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BY JUSTIN ELLIOTTFour thousand people marched underrainbow flags in downtown Jerusalemon June 17, 2002. The event,“Jerusalem Pride — Love WithoutBorders,” was the city’s first ever gaypride parade.

Hagai El-Ad, the executive directorof Jerusalem Open House, which

organized the parade, spoke Tuesdayafternoon about the challenges of pro-moting an LGBT agenda in Israel’smost religiously conservative city.Friends of Israel organized the lecture,held in the Ratty, for a group of about20 during the lunchtime rush.

El-Ad said the parade organizersfaced much opposition, but the eventprovides an opportunity for Jerusalemto make news in a positive way. Hesaid it was a day to “put fear, hate andsuspicion aside — just for a while” andto “give hope and optimism a chance.”

At a time when several suicidebombings had emptied the streets ofthe capital, the parade “brought lifeback to the center of the city we love somuch” El-Ad said.

El-Ad described Jerusalem OpenHouse, the only LGBT center in thecity, as “an organization on the frontlines of the fight for an open, tolerant,diverse, pluralistic Jerusalem.”

Hannah Lantos ’06, who spent lastyear in Israel, said she attendedbecause she was tired of only hearingnews of the intifada. El-Ad agreed,noting there are 600,000 people in

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Prof. Chudacoff of thecampus student lifetask force finds Brownfacilities are lackingpage 5

Kim Jong Il’s regime isgreatest threat toAmerican securitysays McAuliffe ’05.column, page 11

Toumanoff ’06 thinksAmericans should beless critical of theirgovernment. column, page 11

Women’s soccerdefeats Hartford butsuffers a loss to No. 23Princetonsports, page 12

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The new, currently unoccupied Providence Police neighborhood substation on Brook Street does not yet have a permit for internalconstruction — only demolition.

Assualt causesless conflict thanpast biased-related eventsBY ZACH BARTERThere were no placard-toting protesters atthe Queer Alliance-sponsored camp-outon the Main Green Thursday night — noprovocative chants, no confrontationalslogans. Instead, there was only the sober-ing air of a community determined toreclaim its sense of security.

Campus response to the Sept. 6 homo-phobic assault of a student has generallybeen free of the antagonism that followedbias-related incidents in the past. In itsplace, administrators and students said,has been an intense process of inquiry andintrospection as people struggle to cometo terms with the presence of hate atBrown.

University Chaplain Janet CooperNelson, who has been at Brown for 14years, said the assault differs from pastincidents that have split the campus alongpolitical lines.

“There’s no debate to be had if someonein our community is being beaten up,”Nelson said. “People of goodwill of everyidentity must stand together against that.

“Every one of us could be walkingaround at night with an identity thatsomeone disapproves of,” she added.

Members of Brown’s LGBT communityhave taken the lead in responding to thecrime, wearing T-shirts with the phrase“hate crimes have happened here” andstaging Thursday’s camp-out.

But Meg Caven ’06, pride coordinator ofthe Queer Alliance and the organizer of thecamp-out, said she and others were initial-ly unsure of how to react. Anger has itsplace, but it can also be alienating, Cavensaid.

“This sort of event is based in positivityand community building,” Caven said,referring to the camp-out. “A lot of peoplefelt that to ground this in our love for eachother and in our strength was more impor-tant than making someone feel as if they’dbeen called out.”

Caven said it would be impossible forthe Queer Alliance to find a target for itsanger without stereotyping and making

BY LISA MANDLEFrom Akkadian to Zulu, Brown under-grads study foreign languages at a com-parable rate to other Ivy League schools— even though they don’t have to.

Unlike most peer institutions, Brownhas no University-wide language require-ment, said Associate Director of theCenter for Language Studies MerleKrueger.

“Language enrollments are strong andcontinue to be strong,” Krueger said. “Atany one time, more than a quarter ofBrown undergraduates are registered in a

language course on campus per semes-ter,” he said.

Over the past four years, foreign lan-guage enrollment has increased byapproximately 10 percent, Krueger said.The last academic year saw a recordnumber of students enrolled in languageclasses with 3,075 distinct foreign lan-guage enrollments between the fall andspring semesters, he said. This numberdid not include students studying a lan-guage while abroad, he said.

Foreign language study increasinglypopular; on par with other Ivies

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BY PHILISSA CRAMEREnhanced police presence is coming toCollege Hill.

Brown reached an agreement with theProvidence Police Department last monthto create a new Providence Police substa-tion in a Brown-owned building on BrookStreet.

The substation — which will containoffices and small meeting rooms— willoccupy two vacant spaces in the shoppingcenter behind New Dorm on Brook Street,wrote Vice President for AdministrationWalter Hunter in an e-mail.

Hunter wrote that the new substationwould enhance police presence in the areaof campus near New Dorm.

But Department of Public Safety ChiefPaul Verrecchia said the substation itself isnot the biggest change to policing on theEast Side.

“What changes policing is the neighbor-hood policing concept,” he said.

Providence Police Chief DeanEsserman’s plan to move toward neighbor-hood-based policing calls for the creationof substations in each of Providence’s ninepolice districts, Hunter said. The BrookStreet substation will serve all of District 9,

Creation ofsubstation takespolice officers off“pinball patrol”

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BY CARLA BLUMENKRANZ The A&P Supermarket heirs that fundthe Robertson Foundation, and, in turn,Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School ofPublic and International Affairs, are ontheir way to revoking the school’s mealticket.

Since 1961, the RobertsonFoundation has donated about $556million to Princeton’s Woodrow WilsonSchool and currently underwrites 75percent of the school’s budget.

Now, the foundation wants its moneyback. Alleging the school has failed tosend enough students into governmentservice — a condition of Robertsons’gift — the family filed suit againstPrinceton in 2002.

“Princeton has known for decadesthat the goal of our foundation is tosend students into federal govern-ment, and they’ve ignored us,” saidWilliam Robertson, a Princeton alum-nus, in an interview with the New YorkTimes. “Princeton has abused thelargest charitable gift in the history ofAmerican higher education and that’sembarrassing. They will lose themoney.”

Robertson, who has led the suitagainst Princeton, also claims the uni-versity has repeatedly sidestepped thefoundation’s authority on financialissues. The suit cites as an examplePrinceton’s decision to shift foundationassets to Princeton UniversityInvestment Co., the university officethat oversees investment of the univer-sity’s endowment.

In response, Princeton attorneyscontend “the lawsuit lacks meritbecause, for more than 40 years,Robertson family board members haveparticipated actively in and eitherapproved of or assented to many of theactions now challenged by the lawsuit,”according to an Oct. 8 university pressrelease.

The university has also noted that forthe last five years between 37 and 55percent of Wilson School graduate stu-dents have pursued public service —numbers roughly equivalent to thosefrom other leading public policyschools.

Since the lawsuit was filed, the uni-versity has insisted the concerns raisedby the Robertsons are valid issues butnot legal ones and that the family hasno legal right to rescind its donation.

“When the Robertsons presentedtheir concerns in the spring of 2002, theboard of the foundation immediatelybegan to respond to them, revising gov-ernance procedures and providingresponses to the family’s expansiverequests for information,” said DouglasEakeley, lead attorney for the university,in the October press release.

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(U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. — A controver-sial board game was yanked from theshelves of Urban Outfitters locations inBerkeley and across the country lastweek, after critics nationwide launcheda campaign against the game, calling itracist and discriminatory.

Ghettopoly — not affiliated with theHasbro board game Monopoly — wasremoved from stores after severalorganizations attacked the game,decrying it as a “racist board game thatpromotes discrimination and hatecrimes.” Some of the groups that areopposed to the game include theNational Association for theAdvancement of Colored People andthe National Asian Pacific AmericanLegal Consortium.

Ghettopoly’s logo is a black man witha bottle of Malt liquor in one hand anda gun in the other, and the game, or“playa” pieces include a marijuana leaf,crack cocaine, a basketball and a pimp.

Players travel around the board,choosing “Hustle” or “Ghetto Stash”cards, and buying stolen properties,including “Busta Rap Recording,”“Smitty’s XXX Peep Show,” and“Tyrone’s Gun Shop.”

Urban Outfitters, a retail clothingstore which also sells novelty itemssuch as a Jesus Action Figure and aWhite Trash Doll, began selling thegame a month ago, but removed thecopies from its shelves on Thursday.

“Racist” game pulled from store shelves

BY DANA GOLDSTEINIn Lansing, Mich., state Congressman JackHoogendyk, a rookie legislator fromKalamazoo, has drafted a list of potentially“inappropriate” courses offered byMichigan’s 12 publicly funded colleges anduniversities.

Hoogendyk, recently named the “mostconservative house member” by the non-partisan newsletter Inside MichiganPolitics, hopes to amend Michigan’s consti-tution in order to allow the state legislatureto cut funding from institutions offeringclasses that two-thirds of legislators find“inappropriate.”

The proposal differs from one drafted in2000. That budget appropriations bill wouldhave cut by 10 percent the funding of anystate college or university offering classespromoting “a sexual lifestyle … other thanheterosexual monogamy.”

Included on Hoogendyk’s current hit-listare introductory women’s studies courses,film classes that focus on women directors’portrayal of gender and an assortment ofclasses addressing homosexuality.

But the catalyst for Hoogendyk’s action isa three-year controversy surrounding theUniversity of Michigan’s English 317, section2, a “Literature and Culture” course entitled“How to Be Gay: Male Homosexuality andInitiation.”

Taught since 2000 by Professor DavidHalperin, the description of the class on theUniversity of Michigan Web site says its goalis to “examine the general topic of the rolethat initiation plays in the formation of gaymale identity.” According to the coursedescription, the subject will be approachedin three ways: through literature, through areading of studies in queer “sub-culturalpractices” and “as a class project, since thecourse itself will constitute an experiment in

(U-WIRE) HOUSTON — Calling it a “ColumbusDay De-Celebration,” University ofHouston associate history professor BobBuzzanco held his annual meeting of stu-dents and faculty Monday to discuss theramifications of the Spanish explorer’sNew World discovery.

Buzzanco, who was raised in an Italianfamily, said he heard people speak of thegreat Christopher Columbus and what hecontributed to America. When Buzzancobegan researching into the actual history,he said what he found on Columbus wassomething quite different, which led himto organize his first “de-celebration” ofColumbus Day in 1998.

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“How to be gay”sparks statewidecontroversy

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Lawsuit threatens Princeton’sWoodrow Wilson funding

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This last statement — that thecourse would act as an experimentin gay initiation— was the lighten-ing rod that attracted conservativeactivists and lawmakers to theprovocatively titled course.

Halperin said “all sorts of stu-dents” sign up for his course.Calling the class “a project” in gayinitiation meant “simply that acourse that surveys and examinessome of the materials that gaymen have used to create an identi-ty … will necessarily be a coursethat itself performs the work of gayinitiation,” he said. “Gay initiationconsists precisely in sharing, cir-culating and examining suchmaterials.”

But Gary Glenn, director of theAmerican Family Association of

Michigan and one of the originalproponents of legislation that tar-geted Halperin’s class in 2000, saidHalperin was anything but a dis-passionate intellectual.

“He wrote that the purpose ofso-called gay and lesbian studieswas to express political militancy,”Glenn said. “I’m not interested inwhat Halperin says when the spot-light is on him. I think it’s far morerevealing to read what he wrotewhen no one was watching.”

Halperin does not deny that asa gay man, he has a special interestin the subject matter of “How to BeGay.”

“I’m interested in finding outwhich of these historical materialscontinue to speak to contempo-rary gay men and which do not,and why,” he said.

In addition to his duties as anEnglish professor, Halperin is theco-director of the Lesbian-Gay-Queer Research Initiative, a proj-ect run out of the University ofMichigan’s Institute for Research

on Women and Gender. LastMarch, he gave the introductoryremarks at a University ofMichigan conference on “gayshame.”

Glenn said he first found outabout “How to be Gay” in 2000through an article published in theconservative magazine NationalReview. After reading more aboutthe course on the University ofMichigan Web site, Glenn mobi-lized support through direct mailand e-mail and began to contactthe media. Glenn’s organizationcollected 15,000 signatures on apetition against the class, in addi-tion to support from three regentsof the state’s university system.

Glenn’s 2000 plan targetingcourses about homosexuality wassupported by a majority of legisla-tors, but more than a simplemajority was required to enact theprogram. Glenn said he plans tosubmit another 10,000 to 15,000signatures to the state legislaturewhen Hoogendyk’s new bill is dis-

cussed in committee later thisyear.

Glenn, who has traveled theUnited States as a talk show per-sonality, said, “The people aroundthe country are laughing at theUniversity of Michigan over themhaving a class so brazenly entitled,‘How to be Gay.’” Glenn said theAFA is opposed to the coursebecause it “is forcing taxpayers topay to teach young men how to begay.

“It legitimizes behavior that lit-erally puts the lives of young peo-ple at risk,” Glenn continued,adding that homosexuality was alifestyle choice, as opposed torace, which was unchangeable.“There are no former AfricanAmericans,” he said.

Both Glenn and Hoogendyksaid there was broad supportamong Michiganders to hold col-leges and universities accountableto taxpayers, both because of ris-ing tuition and controversial cur-ricula. But Glenn said he foundmany people were opposed toclasses such as Halperin’s simplybecause of their religious or moralconvictions.

“This class has caused moreoutrage among grassroots citizensin Michigan than any other issuerelating to the so-called gay agen-da,” Glenn said, explaining hereferred to the “gay agenda” as “so-called” because the AFA sees gayactivism “as an attempt by homo-sexual activists to remake the cul-ture in their image and destroymany of the icons of American cul-ture that exist today. They are avery tiny but vocal and politicallypowerful minority.”

Hoogendyk said studying gay orlesbian culture might be appropri-ate, but in his opinion, Halperin’sclass represented “indoctrinationat the taxpayer’s expense … I’venever said in any way that I wantto squelch academic freedom,” hesaid. “It’s in no way an indictmentby me of higher education. Thequestion is, academic freedomgoes to what limit?”

Hoogendyk said he is workingto draft a piece of legislation thatwill have a high chance of pas-sage within Michigan’s House ofRepresentatives. To enact a leg-islative check on college and uni-versity curricula, two-thirds ofboth the Michigan House andSenate would need to support anamendment to the state constitu-tion. The amendment wouldthen go on a ballot initiative thatwould have to be approved by asimple majority of Michigan’svoters.

In Michigan, less than half ofcollege and university fundingcomes directly from state appro-priations, meaning it will be a

complicated process to calculatehow much funding would be with-held for each “inappropriate”class, Hoogendyk said.

Halperin said that despite rum-blings in Lansing, “The entire uni-versity — students, student news-paper, student government, facul-ty, my department, the adminis-tration, et cetera — has consistent-ly defended my right to teach thecourse. No one on campus wantsthe curriculum to be determinedby politicians or by people outsidethe university.”

Robert Owen, the University ofMichigan’s associate dean forundergraduate education,released a statement sayingHalperin’s course “is not aboutencouraging people to becomegay, but about how individuals inour society create meaning andbeliefs about gay culture from lit-erature and the arts.” Dean saidstudents are often inspired to signup for the class because they “planto enter a field … where he or shewill encounter a large and verydiverse clientele.”

The university’s Provost andExecutive Vice President forAcademic Affairs, Paul Courant,released a similar statement, say-ing the University of Michigan’sprestige was due to internal deci-sion making, not political interfer-ence.

“I would characterize that as astatement of academic arroganceto suggest that the elected repre-sentatives of the people ofMichigan would not be capable ofachieving the same high results,”Glenn responded.

Halperin said “no one” believesthe new legislation will make itsway into Michigan law, butHoogendyk and Glenn said theyare more optimistic. “TheMichigan state legislature wouldnot be considering such a drasticmeasure unless they were takingan awful lot of heat from peopleback home,” Glenn said.

Halperin said he is not intimi-dated by the actions of theMichigan state legislature. “I don’tintend to let my decision aboutwhether to stop teaching thecourse be influenced by politi-cians,” he said. “I’ll teach it until Ilose interest in it.”

Even Hoogendyk admits hislegislation probably will not keepthe University of Michigan fromoffering whatever courses itchooses. “I think that they willprobably find private funding tooffer the class,” he said, “which isfine.”

Herald senior staff writer DanaGoldstein ’06 can be reached [email protected].

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Professor saysBrown facilitieslag behind peers’BY KIRA LESLEYIn a world where university student centers offer Jacuzzisand pedicures, dining facilities boast full-service gourmetdinners and campus attractions include 200-gallon ecosys-tems with newts, salamanders, and coral reefs, it’s hard todetermine just what constitutes educational necessity.

Unless you’re Howard Chudacoff.Chudacoff, a professor of history and member of the

Campus Student Life Task Force on Dining and FitnessFacilities, independently assembled a report this past Julydetailing recent developments in learning and researchfacilities among Brown’s peer institutions.

The findings show Brown’s way behind. Virtually all ofBrown’s peer universities have undertaken or have madeplans to undertake major academic infrastructure develop-ment within the past two decades.

All but Brown, that is.Chudacoff submitted his findings and a proposal for

construction to the administration August 5, but any planssurrounding expansion or renewal in this area remainvague.

President Ruth Simmons said development plans arenot listed explicitly in the Initiatives for AcademicEnrichment because it’s “still too early in the process to bereaching any conclusions.”

Actual projects inspired by architect Frances Halsband’sMaster Plan and potential campus life developmentremain abstract, she added

Simmons said questions regarding Brown’s housing, fit-ness centers and social spaces, as well as the possibility ofa student center, are being addressed, and that improve-ments in these areas are included under more generalterms in the Initiatives for Academic Enrichment.

Such projects should and will take time, she said. “We’vetaken the time to ask the right questions,” she said. “We’renot looking for a quick fix.”

But Chudacoff is concerned that, as of yet, no explicitplans for the improvement of academic infrastructure havebeen made. He stressed the need to keep academic life cen-tral to any projects that Brown undertakes. Learning “iswhat (Brown) is all about,” he said.

Chudacoff’s proposal cites, among other projects,Columbia University’s renovation of the Butler library,which includes new study areas for graduate students, a

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The proposal also contrastsBrown’s own facilities, whichChudacoff said offer hardly anyroom for collaborative study proj-ects and limited opportunity forindependent or group use ofmedia aid to learning. Chudacoffsaid the 8x10 Media ServicesLibrary at the Sciences Library is“insufficient and ridiculous.”

Chudacoff’s plan stresses theneed for expansion of both tradi-tional and nontraditional learningfacilities. This involves not onlyimproving libraries but also creat-ing spaces for group study anddiscussions and quiet reflection.Opportunities for students tolearn outside the classroom arelacking at Brown, he said.

“Nobody thinks about how youlearn just from quiet contempla-tion,” he said.

Chudacoff’s plan calls for theconsideration of constructing afour- to five-story student learn-ing and research center adjacentto the Rock. The center wouldinclude “crucial academic spacesthat other institutions provide,” aswell as offer some features of amore comprehensive studentcenter, such as a cybercafé withwireless Internet access and per-formance and practice rooms.

According to UndergraduateCouncil of Students PresidentRajim Kurji ’05, the Student LifeTask Force is currently examiningways to expand study space andfoster a stronger sense of commu-nity on the Brown campus.

No decisions have been madeas to the best way to achieve thesegoals.

Kurji says the task force isstudying the “living/learningmodel” of design, which incorpo-rates learning into everyday lifeand existing facilities. He saidthere is a discrepancy betweenBrown’s focus on nontraditionallearning and the facilities avail-able for such learning.

Dean of the College PaulArmstrong seconded this need forexpanded study space. “Studentsneed more study space,” he said.“I hear this from students all thetime.”

One of the most pressing issuesregarding study space is the needfor 24-hour facilities, he said.

Simmons said that study spaceon campus is currently not struc-tured to fit students’ late-nightschedules. In his proposal,

Chudacoff cites other schools thatoffer such facilities.

The Goldstein UndergraduateStudy Center at the University ofPennsylvania is open 24 hours aday from Sunday throughThursday, year-round.

According to Chase Johnson, afreshman at UPenn, the center is“always crowded.” Johnson uses itto “get away from people,” he said.

Brown is also considering vari-ous approaches to promotingcampus unity, from a centralizedstudent building to decentralizedmeeting places throughout cam-pus.

The Master Plan calls for awalkway to connect PembrokeCampus to central campus, whichis meant to promote unitybetween these two areas.

Chudacoff said his proposaladdresses the issue of campusunity. He said the student learningand research center that he envi-sions would be a place for stu-dents to meet members of theBrown community who aren’t intheir classes or clubs. Such abuilding would foster communi-cation and unity, while also serv-ing the University’s academicneeds, he said.

His proposal emphasizes theneed for explicit plans and imme-diate action in this area if Brown isto “maintain and enhance itself asa nationally-renowned universityof the 21st century.”

Simmons said that a planinvolving the improvement of stu-dent life should be completed byMay, and after that it may beanother 18 months to two yearsbefore “(builders) put a shovel inthe ground.”

According to Simmons, nodecisions have been finalized yetand the Brown administration islooking for student and facultyinput on campus improvements.

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WASHINGTON (Washington Post)— The Supreme Courtannounced Tuesday that it willlet stand a federal appealscourt ruling that bars the fed-eral government from punish-ing doctors who recommendmarijuana to their patients.

Without comment, thecourt refused to hear the Bushadministration’s challenge of aruling last year by the U.S.Court of Appeals for the 9thCircuit that upheld a federaldistrict court injunctionblocking Washington’s effortsto prevent doctors from tellingpatients marijuana might helpthem. The federal policy vio-lated the constitutional guar-antee of free speech, the SanFrancisco-based 9th Circuitcourt ruled.

The decision came as a sur-prise defeat for the federalgovernment in its battleagainst the “medical marijua-na” movement. In his appealpetition to the court, SolicitorGeneral Theodore Olson,using the kind of language thatoften persuades the justices tohear an appeal by the govern-ment, had called the 9thCircuit decision “an issue ofexceptional and continuingimportance” that “impairs theExecutive’s authority toenforce the law in an area vitalto the public health and safe-ty.”

Instead, the court took astep whose immediate politi-cal and practical impact isfavorable to the campaign for

medical marijuana. The prin-cipal effect is to allow doctorsto recommend marijuana topatients — but not to provideit to them.

That is important becausemedical marijuana laws gen-erally permit the possessionof small amounts of marijua-na only with some form ofwritten authorization from adoctor, though in Californiaan oral recommendation suf-fices.

“If there can be no recom-mendation, there can be nopatients who benefit,” saidGraham Boyd, an AmericanCivil Liberties Union lawyerwho urged the Supreme Courtto reject the government’sappeal. But now doctors canmake such recommendations,even in writing, without fear offederal investigation, Boydsaid.

“I can do my job again andhave real conversations withmy patients about medicalmarijuana as part of theirtreatment options,” saidMarcus Conant, the SanFrancisco-based AIDS doctorwho filed the case with thesupport of the ACLU.

The decision leaves intact a2000 order by a California fed-eral district court that barredthe federal government fromacting on threats to deny doc-tors who recommend marijua-na the right to prescribe con-trolled substances or to partic-ipate in Medicaid andMedicare.

U.S. appeal of marijuanacase rejected by court

Europeans drop demand forcentral U.N. role in IraqUNITED NATIONS (Washington Post)— France, Russia and Germanyon Tuesday dropped theirdemands that the United Statesgrant the United Nations a centralrole in Iraq’s reconstruction andyield power to a provisional Iraqigovernment in the comingmonths.

The move constituted a majorretreat by the council’s chief anti-war advocates and signaled theirrenewed willingness to considerthe merits of a U.S. resolutionaimed at conferring greater inter-national legitimacy of its militaryoccupation of Iraq.

All three countries now seemwilling to accept a resolution thatwould retain U.S. authority overIraq’s political future whileex-tending only a symbolic measureof sovereignty to Iraqis. But amajor sticking point remains:The three governments made anumber of new demands, includ-ing setting a specific schedule forending the U.S. military occupa-tion in Iraq and strengtheningthe Security Council’s role inmonitoring Iraq’s political transi-tion.

Still, the shift by the UnitedStates’ toughest critics in the 15-nation council has placed theBush administration within reachof a diplomatic victory only aweek after it was on the verge ofwithdrawing the resolution alto-gether, according to officials here.While U.S. officials acknowledgethe adoption of the resolution isunlikely to bring new troops orresources from other countries,they say the U.N. imprimaturwould help legitimize the U.S.

occupation and the IraqiGoverning Council—and helpdefuse opposition in Iraq.

U.S. officials were hopingTuesday night to put the matter toa vote on the Security Councilbefore President Bush andSecretary of State Colin Powellleave Thursday for Asia on sepa-rate trips. One senior U.S. officialsaid the U.S. cannot accept all thedemands from the French,Russians and Germans — andindicated that the Americanswould soon call their bluff.

“We will look for people to facereality and decide whether theywill support this process or not,”this official said.

The administration arrived atthis point with an intensive diplo-matic campaign designed, in thewords of a senior U.S. official, toneutralize the resolution’s chiefcritic, France, by accommodatingsuggestions from Russia andGermany which were “more prac-tical, more realistic and easier totake into account.”

U.S. diplomats also addressedconcerns by U.N. SecretaryGeneral Kofi Annan that it wouldbe too dangerous to send U.N.workers back into Iraq for thetime being. Under the languageof the resolution now being pro-moted by the United States,Annan can delay sending U.N.personnel into Iraq to assume apolitical role “until circum-stances permit.”

Finally, the U.S. focused atten-tion on every member of thecouncil, not just the powerfulveto-wielding permanent mem-bers, in order to guarantee they

could obtain at least the minimunnine votes required for passage ofthe resolution.

Diplomats said that Russia’sU.N. ambassador, Sergey Lavrov,expressed a softening of his gov-ernment’s opposition to theAmerican resolution in a closed-door meeting Monday with repre-sentatives of France, Germanyand China. Germany, which hasbeen seeking to repair its relation-ship with the BushAdminisitration, and France sub-sequently followed suit.

In a telephone conference callTuesday morning, FrenchPresident Jacques Chirac,German Chancellor GerhardSchroeder and Russian PresidentVladimir Putin agreed to a jointnew position that includes sixproposed amendments to theU.S. draft resolution.

Their proposal states that thecivilian and military authority ofthe U.S. and its military allies“shall expire” once an interna-tionally recognized government issworn in. It calls for the establish-ment of a “national dialogue” toinvolve a wider cross-section ofIraqis political leaders in thecountry’s negotiations on a newconstitution. It envisions a rolefor the Security Council, workingwith the U.S. led coalition and theIraqi Governing Council, in con-sidering a timetable for a consti-tution and elections. And it callson the United States and the IraqiCouncil to “develop a specificschedule” for transferring powerto the Iraqi people and submit-ting it to the U.N. SecurityCouncil.

which covers most of the EastSide, including Brown and RISD.

Instead of doing “pinballpatrol,” in which officers respondto calls all over the city, officerswill be tied to smaller geographi-cal regions under the new system,Verrecchia said.

“Theoretically, there will be amore consistent presence” ofpolice on the East Side, he said.

And Verrecchia said BrownPolice and Providence Police willbe able to communicate moreeffectively when working in suchclose proximity.

“The model of policing rightnow with the city of Providencewill enhance an already closeworking relationship betweenBrown and Providence Police,” hesaid.

Hunter said the neighborhoodpolicing initiative should improverelations between police and theCollege Hill community andreduce response times on the EastSide.

Tom Goddard, president of theCollege Hill NeighborhoodAssociation, said the substationwill benefit both Brown and therest of the East Side.

“I think it will make the neigh-borhood safer for all of us,” hesaid.

In the past, the CHNA hascalled for added police presenceon College Hill to respond to stu-dent partying and otherUniversity-related issues.

Andre McGregor ’04, a mem-ber of the Campus CrimeCommittee, which participated in

discussions about the substation,said students living off campuswill see the greatest impact of thesubstation. Brown Department ofPublic Safety is not responsiblefor protecting students in off-campus residences.

With increased communica-tion between the two policedepartments under the neighbor-hood policing system, “whensomething does happen off cam-pus, we know about it on campus,and safety measures can go intoeffect,” he said.

But McGregor said he is con-cerned that having the substationso close to Brown’s campus willincrease Brown’s reliance on theProvidence Police, instead of onBrown Police.

“(DPS officers) know our cam-pus, our students and our envi-ronment,” McGregor said.

Verrecchia said administratorsat Brown and from theProvidence Police met with sever-al constituencies within theUniversity to discuss the locationof the substation.

Discussions within the Browncommunity included the residen-tial counselors, theUndergraduate Council ofStudents, the President’s Cabinetand members of the CampusPublic Safety Committee, Huntersaid.

“The Brook Street Mall waspreferred by the overwhelmingmajority of students with whomwe consulted,” he said.

The Brook Street location wasselected because the southeast-ern corner of campus is one of theleast trafficked areas near cam-pus, Verrecchia said.

While all of the terms of thelease are yet to be determined,Hunter said the lease will allowthe City of Providence to rent thespace for $1 per year.

The agreement allows Brownto reclaim the space, he said.

Brown is completing “modestrenovations” of the space inanticipation of the substation’sopening, Hunter said.

Hunter said the arrangementoffers no financial benefits forBrown.

Herald staff writer PhilissaCramer ’05 edits the RISD Newssection. She can be reached [email protected].

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judgments. The Department of Public

Safety has yet to charge anyonewith the assault, although theinvestigation continues.

Other students at the camp-out said reaction in the commu-nity in general has been moremuted than they would like.

“I’m really upset about thegeneral apathy,” said LeslieSoble ’05, co-coordinator ofQueer Alliance. “People aren’tgetting angry enough aboutwhat happened.”

But Director of Student LifeJean Joyce-Brady said theabsence of protests and demon-strations does not mean thecommunity has been unaffect-ed by the assault. Her office hashad many “conversations ofconcern” with student leadersand has made efforts to bringdifferent student groups intodialogue with one another, shesaid.

Improved communicationbetween the administration andstudents about the incident hasalso helped shape campusresponse, Joyce-Brady said. Shesaid student reaction to suchincidents could take two forms— frustration with theUniversity’s handling of the caseor an effort to raise awareness ofhate on campus.

“My hope is that by strength-ening the communication andnotification systems with thecommunity, there will be confi-dence about the institutionalresponse to the incident and

more emphasis on educating”and raising awareness, Joyce-Brady said.

Director of Leadership RobinRose, who handled similar con-troversies during her nine yearsin the Office of Student Life, saidincreased communication withthe community represents animportant step forward.

“Hopefully it builds sometrust, in that there’s moretransparency in what hap-pened,” Rose said. She saidimproved communicationmight also reduce the “rumor-mill effect” common on collegecampuses.

But even with the improve-ments, some students said theystill feel left in the dark.

“I’m really angry about thelack of follow-up we’ve had,”Caven said. “I want to know whodid it, and I want to know what’sgoing to happen to the personwho did it.”

Lindsay Mann ’03.5, whoattended the camp-out,expressed similar sentiments.

“I feel pretty outraged thatthey haven’t found the person,”she said. “There’s been no reso-lution to it at all. I’m really up inthe air about it.”

In the meantime, both stu-dents and administratorsagreed the assault has raisedseveral issues that must beaddressed.

“I think the message here isthat we have a lot of educatingto do,” Rose said. “This commu-nity, of all communities, shouldbe safe for everyone.”

Herald senior staff writer ZachBarter ’06 can be reached [email protected].


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Jerusalem trying to lead ordi-nary lives.

El-Ad said persistent polit-ical and social conflict inJerusalem makes outreach tothe LGBT community evenmore important. Gayteenagers always need adviceand support, he said, espe-cially in trying times.

El-Ad described the chal-lenge of reaching out to theOrthodox Jewish and Arabcommunities, which make uptwo-thirds of Jerusalem’spopulation and are particu-larly hostile toward homosex-uality, he said. Speaking toJerusalem’s secular Jewishthird is easy, but the commu-nity center is aimed at thosewho really need it, he said.

In the Arab community,sexuality, let alone sexual ori-entation, is not commonlydiscussed, he said. El-Ad saidJerusalem Open Houserecently joined with AmnestyInternational’s Israeli chapterto put out a pamphlet inArabic explaining “level-minded, basic” facts aboutsexual orientation.

The pamphlet has “no sexyguys, no fancy images,” hesaid. “It’s so you can pick thisup and not be scared by itbeing too gay.”

He also noted the creationof an Arabic confidentialphone line and informationalWeb site, which is gettingthousands of hits.

El-Ad stressed JerusalemOpen House is not anti-reli-gious. A rainbow mezuzah isposted in the doorway, andShabbat services are heldevery week, he said. But it ishard to shake the center’s sac-rilegious image, he said.

El-Ad said the center con-tinues to face immense chal-lenges, but, “we had tochange the social realityabout being gay and out inIsrael.” As for the future, El-Ad reported Jerusalem OpenHouse had just won its bid tohost World Pride Day inAugust 2005.


LGBT Israel

Language courses focus onacquiring a second languagethrough reading, writing, speakingand listening comprehension,Krueger said. Courses with anemphasis on literature or cultureare not considered language class-es and are not included in data, hesaid.

Though the number variesslightly from year to year, 23 differ-ent languages are taught at Brown,Krueger said. The most popularlanguages are perennially Spanish,French, Italian and Chinese, hesaid. German and Japanese alter-nate between the fifth and sixthpositions, Krueger said.

American Sign Language iscurrently the seventh most popu-lar foreign language studied atBrown, Krueger said. ASL was apopular Group IndependentStudy Project for several yearsbefore the University offered itfor credit.

Students interested in lan-guages not currently taught atBrown can start a GISP or get cred-it by studying the languageabroad, Krueger said. Studentshave received credit in 21 lan-guages beyond those taught atBrown including Armenian,Romanian, Tagalog and Xhosa, hesaid.

Krueger said the greatestgrowth in the last few years hasbeen in the study of Arabic.

Seventy-five students areenrolled in Arabic language classesthis year, up from 65 last year, saidLecturer Mirena Christoff, whoteaches all Arabic language cours-es.

Former President VartanGregorian introduced Arabic toBrown 11 years ago, Krueger said.The number of students studyingArabic has increased by more than140 percent in the past four years,he said. The rapid growth is“doubtless due to geopoliticalevents,” he said.

Lev Nelson ’04 took Arabic as afreshman and sophomore. “Onereally important step for peace inthe Middle East is for people to beable to speak each other’s lan-guage,” he said. Nelson said hegrew up speaking Hebrew andlearned Latin and German in highschool.

Nelson said he could dividepeople studying Arabic at Browninto three categories — Jewish stu-dents like himself who found itimportant to learn Arabic as partof furthering peace in the MiddleEast, international relations con-centrators who saw the growingrelevance of Arabic and studentsfrom Arab or Muslim backgroundswho wanted to further theirknowledge of the language.

The number of students takingChinese language classes has alsogrown significantly over the pastfive years, Krueger said.

“Geopolitical concerns areimportant as China grows morepowerful politically and economi-cally,” he said. Students are seeingChinese as an important languagefor their careers, he said.

Kartik Venkatesh ’06 said lan-guage studies represent a stereo-typical Brown tendency towardboth the obscure and the practical.

He plans on concentrating inboth Sanskrit and HispanicStudies.

“I was at Brown and wanted todo something completely differ-ent,” Venkatesh said of his decisionto begin studying Sanskrit. He iscurrently the only student enrolledin intermediate Sanskrit and said

though there were five advancedSanskrit students last year, thereare none this year.

Venkatesh said his interest inSanskrit is “purely academic” andhe has no plans to pursue it aftergraduation. Other students studySanskrit to fulfill classics concen-tration requirements or because ofthe language’s applications tocomputer science, he said.

In contrast to Sanskrit,Venkatesh said he sees fluency inSpanish as being “very useful” inhis plan to practice medicine in anunderprivileged community.

Maria Harris ’06 also studiesSpanish because of its applica-tions beyond academia.

“It’s the most useful second lan-guage to know in the U.S.,” shesaid. “I’ve used it a lot withoutgoing abroad.”

Spanish language classes werethe most enjoyable classes shetook all year, she added.

Krueger said he has not seen adesire to create a foreign languagerequirement. Professors are happyto be teaching students who wantto be in class, he said.

Herald senior staff writer LisaMandle ’06 can be reached [email protected].

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but if you look at it culturally,only one culture benefited.”

Garcia, a senior psychologyand history major with NativeAmerican roots, said that thepeople of his culture do not haverights to their land anymore andthat “we used to be self-suffi-cient, now we’re dependent.”

Another history teacher and aspecialist on Afro-Cuban history,Phil Howard, was the keynotespeaker at the meeting andaddressed the accounts he hasread of Columbus’ intentionsduring his explorations.

“Columbus is responsible fordehumanizing the indigenous

people,” said Howard, notinghow the decline of more than 90percent in the population of theindigenous people in Mexico andthe Antilles Islands in the era fol-lowing Columbus’ colonizationopened up the land forEuropeans.

By reading the diaries ofColumbus, Howard said theexplorer first looked at theindigenous people as the “chil-dren of God because they lived inparadise” and thought that theycould be assimilated intoEuropean culture. But byColumbus’ third voyage, Howardsaid the Europeans wanted toexploit the women, labor andgold of the New World. By thispoint Columbus was referring tothe indigenous person as “theuncivilized savage.”


Columbus

Store managers at theBerkeley and San Franciscolocations declined to comment.

Although the game’s creator,David Chang, said the game ismeant to be funny, not everyoneagrees that the game is just forlaughs. Some said the jokesreinforce negative stereotypesabout minorities.

One “ghetto stash” cardreads, “You got yo whole neigh-borhood addicted to crack.Collect $50 from each playa.”

“It depicts the idea that onlyminorities live in the ghettos

and all they do is drink andsmoke weed,” said UC-Berkeleysophomore Donna Yee.

Chang, who immigrated withhis family from Taiwan at theage of 8, said in a press state-ment that the game is meant tobe “extreme and eye-catching.”

“Ghettopoly is controversialbecause it’s both fun and reallife,” Chang said. “The graphicson the board depict every racein the country and both gen-ders. It draws on stereotypes notas a means to degrade, but as amedium to bring together inlaughter.”

The criticism has not hurt thegame’s popularity, however. Ithas already sold out on thegame’s Web site.


Game

“Unfortunately, the Robertsonswent to court anyway.”

The two parties are current-ly in the process of discoveryand will begin mediation inNovember, under instructionfrom Judge Neil Shuster.Should mediation fail, a trialdate has tentatively been setfor October 2005, according tothe press release.

Herald staff writer CarlaBlumenkranz ’05 edits thecampus watch section. She canbe reached at [email protected].


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L E T T E R S

Wasted spaceBrown’s decision to donate space in the Brook Street Mall to

the Providence Police looks like a good deal for both parties.

In fact, it’s hard to find anything wrong with the plan.

Brown puts an empty, undesirable space to work protect-

ing its campus, and the District 9 substation gets a free

home. And, under any circumstances, collaboration

between the University and the city is an encouraging devel-

opment.

The question becomes, in what other innovative ways can

Brown put its wasted spaces to use? Since President Ruth

Simmons began her term, the University has started to tack-

le this issue. Hillhouse is currently under renovation for the

use of the Modern Culture and Media Department, and

Horace Mann, recently vacated by the English Department,

will soon become the headquarters of the Graduate School.

But a number of other buildings, including the space that

once housed Oliver’s Bar and Grille, remain vacant at a time

when the University is scrambling for space and cash. It is

evident that, with minimal financial investment, these

buildings could be put to better use than none at all.

At the same time, creating traffic in deserted corners and

alleys could reduce work at the new Brook Street substation.

Having so many streets abandoned after dark is what makes

them dangerous and prone to crime.

Architect Frances Halsband tackled revitalizing campus

space in her Master Plan last spring, and Venturi, Scott

Brown will continue the project this fall as the University

prepares to undertake major construction. But, in the mean-

time, it would do Brown no harm to at least temporarily fill

its empty rooms, or offer them to space-strapped neighbors.

East Siders were less than pleased to see bulldozers hit

Meeting Street — but perhaps if they, too, reaped the bene-

fits of Brown’s proliferation of buildings, they might regard

new construction with more favor.

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IT SHOULD BE APPARENT THAT NORTHKorea is now, and has been for some time,the most dangerous and evil of PresidentBush’s honorary club. This was true evenbefore the war in Iraq, though much of thecriticism leveled at the admin-istration for its dealings withNorth Korea are certainly mis-placed. With rogue regimesemerging as the primarythreat to the national securityof the United States, certaintyhas become a luxury. We do know, howev-er, that an increasing number of thesestates will soon acquire the dreadedweapons of mass destruction. We alsoknow that a military confrontation witheach and every one of those nations isinfeasible and undesirable. Furthermore,we know that North Korea is ruled by atruly strange and unstable regime, isincredibly dangerous now, will be quite abit more dangerous a year from now and isutterly treacherous at the bargaining table.What, then, are we to do?

I am not entirely certain of my ability toprovide a complete answer to that ques-tion, but I can tell you what we cannot do. Amilitary attack on North Korea, with thegoal of regime change, is not in the cards.This is so purely for pragmatic reasons. Theroster of the ash heap of history, withSaddam Hussein’s name recently added,certainly seems incomplete without thelikes of the megalomaniacal, cruel, bizarre

and sometimes hysterical Kim Jong Il.Indeed, this particular sociopath has evenfewer friends in the world than SaddamHussein, and Kim’s prospects for regionaldestabilization seem greater. Furthermore,

he and his father have beencollectively responsible for thedeaths of millions upon mil-lions of people. The truth of thematter is, simply, that a surgicaland relatively clean operationthe likes of Operation Iraqi

Freedom is not possible in Korea. Millionsof North Korean artillery shells are con-stantly poised to rain down upon Seoul at afew minutes’ notice. A military strike onKim Jong Il’s regime, while noble in pur-pose, would certainly kill hundreds of thou-sands of people, and perhaps more.

Another option that is now off the tableis continued diplomacy of the sort we havepreviously been engaged in. To PresidentBush’s credit, he can at least see this much.In 1994, the Clinton administration made adeal that essentially accomplished nothing.In exchange for food, oil and nuclearexpertise, Kim Jong Il’s government prom-ised not to continue development ofnuclear weapons. There was, however, noverification process in place, so we are nowleft with the same situation, only with anuclear-armed adversary. Continuedblackmail by a morally and ideologicallybankrupt Stalinist regime is not a solutionto this situation. Those who credulouslybelieve the promises of totalitarians shouldlook to history for proof that the niceties ofinternational law are of no matter toregimes whose very interests lie in creatinginstability.

By now, it is entirely apparent that NorthKorea is intent on acquiring a nuclear arse-nal, and will accept no other outcome.Furthermore, the communists will mostcertainly use their new weapons as leveragein their international dealings. NorthKorea’s national interest is closely tied tothe creation of chaos, both regionally andglobally; this is Kim Jong Il’s only methodfor extorting enough aid to keep his dyingregime alive. The national interest of theUnited States is, therefore, to reduce risk toAmerican personnel, to prevent the expor-tation of North Korea’s weapons of massdestruction and to refrain from doing any-thing which might extend the lifespan ofthe communist regime.

The continued presence of Americantroops in South Korea is a policy that mustbe reexamined, but Bush seems unlikely todo so. Our half-century deployment at theDMZ has its roots in an era when the Southwas weak and prone to attack by an aggres-sive North, backed by Chinese forces. In2003, however, South Korea stands as aprosperous capitalist state, with manytimes the population and resources of itsself-destructive neighbor. There is no finerside-by-side illustration of capitalism’s tri-umph than the Korean Peninsula. SouthKorea, along with our Japanese ally, must

accept more responsibility for its owndefense. These two nations have the capac-ity to militarily dwarf the forces of the Northwith little cost to their own economies, aswell as to develop a missile defense system.In the meantime, the American presence atthe DMZ must be phased out. What reason,after all, would the North Koreans have forbreathing fire against us with our troops nolonger within striking distance?

Of course, if it is ever discovered thatNorth Korea has exported its nucleararsenal to terrorist groups, it should faceswift and punishing military action.However, this is not an outcome thatmost people hope for. Kim Jong Il’sStalinist regime has become so unsus-tainable that we need scarcely do morethan to wait for its impending downfall.Still, for this to happen, we must stopshooting ourselves in the foot by contin-uing to be blackmailed by a rhetoricallyaggressive dictator. Furthermore, wemust encourage our regional allies tobuild up their defenses to the pointwhere a military attack, from the NorthKorean perspective, would seem fruitless— even without American troops sta-tioned nearby. Our Korea is very differentfrom Harry Truman’s Korea, and our pol-icy in 2003 should reflect that reality.

We need to start dealing with North Korea realizing that it’s 2003, not 1953

The second wheel of the axis

A fair and balanced look at AmericaTo see our nation for what it is, we have to look at more than just its flaws

LAST WEEK I WAS WALKING DOWNThayer and, as usual, anti-Bush adminis-tration slogans inundated me. “Those yel-lowcake lies are written all over Cheney’sface!” a sign declared. In conversation,people ominously whisperthe words “Cheney,” “Iraq,”“Halliburton” and now,“quagmire.” The governmentordered the invasion of Iraqto get the oil, they say. How dothey know? Were they there?Then many of the same peo-ple ask why gas prices areclimbing if we invaded for oil.Why indeed.

It seems that only whenphysical danger threatensfrom within our borders doAmericans express patriot-ism. After Sept. 11, 2001, ournation experienced something it had notfelt, perhaps, since World War Two: unity,pride, and a fierce need to defend ourcountry and all it stands for. Nationalismjolted like a shot of adrenaline into theAmerican sensibility. Together, we soughtto cement this newfound nationalism anddeclare it to the world through hopefulacts of justice: capturing Bin Laden,declaring war on terrorism and inspiringthe United Nations to join us in fightingevil. We understood at the time that thesegoals would be ongoing, and may even beultimately impossible, but we cheered atevery drop in the bucket. The fact that the

ambition was tough made us even proud-er to be Americans.

However, now that it is two years laterand we have not taken the Holy Grail,Americans buzz like angry bees with

impatience and anti-climax.Our newfound patriotism iscollapsing like an overcookedsoufflé. All many people cansee is that we have not cap-tured Bin Laden, that we havenot crushed terrorism and thata United Nations made up ofhundreds of countries, eachwith its own political agenda,has not always cooperated.Over a period of months, thepresident whom manyAmericans had been worship-ping in the polls as though hewere John Wayne saving the

town in an old Western suddenly becameperceived as a cigar-smoking SUV driverwho bathes in oil and sleeps with aHalliburton contract under his pillow.

These critics fail to take notice of all theSept. 11 that have not happened over thelast two years. Only 25 months later, theyalready take for granted the peaceful daythey protest on, a day made safe by thehardworking yet silent actions of our gov-ernment. They forget that we toppled adictator who was a threat to his own peo-ple and, yes, to the world, and simplynotice that we haven’t managed to rebuilda country in five months. Those same crit-ics complain this war was about oil, anddemand that we withdraw our troopsfrom Iraq. But we’d be really imperialisticand horrible if we invaded a country,

removed its leader and then left them todeal with the mess, right? Besides, if wehad invaded for oil, we would have beenin and out of Iraq as fast as a Texan caughtin an oil slick. We wouldn’t be paying thesalaries of the Iraqi workforce. We would-n’t be rebuilding Baghdad. There aren’tany oil fields in Baghdad.

Too many people don’t give the govern-ment credit for anything. They take theirprecious civil liberties for granted, andthen when something goes right, they’llsay it’s just a fluke. They will never beproud of the fact that in two years webrought down two governments that CIAintelligence discovered were working todestroy us. They will say it’s imperialistic,regardless of the fact that Afghanistan hasnothing but mud huts and all there is inIraq, besides oil that we haven’t touched,is sand.

America is a riddle; part of its characterand legacy is to always strive for perfec-tion and ultimate integrity, yet it is thisvery quality that makes America questionitself. CNN.com recently had an articleabout how history classes across thenation focus on the inkblots in our historyand scorn our triumphs. My sister’s U.S.history teacher, under the mistaken ideathat he was being original, told the class

he had a novel approach to studyingAmerican history and proceeded to tellthem all that is wrong with our country.The fact that history textbooks and teach-ers focus on America’s mistakes sayssomething about the core of what itmeans to be American. The problem is, wehave focused on our failings and ignoredour victories so much that we have forgot-ten the motivation for examining them inthe first place.

While this nation and her governmentare imperfect, find me a country that isn’t.British historian Paul Johnson states “Allnations are born in war, conquest andcrime, usually concealed by the obscurityof a distant past.” What makes Americagreat is a national obsession with justiceand fairness, and a constitution thatkeeps thugs from running the place whileproviding unprecedented civil liberties —the same civil liberties, in fact, that allowthe government bashers to do their bash-ing. We are the only country on earth thatperforms numerous humanitarian actsfor countries we know can’t return thefavor. And while it is commendable thatAmericans will settle only for perfection,perhaps we need to not only question theactions of America, but our own quick-ness to condemn her.

Alexandra Toumanoff ‘06 believes weshould burn avocados for fuel instead ofoil.

Now that he is finished with this column,Christopher McAuliffe '05 can watch theMarlins game.

Too many people don’t give the government credit for

anything. They take their precious civil liberties for

granted, and then when something goes right, they’ll say

it’s just a fluke.

Those who credulously believe the promises of totalitari-

ans should look to history for proof that the niceties of

international law are of no matter to regimes whose very

interests lie in creating instability.

ALEXANDRATOUMANOFF

WHAT’S A GIRLGOTTA DO?

CHRISTOPHERMCAULIFFE

LIVE FREE OR DIE

WHETHER IT’S DUE TO INJURY OR OLDage, the “great ones” inevitably hit a wall atsome point and need to be benched. Butthese days, with large salaries and egos atstake, too many coaches and teams arereluctant to do so. Case in point: the

Cardinals, Eaglesand Rams all havedinged up stars,but only the Ramshave stepped upand benched theirdamaged goods.What makes theseteams unique is thequality of theirbackups, all ofwhom have proventhemselves morethan capable ofhandling the reinsas starters.

Emmitt Smith was one of the best run-ning backs in football, but behind a sub-par offensive line and aging legs, he is oneof the least productive runners in thegame.

Granted, the Cardinals won’t break .500,no matter who the running back is, butevery snap Emmitt gets is a wasted snapfor the future of the franchise. His years inthe league are numbered, to say the least,and he’s only averaged an abysmal 3.0yards per carry. With a young Marcel Shippwaiting in the wings, the Cardinals need tothink about their days down the road.

Smith will be out at least a month with ashoulder injury, which will let Shipp carrythe load, but the Cardinals insist Emmittwill return as the starter once he heals. It’sthis type of thinking that has led the Cardsto four consecutive losing seasons.

Kurt Warner, a former MVP who annihi-lated opposing defenses, looked dazedand confused against the Giants in weekone. Only later did his coach divulge thatWarner had a concussion and actually wasdazed and confused. In retrospect, CoachMike Martz said that in the third quarter,“(Warner) looked confused when (I) gavehim a play and I shouldn’t have playedhim. I regret playing him.”

All the while, Martz had quarterbackMarc Bulger on the bench, who went 6-1last year with the Rams and has gone 3-1this season at the helm. Unlike theCardinals, who don’t have a shot in hell atmaking the postseason, Martz has aresponsibility to this year’s team to winnow. A healthy Bulger is clearly superior toa foggy-headed Warner.

In perhaps the most complicatedpredicament, Eagles’ coach Andy Reidshould seriously think about benching QBDonovan McNabb. Unlike the aforemen-tioned stars, McNabb is by no means overthe hill, and is still one of the best in thegame. However, McNabb has a sprainedright thumb and looked decent at best in a23-21 loss to the Cowboys, continuallymissing his receivers. Because he also hasA.J. Feeley, who went 4-1 as a starter lastyear, Reid may want to rethink his offen-sive game plan.

No player will bench himself, and nosuperstar wants to admit his best days arebehind him. Owners, who have made mul-timillion-dollar deals with certain players,want to see a return on their investmenton the field and don’t like watching $20million sit on the bench. The bottom line,though, is winning, and these coaches allpossess top-tier backups that provide theteam with a better chance of winninggames than their more famous counter-parts.

SPORTS WEDNESDAYTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD

OCTOBER 15, 2003 · PAGE 12

Give ’emthe hook!

Nick Neely / Herald

Kim Lavere ’06 can only watch as Sarah Gervais ’04 attempts to stop Princeton. The physical play of the Bears and Tigers resulted in 24 fouls.

Women’s soccer defeats Hartford, fallsto No. 23 Princeton, 1-0, in overtime

Patrick Tarpy ’05 sets school record in Boston

JON MEACHINBARELY LEGAL

BY BERNIE GORDONThe women’s soccer team (7-3-2, 1-2 IvyLeague) had a bittersweet week, beatingHartford, 2-0, before losing a 1-0 over-time heartbreaker to league-rivalPrinceton, ranked 23 in the nation. Thedefense played especially well, led bygoalie Sarah Gervais ’04, who had 12saves, and back Michelle Sriwongtong’05.

At Hartford on Tuesday, the defenselimited the Hawks to six shots on goal,only one of which Gervais had to save.The offense also had a strong perform-ance, with leading goal-scorer MichaelaSewall ’04 scoring a point for her thirdstraight game.

The team has been much more cohe-sive on offense of late, something HeadCoach Phil Pincince attributed togreater communication and coopera-tion.

“We’ve done a nice job putting onplays around the ball on both sides ofthe ball,” Pincince said. “That’s team

soccer.”But the team was not able to carry

that offensive momentum into the gameagainst Princeton (7-1-2, 2-1 Ivy League)at Stevenson Field on Saturday.

The game was back and forth —Princeton seemed to have the momen-tum early, but Brown responded with aseries of attacks in the middle of the firsthalf.

It was also very physical, as bothteams kept the referees busy with a totalof 24 fouls in the game. Robin Averbeck’06 left the game late in the first half, herface covered in blood, but laterreturned.

“(The game) was physical beyond alegal limit,” said Co-Captain RachelRoberts ’04. Roberts also had to leavethe game with an unspecified kneeinjury, but returned as well.

But the highlight of the game was thegoalies. Both Brown and Princeton’sgoalies put in stellar performances,blocking shots and rebounds from less

than five yards out. In a maneuver thatmade Brown fans’ hearts stop, Gervaisblocked back-to-back shots from point-blank range with less than four minutesto go in the game.

Princeton sophomore goalie EmilyVogelzang responded in kind, blockingshots by Kim LaVere ’06 and Averbeck.

Despite the excellence of Brown’sdefensive play, Princeton finished offthe game when freshman MeghanFarrell scored 2:04 into overtime to win.

Pincince said he has no regrets, call-ing it “a well-played game” on bothsides. “We just took the No. 23 team inthe country into overtime,” he said.

The team continues its season thisSaturday at Harvard (4-3-4, 1-0-2 IvyLeague), and will return to StevensonField for its last home game on Nov. 1,against Penn.

Staff writer Bernie Gordon ’07 covers thewomen’s soccer team. He can be reachedat [email protected].

BY GRANT SMITHPatrick Tarpy ’05 broke the tape andshattered the school record as he led themen’s cross country team to a secondplace finish Friday at the New EnglandChampions in Boston.

“I didn’t know I broke the record untilI had crossed the line and was informedof it,” Tarpy said.

Tarpy, one of the few front runners notaffected by an official miscue, crossedthe line with a time of 23-minutes, 58seconds, earning him a first place finishand a new 8,000-meter school record.”

“Patrick ran a phenomenal race,” saidteammate Jeff Gaudette ’05. “He has agreat kick and that’s what it came downto.”

Gaudette, in his season debut, wasrunning in fourth place when a trackofficial instructed him to head towardthe finish line after only the third mile.

“I took a few steps and realized that itwas not right. It really took me out of therace competitively. I had to stop andwait about 10 seconds for the guybehind to catch up so I could figure outwhat was going on,” Gaudette said.

Gaudette later finished sixth out of afield of 317, with a time of 24:33.Michael DeCoste ’04 was the Bears’third finisher for the second time in asmany races. He clocked in with a time of24:54 placing him 12th overall. SeniorCaptain Matt Emond ’04, who was alsoaffected by the misdirection, ended up

with a time of 25:06, good enough for19th overall. Erik Churchill ’03.5 round-ed out the Bears’ top five, crossing theline at 25:10, earning him 23rd place.

The Bears took home second placehonors, only 19 points behind national-ly ranked Providence College.

Brown’s depth was showcased whenfive of the top seven places went toBears during the ensuing J.V. race.Eamon Quick ’07 led the field with atime of 25:27 followed by runners PatClark ’07, Chris Burke ’07 and MattCrimmin ’04.

From here the Bears go into a three-week training period that begins withthe highly anticipated Oct. 31Heptagonal meet.

wednesday, october 15, 2003

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