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U.: Wrestling coach’s ultimatum crossed the line No apparent NCAA rule violation; DTau not satisfied with U. response BY JUSTIN ELLIOTT CAMPUS WATCH EDITOR

Following vigorous outcry from current and former members of Delta Tau, several top University officials have addressed complaints that Dave Amato, head coach of Brown’s wrestling team, dissuaded first-year wrestlers from joining Delta Tau and other fraternities. But DTau President Chris DeCarolis ’06 said the University has not gone far enough and wants a public apology and an admission of wrongdoing from Amato. “I think (Amato) recognizes he went too far in this case, and I would say the same thing,” said Vice President for Campus Life and Student Services David Greene, who said he and Joan Taylor, the interim athletic director, had both spoken to Amato about the situation. “It’s absolutely appropriate to be able to talk to members of the team about choices they’re making and to counsel them about that, to talk about the experiences other players have had when they’ve made those choices,” Greene said. “Those things all seem to be just right, and (Amato) did those things. I think what’s not appropriate is setting an ultimatum for members of the team ... and we’re all on the same page that that’s not the way that the coach would relate to players in the future.” Greene, who said that the matter is resolved from the University’s point of view, would not say whether Amato had been officially reprimanded, saying that “any sort of personnel action or anything that would happen” is private. DeCarolis told The Herald Thursday that the University’s response fell short of his expectations. “For David Greene and the athletic director to say (Amato) knows he was wrong isn’t enough,” DeCarolis said. “Until I hear from him, I’m not satisfied. ... Until he can acknowledge publicly that what he did was wrong, I cannot trust that he won’t do it again,” he added. “If Coach Amato had stopped a (wrestler) from joining the (Queer Alliance), immediately he would have been reprimanded if not fired,” he said. Amato said Thursday he had no comment about the situation. Asked if he would be willing to make a public apology, Amato said he had not spoken with any members

of DTau, including DeCarolis, “so I really don’t have a comment on what he’s saying.” Amato has acknowledged that he dissuaded several first-year wrestlers from joining DTau, but said that he had the best interest of the students in mind. One firstyear wrestler, Ben Cannon ’08, turned in his bid for Sigma Chi, but subsequently depledged after Amato told him he had to choose between joining a fraternity and being on the wrestling team. Another firstyear wrestler, who had handed in his bid to Dtau, decided not to pledge after discussions with Amato. After that first-year dropped out, DTau fell one short of the eight pledges it needed to retain on-campus housing status. However, the Office of Residential Life is allowing DTau to stay on campus next year and the fraternity has postponed its pledge

process until the fall, according to DeCarolis. Amato has said that in recent years the wrestling team had gotten “lumped together” with DTau and its disciplinary problems. He said that in March 2004 he had to give under-oath testimony to the police about an assault that occurred after a party thrown by ex-wrestlers and ex-Delts. Amato said he had to assure police that no wrestlers knew the identity of the assailant. Current and former members of DTau, traditionally a wrestling fraternity, have said that Amato has seriously hurt recruiting efforts over the past three years. In 2003, Amato set an ultimatum for wrestlers, telling them they had to choose between pledging a fraternity and staying on the

ple in a room and have 20 different opinions,” he said. “Nonwhite students often feel passionately about issues that white students might not even be aware of,” Cunningham said. Payne pointed to issues such as University hiring of Latinos and minority enrollment. According to the Princeton Review, black students make up approximately 7 percent of the current Brown population, compared to 13 percent of the U.S. population. The Admission Office has formally acknowledged the problem, but there is still not proportional representation. “It’s been lip service because there’s been no dramatic jump,” Payne said. “Being black has definitely given me a different perspective,” Payne said when see UCS, page 5

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sustaining, energy-efficient solar home. The pavilion will provide shade and act as an information booth, in lieu of the rent-a-tents provided by Solar Decathlon officials. The concept of creating a teambuilt entryway is “completely unique to RISD,” according to Associate Professor of Architecture Chris Bardt. Professors from the RISD Department of Architecture met Thursday afternoon to begin the critiquing process that will culminate in the selection of one or some combination of designs as the starting point for the final pavilion. — Chelsea Rudman

UCS encourages candidates of color to get involved BY HANNAH MILLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

With elections approaching, members of the Undergraduate Council of Students executive board are actively encouraging students of color to run for positions on UCS and the Undergraduate Finance Board. Students of color currently account for five out of 30 UCS members, and three out of 12 members of the Undergraduate Finance Board. Although racial minorities currently make up nearly 28 percent of undergraduates, they constitute only about 17 percent of UCS. At a Thursday session designed to inform minority students of the opportunities available in student government, UCS Class Representative and Appointments Chair Will Cunningham ’07 and President Joel Payne ’05 encouraged students to run and

get involved. The last four UCS presidents have been nonwhite students. “We’ve had plenty of diversity at the top of UCS,” Payne said, “but it’s now a matter of informing people that there are more leadership opportunities available. People in minority groups have to step up to the plate.” Although e-mails were sent to various minority student groups informing them of the info session, the turnout was small. Despite having only three students in attendance, Cunningham and Payne passionately stressed the importance of diversity in leadership. Though UCS is currently targeting students of varying racial backgrounds, Payne emphasized that diversity comes in many forms. “Diversity of opinion is the most important thing. You can have 20 black peo-

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Leave it to Brown to bring together a drag-king motor-home tour bus, Argentinean punk lesbians named Mao and Lenin, and the best love scene according to Girlfriends magazine. In a whirlwind of unique films with a something-for-everyone objective, “Queer Window,” Brown’s first LGBTQ film and video festival, continues through Sunday at Providence’s Cable Car Cinema. This debut festival, which opened Thursday, is ambitious technically and ideologically. It is wedged in between last month’s French Film Festival and the upcoming Africana, Ivy and Latin American Film festivals. In only four days, the Cable Car will host 12 featurelength films and 26 film shorts in 14 screenings, along with hosting guest speaker and acclaimed producer-director Rodney Evans ’93. Each film will be shown once. No film is more than four years old, and most were released in 2003 or 2004. The festival samples the diversity of contemporary cinema with an aim to broaden the definition of gay, lesbian and queer film. Festival posters depict an apartment building whose windows feature scenes from different films. As the “Queer Window” title and materials suggest, this weekend’s moviegoers can “look into different lives, through different windows and different visions,” said Lynne Joyrich, associate professor of Modern Culture and Media and head of the festival steering committee. The goal of the festival is to bring “narrative and visual pleasure,” she said. Eugenie Brinkema GS, a member of the festival’s steering committee, said she sees “Queer Window” “as an activist film festival, not just for cinephiles.” According to Brinkema, discussions of queerness are not limited to large cities with festivals like New York or San Francisco. A prescreening loop of movie factoids as well as exciting guest introducers from LGBTQ groups Marriage Equality, Youth Pride, Inc., and Equity Actions — and even a drag show — should be the start of discussions that “bring together people before films even start,” she said. Movies range from documentary to narrative to experimental, from high art to crowd pleasers. Some overtly broach issues of queerness, such as the independent shorts in “Transitions and Intersections,” which include animation and documentaries about “gender outlaw” identities. Other films are less explicit, like the 2004 Cannes Special Jury Prize winner “Tropical Malady,” a Thai/French film lauded for developing a “new language in cinema.” Many of the films’ directors are Brown alumni. “Emerging Queer,” a collection of films by and about LGBTQ youth, includes the prom parody “Camaflogue Pink” by recent Brown grads Laura

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The RISD SOLAR team will officially begin building its solar house in three weeks, but some construction at South Water Street began Tuesday with the erection of five “Shadow Pavilions” by groups of students in RISD’s architectural design class. The final Shadow Pavilion will act as the reception center for visitors to the team’s solar house at this fall’s Solar Decathlon in Washington, an international competition designed to raise awareness about alternative energy sources. Coordinated by the U.S. Department of Energy, the Solar Decathlon challenges participating teams to construct a self-

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TO D AY ’ S E V E N TS IMPROVIDENCE 36-HOUR SHOW 12 p.m. (Arnold Lounge) — The comedy group kicks off its marathon show in Keeney until 8 p.m. Entry is $2 and audience members are encouraged to come and go as they please.

CARNATIC VIOLIN MAESTROS 7:30 p.m. (List Auditorium) — Two world-renowned violinists will perform in the South Indian “lalgudi” style. HIGHER KEYS SPRING CONCERT 8 - 9:30 p.m. (Salomon 001) — Brown’s oldest coed and only halfjazz and pop a cappella group performs.

BROWN MUSLIM STUDENTS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL DINNER 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. . (Andrews Dining Hall) — Taste of India caters this event featuring entertainment from comedian Tissa Hami and a Middle Eastern Music Ensemble. Tickets are $8.

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BROWN DERBIES CONCERT 9:30 p.m. (Salomon 101) — The a cappella group will perform with Improvidence.

MENU SHARPE REFECTORY LUNCH — Chicken Jambalaya with Bacon, Roasted Herb Potatoes, Carrots in Tequila, Kielbasa, Raspberry Chocolate Streusel Squares, Chocolate Chip Bars.

VERNEY-WOOLLEY DINING HALL LUNCH — Vegetarian Broccoli Cheese Soup, Roasted Corn Chowder with Bacon, Chicken Fingers, Roasted Eggplant and Tomato Sandwich, Whole Kernel Corn, Chocolate Chip Bars.

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‘displace’ takes innovative approach to study of immigrant identity BY STEWART DEARING STAFF WRITER

In a world where performed poetry has become so mainstream that it has its own TV series — “Def Poetry Jam” — on HBO, two REVIEW RISD graduate students have managed to discover a new, more abstract potential for poetry art in “displace,” an installation currently on display at the RISD Museum of Art. Conceived by Liluye Jhala ’02 and Inmi Lee, both pursuing their MFAs in Digital Media, “displace” uses spoken poetry and a three-dimensional sculpture-like wall painting to examine immigrant identities. Located on a stairwell, the work consists of five circular motion sensors, which trigger the playing of recorded voices reading fragments of three poems. These sensors are incorporated into a white relief which resembles a topography map. This “typography of topography,” as the brochure calls it, takes its visitor on a search for a better understanding of the condition of immigrants in a post-Sept. 11 world. Both the audio and visual elements represent the emotional struggle that faces people who have been displaced from their homelands. The poetry, written by Jhala, is read by both male and female voices and describes what seem to be the attempts of two immi-

grants to define their identity in the context of a contradictory past and present. Both feel naturally drawn to their heritage and land of origin but recognize the need to embrace the present. Visually, the work is barely noticeable at first and only attracts attention once a person has walked past and triggered one of the sensors. “displace,” therefore, has an element of shock value, which is alluring in itself. The interactive nature of the motion sensors also provides the visitor with a sense of control over the installation, making it both entertaining and intimate. The voices reading the poetry have the same cadence throughout the exhibition, which is interesting but can get tedious. Their tone, both insistent and gentle, renders the poems more sincere and simultaneously machine-like. The location of “displace,” on a busy stairwell in the museum, makes the voices seem even more monotonous because security guards frequently run up and down the stairs, setting off all of the motion detectors. The result is a cacophony of “displaced” voices which sound frighteningly enraged, instead of calm and reflective. In any case, “displace” is certainly an innovative combination of mediums. It’s worth a look on the score of its originality alone.

Muslim Students’ dinner features standup, poetry tonight BY JANE TANIMURA STAFF WRITER

The title of this year’s Brown Muslim Students Association dinner, “Feeding the Mind, Feeding the Soul,” reflects the event’s greater mission — to nourish the audience’s spiritual sense in both a fun and informative way. The event will feature a variety of acts, including a performance by the Middle East Music Ensemble. Though the annual dinner acts as a way of providing “basic knowledge of Islam and the Islamic world,” this year’s event will give special focus to the issue of spirituality, which will be especially addressed in the performances of Tissa Hami ’95 and Majid Mohiuddin ’98, said BMSA president Refai Arefin ’07. For the event, Hami, an IranianAmerican who is one of the few female Muslim comedians in America, will perform a standup routine. Much of Hami’s comedy tries to tackle misconceptions of Islam by poking fun at Islamic fundamentalists, white liberals and other iconoclastic figures. Hami aims to break down stereotypes about Islamic women and to foster understanding between Iranians and Americans, according to her Web site. Mohiuddin, a poet who recently published a book of poetry in

English called “An Audience of One,” will also recite his work. The book is a collection of ghazals — a kind of lyric written in recurring rhymes — and is formatted in the style of Islamic prayer. This ordering draws attention to the relationship between man and God. Although heavy-handed topics will surely arise, the dinner is still intended to be an entertaining social occasion that happens to be educational, Arefin said. For example, organizers have planned a game show called “Who Wants to Be a Mu’min (Believer)?” “Humor is one of the best ways for social commentary. I want people to come there and have a good time,” he said. Ideally the dinner will help students feel connected to Muslims on campus, he added. Through this event and the other lectures and activities it sponsors, BMSA, now in its 16th year, tries to foster a welcoming community for Muslims on campus. The group’s regular activities include holding prayers every night at 10 p.m. and every Friday at 1 p.m. at the Muslim Students Center in the basement of Champlin Hall. These religious functions are not limited to Muslim students — all are invited to attend, Arefin said. “On a personal level, (Brown is) a good place to be as a Muslim. People are accepting,” Arefin said.

But he added that many students and administrators hold skeptical views of religion and do not always view religion as something important. Other BMSA goals include raising awareness about Islam and clearing misconceptions about the religion. The group tries to do so by reaching out to all kinds of student groups by co-sponsoring events and interfaith initiatives. The dinner takes place tonight at Andrews Dining Hall at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $7 at the post office and $8 at the door. All proceeds will go toward sponsoring free BMSA dinners for students during the month of Ramadan.

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DTau continued from page 1 team. DTau alums, including Providence attorney Al Romano ’73, intervened in 2003, and after a correspondence with Amato they thought the situation was resolved, Romano said. As director of the Delt Foundation, a 200-member alumni support group for DTau, Romano has voiced his anger and concerns to the University about the current situation, and he has threatened legal action. He told The Herald Wednesday that he was withholding his position until he spoke with Greene personally. Romano also said the University’s response to the situation would be “a heated topic of our discussions” at a Delt Foundation meeting scheduled for Saturday night. “I want to see if the University is going to do something to compensate” for DTau’s serious loss of recruits, Romano said. “I think the University owes these people an opportunity to bring more pledges into their organization.” Romano also expressed doubts that Amato would truly change in the future. “I don’t think Dave Amato can be trusted — he’s gonna find another way to do the same thing,” Romano said. Of Amato’s statements that the wrestling team had been lumped with DTau-related disciplinary problems, Romano said, “We haven’t had a wrestler in the house in three years, so it would appear that all of this stuff is of Amato’s own making.” “(Amato’s) program hasn’t done that well,” Romano added. “I just don’t think it’s fair to blame his poor performance on a group of guys that hasn’t had any impact on that performance except a positive one.” But others, including Greek Council Chair Chris Guhin ’05, saw the University’s response as an acceptable resolution to the situation. Guhin, who met with several administrators Wednesday, including Greene and Interim Dean for Campus Life Margaret Klawunn, pointed to the significance of “the fact that David

Greene was willing to say on the record that ultimatums aren’t OK.” “It became less about the individual case, more about setting a rule, setting a precedent, making sure things like this don’t happen, making sure that all students have the freedom to join whatever organization they want to join,” Guhin said. Guhin said he appreciated the University’s level of attention to the issue and “right now we feel confident that there’s a lot more support in place to make sure something like this won’t happen again.” “That the University handled this at the highest levels ... shows how seriously they took this issue,” said John Land ’79, alumni president of Delta Phi and an alumni advisor to the Greek system. Land called it “huge” that “a clear precedent has been set ... (that) no one involved in a supervisory position of undergraduates can dictate housing policy to them.” Land, who said he was “totally satisfied” with the University’s response, called freedom of residential choice a “crucial issue.” That Amato dissuaded wrestlers from joining fraternities does not appear to violate any NCAA rules. However, Amato has also acknowledged that he told the first-year wrestlers who were considering joining a fraternity that he would help them with housing if he could, including writing letters to Residential Life. If Amato had fulfilled that promise and it resulted in better housing, it would apparently constitute a violation of NCAA bylaws prohibiting “any extra benefit” for student-athletes. “Once someone becomes a student-athlete, they can receive assistance with arranging housing, provided the student-athlete is not receiving some benefit that isn’t available to other students in general,” NCAA Associate Director for Public Relations Gail Dent wrote in an e-mail to The Herald. “If other students have to go through the lottery, then the student-athletes would have to do the same according to the institution’s policies.” Greene said he had not discussed NCAA rules with Taylor. Taylor did not return several calls and e-mails seeking comment.

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Film continued from page 1 Rodriquez ’03 and Carolyn Caizzi ’02. Angela Robinson ’92 contributes “D.E.B.S,” released by Sony in major cities March 25, about Catholic schoolgirls turned secret agents. Evans is attracting the most attention. He will close the festival on Sunday with a question-andanswer session for his film, “Brother to Brother,” a story that connects the struggles of a contemporary gay artist with the leading figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Evans is earning attention in an industry with few successful gay black men, and his film has been

Softball continued from page 8 are ready to put forth a strong effort in conference play. “Playing against any opponents helps us. Just getting game action and competing is very key,” McCreesh said. Brown looks to use its aggressive base running style to put runners in scoring position for potential big

M. lax continued from page 8 behind that threesome. Alex Buckley ’07, who doubles as an attackman, scored four goals on four shots against Quinnipiac University. William McGettigan ’06 takes the face-offs when Teatom is sitting, while Michael Bernard ’07 and Will Davis ’07 are “good players just waiting to break out,”

lauded as one of the first featurelength films about the Harlem Renaissance, Brinkema said. The film’s awards include a 2004 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize and the Independent Feature Project’s Gordon Parks Award. An MCM concentrator, Evans praised in the Boston Globe the critical education he received, explaining, “You’re forced to think about the ways in which what you make has an effect on culture and the society around you, whether you like it or not.” He will teach a production workshop for MCM students on Monday. Organizers hoped that a diversity of content will appeal to an extended community that includes, but also goes beyond Brown and Providence to the

greater New England area, they said. Festival volunteers include Johnson and Wales, Rhode Island College, and University of Rhode Island students. Conceptually, the festival has been a growing project for Joyrich, who teaches a tangential course, MC 0150, Sec. 06: “Seeing Queerly: Queer Theory, Film, Video.” Joyrich and Brinkema both said “Queer Window” is also a product of the high graduate, undergraduate and extended New England interest. Depending on the success of this year’s festival, the committee will consider putting on a similar event in future years. The Malcolm S. Forbes Center for Research in Culture and Media Studies and the MCM department are the festival’s primary sponsors.

innings. On Saturday, the Bears will try to find ways to get hits off Crimson ace Becky Voaklander, who has a 2.92 ERA and has held opponents to a .288 batting average. In the second doubleheader of the weekend, Bruno will look to slow down the Big Green. “We split with Dartmouth last year and we know that they are a very capable team,” Omokaro said. Brown will face Angela Megaw, who leads the team with a 2.94 ERA and a .276 opponents batting average. “We

have to figure out how to work together (to beat these teams). We have to keep building the chemistry we have developed and hit like we have been hitting. If we do all of those things, we will be fine,” Omokaro said. With four wins this weekend, Brown would find itself in a familiar place: atop the Ivy League standings.

Nelson said. All told, the midfielders have contributed 22 of the team’s 37 goals this season. At attack, Woodson and Dave Madeira ’07 have turned in consistently impressive performances. Woodson has 24 points this season, already halfway to surpassing his 48-point campaign in 2004. Madeira has 10 points on the season to compliment Woodson. Brown’s performance in the Ivy League will largely determine whether or not they receive a

NCAA tournament berth, which they just missed last year after finishing 9-5. “I’d be lying if I said we weren’t excited about the Ivy season and winning a championship. A championship was a goal of ours from the beginning of the season, but we have resolved not to talk about it,” Woodson said. The squad looks to let their play do the talking against the Bulldogs at 2 p.m. Saturday.

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asked how his race has impacted his presidency, “but … I am the president of all Brown students and I try my best not to favor any group over another.” Elections will be held April 18 and 19. Students planning to run for class representatives must acquire 100 student signatures by Monday, April 11. For campus-wide positions, 400 signatures are needed. Cunningham encouraged students of color to use UCS to gain leverage in the University community. “UCS really has a significant influence on the University, so take advantage of that,” he said.

effective as a starter when he held one of the best hitting teams in nation scoreless for five innings,” Kutler said. “We can’t have him just in the bullpen.” With the victories over URI restoring some of the confidence built up over Bruno’s successful spring trip, the Bears are approaching this weekend’s games in business-like fashion. They fully expect to record their first Ivy League wins of the season. “There’s no reason we shouldn’t take three out of four, because we’re certainly capable of it,” Tews said. “We’re trying to

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Diamonds and coal Coal to excessive UV exposure over spring break. Spending 50 minutes watching rows of students pick at the back of their pink, peeling necks is intriguingly revolting, with the one small consolation that we didn’t get any spring break sun exposure ourselves. A diamond to Iron Chef Ratty. College students getting creative with institutional food is the only way to get such winning concoctions as “peanut butter eruption” and “creamy garlic butternut squash risotto cake.” Our only worry is that BuDS will start serving oxtail, suckling pig and sea cucumber in order to inspire more exotic Iron Chef-style creations. (Actress giggling.) Speaking of creamy garlic butternut squash risotto cake, a diamond to sadomasochistic, anarchistic, anorectic, transsexual, high-femme dyke artists and black lesbian feminist theologians, too. Coal to the offensive court jester color scheme that has appeared on City Sports. Did you think you could get away with it if you did it over spring break? A diamond to President Ruth Simmons for inviting us to dinner — and then putting up with Monday’s issue. But coal to former Brown President Gordon Gee for picking Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi to speak at Vanderbilt’s senior class day just a year after she gave the Baccalaureate address here. Come on, Gordo, you can’t skip town for Nashville and then copy Ruth. A diamond to the senior class of the Brown men’s soccer team — who, unlike the commercial that played constantly during March Madness, are all going pro in sports. Coal to the Yale admission office for admitting fewer students to keep its admit rate below 10 percent after fewer people applied. Hey, we may not be well-endowed, but we can do the math. A diamond to the sustainable food Seder to be held during Spring Weekend. Enough with the bitter herbs; the whole scheduling conflict is saltwater under the bridge. We hope that the food will sustain for eight days … wait, wrong bad pun. A cubic zirconium to the Butler University student who with David Horowitz with a pie Wednesday. While throwing a pie may not be the most effective way to express ideological disagreement, it is certainly the tastiest. And a diamond to the newly admitted Class of ’09. With Goldie’s move to athletics, we’re sorry to say you will never be the best class ever. But we promise to find it in our hearts to love you anyway.

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LETTERS Swisher rehashes tired baloney To the Editor: I read Nicholas Swisher’s column (“Stop e-mailing me, John Kerry,” April 7) today, and as I too am on John Kerry’s mailing list, I find myself in the unique position of being able to propose a solution to the “troubling dilemma” of Mr. Swisher. The next time, Mr. Swisher, you get an e-mail from Friends of John Kerry, scroll down to the bottom, and click on the link that says: “Click here to unsubscribe from our mailing list.” That seems pretty straightforward to me. Certainly this would be a preferable alternative to rehashing the same old complaints again in an article about the “partisanship” and “mindless contrary voting” of the Democrats and Sen. Kerry. I have already heard enough talking heads trying to make this point, and the facts just don’t support it. Of the entire revolving Cabinet, Dems have opposed two, and briefly. Of the 200 plus judicial

nominees, 12 have been stopped. Of the president’s abhorrent policies, far too few have been quashed. Democrats are unable to take a strong enough stand because of the unfortunate rising conservatism of this country. They offer intelligent counter-proposals, like universal health care, preventing the exploitation of the environment and not privatizing Social Security, but perhaps these measures really are just raw partisanship. I for one am glad they opposed Rumsfeld and Rice — I think the past four years have plainly demonstrated that both are very ill-suited for their jobs. Perhaps in order to please Mr. Swisher, the Republicans and everybody else, Sen. Kerry and the Democrats should just roll over and not oppose anything the Republicans do. Somehow, as I see it, that just doesn’t really make a democracy. Aaron Fritschner ’07 April 7

How to support campus faith groups To the Editor: We’re glad the Undergraduate Council of Students is interested in working with and supporting religious groups on campus, and would like to suggest some concrete steps for them to take. First, as UCS begins this work, it should constitute the Multi-Faith Council. The Multi-Faith Council is not redundant, as UCS has claimed in the past, and will perform more effectively as a UCS-constituted group. Second, UCS should examine how it, and UCSconstituted groups like the Lecture Board, can organizationally and financially support religious groups. In the fall of 2003, the Lecture Board flatly rejected a request by the Faith Based Activism Coalition to fund a conference including speakers from the Jewish, Mennonite, Muslim and Quaker traditions. Finally, UCS should allow program houses that

do not charge their members dues to become UCSconstituted groups. Interfaith House has, without charging dues and with no budget of its own, brought speakers to campus, held dinners and discussions and held an annual breakfast for Muslim students during Ramadan, among other activities. Organizational and financial support from the Office of the Chaplains and Religious Life and the Swearer Center for Public Service, and from advisors Rev. Janet Cooper Nelson and Rabbi Alan Flam, have helped us pull this off, but these offices face financial constraints. It would only be fair for Interfaith House to have its own source of funds to support its work. We look forward to UCS consideration of these steps. Julian Leichty ’06 and Diana Moke ’07 Past and current presidents, Interfaith House April 7

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OPINIONS FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2005 · PAGE 7

From margin to center: the rise of intellectual diversity at Brown GUEST COLUMN BY ERICA SAGRANS As the United States has waded into a conservative funk over the past five years, Brown University has sunk even deeper into the muck and rhetoric of the Right. I’m not the only one who’s noticed this shift. Dinesh D’Souza, the infamous conservative author, picked up on these changes as well when he spoke on campus last month. “The kind of hard left that I usually encounter at Brown has declined, was absent or in a postelection funk,” D’Souza observed, even a bit disappointedly, of his formerly progressive Brunonian audience. Welcome to Brown University in the post-David Horowitz era. It is an era in which progressive activism on campus has slowly withered, replaced by the troubling ascendance of calls for “intellectual diversity” and “academic freedom.” As anyone who is paying attention knows, intellectual diversity and academic freedom are thinly veiled stand-in phrases for increasing the conservative presence on campus and beyond. These are concepts introduced by David Horowitz, whose relationship with Brown is by now legendary. Back in 2001 when I was a first-year, Horowitz was not a widely known name on campus; that is, until he placed an advertisement in The Herald condemning reparations for slavery that many students found racist. A group of students demanded The Herald apologize and donate the price of the ad to the Third World Center. When the editors refused, the students took a run of the day’s paper in protest, igniting a campus controversy and national media frenzy. While much

of the campus and media turned against these students and accused them of censorship, most people were not enthralled with Horowitz, either. Many saw him as a racist provocateur, aiming to get students riled up and use the ensuing backlash to forward his conservative agenda. Yet today, Horowitz and his ideas are no longer on the fringe — they are deeply embedded in the leadership and struc-

doing about the lack of diversity of opinion on campus?” In the beginning stages of Brown’s capital campaign, Simmons’ focus on intellectual diversity is largely because it’s a concern for potential donors who have been swayed by Horowitz’s rhetoric, not because it will improve our education. If Brown was once the politically liberal institution it is generally seen as, it

Today, Horowitz and his ideas are no longer on the fringe — they are deeply embedded in the leadership and structure of the University. ture of the University. Ruth Simmons’ presidency, which began in the first fall after the incident, has been shaped by Horowitz and the subsequent campus firestorm. In her 2001 convocation address, Simmons alluded to her disapproval of student reaction to the Horowitz-related events of the previous year, emphasizing an idea that would become the theme of her presidency: protection of free speech and the need for academic discourse. In her spring semester address this year, Simmons returned to intellectual diversity, but this time with a concrete plan of action. She announced the Brown University Community Council and a fund to bring diverse speakers to campus, the first of whom was D’Souza. Simmons told the audience the question she most often gets asked in conversations with parents, alums and University supporters is, “What is the University

is no longer that place today. Using the left’s rhetoric of “diversity” and “inclusion,” conservatives are successfully building a stronger presence into the structure of the University. Students for Academic Freedom, Horowitz’s national campus group, successfully petitioned Brown’s Office of Institutional Diversity to include intellectual diversity as part of its mission statement. In response to Students for Academic Freedom’s concerns about the homogeneity of campus speakers, the director of the Office of Institutional Diversity gave funding to help the College Republicans bring conservative author Andrew Sullivan to campus. In effect, the office that was formed to address issues of diversity such as race, ethnicity, gender and disability has become part of political efforts to specifically increase right-wing voices on campus.

David Horowitz and his Students for Academic Freedom are not as silenced as he would like us to believe. Intellectual diversity and academic freedom are supported by Horowitz’s Center for the Study of Popular Culture, the Individual Rights Foundation, various other foundations, think tanks and legal arms, and even the Foundation for Intellectual Diversity at Brown. Nationally, versions of Horowitz’s “Academic Bill of Rights” have been introduced into U.S. Congress and almost a dozen state legislatures, including the Rhode Island Senate. This legislation would give students the right to sue professors they felt were not respecting their views in the classroom. In their fight for intellectual diversity, conservatives are not simply claiming a right to be heard. They are clamoring for the right to not hear anything that challenges them or their power, as evidenced by the legislation that would give students the right to sue professors, all the while touting their oppression in the University setting. As Simmons remarked in her recent campus address, not including conservative voices can lead to a “chilling effect” on campus dialogue. But as Paul Krugman observed in Wednesday’s New York Times, conservative political pressure has its own chilling effect on education, which is no doubt its purpose. In their crusade for intellectual diversity, Horowitz and his followers are shutting down debate by using the very language that claims to encourage it. Erica Sagrans ’05 hails from an intellectually diverse background.

ANDREW K. STEIN

Do we hate the same things? You know what I hate? (Open parentheses that don’t close. I hate question headlines, such as when CNN cuts to a commercial with: “Next we’ll find out: Will your children ever be safe again?” I hate it when students start things

raise my hand and be the person who answers easy questions because no one else will. But I like to think that the awkward silence teaches the professor the error of his or her ways. I hate it when quotes are used by socalled “columnists” to take cheap shots.

I hate it when people use the handwritingstyle font Comic Sans MS in an attempt to be whimsical. because, deep down, they want to be in charge of something. And I hate it when militant vegans wear leather shoes. I hate it when people use “hate” too often. Seriously. Listing pet peeves is cathartic, and “hate” is just a euphemism here. But truly hating a lot of things is just not necessary. I hate it when people use the handwriting-style font Comic Sans MS in an attempt to be whimsical. And I hate it when you drop apricot preserves into your keyboard. Squirting a lot of Windex into it doesn’t help, just in case you were wondering. I hate it when professors ask a really easy question, and no one says anything because no one wants be the person who answers easy questions. I hate it when someone answers the easy question. I also hate it when I have to

If you have to resort to putting someone’s opinion in quote marks to deride it, do more research. And I hate not being invited to the flash mob. I hate flawed metaphors. I hate the way people cow to their logic because it’s a metaphor. Hmm, democracy falling like dominoes. That makes sense. I hate it when people are rude to student workers. And I hate that there isn’t a third end I can burn the candle at. If I get any busier, I’ll be forced to construct my candle in Hilbert space. I hate the words “more than before” and “increasingly” in a column. Yes, there are more poor people than 5 years ago. There are also more people. Don’t insult our intelligence. I hate that we’re taught to fill up

pages with critical analysis, but we’re never taught brevity. And I hate composition books. No big reason. They’re just kind of annoying. I hate that so many great artists of all flavors can’t get money to support their art. I hate it when people think homosexuality is a choice. And I hate conversation in AIM speak. j/k. lol. I hate Georgia-Pacific semi-automatic towel dispensers and the people who don’t know how to use them. You pull down with both hands. It’s not hard. I hate clear bra straps. Because they’re not clear. And they’re not the

I hate that college administrations respond to reasonable requests with a run-around because it’ll go away in a few years. I hate that it works so damn well. I hate it when people don’t push in their Ratty tray. And I hate how few beer pong players would know the capital of Lebanon. I hate motion sensor toilets. Either they flush while I’m sitting down or they don’t flush at all and to get them to flush I have to do the motion sensor toilet dance. I hate walking to the bathroom in socks and discovering that the floor is wet. And I hate when the voices only talk

I hate people who are vampires. good kind of shiny either. They’re the bad kind of shiny. And I hate it when people complain and complain and complain and don’t do anything about it. I hate it when people reply to a sympathetic “I’m sorry” with “It’s not YOUR fault.” I hate stories that end “Well, you had to be there.” I hate people who are vampires. I hate that “How are you?” and “What’s up?” have become rhetorical salutations. I hate name-dropping.

to me. I hate half-screwed tops on orange juice cartons. The cap seems to be on, and everything appears safe for some shaking. Alas, no. Can you hand me a napkin? I hate getting hit in the eye by errant goggles. And I hate it when students start packing up their stuff two minutes before class is —

Andrew K. Stein ‘06 also knows several knock-knock jokes.

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SPORTS WEEKEND FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2005 · PAGE 8

Spring sports preview: part 3 of 3 Lineup, rotation coming together as baseball prepares for full Ivy weekend

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James Cramphin ’06 will likely start Sunday in one of two games against Columbia. BY STEPHEN COLELLI ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

The baseball team took out some frustration on in-state rival University of Rhode Island on Wednesday afternoon, sweeping a doubleheader with the Rams, 8-3 and 8-5. The victories came on the heels of two losses to Princeton a day earlier to open the Ivy League season. The Bears improved to 7-11 with the sweep and hope that their hot hitting will carry over to this weekend when the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia come to town. Following the setback to the Tigers, the wins over URI carried a little more meaning for Bruno. “(The wins) were real important for us,” said Head Coach Marek Drabinski, “especially because we got there half an hour before the game (because of) kids having class and pretty much just got off the bus, stretched and played.” Despite the rushed warm-up, Brown posted two runs in the first inning. Matt Kutler ’05 singled with two outs and Eric Larson ’06.5 followed with a home run to give Brown an early lead. The first inning proved to be just a sample of what was to come from Brown’s number three and four hitters of the day. Kutler ended up 7-for-7 with five RBIs, while Larson finished 4-for-7 with seven RBIs and another homer. The substantial production from the middle of the order was a marked increase from the previous day’s games, when the entire Brown lineup managed BROWN SPORTS SCHEDULE FRIDAY, APRIL 8 GYMNASTICS: NCAA Regionals, Durham, N.H. M. TENNIS: vs. Princeton (2 p.m., Varsity Courts) W. TENNIS: at Princeton SATURDAY, APRIL 9 BASEBALL: vs. Penn (DH, noon, Dexter Field) M. CREW: at Harvard W. CREW: at Ohio State, with Michigan and Rutgers EQUESTRIAN: Zone Championships, Greenfield, Mass. M. GOLF: Yale Spring Invitational W. GOLF: Brown Invitational (Ledgemont Country Club) GYMNASTICS: NCAA Regionals, Durham, N.H. M. LACROSSE: vs. Yale (2 p.m., Turf Field) W. LACROSSE: vs. Columbia (11 a.m., Turf Field) SOFTBALL: at Harvard (DH) M. TENNIS: vs. Penn (noon, Varsity Courts) W. TENNIS: at Penn M. and W. TRACK: at UConn W. WATER POLO: vs. Connecticut College (2 p.m); vs. Harvard (8 p.m., Smith Swim Center) SUNDAY, APRIL 10 BASEBALL: Columbia (DH, 12 p.m., Dexter Field) M. GOLF: Yale Spring Invitational W. GOLF: Brown Invitational (Ledgemont Country Club) SOFTBALL: at Dartmouth (DH)

just 11 hits. Drabinski was pleased, to say the least. “Larson and Kutler had huge days for us,” he said. “If they do that in the middle of the lineup every game, we’re going to put up some runs.” The two outfielders, who were both absent from the Bears’ lineup last season, lead the team in hitting. Larson is first with a .410 average and Kutler is hitting .392 with a team-high 18 RBIs. “It was nice to bounce back after the two losses,” Kutler said. “I was seeing the ball real well.” In addition to Wednesday’s re-emergence of Brown’s power hitters, the play of Brian Tews ’07 at first base was a bonus. Tews, 1-2 this season as a starting pitcher with a complete game to his credit, started the second game at first and hit his first home run of the year in addition to scoring two runs and notching two RBIs. His .364

average, third-best on the team, and his work in the field have drawn rave reviews from Drabinski. “Tews is going to start seeing more time at the plate and in the field,” Drabinski said. “He’s a baseball player, a gamer and he’s definitely earned more playing time.” Tews enjoys handling the double duty. “I love playing the field once in a while,” he said. “Playing every day is what I’ve always done and my first passion is definitely to play (out in) the field. As a pitcher, you only get to help the team out once every five days, but as a position player you’re contributing every game. I’m always ready to play.” Tews must focus on the Penn lineup first, however, as he is slated to pitch against the Quakers (8-14, 5-3 Ivy) on Saturday afternoon. Leading Penn will be the reigning Ivy League Player of Week, Sean Abate, who went 3-for-3 with two doubles and a home run against Harvard last week. Tews and Shaun McNamara ’06 will be the Bears’ likely starters on the hill. On Sunday, against Columbia, Brown will likely trot out James Cramphin ’06 and Jeff Dietz ’08. Dietz, a weapon out of the bullpen earlier in the year, will be making his second start of the season after shutting down the University of South Carolina in his only other start. Despite Dietz’s value as a reliever, the decision to move him to starter was a logical one, Drabinski said. “We feel pretty good about him giving us seven good innings as a starter,” Drabinski said. “(Rob) Hallberg (’08) will be replacing Dietz (in the bullpen), as he’s thrown well, and with (Ethan) Burton (’06), we will still have the lefty/righty combination out of the pen.” Kutler agreed with the decision to move Dietz from the pen. “He proved he can be

The softball team looks to improve on its 27-1 record this weekend when Ivy League play commences. The Bears will play doubleheaders against Harvard on Saturday and Dartmouth on Sunday, both on the road. Brown heads into this weekend’s matchups with some momentum after sweeping a doubleheader from Central Connecticut State University on Thursday. The Bears used a five-run fourth inning to propel them to a 5-4 victory in the first game. Cocaptain Uchenna Omokaro ’05 pitched brilliantly, notching a complete game on four hits while allowing one earned run and striking out five. In game two, Marissa Berkes ’05 pitched a complete game of her own, allowing two runs on nine hits while striking out six en route to a 4-2 victory. If Brown is to win this weekend’s games, Omokaro, who earned first team All-Ivy honors last year and was Pitcher of the Year as well, needs to continue her outstanding play both on the mound and at the plate. “Uchenna has been a great leader. She has really owned the mound in her four years here,” said Head Coach Pam

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McCreesh. Omokaro is hitting .294 and has also been stellar on the mound, leading the team with 42-2/3 innings pitched as well as a 2.32 ERA. She has struck out 38 batters while only surrendering 16 walks. Courtney Jenkins ’07, last year’s Ivy League Rookie of the Year, will have to continue to be a constant force at the plate. Jenkins is hitting .343 thus far. She also leads the regulars in slugging percentage at .543 and leads the team in doubles with four. The team will look to improve from last season when it went 10-4 in conference play. They earned a tie for first place with Cornell, but the Big Red was able to outlast the Bears in a best-of-three playoff series to earn a bid in the NCAA tournament. “Our expectations are definitely high after our season last year. Because of our record last year, other teams are much more aware of us. We have to play at our highest level in order to achieve similar goals,” Omokaro said. Brown also plans to finally get some consistent action in the field. Due to inclement local weather, seven of Brown’s first nine games were cancelled. After a tough non-conference schedule, the Bears

The men’s lacrosse team, now 3-2 on the season, will begin Ivy League play this weekend, hosting Yale on Saturday. “Yale is definitely the biggest match of the season so far,” said co-captain Chazz Woodson ’05. Yale brings a 5-2 record into the meeting, as well as high ranks in several statistical categories. They have the sixth-best scoring offense in the country and are ranked second in faceoff wins. Yale also has a confident mandown defense that ranks 12th in the nation, killing 83 percent of their penalties. However, Yale’s offense capitalizes on less than 30 percent of its man-up opportunities. This is an important factor in the game, as Brown’s man-down defense has struggled this season, killing less than 75 percent of its penalties. The Bears will look to “keep man-down at a minimum … and play better man-down defense,” said co-captain Dan Spinosa ’05. Penalties proved the Bears’ undoing in their recent loss to defending national champion Syracuse University, in which an unreleaseable equipment penalty left them down a man for three minutes in the second quarter. ’Cuse docked three goals during the penalty after converting on another man-up opportunity in the first quarter. Those four goals allowed the Orange to squeeze out a 9-8 win. Man-down defense has been a focus during practice this week. “We’re in a little rut man-down-wise,” said Head Coach Scott Nelson. But he praised the versatility and tenacious play of the defensive unit, which will look to excel, man-down or not, when the game strategy “gives them the freedom to react,” he said. Filling the ranks at defense are Spinosa, Reece Pacheco ’05 and James Faello ’06, “a great group of guys who have been playing together for a couple of years now,” Spinosa said. Their familiarity fosters communication and responsibility, indispensable commodities of a successful defensive unit. The defense also relies on Bobby Shields ’07, who has been a dominant force in his first two seasons, and Chris Kearney ’06, who brings added depth. In goal is Nick Gentilesco ’06, who averages 10.4 saves per game. Gentilesco showed great toughness against Syracuse, playing with a broken bone in his hand during the second half. With Gentilesco’s play and that of the defense, Brown has only let in 38 goals this season, 13th in the nation. Co-captain Chris Mucciolo ’05, Kirk Teatom ’05 and co-captain Britton Derkac ’05 look to continue their outstanding midfield play. Mucciolo recorded 24 points for the Bears last season and Derkac contributed 12 goals. Teatom shines at his faceoff duties and has won 51 of the 90 faceoffs he has taken. The Bears have depth enough to supply the demanding midfield position

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Pitching, baserunning key for softball to repeat Ivy title run BY JUSTIN GOLDMAN SPORTS STAFF WRITER

Improving man-down defense key for m. lacrosse’s Ivy title run