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BY MONIQUE MENESESLuck, prosperity and the Chinese StudentsAssociation version of “American Idol”helped ring in the Year of the Sheep like alion at the CSA-sponsored banquet inAndrews Dining Hall Saturday night.

The New Year’s cele-bration kicked off withthe introduction of theBrown Lion DanceTeam’s new lion head.

Legend has it that to “awaken” the newly-purchased lion head, an honorable per-son must perform the “Dotting of the Eye”Ceremony. The ceremony was performedby a Brown graduate who had beenaccepted into medical school, andentailed using a wooden stick to dot eachbody part, giving it “life.”

Children aged seven to 11 from theRhode Island Association of ChineseAmericans performed another dancecalled the “Hei Goo” (Happy TrumpetTambourine) in uniform red and whitecostumes. Their dance movements androsy cheeks drew smiles from the audi-ence.

A Chinese fan dance performer, HuiLiu, graced the stage as she executed a

delicate, traditional dance to the music of“Mei Hua San Nong.” The arcs she drew inthe air with her fan, the swivels she madewith the slightest twist of her wrist and thefluidity of her movements paralleled thetheme of the song — a person searchingfor love.

Between performances, the combina-tion of the girlish sweetness of emceeNancy Tom ’05 and outlandish humor ofemcee Michael Wang ’04 riveted the audi-ence. Both hosted the performance-breakgame titled “Ding Dong Says.” In thisChinese animation-inspired parody of theAmerican game “Simon Says,” contestantswere separated into two groups by genderand asked to perform a variety of Chinesecalendar animal movements such as thedog, the goat and the tiger.

Counterbalancing the game’s humor,the singing group F4 (Freshman 4) com-posed of Brian Huang ’06, Peter Yang ’06,Joseph Fungsang ’06 and Hanyen AndrewLee ’06 serenaded the crowd with a lovesong called “Meteor Rain.”

The sound of delicate melodies filledthe air as Sarah Chou ’05 and Felicia Kuo’05 imparted aspects of Chinese traditionand culture through Chinese instruments

to the audience. Kuo played “SpringComes to Ching River” on the dulcimer,an instrument that was introduced toChina in the Ming Dynasty. The stringinstrument is played by striking two smallinstrumental hammers against thestrings. Using the music of the Chingdynasty-invented zither, Chou told theMongolian story of two shepherd girlscaught in a snowstorm.

Other performers opted for spokenword rather than music. The powerfulwords of poetry artists and activists AliciaChang ’04, Melissa Koh ’03, Vincent

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BY LOTEM ALMOGColombian trade unionist Hector Giraldofears for his life, he told a group of Brownstudents Sunday night.

Although the AFL-CIO has gotten himpermission to stay in the United Statesuntil March, at that time he must return tohis homeland, where labor activists arefrequently murdered by paramilitaryforces, he said.

At Sunday night’s lecture in Wilson 301,Giraldo further discussed such oppres-sion by the Colombian government, whilesoliciting student support to fight forchange.

The Student Labor Alliance organizedhis visit in conjunction with Rhode IslandJobs with Justice. Giraldo speaks littleEnglish so he relayed his message with thehelp of interpreter Evelyn Duran ’06.

Of every five labor activists killed in theworld, three are Colombians, Girlado said.“To work as an organized laborer in mycountry is basically to prepare your owntombstone,” he said.

Only 5 percent of Colombian workersbelong to a labor organization, Giraldosaid. Even so, in 2002 alone, 172 laboractivists were killed in Colombia.Hundreds more were tortured, kid-napped, attacked and detained arbitrarily,he said.

Statistically, this would make Colombiathe deadliest country for organized work-ers, he said.

Giraldo, who has organized unionssince 1980, said he believes U.S. supportof Plan Colombia is perpetuating thekilling of innocent civilians and thedestruction of life-sustaining crops forcountless Colombians.

Plan Colombia is a Colombian initia-tive designed to eradicate drug trafficking.The United States has supported PlanColombia through military aid, accordingto the Department of State Web site.

Giraldo says that the weapons and hel-icopters sent by the United States actuallyhelp the Colombian government and

Trade unionistHector Giraldoafraid for life

Lamendola ’04 cause of death announced

Year of the Sheep rung in like a lion

The 2003 housing lottery will shrinkfrom five segments to four, in one ofseveral changes announced by theOffice of Residential Life.

ResLife removed the specialinterest segment and social dormoption. Segments will be held onsuccessive Thursdays beginningFeb. 27.

This year all of New Dorm A and Bwill be co-ed, adding 50 beds to thetotal number of rooms in availableco-ed suites, said Sanders Kleinfeld’03, chair of Residential Council.Although the Council had pressedfor more, the administrationrequires all co-ed housing to haveseparate bathrooms for men andwomen.

All five-person suites in GraduateCenter Towers B and D will now besophomore-only. Kleinfeld said theCouncil paid particular attention toensure “sophomores can live togeth-er in decent housing.”

BY LISA MANDLE The cause of death for Sarah Lamendola’04 was determined to be acute pul-monary thromboembolus, according tothe state medical examiner’s office.

Acute pulmonary thromboembolus is ablood clot that forms in a leg vein, travelsthrough the heart and blocks the arterybetween the heart and the lung, said Dr. L.S. Shukla, a pulmonary specialist inNewport Beach, Calif. The blood clotblocks blood circulation to the lungs andcauses enormous stress to the heart,eventually leading to heart failure, hesaid.

The medical examiner’s office releasedinformation about the cause of death, butdoes not release information on the man-ner of death, Director of the Brown News

Service Mark Nickel told The Herald.Jessica Purmort ’04, Lamendola’s suite-

mate, found Lamendola at approximately8:15 a.m. on Feb. 5 in her dorm room onthe fourth floor of Graduate Center TowerA, “up against the door, lying on herback,” according to the Providence PoliceDepartment report.

She was last seen alive by a suitemateon Monday around midnight, the reportsaid.

According to the report, Lamendolawas pronounced dead by paramedics at8:25 a.m. on Wednesday.

Funeral services were held on Sundayat The Unitarian Church of Westport,Conn.

The Lamendola family welcomed stu-dents, faculty and staff to the service in

Connecticut, and plans to return toBrown for a memorial service, UniversityChaplain Janet Cooper Nelson told TheHerald.

Cooper Nelson said she does notexpect to schedule the campus servicebefore the end of next week and that shewould prefer to see a one-week lapsebetween the two services.

Shukla said pulmonary thromboembo-lus may be caused by long-term air travelresulting in “catastrophic illness” up to aweek after travel, cancers and a familyhistory of blood clotting. The use of oralcontraceptives can also slightly increaserisk in susceptible users, he said.

Herald staff writer Lisa Mandle ’06 can bereached at [email protected]

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Jabberwocks make it tothe semifinals of ICCA,besting five other NewEngland collegespage 3

University’s housinglottery turns 30 butfaces problems simi-lar to the ones of 1973page 5

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Warmongers foolishlybelieve war will sparkeconomy, says SethMagaziner ’06column, page 11

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Jabberwocks comeout on top at ICCA

“Yemata’s Belly” pleases audienceswith strong cast, stunning visuals

BY SARA PERKINSYou can enter and exit however you like, but in betweenyou have 15 minutes to prove you have the most energy,the best arrangements and the most drive.

And Brown’s Jabberwocks did just that — besting fiveother New England collegiate a cappella groups inHartford, Conn., on Feb. 1 to advance to the semifinals ofthe International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella.Graham Norwood ’03 took home a judges’ award for bestarrangement and was runner-up for best soloist.

“I think it’s been about 10 years since (theJabberwocks) have done a competition,” Norwood said.“Some groups are really into the competition circuit,some aren’t.”

Each year, 108 groups from Canadian and U.S. collegescompete in the ICCA competition. The runners-up to theJabberwocks were Wesleyan’s Cardinal Sinners, whomNorwood called “unconventional … and really fantastic.”

The Jabberwocks are the first group from Brown tocompete in the ICCA since 2000, when Harmonic Motionand the Bear Necessities were shut out of the top three inthe regional semifinals. Only the Chattertocks in ’97 and’98 and the Brown Derbies in ’97 have advanced to thefinals, where neither group succeeded in placing in thetop three out of six.

“We wanted an opportunity to sort of put ourselves infront of a critical audience and see how close we were toattaining our goals,” Norwood wrote in an e-mail. “We feltthat the competitive stage was really a crucible of sorts interms of galvanizing the group to really do its best andperform at the top of its ability.”

The seven-year-old ICCA is made up of six regions ofthe United States and Canada. Each region holds three

BY ABIGAIL NEWMANWith visually stunning, highly stylized interludes and afantastic cast, “Yemaya’s Belly” proved a compelling,emotional component of the Brown University/TrinityRep Consortium 2003 New Plays Festival Part I last week.

The play, written by Quiara Alegria Hudes GS anddirected by Peter Sampieri GS, follows the travails ofJesus, an 11-year-old boy growing up in a rural towncalled Magdalena. When he accompanies his uncle intothe city, a horrible fire devastates his town, killing both ofhis parents. To escape the memories of home and thetangible reminders of what happened there, Jesusreturns to the city and boards a boat headed for America.

The action in the play is punctuated by beautiful inter-ruptions — stylized musical and physical expressions ofwhat is happening. When Jesus and his uncle are in thecity, they ask a dancer, Yemaya, to perform for them. Shespeaks in cryptic phrases as she moves, contorting herbody to the music of a guitar, triangle, drums and instru-ment made of coke bottles, all played by actors seated inthe audience.

As Jesus’ town burns, he hovers anxiously onstage,watching as the characters killed by the fire are methodi-cally smeared with soot. Writhing and twisting, they sinkgradually to the floor.

Further exploring standard conceptions of reality, theplay also includes a scene in which Jesus’ dead motherrises, sings with him and then walks off stage, extinguish-ing the candle she carries.

Noticeable lighting choices contributed to the arc ofthe play, from the orange and yellow light that warmedearly scenes to the cold purple light that flooded thestage after his mother has died. In one particularly pow-erful use of light, Sampieri conveyed a great storm with a

hard bluish light, which shifted to red as other characterspull Jesus out of the water.

All five cast members gave crisp, heartfelt perform-ances that matched the quality of the script. As Jesus, IanWhite GS convincingly embodied his adolescent charac-ter. On stage for almost the entire play, White not onlystarted off strong, but also continued to grow into hischaracter throughout the course of the play — conclud-ing his performance honestly and piercingly.

Ginger Eckert GS had a brief and engaging appearanceas Yemaya, and later shined in her appealing, warm roleas Maya, who rescues Jesus and initiates his sexual awak-ening.

In addition to playing Jesus’ mother, Myxolydia TylerGS, gave a lively and snappy performance as Lila, whoruns a grocery in the city and takes Jesus in when he isrunning away. As Tico, Ben Steinfeld GS dramaticallypoured rice out of a coconut over his head, saying therice symbolized his wife, who perished in the fire.

Brian Wallace GS, as Jesus’ uncle, convincinglyexpressed his character’s love, anger and aggressiontoward Jesus.

Impressively, the two hour show ran without an inter-mission but few lulls in the action. With its amusing dia-logue and lyrical passages, “Yemaya’s Belly” spiraled end-lessly toward tragedy yet managed to feel light and uplift-ing throughout.see JABBERWOCKS, page 4

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Chong ’03 and Juhyung HaroldLee ’06 advocated the apprecia-tion of an Asian self, one untaint-ed by racism, one which rejectsconformity to a Western-imposednorm and one not pressured intoself-stereotyping.

Martial arts experts JenniferWong ’05 and Jay Lee ’03 dis-played their fighting abilitiesusing fast hand and feet move-ments while audience membersbacked up in their seats to givethe performers space to turn and

kick. Dance group FOBoliciousgave the show a modern twist asmembers grooved to a hip-hop/dance compilation ofrhythms.

Lucky Garden ChineseRestaurant catered the event, theproceeds of which will benefitorphans in mainland China.

Evan Chow ’04, president ofthe CSA, said the event was verysuccessful.

“We wanted to extend supportbeyond Brown and theProvidence region,” he said.

Audience members ravedabout the show.

“I would have to say the instru-

ments were my favorite. Theywere great,” said Adam Waaramaa’05.

Visiting students from otheruniversities told The Herald theywere impressed with the event.

“I’m impressed that (Brownhas) a diverse audience. Myfavorite was spoken word. … Thetopics they were talking aboutwere very important,” saidBoston College first year HenryLau.

Herald staff writer MoniqueMeneses ’05 covers internationalstudents. She can be reached [email protected].

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paramilitary forces to seek outand assassinate those in opposi-tion to them. “Plan Colombia is aplan between the Colombianand United States governmentsto kill people, and it’s financed bythe taxes paid by the Americanpeople — it is approved by all ofyou who elect a congress in thiscountry,” he said.

In addition to the frequentcivilian assassinations, theColombian government is alsofumigating crops with an herbi-cide in an attempt to kill cocaplants from which cocaine isextracted, Giraldo said. Theseherbicides, however, also killsubsistence crops upon whichmany Colombians depend tomake their living, he said.

Convinced that PlanColombia has not, and will not,

abate drug trafficking, he urgedstudents to lobby their congress-men and women to rescind sup-port for Plan Colombia, as well asto boycott certain Americancompanies who help finance theparamilitary operations.

Giraldo has been in the UnitedStates for nearly one year. TheAFL-CIO sponsored his flight tothe United States through a pro-gram that places Colombianlabor activists in Washington,D.C., for six months, and thendispatches them to work withunions in another state for anadditional six months.

After his stay in Washington,Giraldo was assigned to workwith the Massachusetts Jobs withJustice organization. While inMassachusetts, he helped organ-ize the Boston Justice for Janitorscampaign.

Giraldo is also spending histime in the United States meet-ing with student and communitygroups to share his plight and

rally support for his Colombianpeers. “Here in Massachusetts, Ihave had the opportunity towork with students, consult peo-ple in the community and towork in solidarity with studentlabor organizations,” he said.

On March 24, there will befour events across the UnitedStates intended to protest U.S.support of Plan Colombia. SLAmember Peter Asen ’04 hopesthat several Brown students willparticipate in these events — oneof which will take place inHartford, Conn.

“Given that there are actionsgoing on here, I think it’s impor-tant for people to realize thateven though this is happening onthe other side of the equator, it’ssomething that we are alsoresponsible for,” Asen said.

Giraldo will have to return toColombia in the first week inMarch, and he said he fears thatthe paramilitary forces will beawaiting him there.


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quarter-final concerts and oneregional semifinal. The winnerof the semifinal advances to thefinals, to be held in New YorkCity. Six groups compete inevery concert of the competi-tion — each has 15 minutes toperform.

“In order to ensure that theystayed within the strict timelimit, we didn’t acknowledge thecrowd, which was a little awk-ward,” Norwood said. Groupsare penalized for every secondthey are over the limit.

Because the quarterfinals areheld in January and February,when many groups are addingmid-year members, the compe-tition is not usually convenientfor Brown groups, Norwood

said. The Jabberwocks did notadd any members this year andwere able to focus more onpreparing for the competition.

Their set consisted of theircovers of John Mayer’s “YourBody is a Wonderland,” Prince’s“7” and “Bohemian Rhapsody,”the Queen song for whichNorwood won arranging andsoloist honors.

“We got on stage and every-thing sort of clicked,” said ZachMarkovits ’04. “I think it wentreally well. It was a lot of fun.”

New England semifinals willbe held in DartmouthUniversity’s Rollins Chapel onMarch 8. Only a first-place winthere will send the Jabberwocksto the finals.

Herald staff writer Sara Perkins’06 can be reached [email protected].


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The Council also made aneffort to respect students whowant to remain substance-free,he said. ResLife announced sub-stance-free housing will movefrom Hegeman E to PlantationsHouse, which is near substance-free housing in New Pembroke.

The Council is in negotiationswith the administration to“tighten” the substance-freehousing contract. At themoment, the contract states thatstudents cannot consume alco-hol, but does not address sub-stance possession.

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BY XIYUN YANGThe recent Norwalk virus outbreak has promptedUniversity Food Services to review current foodmanagement and handling policies.

In addition to the yellow flyers about properhygiene available in the Ratty and the V-Dub, UFShas increased the required frequency for staff to dis-infect utensils and change their gloves, said JohnO’Shea, executive chef at the Ratty. The staff at theRatty and the V-Dub were also instructed to paymore attention to the self-service salad bars.

Although Brown students were diagnosed withthe gastrointestinal disease in late December andthis semester, no known cases of the virus have beendirectly attributed to any on-campus dining estab-lishments, O’Shea said.

“We reacted right away,” he said. “We already hadgood practices in place. We are not directly respon-sible for any of the spread.”

Original plans to change and disinfect utensilsevery half-hour were dismissed on the grounds ofimpracticality. “At this point, people are sometimesgetting over-cautious,” O’Shea said.

UFS stresses the importance of personal respon-sibility in the prevention of the virus, O’Shea said.The virus can still be transmitted while wearinggloves, therefore the best and only way to preventtransmission of the virus is to practice good

Norwalk promptsUFS food handlingpolicy reviews

BY HANNAH BASCOMThe sixth Annual Entrepreneurship Forum, sponsored bythe Brown University Entrepreneurship Program andBrown Alumni Association, allowed Brown students tohear stories and suggestions of successful Brown alumni.The day’s events featured a panel discussion, a luncheonand entrepreneurial speakers on Saturday.

“My major regrets are things that I didn’t do, ratherthan things I did badly,” said Frank Altman ’75, co-founder and president of Community ReinvestmentFund, at the morning panel discussion.

The five panelists at the discussion commented ontopics ranging from how they measure their own success,how they began their businesses and tips on persuadingothers to believe in your business plan.

“Success is a very internal thing,” said Frederic Alper’60, partner of Quantum Partners. Other panelists agreedthat happiness and financial gain were two ways to gauge

success, but said there is no single way to measureaccomplishments. They urged the students and alumni inattendance to keep striving to reach their goals and tocontinue to take risks.

Sandra Lehrman ’69, former president and CEO ofGenzyme Transgenics Corporation, told students not toworry about discovering their personal passions.

“I couldn’t have said when I was a senior at Brown whatmy passion was. … Do what you love,” Lehrman said.

Panelists also spoke about the importance of havingmentors both during and after school. They said the bestway to obtain a mentor was to ask and be persistent in thesearch. The moderator of the panel, Josef Mittlemann ’72,an adjunct lecturer in engineering and founder of EmpireCapital Company and Just Art Inc., pointed out that men-tors are essential in helping young businesspeople devel-

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Successful alumni speak at Entrepreneurship Forum

Housing lottery turns 30; slight changes madeBY LINDA EVARTSBrown will mark the housing lottery’s 30th anniversarymuch as it has the other 29 — with tweaks, changes and alittle heartbreak.

New problems in the system have surfaced and largelybeen relieved over the past three decades, but theUniversity still faces some issues that parallel those of 1973.

“Everything is sort of cyclical — the University changedthings and changed them back again,” said SandersKleinfeld ’03, chair of Residential Council. The underlyingimperative of the system is that students “take initiative,”Kleinfeld said.

The phrase reverberates throughout the lottery’s historyand, as a student told The Herald at the lottery’s inception,“If you can accept the responsibility the lottery puts on you,it becomes a really good thing.”

Brown students ought to appreciate their good fortune— at Harvard and Yale Universities students declare poten-tial roommates and are assigned to rooms, Kleinfeld said.Brown grants you the ability to live with friends in a placethat is appealing to you, he said.

At the study break for Pembroke Campus last Tuesdaynight, Kleinfeld tried to convey a similar message to acrowd of about 50 first-years and sophomores — with a fewcaveats. His description of housing available to rising soph-omores was bleak. “You might as well not apply for YoungOrchard,” he said, amidst moans and groans.

For many first-years, the toughest problem is decidingwith whom to live. Jillian Moo-Young ’06 said her greateststress revolves around “creating groups without hurting

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op their strengths and asked pan-elists what they believe theirfortes are.

“I’m a really good listener …and was not afraid to respond tocriticism,” said Adriana Young’01, founder and executive direc-tor of English for Action.

Lehrman added, “I have agroup of friends from when I wasan undergrad at Brown whodon’t let me take myself too seri-ously. … (A few times a year) weleave our husbands and go toNew York, go see plays, drink likewe’re at Brown. I think havingthat other network that doesn’tlet yourself get stuck in yourbusiness is really important.”

The panelists then discussedchallenges that they face in theirbusiness lives and how theyaddress them. Scotkin said, “Thebiggest challenge is identifying

your next constraint.”In response to a question

about the importance of busi-ness school, the panelists hadmixed opinions. Though theyagreed it is beneficial to mostpeople, some felt that it was notessential or desirable for all peo-ple.

“The single attribute you need(is) to be a good salesperson,”Altman said.

The panelists commented ontheir futures and on remainingtrue to themselves despite oth-ers’ criticism. “Stay very focusedon what your initiatives and corevalues are. … In the end youmight lose a donor but you’llkeep you integrity,” Young said.

The panel concluded with adiscussion of entrepreneurshipat Brown. “A lot of what entre-preneurship is is the art of thepossible.” Lehrman said.

A luncheon followed thepanel where the panelists andfaculty members at the forumsat with students and alumni

and discussed entrepreneurialtactics and networking skills.The forum broke up into smallergroups to hear speeches byGeorge Billings ’72, president ofBillings and Co., Leslie Charm,partner of Youngman andCharm, or Charlie Kroll ’01, co-founder and president ofAndera.

Members of the BrownEntrepreneurship Program saidthey believed the forum wentwell. “It helped to continue togrow the entrepreneurial vibeand spirit on campus,” said BenGordon ’05.

Following breakfast and regis-tration, Co-Directors of the pro-gram Eric Tzeng ’03 and JessicaRadow ’03 gave a brief welcomefollowed by opening remarksfrom Michael Joukowsky ’87.

The forum was held in LeungGallery from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Herald staff writer HannahBascom ’05 can be reached [email protected].

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hygiene, he said.“There’s really nothing else

that anyone can do,” he said. O’Shea said he believed the

heightened hygiene alert statuswill reduce the spread of alltransmitted diseases, not justthe Norwalk virus.

“I hear it’s not fun,” saidEmily Erani ’06, in response tothe Norwalk outbreak. But Eranisaid she believed students were

choosing to follow health tipsinstead of avoiding Universityfood establishments.

“I think everyone hasimproved their hygiene becauseof it. I think it’s made peoplemore aware of how clean theyare,” she said.

Others prefer to follow theirown tenets.

“I’m not worried about it. Ibelieve in the 10 second rule,”said Jill Schlesinger ’06.

Herald staff writer Xiyun Yang ’06can be reached [email protected].


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people’s feelings.”To this end, the Residential

Council encouraged upcomingsophomores not to enter thefirst two segments. This way,“They’ll only have to reformgroups once,” Kleinfeld said.

Zara Ahmed ’06, however,had another fear. “The scarypart is the waitlist if you don’tget picked at all,” she said.

Her fear was aggravated byKleinfeld, who said, “About 25percent of sophomores will notbe given housing during the lot-tery.”

Although the lottery in itscurrent form meets with somestudent disapproval, the systemfaced far fiercer criticism at itsinception. Acting on rumors of“misleading and unfair prac-tices” including forced over-crowding and preference givento upcoming sophomores, theStudent Caucus, led by JohnCarusone ’74, boycotted thelottery in 1973.

When the accusationsproved false, Carusone issued a

formal statement of apology tothe administration, but saidthat the housing office was “notdisseminating all pertinentinformation to students,” TheHerald reported in 1973.

Distribution issues remain awork in progress today.Detailed information about thelottery and its changes areavailable online, but the print-ed version of the Grapevine willnot be distributed to “savetrees,” said Katherine Tameo,acting director of ResLife.

Overcrowding issues alsoracked the housing system in1973, alleviated only by theconstruction that year of YoungOrchard apartments. Duringthe 2001-02 academic year, theUniversity converted large dou-bles in Hope College andPerkins to triples, placing trans-fer students in the extra beds.

But overcrowding will notpresent much of a problem nextyear due to a number of unoc-cupied rooms, Tameo said. Shesaid she received a firm state-ment from the administrationthat enrollment will be lessthan last year, anticipated at1,400 rather than 1,450 stu-dents.


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Use guys who are going to getcreative above the rim.

When it finally came to thegame, the introductions wereembarrassing. It looked like abudget version of the WWE

intros with unattractive backupdancers in disco outfits. Jordanstarted off by missing his firstseven shots, he bricked a dunkand the first quarter was such adisgusting display of bad defenseand missed shots that I wasthinking maybe the NBA shouldscrap the game too from All-Starweekend.

But by the end of the first OT,

when Jordan proved why he wasthe best with an unbelievablejumper, the level of play hadreached All-Star status, and theAll-Star game proved itself wor-thy of a continued existence.

Jonathan Meachin ’04 hails fromNew York, N.Y. and is a publicand private sector organizationsconcentrator.


Meachin

“The single attribute

you need (is) to be a

good salesperson.”

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I N B R I E F

(Washington Post) — Congressional negotiators, spurredby Vice President Cheney’s active involvement, werenearing completion late Sunday of a mammoth domes-tic spending bill after agreeing to add $6.1 billion for U.S.military activities in Afghanistan.

The funds for the Pentagon will push the price tag ofthe huge bill well above the $389.9 billion top figure setby the White House budget office in a letter to Congresslast week. The money could be only the first installmentof billions of dollars more for the Pentagon if the UnitedStates goes to war with Iraq.

But GOP aides said Sunday they were hopeful theinclusion of the funds, along with $3.9 billion added ear-lier for war-related intelligence activities, couldstrengthen support for speedy final passage of the long-stalled spending measure.

For months Congress has balked at providingPresident Bush blanket authority to spend up to $10 bil-lion from a wartime reserve account as he saw fit. Butunder a deal brokered by Cheney late last week betweenDefense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and senior mem-bers of the House and Senate appropriations commit-tees, the $6.1 billion in military funds would be appro-priated for operations in Afghanistan under more stan-dard procedures.

“The vice president has been a tremendous help. Ican’t say enough good things about him,’’ said JamesDyer, staff director of the House AppropriationsCommittee. Now, GOP officials hope that Cheney canhelp find ways to add billions of dollars for educationand election reform, despite administration budget lim-its.

GOP lawmakers want to bring the spending bill to thefloor of both chambers for final passage no later thanThursday.

The bill finances all domestic departments and theU.S. foreign aid program through September.Completion of the legislation, which lumps together 11annual appropriations bills, was stalled last year in thepolitically-divided Congress.

But a number of potential battles still loom over fund-ing and environmental provisions written into the bill.

GOP officials were close to abandoning the idea ofincorporating some $3.8 billion in drought relief forfarmers in the bill because of the tight ceiling imposedby the White House.

Environmentalists in both parties have vowed toremove language that would allow Interior Departmentfunds to be used for early studies of oil and gas develop-ment of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.Also, as currently written the legislation would not allowenvironmental organizations to challenge in court awilderness plan for the Tongass National Forest in Alaskathat is to be completed in 60 days.

Funds for federal and state land and water conserva-tion programs would be reduced by $166 million. ButHouse and Senate negotiators have restored funding forthe FBI and the State Department that was cut in earlierversions of the package.

The section of the measure funding veterans, housingand environmental programs also fares well in the finalagreement, sources said.

Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, who chairs the SenateAppropriations Committee, has proposed a $100 millionfund to help fishermen, $35 million of which would go tofishermen in his state.

But aides said Sunday that negotiators have yet toresolve how to pay for such “add-ons,’’ which couldrequire government-wide cuts to keep the package with-in the limits set by the White House.

U.S., Turkey sign pact on renovatingbases in war buildup ISTANBUL, Turkey (Washington Post) — U.S. and Turkish offi-cials signed an agreement late Saturday governing theterms for U.S. renovations at several military bases inTurkey that the United States could use in a war againstIraq, officials said.

Under the so-called memorandum of understanding,about 3,500 U.S. troops and workers will be allowed intoTurkey to expand and modernize airports, military basesand seaports for eventual use by U.S. soldiers. Turkey’sparliament granted permission to modernize the baseslast week, but the work was delayed while officials fromboth countries haggled over technical and legal fineprint.

Work on the renovations can now begin immediately,officials said.

Turkey’s parliament is scheduled to vote Feb. 18 onwhether to allow the stationing of as many as 30,000 to40,000 U.S. troops. The U.S. forces would be used to opena northern front in a war against Iraq, with which Turkeyshares a 218-mile border. A northern front is consideredvital to the U.S. war strategy.

The agreement states that U.S. troops and workersallowed into the country for base renovations will be sub-ject to Turkish law and, if they commit offenses, tried inTurkish courts, according to a report by Turkey’s semi-offi-cial news agency, Anatolian. The question of legal jurisdic-tion was reportedly a key stumbling block during negoti-ations.

The agreement also states that the United States willpay for all upgrades, that Turkey will incur no financiallosses as a result of the work, and that priority will begiven to the use of Turkish labor and equipment duringthe renovations, which are expected to cost several hun-dred million dollars.

Renovations will occur at three military bases — alllocated in southern and southeastern Turkey and within100 to 400 miles of Iraq — and at three airports in otherparts of the country.

Scientists replace stem cell genes (Washington Post) — Scientists working with human embry-onic stem cells have for the first time successfully splicedout individual genes from the medically promising butpolitically contentious cells and substituted different genesin their place.

The work is a step toward the biomedical goal of beingable to rebuild or regenerate parts of the human body bytransplanting either stem cells or tissues grown from stemcells into patients, scientists said. Precise genetic changes inthose formative human cells might enhance their thera-peutic potential or make them more compatible withpatients’ immune systems.

Some scientists suggested the success might somedaymake it unnecessary to pursue “therapeutic cloning,” inwhich cloned embryos would be created as a source oftherapeutic tissues that match the genetic signature of thepatient.

But the work could escalate concerns among those whofear that stem cell technology will lead to the creation of“designer babies.’’

“We’re seeing that genetic engineering techniques thathave been available in mice and other animals are gradual-ly being applied to human cells,’’ said John Robertson, abioethicist at the University of Texas School of Law.“That’sdefensible as long as it’s used to cure diseases, but we haveto be aware that techniques like these can be abused, too.’’

The new work, published in Monday’s issue of the jour-nal Nature Biotechnology, resembles similar studiesdecades ago in mice. That was when scientists discoveredhow to “knock out’’ and replace individual genes in mouseembryo cells.

The technique, called homologous recombination, revo-lutionized molecular and cellular biology.

By growing animals with those precise genetic changesand seeing what went wrong as they developed, scientistscould start to see what individual genes did. They also wereable to replace “broken’’ genes in mouse embryos.

The work with human embryonic stem cells was doneby University of Wisconsin researcher James A. Thomson,the scientist who discovered the cells in 1998, and his col-league Thomas P. Zwaka.

Huge spending bill nears completion

(Washington Post) — Of all the stresses the space shuttleundergoes during re-entry to Earth’s atmosphere, thereis one particularly wicked effect that will tilt the ship toone side and cause the undercarriage to heat up prema-turely. It has happened on many occasions, but no oneat NASA ever expected that it was capable of destroyinga spacecraft.

In the last minutes before shuttle Columbia disinte-grated over Texas one week ago, NASA instrumentsrecorded excessive “drag’’ on the shuttle’s left wing, andhot spots in several areas of the wing’s underside. At first,the onboard computer ordered the spacecraft’s wing-mounted elevons to compensate; then it fired the jetthrusters when that wasn’t enough.

There is no proof that the loss of Columbia momentslater resulted from the phenomenon scientists describeas “asymmetrical boundary layer transition.’’ But thesymptoms observed in Columbia are similar to thosethat occurred in perhaps a dozen shuttle flights over thelife of the 20-year program.

In each case, engineers determined that the prema-ture drag occurred because launch damage or faultymaintenance had roughed up the surface of the thermaltiles that cloak the underside of the shuttle. This inter-rupted the air flow, pulling the wing down, increasingfriction and causing the tiles to heat up more rapidly.

NASA had studied the phenomenon for years, but itsfear was not that the shuttle would suffer a catastrophicstructural failure because of it. “That wasn’t even anissue,’’ said aerospace scientist Steven Schneider, ofPurdue University, who consulted with NASA on theboundary transition.

Instead, Schneider said, NASA was worried about fir-ing the thrusters so often that there wouldn’t be enoughfuel to use them to steady the spacecraft on its finalapproach to landing. The shuttle’s “yaw’’ — its move-ment from right to left — can be fine-tuned by the samesmall, 40-pound jets that correct the drag at much high-er speeds and altitudes.

In studies published by the American Institute ofAeronautics and Astronautics in 1997 and 2002, scien-tists analyzed more than 80 shuttle flights. They foundgenerally that the boundary transition under ordinarycircumstances took place at an altitude of 156,000 feet,with the spacecraft flying at a speed of about 5,000 milesper hour.

But the 1997 study also determined that the transition“tripped’’ — occurred prematurely — in 20 percent ofthe flights, and in 60 percent — about a dozen flights —the transition was “asymmetrical,’’ in that one wing of

the spacecraft encountered turbulence before the other,dragging down the afflicted side.

In 1989, Columbia had an asymmetric transition at analtitude of 220,000 feet, while traveling at a speed of12,500 mph. Columbia was in roughly the same configu-ration Feb. 1 when Mission Control lost communica-tions.

“Early tripping is not a good idea,’’ said Jerry Grey,director of science and technology policy for theAmerican Institute ofAeronautics and Astronautics.“The consequence of early tripping is an early heattransfer. The spacecraft stays hotter for longer.’’

The boundary layer transition is a well-known con-cept in fluid mechanics, easily understood by looking atthe water in any flowing stream. Close to the bank thewater is virtually still, while it flows most rapidly in themiddle. The increase in speed from riverbank to channelis the boundary layer transition.

“That’s because of the friction between the edge waterand the bank itself,’’ said five-time astronaut JeffreyHoffman, who teaches astronautics at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology. “The flow can besmooth, or it can become turbulent.’’

When a returning space shuttle begins to re-enter theEarth’s atmosphere, the flow of air over the wing issmooth, even though the transition is from zero mph onthe surface of the wing to 17,000 mph less than an inchabove it.

As re-entry continues, however, the combination ofincreasing friction and atmospheric density will causethe flow to become turbulent, as if Hoffman’s babblingbrook had become choked by floodwaters.

“A turbulent boundary will cause the wing surface toget hotter,’’ said Grey, but it is not something to worryabout, under normal circumstances. “It happens all thetime,’’ Grey added, and “you can’t do anything about it.’’

Hoffman explained further that the transition is notsomething that the shuttle crew watches closely duringthe 60-minute re-entry. Like Mission Control, the astro-nauts are preoccupied with their upcoming touch-downand whether their speed and altitude correspond toNASA’s templates.

“At Mach 8 (about 5,000 miles per hour) you’re onlyabout 300 miles from landing,’’ Hoffman said. “You’re at150,000 feet and you have 1.5 Gs (11/2 times the force ofgravity) pushing down on you. You’re looking at yournumbers on the displays and at the numbers you’re sup-posed to have.’’ In five flights on four shuttle orbiters,Hoffman said he never noticed when the transitionoccurred.

Wing drag occurred on earlier flights

WASHINGTON (L.A. Times) — AsU.N. weapons inspectors indi-cated some progress in weekendtalks with Iraq, the United Stateschastised President SaddamHussein on Sunday for continu-ing to play “hide-and-seek’’ withhis deadliest arms and rejected aEuropean proposal to prevent arush to war.

President Bush said it is nowtime for the United Nations toface the “moment of truth.’’

Chief weapons inspectorHans Blix, concluding two daysof talks, said Sunday that theinspections are “not at all at theend of the road’’ but that hedetected a nuanced change ofheart. Baghdad provided addi-tional documents on chemicaland biological weapons andmissile development, although ithad not yet agreed to allow U-2surveillance overflights, he said.

But the United Statesappeared determined to rebuffany further inspection efforts.Bush, speaking at a Republicanpolicy conference, charged thatthe Iraqi leader “wants the worldto think that hide-and-seek is agame that we should play. Andit’s over.’’

Because Saddam is “deceiving— not disarming,’’ Bush said, theUnited States would be workingwith allies “over the next shortperiod of time’’ to bring theUnited Nations to the same con-clusion.

The administration also con-tinued to press hard for a newU.N. resolution condoning theuse of force to finish the job ofdisarming Saddam. Secretary ofState Colin L. Powell rejectedideas from France and Germany

to give U.N. teams more timeand more muscle to carry outinspections in Iraq.

Powell called on the UnitedNations to meet soon to makethe final determination whether“serious consequences are dueat this time.’’ In an administra-tion media blitz of the Sundaytalk shows, Powell said the timefor inspections is over becauseBaghdad has shown that it willnot comply with SecurityCouncil Resolution 1441. Theevidence, he said, includes anincomplete accounting of itsweapons programs it deliveredto the United Nations inDecember.

“This lack of cooperation byIraq and the false declaration, allthe other actions that they havetaken and not taken since theresolution passed ... all set thestage for the U.N. to go into ses-sion and find whether or notserious consequences areappropriate at this time,’’ Powellsaid on “Fox News Sunday.’’

“I don’t think the next stepshould be, ‘Let’s send in moreinspectors to be stiffed by theIraqis,’ ‘‘ he said.

German Defense MinisterPeter Struck said that a proposalto formally strengthen inspec-tions will be introduced at theUnited Nations on Friday, whenchief inspectors Hans Blix andMohamed ElBaradei give theirprogress report to the SecurityCouncil.

Although the French ForeignMinistry denied Sunday thatthere is any secret new plan,Struck said after a two-day inter-national defense conference inMunich, Germany, that Franceand Germany stand “shoulder toshoulder’’ and hope their initia-tive will be taken up positively inthe Security Council.

Despite the Bush administra-tion’s attempts to deflect thenew ideas, the clash of wills overIraq between the United Statesand its two long-standing alliesappeared to be deepening.

The ideas under discussion inEurope, French diplomats said,included tripling the number ofU.N. inspectors in Iraq, declar-ing the entire country a “no-fly’’zone and increasing aerial sur-veillance — all as 150,000 U.S.troops remain deployed aroundIraq to maintain pressure onBaghdad. Another idea, pro-posed by Germany, woulddeploy U.N. troops to back upthe inspectors inside Iraq.

Powell said he had not beeninformed of any new plan.French envoys said Sunday thatthe proposals were making therounds on the Continent to gainwider backing before possiblytaking shape in a new resolutionat the Security Council.

In Germany for talks withPrime Minister GerhardSchroeder, Russian PresidentVladimir V. Putin said that a con-sensus against rushing into warhad emerged among France,Germany, China and Russia.Putin said the countries’ foreignministers and U.N. envoys werecoordinating their efforts.

Putin was scheduled to holdtalks in Paris Monday withFrench President JacquesChirac.

But America’s top diplomatsaid time is fast running out fordiplomatic solutions.

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from the night before.Looking to prove those who

expected a sub-par effort wrong,the team, especially Hunt andPowers, came out of the gatestrong. In the first six minutes,Powers nailed three straightthree-pointers and between thetwo games, finished seven for 12from three-point land. Huntadded seven points on his way toa first-half high of 11, helping theBears build an eight-point lead.Following a technical on theDartmouth bench, Hunt missedtwo free throws and started anearly six-minute stretch inwhich the team could not score.The Big Green used the opportu-nity to take a 27-25 lead, beforeHunt tied the game by makingboth ends of a one-and-one.Bailey had a fast-break lay-up offof a steal at the end of the half togive the Bears a lead going intothe locker room, 32-30.

Both teams had stretches inthe second half where they wentover four minutes without scor-ing. Hunt and Kilburn led the wayfor Brown combining to score 14of the team’s 29 second-halfpoints. Kilburn’s total again cameon a perfect four of four from thefield and he has now made 19consecutive field goals, puttinghim six shy of the NCAA record.

“Jaime (Kilburn) did not miss ashot and was scoring at will,”Miller said. “He has been at theshort end of the stick because ofthe four-guard line-up, sotonight I decided to stick withhim.”

“Initially I was a starter andnow coming off the bench, myrole is just to provide the teamwith a spark,” Kilburn said.

While Dartmouth kept thegame close, it never tied orretook the lead in the half andthe Bear’s defense forced the BigGreen into two 35-second viola-tions and a five-second violated.The Bears held Dartmouth toonly 23 second-half points.Dartmouth’s leading scorer

Charles Harris was held to justfour points on 2-11 shooting.Forte’s free throws with 19 sec-onds left put the lock on a 61-53victory.

Hunt and Kilburn finished asthe only two Bears in double fig-ures, while Hunt and Forte tiedfor the team lead in reboundsand assists, six and three, respec-tively. Kilburn had two blocks forthe second straight game.

Brown is off to its best start inthe Ivy League, now in sole pos-session of first place. They headdown to Princeton and UPennnext weekend for games with theprevious two Ivy League champi-ons. Penn and Princeton are also4-0 in the league. AgainstPrinceton on Friday, Brown willtry to end the longest activeroad-losing streak against oneopponent in Division I.

“I am going to be excited and Iknow all of us are going to beexcited,” said Bailey, about facinghis former school U-Penn. “I amvery focused and it is probablythe biggest game of the year forme. We just have to get Princetonfirst.”

Lay-Ups: Coach Miller spokewith UConn Head Coach JimCalhoun, for whom he played forand worked as an assistant, fol-lowing his announcement thathe was taking a leave of absenceto receive treatment for prostatecancer … Against Harvard, thegame was stopped for over twominutes when Nuualiitia wasinjured when his head slammedinto the floor while going up for arebound … President RuthSimmons attended the contestvs. Harvard … The Crimson out-rebounded the Bears on theoffensive end 22-7 … WhileDartmouth did not miss a freethrow against Brown last season,it shot only 55.6 percent from thecharity stripe on Saturday … Theattendance for the game againstthe Big Green was 1,872.

Sports staff writer Joshua Troy ’04 isthe executive sports editor and cov-ers the men’s basketball team. Hecan be reached at [email protected].


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Already doin’ itIn spring 2000, Donald Desrochers, then dean of Residential Life,gave two arguments against co-ed housing that administrators havestuck to ever since — the imminent danger of opposite-sex couplesliving together, and the need for single-sex bathrooms.

The University has offered no good reason why suites of singles,like Graduate Center and the Young Orchard Apartments, shouldnot be co-ed. Grad Center in particular is one of the only realisticoptions for sophomores looking to live in suites. And truly, GradCenter suites are scarcely different from traditional hall-style co-edliving, with single rooms and a shared bathroom connected by aglorified hallway.

The “experiment” of a co-ed hallway of suites in New Dorm Aproved an unmitigated success by all accounts, with no complaintsof rampant coupling, and Residential Council deserves praise forits efforts in pushing this initiative through. This year theUniversity responded by expanding co-ed housing to its currentlimits — but refuses to budge on the bathroom question.

In several dorms around campus, bathrooms are already co-edin practice, despite whether the figure on the door is wearing askirt or not, especially in dorms with only one bathroom per floor,like Hope College and Hegeman. The current requirement that co-ed suites have access to single-sex bathrooms is largely arbitrary.Such restrictions on co-ed living smack of Puritanical moralismand heterosexism. Is the University really afraid that the introduc-tion of unisex bathrooms will lead to wild shower orgies? Perhapsthe administration should take a peek inside a Grad Center bath-room, where you’re lucky if you can pick up a bar of soap withoutbrushing up against scummy tile.

Co-ed living is not for everyone. Because students are able tochoose their group members in the housing lottery, it’s not beingforced upon anyone. Yet for LGBT students on campus, single-sexliving could be equally uncomfortable (or inappropriate, depend-ing on your point of view), as co-ed living is for heterosexual stu-dents.

Brown’s rules governing co-ed living support an antiquatednotion of interaction between the genders that no longer has anyplace on this campus.

Student group worksfor responsible U.investment strategy

To the Editor:

“Issues ... such as socially responsible investingseem to have fallen by the wayside in recentmonths,” said a recent staff editorial (“A FreshIdea,” Feb. 5). As a member of Students forResponsible Investing, I am proud to report wehave made great strides this year in promoting theresponsible investment of the Brown endowment.

We are currently working on a policy to be usedby the Brown Corporation and the InvestmentOffice. Although our group is not widely publicized,we are very active and would welcome new mem-bers.

We believe that how a person or organizationchooses to spend money is an important reflectionof its values. But perhaps more important than notinvesting in irresponsible companies (Brown is cur-rently considering divesting from tobacco) is pro-moting change within companies that Brown owns,or has stock in.

We direct much of our attention to stockholderactivism. This involves voting on resolutions whichchange corporate practices. For example, if Brownowns stock in MoneyMart and a stockholder pro-poses that MoneyMart increase the numbers ofminorities in manager positions, Brown has theopportunity to support that resolution.

As a student group we work to insure thatBrown exercises its vote as a stockholder and thatstudent opinions are heard during the process.This is one of many ways that we work towardactive and thoughtful investing by Brown. If youwould like to learn more about us, [email protected].

Kenna Stormogipson ’03 Feb. 6

If we do invade Iraq,we must leave as soonas possibleTo the Editor:

Re: “Post-war Iraq must be independent, demo-cratic” (Feb. 5). Jaideep Singh is an internationalrelations concentrator, so I cannot claim his cre-dentials. But when you lack credentials, commonsense is a serviceable substitute.

Singh does not know much about “war technolo-gies” (war is not an important part of internationalrelations), so let’s listen to Harlan Ullman, aPentagon adviser who appeared on CBS to talkabout the “shock and awe” strategy he helpedauthor. “(Y)ou get rid of their power, water ... ratherlike the nuclear weapons at Hiroshima, not takingdays or weeks, but in minutes.” This is accom-plished by the “technology” of carpet bombing: 400cruise missiles into Baghdad in the first 24 hours,another 400 in the next.

As for democracy, the New York Times reportsthat the heir apparent to the Iraqi dictatorship isGen. Tommy Franks, a mediocre military careeristwho is already under investigation by the Pentagonfor a host of corruptions involving his wife.(Apparently some poor Army of One was assignedto Mrs. Frank’s dry-cleaning.) So we see that theman has already inculcated the petty mindset of afatuous imperial administrator.

It may be that the antiwar movement, despite itsdiverse character, huge demonstrations and sup-port of most of the planet, cannot stop the war onIraq. Fine. Then the task is to organize to get theUnited States the hell out of Iraq as quickly as pos-sible, instead of surmising how heavy the WhiteMan’s Burden should be. The United States neverintervenes militarily to promote human rights; itintervenes to protects the perceived interests of itselites, despite whatever long- and short-term disas-ters doing so might entail for “us” or “them.” Butsurely I don’t have to remind an international rela-tions concentrator of the way nations actuallyrelate.

Shaun Joseph ’03International Socialist Organization

Feb. 5

OPINIONSTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD


IN GENERAL, I LIKE TO THINK OF MYSELFas a people person. I’ve bought my shareof rounds at Max’s. I’ve gone to my share ofathletic games even though I personallyhave the upper body strength of a GoldenGirl. I do these things because I like inter-acting with people. But there are somepeople out there I just can’t stand. I like tocall them “morons.” I don’t mean moronsin the loveable Ozzy Osbournekind of way, or in the guys-who-talk-too-loud-in-the-movieskind of way. They’re fine, if a bitaggravating. No, when I saymorons, I mean in the creepy,Karl Rove, “I didn’t get asked to the JuniorProm so now I’m going to take over theworld” kind of way.

You know the type. They’re the oneswho don’t support affirmative actionbecause 35 years of semi-equality shouldbe more than enough to erase the damageof 400 years of slavery and forced segrega-tion. They’re the ones who tell you not togive change to the homeless people onThayer Street because they’ll just use themoney to buy alcohol and drugs. (If there’sa place Joe from outside Store 24 can buycrack and vodka for 93 cents, I’d sure liketo know where.) And my personal favorite,they’re the ones who say, “You know, a warwith Iraq or North Korea won’t be too bad,because it’ll jump-start the economy.”Morons.

For the purposes of this article, I won’tspend much time on the other forced justi-fications that have been made for war withIraq. We’ve all heard those argumentsbefore, and we all know why they’re wrong.Saddam has ties to al-Qaida. (A recent CIA

report says he doesn’t.) Saddam gasses hisown people. (Reagan helped him do it.)Saddam violates U.N. regulations. (Fewcountries have defied the United Nationsmore times than we have.) Saddam mayhave some weapons of mass destruction.(Charlton Heston gives them out as stock-ing stuffers.)

No, for now I’m going to focus on theuber-morons. The ones whothink war admissible becauseit’ll help the economy. Not onlyare they wrong factually, butthey have forgotten some ofthe most basic questions any

society must ask itself. The first thing these misinformed war-

mongers will point to is the major econom-ic boom that occurred after World War II.“You see!” they chide. “It was a massivemilitary build-up that helped get us out ofthe Depression!”

Indeed there was an economic boomthat began shortly after World War II andlasted through the rest of the Trumanpresidency, but things were a bit differentback then. For starters, the top income taxrate hovered at around 90 percent, closeto three times what it is now. Even underIke, the inheritor of the post-war prosper-ity and the last Republican to serve withboth houses of Congress in his pocket, thetop rate never dropped below 85 percent.Also, the major industrial leaders of thetime had a much harder time getting pri-vate meetings with Vice PresidentsBarkley and Nixon than the CEOs ofHarken and Enron have had getting meet-ings with Dick Cheney. From 1945 to 1960,corporation income taxes averaged about5.5 percent of GDP. Today they are lessthan half that.

“So what are you saying?” you would askme if I were sitting next to you — “Hightaxes automatically mean a good econo-

my?” Of course not. But a good economywill result if tax revenue is used wisely. Backin the good old postwar days, New Dealprograms were still strong and well-fund-ed. There was no talk of having to putSocial Security accounts on the stock mar-ket or raiding benefits packages. The gov-ernment was paying for millions of youngAmericans to go to college. The TennesseeValley Authority was building govern-ment-invested infrastructure across theAmerican South. In any case, blindly asso-ciating a postwar economic situationtoday with one 50 years ago is wrong,because times are very different andAmerican fiscal policy has changed drasti-cally.

“Okay,” you could be thinking now,“maybe the war wasn’t the sole reason forthe post-WWII boom, but it could havehelped.” Some doubt is cast, however, ifwe look at how the economy performedafter other wars. The period following theVietnam conflict saw a recession that wedidn’t recover from for nearly two years.We all know how things went for Bush theFirst after the Gulf War. Maybe deficitspending and the diversion of funds fromjob creation and social health programs toa military conflict that disrupts interna-tional trade and puts some of our mostproductive citizens in danger isn’t a soundeconomic policy at all.

But the truth is that the idiocy in advo-cating war on behalf of the economy cannotbe demonstrated with statistics or historylessons. Take a step back. Every Americanagrees it is important to have a good econo-my. But every American should also takethe time to ask him or herself one crucial,yet oft-overlooked, question: What is thepurpose of a good economy?

There is no definitive way to measure ordefine the strength of an economy. Wehave come to rely on various estimated

indicators, most notably the GrossDomestic Product. Gross DomesticProduct is a measure of how much anation produces. So is that the goal of soci-ety, to produce as much as possible? At theend of the day, are we going to look to therest of the world and say with satisfaction,“We produced more things than you, sotherefore we are happier?” Of course not.

The goal of a society, and of a society’seconomy, is to produce as high a quality oflife for its citizens as possible. Truth be told,there is always the outside possibility thatIBM is building some new radar systems orGM is building some new tanks will benefitsome of our economic indicators. But willlife be better for the senior who can nolonger afford medication or for a parentwatching his or her child die on CNN?

Advocating war on behalf of the econo-my is supply-side economics at its worst.The very idea that a few artificial numbersgoing up rather than down because somedefense industry cronies are makingmoney is the sign of a healthy economywhen thousands of citizens are facinghunger, poor health and bullets is franklydisgusting. A high GDP or growing stockmarket is useless if it comes at the expenseof common people. A strong economy anda strong society cannot properly be calledso unless all who take part in building themhave a chance to reap the benefits.

Now the morons have been over-whelmed, at least for today. They will notadmit they’re wrong because they neverdo. In their exhaustion and confusion,however, they reel around for one last stab.“Class warfare!” they cry. Well, if sayingthat our government should have eco-nomic policies that will benefit manyAmericans, as opposed to a select few, isclass warfare, then call me guilty. But Idon’t mind. It’s a hell of a lot better thanreal warfare.

Why someone should have asked Karl Rove to the prom

SETH MAGAZINER

COLUMNIST

For many war-mongers, it’s the stupid economy

Media conglomerates manipulate our viewsFew realize the wide-ranging influence of the entertainment industry

WOULD IT SURPRISE YOU TO HEARthat General Electric of light bulb fameowns the major commercial network NBC?Most likely not. Would it surprise you tohear that GE is a major producer of nuclearbombs and reactors? Possibly not. Would itsurprise you if GE’s ownershipof NBC had any impact on theway the news is reported to thepublic? I hope not.

We live in a world wherenothing that is presented to uscan be taken at surface value. Any adver-tisement, speech, news report or magazinearticle has an agenda, and sometimes thatagenda and its means are not easily spotted.British Petroleum, who has recently put for-ward the moniker “Beyond Petroleum,”advertising itself as mainly a promoter ofcleaner, greener technologies, derives near-ly 90 percent of its revenue from petroleum.The first time I saw an advertisement for BP,I had no idea that the company had any-thing to do with oil. Advertisers are often inthe business of making the consumer feelcomfortable about buying a product, nomatter how harmful the product may be tothemselves or to the environment. Thisbusiness rewards those who are talentedspin artists and exceptional deceivers.

I am not out to deride large corporationsand their motivations. People need power,and people need fuel. I am only trying to

warn against the mindless acceptance of acorporate-owned media. Let us return tothe case of General Electric: This companyadmits to being a potentially responsibleparty at more than 70 Superfund sites, hasdumped 2.5 million gallons of radioactive

waste water into the Gulf ofMexico and has dumped500,000 pounds of PCBs intothe Hudson River. This is thecompany that employs thenewscaster you watch every

night. NBC’s entertainment program, “Extra,”

ran a special on the nuclear accident thatfeatured a nuclear power industry expert,and it hosted no scientists critical ofnuclear power. Not surprisingly, the cancer-ridden adults and children living near theplant were also not adequately represented.If this is not an example of a corporate-driv-en agenda, I don’t know what is. This “sci-entist” featured on “Extra” is just the kind ofscientist who will disagree with the UnitedNations Intergovernmental Panel onClimate Change (a panel of the top scien-tists in the world, who gathered to workwith the United Nations EnvironmentProgram and came to the consensus thatglobal warming is happening and is havingdrastic negative effects). Patrick Michaels, apreviously little-known scientist, was fund-ed by Western Fuels Association (a consor-tium of coal interests) to edit the WorldClimate Report. You can believe it was notin agreement with most of the top scientistson the issue. Such an opinion is likely to get

widespread media coverage without anymention of funding sources, especiallybecause it seems like a hot new finding.

Let us turn our attention to advertising.You may be familiar with Sea World; Shamuis somewhat of a national icon. As onestrolls through the walkways, green spacesand plazas of Sea World, one is confrontedwith countless messages from corpora-tions who wish to spread their message toanimal lovers from all walks of life. I willfocus on Budweiser because the park itselfgives out free beer. This is a brilliant mar-keting strategy for Bud because not onlyare they parading around a happy-go-luckyimage, they are also doing it in the pres-ence of families with children. In SeaWorld, everything down to the last bench iscalculated by teams of researchers in orderto make the park as efficient and profit-friendly as possible. The vice president offood services puts this message bluntly interms of his position: “The point of thefood in the landscape is not to satisfy needsbut to produce and differentiate desires.”So Budweiser hops on the train. In anatmosphere where everything has beencalculated to perfection, corporationsplant their names in order to latch ontothat image of a perfect, friendly environ-ment. Despite complaints from animal-rights activists and the fact that Sea Worldhas been responsible for the deaths ofcountless killer whales over their decadesof capturing the animals, they put thisimage across quite effectively.

In the same vein, despite that alco-

holism is a destroyer of lives, Budweiserputs across the same kind of positive imagequite effectively. Corporate-driven newstakes a story and sells it. It is the businessof intriguing, exciting, scaring the viewerinto watching or into reading. For this rea-son, most major headlines or broadcastswill describe an event, an emergency, adeclaration of war or maybe a celebritywedding. On television or the radio, it maysound something like this: “We come toyou live at the scene, where fires raged justlast night through a downtown apartmentbuilding! No one has been reported injured— now we turn to local residents for theirstory of what happened.” What may be amore important issue for the public toknow about, such as the impact of carexhaust on the health of inner-city resi-dents, is too long-term for newscasters tocover. Can you imagine a reporter sayingsomething like this? “We come to you liveat the scene, where for the past five years, asteady increase in traffic congestion hasbuilt up an unhealthy level of ground levelozone. We turn now to residents, who areunhappy that more people aren’t carpool-ing.” I don’t think so.

What is the final upshot of all of this? Ifprivate agendas and corporate greed drivemost of the information that crosses ourpath, where shall we go for truth?Hopefully we can seek it out within all ofthese messages and behind all of theseveils. If not, the public will continue itsconsumptive patterns, ensuring riches forfew and ruin for many.

The Herald would like to welcome NickBayard ’04 to its opinions staff.

Even Seth Magaziner ’06 doesn’t have asextensive a college legacy as George W.Bush.

NICK BAYARD

COLUMNIST

BY JOSHUA TROYTo answer the question that has plaguedTNT for the last year and a half, drama isa basketball game between two IvyLeague rivals in which neither team leadsby more then seven points, features 11ties and is not decided until the last 10seconds. For the 2,300 that packed thePizzitola Sports Center on Friday nightdespite a snowstorm, the men’s basket-ball team’s (11-9, 6-0) 91-86 victory overHarvard was as dramatic as any sports fancould have imagined. While Saturday’scontest against Dartmouth was moreappropriate for TBS as a comedy oferrors, even with a slight letdown, theteam was able to knock-off an underratedBig Green team, 61-53.

“This group is an older group and isvery determined,” said Head Coach GlenMiller. “Right now, we are on a roll and Ihope it doesn’t stop.”

Winners of six straight and eight of 10heading into the game with Harvard,Bruno used a well-balanced performanceto take down a Harvard team that hadplayed Pennsylvania and Princeton tightlast weekend. After taking a seven-pointlead with 14:55 to play in the first half, theteams traded field goal and foul shots,leading to a stretch that featured seventies in the next six and a half minutes.With the Bears up 30-29, the Crimsonwent on an 8-0 run thanks to four pointsapiece from Brian Cusworth and GusWinter and took a 37-30 lead with 4:29 toplay in the half.

For the second straight home game,

UPenn transfer Harold Bailey ’03 provid-ed a spark off of the bench, draining twostraight three-pointers to sandwich a fieldgoal by Harvard. Still down one, JaimeKilburn ’04 continued his recent stretchof inspired play by blocking two shots,forcing a turnover and then putting in abasket inside the paint. Kilburn was theteam’s leading scorer at halftime witheight, on four of four shooting. To closeout the half following a 6-0 run byHarvard, Mike Martin ’04 drained a shotfrom behind the arc to shrink the gap totwo, 45-43.

“Being out earlier this year and otherguys stepping up when I was gone (have)helped our team,” said Earl Hunt ’03. “Somany guys stepped up tonight and we aregoing to need that if we are going to makea championship run.”

After trading baskets for the first fourminutes of the second half, the Crimsonmounted a seven-point lead with key bas-kets from Winter and the team’s leading-scorer Patrick Harvey. But as they showedall night, the Bears were ready for a fightand Hunt, who scored 18 of his game-high 24 points in the second half, wasready to lead the way to victory. With thelead cut to 72-66 with 9:34 to play in thegame, Martin and Patrick Powers ’04 hitback-to-back three-pointers to tie thegame and Hunt and Alai Nuualiitia ’03scored the team’s next 15 points to giveBrown a 87-81 lead with 1:28 remaining.

The intensity of the game continuedthroughout, as Harvard used an offensiverebound to earn a second three-point

chance and Elliot Prasse-Freeman, thirdin the nation in assists, delivered, cuttingthe lead to three. After a driving basket byJason Forte ’05, Prasse-Freeman added asecond three and Harvey drained a two toput the lead at three with 32 secondsremaining. After a timeout, Harvardfouled Forte, but following two missedfree throws the Crimson had the ball andthe chance to tie. With the game on theline, Harvey missed a three-pointer andHunt pulled down the rebound and wasfouled. Making two foul shots, Huntclosed out the game and sealed the win.

Bruno finished with four guys in dou-ble-figures, including Nuualiitia andPowers with 15 each, and Forte came upone point shy of a double-double, withnine points and 10 assists. Bailey andNuualiitia finished tied for the team leadin rebounds, each pulling down sevenboards.

“If we lose (Saturday), it won’t bebecause we did not take Dartmouth seri-ously,” Miller said.

“Ivy League basketball is two games ina row on the weekend,” Hunt said. “Weneed to sleep this one off and get readyfor the next one.”

Despite recognizing the potential for atrap game, coming off the close winagainst Harvard and Princeton next onthe schedule, no one would deny that thegame against Dartmouth was closer thanit should have been and everyone, fansincluded, was still emotionally hung-over

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With first place on the line,men’s basketball will hit the road over the long weekend to face the Princeton Tigers and PennsylvaniaQuakers. All three teams have yet to lose in the Ivies.

6-0 men’s basketball remains in firstwith wins over Harvard, Dartmouth

Women’s basketball swept on weekend road trip

All-stardesperation

S C O R E B O A R DWomen’s tennis BROWN 6, Syracuse 1

Men’s basketball BROWN 61, Dartmouth 53BROWN 91, Harvard 86

Women’s basketballDartmouth 74, BROWN 68Harvard 72, BROWN 61

Women’s gymnastics BROWN team took thirdplace in a tri-meet with Yaleand U.R.I.

Men’s hockey BROWN 3, Union 2R.P.I. 4, BROWN 3 OT

Women’s hockeyDartmouth 3, BROWN 0BROWN 4, Vermont 1

Men’s swimming and diving BROWN 125.5, Army 117.5Columbia 148, Yale 146,BROWN 93

Women’s swimming and div-ing BROWN 172, Yale 122

Men’s track BROWN finishes first atU.R.I. Mega Meet

Women’s track BROWN takes third at U.R.I.Invitational

TALK ABOUT TRYING TO FILL TIME. THENBA All-Star weekend once again wasbrutally long. Jason Richardson’s winningdunk was definitely legit, but let’s cut outthe celebrity ballers and the cheesy half-

court games. Keepthe dunk andthree-point con-test because theyare the only com-petitive elementsof the show, butget rid of the“weekend” in All -Star weekend andmake it a onenight event. Thegame itself isalmost never goodso why prolong

the event into a weekend-long saga?Like everyone, I am always glad to see

that Magic Johnson is doing well, but hisgame of H-O-R-S-E against Isaiah Thomaswas pathetic. First of all, they played thegame in what looked like a high schoolgym and whether no one cared or no onewas let in, the bleachers were completelyempty. Neither player looked that excitedto be there and while H-O-R-S-E betweenguys doing high-flying dunks might befun to watch, two old guys shootingjumpers just isn’t that interesting. And didStuart Scott really have to scream“Booyah” every time someone hit ajumper? I know he was trying to makesomething dreadfully boring seem enter-taining, but he was just annoying to listento.

I don’t know who the creative team isfor All-Star weekend is, but no one wantsto watch a half-court game involving B-list celebrities, veterans, WNBA playersand two average NBA players. While Iknow Dominique Wilkins — “the humanhighlight film” was one of the most excit-ing players in NBA history — it was justsad to see him over the weekend. Fine,the Atlanta fans wanted to see the fran-chise’s best player, but a sluggish ’Niquegoing 4-for-16 from the field impressedno one.

What are Ashton Kutcher and FrankieMuniz doing on a basketball court duringthe All-Star weekend? I know the NBA hasbeen struggling to find stars with Jordanset to depart but do we really need to seeB-list actors bricking shots at the All-Stargame?

Historically, this weekend has beenfilled with awful ideas ranging from theNBA-WNBA two ball competition to theLegends Classic game which looked morelike a game between out-of-breath week-end warriors than a showcase of some ofthe game’s greats. H-O-R-S-E was really agood idea but don’t do it with guys whoare closer to AARP then their glory days.

The Brown women’s basketball team (10-9,4-2 Ivy League) suffered its first twolosses in league play over the weekend,losing to Harvard, 72-61, and toDartmouth, 74-68.

Against Harvard on Friday, the Bearswere down by 15 at halftime, gettingoutscored 41-26, but came out strong inthe second half and outscored theCrimson 35-31.

Colleen Kelly ’06 led Brown with 19points, 17 in the second half. Kelly alsopulled down five boards, dished out threeassists and grabbed two steals.

The only other Bear scoring in doubledigits was Tanara Golston ’04 with 11

points. Golston also recorded fiverebounds and led Brown in assists withfour.

Nyema Mitchell ’04 had sevenrebounds and also netted nine points.Sarah Hayes ’06 and Holly Robertson ’05both added seven points apiece. Hayesled the Bears in rebounds with eight asRobertson pulled down five. Hayes alsoled the team in steals with four anddished out three assists. Jackie Vocell ’06and Ashley Van Kurin ’06 combined foreight points.

In the second game vs. Dartmouth,Brown again trailed at halftime but wenton a 10-2 run at the beginning of the sec-

ond half to come within three points butwould get no closer for the remainder ofthe game.

The Bears were once again led by Kellywith 21 points, 15 from behind the three-point arc. Kelly also pulled down sevenrebounds. Golston had 13 points andHayes added 12. Golston led the Bears inassists with five as Hayes pulled downeight boards. Van Kurin led Brown insteals with six, had five points and fourrebounds.

The Bears will host UPenn andPrinceton in the Pizzitola Sports Centerthis weekend, both starting at 7 p.m.

—Brown Sports Information

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