambulance for the night and posted emergency medical technicians at the event. An EMT was also stationed at Health Services for the night. The event’s exact attendance has not yet been determined, but “Alumnae Hall was pretty much filled up,” said co-organizer Katie Lamb ’10. “It was certainly fewer people than were at SPG, but there were still a lot of people there.” The event administration also “ran really smoothly,” Lehtinen said. Student party managers checked identification, roamed the party and manned the bathrooms “to make sure that people were safe,” she said. Department of Public Safety officers and private security employees hired for the event dealt with only one major incident involving two students attempting to break into the party through a window near Alumnae Hall, Lehtinen said. “The event was very successful,” said QA President Mike DeLucia ’07. “We had extremely cooperative partygoers. People really got into the theme … and were having a great time on the dance floor.” The dance serves two purposes for the QA. It is one of the alliance’s main fundraising efforts that allow the group to sponsor events during the year, including “queer programming and events promoting understanding of gender and sexuality,” DeLucia said. The party also serves as a “liberated space for people … who are sometimes on the margins or are not mainstream,” DeLucia said, adding that in this respect, the party was very successful.
INSIDE:
3 ARTS & CULTURE
Chris Bennett / Herald Students packed the statue on Wriston Quadrangle with snow Friday.
Students leave Welcome Arnold, but occupation continues BY JESSICA ROTONDI STAFF WRITER
The occupation of the Welcome Arnold shelter by Brown students, homeless and their advocates — protesting the facility’s planned closure by the state — officially ended Friday morning, but the building continues to be occupied by several homeless and their advocates.
The Brown Online Course Announcement will become obsolete today when its replacements under the new Banner system — called “Banner Catalog” and “Class Schedule” — go live. The two systems serve distinct but related roles — Catalog will index generic course information such as course name, number and description, while Schedule will provide semester-specific information such as instructor, meeting time and course restrictions. Course information typically becomes available after spring break, but now the information will be available nearly two weeks earlier. “There is a lot of curiosity surrounding Banner,” said Associate Provost Nancy Dunbar, who leads the Banner project. “So I was anxious to get this out early.”
Schedule, which Dunbar said will be students’ primary source for information as pre-registration draws nearer, will feature new search options unavailable in BOCA, including the ability to make multiple selections within each field, such as calling up courses from multiple departments in one search. These features will make Schedule similar to Mocha, the student-run alternative to BOCA, but will not include Mocha’s shopping cart or visual schedule features. In addition, Schedule may not look as polished as Mocha. One complaint about the new course indexing systems is that information is split between two databases — students who decide a course description sounds interesting will have to switch databases to determine whether it accommodates their schedule. continued on page 6
Protestors rally downtown against Iraq war BY SARA MOLINARO METRO EDITOR
About 70 people — including students, community activists and Providence residents — rallied Sunday afternoon at the Beneficent Congregrational Church downtown on Weybosset Street to mark the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq. “Change is long past due,” said the Rev. Jon Almond of the
Mathewson Street United Methodist Church, a message echoed by other speakers at the anti-war rally, organized by Rhode Island Community Coalition for Peace.
METRO The Raging Grannies — a group for “people of a certain age with a progressive political outlook,” according to member Nondas Voll — opened the rally by
singing anti-war songs to familiar tunes. One song, to the tune of “Frere Jacques,” began with the lyrics “Habeas Corpus, Habeas Corpus / Now you’re gone, now you’re gone.” Another, to the tune of “The Farmer in the Dell,” began with “Resist that dreadful urge, resist that dreadful urge / Hi Ho King Georgie-O / Resist the urge to surge!” continued on page 4
MARCH MEANS ART
METRO “We felt we made our statement to the government,” said Geoff Gusoff ’07.5, one of the first students to occupy the shelter in Cranston and among the last to leave on Friday. Gusoff, a member of Housing Opportunities for People Everywhere, said students had two objectives when occupying the shelter — to let state officials know “that either the shelter needs to remain open or you need to provide alternate housing, and to monitor the situKam Sripada / Herald
continued on page 6
The 27th annual student art show in List 120 will run through April 1. SEE REVIEW, PAGE 3
Pulp fiction festival weekend blows away attendees BY ROBIN STEELE STAFF WRITER
Pulp Uncovered — a multi-part event that included a film festival, an exhibition and several speakers — was held last Thursday through Sunday. The event kicked off Thursday evening with a keynote address from Pulp author and historian Will Murray on the evolution of
EXTRA PULP Pulp Uncovered was held over the weekend featuring a film festival, an exhibition and multiple speakers on Pulp fiction
www.browndailyherald.com
Since 1866, Daily Since 1891
Pulp fiction and its contributions to popular culture. Murray credited Pulp fiction with “the solidification of the genres that we now enjoy in
ARTS & CULTURE books, TV and films,” including the science fiction, detective, superhero, horror and Western genres. The address was followed by the opening of the Pulp Uncovered
DESIGNER SIGNS ON The University has hired Robert A.M. Stern Architects to design the JonaCAMPUS NEWS than Nelson Fitness Center, slated to open in 2010
5
11 OPINIONS
195 Angell Street, Providence, Rhode Island
exhibit at the John Nicolas Brown Center for the Study of American Civilization, which included displays of Pulp magazine covers. The film festival also ran through the weekend, featuring such noir classics as “The Big Heat” and “The Maltese Falcon,” as well as an international selection of films that were influenced by the Pulps. Films were shown at the Cable Car Cinema and the Rhode IsDEBTOR NATIONS Natalie Smolenski ’07 urges Western Civilization to forgive the debts of developing nations for the good of those nations and the West
land School of Design Auditorium. The festival was founded by members of the John Nicolas Brown Center’s master’s degree program in public humanities, currently in its second academic year, said Scott Tiffany GS, director of Pulp Uncovered. Tiffany, a documentary filmmaker with a longstanding interest
12 SPORTS
continued on page 4 M. LAX QUELLS MINUTEMEN The men’s lacrosse team stretched its winning streak to four games with a 7-4 victory at UMass on Saturday
News tips: herald@browndailyherald.com
TODAY THE BROWN DAILY HERALD
PAGE 2
WE A T H E R
TODAY
mostly sunny 43 / 35
MENU
MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2007
Chocolate Covered Cotton | Mark Brinker
TOMORROW
partly cloudy 41 / 19
SHARPE REFECTORY
VERNEY-WOOLLEY DINING HALL
LUNCH — Pulled Pork Sandwich, French Taco Sandwich, Comino Chicken Sandwich, Pasta Bean Bake, Italian Vegetable Saute, French Onion Soup, Vegetarian Corn and Tomato Soup, Zeppoles, Rainbow Cake
LUNCH — Buffalo Wings with Bleu Cheese Dressing, Baked Macaroni and Cheese, Stewed Tomatoes, Vegetarian Harvest Corn Chowder, Beef Noodle Soup, Sugar Cookies
DINNER — Roasted Honey Glazed Chicken, Lemon Rice, Grits Souffle, Rabe, Belgian Carrots, Foccacia with Mixed Herbs, Spinach Fettucini, Lemon Chiffon Cake
DINNER — Pizza Supper Pie, Tortellini Angelica, Roasted Herb Potatoes, Spinach with Lemon, Carrots in Orange Sauce, Squash Rolls, Blueberry Gingerbread
WBF | Matt Vascellaro
SUDOKU Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. Hi, How Are You | Alison Naturale
Deo | Daniel Perez Puzzles by Pappocom
CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Modify, as a law 6 Low voice 10 Orchestral wind 14 Control tower tracker 15 Flooring calculation 16 Raymond who played Perry Mason 17 Stylish periodical, briefly 19 Polygraph flunker, probably 20 Ask for divine guidance 21 Opinion surveys 22 Stockholm’s country 25 Cruel villains 27 “Significant” person? 28 In the very old days 30 Town crier’s words 32 Misfortunes 33 Hush-hush org. 36 26-member defense gp. 37 Mammal with a blowhole 39 River of Belgium 40 Gives the goahead 41 College official 42 Hairpiece 44 In need of a drink 47 Difficult journeys 48 “Holy cow!” 49 Moral values 51 Imitators 52 Fortune teller’s opening words 53 Hitchhiker’s goal 54 Indication of no fever, briefly 60 Spring flower 61 Hand cream ingredient 62 Polynesian porch 63 Stand up to 64 Actor Sean 65 “If called by a panther, don’t anther” poet Nash
31 Washstand 2 Calf’s cry 48 Cathedral vessels 3 17-Across topper 34 Tries to locate employees 50 Herbal __ 35 Greek war god 4 Slangy refusal 51 Like a desert 38 Corned beef 5 Like wash-and52 Golfer’s concoction wear clothing selection 39 Doctor Zhivago 6 Cereal fruit 54 Short snooze 41 Fizzles (out) 7 Navy football 55 Bullring cry 43 Shakespearean 56 Luggage label rival title Moor 8 Caspian or 57 Call a halt to 45 Joan of Arc’s Caribbean 58 West of old films crime 9 Droop 59 Safety or bobby 46 Toadies 10 Rectangular follower 11 Construct ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: without a contract, briefly 12 Grueling grad tests 13 Makes a mistake 18 It’s picked out of a mine 21 Small soup spheroids 22 Rib eye, e.g. 23 “So who cares?” briefly 24 Architect Saarinen 25 Toppled 26 Spot in the ocean 27 “That’s terrible!” 29 Goliath, for one 3/19/07 xwordeditor@aol.com
DOWN 1 Canine cry
By Gail Grabowski (c)2007 Tribune Media Services, Inc.
Deep Fried Kittens | Cara FitzGibbon
Cloudy Side Up | Mike Lauritano
T HE B ROWN D AILY H ERALD Editorial Phone: 401.351.3372 Business Phone: 401.351.3260
University community since 1891. It is published Monday through Friday during the aca-
Eric Beck, President
once in July by The Brown Daily Herald, Inc. POSTMASTER please send corrections to
Mary-Catherine Lader, Vice President Ally Ouh, Treasurer Mandeep Gill, Secretary 3/19/07
The Brown Daily Herald (USPS 067.740) is an independent newspaper serving the Brown demic year, excluding vacations, once during Commencement, once during Orientation and P.O. Box 2538, Providence, RI 02906. Periodicals postage paid at Providence, R.I. Offices are located at 195 Angell St., Providence, R.I. E-mail herald@browndailyherald.com. World Wide Web: http://www.browndailyherald.com. Subscription prices: $319 one year daily, $139 one semester daily. Copyright 2007 by The Brown Daily Herald, Inc. All rights reserved.
MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2007
Student art show spans media BY STEWART DEARING STAFF WRITER
From painting to sculpture, Weissman ’07 transposes Mondrian BY DANIELLE SHERIDAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Featuring the works of 45 artists from the Brown community, the 27th annual Student Art Show at the David Winton Bell Gallery suggests the University’s visual arts program is moving in a more avant-garde direction. The show contains many esoteric works, which satisfy the artistic-savant crowd but may confuse others.
REVIEW The show does succeed in presenting a wide range of mediums and subjects that celebrate the variety of working methods found at Brown. But this diversity seems strained in its execution, sacrificing content for variety. The most striking works are overwhelmingly found in the media of photography, sculpture and video installation, which eclipse the offerings in painting and drawing. Emily Roberts ’08 dominates the show with her stop-motion animation film “Somedays,” which weaves a rather strange but intriguing narrative about two anthropomorphic reels of yarn and Grant Wood’s painting “American Gothic.” Choreographed in time with Regina Spektor’s song “Somedays,” the flawlessly executed video showcases the artist’s unique skill in handling a technical medium while maintaining the integrity of her creative voice. “Baer,” a photograph by Tasha Ong ’07 is tragically odd. Ong depicts a young woman sprawled on the ground surrounded by a pool of blood. A stuffed dead bear has fallen on top of her from a doorway. The work is staged in a matter-of-fact manner, as though a bear might naturally find its way into a house to attack a human victim. The metal and glass sculpture by
PAGE 3
THE BROWN DAILY HERALD
Meara Sharma / Herald Josh Szymanski ‘09, one of the artists of the 27th annual Student Art Show, looks at the exhibit in the David Winton Bell Gallery.
Julie Kumar ’07, titled “Concentric,” presents an exploration of magnetism that reflects the artist’s technical knowledge. It consists of several metal cables with round magnets attached to their ends. The subtly impressive sculpture is held together through a manipulation of magnetic fields, a process that requires a great deal of consideration and knowledge of physics. Sarah Goldstein’s ’09 “Angular Fish-translated,” a hanging fish sculpture assembled from found objects that include an electric plug, a hair dryer, paintbrushes and a shiny, red, vinyl make-up case, reminds the viewer that whimsical art can be successful. The work of Lauren Fisher ’07 in her mixed media piece, “I killed him because I loved him,” also presents
an innovative mix in its juxtaposition of ocean sounds, a sculpted octopus and a real fish. The paintings, with the exception of a few works, heavily favor nonrepresentational pieces. “Mapping Time and Space” by David Lloyd ’08 seems intriguing in its dripping lines of black and white but lacks an accompanying explanation that would lend it more substance. In response to the high number of entries rejected from the student show this year, Janelle Sing ’07, Bevan Weissman ’07 and Valeria Khislavsky ’07 have organized “The Reject Show,” to be held the first week in May. The organizers say they will accept any submissions that were not accepted into the Student Art Show. The Student Art Show runs through Sunday, April 1.
Oozing, dripping and dribbling down the canvas, vibrant streaks of paint emerge from hidden tubes in the back of the canvas. These trickling lines, reminiscent of melting wax, possess an almost eerie quality. In the paint’s steady transversal of the white canvas, its texture morphs in a mesmerizing descent with gravity. Transcending the confines of the pictorial frame, the lines’ journey ends when they converge on the floor to form a splattered puddle of paint. Bevan Weissman ’07 identifies these triptych drip panels as the crux of his senior show, “Mondrian Undone.” “It was really this piece that spawned the subsequent themes and ideas for the rest of my show,” Weissman said. Comprising various pedestal and floor sculptures, “Mondrian Undone” is pervaded by an emphasis on line and color. Profoundly inspired by the work of Dutch minimalist Piet Mondrian, Weissman sought to borrow from the artist’s signature primary color palette and emphatic use of horizontal and vertical lines. “I would consider my work to be a tribute rather than an emulation of the artist’s work,” Weissman said. Weissman has indeed managed to freshly transpose Mondrian’s pared-down and minimalist style into sculptural form — achieving some startling visual effects. The aesthetically pleasing converges with the arrestingly exploratory in these interactive
pieces. They beckon the viewer to touch and perceive them from multiple viewpoints. A white canvas supported horizontally by four multicolored light-globes tantalizingly entices the viewer to flick the light switch on and off. “I hope people will feel comfortable to touch the works. I want them to feel engaged in the process,” Weissman said. Weissman’s works are fundamentally tactile and provoke investigation, which is indicative of his scientific approach to art. A double-concentrator in visual arts and engineering, Weissman said he “tried to strike a balance between my interests, without overwhelming the viewer with the scientific aspect.” The result is a discrete mixture of the empirical and the expressive. Weissman’s playful handling of color optics exemplifies this subtle fusion of his interests. A serpentine floor installation consisting of 52 vertically arranged acrylic pipes could be dismissed by the cursory glance as a mere assemblage of monochrome colors. Upon closer examination, the understated gradations of color reveal themselves. Pipes that initially appeared blue or yellow seemingly fuse to form green as viewers encircle the piece and view the pigment-filled pipes appearing to combine and split. Constantly in flux, the colors warp and change like a flickering futuristic candle. The transformative, ephemeral and transient take full reign in “Mondrian Undone,” which opens today in the lobby of the List Art Center.
Fusion reaffirms talent but lacks diversity BY CATHERINE GOLDBERG S TAFF WRITER
Fusion Dance Company presented a 17-piece performance last Wednesday through Sunday for its 24th annual show. But rather than a fusion of styles, there seemed to be a fusion between choreography and conser vativeness. Over the years, the students in Fusion have tried to maintain cultural and stylistic diversity, and their consistent talent and range have wowed audiences in the past. Last year, the company performed pieces that included hip-hop, Latin dance, traditional African dance and ballet. But this year the company restrained the fusion, and the majority of the dances were influenced by modern and hip-hop traditions. Occasionally, there was diversity of style. Karina FernicolaIkezoe ’09 combined ballet and modern dance with traditional Japanese dance and music in her piece “Ukiyo.” “Development,” choreographed by Alexander Leydon ‘07, differed from other hiphop pieces with a few moments of breakdancing. But that was the limit of the styles of dances. Nonetheless, the dancers — nearly flawless in ever y piece —
upheld Fusion’s usual level of talent. In “Drop Dead Sexy,” choreographed by Annesley O’Neal ’08, the dancers moved seductively
REVIEW with precision and grace. The seven dancers in “Lost and Found,” choreographed by Dianna Anderson ’09, enlivened Beyonce’s song “Listen” with passion and powerful movement.
The show ended strongly with “Shoot Me in the Face,” a hip-hop piece choreographed by Melissa Martinez ’08. Dressed in red and black, the entire company filled the stage and moved with force and sharpness, leaving a lasting mark on the audience. While audience members will surely look for ward to Fusion’s 25th year, this performance, in comparison to past shows, left something to be desired.
EDITORS’ PICKS MONDAY, MARCH 1 9 MONDAY Spoken Word Performance — Lenelle Moise, Smith-Buonanno 106, 7 p.m. Mind Readers Lecture Series “Does the Language We Speak Affect the Way We T hink? — — Lila Gleitman, Salomon 001, 7:30 p.m. Old Time String Band — 20th Anniversary Concert— Mike Seeger, Grant Recital Hall, 8 p.m.
TUESDAY, MAR CH 20 Jazz Combo Concert — Grant Recital Hall, 9 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 Authors Who Cook Series — Ded Wilson (author and contributing editor for Bon Appetit Magazine), Faculty Club, 5 p.m.
THE BROWN DAILY HERALD
PAGE 4
MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2007
70 protestors mark war’s 4th anniversary continued from page 1 Almond, the first speaker at the rally, emphasized the need for the United States to change its Iraq policy and discussed the high costs that come with any war. “War is at odds with all that we truly treasure about America,” he said. “We must speak about peace,” Almond said, calling for strong leadership and a national dialogue to lead the United States out of the war, “What we need are leaders who will stand up and say no more. No more of this absurdity.” Elliot Colla, associate professor of comparative literature at Brown, spoke at the rally to warn against a war with Iran. He detailed a hypothetical path to war with Iran and the possible consequences of such a war, saying that the lead-up to the war has already begun. “The threat might still be averted by serious diplomatic efforts, but this is unlikely,” Colla said.
Colla also spoke of the dangers of using force to solve international problems. “To apply military solutions to problems is to create new problems where old ones didn’t exist before,” he said. The rally featured two speakers from the Rhode Island chapter of Military Families Speak Out. Jacque Amoureux GS, whose brother is an Iraq war veteran, spoke of the need for citizens’ pressure on members of Congress to hold them accountable for their votes and positions. “Your voice is actually quite powerful,” she told the audience. Steve Kelly, whose son served in Iraq, spoke about “myths” the public and elected officials believe about the war. Kelly said one of the most ubiquitous of these myths is that a soldier “wants to die for his country.” “A soldier wants to live, he wants to come home — he wants to fight for his country, but he
wants to live,” he said. Jeff Toste, a member of the Green Party of Rhode Island, questioned the leadership of the Democratic Party, which has only seriously considered non-binding resolutions against President Bush’s proposed “surge” of troops in Iraq since taking control of Congress in November. “Did the American people vote for a non-binding anti-war Congress?” he asked. “What good is your vote when lip service replaces real leadership?” Chris Murphy of the International Socialist Organization was the final speaker at the rally. Murphy said “this war (in Iraq) is about imperialism and oil” and that “the war will end when the military refuses to fight.” Murphy also railed against leaders who continue to mislead the country. “It is the tyranny of the minority over the majority,” he said.
“Pulp Uncovered” dives into fiction genre continued from page 1 in Pulp fiction, said he is currently working on a film about the history of Pulp fiction. An additional draw for the festival was the inclusion of works by Providence-born author and Pulpcontributor H.P. Lovecraft, who grew up on Angell Street at the turn of the century. “We used Lovecraft as a window because he has a direct tie to Providence,” Tiffany said. On Friday, Lovecraft scholar S. T. Joshi ’80 MA’82 spoke about Lovecraft’s life, including the cult author’s relationship with the Pulps and his influence on the horror genre. “In my humble opinion the great majority of Pulp writers were simply awful as literary figures — their work simply does not hold up,” Joshi said. “But Lovecraft transformed the Pulp story into some-
BALCO Tuesday 7 p.m., List 120
thing approaching literary art.” Though Joshi said he thinks Lovecraft would have appreciated the posthumous recognition he has received from Providence and Brown, Joshi said he also thought “(Lovecraft) would have been amused at how seriously these Pulp magazines are taken, although we all regard them as sort of a guilty pleasure.” Other events this weekend included a series of Pulp plays that were inspired by Pulp magazine cover art and were written by playwrights associated with the University’s master’s of fine arts program as well as a RISD Museum event, “The Art of Pulp Fiction,” in which four local artists with Pulp magazine experience discussed their own work and the Pulp aesthetic, Tiffany said. The festival was funded by the
John Nicholas Brown Center, Tiffany said. Event partners and sponsors outside the University included RISD, Providence Preservation Society, Providence Athenaeum and Rhode Island Historical Society. The biggest challenge of coordinating the event was the sheer magnitude of groups and students involved — at least 100 people made Pulp Uncovered possible, he said. Although this is the first community-wide festival held by the John Nicholas Brown Center, it has sponsored several exhibitions, including the recent “Love and Rockets” comic exhibition, Tiffany said. Tiffany said the turnout was high and included a number of Pulp buffs, some traveling to Providence for the event. Friday’s snowfall affected one event, “Lovecraft at the Ladd,” which was rescheduled for Saturday afternoon, he said.
MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2007
S T. PAT R I C K ’ S S N A C K
Loudcampus.com lands on campus with a jolt BY MARIELLE SEGARRA S TAFF WRITER
Chris Bennett / Herald Students celebrated St. Patrick’s Day Saturday night at the Gate.
NEWS
PAGE 5
THE BROWN DAILY HERALD
I N
BRIEF
U. names Robert A.M. Stern as fitness center architect University officials Friday named Robert A.M. Stern Architects as the designer of the Jonathan Nelson Fitness Center, which is slated to open in 2010. “Robert A.M. Stern Architects is one of the great architecture firms in the country, and I am delighted they will be working on this important and exciting project,” said Jonathon Nelson ’77 P’07 P’09, the lead donor for the project, in a University statement. Robert A.M. Stern Architects — named for founder and senior partner Robert Stern, dean of the Yale University School of Architecture — has worked on many college campuses across the country, including those of Yale, Dartmouth College and the University of Michigan. Gary Brewer, an associate partner who will assist Stern on the project, has designed buildings for the Harvard Business School and the University of Virginia. The architecture firm of Sharples, Holden and Pasquarelli originally worked on plans for the fitness center, but the work was later transferred to Robert A.M. Stern Architects. The fitness center will feature a gymnasium, five studios for fitness and dance and 11,900 square feet for cardiovascular and weighttraining, according to the press release. The new facility was originally commissioned in 2004, and President Ruth Simmons announced plans last May to “revise the program scope” for the fitness center, increasing its size and adding amenities to the $30 million facility. The University also plans to raise $15 million in additional funds to support the cost of running the building. “The new spaces provided by the Nelson Fitness Center will transform the extracurricular experiences of Brown students by giving them increased opportunities to meet, learn from each other and build a shared sense of community,” said Russell Carey ’91 MA’06, interim vice president for campus life and student services, in the statement. — Scott Lowenstein
Long the destination for Brown students looking to debate hot topics on campus, the Daily Jolt may be facing some outspoken competition. Loudcampus.com, a discussion board and review-centered Web site that connects students at different campuses, launched at Brown March 8. Loud Campus was founded by Cornell University alums Yanni Hufnagel and Doug Sokolik. Though similar to the Daily Jolt in that it’s intended to be a forum for college students, Loud Campus is different from the Jolt in that its focus is broader than specifically Brown-related topics, Hufnagel said. The site was initially launched at Hamilton College because that school had a smaller, “more closeknit community,” Hufnagel said. Its success at Hamilton led to a launch three weeks ago at Cornell, where there has been a “tremendous response,” Hufnagel said. The founders said they don’t think Brown students’ attachment to the Jolt will hinder Loud Campus’ success at the University. The sites are very different, Sokolik said. Much of the content on the Daily Jolt outside of the site’s forums is “authored by Jolt people,” he said, while Loud Campus’s content is entirely student-generated. He also said the Jolt acts as more
of a “portal” website. “The minute you review a professor, you’re out of the Jolt and in a different place,” Sokolik said. The Loud Campus layout and setup are more “user-friendly” and encourage “more content flow,” Hufnagel said. One thing the new site offers that the Jolt doesn’t is the ability to connect to students at different universities, he said. For example, it would be helpful if a student was going to “Cabo San Lucas for spring break” and wanted to talk to students across the country who had been there before, Hufnagel said. Daily Jolt moderators also said the sites are different, though “the Jolt has everything that Loud Campus has” and more, said Jolt moderator Amy Chang ’08, specifically mentioning job listings and a marketplace forum where people can post things they wish to sell. “I think one big difference is that the Jolt offers a lot more organization,” said Jolt moderator Adam Cambier ’09, a Herald opinions columnist. “If you want to see menus, you know where to look. If you want to discuss campus events, you know where to look. It seems to me that Loud Campus is a bit more freeform.” Some students agreed with the Jolt moderators. Rachel Kahn ’10 said she uses the Daily Jolt “for the menu and (Herald)
headlines,” and doesn’t think Loud Campus “will be competition at all. I think it’s completely different.” One reason was that Kahn thinks the Jolt is more specific to Brown and has more information. “I might read Loud Campus, but I’m not big on posting (comments) online,” she said. Loud Campus is for students who are too “lazy” to look things up for themselves, said Michael Levy ’10. “There are so many better ways to waste your time,” Levy said. “We already have” everything Loud Campus offers on other sites, he said. Sokolik said he and Hufnagel think Loud Campus’ growth will be gradual. “The Daily Jolt is already there and established at Brown. We’re trying to grow over time — it won’t happen on day one,” Sokolik said. After the initial evaluation period, Loud Campus might start to add other features, such as menus, videos and pictures, if students express an interest in them, Hufnagel said. He also said he thinks Loud Campus is more “inviting” than the Jolt. “It’s like one big interactive blog,” he said. Cambier said he doesn’t see Loud Campus as competition to the Jolt right now, “but we’re a lot more established and they’re just starting out. It’ll be interesting to see how they develop as they get older,” he said.
Entrepreneur helps underprivileged, makes profit BY OLIVER BOWERS SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Social entrepreneur Edward DeJesus spoke to a half-full Salomon 001 Sunday about the benefits of reaching out to unemployed inner-city youth and high school dropouts through for-profit, rather than nonprofit, programs. DeJesus also spoke about the importance of addressing young people in their own cultural vernacular. DeJesus, founder and CEO of the Youth Development Research Fund, hailed the benefits of pursuing social work for a for-profit entity rather than a nonprofit organization. A for-profit organization is not constrained by the need to solicit funding from one or two major sources, DeJesus said, while a mission-oriented nonprofit is dependent on funding that can dry up quickly, at which point the organization can often die. DeJesus said experiences losing funding in the nonprofit sector inspired him to become a social entrepreneur. “I’m not going to be in that situation again,” he said. Great need for job training programs and support for students struggling in schools create a business opportunity, DeJesus said. “I have all these households with children who are not achieving academically and if my firm is the one that can send the message to get a large portion of those households to support our mission … our firm will grow.” DeJesus said his organization has found a niche where it can research and work with young people in areas where other companies don’t want to invest resources. “What makes YDF unique is that we do all this research (into the problems facing inner-city youth), then we find cool ways to communicate with young people. We’re probably the top firm that does this,” DeJesus said.
DeJesus said few inner-city youths realize how important changing their style of dress and etiquette are for landing a job. Young people often develop social networks that are limited to inner-city friends and do not lead to future economic opportunity, but communicating this problem to young people is difficult, he said. “They’re not developing the social networks that are the key to success in America. But you can’t tell them that. I’m not going to a group of kids in the inner-city Harlem and say, ‘Yo brothers, why don’t y’all smile? … Hats off, pull your pants up, smiles on.’ I don’t say that. You’ve got to help them self-discover,” he said. Instead, youth workers have to develop “youth cultural competence” and find ways to help young people discover for themselves the importance of the skills they lack, DeJesus said. DeJesus said he gives students copies of Black Enterprise magazine and asks them to count the number of smiling faces. “50, 100, 150, 250 smiling faces in Black Enterprise. Then we go to the hip-hop magazine. Hey there’s one, Will Smith,” he said. He added that the students then come to the realization that, “Oh snap, that’s messed up!” It sparks discussion about this trend and a change in their behavior, DeJesus said. DeJesus said though there are only 250,000 job training programs for the 5.4 million young people who need employment, the programs are never full. A youth worker must create demand by making these programs attractive to inner-city youth. Corporations and the military are exceptionally good at influencing young people on their own terms because of millions of dollars of research, DeJesus said. He listed a number of slogans and advertisements that have been particularly ef-
fective, including the U.S. Army’s “Be all you can be” slogan that appeals to young men’s sense of independence and Boost Mobile’s “Where you at?” campaign. But he added that companies marketing to inner city youths with images of rappers with certain styles of clothing and hair give young people inappropriate images of what is required of them in the labor market. He screened an advertisement by Skippy Peanut Butter that depicts elephants rapping at a concert while dressed in jewelry and chains. People turn up for interviews in the same style of clothing they see on television and are turned away for inappropriate speech and dress, DeJesus said. Evan Wright ’10 said the lecture was helpful because it expounded on the unique nature of DeJesus’ work. “It really gave me a good idea about what a different track of social activism might look like in terms of making a living while you’re doing what you love,” he said. “I felt Mr. DeJesus gave a really good lecture.” Jeremy Meacham ’09 also found the lecture interesting. “I liked the idea of an entrepreneurial program,” he said. “I think he’s very engaging, and I think he’s very eloquent.” Mayra Reyes ’10 said, “It was very eye-opening to see these programs that are directed toward youth because I’m interested in the work.” Reyes added that she liked how DeJesus discussed “how to appeal to (youth), which is what a lot of organizations forget to do.” DeJesus’s lecture, titled “Countering the Urban Influence: Reclaiming the Stolen Economic Fortunes of America’s Urban Youth,” was a part of the Activist-in-Residence program and was funded by the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, the Swearer Center for Public Service and a grant from the Office of the President.
THE BROWN DAILY HERALD
PAGE 6
MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2007
Banner course catalogs to go live today continued from page 1 “It is a bit strange, but the Banner software requires both of them,” Dunbar said. “But each course description in Catalog will link directly to the corresponding Schedule information, so it won’t be too much extra work.” The elimination of the popular paper-based Course Announcement Bulletin was a hotly contested issue at the Banner forums sponsored by the Undergraduate Council of Students in February. In place of the CAB, a printed list of courses containing semester-specific information such as meeting times but not descriptions of the courses will be distributed to students. “It will be more like a newsletter layout than the bulletin,” Dunbar said.
Though a Banner ID will not be needed to access Schedule and Catalog, students can now obtain a new Brown ID cards with their nine-character Banner ID added for easier reference, free of charge. Dunbar said nearly 200 students have taken advantage of the option since it became available last Monday. Though Brown Card Office employees said they felt the process was going slowly, Dunbar said she was impressed at the number of students who have gone through the process, considering the low turnout at February and March Banner forums and demonstrations. “I was amazed that many people had done it,” she said. The feature is now standard for any re-issued card, and all incoming students will have their Banner IDs printed on their cards automatically.
Welcome Arnold shelter takeover ends, but some homeless remain continued from page 1
www.browndailyherald.com
ation as it unfolds,” he said. Ten students joined the occupation Thursday, entering the facility in the early morning on the day it was slated to be closed in preparation for demolition to make way for a state police barracks. The sit-in officially ended at 7:30 a.m. Friday. Gusoff said 20 homeless individuals came to Welcome Arnold on Thursday evening, not knowing where else to go. He said those occupying the building let them stay there. People also came in during the snowstorm Friday night, Gusoff said, describing one man who came stumbling in half-frozen. If someone had not been at the shelter to call an ambulance, the man would have likely died, Gusoff said. At Crossroads Rhode Island on Broad Street in Providence, 48 homeless stayed in the community room on Thursday night, and 28 people slept in the community room on Friday, according to information compiled by People to End Homelessness. The community room is normally not used for sleeping and was filled with people sleeping in
chairs and leaning on tables, said Bill Woicki, who has been staying at Crossroads since the closure of Welcome Arnold. But not everyone was able to obtain temporary shelter on Thursday and Friday nights, said David “Doc” St. Germain, a former resident of Welcome Arnold and chair of the homeless input committee, a state committee. “There are a lot of people that I think are slipping through the cracks. It’s a health and safety concern,” he said to the circle of eight students and 18 homeless individuals bundled in coats Sunday in Beneficent Congregational Church for the weekly meeting of People to End Homelessness. Wojcki said he was told he was on the list to stay at Crossroads as a replacement for Welcome Arnold and spent Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights there. Wojcik said he was told Saturday that it was his last night at the shelter. “They wanted to send me out with bus tickets and no destination,” he said. Wojcik is employed by Labor Ready, a temp agency, and had been staying at Welcome Arnold, getting up early to commute to work. “Things were picking up at work, then it closed, and now I have nowhere to go again,” he said. Craig Samson, a regular at Welcome Arnold until Thursday, said he waited outside of Harrington Hall for over an hour on Friday night before the doors opened at 5:30 p.m. to let men in. “It was sleeting, it was snowing and a man in line had low blood pressure — and he was outside for an hour,” Samson said. He said one of the men in line called 911 from his phone, and the man was taken to the hospital by ambulance. “It’s just policy,” said Mark Fielder, another man who said he spent many nights sleeping at the overflow shelter. “A lot of good guys work out there (at Harrington Hall).” Speaking through a representative, Anne Nolan, the president of Crossroads, said she would not be able to comment until today, when more individuals would be placed. Gusoff said the best hope for those displaced by the closure of Welcome Arnold is a contingency plan in which the Red Cross will open an emergency shelter. He said that he thinks the earliest that this plan could go into effect would be today. “I’m still outside of the glass looking in, still out in the cold,” Wojcik said.
W ORLD & N ATION MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2007
PAGE 7
THE BROWN DAILY HERALD
Surge troops meet their new neighbors BY CHRISTIAN BERTHELSEN LOS ANGELES T IMES
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment were rolling out in a convoy of Humvees to check out their new digs at an abandoned school when they found out it wasn’t so abandoned anymore — it was filled with children and teachers. “Someone decided they really don’t want us to go there, so they decided to put school back in session,” they were informed over the military radio. Mixed receptions may prove a recurring theme as U.S. military leaders add more than 21,000 soldiers in Iraq, and move them from the massive and sometimes remote bases where they have been stationed into community facilities close to the action. The soldiers of the 1-28 are being placed in a simmering corner of Baghdad’s Rashid district, in a band of territory that runs south of the city’s treacherous airport road. The only security previously in the area was about 120 soldiers who patrolled out of a large base a few miles to the south. Now, more than 700 soldiers will be living in and guarding the neighborhood. The 1-28 was ordered to the region just a year after it was first formed, less than half the time that a new unit usually has to get up and running. Many of its junior soldiers are straight out of basic training, and have yet to even receive the uniform patches that signify they’ve been deployed. The northern section of the
area they’ll patrol was once Sunni Muslim, with large, ornate mansions that were home to members of Saddam Hussein’s government. Just to the south was a mixed sector of Shiite and Sunni residents, and to the south of that was another section, virtually all Shiite. Now, after more than a year of sectarian violence, the area has polarized along sectarian fault lines. Shiites have pushed north, taking over the mixed area, and whole blocks have been abandoned as Sunnis moved away. “These people just want a stable life,” said Lt. Col. Pat Frank, the battalion commander. Military officials had been meeting with community leaders and local police to pave the way for a smooth entrance into the neighborhoods. And though the school was off the table, the battalion had a second outpost it planned to occupy, in a spacious former athletic club with an aging weight room and fading posters of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Members stopped coming about four months ago because it became too dangerous. One day this week, the proprietor, Jawad Kadan Naser, and his four sons welcomed the troops with a breakfast of flatbread, cheese, jam and chai tea while chickens ran about in the yard. “I feel very comfortable, because it’s more safe, for me and for the neighbors,” Naser said through an interpreter. “I told my community they can feel good, if they’ve been hiding out now they can come back to the neighborhood.” Still, not all are looking forward
to the Americans’ presence. In the hours before they left to examine the athletic club, soldiers had discovered two roadside bombs in the area, and a patrol had been fired on by a sniper. During the day, another roadside bomb would be discovered nearby, and another patrol would be fired on the following day. Some kinks are still being worked out: During the tour of the athletic club, the lead Humvee in the security detail had to be told to slow down countless times — no small matter, because lower speeds help minimize the impact of some roadside bombs. For now, many in the neighborhood seem ready to give the soldiers a chance. On a patrol last week, children ran out to the convoy of passing Humvees, waving and giving thumbs up signs; a gunner in one threw candy to them from his turret. Soldiers got out of their vehicles and walked for several blocks through one neighborhood called Aamel, receiving polite — if wary — greetings from adults. And the soldiers are eager to prove themselves up to the task. When a report came over the radio of shots fired at a patrol in a nearby neighborhood, Lt. Mike Scheer, 23, readied his Alpha Company platoon to ride in to the rescue, only to be called off after the snipers melted away. “It’s a hot spot right now, but I think we can do a lot of good,” he said later. “I want the guys who want to fight to find us, and give the people there a little peace.”
www.browndailyherald.com
THE OFFICE OF ALUMNI REL ATIONS, C AMPUS LIFE & STUDENT SERVICES
A N D T H E B R O W N D A I LY H E R A L D P R E S E N T
A N A LU M N I S P O T L I G H T W I T H
L A N C E W I L L I A M S ’72 T U E S D AY, M A R C H 2 0 , 2 0 0 7
7 P. M . , L I S T 12 0 Lance Williams ’72 is a reporter on the investigative team at the San Francisco Chronicle, where he helped break many of the newspaper’s exclusive stories on the BALCO steroid scandal. With Mark Fainaru-Wada, he wrote Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports. Lance has also reported on subjects including the California cocaine trade, Oakland’s Black Panther Party and the career of former San Francisco mayor and political power-broker Willie Brown. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
BOOK SIGNING AND REFRESHMENTS TO FOLLOW DISCUSSION
THE BROWN DAILY HERALD
PAGE 8
MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2007
New trend in organ donation raises question BY ROB STEIN WASHINGTON POST
The number of kidneys, livers and other body parts surgeons are harvesting through a controversial approach to organ donation has started to rise rapidly, a trend that is saving the lives of more waiting patients but, some say, risks sacrificing the interests of the donors. Under the procedure, surgeons are removing organs within minutes after the heart stops beating and doctors declare a patient dead. Since the 1970s, most organs have been removed only after doctors declared a patient brain dead. Federal health officials, transplant surgeons and organ banks are promoting the alternative as a way to meet the increasing demand for organs and to give more dying patients and their families the solace of helping others. Some doctors and bioethicists, however, say the practice raises the disturbing specter of transplant surgeons preying on dying patients for their organs, possibly pressuring doctors and families to discontinue treatment, adversely affecting donors’ care in their final days and even hastening their deaths. Nevertheless, the number of these donations is on the rise. It more than doubled from 268 in 2003 to at least 605 in 2006, enabling surgeons to transplant more than 1,200 additional kidneys, livers, lungs, hearts and other organs. “It’s starting to go up exponentially,” said James Burdick, who leads organ-donor efforts at the federal Department of Health and Human Services. The trend is expected to accelerate this year. For the first time, the United Network for Organ Sharing, which oversees or-
www.browndailyherald.com
gan procurement, and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, which accredits hospitals, are requiring all hospitals to decide whether to allow the practice. In response, medical centers are scrambling to develop policies, sometimes sparking intense debate, especially at children’s hospitals. “It’s an example of pushing the envelope to get more organs,” said Stuart Youngner, a bioethicist at Case Western Reserve University. “Whenever we do that, we tend to step on various traditional social taboos.” The approach, known as “donation after cardiac death” (DCD), usually involves patients who have suffered brain damage, such as from a car accident or a stroke. After family members have made the difficult decision to discontinue a ventilator or other life-sustaining treatment, organ-bank representatives talk to them about donation. Sometimes, the donor is suffering from an incurable disorder such as Lou Gehrig’s disease and wants to donate his or her organs after deciding to forgo further care. Once the decision has been made, a transplant team waits nearby so surgeons can begin removing organs soon after the heart stops. Because the heart can sometimes restart spontaneously, doctors wait a few minutes after pronouncing death before allowing the surgeons to begin. If the heart does not stop quickly, usually within an hour, the procedure is aborted and the patient is taken back to his or her room until death comes. The practice was the norm before brain death became the standard for pronouncing death in the early 1970s and surgeons began keeping the donor’s body functioning with life-support machin-
ery until transplantation could begin. When surgeons resurrected what was then called “non-beating heart” donation in the 1990s, critics called it ghoulish and said it raised a host of ethical questions. Some called it tantamount to murder. The National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine examined the practice, however, and concluded that it is ethical as long as strict guidelines are followed, including making sure that the decision to withdraw care is independent of the decision to donate organs and that surgeons wait at least five minutes after the heart stops. “People are dying on the waiting list,” said Francis Delmonico, a transplant surgeon at Harvard Medical School, speaking on behalf of the United Network for Organ Sharing. More than 95,000 Americans are waiting for organs. “This is vital as an untapped source of organ donors.” Nancy Erhard’s 25-year-old son, Bo, became a DCD donor at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston in November 2005 after a burst artery caused devastating brain damage. “There was no hope. He would never regain conscious thought,” Erhard said. “This gave his life so much more meaning in the end because he was able to help so many others.” While some doctors and ethicists who initially questioned the practice have become more comfortable with the procedure, others remain troubled. “The image this creates is people hovering over the body trying to get organs any way they can,” said Michael Grodin, who directs Boston University’s Bioethics and Human Rights Program. “There’s a kind of macabre flavor to it.”
MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2007
THE BROWN DAILY HERALD
Goaltender Burke ’09 leads m. lax to victory against UMass
Too much offense from Owls, Wildcats does in w w. lax
continued from page 12 defense to offense.” On the offensive end of the field, the Bears came out firing. Unfortunately, the accuracy of those shots was not as strong as Brown desired. Brown had seven shots but one goal to show for their firstquarter effort. Tri-captain and attackman David Madeira ’07 was frustrated with the inability to find the back of the net at the outset. “We had a lot of shots in the first quarter, but not a lot dropped,” he said. Shooting, especially at the beginning of games, has been one area where Brown still needs to improve as the season rolls along. “We are coming out peppering teams early on,” Madeira said. “As the season goes on, shots will start falling early on and we will be a scarier team.” Buckley was disappointed too. “It comes down to shooting, and we can shoot the ball a lot better,” he said. But Tiffany said he was not terribly worried. “We have a good shooting team. I believe in our shooting,” Tiffany said. “Our last few opponents have had very good goalies. We have asked the men to be a little more precise, and that means you miss the cage a little more.” Despite the combination of mediocre shooting and strong goalie play from the Minutemen’s Doc Schneider, the Bears found the net seven times and never trailed on
the day. They received three goals and an assist from Madeira, who was coming off a phenomenal fivegoal performance against Bellarmine University last Tuesday. Madeira broke a 2-2 tie late in the second quarter to give the Bears a 3-2 lead going into halftime. Attackman Jack Walsh ’09 and midfielder Thomas Muldoon ’10 added goals early in the third quarter to give Brown a commanding lead in the low-scoring affair. Muldoon also added two assists, continuing his strong freshman campaign. The other two Brown goals came from fellow midfielder Zach Caldwell ’10. “Caldwell stepped up and had a good game,” Madeira said. “He is good at dodging from the midfield.” That dodging was particularly important against UMass because it played a lot of man-to-man defense and employed very few slide packages to help out in oneon-one match ups. Despite the tremendous start, the Bears aren’t letting up. They need to shore up areas like shooting and face-off play, where UMass had a 10-5 edge. More importantly, the Bears need to keep up the general hard work that has gotten the team where it is thus far. “We can’t get comfortable being 4-1,” Buckley said. “We can’t take the mindset that we are good.” The Bears will bring that gritty mindset with them when they open up the Ivy League schedule next Saturday at Dartmouth.
www.browndailyherald.com
continued from page 12 fourth goal of the game to make it 12-10 with 4:14 left. Temple put an end to any hopes of a Brown comeback by sneaking a shot past goaltender Melissa King ’08 to put the game away. King had seven saves in the contest. “I was really proud of our team for how hard we fought,” McDonald said following the loss. “But the good thing is we have (Sunday) to get right back out there and play together and start earning some respect.” The Bears found themselves facing an early two-goal deficit Sunday afternoon, after the University of New Hampshire scored twice in the first six minutes of play. But DeTolla cut the deficit in half with her first goal of the game with 19:11 remaining in the half. The Wildcats answered quickly to take a 3-1 lead, but Markowski scored off a nice feed from DeTolla to cut the deficit to 3-2. However, the Bears struggled offensively for the rest of the half, and New Hampshire added two more goals to put Bruno in a 5-2
PAGE 9
half-time hole. The deficit might have been even larger, had King not made a point-blank save in the final seconds of the half. “Our defense played really great today,” DeTolla said. “At halftime we talked about earning respect and we came out hard and really got after it.” Val Sherry ’09 and Molly McCarthy ’10 led Brown defensively with three forced turnovers each. Along with tough defense, DeTolla was instrumental in the Bears’ comeback attempt. She converted a free position attempt to open the second half scoring. After the Wildcats tacked on their sixth goal, DeTolla responded with back-to-back goals just 3:32 apart to bring the Bears within one midway through the second half. “Our coaches are always telling us to shoot low,” DeTolla said, whose second and third goals bounced off the ground past the goaltender. “I think in the second half we were more aware of needing to take deceptive shots.” However, New Hampshire re-
sponded with a goal to make it 7-5. Bruno then answered with a score by Bethany Buzzell ’09 to cut its deficit to one. The Wildcats struck right back with two more goals to take a three-goal lead with 9:10 remaining. The Bears refused to give up, and DeTolla found Lauren Vitkus ’09 sprinting around the goal with 5:29 remaining. Vitkus sliced in front of the net and shot back underneath the goaltender for her fi fth goal of the season. Unfortunately, Vitkus’ goal was the Bears’ last of the afternoon, and the Wildcats held on to earn the 9-7 win. “We played well for stretches today but we need to put it all together and play consistent for an entire game,” DeTolla said. “We know how we can play and we believe in each other.” The Bears return to action Saturday at home, taking on the St. Mary’s College at 2 p.m.
E DITORIAL & L ETTERS THE BROWN DAILY HERALD
PAGE 10
MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2007
STAF F EDITORIAL
A terrible cost Four years ago, as the first bombs fell on Baghdad, this space urged students to maintain a vigorous debate on the war in Iraq. But no matter what you thought about the invasion in 2003, it has become clear that the mission has failed, and at a terrible price for at least two nations. The cost of this war has been tremendous for our country — in lives, in money, in energy, in prestige, in pain. So many lives have ended on the sands and streets of Iraq — and for what? President Bush made the goals of our war clear just before it began: a “free Iraq” with stability, security and liberty for its citizens. But today, none of these exist for the Iraqi people. Every day brings news of more schools destroyed, more marketplaces turned into bloodbaths, more rape and more torture. And there does not seem to be an end in sight. Despite the bombast of politicians and activists alike, there are no simple solutions. The appeal of an immediate withdrawal of troops is tempered by the knowledge that, as great as the suffering is in Iraq today, it would be much worse if U.S. troops leave. The civil war and its companions, terror bombings and ethnic cleansing, will intensify and make Iraq even more of a living hell than it is now. But will another four years, another 100,000 soldiers, another $200 billion make a difference? Keeping our troops there seems to mean consigning many of them to death, maiming and psychological damage to no end. Is the cost of winning the war more than we should be willing to pay? And can it be won at all? Four years ago, few of us believed we would mark this fourth anniversary with U.S. troops still fighting and no end in sight. These past years, we’ve learned of the blurry lines between war and occupation, the insurgency and foreign fighters, the ongoing civil war, triple deployments. But most of all we’ve relearned a lesson from a previous generation: American power has its limits and we cannot reshape the world as we please, no matter our intentions. It’s all too easy to tune out the sheer weight of it all — the bombings, the beheadings and the callous rhetoric here at home — and let the war become background noise. We do not face a draft or rationing, and the bombings seem distant on our television sets and computer screens. But we owe it to ourselves to listen and watch. We can’t deny complicity in the slaughter in Iraq and place the blame solely on President Bush, even though history will link him with Iraq. It’s our government that has sent troops, guns and bombs to Iraq, that dissolved the national institutions of the old regime and watched as civil war was unleashed — paid for by our tax dollars and approved by our silent consent. Protests have changed nothing and not even our votes seem to matter. A different party now controls Congress, but it is unclear whether that will make any real difference. We feel helpless because we know there is nothing we can do until those in power — who have demonstrated no desire to do so — decide to end the fighting, and we know it is our generation that will pay the price for this war. As the Middle East seems more volatile than ever, we face a world changed by the last four years, and not for the better. It is a meaner, less hopeful place, with less room for the moderate and more for the extremist. And we still feel as though we are waiting for the other shoe to drop.
T HE B ROWN D AILY H ERALD Editors-in-Chief Eric Beck Mary-Catherine Lader
Executive Editors Allison Kwong Ben Leubsdorf
Senior Editors Stephen Colelli Sonia Saraiya BUSINESS
EDITORIAL Lydia Gidwitz Lindsey Meyers Stephanie Bernhard Stu Woo Simmi Aujla Sara Molinaro Ross Frazier Jacob Schuman Michal Zapendowski Peter Cipparone Justin Goldman Sarah Demers Erin Frauenhofer Madeleine Marecki
Arts & Culture Editor Arts & Culture Editor Features Editor Features Editor Metro Editor Metro Editor News Editor Opinions Editor Opinions Editor Sports Editor Sports Editor Asst. Sports Editor Asst. Sports Editor Asst. Sports Editor
PHOTO Eunice Hong Christopher Bennett Jacob Melrose
Photo Editor Photo Editor Sports Photo Editor
General Manager Mandeep Gill General Manager Ally Ouh Executive Manager Darren Ball Executive Manager Dan DeNorch Laurie-Ann Paliotti Sr. Advertising Manager Office Manager Susan Dansereau PRODUCTION Design Editor Steve DeLucia Copy Desk Chief Chris Gang Graphics Editor Mark Brinker Graphics Editor Roxanne Palmer Web Editor Luke Harris POST- MAGAZINE Hillary Dixler Melanie Duch Taryn Martinez Rajiv Jayadevan Mindy Smith
Managing Editor Managing Editor Managing Editor Features Editor Features Editor
Steve DeLucia, Matthew McCabe, Designer Karen Evans, Alex Mazerov, Meha Verghese, Copy Editors Senior Staff Writers Rachel Arndt, Michael Bechek, Oliver Bowers, Zachary Chapman, Chaz Firestone, Kristina Kelleher, Debbie Lehmann, Scott Lowenstein, James Shapiro, Michael Skocpol Staff Writers Susana Aho, Taylor Barnes, Brianna Barzola, Evan Boggs, Aubry Bracco, Irene Chen, Nicole Dungca, Catherine Goldberg, Thi Ho, Rebecca Jacobson, Tsvetina Kamenova, Hannah Levintova, Abe Lubetkin, Christian Martell, Taryn Martinez, Zachary McCune, Nathalie Pierrepont, Alex Roehrkasse, Marielle Segarra, Robin Steele, Allissa Wickham Sports Staff Writers Amy Ehrhart, Kaitlyn Laabs, Eliza Lane, Kathleen Loughlin, Megan McCahill, Marco Santini, Tom Trudeau, Steele West Business Staff Dana Feuchtbaum, Kent Holland, Alexander Hughes, Mariya Perelyubskaya, Viseth San, Kaustubh Shah, Jon Spector, Robert Stefani, Lily Tran, Lindsay Walls Design Staff Brianna Barzola, Jihan Chao, Aurora Durfee, Sophie Elsner, Christian Martell, Matthew McCabe, Ezra Miller Photo Staff Stuart Duncan-Smith, Austin Freeman, Tai Ho Shin Copy Editors Ayelet Brinn, Catherine Cullen, Erin Cummings, Karen Evans, Jacob Frank, Ted Lamm, Lauren Levitz, Cici Matheny, Alex Mazerov, Ezra Miller, Joy Neumeyer, Madeleine Rosenberg, Lucy Stark, Meha Verghese
LETTERS
PETE FALLON
Starf*ck is not gay To the Editor: Standing outside of a Massachusetts polling location and speaking with voters about marriage equality in 2004, my convictions were firmly rooted. I believed that if you personally found marriage to be a meaningful act, your right to wed should not be dependent upon the sex of your partner. My belief in civil equality and my presumption that bisexual and homosexual individuals are no more beneficial or detrimental to society because of whom they love constitute my stance on gay marriage. Queer Alliance’s sponsorship of Starf*ck mucks up the truly progressive nature of the equality movement with what is arguably a more tenuous liberal ideal — sexual promiscuity as sexual liberation. Brown’s controversial event is unneeded fodder for those who see issues of sexual orientation as being centered on notions of morality rather than equality. It misrepresents
bisexuality and homosexuality as overtly physical in nature, pushing them further to the fringe of American society. The remaining value in the event, which seeks to promote a rethinking of our sexuality, more or less undermines its objective by the large role of alcohol in bringing about participation. As the popularity of Sex Power God and Starf*ck have shown, Brown students have a desire for sexbased programming on campus — however, it is not Queer Alliance’s place to fill this void. QA should focus on matters of representation and support for bisexual, homosexual and transgender students, and hopefully an alternative student group will sponsor these events in the future. Michael Dupuis ’08 March 17
ROTC should be welcome at Brown To the Editor: I wholeheartedly agree that ROTC should be a part of the Brown curriculum (“Reconsidering ROTC at Brown,” Feb. 15). The full salary of the ROTC instructors, I believe, is paid by the government. Brown only needs to provide space. Students might attend Brown if ROTC were offered not only for training and leadership skills but also for the free tuition ROTC offers. Presently, Brown likely loses qualified applicants because of its ROTC policy. The few ROTC students we have at Brown now must commute to Providence College for their training. While some would assert that ROTC is worthless information that does not rise to the level of relevance that all the courses at Brown demonstrate, others believe ROTC is relevant and does add to the breadth of Brown’s curriculum. Certainly, there is room at this great University for ideas that are not traditionally “popular.” Men and women interested in ROTC who
attend Brown would enrich the University’s diversity Even faculty, students and administrators who hate war must realize that America needs an effective fighting force that is well trained and led if we are to survive in today’s complex and dangerous world. Furthermore, Brown graduates who serve in the military would bring a diversity of concepts and ideas that might greatly benefit the military. Gay bashing and an understanding of the importance of diversity would not have occurred if a Brown graduate were Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. How will the military improve if fresh ideas are not introduced by informed men and women from a great University like Brown? Will we continue to lament our military as we simultaneously look for it to defend us from terrorists? Paul Kechijian MD ‘61 March 15
CORRECTIONS A sports column in Thursday’s Herald (“March Madness isn’t just about the men,” March 15) incorrectly spelled the name of former Louisiana State University women’s basketball coach Pokey Chatman. An article in Friday’s Herald (“ ‘Merrily’ rolls backward through time, March 16) incorrectly identified the name of the song “Bobby, Jackie and Jack” in the performance of “Merrily We Roll Along.” That same article also reported that the performances began at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday in Leeds Theatre. In fact, they began at 8 p.m. in Stuart Theatre. CORRECTIONS POLICY The Brown Daily Herald is committed to providing the Brown University community with the most accurate information possible. Corrections may be submitted up to seven calendar days after publication. COMMENTAR Y POLICY The staff editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Brown Daily Herald. The editorial viewpoint does not necessarily reflect the views of The Brown Daily Herald, Inc. Columns, letters and comics reflect the opinions of their authors only. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR POLICY Send letters to letters@browndailyherald.com. Include a telephone number with all letters. The Herald reserves the right to edit all letters for length and cannot assure the publication of any letter. Please limit letters to 250 words. Under special circumstances writers may request anonymity, but no letter will be printed if the author’s identity is unknown to the editors. Announcements of events will not be printed. ADVER TISING POLICY The Brown Daily Herald, Inc. reserves the right to accept or decline any advertisement at its discretion.
O PINIONS MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2007
PAGE 11
THE BROWN DAILY HERALD
Unconditional debt relief: the only way out of global economic disaster NATALIE SMOLENSKI OPINIONS COLUMNIST Malian director Abderrahmane Sissako’s new film “Bamako” portrays a scenario many would find baffling: Witnesses and spectators representing “African society” gather in the courtyard of a mudbrick villa to watch the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund put on trial. The film begins from the premise that those negatively affected by the policies of international lending organs rarely, if ever, have an opportunity to air their grievances. The format — a trial — is an attempt to broadcast their experiences for the first time to the outside world. As the trial moves forward and witness testimony alternates with questioning and commentary by counsel, Bamako society moves through and around the scene. Small children play in the courtyard, animals graze, women wash clothing and men — demoralized and browbeaten — sit around drinking coffee or engaging in idle conversation. What is striking is how marginally people pay attention to the proceedings of the trial — the facts presented by the prosecution are so well-known in Africa, so glaringly obvious on a daily basis, that only one conclusion can legitimately be drawn: This is a trial geared first and foremost toward Western public opinion. The stories of Bamako’s “African society” witnesses are by no means unique — certainly the example of economic migrants facing life-threatening peril by crossing a desert should be familiar to all Americans. We in the West are waking up to an insidious structural problem that only grows from year to year: the vast and self-perpetuating imbalance of wealth between developed and developing nations. The reasons for this inequality are apparent to those living in the developing world.
First, many countries — Indonesia, Haiti and Egypt, for instance — were forced directly or indirectly to assume the debts of their colonizers upon independence. Second, post-colonial countries had to transition immediately from administrative clientism to independent and popularly legitimate political infrastructures — an impossible task in light of remaining territorial contestations, vast gaps in technocratic literacy between higher and lower echelons of the population, the tribal organization of many societies and continuing sabotage by former colonial powers. The result was highly militarized, authoritarian regimes based on patronage, where loans were siphoned off for arms
attendance and a rich-poor gap that is only widening. Compounding the poverty produced by structural adjustment is the main preoccupation of most developing governments: repaying a massive debt with massive (and growing) interest. This debt has been referred to as a new form of slavery, as repaying it politically neutralizes developing countries and paralyzes economic development itself. Not only is it often literally impossible to repay (interest on debt grows faster than production in many deeply impoverished countries), but as it grows, it diverts resources from education, health care and political reform, the linchpins of any free and industri-
The only moral and humane decision is to completely and unequivocally forgive all of the debt owed by countries with great need as well as all debts that have been incurred through force or coercion. buildup or domestic repression. Third, developing countries still do not have a voice in the economic policies that affect their countries. For instance, even though they constitute 91 percent of the World Bank’s member nations, they control only 46 percent of the vote, allowing creditors to “unload” massive loans onto developing countries as well as to make structural adjustment policies a necessary condition for needed loans. Structural adjustment refers to a host of neoliberal economic “reforms,” including cutting basic social services like health care and water purification, reducing wages and subsidies and eliminating economic protectionism. So far, these “austerity measures” have resulted in massive poverty, sharp increases in infant mortality, substantial drops in AIDS clinic
al society. Developing countries are turned into serfdoms of the export cash crop trade, and the declining real price of many of these cash crops (for instance, coffee) over the past 35 years has meant a palpable decline in wages for vast swaths of the world’s population. In essence, countries export their natural resources at artificially low market values (due to Western protectionist policies) and are forced to buy sustenance via extortionary loans or become dependent on international aid. Many countries can no longer feed their own people and have no way to acquire this capability under present conditions. Lest we fall into the trap of thinking this global tragedy will never affect the West, we have only to remind ourselves of the ongoing demographic revolution. According
to the United Nations, Africa, Asia and the Middle East will add 2.5 billion people to the world’s population by 2050, and 2.2 million of them will arrive in the rich world every year. Because urbanization — or migration to the West for that matter — is no longer the kind of guarantee of upward mobility that it used to be, the increasing destitution in developing countries will be reflected in growing Western ghettoes and shantytowns. Growing economic desperation will result in political upheaval both in the West and in the developing world. As of late, the latest weapon of choice for weak and disempowered populations has been terrorism. For obvious reasons, the picture we begin to see of the future demands immediate preventive action. For the sake of the billions of people who live in deprivation, on the verge of life, without any of the dreams we recognize as natural, and for the sake of the peace and prosperity of the citizens of Western nations, the only moral and humane decision is to completely and unequivocally forgive all of the debt owed by countries with great need as well as all debts that have been incurred through force or coercion. It is no coincidence that, in their concern for the poor and destitute, the world’s three monotheistic religions stress fair lending practices: Islam forbids usury and the economic exploitation of the destitute, while Jubilee USA, a respected organization that works on debt relief issues, takes its name from “the Jubilee Year as quoted in Leviticus, [when] those enslaved because of debts are freed, lands lost because of debt are returned, and community torn by inequality is restored.” If we do not forgive these debts and work to construct fair and equitable global trade practices, which will of necessity include reducing the protectionist policies of Western countries, the “moral hazard” will unequivocally condemn us to an even greater suffering than that we currently choose to ignore.
Natalie Smolenski ’07 is tightening her belt.
Next year, vote for the best strategy in Iraq BY MATT PREWITT COLUMNIST ABROAD TEL AVIV, Israel — I’ve been seeing something new in recent months: People of radically different political stripes are agreeing with each other about Iraq. The consensus runs roughly along these lines: “It’s just such a disaster.” “It really is.” “I don’t have any idea what we should do.” “Neither do I.” We’re asleep at the wheel, detached and resigned. Someone needs to snap an ammonia capsule. Next year we’re choosing a new leader, and we had better get it right. As members of the general public, we aren’t calling the shots directly, but our opinion matters and so does our attitude. Many of us are making the grievous mistake of dismissing the distinction between a bad situation and a worse one. Here’s an analogy that every student will understand: You start an exam and realize that you are unprepared. You stare at the first question for a half an hour. What do you do now? Do you let your gaze wander toward the window and settle upon the pink blossoms and scampering squirrels? No. You muster everything. You find the questions you know and answer them. Then you put forth your best attempt at figuring out the rest of the problems. Today, it is clear that we have entered
our exam in Iraq woefully unprepared. Our leaders are trying to clean up the mess with debatable efficacy. The public, meanwhile, is staring out the window. We are neglecting our moral responsibility. It is time to toss aside our political biases and do what we can to prevent unconscionable deterioration in the Middle East. I don’t have the right answers, but I believe a few things very strongly. First, as bad is it now, the situation can get much worse.
result if the fledgling government collapses. This would put Iraq’s Kurdish and Sunni minorities in a very grave situation. It would also crystallize Iran’s dominance, strengthen Hezbollah and perpetuate region-wide Sunni-Shiite hostilities. The possibility of stable leadership in the Shiite crescent could be lost for decades. My analyses are really just best guesses. It’s hard to sort things out rigorously because complete information is simply not
Domestic issues should rightfully be on the back burner in 2008. Iraq’s civil war can grow more intense, and it strikes me as likely that the presence of the American military is diminishing the ability of militia groups to organize. It is essential for us to understand that the difference between bad and worse in Iraq could be hundreds of thousands of human lives. Second, the persistence of the ill-conceived and miserably corrupt Iraqi democracy is far preferable to the outright ascendance of Shiite clerics, which will probably
available. However, I think we can marshal our collective confusion and agree on simple things. For example, ideology no longer has any practical bearing on our Iraq policy. “Unilateralism” and “neoconservatism” have ceased to be relevant vocabulary words. Whatever ideological aims the United States once had are lost, and philosophizing about our place in the world is not pertinent. The conflict in Iraq has been reduced to a highstakes chess game, and the aversion of last-
ing, region-wide catastrophe is our new working definition of victory. Furthermore the worst-case scenarios for Iraq’s future are bad enough that their aversion should take precedence over American extrication. Americans ought to be clear-sighted enough to see that this is the most important issue for the foreseeable future. Domestic issues should rightfully be on the back burner in 2008. I’d like to vote for a candidate who shares my views on economics or social issues, but it isn’t a high priority. I don’t much care about charisma or sincerity — I want the candidate who is going to prevent utter catastrophe in the Middle East. I want shrewdness, intelligence and foreign policy experience. I want somebody who is good at playing Risk. I don’t want JFK — I want Eisenhower or FDR. I don’t know who this is yet. A lot can change in a year and a half, and many of the candidates have yet to articulate their plans. But I do know that their pre-war stances are not important. These were politically determined in the first place, and they are not relevant to the present situation. In the last two election cycles, America screwed up by letting values overshadow competency and foreign policy prowess. Let’s not make the same mistake thrice.
Matt Prewitt ’08 is grubbin’ on falafel in Nablus.
S PORTS M ONDAY MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2007
PAGE 12
THE BROWN DAILY HERALD
M. lax outguns Minutemen in 7-4 win Too much offense from
Owls, Wildcats does in w. lax
BY JASON HARRIS SPORTS STAFF WRITER
The men’s lacrosse team picked up its fourth consecutive victory Saturday, recording a 7-4 win against urday the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The team improved its record to 4-1, its only defeat coming in its opening game in overtime. UMass was the national runner-up last year and though it has started sluggishly this season — it fell to 1-4 after the loss to Brown — Head Coach Lars Tiffany ’90 cited the Minutemen as one of Brown’s traditional lacrosse rivals. “They had many members returning from the national finalist team,” Tiffany said. “They are tough and gritty — something we are trying to define Brown lacrosse as.” Though the Bears jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first quarter, the Minutemen were applying pressure throughout. “The UMass offense was quick in the first quarter,” Tiffany said. “We survived the onslaught early though, and the rest of the game they were pressing, trying to make the perfect shot.” The reason that UMass had to make the perfect shot was because goaltender Jordan Burke ’09 was up to the challenge early on. He had seven of his 16 saves in the first quarter alone. His teammates recognized it was Burke’s excellence that kept them in the game. “It was a defensive battle,” said defenseman Cole Erickson ’10, “But the deciding factor was Jordan Burke. He played out of his mind.” Tri-captain and midfielder Alex
BY MEGAN MCCAHILL SPORTS STAFF WRITER
Jacob Melrose / Herald File Photo Goaltender Jordan Burke ’09 had 16 saves on Saturday in leading Brown to a 7-4 victory over UMass.
Buckley ’07 added that credit should be given to the whole defense, but “Jordan Burke really bailed us out.” In front of Burke, the rest of the defense was strong as well, allowing just four goals, and only two in six-on-six situations. Buckley and Tiffany both praised the strong play of defensive midfielders Mike Cummins ’08 and Brian Asher ’08.
“I love how the D-middies played,” Buckley said. “It is hard to get credit at that position. They are always on the field, but spectators don’t see them.” Tiffany added that the defensive midfield was “often tested, but remained up to the challenge. They were also great in transition from continued on page 9
The luck of the Irish didn’t rub off on the women’s lacrosse team this weekend, as the Bears’ comeback attempts came up just shy in their first two home games of the season. Brown lost to Temple University 13-10 in a high scoring thriller on Saturday afternoon. On Sunday, the Bears fell to University of New Hampshire 9-7. The squad emerged from the holiday weekend with a 1-5 record. Playing in front of a riled-up St. Patrick’s Day student section in their home opener Saturday, the Bears came out with a lot of energy. Kelly Robinson ’09 scored Brown’s first goal of the game just 48 seconds into it. Not long after, the Bears were on the attack again in transition. Molly McCarthy ’10 threw a long pass to Jesse Nunn ‘09 right in front of the goal. Nunn fired it over the shoulder of the Temple goaltender to give Brown a 2-0 lead just 3:15 into the game. “The crowd was awesome,” said midfielder Krystina DeLuca ’09. “We were really pumped to be on our home field in front of so many fans.” The Owls answered with two of their own goals to tie the game at 2-2. Brown then returned the favor, when Mimi DeTolla ’08 assisted on back-to-back goals by Ali Holland ’08 and Nunn to give Brown a 4-2 lead with 18:32 to go in the half. Temple added another pair
of goals to tie it 4-4, but Meghan Markowski ’10 and Nunn each scored to regain the two-goal advantage with 11:02 to go before the half. With Brown dominating the game offensively, the Owls called a timeout, and whatever was said in their huddle turned them into a new team. Temple reemerged with vengeance, rattling off five unanswered goals to take a 9-6 lead at intermission. Brown received three yellow cards during the Owls’ 5-0 run, forcing the Bears to play a man down for most of the end of the first half. “We got unlucky on some tough calls,” said Head Coach Keely McDonald ’00. “We’ve been playing some of the top teams and I think we were used to playing a more aggressive style defensively.” In the second half, Kara Kelly ’10 converted a free position shot for her first career goal to temporarily make it a two goal deficit, but Temple responded with another score to make it 10-7. DeLuca followed by converting her own free position attempt to once again bring the Bears within two, but Temple responded with two more goals to take its biggest lead of the game, 12-8 with 6:58 remaining. McCarthy scored with 6:42 left, and Nunn found the back of the net for her career-high continued on page 9
Gymnasts vault past Southern Connecticut, fall to Penn BY MADELEINE MARECKI ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
In its final home meet of the season, the gymnastics team finished second Sunday behind the University of Pennsylvania. The Quakers claimed the team victory, scoring a total of 190.250 points, with the Bears tallying 187.925 points. The Southern Connecticut State University Owls recorded 185.575 points for third place. Alicia Sacramone ’10 led Brown with the all-around title, breaking three school records on the day. Jennifer Sobuta ’09 and Alanna Kwoka ’10 tied for third in the allaround competition. For the Bears, the biggest challenge of the meet was overcoming their lack of depth. Still, Head Coach Sara Carver-Milne said she was pleased with her team’s effort, particularly against the Quakers. “Penn has a lot of depth,” she said. “We don’t have 20 people on our team like most teams. … So our girls have to compete in every event every week. I’m really proud of our team. It’s just so tough on them to overcome the issue of depth.” Brown had several highlights on
the afternoon, notably Sacramone’s performances. The freshman was the meet’s standout performer, claiming first in every event, including a victory in the all-around with 39.425 points, which set a new school record as well as a personal best performance. She also established new school records on the vault and floor exercise, scoring 9.900 and 9.925 respectively. She rounded out her stellar day with solid victories on the uneven bars, recording a 9.850, and the balance beam, posting a 9.750. In addition to Sacramone’s record-breaking performance, the team received strong efforts from several other team members. Kwoka recorded a personal best in the all-around at 37.600 points. She also scored a 9.625 on the floor, a 9.350 on the bars and a 9.450 on the vault. “I’ve just been training really hard, so it’s nice that it’s finally coming together,” Kwoka said of her performances. Sobuta also had a solid day, posting a 9.600 on the floor, a 9.300 on the beam and a 9.425 on vault. Other notable performances included Izzy Kirkham-Lewitt ’10 on
SPORTS SCOREBOARD FRIDAY, DAY MARCH 16 DAY, W. WATER POLO: Brown 11, Slippery Rock 2
SATURDAY, ATURDAY MARCH 17 ATURDAY, NO. 18 M. LACROSSE: Brown 7, UMass 4 W. LACROSSE: TTemple 13, Brown 10 W. WATER POLO: No. 11 Loyola Marymount 11, Brown 6; Brown 8, Indiana 4
SUNDAY, DAY MARCH 18 DAY, GYMNASTICS: Penn 190.250, Brown 187.925, Southern Connecticut State 185.575 W. LACROSSE: New Hampshire 9, Brown 7 W. WATER POLO: California Baptist 6, Brown 5; Brown 9, No. 11 Michigan 8
the floor — she finished third with 9.650. As a team, the Bears were strongest in the floor event, where they defeated both Penn and Southern Connecticut. Brown finished with a total of 48.150 points on floor, with Penn posting 48.050 points and Southern Connecticut tallying 46.875 points. The Bears recorded no lower than a 9.350 in the event among all of its scorers. In its other events, Brown performed consistently across the board, recording team scores of 46.850 on the bars, 46.500 on the beam and 46.425 on the vault. Sacramone attributed the team’s strong showing to its hard work in practice. “We’ve been working really hard on body position and technique, so I think that really helped us today,” she said. Overall, Carver-Milne thought the meet was a success. “Today went great. This was the best meet of our season. We put up a high score, yet we still had a couple falls, so we can definitely improve,” she said. “We had some mistakes on beam and bars, and that’s what hurt us.” The meet marked the final time the Bears will compete at the Pizzitola Center this season. In most cases, the competition would have served as Senior Day, but the team has no seniors on its roster, so such a celebration was unnecessary. “It was kind of nice (not to have any seniors) because instead of focusing on a few individuals, we fo-
Jacob Melrose / Herald Alicia Sacramone ’10 broke two of her own school records in the vault and on the floor exercise. Her 39.425 in the all-around was also a school record
cused more on our team,” Carver-Milne said. “We know we’ll be stronger next year. It’s such a tightknit team in and out of the gym.” The Bears head to Cornell Saturday for the ECAC Championships,
where they will compete against some of the strongest teams on the East Coast. — with additional reporting by Peter Cipparone