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BY HANNAH BASCOMFor the approximately 25 students at Brown who werehomeschooled during high school, the undergraduateadmission and social adjustment process is just like every-one else’s.

Homeschooled students submit the same applications,unlike at other schools, which require additional SAT IIscores or other supplemental materials, said MichaelGoldberger, director of undergraduate admission.

“For us, everybody goes through the exact same process.They may have different credentials, but we just treat them

like everyone else,” Goldberger said.Because some high schools now no longer give grades,

the absence of graded transcripts poses no additionalproblems for homeschooled applicants, he added.

Last year, of the 50 homeschoolers who applied toBrown, 10 were admitted and six matriculated.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number ofhomeschooled students nationwide is increasing by asmuch as 15 to 20 percent annually. But the number ofapplications Brown receives from homeschooled studentshas not increased in recent years, Goldberger said.

Once homeschoolers arrive at Brown, like everyone elsethey have different experiences, Goldberger said.

“For kids who still went to school to do band, to playsports … they probably have no trouble adjusting socially.For kids who didn’t get to interact there are probably someproblems,” he said.

Ethan Wingfield ’07 said he has had no trouble adjustingsocially at Brown because he had to seek out social activi-ties and friendships as a homeschooler. “To develop socialskills as a homeschooler, you have to actively pursue get-ting to know people — people who do have much moregenuine people skills,” he said.

Wingfield’s family homeschooled all six of their children. “My parents like the results that they’ve been getting.

Homeschoolers tend to be very advanced academically,socially and developmentally,” he said.

Homeschoolers have no more problems handling theacademic load than other students, Goldberger said. Infact, some said they felt they are more prepared for thehands-off approach of the New Curriculum.

“Brown academics are more similar to homeschooling— they’re self-governed,” said Justin Fike ’07, who was

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New York Times Assistant Editor Allan Siegal spoke about life at the paper post-Jayson Blair.

Times ed. Siegaldescribes a post-Blair newspaperBY MILES HOVISThe past five months have been the worst in AllanSiegal’s 43 years at The New York Times.

The assistant managing editor and newly-appointedstandards editor discussed pressing issues in modernjournalism and the aftermath of the Jayson Blair scan-dal in a lecture Saturday in Carmichael Auditorium.

Siegal has been a central figure in the highly publi-cized ethics reforms at The Times that followed the dis-covery of Blair’s plagiarism and fabrications last spring.Blair resigned May 2.

What followed was a a movement concerning thenewspaper’s handling of Blair from both staff and read-ers that led to changes in the paper’s editorial policyand personnel, including the resignation of executiveeditor Howell Raines, Siegal said.

Siegal said the Blair scandal was a catalyst for actionat The Times. He described “an orgy of rebellion against(the) leadership” of the paper, as staff members rose upagainst an editorial hierarchy they saw as distant andunresponsive.

But the last month at the paper has been a “cheeringtime” in at least one way, Siegal said. He said the staff isno longer afraid to “push back or speak out” againstperceived mismanagement.

That’s helped uncover sources of discontent on amuch smaller scale than the Blair scandal, he said.

Siegal said one staffer came to him recently with acomplaint about a photo of California gubernatorialcandidate Arnold Schwarzenneger pointing to a crowdof supporters. The employee felt Schwarzenneger’sgesture resembled a Nazi salute.

Siegal said he disagreed that the photo was an exam-ple of bias, but that it revealed a new open atmosphereat The Times.

After the scandal, Siegal was selected to head a stan-dards committee to determine how newsroom cultureat The Times led to the Blair controversy. Despite hisprotests, the committee was dubbed the “SiegalCommittee.”

Siegal said the committee conducted an exhaustiveinvestigation of recent articles that readers claimedcontained errors, intentional or otherwise.

He said The Times set up a Web site for publicreporting of Blair’s fabrications which also drew com-plaints about a large number of articles not written byBlair.

As for journalistic policy, Siegal said The Times nowrequires more accurate documentation of sources,

BY ALEXIS KUNSAKAlthough Brown Student Radio is an independentstudent-run station, it must receive approval fromThe Wheeler School — which means not airing any-thing “that might offend somebody’s grandma,”according to the BSR station manual.

That’s because the grade school owns BSR’s broad-cast signal and can decide what material is suitablefor its listeners. But soon, BSR may not have to worryabout offending Providence-area grandmothers everagain.

The student-run station applied to the FederalCommunications Commission three years ago topurchase its own space on a new signal from a towerin South Providence. The signal would allow BSR toexpand its listenership to all of Providence and otherparts of Rhode Island.

BSR competed with hundreds of other applicants

for space on the signal and learned over the summerthat the FCC narrowed the field to six, mostly reli-gious organizations, said BSR General ManagerShauna Duffy ’04.

Negotiations are now underway between BSR andthe other six stations to share space, pendingapproval from the FCC.

The signal change would give BSR more editorialindependence but also increase its volume of pro-gramming.

The station currently airs a variety of music, sportsand talk shows nightly between 7 p.m. and 2 a.m. Butthe station hopes to expand to time slots with lesscompetition from other forms of entertainment,mainly primetime television, Duffy said.

With more hours available, BSR could include

BSR plans to expand to daytime programming

Homeschooled students at Brown applyand adjust to college life like everyone else

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“You Can Count onMe” star Laura Linney’86 talks about herpath to the big screenarts & culture,page 3

Eli Swiney ’04 sees acoming crisis in theRepublican Party asthe primaries nearcolumn,page 11

Jonathan Liu ’07reveals which femaleauthor liberal malesdrool overcolumn, page 11

Brown football loseshome-openerGovernor’s Cup to URIfor third year in a rowsports, page 12

Red Sox fan KateKlonick ’06 argues whyBoston shouldn’t winthe seriessports column, page 12

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Linney ’86worked UFSbefore going toHollywoodBY LELA SPIELBERGLike many young actors, Laura Linney ’86,the Oscar-nominated star of “You CanCount on Me” and “The Truman Show,”supported her budding career by workingin the food service industry.

Linney peeled eggs in the Ratty kitchensand starred in several ProductionWorkshop plays during her three years atBrown.

Ever since graduation, she’s remained aloyal alumna.

“I’d certainly recommend that everyonelook at Brown,” Linney said. “The friends Imade at Brown are my best friends in theworld. I talk to someone from Brown atleast once a day.”

Linney said her commitment to theUniversity is motivated by her love for theschool.

Born in Manhattan, Linney alwaysknew she wanted to be an actress. Shetransferred to Brown during her sopho-more year after attending Northwestern.Linney was attracted to the University

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clear disclosure of how inter-views were conducted, andstricter rules for the use of anony-mous sources.

During the question-and-answer session, Siegal alsotouched on issues surroundingthe role of race in the Blair con-troversy. Critics of the paper havecharged that Blair was given spe-cial treatment because he wasAfrican American.

While The Times works towarda more racially diverse staff,Siegal said Blair’s promotionswere not primarily related torace. But he did say that, duringhis career at The Times, Blairexploited his race and lied aboutfriendships with African-American superiors.

Siegal also discussed his newposition as standards editor. Hedescribed the position as the“designated complaints depart-ment on behalf of the newsroompeople.” He said the positionessentially made him an investi-gator and policeman of claims ofinaccuracy.

After Siegal described the vari-ous duties of both his positions,an audience member remarked,

“You have a big job, sir.” Siegal also addressed difficult

issues in modern journalism,especially the use of politicallysensitive language. Co-author ofThe Times’ stylebook, Siegal haslong been one of the principleauthorities on what is and is notacceptable for publication. In thelecture, Siegal focused primarilyon the written use of profanity.

“‘Suck’ hasn’t made it pastme,” he said.

At a reception after the lecturein The Herald office, Siegalstressed the importance of bal-anced style. He said The Timesaims to be “conversational,” amidpoint between chatty andstuffy. Journalists should beaware of the language they use toreduce bias and relating the newsas plainly and truthfully as possi-ble, he said.

Siegal’s lecture was the first ina series sponsored by The Herald.

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more people and ideas in itsshows, “ultimately raising thebar on both commitment andquality,” Duffy said.

The new signal is a low-power, non-commercial fre-quency — but spread fromSouth Providence, 96.5 FM willcover the entire area of the city,as well as Cranston andJohnston.

The current signal, 88.1 FM,is based in Seekonk, Mass., andsends a relatively weak signal tothe greater Providence area.

Over 100 students fromBrown and RISD, as well as arearesidents, run BSR. Apart fromsmaller college stations at theUniversity of Rhode Island andProvidence College, there is lit-tle alternate programmingavailable in Providence, Duffysaid.

BSR fills a niche for a vibrantlocal music scene that wouldnot get exposure on commercialradio, as well as local documen-tary work involving studentsand stories within the commu-nity, she said.

“From the moment I walkedin, they provided extremely per-sonal, hands-on student train-ing,” said Adeline Goss ’05, whohelps produce “Inside Out,”BSR’s Providence-based docu-mentary series. “The membershave a strong commitment inspite of financial restraints, and

the student resources areimmense.”

Having grown up inJohnston, Duffy said she feelsstrongly about the bridgebetween students and the com-munity. Duffy, who overseesscheduling and seeks fundrais-ing opportunities for the sta-tion, acknowledged the difficul-ties of management for a smallradio station.

“It’s going to be a lot of workand a huge time commitmentfor long-term members. Someof us were here 40 hours a weekthis summer, but the reward isthat we can share the things welove with the rest of the world,”she said.

BSR has also found a newhome on the Internet.

Online broadcasting reachedover 40,000 listeners around theworld in the last month, Duffysaid. Teenagers in Japan havecalled the station to discusstheir favorite Providence metalband and the Providence musicscene, she said.


BSR "From the moment I

walked in, they pro-

vided extremely per-

sonal, hands-on stu-

dent training.”

Adeline Goss ’05BSR Producer

After Siegal described

the various duties of

both his positions, an

audience member

remarked,“You have a

big job, sir.”

because of its reputation for itsliberal curriculum.

“The philosophy of educationwas right up my alley,” she said.

The housing situation did notsuit her as well. She lived inGerman house, which was con-sidered sub-par housing — evenfor transfer students.

But Linney was no primadonna.

“I would have taken a box onthe corner,” she said.

Once at Brown, Linney partici-pated in numerous productionsincluding “Stage Struck” and“Hedda Gabler,” in which she hada starring role. She later won the1994 Calloway Award for her rolein the play’s Broadway produc-tion.

She especially enjoyed doingProduction Workshop plays. Oneof her favorites was “Landscapeof the Body.”

One of the most meaningfulroles for Linney at Brown was Adain “Childe Byron,” which waswritten by her father, RomulusLinney. It was the only play of herfather’s in which she has per-formed.

Don Wilmeth, former chair ofseveral Brown theater programsand a close friend of Linney’s,said he thought acting in “ChildeByron” might have been emo-tionally challenging for Linney.

“She knew the play was auto-biographical. It is about thebreakup of a family, her family. Itwas a brave thing for her to do,”Wilmeth said.

Linney is not only theatricallycourageous, she is also intellectu-ally adventurous, Wilmeth said.He said Linney took many of themore academic courses offeredby the theater department anddid well.

Though her first film role wasin the 1992 movie “Lorenzo’s Oil,”Linney was originally more com-mitted to theater. She has been inseveral Broadway productions,

including “The Seagull” withEthan Hawke, Tyne Daly and JonVoight, “Six Degrees ofSeparation” with StockardChanning and “Hedda Gabler,”for which she won the 1994Calloway Award.

But with several roles in anumber of popular movies —such as “The Truman Show,” “TheSecret Life of David Gale” and“You Can Count on Me,” forwhich she won a best actressOscar nomination for her por-trayal of a single mother —Linney admits she now enjoysboth mediums equally.

She was nominated for a Tonyaward for the best performanceby a leading actress in a play forher role in “The Crucible” in 2002.

She and her costar in “TheCrucible,” Liam Neeson, havejust finished filming the movie“Kinsey,” which details the life ofAlfred Kinsey. Linney is currentlyworking on “P.S.,” a low-budgetendeavor directed by Dylan Kidd.

Only 39 years old, Linney hasalready had a very successfulcareer.

That’s no surprise to Wilmeth. “Every now and then you see a

student actor that you know willbe a good professional actor,” hesaid. “She was one of those peo-ple.”

In May 2003, Linney receivedrecognition from the Universityfor her accomplishments with anhonorary doctorate in the area offine arts.

Wilmeth formally presented

Linney with the degree. He alsohad the pleasure of informing hershe was an intended recipient.

“When I told her she wasreceiving one of the degrees, shewas dumbfounded,” he said.“There was complete silence onthe other end of the phone.”

The ever-humble Linneyagreed she was shocked at thehonor. “It was very unexpected.”

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Linney But with several roles in a number of popular

movies — such as “The Truman Show,”“The

Secret Life of David Gale” and “You Can

Count on Me,” for which she won a best

actress Oscar nomination for her portrayal of

single mother — Linney admits she now

enjoys both mediums equally.

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With the loss, the Bears fin-ished non-Ivy League play at 4-3.The Bears had most of the weekto lament over the lackluster per-formance against BostonUniversity and prepare forColumbia. On Saturday the Bearstraveled to New York City tosquare off against the ColumbiaLions. The Lions came out flyingand spent the beginning of thefirst half pressuring the Browndefense.

“For the first 20 minutes theytook it to us pretty hard,” saidSeth Quidachay-Swan ’04. “Butwe were able to gain control inthe later part of the half. Thesame thing happened in the sec-ond half. They came out with fireand we slowly built our wayback.”

Much of the offensive effortput forth by Columbia could beattributed to their 4-5-1 set inwhich they played the ball direct-ly to their target players.

“Their direct style put our backline under a lot of pressure,”Noonan said.

Columbia outshot Brown 18-6,but Gomez only needed to makethree saves to earn his thirdshutout of the year.

“I was surprised to see onlythree of their shots were on tar-get,” Noonan said. “I think (thelack of shots on net) was morethem missing than us preventingthem from shooting on net.”

The defense played much bet-ter against the Lions than againstBoston University, though theoffense had trouble producing asustaining attack in regulation.

“Our offense ended up playingdefense most of the time,”Quidachay-Swan said. “Theirbacks came flying up and our for-wards were dropping back to playdefense. We had some opportu-nities, but the touch was a littleoff.”

In the first overtime, neitherteam had great scoring chances,but the Bears took advantage of

one of their few opportunitiesearly in the second overtime.Diane drove the ball down theright side of the field and thencrossed it to Captain Adom Crew’04, who controlled the ball andpounded his fourth goal of theyear into the net. The goal wasCrew’s third game winner of theyear.

“We dominated in overtime,”said Andrew Daniels ’07. “Ourcoach really works on our fitnesslevel. We had fresh legs andpushed for the goal and got it.”

With a week until the nextgame, Quidachay-Swan said theBears will use its time to preparefor a highly touted Princetonteam.

“The week off will really helpus,” he said. “After playing eightgames in a short period of time,we’re exhausted. It’ll be a chanceto heal our injuries and getfocused again.”


homeschooled from fourth toeighth grade.

For Bathsheba Demuth ’06 thedecision to be home schooledstemmed from her parents’ ownnegative experiences with publiceducation, where their particularneeds and strengths found littleaccommodation.

Growing up in an agriculturalarea in Iowa, Demuth had fewerresources to draw on, but enjoyeda well-paced, personality-specificprogram under the supervision ofher parents she said.

She went on to spend two yearsworking in a Native American vil-lage in arctic Canada, after whichshe spent a year writing about theexperience.

Coming to Brown as a fresh-man at the age of 21, she said shefound the age difference had agreater effect on her ability torelate to her classmates, despitethe different educational back-grounds.

Though there is no “cookie-cut-ter mold” for homeschooled stu-dents, all seem to do well oncethey get to Brown, Goldbergersaid.

Though usually less exposed toforeign language classes, mosthomeschoolers follow a curricu-lum similar to that of regular highschool students because it is sub-ject to state regulation, Goldbergersaid. Many homeschooled stu-dents take additional classes atlocal community colleges and maywork during the day, he said.

— With reports from Carl Smith’05.

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


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a Brown personal foul on theplay, the fake netted 38 yards. Tocap the drive, URI kicker ShaneLaisle hit a 50-yard field goal,tying the school record forlongest field goal and putting theRams up 10-0.

URI’s next drive did not turnout so fortunate. After a couple ofpenalties and a tackle for a loss bylineman Jesse Hawkins ’04, URIwas forced to punt as the firstquarter ended. On the first playof the second quarter, the snapwent over Laisle’s head, sailingout of the back of the end zonefor a safety. But any momentumBrown got from putting their firstpoints on the board quicklyslipped away, as returner DarrenCarmon ’04 fumbled the kickoffreturn. Instead, the Rams gotgreat field position and capital-ized on it. Quarterback JaysonDavis, who had 101 rushing yardsbefore leaving with an injuryearly in the third quarter, ran for a32-yard score. On Brown’s nextpossession, Slager fumbled aftergetting sacked, and the Ramsnetted another field goal, endingthe scoring for the half at 20-2.

After a scoreless third quarter,the Bears’ offense showed signsof life. Slager hit Shreck for a five-yard touchdown, ending a drivein which Hill had four catches for62 yards. But URI once againsquelched any Brown momen-tum by scoring on their nextdrive, ending the scoring at 27-9.

On the defensive side of theball, the usual suspects led the

Bears. Gallagher led the team intackles with 11, including eightsolo stops, and recovered thedefense’s only fumble.Linebacker Anjel Gutierrez ’05and safety Craig Young ’05 had 10and nine tackles, respectively,while Young had a big intercep-tion and deflected three passes.The special teams unit was alsoable to hold URI return specialistWendall Williams to negative-twoyards on two returns. Williamscame in to the game averaging19.2 yards per punt return. Estesgave credit to Gavin Logan ’07and Jarrett Schreck ’06 for help-

ing shut down Williams.Next week brings another good

football team to Providence, No.14 Fordham. The win for theRams comes off a loss to Bucknell,bringing their record to 3-2.

“We’ve got an opportunity tomake a statement here,” Estessaid. He pointed to the Bears’improvement since the Harvardgame, hoping Saturday wouldbring even better results.

Herald staff writer Chris Hatfield’06 is an assistant sports editor.He can be reached at [email protected].



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Homeschool havenThere’s been a growth in the perceived legitimacy of home-

schooling methods over the last decade, and Brown, always

an innovator, is at the forefront.

The University was named one of the most friendly to

homeschool applicants in the recently published “After

Homeschool: Fifteen Homeschoolers out in the Real World,”

and Director of Admission Michael Goldberger said Brown

treats homeschooled students “like everyone else.”

Such open-mindedness fits with the University’s flexible

curriculum and is especially timely given the increasing pop-

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lion homeschooled students in the United States last year,

according to the National Home Education Research Institute.

Stereotypes surrounding the practice — that it’s taken up

mainly by hippies or Christian fundamentalists — are starting

to fade as well.

Americans from diverse backgrounds, concerned about

poor public schools and school violence, have started doing

everything from “school-at-home,” where there are structured

lessons and assignments, to “unschooling,” which is looser

and more student-led. Although homeschoolers have long

been tagged with an “antisocial” label, many participate in

more outside activities, clubs and sports than institutionally

educated students. Plus, they’re used to self-directed learning,

making Brown a perfect fit.

Giving equal weight to the applications of homeschooled

students provides another important opportunities for diversi-

ty at Brown. Many homeschooled students display an unusual

independence, gained through jobs or individual projects, that

make them a dynamic addition to the University campus.

To discredit the lack of official structure to their education,

as some institutions do, would be misguided. After all, we are

S/NC Brown students.

Student leaderssurprised by CollegeDems’ letter

To the Editor:

We were quite surprised by the accusationsraised by the College Democrats in a recent letter tothe editor (“Dems’ debate forum ignored by conser-vatives,” Oct. 3). It was a reckless and irresponsiblemove that reeked of shameless self-promotion.Truly the state of dialogue at this campus hasreached new lows if our commitment to intellectu-al diversity is measured by our attendance toDemocrat-sponsored events. We appreciate thespirit behind the so-called “Soapbox Debates,” but

wonder if they are the best means of engenderingthe free exchange of ideas on this campus. Indeed,if intellectual diversity concerns the CollegeDemocrats, why were these opinions neverexpressed to us directly? Our inboxes never receiveda copy of their letter to the editor or any other cor-respondence whatsoever. If they are so concernedwith politically diverse exchange, why did we haveto read The Herald to learn of their opinion? Wechallenge the College Democrats to join us in find-ing more effective and substantial ways of workingtoward real diversity on this campus. Until thenthey should refrain from such moral exhibitionism.

Joseph Lisska ’04, College RepublicansStephen Beale ’04, The Brown Spectator

Oct. 5

OPINIONSTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD


READERS WHO TOOK THE TIME TO PICKup the latest issue of The Brown Spectatorand read Stephen Beale’s excellent inter-view with Pat Buchanan and subsequenteditorial caught a glimpse of a politicalreality that is only now starting to make itinto the mainstream politicalpress: There is a deep crisisbrewing in the RepublicanParty, as many long-timeRepublicans from outside theadministration are beginningto feel betrayed by a party that first wooedthem with promises of small government,fiscal responsibility, states’ rights, prag-matic foreign policy and a patriotic respectfor America’s veterans and active soldiers.

And why shouldn’t they? On the issues ofsmall government and fiscal sanity — oncethe defining mantras of the party — theneocon-led Bush administration hasproven more nightmarish than the last twoDemocratic administrations combined.Here’s a dirty little semi-secret: UnderBush, we’ve had a 21 percent increase innon-military, non-entitlement domesticspending.

Then there are states’ rights, the beliefamong many Republicans — and most ofthe Founding Fathers — that state govern-ments can represent their populations bet-ter than the federal government andshould be allowed to do so. Earlier thisyear, the administration filed a brief in sup-port of robbing the state of Michigan of itsright to determine the admission stan-

dards of its state universities. They’ve alsobeen open about their interest in robbingVermont of its right to recognize civilunions. States’ rights apply to liberal states,too, and some Republicans know it.

No betrayal, though, can bring forth thekind of gut-wrenching disgustevoked by the Bush administra-tion’s abandonment of veter-ans. In committee, HouseRepublicans sought a $15 bil-lion-dollar cut in appropria-

tions for veteran benefits and a $14.5 bil-lion cut in veteran benefit entitlements.And the Bush administration has repeated-ly supported blocking attempts to reformthe technicality that strips disabled veter-ans of much of their promised pensions,which the deputy legislative director ofDisabled American Veterans has predicted“will become our most embarrassingnational disgrace.”

The disrespect for soldiers is even moretroubling in the administration’s abandon-ment of pragmatic foreign policy in favor ofneo-conservative idealism. Everyone’sheard the adage that “a Republican is just aDemocrat who’s been mugged.” As chick-enhawk neo-cons like Paul Wolfowitz con-tinue to find endless glee in sendingAmericans to serve and die in ways theynever bothered to, a new version of the say-ing comes to mind: “A Democrat is just aRepublican who’s been into combat.” Tenseconds of any Bush military speech makeit clear that the administration views mili-tary policy as a simplistic, comic-book bat-tle between Good and Evil, not the com-plex, often unglamorous stew of diploma-

cy, horror and strategy that it inherently is.Now that the average rates of casualtiesand injuries in Iraq have easily topped therates for Vietnam from 1961 to 1965, manyRepublicans are questioning the value ofthat brand of idealism.

Conventional wisdom says the conflictin the party is simply between neo-conser-vatives and paleo-conservatives, and thatpaleo-conservatives can be easilyappeased by remaining firm on issues likeabortion and gay rights. The binary, how-ever, is a fiction. Isn’t it possible that thereis a faction in the party that shares the neo-cons’ distaste for the Falwell crowd’s issuesbut still doesn’t subscribe to its abandon-ment of the pragmatism, localism and realpatriotism that once defined the party?There’s already empirical proof of this fac-tion’s existence. Submitted for yourapproval: John McCain. McCainRepublicans rallied around a candidatewho embodied the sanity and pragmatismBush has forsaken, and some of them maybe looking for a candidate who resemblestheir idol more than Bush has.

Enter Wesley Clark. Let’s get this out in

the open: Clark is clearly a Democrat. Hisstances on taxation, abortion and affirma-tive action prove it. But Clark also embod-ies the type of real-world military policyRepublicans once used as their callingcard. Add to the mix the fact that less-viable Howard Dean has successfullyproven that Democrats can indeed supportstates’ rights and budget-balancing, andyou’ve got a 2004 upset on your hands.Though most Republicans will remainloyal, it’s likely at least a few will see that noDemocrat could really be substantivelyworse than Bush on their pet issues andwill be willing to defect to a candidate whocan be substantively better on at least acouple.

When it comes to military pragmatismand fiscal responsibility, Clark has proventhat he is up to the task. Here’s my Babe-Ruth-pointing-at-the-fence prediction: IfClark gains the nomination, a rash ofsmall-but-damaging defections in theMidwest will cost Bush his second term.And a handful of former Republicans willfind a more hospitable home in the NewPragmatic Party.

Reconciling the gap between neo- and paleo-conservatives

Where some Republicans sense betrayal

Eli Swiney ’04 thinks he’s the best and thebrightest.

ELI SWINEYSOUTHERN STRATEGY

Blasphemy?The treasonous — nay, slanderous — liberal attraction to America’s favorite psychopath

Ten seconds of any Bush military speech make it clear

that the administration views military policy as a sim-

plistic, comic-book battle between Good and Evil, not

the complex, often unglamorous stew of diplomacy, hor-

ror and strategy that it inherently is.

THE NEW YORK TIMES’ NON-FICTIONbestseller list was lit aflame this summerby the long-awaited release of a work thatcemented the widespread public affection— and the wider-spread public revulsion— toward its inside-the-beltway, bottleblonde, post-feminist politico author.

Her supporters agreed thetome illustrated a thoughtfuland insightful woman, fight-ing valiantly against a vastconspiracy engendered todestroy her and all that she(and they) held dear. Herdetractors, on the other hand,saw the book as evidence ofan essential indecency andlaunched a media army todefeat it. And so began the lat-est struggle over what to makeof one of the most interesting— and, in some circles,demonic — personalities ofour times.

Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton publishedher memoirs.

Yes, Ann Coulter has replaced Hillary asthe icon du jour at the nexus of millennialAmerican politics, culture and genderrelations. “Treason,” like “Slander” beforeit (no space for the unwieldy subtitleshere), succeeded by reducing the politicalscene of the last 100 years to a simplebinary opposition: Conservatives loveAmerica; “sissy-boy” liberals don’t. JoeMcCarthy is a hero and a victim of liberalmedia distortion. The Democratic Partyshould be disbanded; its members jailed.

End of story.And yet, compared to Limbaugh or

Savage or O’Reilly, Coulter as a phenome-non is much more complex. She is anattractive, brassy, Connecticut-bred,Manhattan-dwelling single woman whoalso calls herself a fundamentalist

Christian and Clinton a“sodomite” and whose pri-mary method of scholarlydenigration is to call intoquestion the masculinity ofher subject. (Memo to TuckerCarlson: You have no chance.)

Coulter purports to hate theliberal media elite, yet hasnever lived more than an hourfrom either coast nor, for thatmatter, a phone call away fromBill Maher. We could simplyblame FOX, but the truth isCoulter — outspoken, fiercelyprovocative, seen as slightly

mad — hasn’t succeeded despite theobjections of the left. Rather, she hasbecome the new fantasy of the young,worldly, liberal male, her politics bedamned.

For progressive women, this mightseem absolutely revolting and serve asproof that, once and for all, they are thestronger sex. I couldn’t agree more. Thereasons we — and by we, I mean any het-erosexual male under 30 left of Lieberman— love Ann are, without a doubt, weak,infantile, even degenerate. Yet, they areassuredly not ones of compromised ideals.

We don’t secretly desire Coulter becauseof a similarly clandestine hope of reestab-lishing traditional values of God, guns andfamily. Indeed, part of the reason Coulter

is so appealing is that, published polemicsaside, she is almost entirely unrepresenta-tive of such values. It may be presumptu-ous, but I’d imagine Ann Coulter’s lifestyleis far more “Sex and the City” than“Everybody Loves Raymond” and this factis the central basis of her allure.

One could call this basis hypocrisy, butthe young man, once smitten, is more aptto term it paradox. Coulter, like all para-doxes, intrigues in what she withholds.Many a liberal commentator has suggest-ed that her politics are an act, but that ideareads more like wishful thinking (saidcommentators are almost universallymale) than anything substantive. All poli-tics, after all, are an act; the point is thatAnn Coulter truly believes that shebelieves McCarthyism was a blast and the“Today Show” is co-anchored by “the EvaBraun of morning television.” Whether sheactually believes it is inconsequential.

And, in many ways, that televised bat-tle with Katie Couric best illustrates thereason liberal men — used to politicalcorrectness, civility and rationality —have fallen for “the right’s she-devil,” asnamed by Salon.com, reflecting both theliberal media’s train-wreck fascinationwith Coulter and such fascination’s nec-essarily misogynist overtone. WhereasCouric — and the mainstream progres-sive womanhood she represents — is anintelligent, accepting, eminently likeablefigure, Coulter is severe: the long hairswept uniformly to one side, the self-sat-isfied half-smile, the vaguely affectedaccent. Coulter may call for traditionalconservative values but her very presencemakes a figure like Couric appear docileand coquettish — indeed, feminine — in

comparison.Thus, Coulter is a post-feminist in pre-

cisely the opposite way as her summerpublishing rival. Whereas Hillary espousesthe cause yet came to power largelythrough a man, Coulter as a cultural prod-uct would have been impossible withoutwomen’s “liberation,” yet is openly hostileto that legacy. Coulter doesn’t need femi-nism, just like she doesn’t need logic,because she finds both irrelevant. Herarguments, however insane or (moreoften) inane, are tinged with a sense ofsuperiority — indeed, entitlement — thatcomes with the self-possessed certainty ofstatus. Ann Coulter is what the alpha malewould still be had feminism not decon-structed its bearings.

Ultimately that is what makes her soattractive to us weakling liberal males withour intense sensitivities and nuanced sen-sibilities. It’s not that we wish to becomeold-fashioned “manly men” in theMcCarthy mold — frankly, pre-feministmanhood simply seems exhausting.Rather, we’d just like to imagine that suchan archetype — the entitlement, the lackof subtlety, the complete disregard ofrules, be they those of fairness or footnotedocumentation (two of Coulter’s well-known liabilities) — still exists and in aculturally acceptable form. Coulter doesn’tmince words and doesn’t speak softly. Shewants men to be men and the weak to getout of the way. Her publishers might dressher in ever-shorter skirts, but the truth isshe is far from the typical sex object.

On the contrary, Ann Coulter is the manwe could never be. And that’s why —secretly, apologetically and illogically —we love her.

Jonathan Liu ’07 likes footnotes but findsparenthetical documentation excruciating.

JONATHAN LIUIN LIU OF THE NEWS

SPORTS MONDAYTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD

OCTOBER 6, 2003 · PAGE 12

BY CHRIS HATFIELDBrown football (1-2 overall, 0-1 Ivy) suf-fered a tough loss in its home openerSaturday, falling 27-9 to the University ofRhode Island. The Governor’s Cup willspend its third straight year in Kingston, asturnovers hurt the Bears in an otherwisevery competitive game. Of URI’s 27 points,17 came off of Brown turnovers, all in thefirst half.

Despite the loss, several Bears had goodgames. Tri-Captain quarterback KyleSlager ’04 was 37-for-54 with 357 yards,including a touchdown and two intercep-tions. Receiver Lonnie Hill ’06 took a steptoward becoming the next great Brownreceiver, catching 15 balls for 158 yards.

The team also saw improvement fromits 52-14 loss to Harvard last week, inwhich turnovers proved to be a liabilitytoo.

“I think we did an O.K. job,” said line-backer Andrew Gallagher ’03.5. “We gotbetter (Saturday).”

His coach agreed. “I saw some greatthings happen,” said Coach Phil Estes.“We’re going to be able to win some foot-ball games. That’s a very good footballteam we just played.”

The game started badly for the Bears,who turned the ball over on their first playfrom scrimmage. Slager hit running backTristan Murray ’06 on a screen pass, butURI cornerback Rod Chance came inunblocked and hit Murray hard, knockingthe ball loose. Chance recovered it, andRams running back Luther Green ran foran 18-yard touchdown on the next play,giving URI a 7-0 lead only 15 seconds into

the game.It seemed the Bears would be able to tie

the score on their next drive — but, aftermoving the ball 75 yards in 14 plays, theycould not put it in the end zone, and kick-er Paul Christian’s ’06 missed a 21-yardfield goal wide right. Christian is 0-for-4

this season on field goals.Brown was primed to get the ball back

after the defense stopped the Rams on itsfirst three plays, but URI fake punted, get-ting a first down and then some. On top of

BY IAN CROPPIt took the Brown men’s soccer team 100minutes to put in a goal Saturday againstColumbia as the team broke into the IvyLeague schedule with a 1-0 double over-time win. The goal ended a scorelessdrought of over 205 minutes, whichincluded Tuesday’s 2-0 home loss toBoston University.

On a wet and cold Tuesday night, theBears started flat in the first half andlooked nothing like the No. 15 team in thenation.

“We came out lackadaisical,” saidIbrahim Diane ’06. “We were not asfocused as usual, and you could tell, wewere a step late in terms of thinking.”

The Bears offense, which in the previ-ous game pounded shot after shot onSacred Heart, was unable to string togeth-er more than three consecutive passes.Ball after ball trickled out of reach of theBrown players and onto the feet of theTerriers. On the defensive side of the ball,miscues cost the Bears, who found them-selves two goals down at halftime.

“It’s difficult to be focused for everygame,” said Head Coach Mike Noonan.“But we played poorly in the first half,embarassingly so.”

Boston’s first goal came 20 minutes intothe match, off of a cross that deflected inoff the head of a Brown player. ChrisGomez ’05, who made a diving save min-utes before watching the first goal sail in,had little chance on Boston’s second goal.The goal was a header that came off aBoston free kick, though this time off thehead of a Terrier, Asa Frey.

Brown lost the majority of head balls, asthe team was without the services of JeffLarentowicz ’05, who was sitting out onwhat Noonan said was a coach’s decision.

Noonan pulled Marcos Romineiro ’05 outof the game 20 minutes into the first halfciting a lack of effort.

A more organized Brown squad took thefield in the second half, and the offensebegan to string together several pushestoward the Boston net. The Bears switchedto three players in back in hopes of gener-ating more shots on the Boston net,though of the 16 total shots, few fell on net,

and none found their way behind Bostonkeeper Chad Comroe.

“They responded well at halftime, butby then the game was already over,”Noonan said.

“The coaches definitely prepared us,”said Matt Britner ’07. “We just did not putin a good enough effort in the first half.”

Turnovers cost Bears Governor’s Cup vs. URI

Reverse theCurse???

M. soccer beats Columbia 1-0 in overtime thriller

Michael Neff / Herald

Ibrahim Diane ‘06 attempts to clear the ball against Boston University in Tuesday’s 2-0 loss.

Judy He / Herald

The Brown offense breaks huddle against URI in the Governor’s Cup.

I’M SITTING IN FRONT OF MY COM-puter the night before the biggest RedSox game of the season, and some-thing just doesn’t feel right. I’ve gotESPN on. I’ve read all the pre-gamechatter in the Boston Globe and on

the Daily Jolt.The baseballboys down thehall are yellingback and forth.And everyone

is saying that this is “The Year.” Evenour own Todd Walker, shortly aftertrouncing the Orioles to seal the wildcard, told NESN that this was “TheYear.” That he was bringing home thepennant and the ring. That theywould do this for the fans.

There was something ominous inWalker’s cocky tone and in the confi-dence of our admittedly outstandingoffense. The Curse of the Bambino hasstruck down better teams and spoiledbetter seasons. Do not tempt thefates, Todd Walker. Do not tempt thefates.

Maybe it’s that my heart has beenbroken too many times by the Red Soxand I can’t drag myself out to the bat-tlefield again. But I don’t think that’sit. I think it’s that I haven’t felt all yearthat this was “The Year.” Somewherein my maniacal mind I picture myself87 years old, lying on my deathbed inlate October and having my grand-daughter come in and tell me the RedSox have won the Series and the curseis over. I’ll smile, nod my head and tellher I’m ready to be cryogenicallyfrozen (it’ll be all the rage in 2071). Infact, maybe they’d even thaw outTeddy Ballgame in celebration.

I’m not the only one who won’tknow exactly how to deal with a RedSox series win. The Series ring is to theRed Sox what windmills are to DonQuixote. The story is in the journey,the struggle, the quest and not in thefinal attainment. The Red Sox havetaught their fans about resilience,hope and dreaming the impossibledream. And when that dream comestrue? Well, there will most certainly bejoy and rioting in Mudville, and therewill most certainly be smiles up anddown the Eastern seaboard. But afterthat?

I’ve grown accustomed to the fourseries banners in Fenway Park and thetaunts of 1918. I’m used to being theunderdog of big payroll baseball, usedto having the team never quite pullingit off. I masochistically love the horri-ble twists of fate Boston has endured.The Bill Buckners, the Bucky Dentsand the blown 14-game leads. I’vefound that the camaraderie thatcomes from losing far surpasses thatof winning. The support systemBoston has built for itself to grieveeach fall rivals that of AlcoholicsAnonymous. Being a Sox fan isn’t justabout the baseball — it’s about themutual heartbreak. It’s about seeingsomeone walking down the street inAnytown, USA, sporting a Boston RedSox hat, giving them a high five andchatting about whether or not this willbe “The Year.”

And that is why I’m sitting in frontof my computer the night before thebiggest Sox game of the season andsomething just doesn’t feel right. Hateme for saying it, but, Boston, win thepennant, not the series.

see FOOTBALL, page 9

KATE KLONICKGUEST COLUMN

see M. SOCCER, page 7

monday, october 6, 2003

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