F R I D A Y OCTOBER 24, 2003
THE BROWN DAILY HERALD Volume CXXXVIII, No. 99
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Coalition says Herald misled its readers, sent spies
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Sketch released for suspect in possible hate crime BY ZACH BARTER
BY CARLA BLUMENKRANZ
Former members of the coalition that stole the March 16, 2001 press run of The Herald remain skeptical of the media, committed to political dialogue and disgusted by David Horowitz, they said in a discussion Thursday evening. Open to the entire campus and attended by about 25 students, the discussion in Wilson 102 was prefaced by a showing of a documentary made by coalition member Kohei Ishihara ’02. The 20-minute film, which was never completed, includes footage of confrontations between the coalition and Herald editors at The Herald office. At one meeting between the two parties, where the film states the editors refused to allow cameras, a tape-recorded conversation documents the editors’ rejection of the coalition’s demands and the coalition’s veiled threat to prevent distribution of The Herald. The coalition had a petition signed by 200 students demanding money from Horowitz’s advertisement, which cited reasons against reparations for slavery, be given to the Third World Center and a full page of ad space to respond to his ad. Katherine Boas ’02, one of three editors-in-chief of The Herald at the time, said Thursday she had not known coalition members had entered the office with either cameras or tape recorders. see HOROWITZ, page 5
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Former officials from the United Nations answered questions from students eager to pursue careers in the world’s largest international civil service organization at an event in Smith-Buonanno on Thursday.
Ribbon cutting marks T.F. Green opening BY ELLEN WERNECKE
Six days after it hosted its first performance, the downstairs space of the newly renovated Theodore Francis Green Hall welcomed Undergraduate Council of Students members, administrators, faculty and students for the official reopening of the building Thursday. “It’s very exciting to see people in this building after so much construction,” Margaret Jablonski, dean for Campus Life, told some 70 community
members and guests assembled to witness the symbolic cutting of a shiny red ribbon across the space, most recently the home of Production Workshop’s “No Returns.” “We started in a conference room at the Student Life office,” Jablonski said, “and out of that has come teamwork and some wonderful work” by all groups involved. Jablonski singled out PW and Musical Forum for “spending hours poring over designs” for T.F. Green. Other
Grad students manage family while studying BY MERYL ROTHSTEIN
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Like some busy graduate students, Clemency Williams GS and her husband Yann Montelle GS wake up at 6 a.m. each morning. But, unlike students who wake up to the the sound of a blaring alarm, GRADUATE Wiliams and Montelle stir when they SCHOOL hear the coos and gurgles of their at 100 nine-month-old son Pierre. Williams and Montelle are part of a limited group of grad students with children who juggle their family life with their academic one. While students with families are quick to praise both facets of their life, parenthood poses unique
Clemency Williams GS reads to her nine-monthold son Pierre.
student groups that will use the space include the Tae Kwon Do club and the Coalition of Bands at Brown. UCS Campus Life Committee Chair Ari Savitzky ’06 presented Vanessa Gonzalez ’04, a PW board member, with a plaque honoring “PW and all undergraduates involved in performing and martial arts.” “May this building be used in good health,” Savitzky read. He later called President Ruth Simmons out of the audience to help cut the ceremonial ribbon. Gonzalez called the renovated hall a “very exciting place” for the performing arts at Brown. “This place has been a stepping stone for so many writers, directors, actors, designers,” Gonzalez said. “This space has made them into who they are.” “Brown gives us a place to create, to succeed and to fail,” she said. “With this new building and everybody together, we’re going to be able to create together.” UCS President Rahim Kurji ’05 was also on hand to witness the ribbon cutting. “Just seeing the energy and excitement here is a great example of collaboration
see GRAD, page 4 see T.F. GREEN, page 4
I N S I D E F R I D AY, O C T O B E R 2 4 , 2 0 0 3 Medley of plays at PW shows some clear talent among student directors and writers arts & culture, page 3
History and tradition support and propel Fusion dance company, students say arts & culture, page 3
Evildoers will relish in the fall of recent WTO talks, says Barron Youngsmith ’06 column, page 7
Department of Public Safety investigators are hoping a new composite sketch will help identify the assailant in the Sept. 6 assault of a female student on Charlesfield Street. DPS, which is investigating the incident as a hate crime, released the sketch Thursday and asked anyone with information on the suspect to step forward. “The whole idea ... is to get it out there to as many people as possible who might be able to help with the investigation,” said Mark Nickel, director of the Brown News Service. DPS has been unable to locate any eyewitnesses to the assault. After leaving an off-campus party, the student was approached from behind by the suspect, who yelled a homophobic comment and struck her in the face. DPS refused to comment on an ongoing investigation and referred all questions to Nickel. The sketch, developed by the Providence Police Department in consultation with the victim, shows a college-age male with a heavy build, dark eyes and short dirty blonde or brown hair. PPD Detective Patricia Cornell, who created the sketch, said composite artists often wait several weeks before interviewing victims. Cornell developed the sketch based on a single twohour interview with the victim. “In some cases, people may be so traumatized at first that they are unable to recall what the person looked like,” Cornell said. “Normally, I wait until they’ve had time to put things in perspective in their head.” Composites are not meant to be exact depictions of suspects, Cornell said. She said artists only see SKETCH, page 4
Courtesy of DPS
DPS hopes a new sketch will help identify the assailant in the Sept. 6 assault of a female student.
TO D AY ’ S F O R E C A S T Jane Urban ’07 says Parents Weekend brings free meals and emotional rollercoaster column, page 7
UMass Minutemen roll over M. ruggers 27-10 in first home game of the season sports, page 8
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