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THE BROWN DAILY HERALD An independent newspaper serving the Brown community since 1891 MARCH 12, 2004 Volume CXXXIX, No. 31 www.browndailyherald.com FRIDAY INSIDE FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2004 FRIDAY wintry mix high 43 low 27 WEATHER FORECAST SATURDAY mostly sunny high 44 low 24 Artists describe hallucinogens’ influences on featured work arts & culture, page 3 Urban planner describes his new vision for downcity area metro extra, page 5 Dan Poulson ’04 wonders if Martha Stewart’s punishment is a good thing column, page 11 Athlete of the Week Tanara Golston ’04 excelled even as a first- year sports, page 12 M. ultimate frisbee has successful week- end at Stanford, reaches semifinals sports, page 12 Panel participants discuss future of leadership BY MELISSA PERLMAN A Rhode Island politician, the chief exec- utive officer of a toy company and the chairman of the Rhode Island Foundation defined the role and meaning of modern leadership in a forum discus- sion Thursday night. The forum, titled “21st Century Challenges for Leadership,” was moderat- ed by President Ruth Simmons in Salomon 101. Panelists were Rhode Island Secretary of State Matt Brown, Hasbro Chief Executive Officer Alan Hassenfeld and Rhode Island Foundation Chairman Pablo Rodriguez. Brown, who currently serves on the board of numerous Rhode Island and national organizations, defined leader- ship as the process of “fundamentally changing things” and fighting constant resistance. “To lead means to fight,” he said. “It means to fight because that’s what it takes to change things, and it usually means to fight for longer than you thought it would take.” Hassenfeld defined leadership in terms of social and corporate responsibility. Hasbro oversees the donation of millions of toys to needy children, he said. Hassenfeld stressed the importance of philanthropy and social responsibility. “Not to be socially responsible is just not to be tolerated,” he said. Hassenfeld set forth specific rules for leaders. A leader must never ask someone to do what he would not, and must lead not by words alone but by example, he said. It is essential not to impose American values on societies that don’t share them, he added. “When you talk about corporate responsibility and corporate social responsibility, philanthropy is a wonder- ful thing, but it is only one leg of a many- legged table,” Hassenfeld said. Rodriguez focused on the importance of principles, describing the assumption of leadership as one of the best and worst moments of his life. “The leader is the person that when faced with circumstances that don’t feel Judy He / Herald Associate Professor of Africana Studies Barrymore Bogues spoke Thursday night in a lecture titled "The Haitian Revolution and its Meanings for Freedom." Haiti’s political situation is result of complex social history, speaker says BY MILES HOVIS The revolution and current political cli- mate in Haiti provide insight into what defines the capacity to be free and human, said Associate Professor of Africana Studies Barrymore Bogues in a Thursday night lecture titled “The Haitian Revolution and its Meanings for Freedom.” The lecture, which drew a crowd of about 30 to Wilson 302, focused on how issues pertinent to the revolution 200 ago are echoed in Haitian politics today. It was planned well in advance of the current political upheaval in Haiti, and was originally intended as a celebratory gesture to mark the bicentennial of the Haitian Revolution as part of Caribbean Heritage week. The topic changed after the recent rebellion in Haiti and President Jean- Bertrand Aristide’s Feb. 29 resignation. Bogues emphasized the complexity of the situation, saying Haiti’s former colonial status and history of popular infighting in part caused current insta- bility. His historical evaluation pointed primarily to centuries-old neglect of the importance of the Haitian Revolution. “The revolution has been silenced by history, thought of and written about as a mere slave revolt,” he said. But because the nature of the Haitian Revolution differed from the French and American revolutions, Bogues claimed it provides a different insight into the nature of liberty. Unlike the analogous struggles in France and the United States, revolution in Haiti was Cancelled classes cause problems for students, departments BY BEN GRIN At the beginning of this semester, students who were intrigued by the listing for HI102: “Medieval Spain: Land of Three Cultures” in the Course Announcement Bulletin might have gotten a surprise when they went to shop the class — it had been cancelled. This cancellation was not unique to the history department. Throughout the University, classes are canceled each semester because of problems with faculty availability. According to Registrar Michael Pesta, lack of student interest rarely causes a course to be cancelled. Instead, depart- ments typically cancel courses when facul- ty are unavailable to teach them. A professor might become unable to teach a course if he or she receives a research grant, retires or teaches a graduate course instead, in place of a retiring profes- sor, said James McClain P’07, chair of the Department of History. The problems students and departments have with cancellations arise mostly because of the timing of the Course Announcement Bulletin’s publication, McClain said. Academic departments sub- mit materials for publication in the CAB 12 to 18 months before the semester begins. At that point, it is often impossible to tell whether faculty will be available to submit- ted courses. The percentage of sections of classes cancelled this semester is about the same as the 5 percent cancelled in past semes- ters, Pesta wrote in an e-mail to The Herald. But some departments have been hit harder than others. Of about 60 sections scheduled in the history department for this semester, 13 were cancelled, including four junior semi- BY KATE GORMAN Each year, the wait for housing lottery number assignments is torturous for undergraduates. But even students with good numbers may not be able to pick the room of their choice. Rooms are pulled from the housing lottery for a variety of reasons every year, said Thomas Forsberg, assistant dean of student life. The University pulls rooms for first-year housing (including counselor locations), pro- gram housing assignments, accommo- dations needed by Disability Support Services and spaces that are scheduled to undergo renovation over the sum- mer, changing the number of students they house. The number of rooms pulled from the lottery varies from year to year, depending on the number of requests DSS receives, said Jesse Goodman ’04, chair of Residential Council. Forsberg said his office doesn’t nec- essarily know which rooms will be available for students to choose. “The specific rooms that will be pulled are not determined well in Pulled rooms can surprise students at housing lottery see HOUSING, page 4 see CANCELLED, page 4 Judy He / Herald Rhode Island Foundation Chairman Pablo Rodriguez, Hasbro Chief Executive Officer Alan Hassenfeldand Rhode Island Secretary of State Matt Brown spoke on the challenges of modern leadership during a forum moderated by President Ruth Simmons Thursday night. see LEADERSHIP, page 6 see BOGUES, page 6

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Page 1: Friday, March 12, 2004

THE BROWN DAILY HERALDAn independent newspaper serving the Brown community since 1891

M A R C H 1 2 , 2 0 0 4

Volume CXXXIX, No. 31 www.browndailyherald.com

F R I D A Y

I N S I D E F R I D AY, M A RC H 1 2 , 2 0 0 4FRIDAY

wintry mixhigh 43low 27

W E AT H E R F O R E C A S T

SATURDAY

mostly sunnyhigh 44low 24

Artists describehallucinogens’influences on featuredworkarts & culture, page 3

Urban plannerdescribes his newvision for downcityareametro extra, page 5

Dan Poulson ’04wonders if MarthaStewart’s punishmentis a good thingcolumn, page 11

Athlete of the WeekTanara Golston ’04excelled even as a first-yearsports, page 12

M. ultimate frisbeehas successful week-end at Stanford,reaches semifinalssports, page 12

Panelparticipantsdiscuss futureof leadershipBY MELISSA PERLMANA Rhode Island politician, the chief exec-utive officer of a toy company and thechairman of the Rhode IslandFoundation defined the role and meaningof modern leadership in a forum discus-sion Thursday night.

The forum, titled “21st CenturyChallenges for Leadership,” was moderat-ed by President Ruth Simmons inSalomon 101. Panelists were RhodeIsland Secretary of State Matt Brown,Hasbro Chief Executive Officer AlanHassenfeld and Rhode Island FoundationChairman Pablo Rodriguez.

Brown, who currently serves on theboard of numerous Rhode Island andnational organizations, defined leader-ship as the process of “fundamentallychanging things” and fighting constantresistance.

“To lead means to fight,” he said. “Itmeans to fight because that’s what ittakes to change things, and it usuallymeans to fight for longer than youthought it would take.”

Hassenfeld defined leadership in termsof social and corporate responsibility.Hasbro oversees the donation of millionsof toys to needy children, he said.

Hassenfeld stressed the importance ofphilanthropy and social responsibility.“Not to be socially responsible is just notto be tolerated,” he said.

Hassenfeld set forth specific rules forleaders. A leader must never ask someoneto do what he would not, and must leadnot by words alone but by example, hesaid. It is essential not to imposeAmerican values on societies that don’tshare them, he added.

“When you talk about corporateresponsibility and corporate socialresponsibility, philanthropy is a wonder-ful thing, but it is only one leg of a many-legged table,” Hassenfeld said.

Rodriguez focused on the importanceof principles, describing the assumptionof leadership as one of the best and worstmoments of his life.

“The leader is the person that whenfaced with circumstances that don’t feel

Judy He / Herald

Associate Professor of Africana Studies Barrymore Bogues spoke Thursday night ina lecture titled "The Haitian Revolution and its Meanings for Freedom."

Haiti’s political situation is result ofcomplex social history, speaker saysBY MILES HOVISThe revolution and current political cli-mate in Haiti provide insight into whatdefines the capacity to be free andhuman, said Associate Professor ofAfricana Studies Barrymore Bogues in aThursday night lecture titled “TheHaitian Revolution and its Meanings forFreedom.”

The lecture, which drew a crowd ofabout 30 to Wilson 302, focused on howissues pertinent to the revolution 200ago are echoed in Haitian politics today.It was planned well in advance of thecurrent political upheaval in Haiti, andwas originally intended as a celebratorygesture to mark the bicentennial of theHaitian Revolution as part of CaribbeanHeritage week.

The topic changed after the recentrebellion in Haiti and President Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s Feb. 29 resignation.

Bogues emphasized the complexityof the situation, saying Haiti’s formercolonial status and history of popularinfighting in part caused current insta-bility. His historical evaluation pointedprimarily to centuries-old neglect of theimportance of the Haitian Revolution.

“The revolution has been silenced byhistory, thought of and written about asa mere slave revolt,” he said.

But because the nature of the HaitianRevolution differed from the Frenchand American revolutions, Boguesclaimed it provides a different insightinto the nature of liberty. Unlike theanalogous struggles in France and theUnited States, revolution in Haiti was

Cancelledclasses causeproblems forstudents,departmentsBY BEN GRINAt the beginning of this semester, studentswho were intrigued by the listing for HI102:“Medieval Spain: Land of Three Cultures” inthe Course Announcement Bulletin mighthave gotten a surprise when they went toshop the class — it had been cancelled.

This cancellation was not unique to thehistory department. Throughout theUniversity, classes are canceled eachsemester because of problems with facultyavailability.

According to Registrar Michael Pesta,lack of student interest rarely causes acourse to be cancelled. Instead, depart-ments typically cancel courses when facul-ty are unavailable to teach them.

A professor might become unable toteach a course if he or she receives aresearch grant, retires or teaches a graduatecourse instead, in place of a retiring profes-sor, said James McClain P’07, chair of theDepartment of History.

The problems students and departmentshave with cancellations arise mostlybecause of the timing of the CourseAnnouncement Bulletin’s publication,McClain said. Academic departments sub-mit materials for publication in the CAB 12to 18 months before the semester begins. Atthat point, it is often impossible to tellwhether faculty will be available to submit-ted courses.

The percentage of sections of classescancelled this semester is about the sameas the 5 percent cancelled in past semes-ters, Pesta wrote in an e-mail to The Herald.

But some departments have been hitharder than others.

Of about 60 sections scheduled in thehistory department for this semester, 13were cancelled, including four junior semi-

BY KATE GORMANEach year, the wait for housing lotterynumber assignments is torturous forundergraduates. But even studentswith good numbers may not be able topick the room of their choice.

Rooms are pulled from the housinglottery for a variety of reasons everyyear, said Thomas Forsberg, assistantdean of student life. The Universitypulls rooms for first-year housing(including counselor locations), pro-gram housing assignments, accommo-dations needed by Disability SupportServices and spaces that are scheduled

to undergo renovation over the sum-mer, changing the number of studentsthey house.

The number of rooms pulled fromthe lottery varies from year to year,depending on the number of requestsDSS receives, said Jesse Goodman ’04,chair of Residential Council.

Forsberg said his office doesn’t nec-essarily know which rooms will beavailable for students to choose.

“The specific rooms that will bepulled are not determined well in

Pulled rooms can surprisestudents at housing lottery

see HOUSING, page 4

see CANCELLED, page 4

Judy He / Herald

Rhode Island Foundation Chairman PabloRodriguez, Hasbro Chief Executive OfficerAlan Hassenfeldand Rhode IslandSecretary of State Matt Brown spoke onthe challenges of modern leadershipduring a forum moderated by PresidentRuth Simmons Thursday night.

see LEADERSHIP, page 6

see BOGUES, page 6

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What moves up down left and right, can pick up peanuts and is inmany products made in Detroit?

(Answer at bottom of page)

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Porkchop Sandwiches Nate Saunders

Four Years Eddie Ahn

My Best Effort Will Newman

Coup de Grace Grace Farris

Jero Matt Vascellaro

Hopeless Edwin Chang

M E N U

ACROSS1 Nerve6 Fastening

device10 Slightly14 Thinker’s quality15 Prefix with

centenary16 So17 Holy mess?19 Spread during

cocktails20 Thermal

opening21 Fantabulous23 Rising27 It won’t keep

you up28 Brier section30 Kind of remark33 Enlivens, with

“up”34 Fat in France36 Kisses and

more37 Photo lab svc.38 Talking turkey?40 Fair mark41 Girl from uncle?43 Gets it44 IOU45 Interior designs47 Kinkajou

relatives49 Feeling51 Setback52 Woods

approach55 Of no value56 Resort near

Venice57 Most poorly

designed filmclimax?

62 Inferno63 Oslo’s river64 Emulate a

copter65 Hiring dept.66 Farewells67 Award for Ira

Levin

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investments2 “Citizen X” actor

3 Lines at thecheckoutcounter?: Abbr.

4 Calls at home5 Degree

requirement,perhaps

6 Ad __7 Neun preceder8 Tolerated9 Something taken

during quickexits?

10 Calm11 Aggressive

rush-hourmaneuver?

12 Golf, for one13 Bucks18 “I need you here”22 “No way”23 Tack on24 Wimp25 Macintosh critic?26 Lysol targets29 Ceremonial

staff carrier31 Balls of yarn32 Tiny menace35 Wind __

38 Beach flock39 Rise42 They may be

clipped44 Miner’s pail46 Big name in

investing48 Hackneyed50 A student may

prefer to play itin nice weather

52 Western soundeffect

53 Queen’s home

54 Trunk site58 Coll. hopefuls59 Mean in

math class:Abbr.

60 Fleet site61 Misstep

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ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:

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SHARPE REFECTORY

LUNCH — Vegetarian Six BeanSoup, Clam Bisque, BLT Sandwich,French Taco Sandwich,VegetableStrudel, Oregon Blend Vegetables,Chocolate Chip Cookies,WhiteChocolate Cake, Banana Cream Pie.

DINNER — Vegetarian Six BeanSoup, Clam Bisque, Batter Fried Fish,Baked Stuffed Chicken Breast,Vegetable Stuffed Peppers, ItalianRoasted Potatoes, Spinach withLemon, Summer Squash, HoneyWheat Bread, Chocolate ChipCookies,White Chocolate Cake,Banana Cream Pie.

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ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION,AIR QUALITY AND RESPIRATORYHEALTH IN DELHI: A PRELIMINARYANALYSIS12 p.m. (Zimmer Lounge, Maxcy Hall)— Professors Andrew Foster andNaresh Kumar will discuss their workin progress on the air quality, residen-tial patterns and respiratory healthresponses in Delhi.

THE ETHICS OF SPEAKING: FIRSTPERSON ACCOUNTS FROMWOMEN WRITERS AND ARTISTSFROM ISLAMIC SOCIETIES1 p.m. (Joukowsky Forum,WatsonInstitute) — with Shahrnush Parsipur(novelist), Assia Djebar (filmmakerand writer), Shirin Neshat (filmmaker),Livia Tenzer (editorial director,Feminist Press), Rabeah Ghaffari (film-maker) and Reda Bensmaia.

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ARTS & CULTURETHE BROWN DAILY HERALD

FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2004 · PAGE 3

Hallucinogenic artwork stressesconnectedness, creators sayBY DANIELLE CERNY Nothing guarantees a crowd like the promise of explicitdrug use — or at least the chance to hear about explicitdrug use and vicariously experience the high through theartwork it inspired.

“Psychedelic Art Extravaganza” did just that. The event,in Metcalf Auditorium Thursday, featured a video presen-tation of psychedelic artists discussing their mediums,motivations and motifs and included a slideshow of theirpieces.

Though the artists who appeared on the video all hadunique interpretations of their experimentation with dif-ferent drugs, they all echoed the sentiment that narcoticsgave them a sense of interconnectedness with and under-standing of the world around them that they tried totranslate into visual representation.

The video’s first speaker, Alex Grey, described his art-work, which he explained as images of human figuresreleasing their energy when they have freed themselvesfrom the prison of their molecular bonds through the useof narcotics.

Alex opened with slides inspired by his first LSD trip,which he experienced with his wife and fellow speaker atthe conference, Allyson Grey. The pieces depicted the“interconnectedness” that stemmed from their trip andthe intimacy it spawned.

“Artwork came to be about normal, everyday things …like sex when you’re tripping,” Alex said. “We were inter-secting with everyone else and everything else.”

Allyson Grey similarly said all her art sprung from herprofound experiences with LSD.

Allyson’s artwork is devoid of the human images thatconsume her husband’s art. Instead she uses oil colors toemphasize the idea that humans are made of cells and

systems that occur in three different states: chaos, orderand secret writing.

Allyson said these three states defined every aspect oflife. “We’re all cut-out pieces of the chaos we live in,” shesaid. Order, on the other hand, is where people brieflyfind respite from the chaos through the use of drugs.Secret writing is the “window between chaos and order”that represents the secret writing of all the religions,Allyson said.

Allyson’s pieces focused on color and the interaction ofshapes and used such thick layers of oil paint that thepieces seemed to oscillate on the two-dimensional sur-face.

Mark Henson, another speaker in the video, used mar-ijuana and LSD as his artistic muses. His art is an attemptto crystallize his hallucinations into some more tangibleform.

Henson made the transition to psychedelic art whenhe read a Life magazine article in high school about LSD-inspired art.

The article featured a painting that resembled howHenson had painted his room while experimenting withlesser drugs. Henson said he realized he was onto some-thing and went to the local McDonald’s the next week toscore some LSD.

Henson said he learned that by taking large doses ofLSD and mushrooms he became a “disciple of knowl-edge” and drugs became “a learning tool.”

Despite the inspirational power of meditation, Hensonsaid, it was easier to duplicate his inspiration with the aidof LSD, so he gave up the drug as a social activity andstarted using it for meditative purposes in order to

Updated productionof “Misanthrope”exposes characters’and society’s flawsBY LELA SPIELBERG Director Spencer Golub’s decision to set Molière’s 17th-cen-tury play “The Misanthrope” in the 1960s forces the audi-ence to consider the play in the context of contemporarysociety.

Throughout the play, the audience is alternatively sym-pathetic to and aggravated by Alceste (Matt Biagini ’05), themisanthrope, who claims to desire a society free of deceitand false pretension but cannot live without a woman,Celimene (Sharon Ambielli RUE), who embodies these veryqualities.

“The Misanthrope” climaxes in the heat of Celimene’sdeceptions, when all her suitors, most importantly Alceste,demand to know which of her words are true.

Celimene’s duplicitous behavior has been revealed by ajealous woman, Arsinoe (Vanessa Gonzalez Echarte ’04),who hides behind piety to conceal her own flaws and inse-curities.

Alceste scorns the other characters, who, quite literally,dance between fulfilling the aims of self and society. ButAlceste’s unwillingness to accept any situation not whollyideal to him ultimately results in his unhappiness.

On the other hand, the characters who balance sincerityand social obligation, Philinte (Mahdi Salehi ’04) andEliante (Ellen Darling ’04) are relatively content when thecurtain closes.

see PSHYCHEDELIC, page 9see MISANTHROPE, page 8

ARTS & CULTURE REVIEW

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advance, but on the day of a lot-tery the room inventory for aparticular segment is posted,” hesaid.

The University waits until thelast minute to make the roominventory list because requestsfrom DSS are often not finalizeduntil then, Forsberg said.

“If there is any question in mymind about putting a particularroom into the lottery, I can’t ingood conscience put it in,” hesaid. “It wouldn’t be fair, becauseif the room hadn’t been in thelottery to begin with, the stu-dents could have easily pickedanother room.”

The University also reservesthe right to pull rooms claimedin the lottery, although it rarelydoes so, Forsberg said. Roomsnot claimed in the lottery areplaced in the summer waitlistinventory.

DSS coordinator Cathie Axesaid one suite is outfitted withspecial equipment for studentswith physical disabilities, and,

along with a few other “accessi-ble spaces,” it is more likely thanothers to be pulled.

To request particular housingaccommodations, students mustfill out a DSS HousingAccommodation Form, meetwith Axe and provide documen-tation for their injury, handicapor mental illness, Axe said.

DSS must feel confident that astudent’s request for specialhousing is legitimate, Axe said.

“To ensure that everythingstays fair, the documentation astudent must provide is not sim-ply a few written sentences. Afamily doctor friend can’t justwrite something out,” she said.“we need thorough documenta-tion. We talk to the student tofully understand the problemand maybe even with their doc-tor.”

Whether a room is pulled onstudents’ behalf is contingent ontheir specific needs, but usually,DSS requests that they first enterthe housing lottery.

“Once the student gets theirnumber, the Residential LifeOffice determines whether thatnumber could possibly get them

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Housing

nars. McClain said his departmentwas forced to cancel coursesbecause a large number of profes-sors left for the semester to dooutside research. Also, the depart-ment faced a number of unex-pected retirements, he said.

When a professor retires, thedepartment begins a job searchfor a replacement. If the jobsearch fails, the University pro-vides funding for a visiting profes-sor to teach two courses, forcingthe department to cancel at leastone other course, McClain said.Full-time professors teach anaverage of four courses per year.

Even if the job search is suc-cessful, the new professor mayhave a different area of expertisethan the retired professor, forcingthe department to replace sched-uled classes with ones in the newprofessor’s field, McClain said.

McClain said the HistoryDepartment’s need to offer specif-ic graduate seminars can alsoaffect the availability of professorsto teach undergraduate courses.Because the history department isrequired to offer a minimumnumber of seminars to graduatestudents, undergraduate coursesare often cancelled to make facul-ty available to teach them, he said.

The visiting professors Brownhires to replace faculty on leaveoften have experience teachingundergraduate courses but lackexperience with graduates,McClain added.

The decision to cancel coursesis ultimately up to the individualacademic departments, and eachdepartment has a different proto-col for canceling courses. NancyArmstrong, chair of theDepartment of English, said theEnglish department does not can-cel undergraduate courses so thatprofessors can teach graduatecourses.

When an English seminar forgraduate students is under-enrolled, the department willsometimes open the seminar toundergraduates, she added.Armstrong said the Englishdepartment typically will cancel acourse if fewer than six students

are in attendance at the end of thefirst week of shopping period. Ifthe cancelled course was slated tobe taught by a graduate student,the graduate student is usually re-assigned to assist with an overen-rolled course.

Armstrong said the classroomenvironment is an important con-sideration in canceling courses. Aseminar with only three studentscan be just as ineffective as anover-enrolled section of a lecturecourse, she said.

“(The English departmentdoesn’t) want to cancel courses.It’s a bureaucratic nightmare forus,” she said. Typically, the depart-ments adds more classes than itcancels, she added.

Nathan Schneider ’06 said hewas disappointed to find that anEnglish class he had planned totake had been cancelled. “It wouldbe nice to know why,” he said.

Schneider said he would haveliked to try to mobilize students toget the course reinstated if it hadbeen cancelled because too fewstudents signed up for it.

But Pesta said it is “pretty rare”for a course to be cancelledbecause not enough studentspre-register for it. The registrar’soffice tries to notify students,either by e-mail or by mail, whena course is cancelled, he said.

Online registration, scheduledto begin with the Fall 2005 semes-ter, will make it easier for stu-dents to determine which cours-es have been canceled, Pestasaid.

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your fate is sealed.

Judy He / Herald

Anna Beatrice Scott, an assistant professor at the University of California-Riverside,performed Fish Tales, River and Other Female Parts in Sayles Hall Thursday night aspart of the RISD-Brown Performance Art Series.

Downcity Providence still needswork, planner saysBY JUSTIN ELLIOTTProvidence should consider bulldozingelements of I.M. Pei-designed CathedralSquare as part of a plan to “complete andconnect” downcity Providence, accordingto urban planner Andres Duany.

Duany’s presentation was the culmina-tion of a week of nine public meetingsand was held Thursday night in the GrandBallroom of the Biltmore Hotel withMayor David Cicilline ’83 in attendance.Duany took the stage in front of a capaci-ty crowd in the 17th-floor room, whichprovided spectacular views of much ofthe city he proposed overhauling.

The meetings covered a range of topicson the future of the downcity area, whichincludes City Hall, Trinity RepertoryTheater and the Biltmore Hotel — fromconnections to the West Side to buildingcodes.

Duany’s presentation included a slideshow with aerial photographs anddetailed drawings of his ideas. All ofDuany’s proposals aimed to create animproved, more unified downcity, withexpanded parking and increased accessto surrounding neighborhoods.

“As in nature, in urbanism everythingis tied to everything else,” he said.

Of Duany’s wide-ranging recommen-dations, the most forcefully delivered washis plan to raze the Bishop McVinneyAuditorium in Cathedral Square.

Duany called Cathedral Square a “dis-grace.”

“Nobody likes it. There was a kind ofstrange unanimity here,” he said.

Duany also suggested that the Holiday

Inn hotel and adjacent LaSalle Square,next to the Civic Center, should berevamped. He said the hotel was a prod-uct of the low point of Western architec-ture — the 1970s. Although some devel-opers have plans to construct a tradition-alist veneer for the building, Duanyrejected the idea in favor of a radicallymodern modification or addition.

“This thing is a modernist building —take it for a drive,” he said.

Duany also pointed to the dilapidatedbrick sidewalks downtown as a preventa-ble embarrassment and suggested con-crete as an affordable alternative.

Despite his critical recommendations,Duany offered a bright outlook fordowncity and Providence as a whole.

“The failure of the promises of subur-bia have been such that people are com-ing back to the cities,” and Providencewill “ride that,” he said.

The planned project to move Route 95outside of downtown will be a significantimprovement, Duany said. “It’s gonna belike taking off some tight clothing.”

Even more important is the city’s “verygood genetic material,” Duany said.Although Providence was “trashed” in the1960s and 1970s, it is a fundamentallywell-designed city, he said. Its sophisti-cated grids and narrow streets still exist,even if they sometimes have to be uncov-ered.

“Westminster Street is one of the greatstreets in the United States,” Duany said.“To have a street so intimate in the urban

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oh snap.

quite right, that are uncomfort-able and that just put the hairbehind your neck up, steps up tothe plate and says, ‘I can dothat.’ As long as you are doing iton principle, as long as what youare trying to accomplish comesfrom your heart,” he said.

During the question-and-answer period, an audiencemember asked the three pan-elists whether they think leader-ship or policies will determinethe outcome of the presidentialelection.

Both Brown and Hassenfeldpredicted a combination of

both, agreeing that votersshould pay as much attention tothe people a candidate sur-rounds himself with as to thecandidate himself.

But Rodriguez reinforced theimportance of the topic of dis-cussion, saying the race isentirely based on leadership.

“Being a principled leader iswhat is going to make it for me,”he said. “When I see a presidentthat appoints people to a scien-tific committee that have no sci-entific credentials, then that isnot a principled leader.”

Simmons, who moderated thepanel, spoke briefly at its open-ing, telling the audience it isimportant to talk about leader-ship in light of contemporary

society’s flawed examples. “Leadership is a common

challenge for all of us,” she said.The forum was the first event

in the Leadership in a ChangingWorld series. It was sponsoredby the Brown EntrepreneurshipProgram, the UndergraduateCouncil of Students and theOffice of the President. Othersponsors included the Dean ofthe College, the Office ofStudent Life, the Office ofCampus Life and StudentServices and the UndergraduateFinance Board.

Herald staff writer MelissaPerlman ’04 can be reached atm p e r l m a n @ b r o w n d a i l y -herald.com.

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founded not on a political asser-tion of inalienable rights, but on amore visceral need for freedomfrom enslavement.

Bogues contrasted the founda-tions of the Haitian constitution,signed in 1805, with those of theU.S. Constitution.

“The U.S. Constitution provid-ed for universal equality only inrhetoric,” Bogues said.“Neglected were women, AfricanAmericans and Native Americans— the ghosts of America.”

Haiti, however, stated in itsconstitution that all men andwomen were equal. For a time,women even successfullydemanded “equal wages forequal work,” preceding theAmerican feminist movement bydecades.

But disparity eventually aroseamong the inhabitants of Haiti,one cause of the nation’s currenttroubles, Bogues said. He dis-cussed the Haitian class system,made pronounced by the subju-gation of the primarily blackpeasantry by elite, French-influ-enced mulattos.

“I have never met an elite classwith such hostility toward thepopular majority,” Bogues said.“There is hatred and disdainthere that you cannot imagine.”

Bogues said this hostility is aresult of cultural dissonance. Theelite, with Western “sensibilities”acquired from their Frenchrulers, looks down upon peasantpractitioners of voodoo andother “backward” cultural behav-iors. This cultural condescensionis also what impedes Haiti ininternational affairs, Bogues said.

As an example, he pointed to arecent segment on the currentsituation in Haiti on the Fox NewsChannel’s “O’Reilly Factor,”which degenerated into merely “aseven-minute filler about thevoodoo culture in Haiti,” accord-ing to Bogues.”

He also cited broader politicaltrends that undermine the inter-national reputation of theHaitian people.

“The Western question is, doHaitians have the moral compe-tency for effective self-govern-ment?” Bogues said. “The ques-tions we as Americans should askourselves is to what extent can werightfully impose our concepts ofdemocracy on other nations?”

Bogues faulted the U.S. gov-ernment for its removal ofAristide from office. He claimedthat by mandating that Aristideresign in order to be escortedsafely out of Haiti, the U.S.undermined the Haitian consti-tution, which states that a presi-dent, legally elected, maintainsthe right to hold that office for sixyears. Aristide’s term would haveended in February 2006.

“The difference between(February 2004) and (February2006) in a political time frame isnot that great,” Bogues said. “IfAristide needed to be removedfrom office, it could have beendone via a legal election (in2006).

“In forcibly removing him, thepowers that be have opened thegates for the rebel military fac-tion headed by Guy Philippe toassume power,” he added.“These people are thugs, soldiersin the death squads of the ’90s.”

Asked with whom the peopleof Haiti sided, Bogues said themajority of the population hasno strong allegiances to Aristide

and his party, opposition partiesor the militant faction that nowcurrently occupies the capital,Port-au-Prince.

Bogues noted the historicaltendency of Haitians to withdrawfrom reliance on the state in tur-bulent times, the product of along-held tradition of cynicism.The people feel betrayed byAristide because he failed to fol-low through on plans for eco-nomic improvement, but theyhave no great desire to side withPhilippe and his army, he said.Nor, he said, are they given greatreason to trust the internationalcommunity.

“There is a Haitian proverb:after the mountains, moremountains,” Bogues said. Thetribulations of the Haitian popu-lation, he said, are not likely toend or lessen at any point in thenear future.

Herald staff writer Miles Hovis ’07can be reached [email protected].

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core” makes it a treasure.He said Providence’s architec-

tural strength lies not in greatbuildings, but in its coherence;there is a “modesty to the archi-tecture here that is becoming,”he said.

Duany also presented severalpossible locations, including theold Providence Journal Building,for a six-screen movie theaterproposed by a developer.Depending on its placement,the theater could be a powerfulbinding force for downcity, hesaid.

Duany praised Cicilline’s

appointments to the TransitAgency, Police Department andPlanning Department as hugeimprovements over the lastadministration. Cicillineattended the presentation andthanked Duany at its conclu-sion.

“I think tonight’s presenta-tion has really captured my spir-it,” he said, and “it’s gonnarequire us to think big.”

Developer Arnold “Buff”Chace, who introduced Duany,said more than 1,200 peopleparticipated in the week’sevents.

Herald staff writer Justin Elliott’07 can be reached [email protected].

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Downcity The planned project

to move Route 95

outside of down-

town will be a signif-

icant improvement,

said urban planner

Andres Duany.

“It’s gonna be like

taking off some tight

clothing.”

Bogues said the

majority of the popu-

lation has no strong

allegiances to Aristide

and his party, opposi-

tion parties or the

militant faction that

now currently occu-

pies the capital, Port-

au-Prince.

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Bush unleashes attack ads against Kerry An epidemicbuilt onignorance

WASHINGTON (Baltimore Sun) — PresidentGeorge W. Bush’s campaign unleashed itsfirst negative ads Thursday, attacking Sen.John Kerry (D-Mass.) as a candidate whowould raise taxes by billions of dollars oncein office and who would weaken U.S.defenses against terrorism.

Set to ominous music, one new televi-sion ad — ready to run nationwide oncable television and on local stations in 18targeted states — says Kerry’s plans in hisfirst 100 days in office would include rais-ing taxes “by at least $900 billion” andweakening the Patriot Act that is “used toarrest terrorists and protect America.”

The ad finishes with: “John Kerry: Wrongon taxes. Wrong on defense.”

The campaign’s decision to go afterKerry in its advertising almost eightmonths before the election appears part ofa strategy by the cash-rich Bush team to

define its Democratic opponent early,before the Massachusetts senator has timeto campaign heavily and characterize hisown record for voters.

The Bush campaign released a similarradio ad Thursday to air in the same mar-kets. It also unveiled a separate new televi-sion ad that is more positive, saying thatAmericans face a choice in November andthat “we can go forward with confidence,resolve and hope. Or we can turn back tothe dangerous illusion that terrorists arenot plotting and outlaw regimes are nothreat.”

Matthew Dowd, the Bush’s campaign’schief strategist, said in a conference callwith reporters that now is a “window ofopportunity” to contrast the president’srecord and agenda against Kerry’s. Henoted that, on the heels of some closely-fought Democratic primaries, “voters are

paying very close attention” right now. The new ads are likely to spark a debate

over the wisdom of negative campaigning,and they put Bush in a position no presi-dent has ever found himself. New cam-paign finance laws require presidentialcandidates to state in their ads that theyendorse the message. So Bush Thursdaybecame the first commander in chief to tiehimself so explicitly to negative advertis-ing.

Just before the narrator begins attackingKerry in the negative television ad, imagesof Bush flash across the screen as the pres-ident says: “I’m George W. Bush. And Iapprove this message.”

The new ads immediately triggered apublic battle between the two campaignsover who is more negative. Bush campaignaides said Kerry began airing negative adsattacking Bush in September.

Aristidesupporters taketo streets again

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (L.A. Times) — “Best tostay away from that one.”

That was the whispered warning aboutLiony Accelus when neighbors, fellow driv-ers on the tap-tap bus runs and even somelifelong friends concluded that the evil eyehad given him AIDS.

“They thought it was a voodoo spell thatwas making me sick,” the 36-year-old fatherof four said of the time, just two years ago,when he weighed 105 pounds and was tooweak to hold his head up. “I thought so too,because I was having so many mechanicaltroubles with the van as well.”

Haiti’s AIDS epidemic, fueled by igno-rance, rages on despite education andmedical breakthroughs that allow people inwealthier countries to live with the disease.Compounding the suffering of the 350,000Haitians infected with HIV, an ingrainedprejudice tends to cast the ill as defectiveand not worthy of sympathy or respect.

Although progress has been made inlowering the incidence of new infections inthe last two years, breaking the viciouscycle of poverty that propels the AIDS epi-demic is such a herculean task that itdaunts even the most committed reliefworkers. And an effort to broaden the use oflifesaving antiretroviral drugs has becomeenmeshed in the bitter and divisive politi-cal crisis gripping the country, with manyforeign relief programs that refuse to pro-vide aid directly to a dysfunctional govern-ment instead putting it in the hands of non-governmental agencies that are criticizedas ineffective.

At least 30,000 Haitians die of AIDS com-plications each year. More than 100,000 aretoo sick to care for their children, leaving200,000 minors abandoned, many of themliving on the streets of Port-au-Prince, theovercrowded and staggeringly impover-ished capital. They sleep in alleys flankedby mud-laden mounds of trash and over-flowing sewers, begging or stealing foodfrom other slum dwellers, coming of agewithout schooling or much prospect ofemployment.

It is these lost children who enter inignorance the most vulnerable age groupfor HIV infection: the 15- to 24-year-oldswho make up half of Haiti’s population of8.5 million.

The percentage of HIV-positive inci-dence among those tested for the virus thatcauses AIDS has been on the decline formore than a year from a 6.1 percent zenith,said Paul Farmer, a physician and anthro-pologist who has spent more than 20 yearsin medical relief work in Haiti. The decreasesuggests that massive efforts undertaken to

MADRID, Spain (Baltimore Sun) — FernandoGonzalez was apologetic Thursday, partlyfor his struggle to speak English but mostlyfor his tears, which he could not stop.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” said the 37-year oldtruck driver, who lives in the capital’sAtocha neighborhood, less than a milefrom the train station of the same name,which took the brunt of 10 bombs thatexploded here Thursday.

“I’m sorry,” he said again, “but today allof Spain cries.”

Thursday was a day of tears in a cityknown for its bright gaiety, a day of trepida-

tion in a city known for its optimism.Everywhere — in the city’s cafes and restau-rants where red-eyed women and red-eyedmen sat silently or talked in low voices, onthe roads eerily missing the usual cacopho-ny of car horns, in the neighborhood ofAtocha, where people walking dogs stoodand gazed at the station hit so hard — therewas an unmistakable deflation of peopleusually pumped so full of pride in theircountry.

“This is not like Spain,” Gonzalez saidstanding next to a bouquet of flowers left atthe station. “What happened is more like

Baghdad or, I’m sorry to say, like what hap-pened to New York.”

That comparison — to continuingattacks by militants in Baghdad and theevents of Sept. 11, 2001 — was made overand again by people here. Spain has had itsbattles with home-grown militants, butnothing that could compare withThursday’s carnage.

This is not a Middle Eastern country withfactions battling for power. It is not knownto be anyone’s Great Satan.

Mercedes Molina Hernandez is 61 andlived in New York for 32 years, working as a

seamstress, before returning to Madrid andthe Atocha neighborhood in 1997 to carefor her sick mother. She was out for a strollThursday night — “I needed a breath,” shesaid — and had finally stopped crying whenshe was asked to talk about her morning.

“I heard all these ambulances and couldhear fire trucks — I knew them from thehorns — and so I turned on my television,”she said, and her tears returned, just likethe truck driver’s, just like people standingsilently outside the train station holdingflowers, placing them gently on theground.

In wake of Madrid train bombing, ‘all of Spain cries’

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (L.A. Times) — Angrysupporters of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, accusing the UnitedStates of having abducted their idol,attempted to march Thursday on theNational Palace, seat of Haiti’s new leader-ship, but were driven off by police firingtear-gas grenades.

The crowd of 2,000 retreated into the hill-side slum neighborhood of Bel Air, smash-ing car windshields and pillaging the pal-try stands of sidewalk merchants.Gunshots, including staccato bursts ofwhat sounded like automatic weapons,split the noontime air, and police blamedbands of heavily armed pro-Aristide thugswho are well ensconced in the impover-ished area.

At least two deaths and a half a dozeninjuries were reported.

Though Haiti’s new prime minister,Gerard Latortue, has called for reconcilia-tion and a government of national unity toend his homeland’s appalling poverty andendemic instability, many of the Haitianswho marched and chanted in the hot sunsaid the absent Aristide, who resigned andfled into African exile Feb. 29, remains theircountry’s sole rightful leader.

“We already voted, and we have only onepresident in Haiti: Jean-Bertrand Aristide,”said Bob Moliere, a leader of Thursday’sdemonstration. “He was the victim of aplot. It was a kidnapping by (PresidentGeorge W.) Bush and (French PresidentJacques) Chirac.”

“Bush terrorist!” was the cry raised atone point by the marchers, who wound formore than two hours through narrow,stinking streets in Bel Air where wild pigsroot for nourishment in open-air sewers.

Carolyn Cole / L.A. Times

HAITI: Pro-Aristide supporters with an array of umbrellas to protect them from theheat marched through the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. see AIDS, page 8

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encourage safe sex may be havingsome influence. Still, in Haiti,home to 90 percent of all AIDSpatients in the Caribbean, morethan 100 people die of the diseaseevery day, according to theWashington, D.C.-based Academyfor Educational Development.

Haitians in the countrysidehave begun learning to embracethe victims of AIDS, many ofwhom return to their native vil-lages to die after despairing of get-ting treatment in the cities. Butthat nascent rural solidarity bucksan urban tide of discriminationand stigma, Farmer said.

He complained that the Haitianpublic health community wasslowing down the introduction ofantiretroviral therapy, arguing thatthe limited funds should be spenton infrastructure and other healthaid that would help people withcurable diseases. “They say youcan’t use these drugs in places likeHaiti because of the lack of health-care infrastructure and the risk ofdeveloping resistance,” Farmersaid. “But we can use these drugs,and we have to use them. It’s thejob of a doctor to take care of thesick.”

A passionate campaigner forantiretroviral therapy for the tensof thousands here who need it,Farmer demanded to know “whoare we saving this for?”

Farmer has been fighting backon his own, through the Boston-based Partners in Health nonprof-it program that has him dividinghis time between a HarvardMedical School teaching post anda clinic he founded in the Haitianvillage of Cange. He began treat-ing 60 local AIDS patients inadvanced stages of the disease inlate 1998 with medicines boughtwith donated money.

The therapy is now available tomore than 2,000 people nation-wide through a program Farmercreated from an existing tubercu-losis treatment and monitoringnetwork. Each day, 700 deputizedcommunity health workers fanout across the mountains to deliv-er the lifesaving pills directly toAIDS victims.

The success of the Cange pro-gram has reinvigorated preven-tion efforts, Farmer said, and hebelieves it has also helped reducethe stigma of AIDS in the country-side.

“If you have access to care, it’s awhole different ballgame withstigma,” Farmer said. He arguesthat showing AIDS patients theycan live with the disease is thebest way to get them to face it.

Even those who know to seekmedical help say they often meetwith rejection. Despite a decade ofeducation aimed at dispellingmisconceptions about AIDS,health-care professionals havebeen known to turn away theinfected.

Beaujour Saurel, an electri-cian diagnosed as HIV-positivefive years ago, suffered a cut onhis arm last year that sent him toGeneral Hospital, the mainhealth-care facility in the capi-tal.

“I told the doctor in the emer-gency room to put gloves onbecause I’m HIV-positive,” Saurelrecalled. “He refused to treat me.He just walked away.”

Such incidents, though said tobe declining, drive efforts byadvocacy groups to establish anetwork of specialized AIDS clin-ics throughout the country.

“In Haiti, there are no laws pro-tecting the rights of AIDS patients.Employers can ask workers to gettested and fire them if theyrefuse,” said Jean-Paul Milord, ahuman rights advocate with theAssociation of National Solidarityfor AIDS Patients. The associationchronicles incidents of discrimi-nation and lobbies for legal pro-tections. But its activists complainthat too few Haitians are willing torisk public disclosure of their ill-ness to complain about mistreat-ment. Milord recalled a recentcase in which a woman was firedfrom her job because she wasHIV-positive. She refused to com-plain to authorities for fear herhusband would lose his job if herinfection became known to hisemployer.

The Association of Industries inHaiti disclosed in its watershedreport, “Workplace Policy onHIV/AIDS,” drafted last year, thatemployers’ costs of dealing withinfected employees are staggeringcompared with the costs of pre-vention. Industries spend about15 times more on health care, sickleave and funeral attendance thanon education, the employersgroup reported.

Members of the group areamong a vanguard of Haitianemployers to embrace a commit-ment to fight discriminationagainst those with AIDS by adopt-ing a policy worked out by theAcademy for EducationalDevelopment. The program cov-ers about 7,000 factory workers inPort-au-Prince, estimated GessyAubry, Haitian director of the proj-ect, which also operates in theDominican Republic, India,Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Ukraine andVietnam.

With so many Haitians jobless,employers have had little problemreplacing workers who contractHIV. But growing numbers ofyoung managers and factory own-ers are taking a more sympatheticapproach to victims of the epi-demic sweeping their country,Aubry said.

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Of course, Molière and Golub,a professor of theater, speech anddance, would have us realize “TheMisanthrope” is not that simple.

Even the action on the set ismultifaceted. There is movementon several levels of the stage atone time. Often, French andEnglish are spoken at once.Monologues are punctuated bycap-gun noises and dance rou-tines. Often, two blind men(Claire Karpen ’04 and CaitlinMarshall ’05) break into song.

Some of this action is mediat-ed by Du Bois (Sargon de Jesus’07), listed in the program as “atranslator of sorts,” but ultimatelythe audience is faced with a bar-rage of stimulation during manyscenes.

Despite this, the plot is rela-tively easy to follow. What is diffi-cult to understand is the charac-ter development, the motivations

behind each individual’s actions— who is true and who is phony— and if these two qualities over-lap more than the self-absorbedcharacters would like to think.

The play is intense and runs afull two hours, but it is not with-out comic relief. Oronte (AbeSmith ’04), one of Celimene’smany suitors, provides the audi-ence with cheesy sonnets andslapstick comedy, occasionallylifting the mood of the play abovethe sentiments of its torturedmain characters.

Though it is sometimes hard tonavigate, “The Misanthrope” cre-ates a sense of fluidity, usingsongs, dancing and the continualmix of background music to helpthe audience view the play. Thecharacters in Molière’s work moveto the rhythm of compromise andflattery in a society that could notexist without the hypocrisy thatAlceste so condemns.

The decade-appropriate cos-tumes and music also suggest tothe audience that this hypocrisy

is as present in more familiar set-tings as it was in the royal courtsMolière observed.

Herald staff writer Lela Spielberg’07 can be reached atl s p i e l b e r g @ b r o w n d a i l y -herald.com.

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Misanthrope Though it is some-

times hard to navi-

gate,“The

Misanthrope” creates

a sense of fluidity

uses songs, dancing

and the continual mix

of background music

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42:52 mark, Brown got anotherbreakaway goal, this time fromSarah Passano ’05, with Holdengetting her second assist of thegame, putting Brown up 6-4.

Following the Passano goal,UNH called a timeout.Afterward, the Wildcatsresponded, netting three goalsin less than three minutes togain a 7-6 edge at the 45:39mark. After goals from Annebergand Biros, UNH tied the score at8-8.

Staley scored what appearedto be the game-winner with 27seconds left on a breakaway, theassist going to Anneberg. But theWildcats refused to go quietly,tying it up at nine with six sec-onds left and sending the gameinto overtime.

It was at this point thatAnneberg used her experienceto take over, scoring two goals inthe first three-minute overtimeperiod in a 12-second span, put-ting the home team up 11-9going into the second overtimeperiod.

“Having her out there with alot of strength helped put us upby two goals,” Ingram said.

Halfway through the secondovertime period, Holden pushedBrown’s lead to three with a goaloff a penalty shot. UNHresponded with a goal at 65:10,but it was too little too late asBrown escaped in a heart-palpi-tating fashion.

“The draw control was hugefor us, and we knew that in thefirst three-minute overtime,”Ingram said of her team’s suc-cess in the extra frames.“Leadership played a huge partfor us as well.”

“(The biggest success in over-time) was definitely our centerdraws. Laurel Pierpont did agreat job,” Anneberg said. “Wewere also able to bring the balldown the field, work some plays,keep it away from them andthen get some shots.”

Even with the victory, Brown

cannot afford to be satisfied,with its landmine of a scheduleposing challenges only contin-ued hard work and preparationcan hurdle.

“We got out of our game plana little bit, but that’s just a matterof having time to work thingsout,” Ingram said aboutTuesday’s game. “We’re definite-ly going to be working on ourtransition game. Today therewere times where we relied onthe ball traveling in just one per-son’s stick.”

“We got some big gamesagainst some national leaderscoming up, so it’s important tostart out on a high,” Annebergsaid. “Today we got to see whatwe have to work on in practicethis week.”

Brown will be preparing forwhat could be its biggest gameof the season, a tussle with thethird-ranked University ofMaryland Friday night atStevenson Field. The Terrapinswent undefeated in winning the1999 NCAA Championship andreached the national semifinalsin 2003.

“We’re really excited. We can’twait to play them. Every year it’sa great game,” Anneberg said ofFriday’s matchup. “We alwaysgive them a good run. This weekwe know exactly what we have towork on, and we just have tostick to the game plan.”

Herald staff writer Chris Mahr ’07is an assistant sports editor andcovers women’s lacrosse. He canbe reached at [email protected].

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’06 took home fifth and sixth-place ribbons, respectively.

2003 Individual Walk-TrotNational Champion GalynBurke ’05 continued her successwith a second-place ribbon inthe Advanced Walk-Trot-CanterDivision. Jen Bain ’04 placedthird and Catrina Joos ’07 sixthin the same division.

Promising young star DanaLiljegren ’07 enjoyed a win andpersonal best in her BeginnerWalk-Trot-Canter class, whileJoanna Kels ’04 took home a

third-place ribbon and ConnieLee ’05 and Natalie Forbes ’05placed fourth.

In the open fences division,Ledsinger won her class after anexcellent round. JacquelineBialo ’04 and Brustlein alsoshowed great skill and poisewith second and third-place fin-ishes.

Intermediate fences alsowent smoothly, with a tri-umphant win by Warshaw-Reidand fourth and fifth-place fin-ishes for Heinecke and JessMendelson ’07, respectively.

Abrecht claimed first place ina nearly flawless round, fol-lowed by another great ride by

Roemer, who placed third in hercontest.

“We can definitely still winthe region — we’re only 16points behind Roger Williams,”Ledsinger said. “We just need tohave great performances in thenext two shows.”

Even if Brown does not cap-ture the regional title, the teamwill most likely send severalindividuals to Regionals, Zonesand even Nationals.

The Bears travel to Johnsonand Wales University in twoweeks, where the team hopes tosweep the competition andregain its lead before the post-season championships begin.

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of teammates, Golston spenthours honing the skills thatwould etch her name in therecord books. During her first-year campaign, Golston was nota consistent starter, but sheplayed in all 27 games and camein third on the team for assists.She would not look back.

Coach Jean Burr attributesGolston’s early success to herversatility and determination.“Tanara made the transitionfrom point to a backcourt play-er,” Burr said. “She got comfort-able with her skills, combiningpassing with her shooting, andher teammates got comfortablewith her.”

Rotating positions to shootingguard, Golston steadily

improved her all-around game,adding her name to the list of theteam’s high scorers. As a junior,Golston found herself in a start-ing position and gave a team-MVP performance that helpedlead Brown to a second-placefinish in the Ivies.

With the Class of 2004 at thelead, Brown is the team to beatthis year. Captain MirandaCraigwell ’04 said Golston hasbeen a big part of this reputa-tion.

“She was very demanding ofher teammates performance-wise but was respected becauseshe held herself to the samestandards and met them everyday in practice and in everygame,” Craigwell said.

Friends and teammates rein-force the idea that Golston push-es herself to the limits andexpects the same from her team-

mates. Nyema Mitchell ’04, whoscored her 500th career fieldgoal off a pass from Golstonagainst Columbia, noted thatplaying with Golston has pushedher to improve her game.

“Her competitiveness andpersonal drive is contagious,”said Mitchell, named Thursdayto first team All-Ivy. Golston wasnamed to the All-Ivy secondteam.

But some players said creditshould be given where credit isdue.

“I can honestly say thatTanara deserves the successshe’s had this season,” Craigwellsaid. “She is as unforgiving toherself as she is to her team-mates, and after all the effort shehas devoted to making herself abetter player and person, shedeserves the fruits of labor thatshe now enjoys.”

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By winning all its Saturdaygames, Brown gained a byestraight into the quarterfinals.The team would need all the restit could get before playingdefending the national champi-on, Wisconsin.

Brown jumped out to an earlylead against Wisconsin, creatinga three-point gap. As a team,Brown played excellent defense,with Neale Mahoney ’05 con-tributing big stops on defense.Brown’s offense was also pro-ductive, and the team cruised

into the half with a comfortable8-5 lead.

The time cap went on at thestart of the second half, whichwould end the game when eitherteam reached 10. Brown contin-ued its excellent play on offenseand defense, winning the game10-7.

In the semifinals, Brown facedits rival Stanford, which hasdefeated Brown at every meetingin the past two years.

Brown and Stanford tradedpoints at the beginning of thegame, working their way to a 6-6tie. But Stanford was able tostring together two points in arow to take the half 8-6. Coming

out of the half, the time cap wenton and Stanford pulled away foran 11-8 win.

Although Brown made it tothe semifinals last year atStanford, it appeared to have thepotential to go further this sea-son. The team has picked up sev-eral strong new players, includ-ing Reid Hopkins ’06, MichaelPozar ’06, and Colin Mahoney’07.

The team returns to the fieldMarch 27 for the EasternsTournament in Wilmington, N.C.

Herald staff writer Craig McGowan’07 can be reached at [email protected].

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We got some big

games against

some national lead-

ers coming up so

it’s important to

start out on a high,”

Anneberg said.

enhance his art. Henson’s pieces focused on

human images and their naturalexistence with nature.

This emphasis on nature ismeant to inspire peace and happi-ness, he said. “By distracting peo-ple with sex and loving, we’ll haveless fighting. … War is the enemyof all of our art,” Henson said.

Though the artists’ explana-tions of their works gave insightinto an otherwise mysterious artform, an intermission of NicoClark’s “Summertime” providedthe direct mental stimulationmost of the audience had proba-bly expected from the event.

“Summertime” is a computer-animated short film that depictsthe dance of nature and the inter-connectedness of all living things.

When “Summertime” premieredat the Brooklyn International FilmFestival, it won the AudienceAward for Animation. Since then,it has garnered four other filmawards.

In the seamless animation,“Summertime’s” visuals flawlesslymelt into one another and bringthe audience on a three-dimen-sional tour of a drug-induceddream Clark had that took 10years to translate into media.

The video provides constantmental stimulation, gliding overthe top of an albatross’s wings intoa dense forest where a caterpillartransforms into a butterfly, whichrests on an embracing couple,who are swept over by a wavetransporting a group of dolphinsabove an underground volcanothat gives birth to the sun.

While the speakers in the videotry to capture their hallucinationsin a frozen image, Clark compiles

the images of his dream into ahypnotic hallucination the audi-ence can experience with him.

“(“Summertime”) utilizes thetechnology to tell a story thatcould not have been told anyother way,” the official“Summertime” Web site said.

Psychedelic Art Extravaganzawas presented by Brown Studentsfor a Sensible Drug Policy as partof Psychedelic Week.

Herald staff writer Danielle Cernyedits the Arts & Culture section. Shecan be reached [email protected].

continued from page 3

Psychedelic “By distracting peo-

ple with sex and lov-

ing, we’ll have less

fighting.”

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Diamonds & coalA diamond to the new 24-hour study space in New Pembroke#4. If we lived in New Pembroke, we wouldn’t want to sleepthere, either.

Coal to putting club sports under the jurisdiction of theDepartment of Athletics. You’re telling us the people whobrought Brown the tortoise-racing club can’t manage somehorseshoe matches?

A diamond to events planned by the new Steering Committeeon Slavery and Justice. We’re pleased to see the University comethrough on its promise to provide intellectual diversity, althoughwe’d also like to hear more from the conservative end of the aca-demic spectrum.

Coal to the lack of space for large lectures and performances.We’d start a group to push for a lecture hall, but we wouldn’thave anywhere to meet.

A diamond to the “satanic” May Day rites of 1993 outside theold railway tunnel. Add some abandoned shopping carts,administrators and Thayer Street habituates, and you’ve gotyourself a real Spring Weekend.

But a diamond to Spring Weekend’s Thursday concert, with ReelBig Fish, Blackalicious and Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, andone more to the prospect of Sleater-Kinney at the Saturday con-cert. (Note to Brown Concert Agency: Your “girlfriend” might notknow, but we do.)

Coal to making a corporate scapegoat out of our favoritehomemaker. Martha, you cook it just right.

A diamond to AS220 for its collaboration with the Rhode IslandTraining School and support for Broad Street Studios, engaginglocal kids, in and out of prison, with the Providence art scene.

And a diamond to Providence’s art scene. What is Providence’sart scene, you ask? In the words of Providence artist Alex Grey,it’s about “normal, everyday things ... like sex when you’retripping.”

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FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2004 · PAGE 11

Okay, the headline for this column was a bit of astretch, I admit. Martha Stewart is clearly not Jesus.However, I firmly believe that Stewart, the domesticdoyenne previously known more for her informalrose arrangements than her insider trading habits,was an unfortunate victim of an overzealous andreactionary government campaign hell-bent onpunishing figurehead personalities for trivial non-crimes rather than bear the messier task of manag-ing the corporate scandals of Enron, Tyco, et al.

If there were any justice in the world, Stewart’sshow would still be on the air, and I’d be at homeright now learning the secrets behind a truly flavor-ful hollandaise sauce.

Take as Exhibit A the fact that Stewart was neverformally charged with insider trading, the offensethe government originally accused her of.

Stewart nabbed a relatively meager $52,000 profitwhen she followed her broker’s advice to sell herstock in ImClone Systems in December 2001, short-ly before news broke that the company’s cancer drugErbitrux had been denied FDA approval.

However, the government never attempted toprove that the company’s founder, Sam Waksal, pro-vided Stewart with the confidential details of thecompany’s plight, a clear violation of securities pol-icy.

Rather, the feds charged Stewart and her brokerwith lying by claiming that the sale was part of a pre-arranged agreement.

Even then, the most serious charge that the gov-ernment could bring against her — that her strategyof lying to prosecutors was a ploy to inflate the stockof her own company and deceive investors inMartha Stewart Omnimedia — was dismissed by thejudge on the grounds that the prosecution hadn’testablished sufficient evidence for its claim.

Still, the subtleties of the government’s case werelargely lost on media pundits (some of whom con-

tinued to refer to it as an “insider trading” scandal)and most likely on the jury itself. The relatively brieftime (three days) that the jury took to deliberate onthis rather complex case should have raised someeyebrows.

As the Wall Street Journal dryly reported whendeliberations began last Thursday, “the jury made acouple of mistakes in its questions, asking for mate-rials not in evidence and showing confusion on

whether or not an interview with authorities wastaped.”

But perhaps the jury figured out its collective assfrom its elbow and reasonably concluded, despitecontradictions in the government’s case, thatStewart blatantly lied to prosecutors.

Should fibbing be considered a crime? Probably.But should someone serve three years in prison forpanicking, for contradicting oneself in the processof cooperating with the feds? That seems less cer-tain. Most of us have lied under similar circum-stances — for example, when we get pulled over by atraffic cop for speeding — with the notable excep-tion that we don’t usually face a federal inquiry themorning after.

And while Stewart may very well become a poster

child for the government’s new efforts to crack downon white-collar crime, it’s important to note thatunlike the Enron and Tyco scandals, no employee’s401(k) was affected by Stewart’s actions, andnobody’s pension plan was liquidated.

As Slate.com’s Henry Blodget pointed out, theonly real victims of Martha’s indiscretions, ironical-ly, were taxpayers who paid for the costly prosecu-tion, and the shareholders in Martha StewartOmnimedia, who lost $250 million following thedelivery of the guilty verdicts Friday.

If anything, Martha should be convicted of hubrisand denial. Her defense team offered only one wit-ness and failed to distance her name from the some-times unflattering testimony offered by the lawyersof her stockbroker and co-defendant PeterBacanovic.

Moreover, while putting Martha on the stand mayhave been a risky gamble, her decision not to testifywas an even riskier one: she rejected the plea bar-gain offered her in 2002, the penalty for whichwould have been a $200,000 fine and no jail time.

Then again, Stewart’s reputation was all aboutrisks and a steadfast refusal to compromise. She wasa hugely successful and gutsy entrepreneur who sin-gle-handedly chatted up a small-scale catering busi-ness into a multi-million dollar domestic empire.Kings feared her and a nation of middle-aged house-wives adored her.

Her name was inseparable from the flawlessvision of what she represented: a hearty DIY workethic coupled with refined, principled taste.

It remains to be seen whether her new incarna-tion as a martyr will have the same resonance as herold one. If it does, we can all go back to calling herQueen of the Shrews.

Dan Poulson ’04 has a mean recipe for hollandaisesauce.

Martha Stewart died for our sins

Reasons why

the homemaking

über-goddess should

be exonerated.

Dear Ms. Green,

Last night my boyfriend and I were watching televi-sion, when suddenly we channel-surfed past DavidHorowitz. Here’s the problem: I’m seriously about toorder one of those Marc Jacobs t-shirts emblazonedwith Hillary Clinton’s face. So when my boyfriendsaid he liked Horowitz (who, at that moment, wasclaiming that slavery continued for “only about 80years after we inherited it from the British Empire” asif it were some sort of bureaucratic oversight) Iscreamed louder than, well, I won’t say his name butit rhymes with “Doward Hean.” How are we going tomake it until November without resorting tomanslaughter or, even worse, breaking up?

—Alarmed on Angell Street

Dear Alarmed,

Relax — breathe. Although we are undoubtedlymuddling through one of the most polarized eras inour nation’s history, it’s important to remember thatno one’s yet been caned in the Senate.

You know it’s gotten ugly when each side of thepolitical spectrum simply assumes that the otherside is lying (or, when feeling generous, “misin-formed”).

There used to be good reasons for being a conser-vative. Fiscal responsibility, anyone? George, look atme when I’m talking to you! And there was also atime when “liberal” was not synonymous with “adul-terer.”

Perhaps in this time of partisanship, what we

need is a little refresher course in political etiquette:“politiquette.”

What we need here are some guidelines. First, Ithink it would serve all of us well to recall a simpleadage of lawyers everywhere: If the facts are on yourside, argue the facts. If the law is on your side, arguethe law. If neither the facts nor the law is on yourside, attack the other guy.

This simple formula can help us all to decode

what’s really going on during the 2004 election sea-son, whether your nightly news is followed by LarryKing Live or The O’Reilly Factor. Be suspicious of adhominem attacks, whether they deride one candi-date’s less-than heroic military record or resort tooutright name-calling. (I doubt “flip-flopper” isdesigned to describe John Kerry’s choice of summerfootwear.) Someone who argues with nary a fact or alaw probably has recourse to neither.

Another classic political tactic to watch out for:the straw man argument. Candidate P will mischar-acterize Candidate Q’s position in such a way that Pcan easily yet dramatically eviscerate it. A straw manargument is a rhetorical slight of hand. For example,look at this line from President George W. Bush’sState of the Union: “We have faced serious chal-

lenges together — and now we face a choice. We cango forward with confidence and resolve — or we canturn back to the dangerous illusion that terroristsare not plotting and outlaw regimes are no threat tous.” Of course, you’re supposed to hear that and say,“Preposterous! Of course we can’t turn back time!I’m voting Republican!” But what Democrat stoodup and said, “Osama bin Laden?” (Remember him?)“Please. America’s more threatened by the Yeti.”

Also note how using the straw man Bush was ableto slide from “terrorists” to “outlaw regimes.”Though it’s hard to tell from the syntax, these areactually two different things.

Lastly, and my personal favorite: the slipperyslope argument. If you vote for X, you’re really vot-ing for Y and then it’s only a matter of time before wehave Z upon us. Ban assault weapons today, andtomorrow the sun will rise on a world where pea-shooters require background checks. Recognizinggay marriages will mean it’s only a matter of timeuntil sin, moral degeneracy and really excellentinterior design spread from sea to shining sea.

Yet what if this polite, rational approach doesn’tcatch on? What if liberals still slam their martiniglass angrily down onto their coffee tables con-structed of 95 percent post-consumer recycledproducts? What if conservatives continue to aimtheir bulbous SUVs at the ’93 Subaru with the “WagePeace!” sticker?

In that case, Alarmed, my advice to you is to turndirty politics into talking dirty — nothing’s hotterthan a murmured “I’ll be your minority whip, baby.”

Sarah Green ’04 always says the magic word.

Election etiquette

What would

Emily Post say?

DAN POULSON

SARAH GREEN

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BY CHRIS MAHRWith a roster containing sevenseniors, the women’s lacrosseteam emerged victorious in itsseason opener, a 12-10 overtimethriller against the University ofNew Hampshire Tuesday after-noon at Stevenson Field.

Led by a quick-strike offenseand a defense that was oftenimpenetrable, Brown was able tohold off a very respectableWildcats squad.

“Being able to win a game thisclose over an opponent we have alot of respect for gives us a lot ofconfidence,” said Head CoachTheresa Ingram. “We’ve got sevenwonderful seniors who have beenworking so hard for the past threeyears, and this season’s veryimportant to them and all of us.”

The game got off to an inauspi-cious start for Brown, as a strongUNH ride five minutes into thegame led to two goals, giving theWildcats an early advantage.

But Brown responded less than30 seconds later, as a nice defen-sive clear by co-captain LaurelPierpont ’04 resulted in an a goalby Amie Biros ’07 at the other end.

Pierpont’s defensive prowess

proved to be an omen for the restof the half, as Brown held UNH totwo goals over the final 10 min-utes of the period, while gettingone goal from Kate Staley ’06 andtwo from Pierpont, resulting in a4-4 halftime score.

“The team defense really cametogether,” said co-captainChristine Anneberg ’04.

“Our whole defensive unit wasvery good, with (goalkeeper) JuliaSouthard ’05 making a lot of hugesaves,” Ingram said. “In front ofher we had Ashley Branca ’04,Debbie Mendel ’04 and EmilyBlanton ’04, a great defensive unitworking out there.”

Brown came out firing on allcylinders to begin the second half,keeping the ball on the UNH sideof the field for first 10 minutes.The Bears’ hard work paid off at38:36, with Anneberg scoring thefirst of her four goals on a break-away courtesy of an assist fromAshley Holden ’06.

Brown maintained the pres-sure, getting lots of shots on goaland continuing to prevent anyeasy clears for the Wildcats. At the

SPORTS FRIDAYTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD

MARCH 12, 2004 · PAGE 12

BY CRAIG MCGOWANThe men’s ultimate frisbeeclub team, Brownian Motion,started its season off with abang last weekend, making itto the semifinals of the highlycompetitive StanfordInvitational.

Though the team has yet topractice on grass this year,Brown went undefeated inpool play, defeating theUniversity of Wisconsin in thequarterfinals before falling tohost and eventual championStanford University.

“It was really exciting toplay well and do well,” saidco-captain Josh Ziperstein’05.

Brown began the tourna-ment with a game against theCollege of William & Mary, thetop seed in their pool andfourth seed in the tourna-ment. Brown, which defeatedWilliam & Mary at last year’snational tournament, tookthe game 12-10.

The second pool gamematched the team against theUniversity of California-SanDiego. San Diego had aneffective deep zone it hadused to great effect againstHumboldt State University.Brown played excellentdefense throughout the game,at no time more evident thantoward the end.

After Ben Galeota-Sprung’05 dove to break up a passthat would have put SanDiego in position to score,Brown took the disc andmarched down the field totake the lead, which it wouldnot relinquish en route to a13-10 victory.

In its final game onSaturday, Brown faced the lastseed in the pool, Humboldt.Though the team was tiredfrom its two previous games,Brown shut down Humboldt’soffense and prevailed 13-9.

BY ASHLEY BRANCALike most Division I athletes,Tanara Golston ’04 came toBrown as a high-school stand-out, prepared to test herself inthe big leagues.

Unlike most Division I ath-letes, Golston would spendthe next four years demon-

s t r a t i n gshe isn o t h i n glike anyof her

predecessors or peers. As herrecord-setting performancethis weekend proved, thisballer is in a league of herown.

In Friday’s game against

Columbia University, Golstonbroke both the Brown and IvyLeague records for assists in aseason. She and her team-mates celebrated by plantingkisses on the leather.

If only it could always lookthat pretty — but no oneknows better than Golstonthat all that matters is hittingthe target. For Golston, hittingher mark comes easy, but onlyafter years of hard work.

Golston joined the squadher first year with the inten-tion of climbing her way upthe playing time ladder.Joined by a competitive class

BY AMANDA BURDENThe equestrian team made astrong comeback Saturday, cap-turing a third-place finish at theUniversity of Connecticut, animprovement from last week-end’s fifth-place finish atWesleyan University. In total,the team scored 32 points out ofa possible 47, maintaining itsthird-place position in theregion, behind Roger WilliamsUniversity and UConn.

“Brown definitely has the tal-ent and potential to catch up toRoger Williams,” said captainLeila Ledsinger ’05. “Everyonerode very well Saturday, and wesaw a lot of personal bests forthe season. We just need to usethe kind of positive and sup-portive spirit from this show toregain the lead in the region.”

Usually gaining the mostcomparative points in the flatportions of competitions, Browndid not fare as well Saturdaymorning, as the judge rankedmany strong flat competitorsbelow their typical placements.But the show concluded on ahigh point for Brown, as severalriders took home first-place rib-bons in the lower divisions andover-fences classes.

In the open flat division, 2003team MVP Jamie Peddy ’06placed fourth, while SeverineBrustlein ’04 and Cindy Willner’04 both took home fifth-placeribbons and Alexis Marcuvitz ’06placed sixth.

In the intermediate flat divi-sion, Jade Palomino ’07 andGillian Heinecke ‘07 both wontheir respective classes. Despitea nice ride, Katherine Warshaw-Reid ’05 placed sixth in herintermediate flat contest .

Rachel Roemer ’06 led theway for the novice flat divisionwith a much-needed win.Ariana Arcenas ’06 and HeidiAbrecht ’07 followed with strongsecond-place finishes, whileKate Rae ’05 and Mallory Kass

BY BROOKE WOLFEThe gymnastics team woneasy victories over theMassachusetts Institute ofTechnology and SpringfieldCollege at a meet held at MITon Tuesday. The team hadalready beaten Springfieldonce and MIT twice this sea-son, and this winning trendcontinued as Brown placed inthe top two in all four events,and the top five on the beam.

Kate Slawsky ’07 placed inthe top four in all three of herevents, showing great promisefor the team.

On the beam, Gina Verge ’04took first place a 9.8, followedby Mandi Baughmann ’06 with9.65, Melissa Forziat ’05 with9.55, Kate Slawsky ’07 with 9.4and Jayne Finst ’04 with 9.15.

Brown also swept the topfour places on the bars, withVerge leading the team againwith a score of 9.6, followed bySara Cavett ’06, Finst and KellyMoran ’05.

The vault also won Brownpoints, with team membersscoring in the top three. Finsttook first in the vault with a9.5, Verge took second and

Slawsky was third with a scoreof 9.275.

Finally, the floor exercisegave Brown the top two posi-tions. Finst was first with a9.45, followed closely bySlawsky with a 9.4. Verge fin-ished in fourth with a 9.3.

The Bears will compete intheir final home meet of theseason against the Universityof Bridgeport and RhodeIsland College Sunday. Themeet was originally scheduledfor last Friday, but a malfunc-tion with the bar apparatusforced a postponement.

Mark Cho / Herald

Laurel Pierpont ’04 had two goals despite pressure from University ofNew Hampshire defenders in Brown’s 12-10 overtime win Tuesday.

MIT and Springfield still no match asgymnastics takes easy victory

Friday, March 12

Women’s Ice Hockey: vs. Princeton, ECACQuarterfinals – Game 1, Meehan Auditorium,3:30 p.m.Men’s Ice Hockey: vs. Harvard, ECACQuarterfinals – Game 1, Meehan Auditorium,7:30 p.m.Women’s Lacrosse: vs. Maryland, StevensonField, 7 p.m.Baseball: at University of Florida, Gainesville,Fla.Women’s Track: NCAA Championships,Fayetteville, ARMen’s Tennis: Blue/Gray Classic,Montgomery, Ala.Men’s Track: NCAA Indoor Championships

Saturday, March 13

Women’s Ice Hockey: vs. Princeton, ECACQuarterfinals – Game 2, Meehan Auditorium,2 p.m.Men’s Ice Hockey: vs. Harvard, ECACQuarterfinals – Game 2, Meehan Auditorium,7 p.m.Baseball: at University of Florida Gainesville,Fla.Men’s Lacrosse: at Fairfield, Fairfield, Conn.Women’s Water Polo: vs. Connecticut College,

Cambridge, Mass.Women’s Water Polo: at Harvard, Cambridge,Mass.Men’s Tennis: Blue/Gray Classic,Montgomery, Ala.

Sunday, March 14

Women’s Ice Hockey: vs. Princeton, ECACQuarterfinals – Game 3, Meehan Auditorium,2 p.m. (if needed)Men’s Ice Hockey: vs. Harvard, ECACQuarterfinals – Game 3, Meehan Auditorium,7 p.m. (if needed)Softball: vs. Central Connecticut, EricksonAthletic Complex, noonWomen’s Lacrosse: vs. Colgate, StevensonField, 1 p.m.Women’s Tennis: vs. UAB, Pizzitola SportsCenter, 1 p.m.Gymnastics: vs. RIC and Bridgeport, PizzitolaSports Center 1 p.m.Baseball: at University of Florida, Gainesville,Fla.Women’s Water Polo: vs. Connecticut College,Cambridge, Mass.Women’s Water Polo: at Harvard, Cambridge,Mass.Men’s Tennis: Blue/Gray Classic,Montgomery, Ala.

Strong start forBrownian Motion atStanford Invitational

Don’t call ita comeback:equestriantakes third

ATHLETE OF THEWEEK

W. lacrosse takesseason opener in OT

Hard work led topersonal successfor Golston ’04

B R O W N S P O R T S S C H E D U L E

see LACROSSE, page 9

see GOLSTON, page 9

see ULTIMATE, page 9 see EQUESTRIAN, page 9