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Brown comp. coordinator moonlights as BMX biker

Job prospects look slightly rosier for ’04 BY ROBBIE COREY-BOULET

BY HANNAH BASCOM

By day, Brian Chapman is a computing coordinator for Brown’s Campus Compact project. But his real passion lies in flatland riding, a type of BMX biking. Chapman was recently featured in the documentary film “Flatlanders: An Underground Extreme Sport.” The film is slated for next year’s Rhode Island Film Festival. Flatland biking involves modifying a typical bike with pegs and other accessories that enable riders to do a variety of tricks, like the “double-footed rolling stuff” or the “long-hang five strings.” Series of these maneuvers are known as links, and Chapman compared them to ice skating routines or skateboarding. “Nowadays when people think of flatlanders they think of people hopping around on their bikes or something,” Chapman said. “That’s very ’85.” Chapman said flatland tricks and combinations are unique to each rider. Just as style is individual to the rider, the bike modifications they use also vary. “Everyone has their own nuances,” Chapman said. “It’s really fun to watch people. Some people always look like they’re about to fall, but land every trick. I try to be as smooth as possible.” Chapman first became interested in the sport in the early 1980s. “Back in ’83, ’84, it was a neighborhood thing — everyone had a bike. At local tracks I saw people do flatland and I quit (bike) racing two weeks later and tried to transform my bike,” Chapman said. Although flatland’s time in the mainstream may have come and gone in the 1980s, Chapman said he and his brother Kieran have been riding together for the past 20 years. The sport has become a common bond for the pair, he said. see FLATLAND, page 7

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Brown computing coordinator Brian Chapman performs a big front wheel switch.

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Students who smoke and those concerned about smoking feel there is a general indifference to the smoking ban implemented two years ago.

Students still smoking inside, despite U. ban

RISD president Roger Mandle holds town hall meeting to discuss school issues RISD news, page 3

As seniors prepare for life beyond College Hill, some question whether they will have opportunities to land the jobs they want. Others remain optimistic in light of the recent economic upturn. But a struggling economy and heightened unemployment have limited job prospects. It has been a “very good year” for the fields of investment banking and consulting, two areas that have performed poorly in the past few years, according to Associate Director of Career Services Barbara Peoples. However, these industries are far from operating at peak levels, said Peter Howitt, a professor of economics with expertise in macroeconomics and economic growth. “I think that they will never be as popular as they were throughout the 1990s,” Howitt said. But after several years of decline and stagnation, Career Services reports an increase in recruiting activity that is likely due to the 7.2 percent third-quarter economic growth rate, Peoples said. Bain and Co., a consulting firm centered in Boston, increased recruiting by 30 percent in 2003 and expects an even bigger increase in 2004, Public Relations Coordinator Sandra Canela wrote in an esee JOBS, page 4

BY JUSTIN ELLIOTT

The University’s ban on smoking was hotly debated when it was implemented two years ago — but today the campus is largely indifferent. According to Thomas Forsberg, assistant dean of Student Life, the 2001 ban on smoking in residential and dining facilities was “overwhelmingly supported by the residential community.” And although Residential Council receives a lot of housing complaints, ResCouncil Chair Jesse Goodman ’04 said smoking has never been an issue. But both students who smoke and those concerned about smoking noted an overall indifference to the ban — with only some compliance. “I think that people just smoke in their dorms,” while “a lot of people do smoke outside,” Goodman said. Nandita Goel ’07 said she knows people who smoke in their rooms, but she always smokes outside because “you have to respect other people’s privacy.” A smoker himself, Goodman said he sees a trend of more restrictions on smokers. “I think there’s a growing cultural expectation that you don’t smoke in public buildings, and dorm rooms are an extension of that,” he said. Forsberg explained that students who violate the ban receive warnings from ResLife. He said they are told, “If in case you missed it, this is the regulation, and you need to stop. “Our goal is compliance. If there is willful violation, then we have a different approach,” he said. Since the policy change, there have been no hearings related to smoking

in the dining facilities, and there have been very few related to the residence halls, said Assistant Dean of Student Life James Stascavage. Several smokers said Brown was actually welcoming to smokers. “I think it’s unusual how people are actually cool with it. It’s not looked down on,” Goel said. Frances Mantak, director of Health Education, said a 2001 study found 20 percent of Brown students had smoked a cigarette in the last 30 days. But most students today seem unconcerned with quitting, she said. A study which offers students free patches, up to $100, free pizza and guidance, has been on campus for the last two years, but response has not been good, Mantak said. “What I kind of use as a gauge is (that) the study had good incentives (but) we had really pretty low turnout,” she said. But Forsberg said, “We have a very healthy and health-conscious undergraduate population.” ResLife, which doesn’t hear many complaints about the ban, does hear about violations. More restrictions may be on the way for smokers in the state. A Rhode Island law already bans smoking in public places like museums, buses and schools, and a bill passed in the State Senate last summer extending the ban to restaurants and bars. But the bill must first pass through the House and Governor’s office to become law. Herald staff writer Justin Elliott ’07 can be reached at jelliott@browndailyherald.com.

UCS tables universal need-blind admission BY ELLEN WERNECKE

Amid heated debate, the Undergraduate Council of Students voted to table a resolution advocating for universal need-blind financial aid. The resolution would have called for need-blind aid to be expanded to international students, transfer students and resumed undergraduate education students. Disputes regarding the wording of the resolution, which representatives Sonia Gupta ’06 and Ilena Frangista ’06 presented on behalf of the Admission and Student Services Committee, grew into a potent discussion on the priorities of the University. “I think it’s clear that there is dissent on the council and that this is a very important proposal for the University,” said Alumni Liaison Justin Sanders ’04. “This is a very strong statement, and if we’re going to make it, I want it to be by a strong showing.” Academic and Administrative Affairs Committee Chair Charley Cummings ’06 moved to table the resolution, citing the need for a campus dialogue about the issue, especially with regards to its financial sources. The resolution calls upon the University to use the capital campaign to fund universal need-blind policies. Dean of the College Paul Armstrong told The Council at the meeting that the University’s commitment to need-blind admission was “a very high priority” in the campaign. Proponents of the measure said the ressee UCS, page 6

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TO D AY ’ S F O R E C A S T Hate crimes are thought crimes, Christopher McAuliffe ’05 says column, page 11

Men’s and women’s cross country teams prepare for NCAA regionals sports, page 12

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RISD NEWS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2003 · PAGE 3

Pres. Mandle discusses RISD’s future

RISD Artist ball, DJ GrandMaster Flash pack venue downtown

BY AMY HALL GOINS BY ALEXIS KUNSAK

RISD students can be sorority sisters only once a year. Sorority girls, French cabaret stars and topless hippies with painted breasts packed into the Fleet Center Nov. 7 for this year’s Artist Ball. RISD’s Office of Student Life sold 1,250 tickets to the ball, but administrators say they have no way of knowing how many people actually attended the most wild and widely-attended event of the year. Paul Connelly, associate director of the Office of Student Life, said many attendees got into the party through unauthorized avenues. “The Fleet Center holds 750 max, but with people sneaking in and counterfeiting tickets we don’t know how many were packed in there,” Connelly said. Tickets sold out on Friday afternoon, earlier than in past years. Nina Shen RISD ’05 said administrators had not publicized the limited number of tickets. “People thought they’d have plenty to sell at the door,” she said. But other attendees said the ball’s being sold out didn’t stop people from see ARTIST BALL, page 7

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The Artist Ball gives RISD students an opportunity to put their creativity at work making creatively risqué costumes.

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Firefighters created a water display at a memorial service for RISD Dean Hardu Keck.

Memorial service for RISD dean draws hundreds BY JONATHAN HERMAN

Three jets of water met above the center of the Providence Canal Wednesday night during a memorial service for Hardu Keck, a RISD dean, professor, artist and mentor for almost 40 years, who died over the summer. The display, titled “Fireman’s Fountain,” which Keck designed himself as a work of art, was followed by a memorial service in the RISD Auditorium that drew hundreds of RISD community members. Friends and colleagues — including President Roger Mandle — remembered Keck for his “tender curiosity.” “Hardu was a renaissance person able to paint, sculpt, cook and teach,” Mandle said. Even though Keck was colorblind, he was a skilled painter. His works are currently on display in the Illustration Studies Building Gallery. “The colors would smear together,” said a friend and classmate of Keck’s at the memorial service. “Occasionally he would come over to me and ask what color he was about to use.” An Estonian refugee who fled from Russian persecution to California in the

1940s, Keck graduated from Wesleyan University and attended RISD for his Masters of Fine Arts degree. He stayed at RISD the rest of his career, beginning as an instructor in 1964 and eventually serving as provost from 1989-1999 and dean of international programs from 1999 until earlier this year. Keck was central to RISD’s European Honors Program in Rome and San Miguel de Allende program in Mexico. Keck’s longtime friend, Associate Provost for Student Affairs Edward Dwyer, remembered Keck’s resourcefulness on a RISD sponsored trip on Peru. “Don’t worry — they got my fake wallet, the one I keep for the pickpockets,” Dwyer said Keck told the group of RISD students and teachers after they were robbed in a crowd. As provost, Keck delivered annual convocation addresses to first-year and transfer students, a tradition he cherished. RISD administrators have compiled the addresses into a published volume. Friends and colleagues also read

In the second of three planned “town meetings” for the RISD community, President Roger Mandle on Monday night discussed the changes facing the school and the RISD Museum in both the immediate future and the years to come. About 50 students, faculty and administrators came to the meeting, held in the RISD Auditorium. Public Safety Sergeant Maureen Sullivan said she went to the meeting out of concern over what Mandle described as the “burning issue” of campus security. Mandle informed the audience that the most recent incident of violence involving a RISD student occurred after the Artists’ Ball last Friday night. At around 2 a.m., a student who lives off-campus was severely beaten and robbed, Mandle said. Several students expressed concern over the issue of parking. Many students who live off-campus come to work at the studios late at night. Students said they don’t want to drive their cars to campus and possibly be ticketed, but because safeRIDE doesn’t operate shuttles on routes far from campus, they are forced to risk their safety to save money. In response to this problem, one student proposed that Public Safety investigate implementing a system similar to Brown’s Safewalk, in which student volunteers would escort students to and from on-campus locations. This system would allow students to park their cars in RISD parking lots and walk to and from the studios and other buildings without compromising their safety. The blue light emergency phones on the RISD campus are also too few and far apart, students said. Another student said their local police have been dismissive toward students in one-on-one interactions. Mandle suggested he meet with RISD’s public safety officials and Providence Police Chief Dean Esserman to discuss security issues. One student wanted to explore ways that RISD students living both on and off-campus can involve themselves more in the local community, showing their Providence neighbors that although new students come and go each year, the community can benefit from having a population of stu-

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Mandle continued from page 3 dents living among them. Besides discussing the issue of security, Mandle also outlined the upcoming goals and priorities for RISD, including the state of the arts in the world and the economic outlook for the years ahead. The planned RISD center will be one of the major projects for the school in the upcoming years, Mandle said. The complex will include liberal arts classrooms, office space and space for exhibition of student artwork. Another major project will be turning the RISD building located at 15 Westminster St. into a multiuse facility. The building will eventually house a new library for RISD, Mandle said — an improvement RISD faculty members voted the school’s number one academic priority. Four hundred ninety-six students will be housed above the library in this building

RISD continued from page 3 aloud from Keck’s autobiography and from his unpublished “A Book on Design,” which he was working on at the time of his death. Keck’s love for RISD kept him in Providence despite job offers from other art schools, said Keck’s daughter Saarin Keck RISD ’91.

Jobs continued from page 1 mail. “We’re starting to see that, for many employers, their hiring is up compared to last year,” said Manager of Employer Relations Scott Lachapelle. “They’re finally starting to react to what it seems the rest of the economy has done.” “Things are starting to improve, and jobs seem to be picking up,” Howitt said. But Howitt acknowledged the “tough times” of the current national economic situation, adding that the economy continues to struggle in comparison with performance in the mid- to late1990s. Scott Strand ’04, who recently received a job offer from Bain, said he believes the economic downturn now only affects certain fields, while others are able to grow and develop. “Some job markets are pretty stable, or even hiring more. Any group that calls for small groups of dedicated specialists tends to still be hiring,” Strand wrote in an email to The Herald. “That seems to be where the jobs are right now … it’s all about finding a niche.” Many seniors participate in a competitive recruiting process through Career Services, in which companies search the campus for future employees. A corporation will either post job openings through Brown or will actually visit the campus and conduct interviews through Career Services, a practice which is becoming more common. Companies that have visited Brown this year include Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and

as well, Mandle said. A food service facility and recreation space might also occupy the top floor of the building. Mandle explained he wasn’t in touch with the RISD community as much as he’d like to be since he’s been on the promoting the school and working on the capital campaign. The three meetings were intentionally planned to cover the same content Monday’s meeting covered, said Ann Hudner, director of external relations at RISD. “The intention was to reach different members of the community at different times,” Hudner said. “The questions which come at us depend on the audience.” The entire RISD community was notified of the town meeting series by e-mail, she said. The next town meeting will be held Dec. 1 at 6:30 p.m. in the Bayard Ewing Building. Herald staff writer Amy Hall Goins ’07 can be reached at agoins@browndailyherald.com.

“One thing was constant was his constant wandering through the RISD campus,” Saarin Keck said. “I was always amazed by the number of people he was oblivious that he affected.” A scholarship fund in Hardu Keck’s name has been created through the RISD Development Office. Herald staff writer Jonathan Herman ’07 can be reached at jherman@browndailyherald.com.

Morgan Stanley. These corporations often recruit strictly at “toptier” universities or at schools with deep alumni connections, Lachapelle said. “I think with a lot of these firms, having an Ivy League degree helps immensely because they only recruit at their target schools,” said Herald account manager Eugene Cha ’04, who also received a job offer from Bain and Co. this year. “Brown’s probably worse off than a school like Harvard or Princeton, but it’s definitely better off than a majority of the schools that are out there.” Alumni connections have also led to increased recruiter activity. Both Strand and Cha said these connections were crucial in receiving interviews with corporations on campus. “We have a real strong alumni network and we are very grateful for everything that the alumni do with us,” Lachapelle said. But not everyone is finding success as the economy improves. Klara Chan ’04 said she believes Career Services over-emphasizes certain career paths. “I think they are very geared toward Fortune 500 companies and financial services companies,” she said, adding that because she has not yet limited her options she finds it difficult to plan for the future. “Right now, I’m not so happy,” Chan said when asked about her prospects. “I wish I had specified what I wanted to do and focused on it throughout my Brown career.” Herald staff writer Robbie CoreyBoulet ’07 can be reached at rcorey-boulet@browndailyherald.com.

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CAMPUS WATCH THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2003 · PAGE 5

Times gives profs 15 minutes of fame, 5 hours of styling BY MICHAEL RUDERMAN

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Jacob Sullum, senior editor at Reason magazine and author of “Saying Yes: In Defense of Drug Use,” spoke Wednesday night in Carmichael Auditorium about the futility of the war on drugs, saying that illegal drug use should be viewed in a similar way as drinking, with an emphasis on temperance rather than abstinence. The lecture was sponsored by Students for Sensible Drug Policy as a part of Freedom Week, which concludes this Friday night with a concert at the Underground.

Professor of Chemistry David Cane, who holds three degrees including a doctorate from Harvard University, was interviewed and photographed by The New York Times last month. He was wearing a pair of silver pants with an open zipper at the knee. Cain and the other seven members of his all-male book club were featured in an article on book clubs in the Times’ Style and Entertaining Magazine Nov. 2. The Times wrote only a paragraph on the book club, which includes four Brown professors, three doctors and a divorce lawyer. The paragraph was sandwiched between blurbs on all-women’s book groups and recipes for cheesecake and fruit tarts. The Times also ran a photograph of the middle-aged men, who each hold advanced degrees and whom the magazine dressed in designer clothing. David Maclean, adjunct associate professor of medicine, donned a retro-style, tight shirt featuring an illustrated man asking, “Where is my hair gel?” Club member Gabor Keitner, professor of psychiatry and human behavior, said he felt that the Times was “more interested in how we looked in our clothes and what we ate than what we thought.” The book club was founded five years ago by a group of men who thought “it would be interesting to get a group of guys together to talk about something different than weather, sports and politics,” Keitner said. But that’s not what the Times was interested in. Instead, the Times sent a reporter, assistants, stylists and photographers to Providence for the interview and photo shoot that lasted five hours and yielded only a paragraph and one photograph. “We laughed a lot about it,” Cain said. The men were seated for the photograph around a prominently displayed table of deserts. The Times also wrote about the pastries and desserts that are served at each meeting. Keitner was pleased that the Times had shown interest because the article “memorialized the book group in a way that wouldn’t have happened otherwise,” he said. Since its inception, the club has met every four to six weeks. Meetings rotate between the members’ homes, see TIMES, page 6

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UCS continued from page 1 olution’s funding was secondary to its importance to campus life. “It’s very clear that our budget is somewhat constricted right now and (Director of Financial Aid Michael) Bartini gave us the numbers to prove it,” Gupta said. “But he also told us it’s our responsibility to tell us what our most important priority is.” Gupta later said the resolution had “nothing to do with actual numbers.” “By presenting this, we’re not just handing (the administration) a piece of paper,” she said. “We’re saying this is our distinct priority.” Campus Life Chair Ari Savitsky ’06 echoed Gupta’s sentiments, exhorting UCS members to “pass (the resolution) today.” “I am assured that at least 80 percent of our constituents would say, ‘Of course we should be passing this,’ ” Savitsky said. “If it’s a long-term goal, if it’s a larger goal, so be it,” he said. Not all committee members, however, were so swayed. “(Need-blind admission) is a priority, but not the top priority,” said Student Activities Chair Rob Montz ’05. “The claim that we’re not taking money from other things is not true,” Montz said. “That’s money that’s not going toward a student center, faculty, 24-hour workstations or domestic financial aid.”

“Someone’s going to lose out at the end of the day,” he said. Montz — who was an early opponent of the resolution — said he wasn’t convinced the resolution would appropriately affect change. “I don’t want to just keep passing resolutions that don’t mean anything,” Montz said. “I mean, we could pass a resolution saying rainbows are nice, but who cares?” “We’re using very strong language in this resolution,” said Coordinator of Appointments and Herald sports columnist Luke Meier ’04. “If we’re really going to say it’s at the top, we should be certain of that language.” UCS members vowed to continue the debate at a future meeting. “This is but one (financial aid) resolution,” Treasurer Tilli Dias ’05 pointed out. “We’re going to have more of them.” “The capital campaign has addressed this issue — we’re not coming up with a brand new theory,” she said. In their discussions, both sides drew upon presentations at the top of the meeting by Director of Admission Michael Goldberger and Bartini. Bartini discussed his plans for the fiscal year 2005 and provided some general statistics. Currently about 2,250 students receive some $43 million in financial aid, he said. He projected that number to hit 2,500 by the fiscal year 2007. In terms of aid, Bartini said, Brown is in the “middle of the pack” where the Ivy League is concerned – but that doesn’t mean he’s satisfied. “If a kid is looking at Princeton, which does not give loans as part of a financial aid package, and finds out he’ll be carrying $5,000

Times continued from page 5 and the members also rotate the duty of selecting possibilities for the next month’s title. It is often difficult for the members to decide on a title because the possibilities all sound like interesting reads, Cain said. “It’s like going to a feast and leaving hungry,” he said. The men’s group is different from women’s groups, Keitner said. Their group pays less attention to the flow of the group and introspection than women’s groups do, he said. Selections have included texts by William Faulkner, Mark Twain, Margaret Atwood and lesser known writers. “A Stranger in the Kingdom” by Howard Frank Mosher was especially well-received. “The writing

in debt here at graduation, we can’t do a lot about that,” Bartini said. Bartini mentioned several academic initiatives related to financial aid, including last year’s adopted proposal to remove the financial aid work requirement for first-years. “Some students still choose to work, but not as much,” Bartini said. “We think they’re putting time in other areas on campus, and we think that’s what they want.” Goldberger answered questions about Talent Quest, a new initiative designed to build relationships with schools in struggling urban and rural areas. The two-year-old program, which serves more than 100 high schools, plans to expand with student liaisons from those schools this year. “To be very selfish, we want to use these student liaisons after students are admitted to give them a call and try and convince them that Brown is the place for them,” Goldberger said. Bartini’s own “wish list” includes need-blind aid for international, R.U.E. and transfer students. “We assume the percentage of students on aid is going to grow every year,” he said. “The cost of education is a scary thing for families to be in.” Still, Bartini said the University would shoulder an increasing amount of those costs as the Office of Financial Aid meets 100 percent of demonstrated need. “Tradeoffs will need to be made with other University priorities,” Bartini said. Herald senior staff writer Ellen Wernecke ’06 can be reached at ewernecke@browndailyherald.com.

was extraordinary,” Cain said. Iain Pears’ “The Dream of Scipio” was similarly appreciated, and Keitner spoke highly of it as “quite a sophisticated book.” Other books were not as lucky and received poor reviews from the club members. “The Alexandria Quartet,” by Lawrence Durell, and the best-seller “The Da Vinci Code,” by Dan Brown, were considered a waste of time, one member complained in the Times article by Barbara Fisher. But Cain is pleased with the process of discovering literature. “The club has given me the chance to read a lot of books I wouldn’t normally have read, and it’s exposed me to a body of literature and discussions that I wouldn’t normally have had,” he said. Herald staff writer Michael Ruderman ’07 can be reached at mruderman@browndailyherald.com.

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Chapman said he also rides to unwind after work. “It’s a therapeutic sport too. You go out to a parking lot or a basketball court somewhere by yourself … try the same trick over and over, the same link over and over. It can be very relaxing, and it’s good exercise too,” he said. Chapman rides four or five days a week and has traveled to competitions all over the country. He doesn’t aim for the competitions, but enjoys going to “jams” where 50 to 150 riders get together to ride. But for the most part, flatland riding can be a solitary pursuit. “Most flatlanders are very introverted. They don’t mind spending four or five hours alone in a lot, trying the same trick over and over,” Chapman said. Due in part to lack of publicity, Chapman said the popularity of the sport has been steadily declining since the early 1990s. Compared to other “extreme sports,” Chapman said, “It’s not as life threatening, there’s not a lot of money in it. It’s not shown on network TV… it doesn’t speak to all Americans.” Despite its decline, flatland attracted the attention of Steve Manchester, an independent filmmaker with Rising Tide Entertainment. Manchester watched Chapman and a friend ride one weekend in Westport and approached the pair afterwards. “We just rolled our eyes and gave him our contact info, figured nothing would come of it … no one has cared since ’89,” Chapman said. Manchester contacted Chapman about a week later, and recently they teamed up to film the documentary. “I hope it gives people inspiration to act, to try it,” Chapman said. He said that with a little more promotion the sport could catch on again since “it can be watched by any average lay person and be entertaining.”

attending. “Some of my friends got in because there were people scalping tickets outside,” Carla Pecho RISD ’07 said. Police officers at the entrances to the Fleet Center, Arcade and Westminster Street checked for forged tickets and ripped wristbands. Many students said the strict atmosphere outside only increased the feel of an exclusive club on the dance floor. “The setting was more intimate and more like a RISD party,” said Shen, who wore a 1960s futuristic-style dress. The maximum capacity in the Arcade where DJ Muggs spun records is legally 500, but the crowd almost all packed in the Fleet Center Galleria instead to dance to turntable legend GrandMaster Flash. “I didn’t even know there was another building until later. Everyone was dancing together in one,” said Lia Cinquegrano RISD ’05. Constance Small RISD ’05, who came in a glam 1970s-style wig and a top draped below her navel, said the decorations and atmosphere at the ball were “so much better than past years.” “The costumes were more conservative than usual but the catering was incredible,” said Jade Yang RISD ’05, who dressed as a sexy secretary complete with fake glasses, pencil skirt and cigarette holder. Some cardboard sculpture and wearable art created from metal and latex still found its way awkwardly onto the dance floor. Discarded feather boas and camel hair jackets piled up beneath the coat racks. This year was the first time the event was held at the Fleet Center, after two years at the Rhode Island Convention Center. “The Convention Center was too sterile and the lobby was giant and unnatural,” Shen said. Many people were positive about the venue change, except for the wind chill and the portable toilets outside. “I liked the outside tent and nicer atmosphere. The space in between buildings was a nice break from dancing,” Jane Chung RISD ’06 said. “I just wish all my friends could have gotten in.”

Herald staff writer Hannah Bascom ’05 can be reached at hbascom@browndailyherald.c om.

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Zarda continued from page 12 the deepest penetration forming a “last line of defense.” Causing a fumble or creating an “intercept” on a play may sway the balance of the battle in one team’s favor. And never underestimate the importance of “special forces/teams.” These finely trained contributors work quietly and behind the scenes to add small but essential pieces to the puzzle. “Gunners” are sent burrowing through the “first line of defense,” often “sacrificing their bodies” in hopes of disrupting organized return schemes. Punters, kickers, and long snappers may not be the face of the team but their contributions are invaluable. It is often their performance that determines who will win

M. hockey continued from page 12 ed with the goal, the first of his career. Vermont answered with a goal several minutes later to knot the game at one. Brown dominated Vermont in the second period, though the effort failed to produce any goals. “We played a really good second period,” Robinson said. “In the third period, much like the first, we didn’t play our best, but we were fortunate to get a few good bounces and come away with the win.” Seven minutes into the third period, Brown scored its second goal. Michael Meech ’05 backhanded in a rebound off of a row shot from the point. Robinson

XC continued from page 12 Iowa. According to Gregorek, it will take a top two finish this weekend in Boston to advance. “We have a good shot at running close to Providence College,” Gregorek said. “We’ll likely have to beat them to advance and earn a spot.” Gregorek acknowledges that the first spot will probably go to Iona College, which is ranked fourth in the country. The Bears, however, are focused on taking that next spot. “We recognized in earlier

the crucial “battle of field position.” So maybe it’s not quite so hard to grasp why poor Kellen spoke in such an insensitive fashion. Kellen certainly understands he’s not really a soldier, he’s not at war, and he’s not going to kill anybody, just as we understand that there aren’t really “battles,” “bombs,” or “generals” in football. For in war there are no personal fouls, chop blocks or false starts. There are no penalties for excessive celebration and no celebrations to penalize. There’s no pass interference, offsides, or roughing the quarterback. There is no delay of game and there are no timeouts. Let us, and Kellen, not forget that. Brett Zarda GS hails from Gainesville, Fla. and has never compared writing sports columns to war.

would tally a final goal with 1:10 remaining to put the game out of reach. Yet again, Danis proved crucial to keeping the Bears in a position to win the game. Once the Bears took the lead, Danis helped seal the win, making 10 saves in the third. Danis finished with 24 saves, and has only let in three goals in the first three games. “He stands on his head,” Row said. “We may not be playing our best, but he keeps us in there. If we can get a one or two goal lead with Yann in net, there aren’t many teams that we won’t beat.” Much like the Harvard game, the Bears played a physical game and went hard into the corner for loose pucks. “Against Dartmouth we got pushed around a bit and they wore us down,” Caouette said.

meets that we were building towards the end of the season and putting the team together to maximize,” said Captain Matt Emond ’04. “The first couple of meets we didn’t have as definitive goals as we now do but we recognized what we were building toward.” With one monumental victory now behind them, the men are moving toward the next. The women’s team hopes this weekend’s Regional Championship will show that the team’s eighth-place finish in the Ivy League is not indicative of the team’s ability. “We had a poor strategy plan,” said Coach Rick Wemple. “I didn’t

M. squash continued from page 12 Both Beidler and Corona were on the disabled list for the Yale scrimmages, contributing to the team’s losses to Cornell, Dartmouth and Yale. Petrie and Rifkin were the only team members to win matches, both against Cornell. With only eight men playing, Brown’s line up was far from complete. The most crucial competitions for the men’s squash team this year will be at Dartmouth and Cornell, where they face two of their closest competitors. Trinity College is ranked first nationally, while Princeton holds the top rank in the Ivy League.

“We concentrated on being more physical against Vermont.” Still, there were several weak points in the Bears’ game, Robinson conceded. “Our forwards need to take more chances offensively and get more chances through. In the defensive zone we need to be more responsible and cover better.” “We’re grateful with the split considering how we played,” said Caouette. “We are potentially a better team than the two teams we played.” This Friday, the Bears will open up at home against Yale and then face Princeton on Saturday. Herald staff writer Ian Cropp is an assistant sports editor. He can be reached at icropp@browndailyherald.com.

take into account the narrow path in the back woods (at Van Cortlandt Park in New York City). And you run out of gas when you have to push and shove.” Wemple is hoping a more aggressive strategy at this weekend’s meet will help the Bears prove they are better than what their finish at the Ivy League Championships displayed. Both teams will compete this Saturday at Franklin Park in Boston, against the rest of the northeast region. Herald staff writer Melissa Perlman ’04 covers the cross country team. She can be reached at mperlman@browndailyherald.com.

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EDITORIAL/LETTERS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2003 · PAGE 10 S T A F F

E D I T O R I A L

Just in time Nobody can say for sure if the economy’s actually on its way back or if the last quarter was some hiccup in a long period of slow growth, but Brown seniors aren’t complaining either way. After a three-year hiatus that left many of the financially-minded students among the classes of 2001, 2002 and 2003 with disappointing prospects, investment banking and consulting firm recruiters are finally returning to campus. Given Brown’s reputation in these fields, the result will undoubtedly be a happier senior class come May 2004. Career Services draws all the big business and technology names to its job fairs and provides top notch services for students shooting for careers in those fields. (Or if not a “career,” then the always popular Brown excuse, “I’ll just do it for a few years, and then I’ll do something I really enjoy.”) But amid the celebrations of Bain’s newly-anointed consultants-in-training, the career goals of the thousands of seniors not interested in the financial world must also be remembered.

Right to die We’ve all seen the pictures of smokers’ charred and shriveled lungs. We’ve heard the horror stories about cancer and emphysema And we’ve become long jaded to the tobacco industry’s manipulations. Hell, we even have a class about it (BC168 S12: “Tobacco, Smoking, and the Evil Empire.”) But somehow, the message still hasn’t gotten through. “I think it’s unusual how people are actually cool with (smoking). It’s not looked down on,” smoker Nandita Goel ’07 told The Herald. But perhaps it should be. Though Dean Forsberg described Brown’s undergraduate population as “very healthy and health-conscious,” we’re not so convinced. You can spend hours on the Bear’s Lair elliptical machine and skip all the Ratty desserts you want, but the fact is, a smoking lifestyle and a healthy lifestyle are mutually exclusive. Free nicotine patches, free pizza, free counseling and even cold hard cash don’t seem to have made much of an impact on the number of smokers who decide to quit. A 2001 study found that about one in five Brown students had smoked a cigarette in the last month. And that’s a shame.

Correction The phrase “Although members of the debate’s audience who were slated to ask questions were notified in advance of the topic they were to address and the order in which they were to speak” was mistakenly attributed to Washington Post columnist Howard Kurtz in yesterday’s article “Media erupts over CNN staged debate.”

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LETTERS Even intelligent viewers succumb to the dumbing down of television

Alcohol-related problems not limited to those under 21

To the Editor:

Re: “Why underage drinking should be everyone's concern,” Nov. 12. As I was reading this column, I noticed that every time the phrase “underage drinking” was used, the simple word “drinking” would have fit with exactly the same validity. I find it a ridiculous hypocrisy that I, at 19, can be drafted, legally drive a car, vote or get married, but am not trusted with the simple choice about whether or not to drink alcohol responsibly. The drinking age should be 18, and until it is such I will remain unconcerned about underage drinking as an issue separate from drinking by any age group.

The lesson of the freshman feeding the Mac or PC question to “Rock the Vote” (“Media erupts over staged CNN debate,” Nov. 12) is that even intelligent well-meaning people can be drawn into the media’s determined march to dumb down every event that they “cover.” My wife and I were watching the show from Boulder, Colo. It never occurred to us that the question might have come from a CNN cue card. So we simply shut it off, dumbstruck at the inanity of it.

To the Editor:

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OPINIONS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2003 · PAGE 11

Stop worrying and love La Bam How to get your nose out of the air and realize that MTV is dishing out the best cultural products, like, ever Steve-O and Pontius are the new Emerson WHILE HIGH-MINDED SOCIETY less whether the elite notices. It should. Take Wildboyz, for example — the most and Thoreau — sensitive, caring guys most EMBROILS itself in inanely self-defeating, preening, masturbatory debates — honest- existentially exhilarating of the network’s at home in the wilds of dirty, visceral, ly, the amount of ink wasted on “academic new “Sunday Stew” lineup. The setup is Transcendental Nature. Likewise, the marriage of irony and sindiversity” simply proves self-anointed simple: Jackass refugees Steve-O and “conservatives” and “liberals” have entered Pontius descend upon the animal kingdom cerity is at the subversive heart of the entire into an insidious, incestuous, sado- — swimming with sharks, eliciting wolf MTV lineup. Punk’d may be constructed as masochistic agreement to bore to death a attacks with buttocks-attached raw chick- a meaner, crueler Candid Camera but its population made to feel inadequate or en, managing salmon fertilization by mix- approach is far less insidious; rather than unworldly if it does not participate in the ing roe and sperm in their mouths — and capitalize on the desire of everyday folks to controversy du jour — astute viewers have in the process create a beautifully nuanced be slightly famous through the airing of been tuning into the Revolution and are philosophy of nature that cuts through the their abject humiliation, Mr. Demi’s show unknowingly, ecstatically, determinedly stodgy politics of conservation. For the flips the power relationship and forces storming the barricades. With little fanfare, wildboys, nature is neither an idealized stars to remain good-natured and gracious MTV has single-handedly ushered in a new realm of noble creatures nor a holding tank even as they are tortured. Our experience cultural paradigm that, dare I say it, rede- for timber and fossil fuels; it is, rather, an of celebrities always coincides with them fines entertainment, history and episte- unglamorous playground of bodily func- trying to pretend they don’t notice the mology, and transcends the messy questions, primal urges and bloody hijinks. camera; Punk’d sharply realizes their true tion of politics with a soothing electric glow Which is why, of course, even the most mil- personalities don’t emerge when the camthat elevates the sublime pettiness of our itant animal-rightists can’t help but enjoy era’s off but when it is on and they can real concerns over the suffocating heft of the show; unlike the pitiable human vic- comfortably (re)inhabit the two-dimentims of Jackass, the animals on sional trappings of fame. Image is reality, or those Big Picture issues we are always Wildboyz (well the mammals and at least has become it; as Justin Timberlake so concerned about appearing to be birds, at least) seem in on the joke or Tommy Lee or (Lil) Bow Wow realize the concerned about. The new MTV and are often the brightest subjects camera’s there, there is the sincere relief Revolution tells us it’s okay (benefion camera. The entire experience is they can leave the hysterical insecurity of cial!) to be self-involved and vapid remarkably subversive, but joyous their pre-fame status behind. but just plain wrong to be (like the This is the same dynamic at work and openhearted about being old Gen-X MTV stereotype) so. Not only is it clear behind Newlyweds, for as much as the cynical, pessimistic or the hosts love the ani- show delights with snarky Tuna-orangry. Call it postmals, it is also visible Chicken moments, it is, at its most basic, a postmodernism, they love the audience sincere rumination on the pressure of staneo-sincerity, or my and each other, their tus and the fear of downward mobility. The favorite, proto-postjonathan cheeky homoeroti- central tension of the show, then, is not millennial perpetual liu cism cutting through that Jessica is a ditz and Nick a self-imporglobal solipsistic in liu of the chauvinist aura of tant asshole, but rather that their constant Nirvana (will be the news nature exploration struggle to maintain fourth-string teen idol shortened by future that has pervaded the status takes different forms. Whereas Nick theorists to genre since Teddy internalizes the deep, unsettled fears of the PPMPGSN, obviousRoosevelt first lifted celebrity petit bourgeois (Is my video good ly), but MTV, once a that big stick. Indeed, enough? Should I be playing golf?), Jessica simple pop culture assumes the presence of the repository, is now the vancameras themselves will keep guard, and couldn’t care Jonathan Liu ‘07 is not kidding.

her in the pop pantheon, and hilarity ensues. So as the right attacks MTV for being immoral and the left finds it corporate and hegemonic, the network has quietly transcended both worldviews. Shows like One Bad Trip and Room Raiders, with their exotic debauchery and black light semen detectors, respectively, normalize promiscuity and hedonism yet simultaneously emphasize the unconditional love of the nuclear family and the value of personal place. Made and Camp Jim may appear to be simple confidence builders, but at the same time, they deconstruct the nominal goal (to be a cheerleader or homecoming queen or an athlete) and replace it with the meta-goal of ambition itself. The aesthetics of MTV programming — the rapid cuts, the constantly streaming pop music in the background (lyrics cut and pasted to match plot points), the tangible presence of the camera — are perfectly adapted to such values; the pastiche of experience presented makes everyone worthy of watching. Indeed, MTV has reached its second iteration, a phase that both extends and critiques the first. Raised in the era of music video and the Real World, the inner reality of our lives is now set to music; each blink of the eye gives us new angles and images; each lens, a point for “confessional.” MTV circa 2003 is brilliant precisely because it projects this new epistemology into a collective solipsism, a self-conscious reflection that true intellectual diversity comes with devalorizing the intellect. Watching Rich Girls, then, is a truly existential experience; seeing ”Michael V.” cry about taking a bus to the Hilfiger estate stuns the minds and tickles the heart; the glow brings us in and we dance on the face of God.

Hate crimes are thought crimes WILL SOMEONE, PLEASE, TELL ME WHAT invective to the greatest extent possible, identity. Hence, the effect of hate crime let us examine what hate crimes legisla- legislation is to punish criminals for a “love crime” is? I’m well aware of what “hate crimes” are tion says to individuals in a society. Most behaving irrationally — but only for cersupposed to be, though the idiom confus- obviously, such laws demean the griev- tain irrational behaviors anointed as espees me. The truism inherent in the termi- ances of those who have suffered crimes cially “hateful.” Rational or not, the specific crimes chonology apparently leaves the concept with deemed to be not “hateful” on grounds of no counterpart. Does the term imply that race, gender or sexual orientation. sen by advocates of hate crime laws for if a Brown student is savagely beaten by However, the proponents of this legisla- particularly vigorous prosecution are ultisomeone of the same race, the intensity of tion clearly do not mean to sacrifice justice mately arbitrary by traditional standards the ensuing police work and prosecution by diminishing the claims of these victims. of justice. Certainly, we can assume hate should be ratcheted down a notch or two? The purpose of hate crimes laws must, crime laws are intended to correct ancient Should criminals get a discount for being therefore, be to convey the message that social maladies, but this assumption we as a society believe certain motives for breaks down under closer examination. In colorblind? The problem with hate crime laws, as breaking the law are better or worse than fact, under race-neutral hate crime legislation, many more blacks than whites would with so many other issues near and dear to others. But is this really the case? Certainly, be prosecuted. Furthermore, all oppopeoples’ cosmic visions, is that the very normal people believe crimes motivated nents of the death penalty (myself includissue is so often obfuscated by emoby bigotry are senseless and immoral, ed) know that deterrence to crime rests tion and melodrama. It is somebut then, so are most crimes. What we not on the severity of punishment, but the times even claimed or insinuated do know for sure is that, for example, certainty of punishment. These laws may that those opposed to hate crimes a common street mugging may in make us feel better by making a social or legislation are bigots, homosome instances be rational. The thief moral statement, but they come at the phobes or simply ignorant. may have good reason to believe steep price of taking the blindfold off of Perhaps those really are the he will escape punishment, or Lady Justice’s eyes. motives of some of the Constitutional issues raise yet more red perhaps the certainty of getmore odious segments of ting caught does not out- flags. Despite the First Amendment, it has society, but those people weigh his immediate desire been widely recognized in case law and ceased to be relevant to or need for money. We like- common law that freedom of speech is not our national debate wise know crimes of big- without its limits. Speech which can clearsome decades ago. christopher otry are, as a rule, irra- ly be expected to cause bodily harm (no, Does anyone seriously mcauliffe tional. The criminal gains not emotional harm), such as a direct believe that the threat live free nothing other than the threat or an incitement to revolt, is not of an extra five years in temporary satisfaction of his protected. About a year ago, Justice prison is all that could or die blind hatred for a part of Clarence Thomas wrote an opinion prevent a committed racist another person’s immutable upholding a state ban on cross burning. from torching minority businesses? So, leaving out passion and Christopher McAuliffe '05 would rather be smashing communism.

This is entirely reasonable given the history of that particular symbol, with its implications of violence and terrorism. The racial implications in this case are clear: If some other white person burned a cross on my lawn as a joke, I would not find it funny, and I would probably have him arrested for trespassing. I would not, however, be in fear for my life. It would not demean my claim to recompense for the same person to receive a harsher sentence for burning a cross on a black person’s lawn. Hate crime laws go so far as to punish not speech but thought, and clearly demean victims not covered by being a member of an oppressed group, so designated. Ultimately, the only way we know how to punish crime is in proportion to the severity of that crime. Unless one can positively argue that “hate crimes” are more severe, and not just socially unsavory, any legislation on the subject will be nothing more than a conceit of self-anointed social visionaries. These advocates would presume to have cosmic knowledge of the thoughts and motives behind every crime, and of the differing levels of “badness” of every crime, depending on who the victim was. The omniscient social warriors would certainly make themselves feel better, after they could sufficiently delineate what thoughts everyone should be allowed to think, and what words they should or should not say while in the process of assaulting somebody. Claims to be able to do so, however, are the pinnacle of hubris.

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SPORTS THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13, 2003 · PAGE 12

Despite uneven play, M. hockey splits ECAC showdowns

Kellen Winslow II: speaking a little too freely

hails from Bacova, Va. and has played competitively in New Zealand. Rosenthal is from nearby Weston, Mass., where he led the Middlesex School team as captain and placed second in the lineup. Petrie is expected to join co-captain Corona and the talented Breck Bailey ’06 as the top three in this year’s lineup. Bailey, potentially starting second, is coming off a year in which he ranked 38th nationally. Also expected to play towards the top of the lineup is David Krupnick ’06. Brian Rifkin ‘06, who was one of only two from Brown to win at Sunday’s scrimmage, is moving up the ranks after his undefeated performance at the National Competition last year. Sean O’Boyle ’05, who ranked among the best juniors in New Zealand, is also hoping to top the ranks at Brown this year after an impressive record at nationals. He is joined by classmate Gavin Watson ’05, who will be an important player on this year’s team after working hard in the off season.

KELLEN WINSLOW II — OPEN MOUTH, insert cleat. This weekend the star tight end for the Miami Hurricanes crossed the thin line that separates sports stars from their wartime analogies. No, Kellen, you are not a “soldier.” No, BRETT ZARDA SPORTS COLUMNIST Kellen, it’s not “war” and no, Kellen, you are not out there to “kill them.” You just play a game, and you and your team had a bad (terrible) day. But, how did Kellen come to distort the distinction between sporting conflict and true “life and death” situations? Those who play the game Risk don’t really think their on-board crusades will result in world domination, one piece at a time. But maybe in football these parallels have reached a hypnotic level that has resulted in mainstream acceptance. Maybe the repetitive usage of these clichés has brainwashed a public unaware of its own lack of political correctness. Is Kellen to blame, or are we? Where is your line drawn? What portions of the descriptions below are just in jest and which are utterly offensive? Those who aspire to join the “ranks” of the elite are obliged to endure years of practice, training “camps,” and a screening process that identifies and quantifies physical deficiencies. Finally, if deemed worthy, these “few and proud” are “drafted” onto a “squad.” They are chosen by a collection of “high ranking officials” that contemplate the “cost/benefit ratio” of each move from a “war room” before announcing their judgment on a “red phone.” They are led into “combat” by “a commander-in-chief” who, himself, is susceptible to a “change in command” in times of peril. They walk through “tunnels” and enter a “battlefield” of recognizable surroundings or “hostile territory.” Those protecting their home turf enjoy the benefits of familiarity but risk the dreaded potential of a loss on “domestic soil.” Each player equips for a day on the “gridiron” with ample amounts of “armor” and single stripes of “war paint” beneath each eye. “Units” (kick return, goal line, punt block) must operate in a cohesive fashion to achieve the desired objective, “victory.” Those on the offensive must struggle to balance an “air assault” with an effective “ground attack.” Some on the “flanks” of the “formation” hope to “bomb” their way to victory. But, history has shown that the men in the “trenches” sustain the “shock and awe” of “the greatest show on turf.” They don’t receive praise and glorification equal to that of the skilled positions but conduct the drudge work necessary to move the “front further” into “enemy strongholds.” They are the game’s unsung heroes. The center, “guards,” and tackles on the “frontline” are responsible for setting devastating “blocks” that clear the way for the “cavalry’s” advancement. “Field generals” who coordinate and command their “troops” orchestrate the “attack” from within pockets and behind “walls.” These quarterbacks, with “cannons” for arms, fire “bullet” passes from “shotgun formations” to receivers on “radar lock.” Defensively, teams feature an array of stunts, zones, and man-coverages to quell the rush of oncoming forces. “Spies” are held responsible for shadowing players that are labeled “security threats.” “Blitzing” linebackers attempt to “blind side” the opponent and “sack” the other team’s field general. “Safeties patrol” the areas susceptible to

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BY IAN CROPP

Men’s hockey ended up on the bad and good ends of 3-1 games last weekend, earning a split in the first road trip of the season. On Friday the Bears fell to an energized Dartmouth squad, and on Saturday outlasted Vermont to bring their ECAC and overall record to 2-1. Friday’s team bore little resemblance to the squad that beat Harvard the previous week. “We didn’t play as hard and with as much tenacity as we did with Harvard,” said Brent Robinson ’04. “There was no sense of urgency.” Not much seemed to be working for Brown throughout the game. Sloppy breakouts and ineffective neutral zone control plagued the Bears, affording them few offensive opportunities and creating defensive breakdowns. “It was just one of those games where it seemed like you were skating in quicksand,” said Dylan Row ’07. “We couldn’t string together two passes. The puck was bouncing everywhere, and we were not getting the puck deep and establishing the forecheck.” Dartmouth scored midway through the first when junior Lee Stempniak came out from the corner unopposed to beat goalie Yann Danis ’04 high on the short side. Stempniak would provide all the offense for the Big Green, adding a power play goal in the second and an empty netter in the closing minute of the game off a behindthe-back pass by line-mate Hugh Jessiman to complete the hat trick. Both players were selected in last year’s NHL draft, with Jessiman the 12th pick overall and Stempniak going in the 5th round. Midway through the second period the Bears took advantage of a power play to score their only goal of the game. Scott Ford ’04 took his familiar position at the point and blasted a shot that trickled through the legs of Dartmouth goalie Dan Yacey. Assisting on the goal were Row and Brian Ihnacak ’07, who earned their first career points. Despite a lack of intensity and poor communication, the Bears were able to stay in the game thanks to the superior goaltending of Danis. “If it wasn’t for him he wouldn’t have been in the game,” said Cory Caouette ’06. “All our systems weren’t executing well. They were breaking out easy and our defensive zone was collapsing. Still, though, we had a chance to come away with a tie.” Those chances faded away late in the third period after a failed five-on-three advantage with less than four minutes to go. An empty net goal with 37 seconds remaining solidified the win for Dartmouth. On Saturday the Bears looked to bring home a split on their road trip, and faced a winless Vermont team in front of a sell-out crowd. Vermont put heavy pressure on Brown for the first few minutes, but despite several opportunities, including a power play, had nothing to show for it. Brown took the lead 8:25 into the game on a power play goal that came off a Vermont miscue. On a clearing attempt, a Catamount player shot the puck into another Catamount’s shin pads, and the puck slipped by goalie Scott Sortal. Antonin Roux ’07, the Brown player who dumped the puck into the Vermont zone, was creditsee M. HOCKEY, page 9

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The men’s cross country team, building off its Heps win, hopes to qualify for nationals.

Men’s and women’s XC teams prepare for NCAA regionals with different goals in mind BY MELISSA PERLMAN

The men and women’s cross country teams are both headed to the Northeast NCAA Division I Regional Championships this Saturday, but each squad has a different goal in mind. The men, coming off a historic Heptagonal Championship victory, are looking to qualify for nationals. The women’s team, by contrast, is looking to the upcoming meet as a chance to rectify its sub-par Heptagonal performance. At last Friday’s Ivy League Championship, the men ended a 63year drought by winning the league championship for Brown. By putting aside the stories of missed chances and failed trials, this year’s team was able to run its own race and win. “I think last year was when we finally found out what we needed to do and this year we came out and did it,” said Brendan O’Keefe ’04. “We started run-

ning really well last year but it never came together like we needed it to.” The combination of 22 men working together on the same schedule along with strong senior leadership made this year’s successes possible. O’Keefe attributed it to every member of the team taking care of themselves throughout the season and Coach John Gregorek’s smart strategy. “John had a simple plan that worked well this year,” O’Keefe said. “He always said, with the shape we were in this year, all we had to do was run what we were capable of running. We had faith in our talent and consistency and we took little steps to get where we wanted to go.” The men are hoping those same steps will lead them to qualify for the National Championships in Cedar Falls, see XC, page 9

M. squash hopes to move up Ivy ladder BY KATE KLONICK

Men’s squash got off to a slow start for their season in the Ivy Scrimmages at Yale last weekend, losing 7-2 to Cornell and 9-0 to both Yale and Dartmouth. Although last year the team placed ninth in the country and won the coveted Hoehn Cup, it only came in fifth in the Ivy League. Co-captains Jay Beidler ’05 and Brad Corona ’04 hope to improve on that record. Corona leads the team with his short game and finished last season with an undefeated record at the national championships. Expected to play at the top of the lineup, Corona will be pivotal — but is expected to be out with an injury until February. Beidler’s impact on the team will be seen more towards the middle of the lineup. After having the best season on the squad last year, his skill could be key in defeating Brown’s competition. New to the team are Dan Petrie ’07, Patrick Haynes ’07 and Aaron Rosenthal ’07. Petrie is from Cincinnati, Ohio and one of the top five junior ranked players in the country. Haynes