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U. plans response to recent campus hate crimes BY DANA GOLDSTEIN

systems today worse off than 50 years ago because no one believes in them,” Akbar said. Despite Akbar’s belief that the system is flawed, he said he is hopeful that blacks can still attain education. “We come from a long lineage of people with resilience,” he said. Cross spoke before Akbar, telling the audience that when the case was argued before the Supreme Court in 1954, lawyers used psychological arguments — something rare in courtroom arguments at the time. After the decision, the public was convinced African Americans were filled with self-hatred, a perception that set back the black community in many ways, Cross said. After Cross and Akbar spoke, Fayneese Miller, associate professor of education, began a question-andanswer session by asking what the panelists thought about the impact of the Black is Beautiful movement. Akbar said the energy of the Black is Beautiful movement is still alive, although the definition of blackness has changed. He cited 50 Cent and Snoop Dogg as examples of celebrites who have changed the language of blackness. Akbar said he was dismayed by the “anti-intellectualism” that has emerged in contemporary rap and keeps blacks “outside the access to power.”

A verbal exchange involving homophobic comments escalated into a physical confrontation between a number of students on the street near Wayland Arch Saturday night, Interim Vice President for Campus Life and Student Services David Greene told the Herald Thursday. “The investigation that is going on right now is trying to determine how many students were involved, to what extent there was violence and how it began,” Greene said. The undergraduate community was notified about the incident Wednesday night in an e-mail from Greene, Director of Institutional Diversity Brenda Allen and Dean of the College Paul Armstrong. The email did not state when or where the altercation took place and did not give any details as to what had occurred. “The incident is being investigated by the Department of Public Safety and the students involved have been offered support through the Office of Student Life,” Greene, Allen and Armstrong wrote in the e-mail. “Although no serious injuries resulted from this altercation, it reminded us again of the potential for verbal confrontations to escalate into violence.” Last weekend’s altercation follows two incidents last semester that were investigated as hate crimes by the Department of Public Safety but remain unresolved. On Sept. 6, 2003, a female student was physically assaulted by an attacker who uttered a homophobic comment, and on Nov. 6, 2003, the assault of a male student involved racial slurs. Greene said he believed many bias-related incidents go unreported. “The students who live with this on a regular basis tell us that these incidents are not so isolated, and that to me is the most important thing to address,” he said. Queer Alliance Co-Coordinator Jason Lambrese ’06 said his organization wants people to report incidents more regularly. “I think there are a lot of incidents that happen, whether it be writing on a white board in a hallway or just verbal slurs or physical intimidation,” Lambrese said. “We’re encouraging people as much as possible to report every little thing that happens, so we can really work on changing things.” Although Wednesday night’s announcement did not detail steps the administration would take to address homophobia and violence on campus, Greene said Thursday that the University has made several decisive moves, informed by measures implemented at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. In early February, Grant Ingle, director of

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Bill Cross, professor of social personality psychology at City University of New York (right), and Naim Akbar, an acclaimed psychologist, spoke Thursday night in Salomon 101 about the effects of the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision.

Speakers consider effects of Panel Brown v. Board in final Black members History Month lecture discuss service politics during teleconference BY ELISE BARAN

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The current generation of students isn’t politically apathetic — it’s just that young people have been frozen out of the system and turned to local, servicebased politics, said members of the activist coalition Campus Compact in a teleconference screened at Brown Thursday afternoon. The teleconference, broadcast from Michigan State University, and screened in the Thomas J. Watson Institute for International Studies, featured a panel which discussed the political potential of Generations X and Y. Panelists — who included activists, leaders of volunteer and community organizations and a university president — all work with Campus Compact, a higher-education-based coalition founded to encourage student engagement in politics. In a taped welcome, MSU Provost Lou Anna Simon described a report produced at a 2001 Campus Compact student conference that explored misconceptions about civic engagement levels among young people. Worried that democracy was becoming more procedural than participatory, authors of the see POLITICS, page 5

The Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling in 1954 made education accessible to blacks but weakened black community, said psychologist Na’im Akbar and Bill Cross, professor of social psychology at the City University of New York, at the final Black History Month lecture Thursday night. BLACK HISTORY Akbar focused on the link between MONTH • 2004 education and power, reminding the audience that before Brown v. Board of Education, African Americans were actively involved in their own education. After the decision, they had to enter an education system established and run by whites. “The former slaves had a commitment to education that was second to none,” Akbar said. Before Brown v. Board, this helped the solidification of African-American communities, he said. He also said the Brown v. Board decision implied segregation had only negative effects on African American children and perpetuated the power dynamic between white and blacks. The decision did not offer the access to power African Americans desired, Akbar said. Instead, it brought black and white students into the same schools without giving them the same opportunities. “Black people come out of education

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Teak Foundation helps disadvantaged students meet potential campus news, page 3

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TO D AY ’ S F O R E C A S T Funding the exploration of Mars is a bad idea, says Damien Suttle ’04 column, page 7

W. water polo sees mixed results in tournament, loses to University of Michigan sports, page 8

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Alum’s foundation helps disadvantaged students attend elite schools BY KIRA LESLEY

As an eighth grader facing high school applications, Angelica Cesario “really, really did not want to go to an all-girls school,” she said. But after four years of high school at the elite Spence School for girls in New York, N.Y., Cesario says she is happy with her school choice and thankful to the organization she feels made it possible for her to go there — the Teak Fellowship. Founded in 1998 by Justine Stamen ’92, Teak seeks to provide educational opportunities for high-achieving but economically disadvantaged students in New York, N.Y. Teak is named for Stamen’s childhood friend Teak Dyer, who was abducted, raped and murdered in 1988, a day before her high school graduation, according to a 2002 article in the Brown Alumni Magazine. Nine years later, Stamen suffered the loss of another friend — DeWitt White, a talented pianist Stamen taught at a Brooklyn nonprofit agency. In 1997, the 17year-old White was shot on the streets of Staten Island. According to the article, Stamen felt she could have done more to help him. Now Stamen is trying to create better opportunities for kids like White, who are talented and motivated but come from disadvantaged backgrounds, she said. One of these students is Cesario, who became a “pioneer” Teak Fellow when she was accepted to the program in seventh grade. Cesario said she had some difficulty transitioning from her diverse Brooklyn school to Spence, which is located in New York’s affluent and predominantly white Upper East Side. Going into high school, she believed the “typical stereotypes” about wealthy private schools — that students were snobby and conceited, she said. But although “most of the kids at Spence are rich” and “most of the kids aren’t people of color,” she said by and large, people at Spence are friendly and accepting. As for the academics, Cesario said her work can be rigorous but she likes the challenge. Working hard makes getting good grades “more worthwhile,” she said. The Teak program is designed to encourage students to give back to the

community, Stamen said. Cesario spent her summer volunteering at the Association to Benefit Children, where she worked with homeless children between the ages of nine months and three years. Cesario continues to volunteer at other organizations, currently teaching middleschool students, she said. Teak Fellows also receive experience in the professional world. Cynthia Thaler, a Teak Fellow and senior at the Nightingale-Bamford School for Girls, spent one summer working at Related, a real estate agency, and another doing community service in Brazil. But despite big opportunities such as these, Thaler said the smaller differences Teak has made in her life have been just as important. Attending NightingaleBamford not only provides Thaler with more educational opportunities but also means she can bring her textbooks home and write in them, because they don’t have to be returned “in perfect condition” at the end of the year. In addition, when she began attending Nightingale-Bamford, “suddenly food was good.” These benefits add up, she said. Cesario and Thaler both said they consider Teak to be a sort of family. When Thaler’s father died, the Teak staff attended the funeral. The “Teak family” is “very personal, very individual,” she said. Thaler and Cesario are members of the first Teak class to apply to colleges. Teak Fellows have applied to all the Ivy League universities as well as other top colleges, including Wesleyan University, Oberlin College and Amherst College, Stamen said. One student, Simeng Sun, was accepted early to Princeton University. Thaler and Cesario both say their top choice is Stamen’s alma mater — Brown. Stamen described the Teak Fellows Class of 2007 as “incredibly qualified.” According to Thaler and Cesario, Stamen has had much to do with their success. “I would say I am thankful for Teak,” Cesario said. “They’ve helped me do a lot of things I wouldn’t have done on my own.” Herald staff writer Kira Lesley ’07 can be reached at klesley@browndailyherald.com.

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Library exhibition traces history of Ivy League BY KRISTA HACHEY

First presented in 1933, the John Carter Brown Library’s exhibition on early American colleges was revived in the 1940s and 1970s and is now on display in its most recent incarnation. The exhibition includes historical pieces related to the colleges collectively thought of as the Ivy League, as well as the College of William and Mary — the only other college besides Harvard founded in the 17th century. Visitors to the collection can look over charters, commencement addresses, preliminary floor plans and the first editions of published works by the likes of prominent early American philosopher Samuel Johnson, who tutored at Yale University during its nascent years. The collection of writings and images tells the unique stories of early English colonies asserting intellectual independence through institutions of higher learning while still tied to their mother country. The nurturing of religious tradition was a deep preoccupation of the English colonies and a driving force behind the establishment of early colleges. William and Mary aimed to “breed good ministers,” as the colony suffered from a dearth of clergymen. The conservative Anglican ideology that reigned during the time of King Henry VIII shaped the intellectual spirit of the college. Included in William and Mary’s display is a copy of the first American edition of alumnus Thomas Jefferson’s “Notes on the State of Virginia,” published in 1788. In the well-preserved book, Jefferson lays bare his intellectual, philosophical and political beliefs and intersperses them with descriptions of Virginia and the College of William and Mary. Taking a different stance from those of early founders, the Quakers of Pennsylvania insisted on allowing the University of Pennsylvania to evolve free from religious influence. Intellectual revolutionaries such as Benjamin Franklin sought further changes to educational values. In “Proposals Relating to the Education of

Youth in Pennsylvania,” Franklin advocated a curriculum based more on the practical arts and science than on training in classical languages. According to the exhibition, Franklin’s ideas were supported by the merchant and lower classes, “who considered classical education an ‘ornamental,’ obsolescent mark of privilege.” Quaker insistence on a separation between religious and intellectual pursuits seemed a herald of times to come. “It is an interesting historical observation that the foundations of the Ivy League, inspired by denominationalism, have now become secular,” John Carter Brown Library Director Norman Fiering told the Herald. The display on Brown details the “coming of age” of the Baptists, who were marginalized in colonial society and accused of anti-intellectualism. Early charters of the college stand testament to the tensions between the Rhode Island Baptists and Congregationalists, led by minister Ezra Stiles. The official charter granted by the Assembly in 1769 included requirements for sectarian representation in the corporation. In a display of the colonial missionary spirit, Eleazer Wheelock founded a school for Native American youth that later became Dartmouth College. The school gained notability in the colonies due to the success of Native American student Samson Occum, who became the first Native American to preach in England. It is partly their age that has given sheen to the reputations of Ivy League members. “The prestige of the so-called Ivy League is largely in (the schools’) antiquity,” Fiering said. “They have had a lot of time to accumulate wealth.” The exhibit’s stories serve as a reminder that universities and the values they cherish are always changing, Fiering said. “An encounter with the past is always enlightening, if for no other reason than that it’s different. It reminds us that what is now is not eternal,” he said. The John Carter Brown Library is an independent center for research in history see COLLEGES, page 5

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the Office of Human Relations at the UMass, visited Brown to speak to administrators about UMass’s efforts to decrease the incidence of campus hate crimes. Measures taken at UMass include a lecture series and regular surveys of students. Brown plans to take a similar approach, Greene said. “What’s the difference between free speech and hate speech, and what’s a hate crime? We’re hoping to bring in speakers this year to generate a larger conversation,” he said. Representatives from the Office of the Provost, the Office of Campus Life, the Office of Student Life, the Graduate School, the Department of Public Safety, the Medical School, the Office of Foreign Students, Faculty and Staff Services, the Office of the

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The saying “good pitching beats good hitting” holds true. If a team has good starting pitching, it will always be in the game. Look at the success of the Oakland A’s. They have not had an astronomical offense, but Barry Zito, Tim Hudson and Mark Mulder are always there to keep them in games. On paper, the Yankees look awesome. Eight out of their nine offensive starters have been AllStars. They have close to a $200 million payroll. But that doesn’t guarantee anything. This deal is good for baseball because for Goliath to go down, there has to be a Goliath. How great would it be if the Red Sox beat the Yankees?

BHM continued from page 1 Cross gave some explanations as to why the definition of achievement among some young African Americans has shifted from intellect and community to wealth and commercial success. Disconnected from their parents, youths have invented what they think is black culture, he said. Many young African American

be writing on a whiteboard in a hallway or just verbal slurs or physical intimidation,” Lambrese said. General Counsel, the Chaplain’s Office, the Third World Center and the State of Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General all attended the February meeting. Herald staff writer Dana Goldstein ’06 edits the RISD News section. She can be reached at dgoldstein@browndailyherald.com.

Justin Goldman ’07 looks good on paper, but the games are played on the field, people.

men living in poverty do not even believe that they will be alive at the age of 25, he added. “With that level of nihilism, anything goes,” he said. Both Cross and Akbar agreed that a renewed sense of community could help repair the negative repercussions of Brown v. Board. At the end of the lecture, Akbar commended Eldridge Gilbert ’05 for his involvement in organizing the event and much of Black History Month,

reminding the audience one person can make a difference. Herald staff writer Elise Baran ’07 covers the Third World Center. She can be reached at ebaran@browndailyherald.com.

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Politics continued from page 1 report introduced the idea of “service politics,” Simon said. Service is a decentralized, non-hierarchical entry point into political engagement, and problems encountered at an individual level can lead to awareness of larger “systemic issues,” said Sarah Long, a panelist speaking from Michigan, who authored the report. “We may participate in politics in unconventional ways … (but) we are not apathetic, apolitical, disengaged,” Long said. The “next step,” moving from the university bubble to becoming involved in general advocacy, was the main topic of concern for the panelists examining the progress of service politics. Ernie Boone, executive director of the Black Child and Family Institute, said student volunteers trade their energy for real-life experience, but tutoring is supposed to inspire them to effect broader change. “Service learning needs to accompany community service,” Long said. “Without that, you’re still going to be serving these people (in a soup kitchen) 30 years later, and that’s not change.” This danger led Fabricio Rodriguez, an Arizona-based student activist, to ask, “Are service politics an appropriate

Mitchell continued from page 8 so that it still has a shot at an NCAA berth. Brown has two big games this weekend, hosting undefeated University of Pennsylvania Friday and Princeton University Saturday. “We are still mathematically alive for an NCAA tournament bid, so it is crucial that we play great basketball. We are hoping that the seniors will be able to end their careers with a bang, so most importantly, we have to play solid defense for the entire game,” Robertson said. Mitchell also emphasized that in order to win the remainder of the games, the team needs to focus its attention on its defense. “We need to play aggressive defense for the rest of our games. In some games this season, we have suffered from mental letdowns in the middle of games. We must have our minds focused on playing the entire 40 minutes and not half or three-fourths of a game,” she said. One aspect that this year’s players are extremely proud of is how well the team has bonded. “There is a huge improvement between the team this year and last year in terms of how we have gelled. Each player on this year’s team knows the strengths and weaknesses of all of her teammates,” said Sarah Hayes ’06. In previous years, Mitchell was named to the AllTournament Team at both the UIC Thanksgiving Tournament and the Brown Classic. As a team leader, expectations are high for her for the remainder of the season. “We hope to see Nyema continue to play outstanding defense and to continue making

“We may participate in politics in unconventional ways … (but) we are not apathetic, apolitical, disengaged,” Long said. response?” Given larger systemic problems such as increased prison populations, a widening wealth gap and political redistricting like that was done amid controversy in Texas last year, Rodriguez called unconventional engagement “a luxury.” Rodriguez said he is pessimistic about the possibility of students making that move. Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean’s presidential campaign, which Dean officially ended on Wednesday after losing in the first 17 state primaries and caucuses, was set up as a decentralized, “outsider” organization, “very much a Generation X and Y campaign,” he said. Dean was “trounced” by Sen. John Kerry (DMass.), “the antiwar candidate of the ’60s,” Rodriguez said. John Keiser, president of Southwest Missouri State University, said universities and organizations can introduce some “realistic proposals” to encourage student engagement.

her shots,” Hayes said. “We’ll count on her to make clutch shots for us down the stretch.” Herald staff writer Robby Klaber ’07 writes The Herald’s weekly Athlete of the Week feature. He can be reached at rklaber@browndailyherald.com.

These included putting the word “citizen” on college diplomas and reinstating the national draft. “The army was not just learning how to make your bed, but it was service-oriented,” Keiser said. The many available avenues for service have fragmented student attention into disparate issues and weakened any student movement for systemic change, and a common issue like the draft would focus it, he said. The teleconference was attended mostly by members of the national and Rhode Island chapters of Campus Compact,

many of whom said they agreed with some of the points the panelists made but said the conversation was too upbeat and without enough struggle or discussion of issues. Campus Compact is a coalition of university presidents — President Ruth Simmons is a member. At Brown, it operates in cooperation with the Swearer Center for Public Service. Herald staff writer Sara Perkins ‘06 edits the Metro section. She can be reached at sperkins@browndailyherald.com.

Colleges continued from page 3 and has been an intellectual hub on Brown’s campus since 1901. Its exhibitions are designed to feature collections from the library and bring into focus various elements of the North and South American colonial period. The exhibition on early American colleges is on display until May 1. Herald staff writer Krista Hachey ’07 can be reached at khachey@browndailyherald.com.

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Diamonds and coal Coal to detonations at the LiSci construction site. If angry neighbor Ronald Dwight ’66 had known about this, he never would have had to go to Iraq. A diamond to the Biblical proportions of Minden Hall’s seventh-floor flood. If only it hadn’t come from a toilet. Coal to the Brown administration’s double-speaking response to last weekend’s display of homophobia. And we thought Morning Mail was pernicious. A cubic zirconium to Harvard University’s flaccid attempt at a sex magazine. We’ve no qualms about nudity and journalism, but nudity and Harvard students? Poor taste. Coal to RISD’s simultaneous budget deficit and plans for massive construction. This is how artists land on the streets.

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A diamond to Fritz Pollard ’19, the first black athlete and the last Brown athlete to play in the Rose Bowl. Coal to self-styled pundit professors who predicted a second term for President Bush Wednesday — the same day a Gallup poll showed either Kerry or Edwards would beat him by 10 percent. What was that you were saying about the weather? Coal to the prospect of making club sports the Department of Athletics’ bastard child. Keep those standards of sub-par athleticism high, kids. And just one more lump of coal to Yankees owner George Steinbrenner. Money might have bought you A-Rod, but it won’t buy you … the approval of The Brown Daily Herald? But a diamond to mtvU for its post-Nickelodeon sophistication, offering “more indie stuff that’s bubbling right out of the colleges.” Right.

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LETTERS The phrase “partialbirth” misleads

The assumptions behind abortion

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The naming of “partial-birth” abortion was a slick political move. Anti-choice politicians found an abominable procedure that was exceedingly rare, and named it and publicized it; and then when they passed a law against it, they made it so vague as to outlaw a number of other types of procedures. There are doctors around the country who will no longer perform even second-term abortions, because the law might forbid them — nobody can quite tell, and it hasn’t been tested in the courts. It is not inconsistent to be religious, believe that abortion is wrong and still be pro-choice. I would be thrilled if there were never again an abortion, because I do think it’s a bad idea and morally wrong. At the same time, though, I see there are times when it is medically necessary, and even those cases are often red herrings. The simple fact is that before 1973 the numberone cause of maternal death was complications resulting from botched abortions. As much as I want people not to get abortions, they will seek them one way or another, and it is not in our society’s best interests to have teenagers lying on motel beds being probed with a coat hanger by some guy off the street. When abortion is legal, we can at least regulate it so that it is also safe. For those that get abortions, we can only hope that they will later repent and be forgiven of their sins. I am not my brother’s (or my sister’s) keeper, and it is the woman who, ultimately, must make her own choice.

Laura Martin's “Kerry’s abortion problem — and mine” (Feb. 18) sits on a couple of rarely examined assumptions. One assumption concerns the subject of when a fetus’s existence becomes a life worthy of the same protection afforded the lives of people in general. This is really two assumptions, in that the point in time at which the fetus becomes “alive” is not necessarily the point in time at which its life becomes worthy of legal protection. Catholic dogma states that life begins at conception. Many people feel that a child is alive when it can survive outside the womb. Others believe that a child is not alive until birth. This is a religious debate, and there is no objective answer. It is inappropriate for the U.S. government to be involved in religious debate (due to separation of church and state); therefore, the question of when a child’s life begins is irrelevant to the abortion issue. The second part of the assumption concerning the life of the fetus is that it deserves the same protection afforded adult human lives. It is worth noting that the law protects the continued existence of various things that are not alive and does not protect the continued existence of other things that are not alive. Though it has gone out of fashion with dropping infant mortality rates, there have been periods and places in human history when it wasn’t worth naming a child until it had lived through its first year, and its life was worth next to nothing until then. With the understanding that the government should not be enforcing religious beliefs, it is hard to defend legislation that prohibits abortion.

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OPINIONS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2004 · PAGE 7

Pink-slipped

Mars lands us further in the red

GUEST COLUMN BY KEALLY DEWITT

GUEST COLUMN BY DAMIEN SUTTLE

A friend of mine left school. It happens often here at Brown, in our community of neurotic, creative souls. People sign their leave of absence forms, hop on a bus for Burlington or Boston, or book a ticket for Los Angeles or Rio de Janeiro, and we don’t bat an eye. But this leaving is different. This friend was not a student. This friend was a part of Brown for nearly two decades, almost as long as the majority of students here have been alive. He began work here when the New Curriculum could still be called “new” sans ironic smirk. Over the years, he oversaw many student life projects and helped more than a few members of our community breathe easier. He is Kent YrchikShoemaker, former assistant director for outreach in psychological services. On Tuesday, I had to walk over to Petteruti Lounge for his farewell reception. I prepared a small speech thanking him for all his hard work and dedication to student well-being in his time at Brown. “I have had the privilege of working with Kent for the past three years on mental health advocacy issues,” I told the crowded room of cocktail glasses and finger foods. “He has been profoundly supportive of student efforts in this area, a real pleasure to work with. He will be sorely missed.” These public statements aside, Kent’s departure raises major questions in my mind, things that I can’t say in polite administrative company. He dutifully served the Brown community for 16 years, leading small support groups, organizing public events for Psychological Services and facilitating progressive work on institutional response to sexual assault. But he was given a mere three weeks notice in January that his position would be eliminated on Feb. 11. When did Brown become more Wall Street than Walden? When did the school that I love so much for its humanity become a place where devoted, talented staff can lose their mid-level jobs instantly through an “internal audit”?

Lamenting a recent Psych Services firing. The details of his firing remain murky, tangled up in memos. But one has to wonder about an administration that decides to eliminate an important position from an already vulnerable area of its student services repertoire. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued a statement projecting depression to be the number-one cause of disability and lost productivity globally by the year 2020. There is increasing movement to bolster mental health counseling centers on campuses across the country — Congress is moving forward with legislation to that effect this very month. Psychological Services is an essential part of student health and vitality here at Brown. Moreover, stigma, ignorance and general discomfort with the therapeutic process make the outreach position absolutely necessary for the success of the counseling center. As a student who deals with depression as an ongoing disability in my life, this decision by the University to eliminate Psych Services’ outreach position feels like a cruel slap in the face. I have had to leave college multiple times due to severe depressive episodes. It is part of who I am — I do not bemoan my “crazy” fate. A large part of what has kept me functional in school is people like Kent who take psychiatric disability seriously and compassionately. Kent has been one of the primary supporters students like me, giving us strength to speak and act from places of pain and isolation. On both personal and community levels, I lament the decision to eliminate Kent Yrchik-Shoemaker’s position. It runs contrary to national and international trends in healthcare. We need more people, not fewer, making treatment for mental disorders more broadly user-friendly. It sends a backwards message to students who care deeply about matters of mental wellness on campus, failing to acknowledge our contributions to the diversity of this institution. Kent has been a necessary and inspiring part of our community. Shame on you, Brown, for sending an important friend and mentor packing. Keally DeWitt ’04.5 is an environmental studies concentrator.

While human space exploration may have been a worthwhile cause 20 years ago, today it is only a multibillion dollar game of macho flag-planting and Tang. NASA had been expensively boring the public with recent human missions (recall Homer Simpson the astronaut) when, praise the White House, President George W. Bush’s space initiative came out of nowhere. Bush has no record of an interest in space exploration and has never even visited Johnson Space Center in his home state of Texas. His plan is an election-year ploy to draw attention away from his blunders. Fortunately, it seems to have failed. An Associated Press poll last month found 55 percent of Americans in favor spending the initiative’s $1 billion on domestic programs like health care or education. I bet the other 45 percent will lose interest as we spend the other $999 billion required for Mars. Bush’s initiative prescribes a nearly $1 billion increase in NASA’s 2005 budget with an additional $1 billion over the next five years. But space analysts agree that sending humans to Mars would ultimately cost about $1 trillion over several decades. President Bush seems to have forgotten that President Ronald Reagan already outspent the Soviets into surrender, so we can stop flexing gratuitous aerospace muscles. Its initiative is so expensive, NASA is permanently abandoning the Hubble telescope. Hubble has made more contributions to astronomy than any other science project, including a better understanding of the history and destiny of the universe. But why should we have to choose between studying Mars and keeping Hubble when we can use robots instead of people? No advantage is gained by human space research. At a lean $820 million, the current Spirit mission can analyze rock samples and transmit the analyses back to Earth. The International Space Station’s research record makes it look like an exclusive club for rich countries. Bush’s proposal also includes a resources shift within NASA that could reallocate funds for the new program. Many critics of the initiative fear reallocations like this in the name of a Martian astronaut cruise will take funds away from less dramatic but more scientifically valuable, robotic missions. Many experts agree robotic missions can accomplish more for less. Feb. 1 was the first anniversary of the Columbia disas-

ter. In order to ensure future human missions are malfunction-free, NASA must design a souped-up new vehicle by 2013, which Bush fancily named a “Crew Exploration Vehicle.” But according to physicist H. Radford Byerly, a former congressional staffer for space issues, “this vehicle (Bush is) talking about doesn’t exist, and we don’t know what the technology for that is going to be.” Not only does it take significantly more energy for human crews with life-support equipment and supplies to escape Earth’s gravity than for robots to, but human life is fragile in space environments. Human missions shorter than a Mars trip have caused substantial bone loss in astronauts due to the low gravity. Sending humans to Mars would also expose them to frequent dust storms and deadly levels of radiation (because Mars lacks an ozone layer) for dangerously long periods of time. These are unnecessary risks to subject astronauts to. Supporters of human space missions defend the initiative and other NASA transgressions by citing commercial applications of NASA research. Well, I’m willing to give up Tang and dustbusters and to keep my wallet closed while watching those Tempur-Pedic mattress infomercials (“built on NASA technology!”) on weekend nights while sobering up. And what does Bush expect us to do on Mars? Astronauts would play chess or cards while waiting for robots to return from collecting rocks. But seriously, any Martian vacation long enough to be worthwhile must occur in pressurized structures which are difficult to build and maintain. Multiple missions may even be required to assemble all the parts and stockpile enough supplies to last just a few months. I hope that’s not $1 trillion per trip. Bush’s goal to send humans to Mars is too expensive to reach fruition with the money allocated for the initial plan. With all of our domestic problems and this country’s mentality towards taxes, I don’t see how (at least in the foreseeable future) we’ll ever have so much money to burn that a manned Mars mission would be prudent or affordable. But to Bush, assuming he gets re-elected in November, it’ll all be worth it. Damien Suttle ’04 is a computer science concentrator.

Exchanging vows in the Golden State GUEST COLUMN BY JAMES TIERNEY

Though I’m a sworn Masshole-for-life, I am forced to face facts: San Francisco has one-upped Massachusetts. Two weeks ago, the Supreme Judical Court of my beloved Commonwealth decided that same-sex couples should be afforded the right to marry under the state constitution. Remarkable as the decision may be, gay marriage is still a relative abstraction in Massachusetts and the first marriages are not set to take place until May. Last week, however, abstraction became reality when San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in protest of California law. This marked the beginning of arguably the largest-scale civil disobedience campaign in recent times, pitting city against state. What was Newsom’s defense? California’s Constitution guarantees civil equality, and such an overarching clause cancels out the state’s Defense of Marriage Act, which, when ratified in 2000, introduced explicit discrimination. Newsom’s got a point. Legislation introduced with the specific purpose of destroying equality by creating second-class-citizen status is not only morally reprehensible; it violates the fundamentals of governance in a democratic republic. San Francisco City Hall has issued more than 2,600 marriage licenses to same-sex couples in defiance of the apparent wishes of the state. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger instructed Newsom to follow the state constitution, but so far two state judges have turned down injunctions filed against the city. The uproar has been fierce from state officials and anti-gay-marriage activists, but apparently not as vociferous from the rest

of the state’s electorate. Perhaps in the four years since the gay marriage ban was enacted, the political and social climates may have changed enough so that a majority of Californians no longer agree on banning same-sex marriage there. So what’s a state to do? If California judges order Newsom to stop but he continues his city’s campaign of civil disobedience, the state will be left in an awkward position of how to handle his insubordination. Perhaps it will follow the precedent set in Alabama, where Chief Justice Roy Moore was removed from his post for failing to follow a federal court order instructing him to remove a monument of the Ten Commandments from the state courthouse. However, it seems hardly fair to remove a mayor for giving his constituents greater equality. I’m reminded by the words of Stokely Carmichael during the civil rights movement: “There is a higher law than the law of government; that’s the law of conscience.” Civil disobedience worked for civil rights leaders and in the struggle for Indian independence from Britain. In the United States, the practice of civil disobedience has worked so well that, to date, every single struggle for equal rights has succeeded to some extent. Non-represented minorities cannot achieve the status and rights to which they are entitled without taking it. In California’s case, Newsom has rightfully taken this equality on the behalf of his constituents. Whether California agrees with his actions depends on the strength of his state’s commitment to equality and human rights.

Civil disobedience —

the San Francisco treat.

James Tierney ’06 enjoys aggressive driving.

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SPORTS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 20, 2004 · PAGE 8

Michigan hands w. water polo first loss at Princeton Invitational BY ERIC PERLMUTTER

Judy He / Herald

Nyema Mitchell ’04 shot .720 from the field last weekend, leading Brown to a win over Dartmouth College and a close loss to Harvard University at home. Mitchell averaged 22 points per game, tying her career high of 26 on Friday against the Crimson.

Mitchell ’04 at top of her game, keeping w. hoops in Ivy race BY ROBBY KLABER

Athlete of the Week Nyema Mitchell ’04 is playing the best basketball of her career. Mitchell was on fire last weekend, shooting 18-25 for an amazing 72 percent from the field against Dartmouth College and Harvard University. In front ATHLETE of a record crowd on OF THE Friday night, WEEK Mitchell tied her career high with 26 points and had seven rebounds. Mitchell’s play last weekend was consistent with how she has performed on the court the entire season. Mitchell

Brown Sports Scoreboard Friday, Feb. 20 Women's Basketball: vs. Pennsylvania, 7 p.m., Pizzitola Sports Center Women's Ice Hockey: vs. Union, 7 p.m., Meehan Auditorium Men's Basketball: at Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Penn. Men's Ice Hockey: at St Lawrence, Canton, N.Y. Saturday, Feb. 21 Women's Tennis: vs. Cincinnati, 10 a.m., Pizzitola Sports Center Wrestling: vs. Harvard, noon, Pizzitola Sports Center Women's Ice Hockey: vs. Union, 4 p.m., Meehan Auditorium Women's Basketball: vs. Princeton, 7 p.m., Pizzitola Sports Center Men's Basketball: at Princeton, Princeton, N.J. Men's Tennis: at Michigan State, East Lansing, Mich. Men's Ice Hockey: at Clarkson, Potsdam, N.Y. Women's Squash: Howe Cup, New Haven, Conn. Fencing: New England Championships, Medford, Mass. Sunday, Feb. 22 Women's Tennis: vs. UMass-Amherst, noon, Pizzitola Sports Center Gymnastics: vs. MIT, Rhode Island, 1 p.m., Pizzitola Sports Center Men's Tennis: at Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Skiing: ECSC Regional Championships, Waterville Valley, N.H. Men's Track: USATF-NE Championships, Cambridge, Mass. Women's Track: USATF-NE Championships, Cambridge, Mass. Women's Squash: Howe Cup, New Haven, Conn. Monday, Feb. 23 Skiing: ECSC Regional Championships, Waterville Valley, N.H. Women's Squash: Howe Cup, New Haven, Conn.

leads the team in scoring, averaging 15.6 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game. Mitchell describes her game as being “aggressive, but at the same time, laid back.” “I am very physical on defense but laid back on offense. When I am in the post, I imagine myself to be bigger than I actually am — I think of myself as being like Shaq,” she said. Mitchell credits her teammates for allowing her to be such an offensive threat. “This season, I have become much more competent in shooting, and (I) am more confident in myself that I can make a key shot when needed,” she said. “I attribute this to my teammates because they have been doing such a great job getting me the ball. In previous years, we just tried to work the ball in the paint, but now we know the style of play for each of our teammates, so we have a lot of different options.” Mitchell’s constant activity on the court is one of her strongest skills. “Nyema is always moving. She is great at running the floor and is constantly slashing to the basket,” said Holly Robertson ’05. The Bears have counted on Mitchell to step up as a leader for the team this season, especially after four players, two of whom were starters, were sidelined with injuries. “Nyema plays with a ton of intensity and is one to lead by example,” Robertson said. “She always gets everyone else pumped up before the games. Off the court, she is very dedicated to everything she does, whether it is related to basketball or academics.” Brown is tied with Columbia University for third place in the Ivy League, with a record of 4-4 in Ivy play and 11-10 overall. The team will be counting on Mitchell to try to lead it to victory for the remainder of the season see MITCHELL, page 5

The women’s water polo team came up short in its biggest test of the season so far, losing 9-4 to the University of Michigan in the second of four games at last weekend’s Princeton University Invitational. Though the team finished the weekend 3-1, the tournament was largely disappointing for the Bears, said Head Coach Todd Clapper. The game against Michigan was more or less decided in the first half of play. The Bears failed to capitalize on two early scoring opportunities, and Michigan took advantage. Using a strong counterattack, the physical Michigan team stole the momentum and kept it for good, taking a 7-1 lead in the half. Although Brown found its pulse in the second half and outscored the Wolverines 3-0 in the fourth quarter, it was too little, too late. “Our anticipation wasn’t up to par, and so it was 5-1 pretty quickly,” said co-captain Sonia Lamel ’04. “They were running a crash on our whole set, and they used that to fuel their counter attack.” Part of the problem was the physical nature of the game, as the Brown squad was physically overmatched, Clapper said. “Some of our players backed down, I think. Because it was our first big test, with the physical nature of the game, some were probably taken aback a bit,” he said. “But in the second half we definitely came out with a little bit of a different attitude.” But in some respects, there was little Brown could have done, since Michigan

began training long before the Bears started their own preparation. “Michigan basically had 23 extra days of training on us,” Clapper said. “So where they’re at in terms of their base level of conditioning showed in that game.” The other big weekend game was against George Washington University. Brown won 8-3 after holding only a twogoal lead entering the final quarter. Lamel and Diana Livermore ’05 each tallied three goals and four steals, and co-captain Jeanie Ward-Waller ’04 drew three ejections. “It didn’t seem like the game was ever in doubt — we just didn’t convert until the fourth quarter,” Clapper said. Games against Wagner and Marist colleges were less competitive — Brown won by a combined score of 25-5. Livermore had five goals against Wagner, and goaltender Keira Heggie ’04 totaled 19 saves in the two games combined. Following the weekend, Clapper said he has faith that time and practice will get the team to the level it needs to reach. “Having discipline on our offense just takes more than two and a half weeks,” he said. “There was not anything glaringly wrong with how we played.” The No. 16 Bears travel to Hartwick College Monday to take on the 17thranked team in the nation. Herald staff writer Eric Perlmutter ’06 is an assistant sports editor and covers women’s water polo. He can be reached at eperlmutter@browndailyherald.com.

A-Rod to Yankees: What’s the big deal? After the Boston Red Sox couldn’t close the deal on Alex Rodriguez, I knew the New York Yankees would swoop in and try to get him. As the Yankees usually do, they succeeded. Like most people, I love to hate the Yankees and the absurd amount of money they can just spend, JUSTIN GOLDMAN spend, spend to get GOLDMEMBER whomever they want. When I saw that A-Rod had been dealt to the Yankees for Alfonso Soriano and a player to be named later, I just smiled. While the Yankees seem to get whatever they want, we have to realize they do everything within the rules of baseball. They aren’t afraid of the luxury tax, and they do pay it. I hate the Yankees as much as the next man, but in the long run, I do think their dominance is good for the game. The best argument one can make against the A-Rod deal is that small-market teams are not able to go after big-name free agents because they simply do not have the money to get them. Small-market teams like the Milwaukee Brewers or Pittsburgh Pirates get upset at the fact that George Steinbrenner can just cut a check and get whomever he wants. It is true that the rules are somewhat unfair, but it isn’t the Yankees’ fault they spend their money wisely. The Mets have had a payroll of over $100 million and have found themselves in the cellar of the National League East the past two seasons. The Yankees also made out great on this

deal. A-Rod desperately wanted to get out of Texas, and the Rangers had to get rid of A-Rod because his contract was keeping them from going after pitchers. Since the Rangers are still paying $67 million of ARod’s contract, the Yankees are only paying him $16 million a year. The fact that the Yankees got him for such a “bargain” means that if A-Rod gets bored playing third base, his contract won’t be too difficult to move. Still, a winning season for the Yankees isn’t a done deal at all. The last three World Series champions — the Florida Marlins, Anaheim Angels and Arizona Diamondbacks — all had payrolls smaller than $60 million, proving money does not necessarily equal championships. The Yankees’ pitching staff is also still in question. The team doesn’t have a left-hander in its rotation — not much of a problem in the Bronx, since it is tough for right-handed hitters to hit home runs in Yankee Stadium. Still, this could prove to be a problem on the road. Some of the Yankee pitchers are also question marks. Kevin Brown is 38 years old and has been injured on and off the past three seasons. The team’s other pitching acquisition, Javier Vazquez, has tremendous potential and great stuff, but he’s also been pitching three years in Montreal, where slightly more than 15 people attend games. It will be interesting to see how he adjusts to the pressure of pitching in New York City. see GOLDMAN, page 4