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BY KIRA LESLEY The Office of Residential Life plans to dou- ble the amount of available coed housing for next year, according to Dean for Campus Life Margaret Jablonski. Jablonski wrote in an e-mail to The Herald that ResLife plans to add 145 optionally coed beds to Minden Hall, 129 to Barbour Hall Apartments and 168 beds to Young Orchard buildings for 2004-2005. This will increase the percentage of hous- ing that is optionally coed from 9 percent to 18 percent. This year, a total of 403 beds were available as optionally coed in Vartan Gregorian Quad A and B, Morriss suites and Wriston suites. The expansion of coed housing falls short of the plan Residential Council out- lined in November, when it approved a resolution that would expand optional coed housing to “all suites in Minden, Barbour, Young Orchard and the Graduate Center.” ResCouncil Chair Jesse Goodman told The Herald the resolution is currently “in the very final stages of negotiation.” The changes Jablonski outlined do not include plans to make any coed housing available in Grad Center. Director of Housing Richard Bova said the status of Grad Center bathrooms is one major reason the University is unlikely to add coed housing to the towers. Residence halls that are likely to have coed housing next year contain lockable, single-use bathrooms, and Grad Center does not, Bova said. According to Goodman, coed bath- rooms have been a sticking point for the University in creating more optional coed housing. The University feels that students may be uncomfortable sharing bathrooms with members of the opposite sex, Lottery Committee Chair Pamela Dubyak wrote in an e-mail to The Herald. She noted that other schools, including Williams College and Princeton University, offer optional coed housing with coed bathrooms. BY KAVITA MISHRA In a way, Brown saw Mars first, with Professor Tim Mutch leading the first mission to Mars in 1976. Since the Viking mission, Brown stu- dents have been linked to a net- work of University faculty and graduates who still lead the efforts to explore the Red Planet. In planetary research, Brown ranks among the top programs in the country, along with institutions such as Arizona State University, California Technical Institute and Washington University in St. Louis, said Professor of Geological Sciences Malcolm Rutherford. But it was Mutch who brought Mars research to Brown, according to Jim Garvin ’78, Sc.M. ’81, Ph.D. ’84, chief sci- entist of NASA’s Mars Exploration Programs. Mutch got many of his stu- dents, including Professor of Geological Sciences Jim Head ’69, “hooked,” he wrote in an e-mail to The Herald. “I was most fortunate to have been a graduate of this tradition, and it helped me achieve the position I currently hold for NASA,” Garvin wrote. “This very department has led to the large number of Brown graduates who have major roles in the NASA programs of planetary exploration.” The University’s legacy in Mars research may have begun with Mutch, who designed the Viking camera, but student involvement has always been key to the school’s production of promi- nent planetary scientists, said Head, who said he considers Mutch an inspira- tion. And the legacy is not likely to end. Of the 15 or so graduate students in the planetary group, Professor of Geological Sciences Jack Mustard Ph.D. ’90 said about half are involved in Mars research. Mustard, who became a professor in 1990 after finishing his doctorate, said the excellence of the department, with its emphasis on undergraduate educa- tion and its collegial and visionary fac- ulty, kept him at Brown. He said he believes in the mantra, “Don’t just do science, make discover- BY DANA GOLDSTEIN After $100,000 in renovations financed by Brown, the Providence Police Department substation on Brook Street opened in December, following a rash of street crime and Brown’s decision to arm its police. Now, Providence Police have occupied the Brook Street space, paying only a symbolic $1 for rent each month. As students returned to campus last week, the substation began operating full time. About 21 officers assigned to the substation are responsible for patrolling an area stretching from South Main Street to the Seekonk River, known as District 9. The substation was the eighth built in Providence as part of a new commitment to “neighborhood policing,” a widely used model in which officers are assigned to specific neighborhoods, allowing them to build relationships with local residents, institutions and businesses. Because of the Brook Street substa- tion’s proximity to Brown, the University and its police force are working closely with Providence Police officers on a vari- ety of investigations and crime preven- INSIDE FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 2004 TODAY’S FORECAST mostly sunny high 26 low 12 THE BROWN DAILY HERALD An independent newspaper serving the Brown community since 1891 JANUARY 30, 2004 Volume CXXXIX, No. 3 www.browndailyherald.com FRIDAY New Brook Street substation focuses police attention on East Side Coed housing options will double for this year’s lottery Brown legacy in Mars research will continue in future exploration BY JONATHAN ELLIS CS is pushing CIS out of the CIT. As it acquires more faculty, graduate students and staff, the Department of Computer Science is expanding opera- tions in the Thomas J. Watson Sr. Center for Information Technology. To accom- modate the growth, Computing and Information Services is moving some of its offices to a Davol Square business park. CIS ceded half of the CIT’s third floor to the CS department in early January, according to the CIS Web site. When the second phase of the move is completed this summer, the CS depart- ment will occupy all of the third, fourth and fifth floors of the building, said Thomas Doeppner, associate professor and vice chairman of the CS department and coordinator of the expansion. Plans for the expansion have been in the works for five to six years, Doeppner said. “The big issue is that both CIS and CS had to expand,” he said. “Although it’s not ideal for CIS to go off campus, it makes more sense than for us to.” The CS department will acquire new labs as part of the expansion, Doeppner said. One of them, dubbed the “Internet Lab,” is slated to open next week. “It’s a lab for doing experiments that simulate applications running on the entire Internet,” Doeppner said. For example, if researchers wanted to create their own version of the search engine Google, they could simulate “tons and tons of people using it simultaneously,” he said. The lab will also be used by students in CS courses, he said. The new “Motion Capture Lab,” located in the former CIS telecommunications office on the first floor, will be used to Nick Neely / Herald Officer Charles Boranian climbs into his car as he leaves the Providence Police Substation on Brook Street. see POLICE, page 8 see HOUSING, page 7 CIS downtown move makes more space on campus for new technology, classes see CIS, page 7 see MARS, page 4 BROWN & MARS: second in a two-part series Casts, producers of five plays prepare for another semester of theater arts & culture, page 3 Students release inaugural issue of multimedia magazine on DVD arts & culture, page 3 Cross-disciplinary class brings together theater, physics and history campus news, page 5 Christopher McAuliffe ’05 responds to Lani Guinier’s Tuesday speech column, page 11 Wrestling loses match to Rutgers, looks ahead to weekend competition sports, page 12

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BY KIRA LESLEYThe Office of Residential Life plans to dou-ble the amount of available coed housingfor next year, according to Dean forCampus Life Margaret Jablonski.

Jablonski wrote in an e-mail to TheHerald that ResLife plans to add 145optionally coed beds to Minden Hall, 129to Barbour Hall Apartments and 168 bedsto Young Orchard buildings for 2004-2005.This will increase the percentage of hous-ing that is optionally coed from 9 percentto 18 percent. This year, a total of 403 bedswere available as optionally coed in VartanGregorian Quad A and B, Morriss suitesand Wriston suites.

The expansion of coed housing fallsshort of the plan Residential Council out-lined in November, when it approved aresolution that would expand optionalcoed housing to “all suites in Minden,Barbour, Young Orchard and the GraduateCenter.” ResCouncil Chair Jesse Goodmantold The Herald the resolution is currently“in the very final stages of negotiation.”

The changes Jablonski outlined do notinclude plans to make any coed housingavailable in Grad Center.

Director of Housing Richard Bova saidthe status of Grad Center bathrooms is onemajor reason the University is unlikely toadd coed housing to the towers. Residencehalls that are likely to have coed housingnext year contain lockable, single-usebathrooms, and Grad Center does not,Bova said.

According to Goodman, coed bath-rooms have been a sticking point for theUniversity in creating more optional coedhousing. The University feels that studentsmay be uncomfortable sharing bathroomswith members of the opposite sex, LotteryCommittee Chair Pamela Dubyak wrote inan e-mail to The Herald. She noted thatother schools, including Williams Collegeand Princeton University, offer optionalcoed housing with coed bathrooms.

BY KAVITA MISHRAIn a way, Brown saw Mars first, withProfessor Tim Mutch leading the firstmission to Mars in 1976.

Since the Viking mission, Brown stu-dents have beenlinked to a net-work of

University faculty and graduates whostill lead the efforts to explore the RedPlanet.

In planetary research, Brown ranks

among the top programs in the country,along with institutions such as ArizonaState University, California TechnicalInstitute and Washington University inSt. Louis, said Professor of GeologicalSciences Malcolm Rutherford.

But it was Mutch who brought Marsresearch to Brown, according to JimGarvin ’78, Sc.M. ’81, Ph.D. ’84, chief sci-entist of NASA’s Mars ExplorationPrograms. Mutch got many of his stu-dents, including Professor of Geological

Sciences Jim Head ’69, “hooked,” hewrote in an e-mail to The Herald.

“I was most fortunate to have been agraduate of this tradition, and it helpedme achieve the position I currently holdfor NASA,” Garvin wrote. “This verydepartment has led to the large numberof Brown graduates who have majorroles in the NASA programs of planetaryexploration.”

The University’s legacy in Marsresearch may have begun with Mutch,who designed the Viking camera, butstudent involvement has always beenkey to the school’s production of promi-nent planetary scientists, said Head,who said he considers Mutch an inspira-tion.

And the legacy is not likely to end.Of the 15 or so graduate students in

the planetary group, Professor ofGeological Sciences Jack Mustard Ph.D.’90 said about half are involved in Marsresearch.

Mustard, who became a professor in1990 after finishing his doctorate, saidthe excellence of the department, withits emphasis on undergraduate educa-tion and its collegial and visionary fac-ulty, kept him at Brown.

He said he believes in the mantra,“Don’t just do science, make discover-

BY DANA GOLDSTEINAfter $100,000 in renovations financed byBrown, the Providence PoliceDepartment substation on Brook Streetopened in December, following a rash ofstreet crime and Brown’s decision to armits police.

Now, Providence Police have occupiedthe Brook Street space, paying only asymbolic $1 for rent each month.

As students returned to campus lastweek, the substation began operating fulltime. About 21 officers assigned to thesubstation are responsible for patrollingan area stretching from South Main Streetto the Seekonk River, known as District 9.The substation was the eighth built inProvidence as part of a new commitmentto “neighborhood policing,” a widelyused model in which officers are assignedto specific neighborhoods, allowing themto build relationships with local residents,institutions and businesses.

Because of the Brook Street substa-tion’s proximity to Brown, the Universityand its police force are working closelywith Providence Police officers on a vari-ety of investigations and crime preven-

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New Brook Streetsubstation focusespolice attentionon East Side

Coed housingoptions willdouble for thisyear’s lottery

Brown legacy in Mars research willcontinue in future exploration

BY JONATHAN ELLISCS is pushing CIS out of the CIT.

As it acquires more faculty, graduatestudents and staff, the Department ofComputer Science is expanding opera-tions in the Thomas J. Watson Sr. Centerfor Information Technology. To accom-modate the growth, Computing andInformation Services is moving some of itsoffices to a Davol Square business park.

CIS ceded half of the CIT’s third floor tothe CS department in early January,according to the CIS Web site.

When the second phase of the move iscompleted this summer, the CS depart-

ment will occupy all of the third, fourthand fifth floors of the building, saidThomas Doeppner, associate professorand vice chairman of the CS departmentand coordinator of the expansion.

Plans for the expansion have been inthe works for five to six years, Doeppnersaid.

“The big issue is that both CIS and CShad to expand,” he said. “Although it’s notideal for CIS to go off campus, it makesmore sense than for us to.”

The CS department will acquire newlabs as part of the expansion, Doeppnersaid. One of them, dubbed the “Internet

Lab,” is slated to open next week. “It’s a lab for doing experiments that

simulate applications running on theentire Internet,” Doeppner said. Forexample, if researchers wanted to createtheir own version of the search engineGoogle, they could simulate “tons andtons of people using it simultaneously,” hesaid. The lab will also be used by studentsin CS courses, he said.

The new “Motion Capture Lab,” locatedin the former CIS telecommunicationsoffice on the first floor, will be used to

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Officer Charles Boranian climbs into his car as he leaves the Providence PoliceSubstation on Brook Street.

see POLICE, page 8

see HOUSING, page 7

CIS downtown move makes more space oncampus for new technology, classes

see CIS, page 7 see MARS, page 4

BROWN & MARS:second in a two-part series

Casts, producers offive plays prepare foranother semester oftheaterarts & culture, page 3

Students releaseinaugural issue ofmultimedia magazineon DVDarts & culture, page 3

Cross-disciplinaryclass brings togethertheater, physics andhistorycampus news, page 5

Christopher McAuliffe’05 responds to LaniGuinier’s Tuesdayspeechcolumn, page 11

Wrestling loses matchto Rutgers, looksahead to weekendcompetitionsports, page 12

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BY MERYL ROTHSTEINA new magazine is about to join the bevyof existing Brown publications, but unlikeits predecessors, CHAISE magazine can’tbe perused in the Ratty.

Founded by Bennett Barbakow ’04,Michelle Higa ’04, Noah Norman ’04 andChris Smith ’04, CHAISE is a new biannualarts magazine featuring video, audio, stilland DVD-ROM pieces, all on DVD.

The magazine includes work from about30 contributors, including Brown and RISDstudents, a Brown professor and localartists, some of them Brown alumni,

Barbakow said.CHAISE began as an opportunity to

showcase all the “cutting-edge work that weknew existed on this campus that wasn’t outthere,” he said.

The founders met in a multimedia lab atBrown, where they each worked on differenttypes of new media projects, Higa said. Inthe lab, she noticed impressive computer-based work that had no venue for publica-tion, she said.

A DVD seemed like “the only medium

ARTS & CULTURETHE BROWN DAILY HERALD

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Multimedia DVD magazineshowcases Brown talent

Tavet Gillson

The main interface of the first issue of CHAISE, a multimedia magazineproduced bystudents, combines digital art with functionality.

Upcoming shows promisecomedy and tragedyBY DANIELLE CERNYObsession, adultery, castration, murder –this semester of Brown theater promisesall the drama and excitement of yourfavorite soap operas without the awful act-ing.

Production Workshop’s first show of thesemester, “The Country Wife,” starts offlike a typical comedy: a cunning man,Horner, attempts to sweet-talk his wayinto the hearts and bedrooms of a town’saffluent beauties. Yet this ticket to romancecomes at the cost of his manhood. Toelude the watchful eyes of the women’shusbands, Horner presents himself as aninnocent eunuch. With this infallible cover,Horner is able to garner the sympathy andhearts of three local aristocratic wives.

However, the wives are far from inno-cent victims in this steamy plot. Hidingbehind their prestigious names, the threewomen relish in their deviant love affairs.As the terms “honor” and “sex” becomeinterchangeable in this indecent web, thechances of exposure rise to an unavoid-able comedic climax.

On the Mainstage, Sophie Treawell’s“Machinal” portrays a more serious strug-gle against oppression and death. In theplay, a young woman struggles to discoverherself in a world dominated by men andmachines. As the woman strives to contortinto her regimented mold, she is forced todeny her humanity. The struggle is nolonger a question of conformity or rejec-tion, but rather one of life or death.

But who says being at odds with societyand despising your fellow man has to be anegative experience? “The Misanthrope,”

by Moliére, is a dark comedy that defiescategorization. In the play, anxiety, obses-sion and melancholy drive the unique plotforward as a young woman, Climente,attempts to convince her numerous loversthat they possess the only key to her heart.One of Climente’s lovers, Alceste, is alreadydisillusioned with the world at large whenhe finally confronts his promiscuous lover.The awkwardness of this confrontation isamplified when all of Climente’s suitorsunexpectedly pay her a visit.

Love finds a slightly more optimisticportrayal in the love letters that are adapt-ed in Sandra Laub’s “Mrs. Campbell! Mr.Shaw!” The courier courtship traces thetumultuous romance, work relationshipand ultimate friendship between play-wright George Bernard Shaw and actressMrs. Patrick Campbell. Laub and TomOakes make up the professional cast ofthis historical affair. The performance ispart of the Mel and Cindy Yoken CulturalSeries and is jointly sponsored by theFriends of the Library and the Friends ofthe Brown University Theatre.

Interestingly, George Bernard Shaw’swork “St. John” plays a prominent role inanother Brown production: LanfordWilson’s “Books of Days.” The theaterschedule would not be complete withoutthis tale of suspected murder and publichysteria. In a small town in rural Missouri,a local cheese plant owner and dairyfarmer, Walt Bates, is mysteriously killed ina tornado accident. Bates’ bookkeeper,Ruth Hoch, suspects murder and searches

see THEATER, page 7 see CHAISE, page 6

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ies.” Scientists should not let thelimits of their expertise keepthem from answering the bigquestions, Mustard said. In thisway the participation of under-graduate students, who bringenthusiasm and new perspec-tives, is helpful in the research.“Undergrads ask the questionsabout cool stuff staring them inthe face,” he said.

But Mustard agreed withRutherford, saying it is thedepartment’s “team” mentalitythat pushes it forward. He saidmany faculty who are not direct-ly involved in Mars researchprovide insight into geologicalprocesses important for under-standing the planet.

The faculty, including EdgarParmentier and Carle Pieters,professors of geological sci-ences, has also contributeddirectly to many of NASA’s pro-grams in planetary explorationby proposing innovative experi-ments, Garvin wrote.

“(Head’s) contribution to stu-dent education and to integrat-ed research activities is the stuffof legend,” he wrote. Garvinwrote that he expects otherBrown faculty to contribute to a2009 Mars Science Laboratorymission, which will “follow thecarbon” in the search for life onthe planet, and several plannedmissions for the next decade.

The futureProfessor of Geological SciencesPeter Schultz, who primarilystudies impact craters, said hisinterest in Mars stems from the

desire to understand the historyof the planet and its atmos-phere. The recent images sentback from the rovers will giveresearchers “a better handle onhow to do experiments,” he said.

“My hope is that in this flurryof activity, we have fidelity,”Schultz said. Missions that allowexploration of a planet, like theMars exploration project, are“not controlled by new technol-ogy,” he said. “It’s perspective.”Continuing proposals and inter-est in such missions keep theresearch alive, he added.

With respect to Marsresearch, Schultz compared theprocess to how someone wouldexplore the Rocky Mountains ifthat person had grown up inSouth Dakota and never left.

NASA’s current program in

Mars exploration is “more ambi-tious than at any other point inhistory,” with four spacecraftand two rovers studying theplanet, Garvin wrote. But anoth-er reconnaissance mission isscheduled for next year, fol-lowed by a laboratory missionfor launch in 2009.

According to Mustard, thefuture of planetary research is instudying and understandingorganisms that live in extremeenvironments, or astrobiology.

Schultz is also working in col-laboration with NASA’sExobiology Program to under-stand how life can survive or becreated after high-velocityimpacts, which may bring addi-tional organic materials.

But Head said observingother planets’ geological pastscan help answer the question,“Are we doing things on our ownplanet that can dramaticallylead to changes here?”

Recent research has allowedscientists “to look at things weknow on Earth ... magnified” bylooking at Mars, Head said,referring to the differences in iceages between the planets.

Head spent six weeks inAntarctica last year to study coldice deserts similar to Mars’extreme environment. DavidShean ’04, one of Head’s stu-dents, said he uses data imagesof Mars and actual glaciers onour planet to study glacial fea-tures on Mars.

Head is currently working ontwo mission proposals, one thatwould launch and return sam-ples from the far side of theMoon and another that wouldsend a lander to Venus. Thissemester, he will also teach afirst-year seminar about Marsexploration, a class he says willhave novice students looking atthe same rover data that scien-tists will be poring over in thecoming months.

The confidence in fellowBrown graduates andresearchers echoes through thedepartment and beyond, scien-tists said. Head said of his for-mer student’s role in NASA, “Isleep so much (better) knowing(Garvin’s) down there incharge.”

Herald staff writer Kavita Mishra’04 can be reached [email protected].

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New course combinesphysics and theaterBY ELISE BARANBrown students love confrontation and,apparently, so do Brown professors.

PH 10/TA 10: “Science inConfrontation with Authority: TheDrama, the History and the Science” isregistered both as a physics course and acourse in the Department of Theatre,Speech and Dance. Professor of PhysicsLeon Cooper teaches the course and isassisted by Professor of Biology KennethMiller, Trinity Repertory CompanyArtistic Director Oskar Eustis and TonyAward-winning actor Brian Dennehy.

Course reading is split between aphysics textbook and three plays: BertoltBrecht’s “Galileo,” Peter Parnell’s“Trumpery” and Michael Frayn’s“Copenhagen.”

The class covers some of the mostfamous conflicts between science andsociety. Yet despite its unique format, it ismore than just a survey course posingquestions about why these conflictsoccur, why humans have a need toexplain the world around them and howscientific explanations compare withother cultural explanations, Cooper said.

Cooper formerly taught a class with

Eustis called “Copenhagen,” after Frayn’splay, but this year decided to expand itinto a broader look at the drama of sci-ence.

Although the class has no prerequi-sites, most of the students have takenhigh school or college physics. PatrickSheehan ’06, a math concentrator, saidhe was attracted to the course because itcombines two of his interests: theaterand physics.

Jeff Yoskowitz ’07 said that because heconsiders himself a “humanities person”he is interested in the historical aspect ofthe course.

Miller, a molecular biologist, willguide the class through the ongoingdebate about evolution. Miller, who hasspent much of his career defending thestudy of evolution to school boards, willfocus on the life of Charles Darwin andcurrent conflicts in science education.

Eustis will lead discussion. Dennehy,who is currently working with the TrinityRep, will assist Eustis in performing theplays.

Herald staff writer Elise Baran ’07 can bereached at [email protected].

Marissa Hauptman / Herald

Instructor Oskar Eustis,artistic director for Trinity Repertory Company,leads class on the firstday of “Science in Confrontation with Authority:The Drama,the History,and the Science.”

HERALD OPEN HOUSESComing in February

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that will allow us to encompass allthese kinds of work,” Barbakowsaid.

CHAISE “consolidates allthese types of new media art in away that makes sense,” saidTavet Gillson ’04, CHAISE’s cre-ative director.

While its main goal is toentertain, the DVD, as well asthe magazine’s Web site, canhelp connect artists in the com-munity to one another,Barbakow said, as well as serveas a “bomb portfolio item” forthe artists involved.

The DVD format also allowedthe CHAISE staff to act as self-described “guerrilla technologywarriors,” Barbakow said.

Their main tools were theirlaptops and cell phones, andthey finished the magazine overwinter break, with editors in

California, Philadelphia andProvidence, he said.

CHAISE will premiere Feb. 6with a release party in the List ArtBuilding. The party will include aformal screening of the DVD, aswell as musical performances bysome of the artists featured onthe DVD.

The launch will also serve asthe closing to the CHAISE-curat-ed art show currently on displayin List, which features piecesoriginally on the DVD as well asworks commissioned by the mag-azine, including a custom-madechaise lounge, Barbakow said.

The release party comesroughly one semester after themagazine’s formal beginning.

CHAISE began last Septemberas a Category I Brown group andwithin two weeks became aCategory II group, entitling themagazine to some money fromthe Undergraduate FinanceBoard, he said.

But it really got off the ground

when they received a $5,000grant from the Creative ArtsCouncil, he said. CHAISE alsoreceived funding from theDepartment of Modern Cultureand Media, the Department ofMusic and the Department ofVisual Art, as well as privatedonors, he said.

The money was sufficient to putout 2,000 free DVDs and throw therelease party.

In the spring semester, CHAISEfounders hope to earn Type 3 sta-tus and perhaps seek money fromcorporations, “but not in a sell-outkind of way,” Barbakow said.

The DVDs will be available insome department buildingsthroughout campus, stores onThayer Street, Avon Cinema,AS220, Cable Car Cinema andAcme Video, Higa said.

Herald staff writer Meryl Rothstein’06 edits the Arts & Culture section.She can be reached at [email protected].

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Tavet Gillson

A submenu interface of CHAISE’s first issue directs users to featured videos.

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for evidence to catch the killer. Yetas she does so, Ruth is cast as Joanof Arc in Shaw’s play and slowlytransforms into the character inher everyday life. With the small-town tension on the rise, thesearch for Bates’ killer culminatesin a public explosion of heresy andcollaboration in which no one canbe trusted. Wilson’s play providesan alternately scathing and sym-pathetic view of rural America thatsearches for truth and identity onthe brink of the new millennium.

“The Country Wife” opens Feb.13, “Machinal” Feb. 26, “TheMisanthrope” March 11, “Books ofDays” April 15 and “Mrs.Campbell! Mr. Shaw!” April 28.

Times and dates of these andother shows can be found onBrown’s Arts and Entertainmentonline calendar and Brown’s the-atre and dance Web site.

Danielle Cerny ’06 edits the Artsand Culture section. She can bereached at [email protected].

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According to a ResidentialCouncil report on coed housing,only 23.8 percent of coed groupsthat entered the lottery wereassigned coed suites. No risingsophomores received coed hous-ing assignments, ResCouncilChair Jesse Goodman said.

Ruling out coed housing inGrad Center puts sophomoreswho wish to live in a coed suite ata disadvantage, Goodman said.Because many sophomores who

receive suites in the lottery areplaced in Graduate Center, thereis little chance they will be placedin a coed suite, he said.

The issue of coed housing isespecially important to LGBTstudents, Goodman said.

“Single-sex housing does a dis-service to LGBT students” byassuming single-sex living situa-tions are always the most com-fortable, he said.

Bova said he does not considerthe lack of optional coed housingin the Graduate Center a disad-vantage for rising sophomores. IfResCouncil is concerned about

housing options for sophomores,the council should work on a sys-tem that benefits sophomores inthe housing lottery, he said.

According to Bova, theUniversity will not make an offi-cial decision until it receives thefinal report from the Task Forceon Student Housing, which iscomposed of students, facultyand staff. The issue will beresolved before the spring lottery,Bova said.

Herald staff writer Kira Lesley ‘07can be reached [email protected].

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study computer vision and couldhelp create robots that move likehumans, Doeppner said.

The CS department will alsoreceive new classroom and officespace, including an office forteaching assistants.

Though CIS administrative sys-tems groups — including theoffice of Vice President for CISEllen Waite-Franzen — will now belocated in the Jewelry District,Brown faculty and students willnot notice much of a difference,

Patricia Falcon, CIS communica-tions and documentation coordi-nator, wrote in an e-mail to TheHerald.

That’s because CIS public serv-ices will remain in the CIT, saidPamela Vogel, CIS associate direc-tor for communications. Theseinclude the Help Desk, clustersupport and faculty computingsupport, she said.

Davol Square is a 15-minutewalk from the main campus andhas a stop on the BrownMedExpress shuttle route, Vogelsaid. The business park, locatedat Eddy and Point Streets, isnear the Providence River and

the new Heritage Harbor muse-um.

Vogel did not know whether therelocation would give CIS a netgain in square footage of officespace, but said the new layoutwould be more conducive to oper-ations.

But with CIS operating fromtwo locations, “it’s been acknowl-edged that communication isgoing to be our toughest issue,”Vogel said.

Herald staff writer Jonathan Ellis’06 covers technology at Brown. Hecan be reached at [email protected].

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tion initiatives. And althoughMayor David Cicilline has publiclyopposed Simmons’ decision toarm the Brown Police, sayingthere are already enough guns onthe streets of Providence, bothColonel Paul Verrecchia, head ofDPS, and Lieutenant DavidLapatin, the top-ranking officer atthe substation, said the arming ofBrown Police will strengthen, notweaken, ties between DPS andPPD.

“I think it will maybe enhanceour working relationship, which Ithink will be a help to theProvidence Police, because therewill be less of a need for our offi-cers to rely on their officers as firstresponders,” Verrecchia said.

Lapatin said he welcomesBrown’s help.

“We wouldn’t expect the Brownpolice to respond to crimes thatare off campus,” he said, “but I’msure there will be an occasionwhen they might have to back usup. … We’ll be happy to havethem.”

No plans are underway to pro-vide Providence police officersworking in the neighborhood withthe type of specific diversity train-ing that Brown police receive,Lapatin and Verrecchia said.

“There is no special trainingfor working with college stu-dents,” Lapatin said. “They areadults.”

Twice each week, Lapatin saidhe or other officers assigned tothe substation meet with mem-bers of DPS and the RISD PublicSafety Department to discussongoing investigations andstrategies for preventing crime inthe neighborhood.

DPS is hopeful that an arrestmade Nov. 22 will end last semes-ter’s wave of purse-snatchings,Verrecchia said. No street crimetook place over the winter break,but meetings between the twopolice forces and the RISDDepartment of Public Safety haveresulted in plans to prevent suchcrimes from occurring this semes-ter, Verrecchia and Lapatin said.

“We are working together toform foot posts in our areas ofconcern, which is where we getthe reports that students havebeen assaulted or are afraid to

walk alone,” Lapatin said.Early last semester, Fox Point

residents made several com-plaints about late-night partieshosted by Brown students living inthe neighborhood. Lapatin, resi-dents of Fox Point, Brown stu-dents living off campus andDeborah Dinerman of BrownCommunity Relations sit on acommittee dealing with issues ofoff-campus living.

DPS and PPD are workingtogether to establish strategies forinteracting with students living offcampus, especially when it comesto breaking up parties, Lapatinsaid. An informative video aboutoff-campus living has been pro-duced by the Office of StudentLife, with help from the commit-tee’s members, and is currentlybeing edited. On the video,Verrecchia speaks about night-time safety issues such as walkinghome alone, visiting an ATM andlocking doors, Dinerman said.

Overall, Dinerman saidBrown’s administration is excitedto have the substation in theneighborhood. Students living offcampus can now call theProvidence Police if needed, shesaid.

“I give a lot of credit toLieutenant Lapatin because hehas really taken the initiative withus,” Dinerman said. “I think thatthat’s just so indicative of thementality down there at the sub-station. … Brown is a large part ofthe community, and so are thestudents living off campus.”

Herald staff writer Dana Goldstein’06 edits the RISD News section.She can be reached at [email protected].

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and 6-3 against Tufts, for a totalof 18-9. Against Smith, Browneasily attacked for a match-count of 24-3, with all threesquads victorious.

“It’s really encouraging tohave your squad cheering andoffering advice on the strip,”Milner said. “Everyone is reallyclose and supportive withintheir squad and also for the restof the team.”

The Brown women avengedtheir 13-14 loss during their lastencounter with BC by stealingthe victory with a 16-11 count.

During the last match of theday, the Bears faced fatiguewhile competing against peren-nial powerhouse BrandeisUniversity and were unable toeke out a victory, losing 7-10.

Like its women’s counterpart,

the men’s fencing team garnereda win against Dartmouth butwas unable to gain any victoriesover MIT, Brandeis University orBC. Despite the losses, however,the Bears delivered many strongindividual performancesthroughout the meet. JeremyZeitlin ’07 led the way for themen with an 11-1 overall record.

Both teams are continuing totrain hard and build momentumbefore they head to BrandeisFeb. 1 for another competition.

“Everyone is very excited forthe upcoming tournaments,”Hausmann said.

“We have a lot of work aheadof us, but now that we havemore experience, we should beable to do really well this nexthalf of the season.”

Herald staff writer ZanetaBalantac ’07 covers the fencingteam. She can be reached at [email protected].

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No. 6 finish at the Las VegasOpen. Both the No. 1 and No. 4wrestlers in the nation in his classare also in the EIWA.

“(Dies and Ciarcia) both leadby example. They are very team-oriented,” Amato said. “Everytime they go out, they give iteverything, and if you beat them,you beat them.”

The Bears will play Saturday atthe Pizzitola Sports Center againstDrexel University at 11 a.m. andNo. 2 Lehigh University at 2 p.m.

“Drexel is kind of on the sameroad that we are, so this is a keymatch for us,” Amato said. “Wehope to win and then feed off ofthat.”

Herald staff writer BernardGordon ’06 covers wrestling. Hecan be reached [email protected].

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C O R R E C T I O N S

To the Editor:Yesterday’s editorial entitled “Our Endorsement”

(Jan. 29) concluded, “No matter what November brings,Brown has already won the campaign against apathy.”This is a statement I have to disagree with. I commendthe Brown students who, like myself, hit the pavementin New Hampshire in support of the candidate theybelieved in.

Nevertheless, in my time at Brown, I have seenincredible apathy to both domestic politics and interna-tional issues, such as the war on Iraq. While groups likethe College Democrats and the coalition group SAWIhave worked hard to promote student participation inpolitics and policy discussions, their membership hard-ly encompasses the majority of the student body. In gen-eral, the larger population at Brown appears unin-formed or uninvolved. I agree that “a Brown educationgives us the tools to make intelligent and creative con-tributions that raise the level of public discourse.” Afterall, Plato said that “those who are too smart to engage inpolitics are punished by being governed by those whoare dumber." While Brown can be credited with givingus the skills to make incredible civic contributions, Ibelieve that those skills are being severely underutilized.

Tracy Roosevelt ’05Jan. 28

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Diamonds and coalA diamond to true multidisciplinary innovation and collabo-ration in PH10/TA10. Classes like this are why we came toBrown.

Speaking of desirable classes, coal to professors who don’t letus in, especially when it’s because we’re not concentrators.“Multidisciplinary,” anyone?

A diamond to Al Sharpton. We just love that cute stare yougive the camera after every attack. Who knew you madesense? You certainly didn’t.

Coal to the Grad Center cave-people wandering the halls ofGoddard. You can use our showers, but not our towels, youdirty hippies.

A tasteful diamond to www.chaisemag.com.

Cubic zirconium to the involuntary acid-wash process cur-rently occurring on Thayer Street. We don’t care for saltstains, but then again, they’re not the worst thing we’ve seenstain our pants.

Coal to ¡¡Bagel Gourmet Ole!! for failing to open on schedule.Also, we resent the premature adoption of the nickname“BGO.” Let it flow, people, let it flow!!

Coal to the BOCA conspiracy. If we wanted to cut class, wecould find a better excuse than being directed to the wrongroom. Next thing we know, it’ll be eating our homework.

A diamond to the locker room saunas — so good we’d preferyou keep them “our little secret.” Especially if you’re comfort-able with nudity.

And a diamond to the planet Mars and all its delightfulpeculiarities. “Cold deserts” and “water ice” — of course, forthe unicorns.

A caption in Thursday’s paper incorrectly iden-tified an image of Mars. The image is a render-ing of what the planet might have looked likeduring its most recent ice age. It is not a photofrom the Viking mission described in the arti-cle.

An article in Thursday’s paper about theUniversity’s online calendar misstated the

name of the office handling requests for eventlistings. It is the Student Activities Office, notthe Student Services Office.

An article in Thursday’s paper about alumsworking in politics misstated the name of theDemocratic senator from North Carolina whois running for president. His name is JohnEdwards, not Jonathan.

write a column.

come on now,

seriously

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Brown students alsotrained in apathy

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OPINIONSTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD

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I have yet to encounter any students as passionate,innovative and determined as my classmates at Brown.It is no wonder that unlike their peers from Brown’s sis-ter institutions, many recent graduates choose to pursuecareers in NGOs and other unconventional fields. Butthis single-minded nature of many of the students goeshand in hand with a stubbornness that often precludesthem from engaging with ideas different from their own.

Intellectual diversity, like racial, ethnic and religiousdiversity, provides for interesting conversation and self-growth in an academic environment. But for Brown totruly become a diverse community, subgroups mustinteract with each other. The same goes for diversity ofan intellectual kind. For example, students who simplyself-segregate into socialist and conservative organiza-tions contribute little to intellectual diversity if theynever comprehensively interact with each other.

Because of this year’s winter break, I was able to hearthis year’s entire State of the Union address without thesporadic jeering of classmates that customarily mademuch of the address inaudible. In previous years, colle-giate ideologues pounced on the President’s every wordin hopes of refuting it without ever truly listening. I haverarely been able to have a conversation aboutRepublican policies without someone making a snidecomment about how Republicans are evil, insensitiveand profiteering, or how stupid President Bush looksand talks — none of which has any relevance to the con-versation at hand.

I have been told by some that this situation is entirelyacceptable because outside of Brown conservatives havea monopoly on the media, government, et cetera. This isa misconstrued notion at best. To promote a liberal skewon campus because there is a “deemed” conservativeskew in the outside world is a disservice to students.

To be fair, problems with narrow mindedness do notjust apply to liberals. After former Israeli Prime MinisterEhud Barak spoke last year, I remember encountering apairs of students: a Palestinian sympathizer who wasprotesting Barak’s visit, and on the other side, an Israeli

sympathizer who refused to accept even the possibilitythat Israeli troops had committed atrocities against thePalestinians. Once in a conversation with an IndianAmerican student, I heard her disqualify an entire TimeMagazine article replete with satellite pictures about thepresence of militant training camps in Pakistan. She pro-pounded that because Indians worked at Time, theygave the magazine an anti-Pakistani stance. She was soaccustomed to the one-sided nature of the treatment ofPakistan within the Indian community that she natural-ly dismissed the report.

The University can continue to increase intellectualdiversity by hosting diverse speakers such as RichardPerle, Spike Lee, Salman Rushdie, Mikhail Gorbachevand David Horowitz that inspire or enrage. Those thatsolely advocate the increased recruitment of marginal-ized communities on campus in hopes of increasingdiversity are mistaken. The University, perhaps in con-junction with the debate club, should sponsor moreopen debates. Students, in turn, should not just be toler-ant but also have the ability to entertain an opposingviewpoint without categorically dismissing it.

Enlightenment scholar and politician Sir FrancisBacon rebelled against contemporaries that relied tooheavily on ancient theories and not enough on scientificexperimentation. In “Novum Organum” Bacon main-tained that all prejudices and preconceived attitudes,which he called idols, stem chiefly from four categories:public opinion (“idols of the tribe”); personal feelings(“idols of the cave”); ambiguous language (“idols of themarketplace”); and tradition (“idols of the theater”). Ifthese false idols were abandoned, according to Bacon,true knowledge could be attained.

Too often students dismiss ideas if they don’t alignwith their conception of the world. By avoiding suchidols, students are able to foster an atmosphere of intel-lectual diversity.

Arjun Iyengar ’05 is an international relations and biologyconcentrator.

Dean’s primal screamNATE GORALNIK

Howard Dean never enjoyed the support of more than a minor-ity of Democratic voters. That’s no fault of his. His mistake wasmaking the rest of us loathe him even more than we loathe JohnKerry. With his populist “Take Back America” theme and his rau-cous, aggressive style, Dean developed a surliness that helped himrake in votes and money from liberal diehards all over the countryat the same time he was alienating the undecided voters he need-ed to be nominated.

While the press wondered whether Dean could win voters frommainstream America, the dark secret was that Dean hadn’t evenwon over the center of his own party. Left-wing stalwarts and fair-weather bandwagoneers had buoyed Dean in the polls, but manyundecided voters regarded the Dean machine with suspicion,November despair or outright revulsion.

Even the Dean campaign tacitly admitted that the Vermont gov-ernor’s so-called “Democratic wing of the Democratic Party”might be too abrasive to be electable. As snow fell on election-yearAmerica, rumors spread that Dean would soon ditch his angry-godless-anti-war-yuppy M.O. and make like a moderate. On thelist of New Year’s Resolutions: get religion, get mad at Saddam andget the wife. More opium den than echo room, dazed liberal pun-dits played along, noting his supposed ample room to move to thecenter, as though Dean — never a NASCAR dad — was merelychanging lanes.

Now that John Kerry has slammed Dean in two contests, it’sclear that the good doctor’s suddenly centrist chameleon schemehas gone the same way as Gore’s infamous wardrobe makeover. Asit turned out, Dean had no room to maneuver: the pundits andmost of the public had already entered him into the electoral obit-uaries as “McGovern Reloaded.” Dean’s campaign didn’t lose anyof its repulsive chutzpah, nor did it shake the troubling compar-isons with Democratic electoral debacles of the past. What it lostwas its momentum.

Where Dean’s passionate anti-war diatribe had once breathed akind of Bobby Kennedy warmth into his otherwise cold, stony per-sona, now there remained only an arrogant and aloof frontrunnerwith a disturbingly thick neck. With Dean unable to stake aKucinich-esque moral high ground to bash the rest of the field as“Bush Lite,” the more illiberal side of his centrism slowly reared itsugly head: his waffling on NAFTA, his budget-balancing zeal andchilling rumors of softness on domestic violence.

Dick Gephardt’s stalwart support of labor made Dean look likea flake on free trade, while Dean’s resistance to Joe Lieberman’sproposal to keep the middle-class tax cut made him seem morefiscal hawk than bleeding heart. These perceptions did not sit wellwith a Democratic Party deeply concerned about the plight of themiddle class. Increasingly, voters began to take a long-awaitedsecond look at the candidates once written off by Vermont out-sider as “the Washington establishment.”

Before those final days in Iowa, Dean had enjoyed strong sup-port from a core of obsessed Bush-haters, and his strong pollnumbers helped him upstage the quieter, less distinguished cam-paigns of Kerry and Edwards. But Kerry and Edwards’ suddensurge in the Iowa caucuses proved that the Dean machine was justa sideshow. The main event, which the media completely missed,was the question of who would pick up the moderate, undecidedvoters. It should have been clear from the start that the abrasiveDean never had a chance in that race. Then came the scream.

“YEEEAAGH”? “ARRRGH”? According to ESPN, it was “GINO-BILI!”

I couldn’t believe my ears as I played and replayed audio ofDean squealing like a prissy Hulk Hogan. Streaming videorevealed Tom Harkin boogeying in the background. The anti-warfreaks had gone completely mad.

While Bush was listing American allies in the followingevening’s State of the Union address, the media was more inter-ested in showing Dean shout off the primaries he would win. Thehilarity of the moment added insult to Dean’s Iowa injury, and mil-lions of Democrats left the Dean bandwagon.

And so the Democratic race came full circle, as the silent anti-Dean majority of the Democratic Party abandoned its fantasies ofa Wesley Clark panacea and settled for a lifeless, out-of-touch JohnKerry as the least-worst option. If the poll numbers remain steady,the Feb. 3 primaries will fall like dominoes for the un-Dean.Everybody’s favorite governor will fade away and the Democratswill nominate the mother of all default candidates.

Pray for John Edwards to emerge as the über-Clinton pretty boy.Otherwise, the hapless Kerry, never able to excite even his ownparty except as an unremarkable alternative to Dean, will be sacri-ficed on the altar of post-9/11 liberalism.

Nate Goralnik ’06 draws “My Best Effort” with Will Newman.

The rise and fallof a non-contender.

ARJUN IYENGAR

CHRISTOPHER MCAULIFFE

Campus idols

Last year, in a speech at Duke University, Harvard LawSchool professor Lani Guinier recounted a story in whichshe asked her eight-year-old son what he would do ifsomeone called him an “ugly nigger.” Aside from ques-tioning the judgment of someone who would ask this ofsuch a small child, one senses in this attitude a sort of over-sensitivity, as if Guinier were living in the past.

On Tuesday at Brown, Guinier confirmed the retro-grade context of her thinking by opening her speech withthe story of her father’s rejection from Harvard in 1929,when the university learned that he was not white. Shewent on to arrogantly claim that believers in colorblind-ness are “racially illiterate,” and cited Martin Luther KingJr.’s exhortation for a “radical reconstruction of society.”

In 1929 or 1959 Guinier’s firebrand racialism may havemade sense. Today, it sadly reflects obedience to anunimaginative and uninspiring racial orthodoxy. To besure, Guinier updated her rhetoric by mentioning the“interaction” between race and class, by which I presumeshe meant “correlation.” The effect of this is to imply thatall poor people and, by extension, all people of colorshould logically buy into her particular brand of progres-sive politics. This is truly the crux of Guinier’s ideology: it iswhat we may call the correlation, or, if you will, the “inter-action” between racial politics and leftist politics. It is aphenomenon Guinier and her ilk rely on for their intellec-tual survival.

The roots of racial-class victimology are found in the1960s and 1970s, when well-meaning progressivesdeclared a “war on poverty.” While we should not begrudgepoor families a single dollar of welfare or rob opportunity-starved blacks a single college admission, we must honest-ly assess how far such feel-good public policy has gotten usdecades later. The African American nuclear family is nowin ruins: the government supports more children thanfathers. Black men graduate from UC-Berkeley within fouryears at a clip of barely 50 percent. And, no, this is not justbecause Ronald Reagan interrupted the grand socialexperiment. Meanwhile, the intellectual elite sleep no bet-ter, having long since moved on to other culprits.

This is where Guinier’s distaste for a concrete academ-

ic standard comes into play. A well-intended ideologuemust believe that there is something to blame other thanthe policies she supports. In fact, she must believe thatthose policies are actively helping the situation while othersinister forces insist on confounding her. What better wayto rectify results than to claim that standards (presumablysave one’s own) are the true problem?

The comfort such a belief must bring to good people isno doubt immeasurable, much like accepting the immor-tality of the soul. Still, scattered studies by politically invest-ed people do not excuse titanic lapses in common sense,such as believing that the SAT is a measure of anythingother than basic knowledge. Nor does the dubious notionthat parental investment in a prep course is the primaryfactor in college admissions change the fact that those par-ents were had, because a $20 book is just as effective.

To hear Guinier tell it, a completely arbitrary standard(race) is preferable to a partially arbitrary standard (tests).Either that, or she really does intend to “radically recon-struct society,” beginning with so-called holistic methodsof college admissions. Such a brand of perfectionism isastoundingly egotistical.

God, or fate, created a world replete with problems andunfair advantages: apparently, Lani Guinier now knowshow to make them disappear. Under her system, poorpeople will no longer have to work harder than rich peopleto compete with them. Similarly, talentless people neednot give up dreams of artistic careers. People with physicalimpediments can even rest secure in the knowledge thatthey, too, could one day be star athletes.

None of this is to say that unfairness is preferable to fair-ness. The world is a very complicated place, and peopleface disadvantages of every possible type, known andunknown. Rather than waive all forms of concrete stan-dards in order to cosmetically adjust for such disadvan-tages, we must realize that the only true solution is todemand that people meet those standards. This, and onlythis, is a solution for disadvantage: one that solves, ratherthan masks problems.

Christopher McAuliffe ’05 is a political science concentrator.

A reconstruction gone wrong

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Conference Championships: 1-1Total Playoff Record: 7-3

While New England-Carolina may be the dreamDemocratic presidential ticket (Kerry and Edwards),it is certainly not the ideal Super Bowl match up.

Both teams are defensively oriented and lackflashy superstars, and priorto last month, most of thecountry was not surewhether the Panthers werefrom North or South Carolina. Still, the Super Bowl isthe marquee sporting event of the year, whether forthe commercials or the game itself, and these twoteams always seem to play close games.

Rather than offer a trite analysis of the two teams,a la Sean Salisbury, I will instead focus on the agonyI went through in trying to pick a team in this game.As a resident of Connecticut, I still resent the Patriotsfor promising to move to Hartford and then renegingwhen they were able to extort a new stadium out ofMassachusetts. As a Jets fan, I think about whatmight have been had Bill Belichick remained the Jets’coach instead of running off to New England formore control and more money. Instead, New Yorkwas forced to suffer through a year under Al “I coachlike I’m playing Madden on PS2” Groh. Moreover, itwas against the Jets that Drew Bledsoe was injuredand Tom Brady stepped into the spotlight. Despite allof this, and inspired by current Jets coach HermEdwards, I pick to win the games. So as entertainingas it might be to root against the Patriots and root forthe Panthers to lose by less than 6.5, it just is notgoing to happen.

Patriots (-6.5) over the PanthersNew England is on a roll that rivals John Kerry’s for

the hottest run in the Northeast. Even if Belichickpatrols the sidelines in a “Unabomber-esque” sweat-shirt, he still manages to craft a game plan that fraz-zles every NFL quarterback. Furthermore, the Pats’own QB has taken on the persona of JFK. He rarelymakes a mistake in crunch time, and off the field, hedabbles between politics (prime seating at the Stateof the Union address) and hot women — see TaraReid and Bridget Moynihan as evidence of the latter.Despite not having the dancing ability of Ray Lewis,New England’s defense is second to none when itcomes to the ability to make big plays. In its trophycase at Gillette Stadium, the team is displayingEdgerin James’ and Peyton Manning’s “jewels,” afterstopping the former on fourth-and-one from theone-yard line and forcing the latter to throw fourinterceptions in the AFC Championship Game.

On the other hand, Carolina has a return man whostarred as “He Hate Me” in the XFL and a quarterbackwho played behind Kurt Warner in NFL Europe.Those two are not exactly striking fear in the heartsof men. Even though Coach John Fox has done atremendous job this year, it is tough to forget that heheaded the New York Giants’ Super Bowl defense thatmade Trent Dilfer to Brandon Stokely look like JoeMontana to Jerry Rice. Plus, Steve Smith might be aPro Bowl wide receiver, but without a cool nicknameor an original end zone celebration, he is just notgoing to make it in the modern-day NFL.

In the end, Carolina should just be happy to play anationally televised game in February. Meanwhile, avictory for New England will at least keepMassachusetts residents pacified until the Red Soxstart spring training.

Josh Troy ’04 hails from Stamford, Conn. He finishedhis two seasons “Spreadin’ the Love” 30 games over.500 and isn’t afraid to tell you about it.

JOSH TROYSPREADIN’THE LOVE

BY BERNARD GORDONWrestling fell to EIWA rival Rutgers University lastSaturday, losing six of 10 matches on the way to a 23-12loss in New Brunswick, N.J. The Bears have been hurt byinjuries, including one that may sideline Peter Gladish ’06for the season.

“(Losing to) Rutgers especially hurt, because theRutgers coach came out afterwards and said that theywon because they wanted it more, and that is somethingthat should never happen,” said Head Coach DavidAmato. “You lose because you wrestled a better team, notbecause they wanted it more.”

The Bears jumped out to an early lead on the 12-3 majordecision in the first match of tri-captain Nick Ciarcia’s ’04.Ciarcia, currently the top-ranked 184-pounder in the EIWA,went 8-5 over the break, including a hard-fought 4-2 loss toNo. 4 Ben Heizer of Northern Illinois University.

“His offense is starting to roll,” Amato said of Ciarcia.“He’s starting to turn it around, and he’s been getting bet-ter ever since the Lone Star Duals (in Austin, Texas).”

Rutgers answered quickly with a 6-0 decision over

Peter Mosley ’05, but it was the next two bouts that decid-ed the meet. Heavyweight Lee Beane ’06 was winning andin control when he was reversed and pinned early in thesecond period. In the next match, 125-pounder Greg Pace’06 was winning 8-1 when he was reversed and pinnedwith 12 seconds left in the period.

“Those were two bouts that we should have won andwe didn’t, and that was the match right there,” Amatosaid.

In the highlight of the afternoon, 18th-ranked co-cap-tain David Dies ’04 fell behind 2-0 on a reversal byRutgers’ Greg Austin in the second period. Dies cameback in the third, though, with a takedown to tie the scoreand force overtime. Dies then took Austin down again andended the match with a 4-2 victory.

“David has been wrestling pretty tough over break. He’sNo. 3 in the EIWA, so he has a very tough class,” Amatosaid.

Dies went 11-5 over the break, including a 3-1 showingat the competitive Lone Star Duals in Austin, Texas, and a

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Nick Ciarcia ’04 got the Bears off to a quick start at Rutgers, taking his match 12-3, but Brown could not keep up themomentum, as Rutgers prevailed 23-12.

Unabomber to leadPats, “JFK” Bradyover Cats in Houston

BY ZANETA BALANTACAfter a disappointing loss at last semester’s final tourna-ment, the men’s and women’s fencing teams came backfrom winter vacation ready to compete. They showedtheir readiness by giving stellar performances duringtheir first competition of the semester.

“We went into the tournament right after ‘Hell Week,’which is our winter training camp,” said women’s foilsquad captain Nanette Milner ’06. “We had been work-ing really hard all week and there was a lot of improve-ment, even though we were pretty tired.”

The much-needed break, in combination with “HellWeek,” when the team practices six hours a day for fivedays, energized the women’s team and allowed it toregain the momentum it had at the beginning of theseason.

The team began its winning drive with a strong show-ing at the second league meet of the season Jan. 24 atBoston College. Brown posted a 4-2 record, winningagainst Dartmouth College, Tufts University, SmithCollege and Boston College and proving itself one of thetop women’s fencing teams in New England.

Milner led the way for the Bears by digging herselfout of a 1-4 touch count to tie her opponent 4-4 andpush her bout into overtime. After losing priority andmaking two off-target touches, Milner surged back to

score the winning point with three seconds left on theclock.

“I was really angry that I had let myself get into sucha deficit against an opponent,” Milner said. “I knew Icould easily beat her, and that helped me get up theenergy and determination to concentrate and eventual-ly win the bout.”

Milner’s teammates came through as well and pro-vided record performances of their own. All-Americanwomen’s épéeist Ruth Schneider ’06 finished the meetwith a 14-1 record, and Jennifer Hausmann ’07 followedsuit with a 17-1 finish.

Schneider and Hausmann garnered easy wins againstIvy League rival Dartmouth, while the rest of the teamfollowed their lead. Bruno won 19-8.

But against perennial powerhouse MassachusettsInstitute of Technology, the Bears could not parry theEngineers despite several efforts. Although thewomen’s foil toppled the Engineers for a 5-4 victory, theBears lost a close match 12-15.

The loss, however, did not stop Brown from takingmore matches. The women’s foil, épée and sabre squadsfenced long and hard to win victory counts of 6-3, 6-3

see FENCING, page 9

see WRESTLING, page 9

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