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‘MEASURE’ COMES UP SHORT Innovative approach to Shakespeare’s dark comedy loses comic relief of original A R T S & C U LT U R E 3
DEMS NEED CHAFEE Caleb Karpay ’08: The liberal senator is the best Democrats can hope for in a Republican OPINIONS
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Resignations give UCS wake-up call
Corporation arrives for Feb. meeting
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BY ERIC BECK SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Seven students have resigned from the Undergraduate Council of Students this semester, marking an uncharacteristically high turnover rate for the representative body. The seven resignations comprised three officer positions and four class representative positions. “I can only speak of my three years in UCS, but I haven’t seen a turnover like this in such a condensed period of time before,” said UCS President Joel Payne ’05. Schuyler von Oeyen ’05, UCS alumni liaison, agreed that the scale of departures f was unprecedented. “I don’t think we had as many resignations the whole of last year,” he said. Payne pointed to a variety of reasons for the large number of resignations, including health, personal and academic issues. “There was one member who left to study abroad, and there were a lot of younger members who weren’t ready for the kind of commitment that UCS requires,” he said. In internal elections, the vacant officer positions were filled by then-class representatives. The vacancies for representatives were opened to the entire student population. “The elections were fully legitimate, and were run according to what is specified in the UCS constitution,” said UCS Communications Chair Zachary Townsend ’08, a Herald copy editor and former associate member who was elected to his executive board position in the internal elections. Von Oeyen said the high turnover rate has had a disruptive influence on the workings of UCS this semester. “Yes, I certainly think it’s been difficult. Ari Goodstein’s (’06) resignation was especially difficult because he was the Admission and Student Services (Committee) chair. The chairs of the committees have priorities and tangible issues to tackle, and it’s tough for someone else to come in and take over,” he said. In an e-mail announcing his resignation to other officers, Ethan Wingfield ’07, the previous communications chair, highlighted positive changes on campus but voiced his unhappiness with some of the workings of the council, noting “the fall semester saw a decline in the effectiveness and direction of UCS.” He added he was resigning due to his other commitments, saying, “I cannot effectively help lead two organizations, run a company and excel in my coursework.” Wingfield runs élan, a Web development firm which lists UCS Appointments Chair Ben Creo ’06, Townsend and Cash McCracken ’08, the UCS secretary, as associates. One member who resigned, speaking on the condition of anonymity, expressed his frustration that the council was overly focused on internal matters in the fall semester. “The emphasis in UCS was on being a family and being well-connected, but we weren’t really getting anything done. We were focused on reforming the elections process and completely internal matters, but there were still problems on campus, like summer storage and student groups that lacked funding, and these weren’t being addressed by UCS,” he said.
The University’s powerful decision-makers are descending on College Hill this weekend to allocate funds, set tuition increases and plan for Brown’s future. Nearly all of the 54 Corporation members — including 12 fellows and 42 trustees — are expected to be on campus for a meeting of the Brown Corporation, the top governing body of the University. The Corporation meets three times annually — in October, February and May. Each weekend conference includes com-
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2006 budget, including tuition and transfer aid, approval of donations on agenda mittee meetings, general body sessions and discussions with faculty, said Russell Carey ’91, vice president and secretary of the University. The February meeting is especially notable because the Corporation sets the University’s operating budget for the next fiscal year, Carey said. The budget for each year is first recommended by the University Resources Committee and approved by President Ruth Simmons before consideration by the Corporation. Members of the Corporation’s commit-
tee on budget and finance will first debate and evaluate the budget in their committee meeting today. The chair of the committee will then present the budget to the Corporation for action during the general body session Saturday, Carey said. Provost Robert Zimmer, who chairs the URC, told The Herald Feb. 3 that the budget recommended by the URC for action by the Corporation this weekend includes provisions for financial aid for transfer and Resumed Undergraduate Education students. According to Carey, it is rare for the Corporation to significantly alter the budget recommended by the URC and the president. The Corporation’s budget decisions include changes to tuition and room and board fees for the next academic year. Also this weekend, the Corporation is expected to approve the selection of an architect for Sidney E. Frank Hall, said Frances Halsband, an architect who designed the University’s master plan for physical expansion. Each member of the Corporation serves on at least one of the committees, which meet Thursday or Friday, Carey said. see CORPORATION, page 4
Tough Senate battle ahead for Chafee ’75 BY ROBBIE COREY-BOULET METRO EDITOR
the import of Kincaid’s writing within “the tradition of feminist writing” as well as the “discourse of Caribbean existentialism … (and historicism).” Henry, who grew up with Kincaid on the island of Antigua, praised her for her exploration of “Africana spirituality” and her “genre-bending” work. Many members of the crowd closed their eyes as Kincaid lowered her voice to read pieces Henry described as “all so beautifully written.” Her novel “Mr. Potter” would be “great to read to children,” said Laura Wood ’03.5. Kincaid’s conversational tone elicited laughter from the crowd, especially when her cell phone rang mid-reading.
Sen. Lincoln Chafee ’75, R-R.I., jumpstarted fundraising efforts for his 2006 re-election campaign last week, garnering over $50,000 in two Providence fundraisers that featured a supportive Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the second most prominent leader among majority Republicans. The high-profile events came on the heels of a University poll that placed Chafee well behind Rep. Jim Langevin, DR.I., who has not formally launched a campaign for the junior senator’s seat. Langevin has said he will announce by April 1 whether he will try to oust Chafee from the Senate or pursue re-election to the House of Representatives. Poll results indicated 41 percent of Rhode Islanders would support Langevin, while 27 percent would vote for Chafee if they vied for the same position. Though Chafee’s campaign attributed the results to the public’s limited knowledge of Langevin’s platform, the numbers may foreshadow a highly contested reelection bid, according to Professor of Political Science Darrell West, director of the Taubman Center for Public Policy and conductor of the random telephone survey. Chafee’s approval numbers have dropped by 10 points in the past year, a reflection of the opposition he faces from Rhode Island Democrats combined with conservative challenges that he does not adequately support the Republican platform or President George W. Bush’s national agenda, West said.
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Widely published author and Harvard English professor Jamaica Kincaid read to a full house in Sayles Hall Thursday night.
Kincaid reading ‘funny and humble’ BY STEFANIE SIMONS CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Thursday night renowned author Jamaica Kincaid delivered a reading to mark the first event of Brown’s Caribbean Heritage Week 2005. The event filled Sayles Hall with current undergrads, graduate students, alums, faculty and President Ruth Simmons — an “old friend,” said Kincaid. The reading coincides with the publication of Kincaid’s latest book, “Among Flowers: A Walk in the Himalaya,” a National Geographic Directions account of her trip to Nepal for “seed collecting.” But Kincaid also discussed her “endless obsession with her mother” and read from two of her novels. In his introduction, Professor of Africana Studies Paget Henry reviewed
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ARTS & CULTURE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2005 · PAGE 3
Films for Francophiles flood Cable Car Cinema
‘Measure’ innovative but flawed
BY JANE TANIMURA STAFF WRITER
ARTS & CULTURE PREVIEW
Covering both incest and animation, the eighth annual Providence French Film Festival encourages viewers to open their eyes — and minds — to the world of French cinema. The festival, which started Thursday and runs at the Cable Car Cinema through March 6, covers a diverse range of French movies, from classic and familyfriendly films like “Donkey Skin” to more controversial ones like “Ma Mère,” a story about an in-cestuous relationship between a mother and her son. Richard Manning, film archivist for the Department of Modern Culture and Media, said these movies are intended to introduce viewers to new ways of thinking about film. “It could be jarring in a productive way,” he said. Michael Siegel, a fourth-year MCM graduate student who helped organize the event, said he hopes the festival will “give a bit of spotlight to Providence and the film scene here,” and instill “Providence pride.” Some of the festival’s highlights this year include the North American premieres of “The Frog’s Prophecy,” an animated film by Jacques-Remy Girerd, and “Cause Toujours!,” a light comedy by Jeanne Labrune about how suspicion and mistrust affect the foundations of today’s society. Unlike in past years, this year’s festival will also showcase French experimental films, a genre that has next to no outlet in the United States, Siegel said. With its unique non-narrative structure and attention to the function of the image,
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It feels like cruel and unusual punishment that “Measure for Measure,” perhaps the most compelling of William Shakespeare’s late comedies, is also one of his most snubbed. Underappreciated and generally eclipsed by the Bard’s flashier scripts, the play, when performed, is often an awakening to those who have never experienced one of Shakespeare’s dark comedies. Leeds Theatre is now granting this tragicomedy the audience it deserves, in a run that premiered Thursday night and will continue over the weekend. Though marked by a diversely talented cast, this latest incarnation could have benefited from a more straightforward presentation –– or at least one with fewer attempts at progressiveness. Set in Vienna, when, according to Shakespeare, the city was rife with depravity and general lechery, the play begins with a temporary changing of the guard. The likeable but weak-willed Duke of Vienna (Jonathan Magaziner ’07) has had problems enforcing the laws against fornication in the past, so he decides to go on sabbatical, entrusting the city to the strict, puritanical Lord Angelo (Michael Perlman ’05). First item on the new ruler’s agenda: Rid the city of brothels, whores and whatever sexual activity he considers unlawful. Such decrees are ultimately more than the
experimental film is closer in form to painting, visual arts and even music than it is to traditional cinema, Siegel said. Some notable experimental filmmakers include Andy Warhol and Michael Snow. One of the event’s main purposes is to celebrate the rich history of French films — arguably the greatest cinema of Europe, Siegel said. “One thing that makes European cinema different is the lack of interest in genre. There is not a strict set of rules,” he said. Though most Hollywood films follow a preplanned code, in contemporary French film there is a willingness to play with these rules and mix them up. While many U.S. films are constructed in a way that makes it easy to get pleasure from them, in a lot of today’s French films, “it’s not as easy to come to a conclusion,” Siegel said. Sylvie Toux, former senior lecturer in MCM, founded the festival in 1998 as a joint venture between the French Studies and MCM departments and the Brown Film Society. Having been well received during its first two years, the festival then expanded its range of films and showings to accommodate the preferences of the community. “Our lives are so much about film that it’s hard not to take something spectacular out of a 10-day festival of French films,” Siegel said.
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ARTS & CULTURE REVIEW “Measure for Measure” Directed by Adam Immerwahr ’05 Leeds Theatre Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. Sunday, 3 p.m. 401.863.2838 / boxoffice@brown.edu
Viennese can handle, but it is not until Lord Angelo orders the execution of Claudio (Jed Resnick ’06), a man arrested for impregnating his fiancée, that people begin to question his authority. Naturally, if this story is to mean anything to its Renaissance audience, the Holy Duke must be exposed as a hypocrite –– or worse, a lecher himself. Shakespeare doesn’t disappoint. Confronted by Isabella (Blanche Case ’06), Claudio’s pious but fierce sister, Angelo promptly falls in love with the nun-in-training, shedding his Angel mask to expose the Devil within. A classic setup for a dynamic tale of justice versus injustice –– and yet, as the plot ambles toward its courtroom conclusion, the moral divisions between villain and victim grow increasingly ambiguous. Adapting the original, somewhat cynical text to the Brown main stage, director Adam Immerwahr ’05 made several significant revisions. Of particular note, he neutralized the gender distribution of Shakespeare’s ordinarily male-heavy cast, transforming the original Escalus and Lucius characters into women. He also cut substantial portions of dialogue and soliloquies from the script, with the mixed result of creating a two-act, abridged version of the original. While this makes it more focused, it is now missing some of the verbal pyrotechnics that make the play what it is. Perhaps the greatest disservice Immerwahr did to the original, however, was in deleting whole characters to support his minimalist vision. It could be argued that the greatness of “Measure” lies in its tempered balancing of comic and tragic devices, and the characters left out of this retelling include some of the play’s much-needed comic relief. see MEASURE, page 4
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Kincaid continued from page 1 She also offered amusing consolation to young writers when reflecting upon her own work: “All young writers want to remove all old writers … it is essential … it is wrong … (and) you must think this of me.” During this excerpt Kincaid was careful to point out the irony of her “transgression”: as a woman from the Caribbean she was once looked at “by the prosperous part of the world,” and now she travels “from the prosperous part to look at (Nepal).” Brown Bookstore representatives sold almost half of the 120 Kincaid books they brought to Sayles. “People are buying their favorite books,” said saleswoman Susan Schlesinger. Dominique Bridge ’07, said Kincaid was “great — funny and humble.” Bridge, a sophomore from Jamaica, plans on attending many of this week’s events, but was most excited about Thursday’s reading. She first
Corporation continued from page 1 Committees cover areas such as facilities and design, investment, audit, advancement, academic affairs and campus life. The full Corporation meets twice — for a strategic discussion session Friday and the formal business meeting Saturday.
Measure continued from page 3 Stripped of its funnymen, the narrative feels heavy-handed and selfserious, as the audience nervously waits for opportunities to laugh. The director compensated for these losses by collaborating with choreographer Claudine Lott ’05. Infusing the performance with short dances, Lott’s work serves to comfort the audience after a moment of high drama or elevate the inner turmoil of a character. For example, when Isabella faces a moral dilemma, she unleashes her emotions in a solo dance ritual. More successfully, the play is also punctuated by frequent duets shared by Claudio and Julietta. While the choreographic
read Kincaid’s “A Small Place” in Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature Esther Whitfield’s first-year seminar CO 81: “Caribbean Re-Writes.” The theme for Caribbean Heritage Week is “Many Islands, Many Cultures, One People,” a title that co-coordinators Carey Turnquest ’07 and Michaela Bayard ’07 have translated into Spanish and French. The trilingual title reflects the diversity of the Caribbean while “bring(ing) in the so many not embraced,” Turnquest said. They have been preparing for this week since October, developing a program that can represent the complexity of the Caribbean and move beyond the exotic image that the region is typically “shoved into,” said Turnquest, who is from Nassau Bahamas. He has used this opportunity as a coordinator “to learn more and to share more.” Turnquest is most excited about the week’s convocation Wednesday. Keynote speaker Donna Hope will discuss Dancehall music, and the event will feature a Trinidad steel band, he said.
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Among other duties at each meeting, the Corporation approves faculty appointments and accepts all gifts to the University of $1 million or greater, Carey said. This evening, members of the Corporation will meet with faculty members for small group dinners, comprising about 10 Corporation members and 10 professors. While not the only contact between the Corporation
and the faculty, Carey said the program has been successful in fostering interaction between the two groups. Though Corporation members sometimes meet with students during their time on campus, no specific events have been scheduled for this weekend, University officials said. Visit www.browndailyherald.com Saturday for updates on the Corporation meeting.
approach to Shakespeare might seem like a good idea –– taking thoughtful risks with the classics is always to be encouraged — “Measure” is certainly a punchy enough play to maintain interest without balletic intervention. Instead, the production, with its jazz-slipper-clad actors tumbling across the stage, comes across as no more than a bizarre display of Shakespearean “Flashdance.” Fortunately, the production features several young talents eager to rescue the new script from its own iambic doldrums. Magaziner is appealing and wellcast as the Duke, demonstrating a nuanced understanding of the ruler’s aim to please as well as his discomfort with the moral responsibilities of power. As the deserted Mariana, Anne Troup ’07 exaggerates her character’s sorrow
in a manner that would be ridiculous if it didn’t seem so spot-on in its context. The production includes a few unorthodox casting choices as well. As Angelo, the diminutive Perlman is a joy to watch — remarkably fluid onstage, he channels both a forceful and invigorating stage presence. Case’s interpretation of Isabella is uneven, and occasionally in her delivery she falls prey to substituting sheer volume for emotional depth. Leeds Theatre’s latest contribution may be more symbolist than Shakespearean, but even if the confusion prevents traditionalists from enjoying the show, all is not lost. A wise reminder to the purists of the world — Immerwahr’s production can be seen as concrete proof that directing a classical play needn’t always be measured.
continued from page 8 dent in jumps and feature a rare double threat in Ashley Wall ’05. After setting season bests in both the long jump and high jump Jan. 29 against Harvard and Cornell, Wall showed the ability to handle the pressure of both events, something that could prove valuable Saturday. Distance events hold just as much potential. Naja Ferjan ’07 currently leads the league at 800 meters, and aims to defend her 2004 indoor and outdoor titles in the event. Along with co-captain Kelly Powell ’06, Ferjan will play a big role in the middle-distance relays. “We’re pretty fired up and ready to go. We had a team meeting, and I think they’re ready to go and have great performances this weekend,” said Distance Coach Rick Wemple. The meet will take place at Harvard’s Gordon Track Saturday. — With reports by Sports Staff Writer Katie Larkin, Sports Editor Chris Mahr, Sports Staff Writer Jilane Rodgers
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UCS continued from page 1 Another member cited her over-involvement with other activities as one of the factors in her decision to resign. “I was really involved with a lot of other activities, and it got to the point where I had meetings every day. I thought somebody else could do a better job,” said Katrina Chang ’07, who was a class representative last semester. Townsend said the resignations may have necessitated improvements in the council and was optimistic for the future. “These resignations really opened the eyes of UCS, and we take the resignations very seriously. It’s a shame it needed something like this, but I think things are really changing this semester,” he said. His fellow officer was more
Chafee continued from page 1 In a highly publicized decision, Chafee opted not to vote for Bush in the 2004 election. Earlier this month, he became the target of an advertising campaign from the Club For Growth, a conservative political organization calling on Chafee to support Bush’s proposed Social Security reforms. “The problem is he’s being squeezed from both the left and the right,” West said, adding that Langevin is “among the more popular politicians in the state.” Matt Burgess, press secretary for Rhode Island Secretary of State Matthew Brown, said the numbers indicate Chafee faces “some clear vulnerabilities.” Brown is currently Chafee’s only declared Democratic challenger. He launched his senatorial bid Feb. 3. Last week, Brown named Eli Segal as his honorary campaign chairman and released the names of several prominent Democratic fundraisers who have agreed to contribute to his senatorial effort. Segal served as chief of staff for former President Bill Clinton’s 1992 election campaign and worked as an assistant for Clinton until 1996. He also headed Gen. Wesley Clark’s failed 2004 presidential bid. The poll indicated Chafee would defeat Brown, 39 percent to 25 percent. In addition to Democratic candidates, Chafee may also encounter opposition from within his own party, depending on whether Cranston Mayor Stephen Laffey, a Republican, chooses to enter the race. West said he expects Laffey to announce his decision “within a month.” But Chafee will continue to receive full support from Republican leaders at the state and national level, who understand he is “the only Republican who can get elected in Rhode
cautious, but signaled a desire to move on. “I do think the retreat we had earlier this semester was helpful. Things are slightly uneasy, but slowly improving,” von Oeyen said. “Now that we’ve worked out some of the kinks, we need to have teamwork to do things.” Payne also voiced his optimism for the future direction of the council. “I would say morale is very, very good. I know it’s hard to believe from an outsider’s standpoint, but it’s as high as it’s been all year. The people we have are more experienced now, and ready to commit,” he said. Despite the high turnover rate, Payne said UCS would remain focused on a number of its “top priorities.” “We are working to bring kegs on campus, provide printing to students where they won’t have to pay money and to create a steering committee for the campus region plan,” he said.
Island,” according to Chafee’s Washington press secretary Stephen Hourahan. Chafee has already garnered support from prominent national Republican leaders such as McConnell and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., who has “maxed out” on his contributions to the Chafee campaign, Hourahan said. To Hourahan, the results of the University poll reflect a general lack of understanding regarding Langevin’s political platform. “People don’t know who Jim Langevin is at all,” Hourahan said. “Most people are looking at the race trying to make a decision when they have no knowledge of where he comes down.” The fact that Langevin garnered an edge among female respondents emphasizes this general unawareness, given that he is “a stringent pro-life Democrat” in an “overwhelmingly pro-choice state” Hourahan said. Instead of highlighting policy preferences, support for Langevin more likely stems from name recognition that resulted from his 2004 re-election campaign, Hourahan said. “He spent a lot of money putting his name out there,” he said. But Chafee’s political opponents say the poll’s results accurately depict Rhode Islanders’ negative perceptions of the junior senator. Langevin spokesman Michael Guilfoyle called Chafee’s performance in the poll “baffling,” particularly for an incumbent whose most threatening opponent has not formally committed to entering the race. “Clearly, the people of Rhode Island have lost confidence in Senator Chafee’s ability to serve as an effective senator,” Guilfoyle said. But Hourahan said he questioned whether these poll results can realistically forecast election returns. “It’s way early in the cycle to be looking at a head-to-head race,” he said.
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Diamonds and coal Coal to the anticlimactic 2 percent margin of defeat for Instant Runoff Voting. While we’re on the subject of the referendum, we’re saving up a bunch of diamonds to award to the first student who manages a keg stand in the Ratty. But really, the only way the UCS resolution will get past Campus Life is if we promise to only buy kegs of Jägermeister directly through Brown First. A diamond to the Corporation — you know, those guys in suits on campus this weekend to hand out financial aid IOUs to transfer and RUE students (we hope). Warming coal to missing Alaskans. Maybe those who ended up in Rhode Island will see The Herald and phone home. A huge diamond to BCA for delving into our iTunes to pull together a Spring Weekend that so far pleases most everyone — even our parents! A grateful diamond to EMS volunteers and coordinators. Without you, our first-year survival rate would be significantly lower. A diamond to the newly demure, clothed LiSci. At first, we suspected the gift-wrapping was the work of Christo. Still, the glowing structure is no match for the “Somerville Gates,” one Massachusetts resident’s answer to the $21 million Central Park public art. Coal to potential Dartmouth football saboteur Karl Furstenburg, the school’s admissions chief. Though Brown stands to gain an easy win each season if he really does have it in for the Big Green’s football program, it would just make it that much worse if they beat us anyway. And a non-burnable cubic zirconium to Narragansett Electric. It would be coal, but we need that to power our portable generator in case they cut our electricity for a third time.
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LETTERS Kegs are environmentally friendly, safer, cheaper alternative To the Editor: Whether or not having a good time depends on alcohol is not for the University to decide. The drinking age in Rhode Island is 21, and almost half of Brown students are of legal age. Why should the University ban a method of serving alcohol that is safer, more environmentally friendly and a cheaper alternative to buying cases of beer? Research into keg use has shown that it does not contribute to higher drinking levels; in fact, research has pointed to just the opposite, which accounts for the fact that Harvard recently repealed its ban on kegs. At Penn, the average number of drinks consumed per person per night actually increased when kegs were banned from campus. Although counterintuitive to some, the fact remains that registered kegs do not contribute to higher drinking levels. Furthermore, kegs reduce the waste associated with canned beers, and keg registration also provides an easier way for the University to monitor
alcohol consumption. Kegs take up less space and cost half as much as their equivalent volume in cans, which is a benefit that legal students should be able to take advantage of in a responsible fashion. As far as underage drinking concerns go, kegs do not make it easier for underage drinkers to get beer. Rhode Island law mandates that all individuals renting kegs register their personal information with the business, making that individual liable if any infractions of underage drinking occur. There is no equivalent registration for the purchase of large quanitities of cans of beer. The ban on kegs certainly should be reviewed in light of evidence that demonstrates keg registration is a safer alternative. Just some thober soughts. Jess Maddox '08 Undergraduate Council of Students Feb. 23
Promoting socially responsible drinking To the Editor: Those who know me know that I’m not one to drink alcohol, that I don’t depend on it to have a good time. So it may be a surprise to some that I voted for kegs to be permitted on campus. I agree wholeheartedly with Joseph Gibson (“No need for kegs.” Feb. 23) when he says that alcohol is often associated with violence or other latenight revelries. However, I’m not so naïve to think that even if Brown prohibited alcohol completely on campus students wouldn’t drink. I went to prep school; I know. If we base our discussion on the premise that students are drinking, the question now becomes: How do we encourage them to do so in a safe manner? When this question was asked about sex, the answer was to give out condoms. Could kegs be to drinking what condoms are to sex? Schools
like Bates College, which prohibit hard liquor but allow beer, seem to think so. If someone is drinking from a keg they are likely not alone in a dorm, but rather with other people (safety in numbers, and monitoring of underage drinking). Getting dangerously drunk from hard liquor is much faster and easier than getting drunk off cheap beer. Although with a keg it’s harder to keep track of how much one has drunk, most students I know choose their next serving based on how they feel, not on how many they’ve had anyway; a feeling much more delayed when slugging shots than when drinking beer. If there has to be drinking, let’s encourage it to be social and responsible. Kyra Wiens ’08 Feb. 23
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OPINIONS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2005 · PAGE 7
The Andhrite mustache GUEST COLUMN BY ANDREW MARANTZ Andhra Pradesh, South India’s largest state, boasts a population composed of several religions, ethnicities, castes and tribes. Yet, all these diverse people — all the male ones, anyway — share one conspicuous commonality: the Andhrite mustache. Last semester I studied in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh’s capital city, at a university located on the outskirts of the sprawling city, about an hour by bus from downtown. On one ride I decided to count the mustaches. I strolled up and down the aisle, examining the male passengers. (That meant everyone. This phenomenon, though, would take much more than one column to examine.) Out of 40 passengers, 38 had “mustaches” — hair exclusively between nose and lip. Full beards, van dykes and mustache-sideburn combos don’t count. Some men look fine with mustaches — the guy from “The Jeffersons,” for example. Others — most — do not. It took the Beatles only one album to shave theirs; Alex Trebek took a decade to come around. Gene Shalit still has not been set straight. Who is Gene Shalit, you ask? Precisely my point. A couple of men on the bus were mustache naturals (think Mr. Feeney), and none looked as stupid as Gene Shalit. But about 30 of the 38 suffered the commonest fate of mustache wearers: they just looked like they had something on their face. Not something urgently offensive, but something that should probably be removed, especially if it could be done nonsurgically. As far as I could tell, the mustaches had no political or social significance. Unlike the hippie’s hair or the skinhead’s skin head, the Andhrite’s mustache doesn’t indicate a movement or subculture. Some religions tell you what to do with your facial hair. Sikhism, for instance, forbids hair-shearing of any kind, and most Muslim men grow beards; indeed, one of the two dissenters in my bus poll was a Muslim. But half of Hyderabad’s men, and 95 percent of Andrhite men, follow Hinduism, a religion that is silent on shaving. So religion provides no explanation. Historians will tell you that fashion trends sometimes derive from figureheads. Louis XIV’s flowing locks and imperious goatee unleashed a trickledown effect of silly facial hair from which France is still recovering. But a quick scan of India’s leadership seems to discredit the top-down theory: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is a bearded Sikh, President Abdul Kalam is a clean-shaven Muslim and Sonia Gandhi, India’s most revered living politician, is mustache-free. Mahatma Gandhi did famously wear a mustache, but most Indians today admire other icons of the freedom struggle, such as babyfaced B. R. Ambedkar. So most Andhrite men are not following philtrum mandates given explicitly by God or implicitly by figureheads. Top-down advocates could argue that Andhra Pradesh’s mustached men are emulating their movie stars. Tollywood, India’s second-largest film industry, is Andhra Pradesh’s rip-off of Bollywood, which is Bombay’s answer to Hollywood. And, as it turns out, almost all male Tollywood actors do have mustaches. However, Bollywood stars almost never wear mustaches, and Andhrites watch almost as much Bollywood as they do Tollywood. It’s just as likely that Tollywood’s mustaches are a bottom-up phenomenon. The onus, then, is still on the masses: Why would citizens do this to themselves? Barring mass hysteria or some sort of conspiracy, the simplest explanation is a sort of gradual fall from shaving grace. As the Andhrite mustache gained popularity, an increasing number of men never confronted the awful truth in the mirror. The mustache naturals were never separated from the Gene Shalits, and people grew complacent until the problem was pandemic. Greater minds than my own have noted that Indian education tends to rely on rote memorization to the detriment of critical thinking. Perhaps if Andhra Pradesh’s children are taught critical analysis now, we can avoid the scourge of the Andhrite mustache in the next generation. Andrew Marantz ’06.5 has been known to rock a neckbeard.
Save Lincoln GUEST COLUMN BY CALEB KARPAY The Democratic Party is about to make a very big mistake. As if running a Massachusetts senator for president wasn’t enough, they are now attacking one of their few friends across the aisle — Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island. Secretary of State Matt Brown recently announced his Democratic candidacy opposing Chafee, saying Rhode Island needed “a senator who has rolled up his sleeves and been in the trenches working to make life better for people right here in our state. All that matters is getting the job done and getting results for people in Rhode Island.” That would be true if he was running for governor, or even the House. However, Chafee has immeasurable value to Democrats in the Senate. The Democrats are not in position to regain control of the Senate, so picking up one more seat should not be their primary goal. Instead, their priority should be supporting moderate Republicans like John McCain, Chuck Hagel, and Lincoln Chafee. A Republican who can vouch for the Democrats’ agenda is more valuable than one more Democrat echoing party lines and getting ignored by the media. For this reason, it is tragic that Democratic insiders are supporting Brown’s candidacy. Chafee is just the kind of senator Rhode Island and the Democrats need right now. Chafee is often more liberal than Democrats, and as a Republican, is taken seriously when he speaks out on issues. Unlike John Kerry, he voted against the resolution to authorize the president to go to war with Iraq. Unlike
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, DNev., he is in favor of a woman’s right to choose. He is strongly against the death penalty, something many southern Democrats feel they must support in order to be a credible, “tough on crime” candidate. He strongly favors seeking new energy sources, which is perhaps the best path to long-term economic security. Chafee is clearly not your normal Republican. He is therefore alienated from his own party, which only supports him because they don’t see the possibility of anyone more conservative win-
Chafee is just the senator Rhode Island needs right now. ning in Rhode Island. Chafee does favor Republican policies like loosening trade restrictions, particularly on China, but this is no more radical than some of Bill Clinton’s views. Chafee favors social security privatization, but he was against repealing the estate tax. He cannot be easily pinned down as a stooge of the wealthy elites. This “ambivalence” toward the traditional Republican agenda is the best reason Democrats should leave him alone. Chafee has even considered switching parties and did not publicly support the president. Instead, he said he would consider writing in another Republican candidate. I sure wish my election ambivalence made the news. The Democrats are desperate for Senate seats, so they are obviously tar-
geting the seats the GOP is most willing to let go of. But senators are supposed to be intelligent and deliberative, not ideological firebrands like Rick Santorum or Barbara Boxer. Senator John Kerry almost gets this mix right —his alleged “flip-flopping” would have been disastrous in the White House, but is actually a virtue in the Senate. The Senate is the most insulated legislative body in the United States, since its members serve three times as long as those in the House and do not need to constantly search for positive publicity. Senators are able to go against the prevailing sentiments in the country and exercise the moderating influence that the Constitution grants them. For this reason, Chafee was able to vote against the war in Iraq, even though most of the country supported it. Kerry voted in favor of the war because he was acting as a presidential candidate would. The 2004 election showed the ridiculously simplistic and viciously partisan way issues are portrayed today. When we attack men like Chafee, who have a willingness to challenge party orthodoxy, we reduce the Senate floor debate to a parliamentary version of “Crossfire.” If you’re thinking of working in a Senate campaign in the next few years, please avoid the temptation to try and oust Chafee. While you may disagree with some of his views, his liberal values make him the best Democrat you could ask for. Caleb Karpay ’08 is making the news.
Negroponte’s dark and bloody past GUEST COLUMN BY KRISTEN B. SHELBY President Bush’s recent nomination of John Negroponte as the U. S. director of national intelligence is highly alarming. Negroponte is linked to Ronald Reagan’s murderous policies in Central America during the 1980s. As ambassador to Honduras (1981-85), Negroponte was one of the chief architects of the cContra war in Nicaragua and stood at the forefront of the Reagan administration’s sponsorship of brutal counter-insurgency efforts against civilian populations and leftwing rebels. Fearing an increase of Soviet influence in a region historically dominated by U.S. hegemony, terrified that the Nicaraguan Revolution’s ideas of national liberation and socialism might spread to other Latin American nations, Reagan signed National Security Decision Directive 17 in 1981. This policy gave the CIA millions of dollars and the authority to recruit and train Contra forces — elements of the former Nicaraguan dictator’s National Guard that fled to Honduras with the 1979 Sandinista triumph. Maintaining a military dictatorship in Honduras was essential to the U.S. war against Nicaragua, as the regime gave Negroponte and the CIA liberty to conduct operations along the country’s porous border with Nicaragua. In order to keep millions in U.S. aid flowing, Negroponte worked to cover up the flagrant human rights abuses committed against civilians by the Honduran military. The ambassador received numerous reports of torture, “disappearances” and the activities of Battalion 3-16, a CIA-trained
Honduran death squad that killed and tortured hundreds, including several U.S. missionaries. Under Negroponte’s supervision, the previously weak Contras began to conduct frequent incursions into Nicaraguan territory to destroy Sandinista-constructed community centers, health facilities, schools and agricultural cooperatives. Negroponte also oversaw the construction of a training facility for Contra soldiers as well as a torture and detention center. With CIA assistance, the Contras also blew up oil pipelines and mined Nicaragua’s harbors — an action that
Funding the contras and covering up human-rights abuses. prompted the Nicaraguan government to bring a case against the U.S. in the World Court. In 1986, the Court declared the U.S. guilty of unlawful use of force against Nicaragua through direct attacks as well as through aiding “terrorist” Contra forces. At a 1984 Congressional Intelligence Committee hearing, witnesses testified that “groups of civilians, including women and children, were burned, dismembered, blinded and beheaded” by Contra forces. When Congress banned further military aid to the Contras, Negroponte made numerous attempts to secure covert funding, participating in several meetings between two U.S. mercenaries interested in funding the Contras. He also masterminded a plot with George Bush Sr. to funnel contra
aid through the Honduran military. Efforts by Negroponte and others culminated in the Iran-Contra scandal of 1986, when it became public that the CIA had sold missiles to Iran in order to secure the release of U.S. hostages in Lebanon and used the profits from these sales to channel money illegally to the Nicaraguan Contras in Honduras. Despite the massive numbers of people slaughtered in Central America in the 1980s, Negroponte sees the U.S. policy in the region, which carried a price tag of well over $1 billion, as a “success.” The 30,000 Nicaraguan, 75,000 Salvadorian and 200,000 Guatemalan corpses that resulted from U.S.-sponsored policies of low-intensity warfare bring this so-called “victory” into question. John Negroponte’s diplomatic career is covered in civilian blood. Moreover, Negroponte’s time in Honduras also brings his intelligence credentials under suspicion, as he worked very diligently to deceive Congress and the U.S. public about the human rights abuses committed by the U.S.-funded and trained Honduran military and the Nicaraguan Contras, and also closely collaborated with the CIA to undermine congressional oversight of funding for the Contras. If his appointment as national intelligence director is approved by the Senate, he will head 15 U.S. intelligence agencies, including the CIA. Given Negroponte’s disturbing history in Central America, this is a truly harrowing prospect. Kristen Shelby ’05 does her research.
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SPORTS WEEKEND FEBRUARY 25, 2005 · PAGE 8
W. icers fight to keep seed
Track hopes for top 3 at Heps
BY HELEN LURYI SPORTS STAFF WRITER
SPORTS STAFF REPORTS
The women’s ice hockey team will be at home this weekend for its last two games of the regular season against the University of Vermont and No. 3 Dartmouth. The Bears currently sit in fifth place. Although they cannot move up in the standings from their current three-way tie, they still could use a four-point weekend to keep them from falling down to seventh. With a 9-8-1 league record (12-13-2 overall), the Bears are out of the battle for home-ice advantage for the first round of the ECACHL playoffs, but finishing as a higher seed remains important. Two weeks away from the playoffs, a better seed would mean the difference between a match-up with a team such as fourth-seeded Yale — against whom the Bears have historically had great success — or an opponent like Dartmouth or Harvard, who are in a firstplace tie. Princeton and Colgate University are also gunning for the fifth seed. Vermont is currently tenth in the eleven-team league, but despite Bruno’s win against them on Feb. 5, the team is not taking this game lightly. “We have (two) big games this weekend,” said co-captain Amy McLaughlin ’05. “We played both teams at the beginning of the month. We started out strong against Dartmouth and then gave up the lead, and Vermont we only beat 1-0, so we know we definitely have to show up this weekend.” Brown hockey fans should be looking forward to Saturday’s tilt
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Co-captain Katie Guay ’05 is one of five seniors playing her last home game this Saturday. with Dartmouth, whose record of 16-2-0 (23-3-0 overall) shows its unexpected success in women’s college hockey this season. The Big Green won the previous match-up with Brown, 6-3, but not without a spirited effort on the part of the Bears. Saturday’s game will be exciting, as Dartmouth looks to solidify their burgeoning role as ECACHL powerhouse and national contender, a role that once belonged to Brown. Additionally, this weekend will mark the last regular season home game of the Bears’ senior class. Co-captains McLaughlin and Katie Guay ’05, assistant captains Kerry Nugent ’05 and Jessica Link ’05, and scoringmachine Krissy McManus ’05 will all graduate in May. The games will start on Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 4 p.m. at Meehan Auditorium.
Hoping to improve on 2004’s fourth-place finish, the men’s track and field team aims for a top-three finish at the indoor Heptagonal Championships. “Our goal is always to finish in the top three,” said Head Coach Robert Johnson. Co-captain Patrick Tarpy ’05 will lead the charge for the distance squad as he takes the line for the mile, 3,000-meter and distance medley relay. “Pat has hopes to compete further in the season as well,” said Distance Coach John Gregorek. “He wanted to score as many points as possible for the team. It speaks highly of him as a senior and as a captain.” Another contender to take individual top honors for the distance squad is Jeff Gaudette ’05. A lingering foot injury has limited Gaudette’s racing thus far, but Gregorek does not see it preventing Gaudette from competing. “He’s tough and more talented than the rest of the field,” Gregorek said. “We’re keeping
The women’s basketball team enters its final two home games of the season with hopes of winning the Ivy League title. At 7-3 in the league and 15-8 overall, the Bears must win their last two home games to have any shot of winning the league — starting with undefeated Dartmouth (13-8, 9-0 Ivy). The Bears will look to cut down on the turnovers and mental mistakes that inhibited them against the Big Green in their first match-up. “Every time we got within striking distance, we made a mental error. In this game coming up, we need to take care and respect the basketball. If we do that, we have a good chance to win,” said Head Coach Jean Marie Burr. In the first meeting with the Big Green, the Bears were outrebounded 41-29 and shot only 32 percent from the field, a performance they cannot repeat. “We need to command the boards this time. It is imperative that we not give them second shots,” Burr said. The Bears will try to slow down Dartmouth’s balanced scoring attack, which boasts
four players averaging double figures, beginning with Elise Morrison, who averages a teamleading 14.6 points per game. Last weekend, Brown was led by an excellent performance from Holly Robertson ’05. Robertson tallied 44 points and 17 rebounds in two games against the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton. “Holly opens things up by just working hard on the court. She is one of our best perimeter shooters and she is able to play very well in the low post,” Burr said. Robertson and the Bears will try to sweep the season series with Harvard on Saturday night. The Bears played one of their best overall games of the season when they defeated the Crimson 78-63 Feb. 11 on the road. In that game, the Bears were able to hold league-leading scorer Reka Cserny to 11 points, 9.5 below her Ivy League season average. “We matched up very well with her. We were able to pressure her very well and we were all aware of where she was on the court,” Burr said. In their last meeting with Harvard, Brown excelled in the same areas where they fell short
have the talent to take top points around the track, and I know I’m ready to do the same.” WOMEN’S TRACK After a third-place finish in last year’s Heps, the women’s track team will be looking to dethrone defending champion Cornell. Many athletes should have standout performances this weekend. For the throws squad, Jennifer Donahue ’05 appears primed to peak at Heps after a season in which she has set personal records on several occasions. Co-captain Jill Lynch ’05, who hit an ECAC qualifying mark last weekend to set a new seasonleading league mark in shot put, looks to return to the victory stand after a first-place finish in 2003. “The throwers have had a tremendous week in practice,” said Head Coach Robert Johnson. “According to (Throws) Coach (Michelle Eisenreich), they look great for the Heps.” The Bears are equally confisee TRACK, page 4
Fencing faces tough tests at ECAC/IFA BY ZANETA BALANTAC SPORTS STAFF WRITER
The fencing team achieved mixed results at last weekend’s New England Intercollegiate Conference Championships. The squad earned one individual gold medal and two bronze medals, as well as squad gold medals for the men’s saber and women’s epee squads, good for an overall thirdplace finish. The highlight for the men was the performance of the saber squad, which earned the title of
W. hoops looking to blitz top squads BY JUSTIN GOLDMAN SPORTS STAFF WRITER
him in just the one event because of it, but he will push through anything.” Providing additional depth will be Eamon Quick ’07 and Mike Piche ’05 in the mile, Owen Washburn ’06 in the 3,000-meter and Chris Burke ’07 in the 5,000meter run. “Everyone looks ready to go,” Gregorek said. “We’ve focused the whole season for this and now we’re tapered and sharp.” Another Heps veteran, Ray Bobrownicki ’06, returns as a twotime champion in the high jump. While Bobrownicki is a proven Heps scorer, a new face threatens to take individual honors in the triple jump. Ikenna Achilihu ’08 ranks third after setting multiple personal bests throughout the season and qualifying for the IC4As. In throws, co-captain Jake Golenor ’06 looks to take top honors in the shot put, coming into the weekend ranked fourth with a mark of 52-10.25 “It will all come together for this weekend,” Golenor said. “We
against Dartmouth. They shot 54 percent in the first half and 46 percent for the game en route to a season-high 78 points, and won the rebounding battle 4733. “It is the intangibles that enable you to win games. We need a little extra effort on the unsung parts of the game like boxing out if we are going to win these games this weekend,” Burr said. If the Bears win these two upcoming games, they will be within at least two games of Dartmouth for first place in the league with two games left to play, giving them an outside shot at the Ivy title. The Bears also want their final two games to be a good showing, especially for seniors Andrea Conrad ’05 and Robertson, who will be playing their final home games. “We want to be prepared for a good performance. Andrea and Holly are playing the best basketball of their careers, and we want to send them out with two final wins on their home floor,” Burr said. The Bears will look to please the Blitz the Pitz crowd on Friday night, and then carry the momentum over to Saturday’s game, both at 7 p.m.
Best Men’s Squad of the Day after its first-place finish. “I was really happy with how the saber squad did this past weekend,” said saberman Jeremy Adler ’06. “We were the best men’s squad, even without our top fencer. Both Dan Mahoney (’07) and Sam Levine (’08) stepped up to the challenge. Sam has had trouble dealing with the pressure of competition in the past, but he seemed to have found a way to deal with his nervousness. I think this bodes very well for the future of the Brown men’s saber team.” Foilist John Wurzel ’05 said the men’s three-weapon team could have performed better than their third-place finish. “Although we had a good performance by select squads, men’s saber especially, I would say we performed somewhat below our abilities as a team,” Wurzel said. On the other side of the strip, the women’s epee squad took first place overall. With women’s foil and saber both finishing seventh for the day, the women placed fourth in the competition. In the last segment of the tournament, eight fencers from the Bears qualified for individual
rounds, winning one gold and two bronze medals. All-American Ruth Schneider ’06 won gold, earning her third NEIFC women’s epee title. Mahoney and Charlotte Gartenberg ’08 took third in their saber squads, while Jeremy Moore ’06 took first place in junior varsity men’s foil. “I don’t (think) we were poorly prepared or that we were asleep. I think our performance was just sub-par, just an element of competitive athletics,” Wurzel said. This Saturday, the Bears will gear up to host the ECAC/IFA Championships. With 18 Brown fencers qualifying for the competition, the Bears are looking to improve on last season’s ninthplace finish. They will be challenging fencers from some of the best fencing programs in the country, including Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton and Yale. “Every touch counts and you fight for victories one touch at a time. It’s an exhausting tournament and if you get ahead of yourself, you can beat yourself before you even step on the strip,” Wurzel said.
WEEKEND SPORTS SCHEDULE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25 Women’s ICE HOCKEY: Vermont, 7 p.m., Meehan Auditorium Women’s BASKETBALL: Dartmouth, 7 p.m., Pizzitola Center Men’s ICE HOCKEY: at Vermont, Burlington, Vt. Men’s BASKETBALL: at Dartmouth, Hanover, N.H. Women’s SWIMMING: Ivy Championship, Princeton, N.J. Men’s SQUASH: ISA Team Championship, Cambridge, Mass. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26 Men’s LACROSSE: Albany (scrimmage), 1 p.m., Stevenson Field Women’s ICE HOCKEY: Dartmouth, 4 p.m., Meehan Auditorium Women’s BASKETBALL: Harvard, 7 p.m., Pizzitola Center FENCING: ECAC Championship, OMAC Men’s ICE HOCKEY: at Dartmouth, Hanover, N.H.
Men’s BASKETBALL: at Harvard, Cambridge, Mass. Men’s TRACK: HEPS Championship, Cambridge, Mass. Women’s TRACK: HEPS Championship, Cambridge, Mass. GYMNASTICS: Ivy League Classic, New Haven, Conn. SKIING: ECSC Regional Championships, Waterville Valley, N.H. Women’s SWIMMING: Ivy Championship, Princeton, N.J. Men’s SQUASH: ISA Team Championship, Cambridge, Mass. EQUESTRIAN: at Wesleyan, Middletown, Conn. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27 Women’s TENNIS: at Boston University, Boston, Mass. SKIING: ECSC Regional Championships, Waterville Valley, N.H. Men’s SQUASH: ISA Team Championship, Cambridge, Mass.