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SPIRIT ‘SIDE’ In ‘Closet,’ arcade-game design, striking dialogue make for powerful rumination on death A R T S & C U LT U R E 3
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Jim Lipsky was taken aback in February when he found out that the American Sign Language program at Brown was being phased out. “One of the students who was participating in the program heard it from her instructor, and she passed it on to me,” he said through a sign language interpreter. What was especially surprising to Lipsky, the coordinator of ASL studies at Brown, was that he had not been informed that the University was even considering the cutback of the ASL program. When he found out that the Academic Priorities Committee, which is in charge of making curricular decisions, had been discussing the fate of ASL at Brown, he was already too late. The committee had made a final decision to reduce the program. “I was extremely disappointed, because ASL is an extremely popular program,” Lipsky said. “People enjoy the language itself, and it has rich culture associated with it. … It’s really incredible.” But now, on the eve of Disabilities Awareness Week, students on campus are mobilizing in an attempt to raise awareness of the cutback and to keep the ASL program on campus.
tions at Jo’s as well as other Brown dining facilities. Jackie Henry ’06, the student general manager, said she has noticed improvements as a result of the added staff. “There are more people that students can go to if they notice someone stealing,” she said, but despite an increased professional management presence, theft at Jo’s continues to be a problem. Jo’s perennially suffers a greater theft problem than other Brown dining facilities like The Gate or the Ivy Room. Henry believes that the primary cause of the disparity is simply that Jo’s is the most popular of Brown’s retail dining units, and thus the most crowded, making smuggling food easier. “The problem is bad enough that it affects the morale of many of my staff,” said Ann Lawrence, associate director of dining services. In an e-mail to The Herald, Lawrence explained that it is difficult to control theft at Jo’s because the employees are students and many of them are not comfortable confronting their peers. “Tackling theft at Jo’s is a perennial challenge and we continually try to empower our employees to reprimand customers who attempt to steal,” she wrote. “It frustrates me that they are put in the position of having to do so in the first place,” she added. Lawrence suggested that the higher theft rates at Jo’s can also be attributed to differences in the arrangement of the space. “The openness enables crowds to gather, and crowds make it easier for individuals to conceal hidden goods or to eat without paying,” she said. Jo’s hours, too, are different from other dining locations, contributing to the problem. It is open longer and later than the Ivy
Pressed by an Undergraduate Council of Students ad hoc committee, the University has decided to spend approximately $40,000 to subsidize summer storage for students just one year after abandoning its previous on-campus storage program. Under the new plan, beginning this year, 700 students will receive $50 vouchers to use with the company Campus Shipping and Storage. The University will also cover additional costs, including labor, associated with storing boxes. Students can sign up for vouchers at the Brown Student Agencies office in Lower Faunce Monday at 10 a.m. The first 700 students to sign up will receive vouchers. Campus Shipping and Storage will come to campus near the end of the semester to provide boxes for students. A $50 voucher is good for one 4.66-cubic foot box, or any variation of smaller, cheaper boxes, according to the company’s Web site. The new storage plan is not without its shortcomings, said Brian Bidadi ’06 and Ben Creo ’07, the leaders of the ad hoc committee. Unlike the University’s previous on-campus storage program, the new plan does not provide for every student, vouchers are limited to $50 and students’ belongings are not stored on campus. “Everyone involved understands this is the first step,” Bidadi said. “We really lobbied to bring (storage) back this year,” he added. “Though it has some limitations, this is positive. Last year, there was zero aid for storage. To go from nonexistent to the administration offering $40,000 from their budget at the end of the calendar year is rare.” If student demand for the vouchers is high and response after the summer is positive, Creo said he hopes the University will expand the program next year to offer vouchers to all students. According to the University, no more than 1,700 students used free storage in a given year during the previous on-campus program, Creo said. “It doesn’t help as many students as we want it to help right now,” Creo said. “But if we get enough support and 700 students sign up — which I’m confident of — we will look to get free storage for all students by next summer. This is something UCS will fight for.” Director of Residential Life Richard Bova first suggested the idea of University subsidies to the ad hoc committee. Bidadi and Creo, who are both UCS presidential candidates, explored the option. After weeks of research and discussions with several administrators, including Bova and Interim Dean for Campus Life Margaret Klawunn, regarding issues of health, safety and liability, the subsidy plan was finalized and presented for University approval. Earlier in the semester, the ad hoc committee wanted to use storage pods
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The University intends to move the American Sign Language program to Continuing Studies.
Current ASL program ‘deficient’ The APC decided in February to cut back the ASL program at Brown. The program, which currently consists of four classes — SI 10, 20, 30 and 40 — see ASL, page 5
Jo’s theft rate highest of Brown dining facilities BY HANNAH MILLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER
From pilfered popsicles to stolen sandwiches, for years, Josiah’s has been a target for theft. Despite sustained efforts on the part of management to fix the problem, Jo’s continues to struggle to combat shoplifting. Two new professional managers were hired this year in order to oversee opera-
Arts festival to take over Main Green The arrival of spring has perennially signified the Main Green’s transformation into a space for outdoor reading, protesting, lounging and recreating. On Saturday from noon to 4 p.m., the traditional warm weather functions of the Green and surrounding buildings will be expanded to house diverse modes of artistic expression during the Student Creative Arts Council’s first annual arts festival. Festival chair Corey Solinger ’05 said that the festival will be composed of outdoor and indoor events. Students will be able to enjoy three live bands, an Asian drumming circle, a silk screening station, sidewalk art and a mural in progress outside. Space in Prison for the Arts and Creative Expression (SPACE), a Swearer Center for Public Service program offering creative arts workshops in prisons, will also conduct a fundraising bake sale. Festival-goers can head indoors to Sayles Hall to participate in creative writing workshops in fiction, theater and poetry. Solinger said that some student art may be displayed in Petteruti Lounge, which is serving as a registration center for the weekend’s Ivy Film Festival.
The arts festival was originally planned for the fall, but organizational difficulties forced its postponement until the return of good weather in the spring, Solinger said. The council hopes that the open space of the Main Green will foster interaction between the many disciplines that are defined as “creative arts,” she said. The council’s defining goals are to increase visibility of and participation in the arts at Brown, and as such the festival is incorporating participatory events. The writing workshops, hosted by graduate students in English, will include spontaneous writing exercises and do not assume that students will arrive with a work in progress. The entire campus community is encouraged to contribute to the mural on the Main Green and create a silk-screened product, Solinger said. The three bands scheduled to perform — The Good Days, The Trophy Wives and Cheap Labor — are all Brown student bands. Solinger said she hopes the festival will extend beyond showcasing Brown’s currently identified artists. “We hope (the festival) will excite students who don’t consider themselves as artists about the creative process,” she said. — Patrick Clark
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ROBERT CREELEY, IN MEMORIAM 4 p.m. (Salomon 001) — The community will honor the memory of poet and Distinguished Professor of Literary Arts Robert Creeley with readings and testimonials.
RODOLFUS CHOIR CONCERT 8 p.m. (Sayles Hall) — The internationally renowned choir of graduates from England’s Eton College will perform Britten, Bach and others. Entry is $5 with a student ID.
IVY FILM FESTIVAL 7 p.m. (Salomon 101) — This year’s festival begins with a screening of THINKFilm’s “Murderball,” winner of the Sundance Audience Award, followed by a series of student films.
GILBERT & SULLIVAN’S “MIKADO” 8 p.m. (Grad Center Lounge) — See snickersees, trombones and a cast clad in Japanese schoolgirl uniforms in this production of the popular operetta.
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ARTS & CULTURE FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2005 · PAGE 3
“Other Side of the Closet” a creative trip to Land of Dead BY JOEL ROZEN STAFF WRITER
Thursday night, Production Workshop’s downstairs space became a video game arcade for the sneak preview of “The Other Side of the Closet,” REVIEW the latest creation of playwrightdirector Frances Cowhig ’05. Though its title might suggest otherwise — those in search of a Starf*ck pre-party may be in for a disappointment — the play is actually a death-affirming tale of suicide, sibling relations and the spirit world. The play begins on a somber note. Mourning the suicide of her younger brother 17 (Laura Green ’06), 21 (Valery Estabroo ’05) is an AsianAmerican striving to understand his untimely departure to the Chinese Land of the Dead. Fortunately, she may still have a chance at inner peace, so long as the sadistic Goddess of Mercy (Jackie Chen ’06) and her mischievous consort, the Monkey King (Russel Benner ’06), are willing to grant her access to their Stygian kingdom. What follows is a sort of metaphysical cross between Orpheus and Euridice and “The Neverending Story,” as 21 communicates with her brother’s ashes from her place among the living in hope of reaching him. Eventually, her portal to the spirit world can be found in the form of Dance Dance Revolution, the über-video game too dorky to describe here. Astoundingly, Cowhig wrote her play in one semester under the careful guidance of Pulitzer-
winning playwright Paula Vogel. Born to a Taiwanese mother and American father, the senior is no newcomer to the theater — her first play, “The Golden Lotus,” was performed two years ago at Brown’s Rites and Reason theater. She now attends workshops alongside MFA graduate students, and her script is imbued with an intimate sense of East Asian tradition and mythology. Asked to summarize her creative vision, however, Cowhig seems more interested in the play’s human elements. “I’m proud of the fact that this is the first Asian-themed play at PW since 1995,” she said after its final dress rehearsal, “but I’m really hoping that my work sparks open dialogue about suicide, which I believe has been stigmatized.” Were this the playwright’s sole objective, the production would appear to be an undeniable success. Cowhig is a young playwright with numerous talents at her disposal, most notably a gift for supplying her small cast with powerful, devastating language. “I’ve started cutting again,” starts the ghost of 17 in a particularly forceful bit of monologue, and a nearpalpable hush falls over the audience. As a director, the playwright displays an equally formidable knack for articulate staging. The set, like something only the imaginations of David Bowie or M. C. Escher could dream up, is see CLOSET, page 5
Festival screens films from around globe BY TARYN MARTINEZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Ivy Film Festival, scheduled to run from April 15 to April 17, will both showcase student films and serve as a forum for bigname stars. Started four years ago by David Peck ’03, the Ivy Film Festival’s original purpose is “to give Ivy League students an opportunity to show their work in a setting conducive to students whose focus isn’t film,” said Taylor Friedman ’07, the festival’s publicity coordinator. The Ivy Film Festival is completely student-run and is one of the best-known student-run film festivals in the nation. It has been held at Brown each of the four years that it has run, and while originally only open for submissions from other Ivy League schools, it has since opened to liberal arts students across the United States and even internationally. This year’s festival will include submissions from 14 schools, including the Film School of Wales as well as nearby Harvard and Wesleyan College. There are over 20 student films being shown, in addition to screenings of professional films. “I think the coolest thing is
Saturday’s late afternoon events,” said Josh Koplewicz ’05, the Festival’s co-chairman. Koplewicz said he is particularly excited by the lecture by John Hamburg ’92 at 5:30 p.m. in Salomon. Hamburg is the writer of “Zoolander” and “Meet the Parents,” and wrote and directed 2004’s “Along Came Polly.” Following Hamburg’s talk will be a screening of THINKFilm’s
“The Aristocrats.” The film, which Koplewicz said is the first film to receive an NC-17 rating without nudity or violence, documents dozens of comedians’ variations of the same dirty joke. Friedman said there are lots of different events to get excited about, particularly “Murderball,” the Sundance prizewinning film about paraplegics playing rugby. see FESTIVAL, page 4
Tees art, not fashion Wondering why so many students have been sporting red tshirts with large X’s on them this week? The sartorial phenomenon is actually a public art piece, titled “1.3 %” and orchestrated by Arlene Chung ’06. The 75 shirts were distributed to 1.3 percent of the Brown community and represent, proportionally, the 14,000 annual deaths of people aged 15-24 in the United States. Each shirt names a leading cause of death, including accidents, homicide, suicide and illness. Dedicated to a close friend of Chung’s, “1.3%” is also her project for VA 142: “Sculpture II
(Installation)”. “The sobering truth is that all lives are both beautiful and fragile — including our own,” Chung wrote in a press release. “This project serves as a reminder never to take the gift that we’ve been given for granted. It is a testimony and memorial to those young individuals who have fallen before us.” In addition to sparking conversation about a particularly relevant topic on campus this semester, Chung’s exhibit-asadvocacy raises debate about the fundamental function of art. “1.3 %” began on Monday and ends today. — Melanie Wolfgang
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M. lax continued from page 8 Nelson said. However, Woodson also stressed the power of the individual players. The scouting report will determine “if there’s (any one defender)
Festival continued from page 3 While the festival is meant to include students of all disciplines with an interest in film, some events are specifically geared toward student filmmakers, such as a workshop with cinematographer Ellen Kuras, whose work includes “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” and “Blow” and a talk with Luke Greenfield, director of “The Girl Next Door” and “The Animal,” Matt Seigel, and Juan Castro. All three speakers are from Wide Awake, Inc., a production company started by Greenfield involved in the production of several television shows and feature films.
Storage continued from page 1 as a method for on-campus summer storage. In that scenario, students would load their belongings into the pods, which would then be driven to Universityowned warehouses 15 minutes away from campus, where they would remain during the summer. This plan would have provided unlimited storage to all students. The pods idea, however, was not feasible because the University-owned warehouses currently are not in accordance with appropriate fire code regula-
“It should be pretty special,” Friedman said. At the conclusion of the festival on Sunday, awards will be given in such categories as Best Undergraduate Comedy, Audience Choice Award and Best International Film. Domestic undergraduate films do not compete against international or graduate films. Admission for Brown students is on a first-come, firstserve basis. The Kuras workshop is the only event requiring registration, which will begin today at 4 p.m. in Petteruti Lounge. Admission for all events is free with a student ID from any school. The events generally take place in Salomon 001 and 101. Further information and a full schedule can be found at www.ivyfilmfestival.com.
sliding defense,” said defender and co-captain Dan Spinosa ’05. Bruno’s confident sliding could be potentially disastrous to the Penn offense, which relies on one-onone match-ups to produce goals. Half of the Quakers’ 66 goals this season have been unassisted. “Even when someone gets by (his man), there’s a lot of help, so they don’t get to the cage,” Spinosa said. “So if Penn doesn’t find the open man they’re going to be in trouble.” The Bears’ offense also factors heavily into the play of the defense. By controlling the ball and grinding down the defense, particularly the opposing midfielders, the offense gives the defense time to rest and regroup. When the opponent does get the ball, Brown’s defense makes easier stops. Against Penn, the Bears will look to play mentally perfect defense. “The defense can’t foul this weekend, and when Penn tries to hold the ball, we need to not over-commit out of frustration,” Nelson said. The defense recently struggled with slides against Yale, which, in part, allowed Yale to score nine goals in the first half. When the sliding improved in the second half, the Bulldogs only found the cage three times. Saturday’s action begins at 1 p.m. on Stevenson field.
tions. Updating the facilities to meet these standards would have cost the University over $300,000, Creo said. The new subsidy plan, however, may even be better than the original pods idea, according to Creo. “Brown is not a professional storage company; Campus Ship and Store is,” Creo said. “They have all the regulations, insurance liability and facilities in place to do this properly.” Campus Shipping and Storage has a contract with BSA and employs Brown students in its labor force. Bova said the company was selected after extensive research of several storage companies. New companies will be
solicited and pursued each year in order to get the cheapest rates for students, he added. Despite its limitations, the plan is an immediate solution to a problem that needed to be addressed, Bidadi said. He hopes the program will grow in the coming years. “The University didn’t have $40,000 extra to give away. They found a way to make money available to cover student storage,” Bidadi said. “That’s what UCS needs to do to allocate funds for student services — we have to make sure that student life initiatives are addressed and funded by the University, and we have to put pressure on the University to do this in a timely manner.”
we’re going to try to exploit,” Woodson said, “but with the right match-up at the right time,” Brown’s players are all individual scoring threats. The defense also wants to deny the Quakers with consistent play, rather than tailoring their scheme to Penn’s attack. “We have an excellent one-onone defense, and we are a great
Theft continued from page 1 Room, for instance, and staying open late nights and weekends increases the potential for theft because there are more intoxicated students and students out looking to make trouble, Henry said. “Alcohol has definitely been a problem,” she said. Because theft often goes unreported, it is impossible to measure exactly how severely Jo’s has been hurt financially. Jo’s objective is to break even, not to make a profit. But “since we have to pay vendors for all the food that goes out of Josiah’s, we have to make up for the losses (from theft) by charging higher prices to the honest customers who pay for what they take,” Lawrence explained. “Students may think they are stealing from Brown or from dining services, but in a sense, they are really stealing from their peers,” she added. “The strangest thing for me is that many of the students who steal from our dining operations would never think of stealing from a store or leaving a restaurant without paying for their food. They tell me so, and I can see it on their faces,” Lawrence said.
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Closet continued from page 3 furnished with a labyrinth of mobile cubes, which the actors are free to scale with mountainclimbing agility. Behind the scenes, the savvy of set designer Peter Wu ’07 is also evident. Bringing Dance Dance Revolution to the stage, a brilliant, disorienting mélange of lights and queer techno endow the morbid drama with much-needed energy. In fact, with such credentials, the only things barring “Closet” from excellence are its actors’ uneven performances. As 21, Estabroo is clearly a confident actress, though she may suffer from the overwrought affectations of one left with too much interpretive autonomy. In turn, Green’s “adolescent” — as described by the play’s program notes — is sensitively portrayed, her boyishness believably masculine. Still, since when are 17-yearolds boyish? Green plays him as a demented prepubescent. The more winning, spirited performance is perhaps to be found in Chen’s sassy, dominatrix
ASL continued from page 1 will be completely transferred over to the Continuing Studies program over a yearlong period. This fall, only SI 30 and 40 will be offered for credit at the University, and the year after, the entire program will be transferred to Continuing Studies, in which students will have to pay extra to take the classes and will not receive course credit. There are about 40 students taking ASL classes this semester. The two sections of SI 20: “Introductory Sign Language” are capped at 20 students each, and SI 40: “Intermediate American Sign Language II,” has four students. The decision came after the Center for Language Studies, which offers ASL, proposed that the program be cut unless it could be significantly expanded, Dean of the College Paul Armstrong, an APC member, wrote in an e-mail to The Herald. Merle Krueger, associate director of the Center for Language Studies, said he believes the APC cut back the ASL program because of several “deficiencies.” “My feeling is that the program, as it currently exists, clearly had some deficiencies that needed to be addressed. The University, in my opinion, had to invest more resources into the program to raise it to the academic standards of the University, or it needed to decide to discontinue it — one or the other.” ASL classes, he said, only met three hours a week, whereas most language classes meet four or five hours a week. There is no full-time faculty member in the program, and the professors in the classes are adjunct lecturers with no master’s degree. Armstrong cited additional reasons for the APC’s decision. “The APC gave highest priority to languages that are closely related to the needs of the undergraduate concentrations, study abroad programs, graduate requirements and faculty research interests,” he said. “Although important for many good reasons, ASL did not emerge as a high priority for fund-
— think Material Girl meets Mulan — Goddess of Leather Gear. In counterpoint to her boot stomping, Benner is baffling as an actor, but fun to watch in his full-face pancake makeup nonetheless. These harajuku hijinks may be overly camp, but with dialogue this moving, such shortcomings
W. track continued from page 8 League triple jump champion Brittney Grovey ’06 will also compete this Saturday as she prepares to compete for the same title at the outdoor Heps. In the running events, Anna Willard ’06 will make her collegiate debut in the steeplechase. Usually a middle distance runner, Willard has been training for the event for about two weeks. After racing in the 1,500 meters the past two meets, Michol Monaghan ’07 will race the 5,000 meters, an event in which she scored points for the team at this past indoor Heptagonal Championships.
ing according to these criteria. It is not required for any undergraduate or graduate degree programs, and it did not seem integral to faculty research in any department.” Armstrong added that the College Curriculum Council came to a similar conclusion. Students speak in support of ASL Against the backdrop of the upcoming Disabilities Awareness Week, concerned ASL students have started a campaign to restore the for-credit ASL program at Brown. Leaders of the efforts began collecting signatures this week for a petition to keep ASL studies, and they have met with faculty members and administrators in an effort to gain support for the program. At the Undergraduate Council of Students meeting Wednesday night, a student presented their case before UCS and President Ruth Simmons, who said she wanted to look further into the issue. Two leaders of the campaign, Adee Thal ’05 and Willa Mamet ’04.5, have argued that the program is vital not only to the University, but also to the local community. “I would feel that Brown had lost a great opportunity to remain a part of the Providence and Rhode Island communities,” Mamet said. “The ASL program presents many opportunities for community service.” Thal said the elimination of the program would contradict Brown’s institutional philosophy. “Part of the reason I chose Brown was because of its commitment to diversity,” she said. “By shutting down ASL, they would not be adhering to that commitment.” Thal also feared that Brown might set a precedent for other universities to eliminate their ASL programs. Lipsky argued the potential importance of ASL classes for students’ careers. “This is important for them to have these sign classes,” he said. “Someone working in medicine at a hospital will know how to deal with a deaf person.” Thal and Mamet said one of their biggest challenges in trying
are hardly impossible to overlook. Ultimately, the play provides something for everyone — and emotional depth for even the most bumbling of anime geeks. “The Other Side of the Closet” runs April 15-18 at 8 p.m., and April 16 at midnight in the Production Workshop’s Downstairs Space.
Already ranked second in the Ivy League in the 100meter hurdles after the squad’s opening outdoor meet in Florida, Fara Kitton ’05 hopes to improve her personal best times in both that event and the 400-meter hurdles. Jaylon White ’05 also held the seventh spot in Ivy League rankings for the 100 meters after the University of South Florida meet. She will compete in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes this weekend. With the Bears facing such a multitude of competitive teams on their home turf this Saturday, Throws Coach Michele Eisenreich said she simply hopes the entire team will “continue to improve and be competitive.”
to save the ASL program is getting the word out. They said that many students were unaware that the program was being cut, so this week, they began to issue bright blue “Save ASL” buttons to students around campus, and next week, they will distribute T-shirts for students to wear. The two students spoke of the enormous impact the program has had on their lives. Thal, in particular, has been particularly affected by the program. She said she is the only deaf student on campus, and did not know any ASL before coming to Brown. “It’s changed my life,” said Thal, who is also a teaching assistant for SI 20 and 40. “It’s such a part of myself. The professors adopted me and became my personal advisors, and without ASL at Brown, I would not have been able to communicate and to enter the deaf community. “If Brown did not have ASL,” she added, “I would not have come to Brown.” Mamet, who in December became Brown’s first Deaf Studies concentrator, echoed Thal’s words. “I would have left Brown if it weren’t for the independent concentration program,” she said. Thal, Mamet and Lipsky all said the APC did not know enough about ASL studies at Brown to make a proper decision about the program. “(Their decision) was a huge disappointment, and we felt the academic committee didn’t have a full perspective on it, and we should’ve been involved,” Lipsky said. “The committee didn’t really know anything about sign language or our program.” “Honestly, it’s embarrassing that it’s happening here at the college,” he added. For now, concerned students in the ASL program are fighting to keep the program as it currently is, Thal said. But it’s clear that she and other ASL supporters are facing a tough battle. “The most important thing is for Brown to remember its commitment to diversity,” Thal said. “A lot of people look to Brown as a very liberal and progressive university — this would be a huge setback to lose the program.”
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EDITORIAL/LETTERS FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2005 · PAGE 6 S T A F F
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Diamonds and coal A cubic zirconium to the Arthur Andersen-like accounting practices of the Student Union. How does a group “find” $70,000? Sounds pretty shady to us. But then again, an enormous diamond if they are able to successfully create a Fall Weekend. The possibility of not one but two weekends of drunken debauchery … oh wait, we do that every weekend anyway. But currently, only one weekend a year brings us minor MTV celebrities like Cameran from “The Real World: San Diego.” A cubic zirconium to the summer storage solution. Sure, it’s not perfect, and we’d complain that this got done in the 11th hour, but we just can’t wait to see the fight that breaks out over that 700th voucher. A pre-emptive coal to Sen. Lincoln Chafee ’75 and his intent to approve the nomination of John Bolton to U.N. ambassador because he doesn’t “think the Democrats have made as strong a case as I might have expected.” Advise and consent involves a little more work on your part, Linc, and your vote against the war in Iraq isn’t enough to keep us impressed. You have constituents for a reason — listen to them. A diamond to President Ruth Simmons’ “table of needs.” Who will be appointed her chair of wants? And we can’t wait to see her three-legged stool of desires. Stunned coal to those brazen enough to rob banks in broad daylight. But as our favorite wise man once said: “Yeah, but who robs a bank at night? They’re closed.” A cubic zirconium to the EMS mass casualty drill. It is reassuring to know that we’ll be well taken care of — if we’re in the basement of the Health Services building during a liquid natural gas explosion. A diamond to mooching off of Harvard for two days and getting to show the rest of the Ivy League’s journalists what’s up in softball. We will do you proud, Bruno. And smoldering coal to revoking the smoking exemption for Class C and D establishments. We know it’s bad for us, but there was something charming about keeping our lungs blackened in hole-in-the-wall bars — and it was only until October.
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LETTERS Baynes overlooks BuDS improvements To the Editor: Amy Baynes’ opinion piece (“What’s in a meal credit?” April 12) was as trite as it was inconsequential. First, she implies that she transferred to Brown from Cornell, but does not explain her reason for transferring. Assuming she came voluntarily, clearly Brown afforded her some amenity that Cornell didn’t — and if Brown’s food factored in her decision, obviously she still came, so her point about students avoiding Brown solely because of its food is moot. Second, she concedes she hasn’t been to The Gate, which actually offers “healthier” alternatives to Jo’s hamburgers and fries — in the form of “meals” at a cost of $4.20. Of course soft drinks are cheaper than bottled tea or orange juice; packaging is expensive. BuDS offers students incentives to use plastic containers for soda, coffee and tea, and in
combination with a sandwich, panini or pizza slice, such meals cost about $4.20. Next, I agree that the pricing seems arbitrary and even outrageous, but Baynes doesn’t know how far meal plan has come in the last year. No longer do students have to eat at very specific times. We can now use our credits freely, and I know I am getting my money’s worth this year since I don’t lose about five credits a week. Finally, flexpoints are used to smooth price differentials and allow students to eat without using cash. I think $100 a semester is plenty — I still have $85 left. I appreciate the author’s concern, but I think her criticisms are weak. Brown dining, for all its small problems, has improved dramatically. David Nickels ’07 April 12
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OPINIONS FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2005 · PAGE 7 MATT LAWRENCE
Dear Providence City Council: Please leave us alone Providence city councilmen David Segal and Miguel Luna and Providence School Board member Bert Crenca offer “A solution to poor education and high property taxes” (April 7). They propose reducing Rhode Island’s high property taxes while increasing the statewide income tax and the state’s role in funding education. They suggest their plan will reduce the burdensome and “regressive” property taxes in the state and help municipalities like Providence with their school systems. I have to admit I’m not an expert on Rhode Island education or taxes — just a young constituent. Nonetheless I’d like to present my thoughts on their proposal, and Rhode Island politics in general. Luna, Segal and Crenca see two problems: the way municipalities rely on a regressive property tax to fund education, and the economic troubles of the Providence school system and a few other systems around the state. They propose killing two birds with the same stone by raising statewide income taxes and state aid for education while encouraging municipalities to decrease their local property taxes. To make our tax system less regressive, they advocate increasing state funding for education, and decreasing municipal funding for education by an equal amount. They argue that increased income tax and state funding of education would lead to a decreased property tax paid by Rhode Islanders. Since “property taxes target the poor and middle class more than the rich,” this would be a good thing. This seems like a complicated way to get rid of a regressive tax. Rhode Island’s sales tax of 7 percent is the 12thhighest sales tax in the country, and unlike property tax, sales tax is widely accepted to be an extremely regressive tax. If avoiding regressive taxes is what Luna, Segal and Crenca are after, why not propose decreasing the sales tax? But when it comes to their supposed “solution to poor education,” if local property tax would be decreased commensurate to the increase in income tax, as they say, then no new revenue would be generated — so how do Luna, Segal and Crenca think their plan would help the state of
education in Rhode Island? What they are really proposing is to take control over education away from the towns and to put it in the hands of the state. I have to say, this sounds to me like an excuse for Providence to take the money the taxpayers of my hometown pay for their children’s education away from them and give it to other areas of the state. Burrillville is a rural town with 16,000 residents, and we’re by no means wealthy; indeed, Providence is able to spend about 20 percent more per student than Burrillville (although Providence does have a lower per-capita income), yet most of us in Burrillville aren’t begging the state to foot the
children’s education? The problem with education in some parts of Rhode Island isn’t a lack of funds. As Luna, Segal and Crenca point out, we’re toward the middle of the pack in paying for education. Indeed, we have the fifth-highest tax rate in the country. Providence suffers from the same affliction that affects much of Rhode Island, including our state government. The problem, in my opinion, is poor management. Corruption in Rhode Island is a running joke. Without a viable second party to challenge the Democrats and keep them in check, politicians are able to do whatever they like. Our one-party legislature is largely run by Democrats who are able to scratch each other’s backs with impunity. The only thing to stand in their way is a largely impotent Republican governor who serves one of the weakest executive branches in the country. Providence is especially plagued by this inadequate state of affairs. One thing we in Rhode Island especially need is a functional second party — whether the Republicans or even a David Segal-led Green Party — to provide enough votes in the legislature to keep the Democrats in check, because one-party systems aren’t good for anybody. I understand Luna, Segal and Crenca’s position and their need to make a proposal like the one they do. If politicians told their constituents, “I worked to make everyday projects like school administration, waste management and snow removal slightly more efficient,” they wouldn’t get elected. Instead they work to capture votes by proposing far-flung systems that would somehow solve all their constituents’ problems. But we don’t need a new system; we need the current one to be run better. Complex tax plans, increased state control and throwing money at the problem won’t fix Providence’s education system — internal reform, competent bureaucrats and diligent public service will.
Why should we trust the state to take the money we would spend on education and redistribute it to Rhode Island’s school systems as it sees fit? What could be gained by more state control, except that the city of Providence could use the state capital to bully the smaller cities and towns into getting its education system out of hot water? bill for our education system. Why should we trust the state to take the money we would spend on education and redistribute it to Rhode Island’s school systems as it sees fit? What could be gained by more state control, except that the city of Providence could use the state capital to bully the smaller cities and towns into getting its education system out of hot water? Why would we want to add another layer of bureaucracy, corruption and politicians between our money and our
Matt Lawrence ’06 is socially conservative but fiscally liberal.
Tone down the Starf*ck posters GUEST COLUMN BY JOHN NAGLER If you haven’t seen the Starf*ck posters yet, you’ll see them soon enough. They’re plastered all over campus and stick out like a turd in a punch bowl. For those of you who have somehow missed out, let me describe two of the posters. One has a scantily clad woman grabbing another woman’s breasts. Another, which was on my dinner table in the Ratty, shows someone grabbing a sheathed boner. Enough said. You get the picture. The bottom line is that these posters are inappropriate and unnecessary regardless of the sexual orientation of the subjects. With dozens stapled up around campus and littering the dining halls there is no way Brown students, prospective students and their parents and citizens of Providence can avoid them. Everybody sees them whether they want to or not. The posters lack creativity, modesty and subtlety. With a name like Starf*ck and the dance’s infamous reputation, there is no need for the vulgar posters. In fact, there is no need for that type of advertising in any context. Starf*ck’s posters are an in-your-face declaration that certain groups at Brown can do seemingly whatever they want. But why is it that the Queer Alliance can get away with posting B-rate pornography around campus? Heck, Delta Phi was chastised for having a “Ho Down” party last year, but they never put up sexual pictures. The answer is simple enough: The Queer Alliance is protected by a politically correct force field; they benefit from a typical double standard on our overreaching liberal campus. Let’s consider a hypothetical situation. Say some of the fraternities at Brown decided to throw a party called Frat
F*ck. To advertise, they put up blatantly explicit posters of, for instance, two people engaging in raw intercourse. Imagine a picture of somebody grabbing a sheathed boner. Good gracious! Can you imagine the uproar in reaction to those posters and a dozen variations? How about a picture of a cheerleader snuggling up in a frat boy’s crotch with dinner?
Majority Leadership Alliance, the Coalition for Social Justice and maybe even the Queer Alliance. “Objectifying women!” “Violation of women’s rights!” You wouldn’t and shouldn’t even have to be in a group to be disgusted by Frat F*ck; after all, it shows gratuitous sex and nudity. The point is, my imaginary Frat F*ck posters are just as bad as Starf*ck posters, but over the years, the Queer Alliance’s posters have gotten steadily more provocative and explicit. Have I heard complaints about the Queer Alliance’s posters? Sure, but only among friends. My friends and I are not the only ones bothered. Yet never have I caught wind of a student group or administrator standing up to the inappropriateness of Queer Alliance posters. These posters seem to be objectifying women, and men, too. Why then are people so quiet? I found out the answer out recently. After I first complained about the pictures in the Ratty, a guy at my table commented, “You sound like my grandma.” In brief, people are quiet not only because they are afraid of being called grandmas, but because they’re afraid of being falsely labeled as bigots and homophobes. It’s a pathetic truth. By condemning the posters, I will inevitably be accused of condemning the Queer Alliance. So goes the logic of political correctness. Any attack on the posters is seen as an attack on the Queer Alliance and its members. But I am neither a bigot nor homophobe, nor grandma for that matter. As far as I’m concerned, the dance should go on. But the posters should be toned down. Even more importantly, other Brown students and groups disturbed by Starf*ck advertising and the PC double standard should speak up.
Why is it that the Queer Alliance can get away with posting B-rate pornography around campus? Heck, Delta Phi was chastised for having a “Ho Down” party last year, but they never put up sexual pictures. The answer is simple enough: The Queer Alliance is protected by a politically correct force field; they benefit from a typical double standard on our overreaching liberal campus. It wouldn’t be long before Brown would go berserk. One can imagine cries from the Female Sexuality Workshop, Women’s Studies at Brown, Gender Studies, the Coalition Against Relationship Abuse, the Feminist
John Nagler ’07 is an American history concentrator.
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SPORTS WEEKEND FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2005 · PAGE 8
Track squads head outside for biggest home meet of the season Men get chance for revenge against UConn, take on top area competitors
Women want strong finish before Heps stretch run starts BY KATIE QUINLAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
BY JILANE RODGERS SENIOR SPORTS WRITER
The men’s track team will have home turf advantage for the first time this outdoor season on Saturday. It will be the only time that the Bears will compete at home with a near complete squad, and the team hopes to show its home fans that it is equal to the competition that some of the area’s top teams will bring. Hosting the Brown Invitational at Brown Stadium, the Bears will be tested by a wide range of squads. Heptagonal rivals Harvard and Yale will give Brown its first taste of Ivy competition for the season, and perennial New England powerhouses Providence College and Boston College will also be in attendance. In addition, the men will have the chance to exact revenge against the University of Connecticut — the Huskies defeated the Bears at the Huskies’ own invitational in Storrs, Conn., last weekend. The full day of competition will kick off at 9:30 a.m., when the javelin competitors will take to the runway. Throws Coach Michelle Eisenreich hopes that Paul Rosiak ’07 will open the day with a top showing for the Bears. “While not everyone will be throwing, it’s our goal to continue to improve and to still compete well this weekend,” Eisenreich said. Co-captain Jake Golenor ’06, who has starred for the Brown throws squad thus far, will rest for the weekend. However, the crew will still display its strength in the discus circle, where Kent Walls ’06, Hugh Murphy ’06 and Kai Brown ’08 intend to improve upon their standings in the league. In an exciting change of pace, the distance squad will have the opportunity to race a full mile, an event usually reserved for indoor competition. This year’s Brown Invitational will feature the first Norm Taber ’13 Mile in place of the customary 1,500-meter distance. Taber once held the world record in the mile. “The small change in distance won’t change our strategy any,” said Distance Coach John Gregorek. “It’s great for the guys to have a shot at the full mile and to BROWN SPORTS SCOREBOARD
Dan Grossman ’71
Clockwise from top left: Co-captain Patrick Tarpy ’05, Sarah Groothius ’08, Fara Kitton ’05, Eldridge Gilbert ’05. have the chance to break onto the top 10 board.” Gregorek expects Jordan Kinley ’06, Eamon Quick ’07 and Nick Sarro ’08 to make a run for the all-time performance list in the event. Top recruit Ari Zamir ’08 will make his outdoor debut in the race as well. Some of the squad’s top names will opt to run the longer 5,000-meter event in hopes of qualifying for the end-of-season championship meets. Co-captain Patrick Tarpy ’05 and Owen Washburn ’06 will headline the event in their chase for NCAA Regional marks. Head Coach Robert Johnson anticipates a solid showing from his sprint crew, with veterans Dallas Dissmore ’06
and Elridge Gilbert ’05 taking to the line in the 400 meters. Both the 4x100 and 4x400-meter relay teams will also race top squads as they pursue times to qualify for the seeded heats at Heps. In the high jump, standout Ray Bobrownicki ’06 hopes to rise to the high level of competition and bring more first-place points to Brown from the infield. The crew will also look for strong finishes from Grant Bowen ’07 and Brian Zubradt ’08. With almost the whole roster competing, the team wants to bring in substantial points from every event group. “We expect to have a full, strong squad this weekend,” Johnson said.
The women’s track and field team is set to host the annual Brown Invitational on Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Brown Stadium. Among the teams competing at the meet will be elite squads from Providence College and Boston College. The meet will also be a good opportunity for Bruno to challenge Ivy League rival Harvard just three weeks before the Heptagonal Championships. Saturday’s invitational will be the first of two home meets during the outdoor season, with the team also returning home to Providence for the Brown Springtime Invitational on May 1, the week before Heps. The team comes into this weekend’s competition hoping to improve upon its 17.5-point win last week at the University of Connecticut Invitational, which the team had used as training for this weekend. Distance Coach Rick Wemple said the team has been training through past meets, like the UConn Invite, in order to perform well this weekend before beginning the final stretch before Heps. “It has traditionally been a good meet for us, knowing friends and recent graduates will be here to show their support. The team is really eager to compete at home,” said Jumps Coach Anne Rothenberg. In the field events, the Bears are expecting a strong effort from Laura Dudek ’07, the defending 2004 Ivy League champion in the javelin. Sarah Groothuis ’08, meanwhile, is primed for a big showing after setting personal bests the past two meets, falling only four feet from setting the school record in that event. Indoor Ivy see W. TRACK, page 5
Kutler ’05 ties U. hits record With two hits against Sacred Heart University Thursday, Bears outfielder Matt Kutler ’05 tied the Brown career record for hits with 229. With a 15-game hit streak already this season, Kutler has a good chance of moving past Bobby Deeb ’04 in Brown’s four games at Dartmouth this weekend.
THURSDAY, APRIL 14 BASEBALL: Brown 12, Sacred Heart 6 YEARLY AWARDS — M. SQUASH ISA Scholar Athlete Award: Jay Beidler ’05, Breck Bailey ’06, David Krupnick ’06 YEARLY AWARDS — W. SQUASH First Team All-American: Lillian Rosenthal ’05 CSA Scholar Athlete Award: Jennifer Neff ’06, Julie Flygare ’05 FRIDAY, APRIL 15 W. LACROSSE: at Cornelll M. TENNIS: at Cornell W. TENNIS: vs. Cornell (2 p.m., Varsity Courts) SATURDAY, APRIL 16 BASEBALL: at Dartmouth (DH) M. CREW: vs. Northeastern (2 p.m., Marston Boathouse) W. CREW: at Boston University EQUESTRIAN: All-Ivy League Competition (at Dartmouth) M. GOLF: Ivy League Championship (at Hamburg, N.J.) W. GOLF: Ivy League Championship (at East Hampton, N.Y.) SOFTBALL: at Cornell (DH) M. TENNIS: at Columbia W. TENNIS: vs. Columbia (noon, Varsity Courts) M. and W. TRACK: Brown Invitational (Brown Stadium) SUNDAY, APRIL 17 BASEBALL: at Dartmouth (DH) M. GOLF: Ivy League Championship (at Hamburg, N.J.) W. GOLF: Ivy League Championship (at East Hampton, N.Y.) SOFTBALL: at Columbia (DH)
No. 19 m. lax faces off against Quakers BY MATT NICHOLSON SPORTS STAFF WRITER
The No. 19 men’s lacrosse team, now 4-3 on the season, will face 1-9 University of Pennsylvania Saturday, hoping to improve to 2-1 in Ivy League play. Penn is currently winless in the Ivies, having earned its only win against the Air Force Academy on March 10. The Penn game is a good opportunity for the Bears to continue their success after Tuesday’s 12-3 victory over Harvard, which occurred two days after they dropped their Ivy opener to Yale when their stirring fourth quarter rally fell one goal short. The Harvard match illustrated numerous strong points that the Bears want to turn to their advantage against the Quakers. The offense established its dominance on Tuesday, controlling the ball expertly during its possessions and tiring the Harvard defense. Brown’s passing expertise was best illustrated by the fact that a different player scored each of the team’s
first seven goals. This depth of offense will be critical against Penn, whose defensive unit allows an average of only 9.3 goals per game. “Penn is one of the better defensive teams in the country, though their record doesn’t show it,” said Head Coach Scott Nelson. Fortunately the Bears’ offense has begun to jell, settling into its desired mode of play. Co-captain Chazz Woodson ’05, who leads the Bears in scoring with 15 goals, praised the versatility and depth of the offense. “(Against Harvard), everyone got touches … and the individual goals came within the flow of the offense,” Woodson said. The other attackmen, Dave Madeira ’07 and Alex Buckley ’07, make up a large part of the scoring threat. “(They) are getting hot,” Woodson said, “particularly because they are two guys that handle the ball as well as anyone in the country and Dave shoots the ball as well as anyone (in collegiate lacrosse).” Midfielder Kyle Wailes ’06 has proven
indispensable to the Bears, leading the team in points with 18 assists and 4 goals scored. His passing within the offensive scheme should pose problems for Penn. The offense is trying to become more balanced in the weeks to come, spreading the ball around and wearing down defenses. “We want to take good shots and be the type of team where everyone contributes,” see M. LAX, page 4
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Co-captain Chazz Woodson ’05 leads the Bears in goals with 15 on the season.