BY ERIC BECKSENIOR STAFF WRITER

The University’s powerful decision-makersare descending on College Hill this week-end to allocate funds, set tuition increasesand plan for Brown’s future. Nearly all ofthe 54 Corporation members — including12 fellows and 42 trustees — are expectedto be on campus for a meeting of theBrown Corporation, the top governingbody of the University.

The Corporation meets three timesannually — in October, February and May.Each weekend conference includes com-

mittee meetings, general body sessionsand discussions with faculty, said RussellCarey ’91, vice president and secretary ofthe University.

The February meeting is especiallynotable because the Corporation setsthe University’s operating budget for thenext fiscal year, Carey said. The budgetfor each year is first recommended bythe University Resources Committeeand approved by President RuthSimmons before consideration by theCorporation.

Members of the Corporation’s commit-

tee on budget and finance will first debateand evaluate the budget in their committeemeeting today. The chair of the committeewill then present the budget to theCorporation for action during the generalbody session Saturday, Carey said.

Provost Robert Zimmer, who chairs theURC, told The Herald Feb. 3 that the budg-et recommended by the URC for action bythe Corporation this weekend includesprovisions for financial aid for transfer andResumed Undergraduate Education stu-dents.

According to Carey, it is rare for theCorporation to significantly alter the budg-et recommended by the URC and the pres-ident.

The Corporation’s budget decisionsinclude changes to tuition and room andboard fees for the next academic year.

Also this weekend, the Corporation isexpected to approve the selection of anarchitect for Sidney E. Frank Hall, saidFrances Halsband, an architect whodesigned the University’s master plan forphysical expansion.

Each member of the Corporation serveson at least one of the committees, whichmeet Thursday or Friday, Carey said.

BY STEFANIE SIMONSCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Thursday night renowned authorJamaica Kincaid delivered a reading tomark the first event of Brown’sCaribbean Heritage Week 2005. Theevent filled Sayles Hall with currentundergrads, graduate students, alums,faculty and President Ruth Simmons —an “old friend,” said Kincaid.

The reading coincides with the publi-cation of Kincaid’s latest book, “AmongFlowers: A Walk in the Himalaya,” aNational Geographic Directionsaccount of her trip to Nepal for “seedcollecting.” But Kincaid also discussedher “endless obsession with her mother”and read from two of her novels.

In his introduction, Professor ofAfricana Studies Paget Henry reviewed

the import of Kincaid’s writing within“the tradition of feminist writing” aswell as the “discourse of Caribbean exis-tentialism … (and historicism).”

Henry, who grew up with Kincaid onthe island of Antigua, praised her for herexploration of “Africana spirituality” andher “genre-bending” work.

Many members of the crowd closedtheir eyes as Kincaid lowered her voiceto read pieces Henry described as “all sobeautifully written.”

Her novel “Mr. Potter” would be“great to read to children,” said LauraWood ’03.5.

Kincaid’s conversational tone elicitedlaughter from the crowd, especiallywhen her cell phone rang mid-reading.

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Resignations giveUCS wake-up call

Tough Senatebattle aheadfor Chafee ’75

Kincaid reading ‘funny and humble’

BY SHAWN BANCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Seven students have resigned from theUndergraduate Council of Students thissemester, marking an uncharacteristicallyhigh turnover rate for the representativebody.

The seven resignations comprised threeofficer positions and four class representa-tive positions.

“I can only speak of my three years inUCS, but I haven’t seen a turnover like thisin such a condensed period of timebefore,” said UCS President Joel Payne ’05.

Schuyler von Oeyen ’05, UCS alumniliaison, agreed that the scale of departuresf was unprecedented. “I don’t think we hadas many resignations the whole of lastyear,” he said.

Payne pointed to a variety of reasonsfor the large number of resignations,including health, personal and academicissues. “There was one member who leftto study abroad, and there were a lot ofyounger members who weren’t ready forthe kind of commitment that UCSrequires,” he said.

In internal elections, the vacant officerpositions were filled by then-class repre-sentatives. The vacancies for representa-tives were opened to the entire studentpopulation.

“The elections were fully legitimate, andwere run according to what is specified inthe UCS constitution,” said UCSCommunications Chair Zachary Townsend’08, a Herald copy editor and former associ-ate member who was elected to his execu-tive board position in the internal elections.

Von Oeyen said the high turnover ratehas had a disruptive influence on the work-ings of UCS this semester. “Yes, I certainlythink it’s been difficult. Ari Goodstein’s(’06) resignation was especially difficultbecause he was the Admission and StudentServices (Committee) chair. The chairs ofthe committees have priorities and tangi-ble issues to tackle, and it’s tough for some-one else to come in and take over,” he said.

In an e-mail announcing his resignationto other officers, Ethan Wingfield ’07, theprevious communications chair, highlight-ed positive changes on campus but voicedhis unhappiness with some of the workingsof the council, noting “the fall semestersaw a decline in the effectiveness anddirection of UCS.” He added he was resign-ing due to his other commitments, saying,“I cannot effectively help lead two organi-zations, run a company and excel in mycoursework.”

Wingfield runs élan, a Web developmentfirm which lists UCS Appointments ChairBen Creo ’06, Townsend and CashMcCracken ’08, the UCS secretary, as asso-ciates.

One member who resigned, speaking onthe condition of anonymity, expressed hisfrustration that the council was overlyfocused on internal matters in the fallsemester. “The emphasis in UCS was onbeing a family and being well-connected,but we weren’t really getting anythingdone. We were focused on reforming theelections process and completely internalmatters, but there were still problems oncampus, like summer storage and studentgroups that lacked funding, and theseweren’t being addressed by UCS,” he said.

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Widely published author and Harvard English professor Jamaica Kincaid read to a fullhouse in Sayles Hall Thursday night.

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BY ROBBIE COREY-BOULETMETRO EDITOR

Sen. Lincoln Chafee ’75, R-R.I., jumpstart-ed fundraising efforts for his 2006 re-elec-tion campaign last week, garnering over$50,000 in two Providence fundraisers thatfeatured a supportive Sen. MitchMcConnell, R-Ky., the second most promi-nent leader among majority Republicans.

The high-profile events came on theheels of a University poll that placedChafee well behind Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., who has not formally launched a cam-paign for the junior senator’s seat.Langevin has said he will announce byApril 1 whether he will try to oust Chafeefrom the Senate or pursue re-election tothe House of Representatives.

Poll results indicated 41 percent ofRhode Islanders would support Langevin,while 27 percent would vote for Chafee ifthey vied for the same position.

Though Chafee’s campaign attributedthe results to the public’s limited knowl-edge of Langevin’s platform, the numbersmay foreshadow a highly contested re-election bid, according to Professor ofPolitical Science Darrell West, director ofthe Taubman Center for Public Policy andconductor of the random telephone survey.

Chafee’s approval numbers havedropped by 10 points in the past year, areflection of the opposition he faces fromRhode Island Democrats combined withconservative challenges that he does notadequately support the Republican plat-form or President George W. Bush’s nation-al agenda, West said.

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READING BY MOHAMMED TAHAALI3 p.m. (Brown Hillel) —The Palestinian poet, whose writ-ing focuses on his childhood inSuffuriya and surviving politicalcrisis, will read from his work.

ROUTES, RAP, REGGAE4 p.m. (Orwig Music Building,Room 315) —Visiting Professor Wayne Marshallwill discuss African and Caribbeanpopular music in diaspora.

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Films for Francophilesflood Cable Car CinemaBY JANE TANIMURASTAFF WRITER

Covering both incest and ani-mation, the eighth annualProvidence French Film Festivalencourages viewers to opentheir eyes — and minds — tothe world of French cinema.

The festival, which startedThursday and runs at the CableCar Cinema through March 6,covers a diverse range of Frenchmovies, from classic and family-friendly films like “DonkeySkin” to more controversialones like “Ma Mère,” a storyabout an in-cestuous relation-ship between a mother and herson.

Richard Manning, filmarchivist for the Department ofModern Culture and Media,said these movies are intendedto introduce viewers to newways of thinking about film.

“It could be jarring in a pro-ductive way,” he said.

Michael Siegel, a fourth-yearMCM graduate student whohelped organize the event, saidhe hopes the festival will “give abit of spotlight to Providenceand the film scene here,” andinstill “Providence pride.”

Some of the festival’s high-lights this year include theNorth American premieres of“The Frog’s Prophecy,” an ani-mated film by Jacques-RemyGirerd, and “Cause Toujours!,” alight comedy by JeanneLabrune about how suspicionand mistrust affect the founda-tions of today’s society.

Unlike in past years, thisyear’s festival will also showcaseFrench experimental films, agenre that has next to no outletin the United States, Siegel said.

With its unique non-narra-tive structure and attention tothe function of the image,

experimental film is closer inform to painting, visual arts andeven music than it is to tradi-tional cinema, Siegel said. Somenotable experimental filmmak-ers include Andy Warhol andMichael Snow.

One of the event’s main pur-poses is to celebrate the richhistory of French films —arguably the greatest cinema ofEurope, Siegel said.

“One thing that makesEuropean cinema different isthe lack of interest in genre.There is not a strict set of rules,”he said.

Though most Hollywoodfilms follow a preplanned code,in contemporary French filmthere is a willingness to playwith these rules and mix themup.

While many U.S. films areconstructed in a way that makesit easy to get pleasure fromthem, in a lot of today’s Frenchfilms, “it’s not as easy to come toa conclusion,” Siegel said.

Sylvie Toux, former seniorlecturer in MCM, founded thefestival in 1998 as a joint ven-ture between the French Studiesand MCM departments and theBrown Film Society. Havingbeen well received during itsfirst two years, the festival thenexpanded its range of films andshowings to accommodate thepreferences of the community.

“Our lives are so much aboutfilm that it’s hard not to takesomething spectacular out of a10-day festival of French films,”Siegel said.

Providence French Film FestivalThrough March 6 at the Cable Car Cinema

204 S. Main St.$7 general admission, $5 students

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ARTS & CULTURE PREVIEW

‘Measure’innovative but flawedBY JOEL ROZENSTAFF WRITER

It feels like cruel and unusual punishment that“Measure for Measure,” perhaps the most com-pelling of William Shakespeare’s late comedies, isalso one of his most snubbed. Underappreciatedand generally eclipsed by the Bard’s flashier scripts,the play, when performed, is often an awakening tothose who have never experienced one ofShakespeare’s dark comedies.

Leeds Theatre is now granting this tragicomedythe audience it deserves, in a run that premieredThursday night and will continue over the weekend.Though marked by a diversely talented cast, this lat-est incarnation could have benefited from a morestraightforward presentation –– or at least one withfewer attempts at progressiveness.

Set in Vienna, when, according to Shakespeare,the city was rife with depravity and general lechery,the play begins with a temporary changing of theguard. The likeable but weak-willed Duke of Vienna(Jonathan Magaziner ’07) has had problems enforc-ing the laws against fornication in the past, so hedecides to go on sabbatical, entrusting the city tothe strict, puritanical Lord Angelo (Michael Perlman’05). First item on the new ruler’s agenda: Rid thecity of brothels, whores and whatever sexual activityhe considers unlawful.

Such decrees are ultimately more than the

Viennese can handle, but it is not until Lord Angeloorders the execution of Claudio (Jed Resnick ’06), aman arrested for impregnating his fiancée, that peo-ple begin to question his authority.

Naturally, if this story is to mean anything to itsRenaissance audience, the Holy Duke must beexposed as a hypocrite –– or worse, a lecher himself.Shakespeare doesn’t disappoint. Confronted byIsabella (Blanche Case ’06), Claudio’s pious butfierce sister, Angelo promptly falls in love with thenun-in-training, shedding his Angel mask to exposethe Devil within.

A classic setup for a dynamic tale of justice versusinjustice –– and yet, as the plot ambles toward itscourtroom conclusion, the moral divisions betweenvillain and victim grow increasingly ambiguous.

Adapting the original, somewhat cynical text tothe Brown main stage, director Adam Immerwahr’05 made several significant revisions. Of particularnote, he neutralized the gender distribution ofShakespeare’s ordinarily male-heavy cast, trans-forming the original Escalus and Lucius charactersinto women. He also cut substantial portions of dia-logue and soliloquies from the script, with themixed result of creating a two-act, abridged versionof the original. While this makes it more focused, itis now missing some of the verbal pyrotechnics thatmake the play what it is.

Perhaps the greatest disservice Immerwahr didto the original, however, was in deleting whole char-acters to support his minimalist vision. It could beargued that the greatness of “Measure” lies in itstempered balancing of comic and tragic devices,and the characters left out of this retelling includesome of the play’s much-needed comic relief.

“Measure for Measure”Directed by Adam Immerwahr ’05

Leeds TheatreFriday and Saturday, 8 p.m.

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Stripped of its funnymen, the nar-rative feels heavy-handed and self-serious, as the audience nervouslywaits for opportunities to laugh.

The director compensated forthese losses by collaborating withchoreographer Claudine Lott ’05.Infusing the performance withshort dances, Lott’s work serves tocomfort the audience after amoment of high drama or elevatethe inner turmoil of a character.For example, when Isabella faces amoral dilemma, she unleashes heremotions in a solo dance ritual.More successfully, the play is alsopunctuated by frequent duetsshared by Claudio and Julietta.

While the choreographic

approach to Shakespeare mightseem like a good idea –– takingthoughtful risks with the classics isalways to be encouraged —“Measure” is certainly a punchyenough play to maintain interestwithout balletic intervention.Instead, the production, with itsjazz-slipper-clad actors tumblingacross the stage, comes across asno more than a bizarre display ofShakespearean “Flashdance.”

Fortunately, the productionfeatures several young talentseager to rescue the new scriptfrom its own iambic doldrums.Magaziner is appealing and well-cast as the Duke, demonstrating anuanced understanding of theruler’s aim to please as well as hisdiscomfort with the moralresponsibilities of power. As thedeserted Mariana, Anne Troup ’07exaggerates her character’s sorrow

in a manner that would be ridicu-lous if it didn’t seem so spot-on inits context.

The production includes a fewunorthodox casting choices aswell. As Angelo, the diminutivePerlman is a joy to watch —remarkably fluid onstage, he chan-nels both a forceful and invigorat-ing stage presence. Case’s interpre-tation of Isabella is uneven, andoccasionally in her delivery shefalls prey to substituting sheer vol-ume for emotional depth.

Leeds Theatre’s latest contribu-tion may be more symbolist thanShakespearean, but even if theconfusion prevents traditionalistsfrom enjoying the show, all is notlost. A wise reminder to the puristsof the world — Immerwahr’s pro-duction can be seen as concreteproof that directing a classical playneedn’t always be measured.

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Committees cover areas such asfacilities and design, investment,audit, advancement, academicaffairs and campus life.

The full Corporation meetstwice — for a strategic discus-sion session Friday and the for-mal business meeting Saturday.

Among other duties at eachmeeting, the Corporationapproves faculty appointmentsand accepts all gifts to theUniversity of $1 million orgreater, Carey said.

This evening, members of theCorporation will meet with fac-ulty members for small groupdinners, comprising about 10Corporation members and 10professors. While not the onlycontact between the Corporation

and the faculty, Carey said theprogram has been successful infostering interaction betweenthe two groups.

Though Corporation mem-bers sometimes meet with stu-dents during their time on cam-pus, no specific events havebeen scheduled for this week-end, University officials said.

Visit www.browndailyher-ald.com Saturday for updates onthe Corporation meeting.

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She also offered amusing con-solation to young writers whenreflecting upon her own work:“All young writers want toremove all old writers … it isessential … it is wrong … (and)you must think this of me.”

During this excerpt Kincaidwas careful to point out theirony of her “transgression”: asa woman from the Caribbeanshe was once looked at “by theprosperous part of the world,”and now she travels “from theprosperous part to look at(Nepal).”

Brown Bookstore representa-tives sold almost half of the 120Kincaid books they brought toSayles. “People are buying theirfavorite books,” said saleswom-an Susan Schlesinger.

Dominique Bridge ’07, saidKincaid was “great — funny andhumble.” Bridge, a sophomorefrom Jamaica, plans on attend-ing many of this week’s events,but was most excited aboutThursday’s reading. She first

read Kincaid’s “A Small Place” inAssistant Professor ofComparative Literature EstherWhitfield’s first-year seminarCO 81: “Caribbean Re-Writes.”

The theme for CaribbeanHeritage Week is “Many Islands,Many Cultures, One People,” atitle that co-coordinators CareyTurnquest ’07 and MichaelaBayard ’07 have translated intoSpanish and French. The trilin-gual title reflects the diversity ofthe Caribbean while “bring(ing)in the so many not embraced,”Turnquest said.

They have been preparing forthis week since October, devel-oping a program that can repre-sent the complexity of theCaribbean and move beyondthe exotic image that the regionis typically “shoved into,” saidTurnquest, who is from NassauBahamas. He has used thisopportunity as a coordinator “tolearn more and to share more.”

Turnquest is most excitedabout the week’s convocationWednesday. Keynote speakerDonna Hope will discussDancehall music, and the eventwill feature a Trinidad steelband, he said.

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dent in jumps and feature a raredouble threat in Ashley Wall ’05.After setting season bests in boththe long jump and high jump Jan.29 against Harvard and Cornell,Wall showed the ability to handlethe pressure of both events, some-thing that could prove valuableSaturday.

Distance events hold just asmuch potential. Naja Ferjan ’07currently leads the league at 800meters, and aims to defend her2004 indoor and outdoor titles inthe event. Along with co-captainKelly Powell ’06, Ferjan will play abig role in the middle-distancerelays.

“We’re pretty fired up and readyto go. We had a team meeting, andI think they’re ready to go and havegreat performances this weekend,”said Distance Coach Rick Wemple.

The meet will take place atHarvard’s Gordon Track Saturday.

— With reports by Sports StaffWriter Katie Larkin, Sports EditorChris Mahr, Sports Staff WriterJilane Rodgers

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Another member cited herover-involvement with otheractivities as one of the factors inher decision to resign. “I was real-ly involved with a lot of otheractivities, and it got to the pointwhere I had meetings every day. Ithought somebody else could do abetter job,” said Katrina Chang’07, who was a class representativelast semester.

Townsend said the resignationsmay have necessitated improve-ments in the council and wasoptimistic for the future. “Theseresignations really opened theeyes of UCS, and we take the resig-nations very seriously. It’s a shameit needed something like this, butI think things are really changingthis semester,” he said.

His fellow officer was more

cautious, but signaled a desire tomove on. “I do think the retreat wehad earlier this semester washelpful. Things are slightly uneasy,but slowly improving,” von Oeyensaid. “Now that we’ve worked outsome of the kinks, we need to haveteamwork to do things.”

Payne also voiced his optimismfor the future direction of thecouncil. “I would say morale isvery, very good. I know it’s hard tobelieve from an outsider’s stand-point, but it’s as high as it’s beenall year. The people we have aremore experienced now, and readyto commit,” he said.

Despite the high turnover rate,Payne said UCS would remainfocused on a number of its “toppriorities.”

“We are working to bring kegson campus, provide printing tostudents where they won’t have topay money and to create a steer-ing committee for the campusregion plan,” he said.

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In a highly publicized decision,Chafee opted not to vote for Bushin the 2004 election. Earlier thismonth, he became the target of anadvertising campaign from theClub For Growth, a conservativepolitical organization calling onChafee to support Bush’s proposedSocial Security reforms.

“The problem is he’s beingsqueezed from both the left andthe right,” West said, adding thatLangevin is “among the more pop-ular politicians in the state.”

Matt Burgess, press secretaryfor Rhode Island Secretary of StateMatthew Brown, said the numbersindicate Chafee faces “some clearvulnerabilities.”

Brown is currently Chafee’s onlydeclared Democratic challenger.He launched his senatorial bidFeb. 3.

Last week, Brown named EliSegal as his honorary campaignchairman and released the namesof several prominent Democraticfundraisers who have agreed tocontribute to his senatorial effort.Segal served as chief of staff forformer President Bill Clinton’s1992 election campaign andworked as an assistant for Clintonuntil 1996. He also headed Gen.Wesley Clark’s failed 2004 presi-dential bid.

The poll indicated Chafeewould defeat Brown, 39 percent to25 percent.

In addition to Democratic can-didates, Chafee may alsoencounter opposition from withinhis own party, depending onwhether Cranston Mayor StephenLaffey, a Republican, chooses toenter the race. West said heexpects Laffey to announce hisdecision “within a month.”

But Chafee will continue toreceive full support fromRepublican leaders at the stateand national level, who under-stand he is “the only Republicanwho can get elected in Rhode

Island,” according to Chafee’sWashington press secretaryStephen Hourahan.

Chafee has already garneredsupport from prominent nationalRepublican leaders such asMcConnell and Senate MajorityLeader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., who has“maxed out” on his contributionsto the Chafee campaign,Hourahan said.

To Hourahan, the results of theUniversity poll reflect a generallack of understanding regardingLangevin’s political platform.

“People don’t know who JimLangevin is at all,” Hourahan said.“Most people are looking at therace trying to make a decisionwhen they have no knowledge ofwhere he comes down.”

The fact that Langevin garneredan edge among female respon-dents emphasizes this generalunawareness, given that he is “astringent pro-life Democrat” in an“overwhelmingly pro-choice state”Hourahan said.

Instead of highlighting policypreferences, support for Langevinmore likely stems from namerecognition that resulted from his2004 re-election campaign,Hourahan said. “He spent a lot ofmoney putting his name outthere,” he said.

But Chafee’s political opponentssay the poll’s results accuratelydepict Rhode Islanders’ negativeperceptions of the junior senator.

Langevin spokesman MichaelGuilfoyle called Chafee’s perform-ance in the poll “baffling,” particu-larly for an incumbent whose mostthreatening opponent has not for-mally committed to entering therace.

“Clearly, the people of RhodeIsland have lost confidence inSenator Chafee’s ability to serve asan effective senator,” Guilfoylesaid.

But Hourahan said he ques-tioned whether these poll resultscan realistically forecast electionreturns.

“It’s way early in the cycle to belooking at a head-to-head race,”he said.

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Diamonds and coalCoal to the anticlimactic 2 percent margin of defeat forInstant Runoff Voting.

While we’re on the subject of the referendum, we’re savingup a bunch of diamonds to award to the first student whomanages a keg stand in the Ratty. But really, the only waythe UCS resolution will get past Campus Life is if we prom-ise to only buy kegs of Jägermeister directly through BrownFirst.

A diamond to the Corporation — you know, those guys insuits on campus this weekend to hand out financial aidIOUs to transfer and RUE students (we hope).

Warming coal to missing Alaskans. Maybe those who endedup in Rhode Island will see The Herald and phone home.

A huge diamond to BCA for delving into our iTunes to pulltogether a Spring Weekend that so far pleases most every-one — even our parents!

A grateful diamond to EMS volunteers and coordinators.Without you, our first-year survival rate would be signifi-cantly lower.

A diamond to the newly demure, clothed LiSci. At first, wesuspected the gift-wrapping was the work of Christo. Still,the glowing structure is no match for the “SomervilleGates,” one Massachusetts resident’s answer to the $21 mil-lion Central Park public art.

Coal to potential Dartmouth football saboteur KarlFurstenburg, the school’s admissions chief. Though Brownstands to gain an easy win each season if he really doeshave it in for the Big Green’s football program, it would justmake it that much worse if they beat us anyway.

And a non-burnable cubic zirconium to NarragansettElectric. It would be coal, but we need that to power ourportable generator in case they cut our electricity for a thirdtime.

Kegs are environmentally friendly, safer,cheaper alternativeTo the Editor:

Whether or not having a good time depends onalcohol is not for the University to decide. Thedrinking age in Rhode Island is 21, and almost halfof Brown students are of legal age. Why should theUniversity ban a method of serving alcohol that issafer, more environmentally friendly and a cheap-er alternative to buying cases of beer? Researchinto keg use has shown that it does not contributeto higher drinking levels; in fact, research haspointed to just the opposite, which accounts forthe fact that Harvard recently repealed its ban onkegs. At Penn, the average number of drinks con-sumed per person per night actually increasedwhen kegs were banned from campus. Althoughcounterintuitive to some, the fact remains that reg-istered kegs do not contribute to higher drinkinglevels.

Furthermore, kegs reduce the waste associatedwith canned beers, and keg registration also pro-vides an easier way for the University to monitor

alcohol consumption. Kegs take up less space andcost half as much as their equivalent volume incans, which is a benefit that legal students shouldbe able to take advantage of in a responsible fash-ion. As far as underage drinking concerns go, kegsdo not make it easier for underage drinkers to getbeer. Rhode Island law mandates that all individu-als renting kegs register their personal informationwith the business, making that individual liable ifany infractions of underage drinking occur. Thereis no equivalent registration for the purchase oflarge quanitities of cans of beer. The ban on kegscertainly should be reviewed in light of evidencethat demonstrates keg registration is a safer alter-native.

Just some thober soughts.Jess Maddox '08

Undergraduate Council of StudentsFeb. 23

To the Editor:

Those who know me know that I’m not one todrink alcohol, that I don’t depend on it to have agood time. So it may be a surprise to some that Ivoted for kegs to be permitted on campus.

I agree wholeheartedly with Joseph Gibson (“Noneed for kegs.” Feb. 23) when he says that alcoholis often associated with violence or other late-night revelries. However, I’m not so naïve to thinkthat even if Brown prohibited alcohol completelyon campus students wouldn’t drink. I went to prepschool; I know.

If we base our discussion on the premise thatstudents are drinking, the question now becomes:How do we encourage them to do so in a safemanner? When this question was asked about sex,the answer was to give out condoms. Could kegsbe to drinking what condoms are to sex? Schools

like Bates College, which prohibit hard liquor butallow beer, seem to think so.

If someone is drinking from a keg they are likelynot alone in a dorm, but rather with other people(safety in numbers, and monitoring of underagedrinking). Getting dangerously drunk from hardliquor is much faster and easier than getting drunkoff cheap beer. Although with a keg it’s harder tokeep track of how much one has drunk, most stu-dents I know choose their next serving based onhow they feel, not on how many they’ve had any-way; a feeling much more delayed when sluggingshots than when drinking beer.

If there has to be drinking, let’s encourage it tobe social and responsible.

Kyra Wiens ’08Feb. 23

Promoting socially responsible drinking

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2005 · PAGE 7

Save LincolnThe Democratic Party is about to

make a very big mistake. As if running a Massachusetts sena-

tor for president wasn’t enough, they arenow attacking one of their few friendsacross the aisle — Republican SenatorLincoln Chafee of Rhode Island.

Secretary of State Matt Brown recent-ly announced his Democratic candida-cy opposing Chafee, saying RhodeIsland needed “a senator who has rolledup his sleeves and been in the trenchesworking to make life better for peopleright here in our state. All that matters isgetting the job done and getting resultsfor people in Rhode Island.”

That would be true if he was runningfor governor, or even the House.However, Chafee has immeasurablevalue to Democrats in the Senate. TheDemocrats are not in position to regaincontrol of the Senate, so picking up onemore seat should not be their primarygoal. Instead, their priority should besupporting moderate Republicans likeJohn McCain, Chuck Hagel, and LincolnChafee. A Republican who can vouchfor the Democrats’ agenda is more valu-able than one more Democrat echoingparty lines and getting ignored by themedia.

For this reason, it is tragic thatDemocratic insiders are supportingBrown’s candidacy. Chafee is just thekind of senator Rhode Island and theDemocrats need right now.

Chafee is often more liberal thanDemocrats, and as a Republican, istaken seriously when he speaks out onissues. Unlike John Kerry, he votedagainst the resolution to authorize thepresident to go to war with Iraq. Unlike

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., he is in favor of a woman’s right tochoose. He is strongly against the deathpenalty, something many southernDemocrats feel they must support inorder to be a credible, “tough on crime”candidate. He strongly favors seekingnew energy sources, which is perhapsthe best path to long-term economicsecurity.

Chafee is clearly not your normalRepublican. He is therefore alienatedfrom his own party, which only supportshim because they don’t see the possibil-ity of anyone more conservative win-

ning in Rhode Island. Chafee does favorRepublican policies like loosening traderestrictions, particularly on China, butthis is no more radical than some of BillClinton’s views. Chafee favors socialsecurity privatization, but he wasagainst repealing the estate tax. He can-not be easily pinned down as a stooge ofthe wealthy elites.

This “ambivalence” toward the tradi-tional Republican agenda is the bestreason Democrats should leave himalone. Chafee has even consideredswitching parties and did not publiclysupport the president. Instead, he saidhe would consider writing in anotherRepublican candidate. I sure wish myelection ambivalence made the news.

The Democrats are desperate forSenate seats, so they are obviously tar-

geting the seats the GOP is most will-ing to let go of. But senators are sup-posed to be intelligent and delibera-tive, not ideological firebrands likeRick Santorum or Barbara Boxer.Senator John Kerry almost gets thismix right —his alleged “flip-flopping”would have been disastrous in theWhite House, but is actually a virtue inthe Senate.

The Senate is the most insulatedlegislative body in the United States,since its members serve three times aslong as those in the House and do notneed to constantly search for positivepublicity. Senators are able to goagainst the prevailing sentiments inthe country and exercise the moderat-ing influence that the Constitutiongrants them. For this reason, Chafeewas able to vote against the war inIraq, even though most of the countrysupported it. Kerry voted in favor ofthe war because he was acting as apresidential candidate would.

The 2004 election showed theridiculously simplistic and viciouslypartisan way issues are portrayedtoday. When we attack men likeChafee, who have a willingness tochallenge party orthodoxy, we reducethe Senate floor debate to a parlia-mentary version of “Crossfire.”

If you’re thinking of working in aSenate campaign in the next few years,please avoid the temptation to try andoust Chafee. While you may disagreewith some of his views, his liberal val-ues make him the best Democrat youcould ask for.

Caleb Karpay ’08 is making the news.

Negroponte’s dark and bloody pastPresident Bush’s recent nomination

of John Negroponte as the U. S. direc-tor of national intelligence is highlyalarming. Negroponte is linked toRonald Reagan’s murderous policies inCentral America during the 1980s. Asambassador to Honduras (1981-85),Negroponte was one of the chief archi-tects of the cContra war in Nicaraguaand stood at the forefront of theReagan administration’s sponsorshipof brutal counter-insurgency effortsagainst civilian populations and left-wing rebels.

Fearing an increase of Soviet influ-ence in a region historically dominatedby U.S. hegemony, terrified that theNicaraguan Revolution’s ideas ofnational liberation and socialism mightspread to other Latin Americannations, Reagan signed NationalSecurity Decision Directive 17 in 1981.This policy gave the CIA millions of dol-lars and the authority to recruit andtrain Contra forces — elements of theformer Nicaraguan dictator’s NationalGuard that fled to Honduras with the1979 Sandinista triumph. Maintaininga military dictatorship in Honduraswas essential to the U.S. war againstNicaragua, as the regime gaveNegroponte and the CIA liberty to con-duct operations along the country’sporous border with Nicaragua.

In order to keep millions in U.S. aidflowing, Negroponte worked to coverup the flagrant human rights abusescommitted against civilians by theHonduran military. The ambassadorreceived numerous reports of torture,“disappearances” and the activities ofBattalion 3-16, a CIA-trained

Honduran death squad that killed andtortured hundreds, including severalU.S. missionaries.

Under Negroponte’s supervision, thepreviously weak Contras began to con-duct frequent incursions intoNicaraguan territory to destroySandinista-constructed communitycenters, health facilities, schools andagricultural cooperatives. Negropontealso oversaw the construction of atraining facility for Contra soldiers aswell as a torture and detention center.With CIA assistance, the Contras alsoblew up oil pipelines and minedNicaragua’s harbors — an action that

prompted the Nicaraguan governmentto bring a case against the U.S. in theWorld Court. In 1986, the Courtdeclared the U.S. guilty of unlawful useof force against Nicaragua throughdirect attacks as well as through aiding“terrorist” Contra forces.

At a 1984 Congressional IntelligenceCommittee hearing, witnesses testifiedthat “groups of civilians, includingwomen and children, were burned, dis-membered, blinded and beheaded” byContra forces. When Congress bannedfurther military aid to the Contras,Negroponte made numerous attemptsto secure covert funding, participatingin several meetings between two U.S.mercenaries interested in funding theContras. He also masterminded a plotwith George Bush Sr. to funnel contra

aid through the Honduran military.Efforts by Negroponte and others

culminated in the Iran-Contra scandalof 1986, when it became public thatthe CIA had sold missiles to Iran inorder to secure the release of U.S.hostages in Lebanon and used theprofits from these sales to channelmoney illegally to the NicaraguanContras in Honduras.

Despite the massive numbers ofpeople slaughtered in Central Americain the 1980s, Negroponte sees the U.S.policy in the region, which carried aprice tag of well over $1 billion, as a“success.” The 30,000 Nicaraguan,75,000 Salvadorian and 200,000Guatemalan corpses that resulted fromU.S.-sponsored policies of low-intensi-ty warfare bring this so-called “victory”into question.

John Negroponte’s diplomaticcareer is covered in civilian blood.Moreover, Negroponte’s time inHonduras also brings his intelligencecredentials under suspicion, as heworked very diligently to deceiveCongress and the U.S. public about thehuman rights abuses committed by theU.S.-funded and trained Honduranmilitary and the Nicaraguan Contras,and also closely collaborated with theCIA to undermine congressional over-sight of funding for the Contras. If hisappointment as national intelligencedirector is approved by the Senate, hewill head 15 U.S. intelligence agencies,including the CIA. Given Negroponte’sdisturbing history in Central America,this is a truly harrowing prospect.

Kristen Shelby ’05 does her research.

Andhra Pradesh, South India’s largest state, boastsa population composed of several religions, ethnici-ties, castes and tribes. Yet, all these diverse people —all the male ones, anyway — share one conspicuouscommonality: the Andhrite mustache.

Last semester I studied in Hyderabad, AndhraPradesh’s capital city, at a university located on theoutskirts of the sprawling city, about an hour by busfrom downtown. On one ride I decided to count themustaches. I strolled up and down the aisle, examin-ing the male passengers. (That meant everyone. Thisphenomenon, though, would take much more thanone column to examine.)

Out of 40 passengers, 38 had “mustaches” — hairexclusively between nose and lip. Full beards, vandykes and mustache-sideburn combos don’t count.Some men look fine with mustaches — the guy from“The Jeffersons,” for example. Others — most — donot. It took the Beatles only one album to shavetheirs; Alex Trebek took a decade to come around.Gene Shalit still has not been set straight. Who isGene Shalit, you ask? Precisely my point.

A couple of men on the bus were mustache natu-rals (think Mr. Feeney), and none looked as stupid asGene Shalit. But about 30 of the 38 suffered the com-monest fate of mustache wearers: they just lookedlike they had something on their face. Not somethingurgently offensive, but something that should proba-bly be removed, especially if it could be done non-surgically.

As far as I could tell, the mustaches had no politi-cal or social significance. Unlike the hippie’s hair orthe skinhead’s skin head, the Andhrite’s mustachedoesn’t indicate a movement or subculture.

Some religions tell you what to do with your facialhair. Sikhism, for instance, forbids hair-shearing ofany kind, and most Muslim men grow beards;indeed, one of the two dissenters in my bus poll wasa Muslim. But half of Hyderabad’s men, and 95 per-cent of Andrhite men, follow Hinduism, a religionthat is silent on shaving. So religion provides noexplanation.

Historians will tell you that fashion trends some-times derive from figureheads. Louis XIV’s flowinglocks and imperious goatee unleashed a trickle-down effect of silly facial hair from which France isstill recovering. But a quick scan of India’s leadershipseems to discredit the top-down theory: PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh is a bearded Sikh,President Abdul Kalam is a clean-shaven Muslim andSonia Gandhi, India’s most revered living politician,is mustache-free. Mahatma Gandhi did famouslywear a mustache, but most Indians today admireother icons of the freedom struggle, such as baby-faced B. R. Ambedkar.

So most Andhrite men are not following philtrummandates given explicitly by God or implicitly by fig-ureheads. Top-down advocates could argue thatAndhra Pradesh’s mustached men are emulatingtheir movie stars. Tollywood, India’s second-largestfilm industry, is Andhra Pradesh’s rip-off ofBollywood, which is Bombay’s answer to Hollywood.And, as it turns out, almost all male Tollywood actorsdo have mustaches. However, Bollywood starsalmost never wear mustaches, and Andhrites watchalmost as much Bollywood as they do Tollywood. It’sjust as likely that Tollywood’s mustaches are a bot-tom-up phenomenon.

The onus, then, is still on the masses: Why wouldcitizens do this to themselves? Barring mass hysteriaor some sort of conspiracy, the simplest explanationis a sort of gradual fall from shaving grace. As theAndhrite mustache gained popularity, an increasingnumber of men never confronted the awful truth inthe mirror. The mustache naturals were never sepa-rated from the Gene Shalits, and people grew com-placent until the problem was pandemic.

Greater minds than my own have noted thatIndian education tends to rely on rote memorizationto the detriment of critical thinking. Perhaps ifAndhra Pradesh’s children are taught critical analysisnow, we can avoid the scourge of the Andhrite mus-tache in the next generation.

Andrew Marantz ’06.5 has been known to rock aneckbeard.

The Andhritemustache

GUEST COLUMN BY ANDREW MARANTZ

GUEST COLUMN BY CALEB KARPAY

GUEST COLUMN BY KRISTEN B. SHELBY

Chafee is just thesenator Rhode Island

needs right now.

Funding the contrasand covering up

human-rights abuses.

SPORTS WEEKENDTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD

FEBRUARY 25, 2005 · PAGE 8

BY ZANETA BALANTACSPORTS STAFF WRITER

The fencing team achievedmixed results at last weekend’sNew England IntercollegiateConference Championships. Thesquad earned one individual goldmedal and two bronze medals, aswell as squad gold medals for themen’s saber and women’s epeesquads, good for an overall third-place finish.

The highlight for the men wasthe performance of the sabersquad, which earned the title of

Best Men’s Squad of the Day afterits first-place finish.

“I was really happy with howthe saber squad did this pastweekend,” said saberman JeremyAdler ’06. “We were the best men’ssquad, even without our topfencer. Both Dan Mahoney (’07)and Sam Levine (’08) stepped upto the challenge. Sam has hadtrouble dealing with the pressureof competition in the past, but heseemed to have found a way todeal with his nervousness. I thinkthis bodes very well for the futureof the Brown men’s saber team.”

Foilist John Wurzel ’05 said themen’s three-weapon team couldhave performed better than theirthird-place finish.

“Although we had a good per-formance by select squads, men’ssaber especially, I would say weperformed somewhat below ourabilities as a team,” Wurzel said.

On the other side of the strip,the women’s epee squad took firstplace overall. With women’s foiland saber both finishing seventhfor the day, the women placedfourth in the competition.

In the last segment of the tour-nament, eight fencers from theBears qualified for individual

rounds, winning one gold andtwo bronze medals. All-AmericanRuth Schneider ’06 won gold,earning her third NEIFC women’sepee title. Mahoney andCharlotte Gartenberg ’08 tookthird in their saber squads, whileJeremy Moore ’06 took first placein junior varsity men’s foil.

“I don’t (think) we were poorlyprepared or that we were asleep. Ithink our performance was justsub-par, just an element of com-petitive athletics,” Wurzel said.

This Saturday, the Bears willgear up to host the ECAC/IFAChampionships. With 18 Brownfencers qualifying for the compe-tition, the Bears are looking toimprove on last season’s ninth-place finish. They will be chal-lenging fencers from some of thebest fencing programs in thecountry, including Harvard,University of Pennsylvania,Princeton and Yale.

“Every touch counts and youfight for victories one touch at atime. It’s an exhausting tourna-ment and if you get ahead ofyourself, you can beat yourselfbefore you even step on the strip,”Wurzel said.

BY JUSTIN GOLDMANSPORTS STAFF WRITER

The women’s basketball teamenters its final two home gamesof the season with hopes of win-ning the Ivy League title. At 7-3in the league and 15-8 overall,the Bears must win their lasttwo home games to have anyshot of winning the league —starting with undefeatedDartmouth (13-8, 9-0 Ivy).

The Bears will look to cutdown on the turnovers andmental mistakes that inhibitedthem against the Big Green intheir first match-up. “Every timewe got within striking distance,we made a mental error. In thisgame coming up, we need totake care and respect the bas-ketball. If we do that, we have agood chance to win,” said HeadCoach Jean Marie Burr.

In the first meeting with theBig Green, the Bears were out-rebounded 41-29 and shot only32 percent from the field, a per-formance they cannot repeat.“We need to command theboards this time. It is imperativethat we not give them secondshots,” Burr said.

The Bears will try to slowdown Dartmouth’s balancedscoring attack, which boasts

four players averaging doublefigures, beginning with EliseMorrison, who averages a team-leading 14.6 points per game.

Last weekend, Brown was ledby an excellent performancefrom Holly Robertson ’05.Robertson tallied 44 points and17 rebounds in two gamesagainst the University ofPennsylvania and Princeton.“Holly opens things up by justworking hard on the court. Sheis one of our best perimetershooters and she is able to playvery well in the low post,” Burrsaid.

Robertson and the Bears willtry to sweep the season serieswith Harvard on Saturday night.The Bears played one of theirbest overall games of the seasonwhen they defeated theCrimson 78-63 Feb. 11 on theroad. In that game, the Bearswere able to hold league-lead-ing scorer Reka Cserny to 11points, 9.5 below her Ivy Leagueseason average. “We matchedup very well with her. We wereable to pressure her very welland we were all aware of whereshe was on the court,” Burr said.

In their last meeting withHarvard, Brown excelled in thesame areas where they fell short

against Dartmouth. They shot54 percent in the first half and46 percent for the game en routeto a season-high 78 points, andwon the rebounding battle 47-33. “It is the intangibles thatenable you to win games. Weneed a little extra effort on theunsung parts of the game likeboxing out if we are going to winthese games this weekend,”Burr said.

If the Bears win these twoupcoming games, they will bewithin at least two games ofDartmouth for first place in theleague with two games left toplay, giving them an outsideshot at the Ivy title.

The Bears also want their finaltwo games to be a good showing,especially for seniors AndreaConrad ’05 and Robertson, whowill be playing their final homegames. “We want to be preparedfor a good performance. Andreaand Holly are playing the bestbasketball of their careers, andwe want to send them out withtwo final wins on their homefloor,” Burr said.

The Bears will look to pleasethe Blitz the Pitz crowd onFriday night, and then carry themomentum over to Saturday’sgame, both at 7 p.m.

BY HELEN LURYISPORTS STAFF WRITER

The women’s ice hockey teamwill be at home this weekend forits last two games of the regularseason against the University ofVermont and No. 3 Dartmouth.The Bears currently sit in fifthplace. Although they cannotmove up in the standings fromtheir current three-way tie, theystill could use a four-pointweekend to keep them fromfalling down to seventh.

With a 9-8-1 league record(12-13-2 overall), the Bears areout of the battle for home-iceadvantage for the first round ofthe ECACHL playoffs, but finish-ing as a higher seed remainsimportant. Two weeks awayfrom the playoffs, a better seedwould mean the differencebetween a match-up with ateam such as fourth-seeded Yale— against whom the Bears havehistorically had great success —or an opponent like Dartmouthor Harvard, who are in a first-place tie.

Princeton and ColgateUniversity are also gunning forthe fifth seed.

Vermont is currently tenth inthe eleven-team league, butdespite Bruno’s win againstthem on Feb. 5, the team is nottaking this game lightly. “Wehave (two) big games this week-end,” said co-captain AmyMcLaughlin ’05. “We playedboth teams at the beginning ofthe month. We started outstrong against Dartmouth andthen gave up the lead, andVermont we only beat 1-0, so weknow we definitely have to showup this weekend.”

Brown hockey fans should belooking forward to Saturday’s tilt

with Dartmouth, whose recordof 16-2-0 (23-3-0 overall) showsits unexpected success inwomen’s college hockey thisseason. The Big Green won theprevious match-up with Brown,6-3, but not without a spiritedeffort on the part of the Bears.Saturday’s game will be exciting,as Dartmouth looks to solidifytheir burgeoning role asECACHL powerhouse andnational contender, a role thatonce belonged to Brown.

Additionally, this weekendwill mark the last regular seasonhome game of the Bears’ seniorclass. Co-captains McLaughlinand Katie Guay ’05, assistantcaptains Kerry Nugent ’05 andJessica Link ’05, and scoring-machine Krissy McManus ’05will all graduate in May.

The games will start on Fridayat 7 p.m. and Saturday at 4 p.m.at Meehan Auditorium.

Track hopes for top 3 at Heps

W. hoops looking to blitz top squads

Ashley Hess / Herald

Co-captain Katie Guay ’05 is oneof five seniors playing her lasthome game this Saturday.

W. icers fight to keep seed

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25

Women’s ICE HOCKEY: Vermont, 7 p.m.,Meehan AuditoriumWomen’s BASKETBALL: Dartmouth, 7 p.m.,Pizzitola CenterMen’s ICE HOCKEY: at Vermont, Burlington,Vt.Men’s BASKETBALL: at Dartmouth,Hanover, N.H.Women’s SWIMMING: Ivy Championship,Princeton, N.J.Men’s SQUASH: ISA Team Championship,Cambridge, Mass.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26

Men’s LACROSSE: Albany (scrimmage), 1p.m., Stevenson FieldWomen’s ICE HOCKEY: Dartmouth, 4 p.m.,Meehan AuditoriumWomen’s BASKETBALL: Harvard, 7 p.m.,Pizzitola CenterFENCING: ECAC Championship, OMACMen’s ICE HOCKEY: at Dartmouth, Hanover,N.H.

Men’s BASKETBALL: at Harvard, Cambridge,Mass.Men’s TRACK: HEPS Championship,Cambridge, Mass.Women’s TRACK: HEPS Championship,Cambridge, Mass.GYMNASTICS: Ivy League Classic, NewHaven, Conn.SKIING: ECSC Regional Championships,Waterville Valley, N.H.Women’s SWIMMING: Ivy Championship,Princeton, N.J.Men’s SQUASH: ISA Team Championship,Cambridge, Mass.EQUESTRIAN: at Wesleyan, Middletown,Conn.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27

Women’s TENNIS: at Boston University,Boston, Mass.SKIING: ECSC Regional Championships,Waterville Valley, N.H.Men’s SQUASH: ISA Team Championship,Cambridge, Mass.

Fencing faces tough tests at ECAC/IFA

WEEKEND SPORTS SCHEDULE

SPORTS STAFF REPORTS

Hoping to improve on 2004’sfourth-place finish, the men’strack and field team aims for atop-three finish at the indoorHeptagonal Championships.

“Our goal is always to finish inthe top three,” said Head CoachRobert Johnson.

Co-captain Patrick Tarpy ’05will lead the charge for the dis-tance squad as he takes the linefor the mile, 3,000-meter and dis-tance medley relay.

“Pat has hopes to compete fur-ther in the season as well,” saidDistance Coach John Gregorek.“He wanted to score as manypoints as possible for the team. Itspeaks highly of him as a seniorand as a captain.”

Another contender to takeindividual top honors for the dis-tance squad is Jeff Gaudette ’05. Alingering foot injury has limitedGaudette’s racing thus far, butGregorek does not see it prevent-ing Gaudette from competing.

“He’s tough and more talentedthan the rest of the field,”Gregorek said. “We’re keeping

him in just the one event becauseof it, but he will push throughanything.”

Providing additional depth willbe Eamon Quick ’07 and MikePiche ’05 in the mile, OwenWashburn ’06 in the 3,000-meterand Chris Burke ’07 in the 5,000-meter run.

“Everyone looks ready to go,”Gregorek said. “We’ve focused thewhole season for this and nowwe’re tapered and sharp.”

Another Heps veteran, RayBobrownicki ’06, returns as a two-time champion in the high jump.While Bobrownicki is a provenHeps scorer, a new face threatensto take individual honors in thetriple jump. Ikenna Achilihu ’08ranks third after setting multiplepersonal bests throughout theseason and qualifying for theIC4As.

In throws, co-captain JakeGolenor ’06 looks to take top hon-ors in the shot put, coming intothe weekend ranked fourth with amark of 52-10.25

“It will all come together forthis weekend,” Golenor said. “We

have the talent to take top pointsaround the track, and I know I’mready to do the same.”

WOMEN’S TRACKAfter a third-place finish in last

year’s Heps, the women’s trackteam will be looking to dethronedefending champion Cornell.

Many athletes should havestandout performances thisweekend. For the throws squad,Jennifer Donahue ’05 appearsprimed to peak at Heps after aseason in which she has set per-sonal records on several occa-sions. Co-captain Jill Lynch ’05,who hit an ECAC qualifying marklast weekend to set a new season-leading league mark in shot put,looks to return to the victorystand after a first-place finish in2003.

“The throwers have had atremendous week in practice,”said Head Coach Robert Johnson.“According to (Throws) Coach(Michelle Eisenreich), they lookgreat for the Heps.”

The Bears are equally confi-

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