The St. John~ College Student Weekly Issue 11

Israel/Palestine, Mark 5

Annapolis, Maryland December 5, 2000

BarakAccept:s New Elections; Vwlence Slows Slightly, ButDea"ths Continue

by Hayden Brockett, '04 Staff Writer

While the number and frequency of street clashes be­tween Israeli forces and Pales­tinians have declined slightly over the past few weeks, the signs of peace have continued to appear remote. Violence has continued as the Palestinian uprising reached and surpassed the two-month point. More than 290 deaths have been at­tributed to clashes since they began on September 28. Unex-

WHITHERTIIB YEARBOOK? an invitation

by Roberta Gable Director of Alumni Activities

Posterity beckons. There will be an organizational meetingforthe2001 yearbook

Wednesday, December 6, at 4:00pm at the alumni office, in the Chancellor Johnson House, that little white house at the entrance to the Campbell parking lot.

And let me say this about come on down! For one

thing, we'll have food. For an­other, the yearbook may seem to be the least of your worries now, but x years from now it will be astonishingly precious. Can you take photographs? Can you write? Can you edit?

pected Israeli political develop­ments, however, have made the urgency, if not the possibility, of peace all the more evident.

Prime Minister Ehud Barak, after having resisted the efforts of Opposition leaders for months, defiantly addressed the Israeli Parliament, the Knesset, on November 28 and said that he would accept early elections next year. "I'm not blind, I can see that the Knesset wants new elections," he said. "I am not afraid of elections. I have always won." Barak, who

trails drasti­cally in the polls be­hind poten­tial Likud Party candi­date and former Prime Min­i s t e r Binyamin Netanyahu, now has at most five months in which to negotiate a peace deal with the Palestinians,

announcelllents Can you proofread? Can you egg your fellow students on to do these things? Great will be your reward! Trust me.

I am merely the "advisor" for the yearbook: it belongs to you. But where are you? Please manifest yourselves, oh soon-to­be-formed yearbook staff, at this meeting; or get in touch with me (in person, or at extension 6926, or at r-gable@sjca.edu) to con­fess your interest. My profound thanks will be yours.

Deadline Reminder for Summer Internships in Biology, Medicine & Environmental Sci­ences.

Bring application materials to the Placement Office no later than Thursday, December 7, 4:30 pm.

Completed application must include: application form (obtained from the Placement Office), letter of interest, resume, TRANSCRIPT, and two letters of recommendation (at least one from a tutor). For additional in­formation contact, DonnaJay, ext. 2501 or Nick Maistrellis, ext.6903.

Next week & every week for a few months, Reality 2001 is going to hold a 50/50 raffle­-meaning however big the pot is, winner takes half & reality gets the other half. Tickets will be sold at lunch, or just about anytime you can find Nicole Fisher. The winner will be an­nounced in the next Gadfly.

Nicole Fisher, '02

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.

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The Poetry Study Group will meet next semes­ter on Fridays at 4 pm. The readings will be taken from poetry published between 1918 and the early 1940s, with a particular focus on works by Eliot, Auden, Frost, Stevens, and Williams. All are welcome to participate. If interested, contact Mr. Dugan by campus mail or by email (c­dugan@sjca.edu).

This Week:

C. N.Dugan Tutor

12/6 Algebra Exam 12/7 Freshman Chorus

Concert 12/8-10 KWP's The Bacchae 12/9 Algebra Exam

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Editor-in-Chief Ian McCracken

Production Manager Rhonda Franklin

Business/ Ad Manager Emily Strickland

Section Editors News: William Young Features: Andrew Hui

A&E: Joseph Method Sports: Jon Cooper

Page Designers Martin Anderson

T.AFallon Melissa Thomas

Cartoonist Nate Eagle (MIA)

David Prosper

Photographers Cecily Martin Wendel Stout Sara Wilson

Writers Jeremy Breningstall

Hayden Brockett Matt Buban

G. August Deimel Mitch Eubank Roberta Gable Blake Gregory Gus Hurwitz Kyle Marquis Trent Riney

Sarah Roberts Mary Townsend

Letters of 200 words or less have a better chance of being published than those longer. Letters submitted will be edited for grammar, punc­tuation, and spelling in most cases. The Gadfly is not obligated to pub­lish all submissions and will not print anonymous submissions except under special circumstances.

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L E T T

To the Gadfly: I want to thank everyone

who participated in the Oxfam Fast for a World Harvest last month. This is the tenth con­secutive year the fast has been held at the Annapolis campus This year we have equaled or exceeded most of the previous year's totals: 143 students and 12 faculty and staff members participated, skipping 339 meals and donating $380 in cash, in addition to the meal plan money. This is a very large pro­portion of the total student population on the meal plan, compared to the many other colleges and universities at which Oxfam fasts are held. I am especially grateful to Carole Clark, Bud Billups, Joyce Alberts and the staff at the Treasurer's Office, to Ted Canto, Chervl Beseman, Gail Day and the staff at the Col­lege Food Service; to Chris Colby, who donated the print­ing cost for the forms; and to Sonia Wisniewski, Nate Eagle, Justin Berrier and Linda Tuck, who volunteered their time.

Sincerely, Jonathan Tuck

Tutor

Important Information for All Students regarding Call In for the Library, Music Li­brary, and Placement Office:

Monday, December 11th is the day of Call In. This means that all books or other library materials that are due at Call In must be back by closing time (7.45 pm} on Monday, December 11th. Anyone with library materi­als still out after this dead­line will be charged a flat fee of $10.00 per item. A flat fee is charged rather than an incre­mental fee of $1.00 per day, for

E R s example, because it is essential that Call In be regarded as an absolute deadline. St. John's students borrow about 9,000 books each semester. As you can imagine, if even 5% of these books were not returned at Call In, there would be hun­dreds of books outstanding that the Library would not be able to retrieve. Since it is not possible to retrieve these items in the two or three days remain­ing before students leave the campus for Christmas, summer vacation, or for good, the Li­brary sets an absolute deadline (Call In).

Returns must be made di­rectly to the circulation desk. Do not attempt to return your books through campus mail. Do not get someone else to return your books for you-the responsibility will be yours if your friend doesn't follow through!

Of course, you do not need to wait until December 11th to return your books. In fact, we strongly urge you to

return books whenever you are finished using them. Get your books back early to avoid all that last-minute anxiety.

Renewals: On Decem~ ber 1 ph, any student who is re­turning in January may renew or check out up to three books, provided that the following conditions are met: 1) you bring the books to the circula­tion desk, 2) you have returned all other books you have bor­rowed, and 3) you have paid any overdue or lost book charges.

If you have any ques­tions, please drop by the Li­brary and speak to me. Do not be deceived: you will be charged if your books are late!

Sincerely, Cara Sabolcik

Reader Services Librarian

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Battle for White House Drags On and On and On

byKyleMarquis, '03 Fall Guy

On Saturday, la""Yers for Al Gore argued before Leon County Circuit Court Judge N. Sanders Sauls for a manual recount of 14,000 disputed ballots, while law­yers for Bush (who holds a 537-vote lead) fight to prevent any re­count. The Gore campaign is re­questing manual recountsfor Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties, both heavily Democratic counties. David Boies, Gore's lead attorney, argued that previous machine counts missed many votes that a hand count could easily recognize.

Both Presidential candidates need Florida's twenty-five electoral votes to win the election. Gore filed the case after Secretary of State Katherine Harris certified Bush's victory in Florida. La""Yers for Bush argue that Gore filed his case too late to contest the results, and the elector, not Gore, should have filed the case. If the recount does go forward, Bush's lawyers will demand recounts in Broward, Pinellas and Volusia counties as well, where the Bush team argues not all of Gore's votes may have been legitimate.

Gore wants the matter re­solved before December 12th, when Florida picks its twenty-five electors. The electors from all fifty states meet on the tsm to vote on the next president.

This case is only one of al­most three dozen lawsuits that have been filed since the votes were first tallied The Florida Supreme Coun ruled Friday that the "but­terfly" ballot, which voters have called confusing and disorganized, was constitutional. Democratic voters had demanded a full re-

count, arguingthat the skewed de­sign of the ballot had caused many trying to vote for Gore to vote for Buchanan instead

Democrats have also ac­cused Republican election officials in Seminole County of improperly completing anywhere from 1,700 to 2,250 absentee ballots. Because of this alleged tampering, they want all 15,000 of Seminole County's absentee ballots thrown out, which would cost Bush a net 4,700 votes.

On Friday, the U.S. Su­preme Court also became in­volved, which is the first time since 1892 that the highest Court has been called upon to rule on a presidential election. The Su­preme Court is being asked to rule on an action taken by the Florida Supreme Court. Earlier, Gore's legal team convinced the Florida court that Katherine Har­ris abused her discretion by re­jecting a manual recount that sev­eral Counties requested after the deadline of November 14th. The court found a discrepency in two state statues, one asserting that the Secretary of State "may," and the other that the Secretary of state "shall" decide to reject late­filed returns, and ordered Harris to accept the results of the re­counts. Bush's la""Yers have ar­gued before the U.S. Supreme Court that the Florida Supreme Court violated the principle of separation, effectively making a new law that extended the dead­line past November 14th.

Despite the Bush campaign's arguments, several justices remain unconvinced that the issue is a federal one, and see no reason to intervene rn Florida's internal matters.

WAITED Talented Writer!

The Gadfly Senior Editorial Staff is seeking an exceptiona I ly ski I led essay­

ist. Submit, as an example of your work, two different original essays of at least five pages in length on "Counter­

point as Demonstrated by Lassus' 'Beatus Vir'." Knowledge of music a plus. Salary negotiable. Submit by Tuesday, December 12, 9 a.m. For outline of essay objectives, see Mr. Peter Kalkavage, St. John's tutor. Money, power, fame, cars, and/or

women could be yours. Don't let this fantastic opportunity pass you byl

the BUZZ

Item# 1. Here are the BWI departure and collection times for winter break. The polity van leaves from the Carroll Barrister House and picks up at the first taxi/van/ bus spot, which is sometimes referred to as Baggage Claim #1. There is no sign designat­ing it as such, but when you exit the airport, turn left and walk to the first part of the crescent where vehicles are al­lowed to stop and pick up pas­sengers. You Dig? Call ahead to reserve your seat (ex. 2554) and remember, I only call back if the shuttle time you want is already full. Departures: Thursday, December 14th -6am, Sam, 10am, & 12 noon; Friday, December 15th- 6am, 8am, & 10am. Collections:

by Tayhr Warm DirectorofStudentActivities

Sunday, January 7th - 1pm, 3pm, Spm, & 8pm.

Item #2. Sunday, De­cember 10th, The Tallis Schol­ars will perform at JHU' s Shriver Hall. We depart from The Carroll Barrister House at 4:15pm and should return by 9pm. Tickets cost $6.00 and can

be reserved by sending cash or a check (made out to SJC) to Taylor Waters/Student Activi-ties.

Item# 3. Ms. Yvonne Williams of Bon Appetit chose this weeks Meal Ticket winner. Mr. Eric Rosenberg (my first assassin hit) will dine at Middleton Tavern compli­ments of Student Activities. Y eaaaaay. And there was much reJmcmg.

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De Anima and Its Audience: A Review of Mr. Harrell's Lecture

byKevinFarrelly For the Gadfly

De Anima's first para­graph opens by saying. "Since we consider knowledge to be beautiful and honored ... " and

goes on to give an ac­count of why the in­quiry con­cerning the soul is both worthwhile

and difficult. Mr. Harrell's work consists largely in giving an ac­count of what Aristotle means by"we."

Among the first things he points out to us is that Aristotle does not argue for the existence of soul; he does not even pro­claim it to be obvious that soul exists. If we are to understand why one should think soul ex­ists, Mr. Harrell claims, it will be through interpretation of this opening sentence in light of the whole first chapter.

Aristotle goes on to ask whether all the affections (paqh) of soul belong only to soul or to that which has it. It seems in most cases that the soul does not act and is not affected without the body. He gives several examples to support this. Being angry is one. Thinking, on the other hand, is a candidate for some­thing that belongs exclusively to soul. Aristotle illustrates this question of separability with the example of mathematical tangency. An embodied straight line may touch a bronze sphere, but if considered as separate from its matter it cannot, for it has nothing with which to

touch it. Mr. Harrell is not inched

to regard this example as a mere digression and reminder to

ever-forgetful students that mathematical objects are ob­jects considered in abstraction from their material. Instead, he points out that the material case is an image of static touching in which the touching itself is rather difficult to understand. In the purely mathematical case, with an abstracted sphere and an abstracted line, touch­ing makes sense. The sphere and the line share a point: the

inner and the outer exactly co­incide along the boundary of the sphere. In the material case, on the other hand, touching cannot happen at a point and it is unclear where the bronze stops and the line begins. It is difficult to state the relationship of the inner and the outer of a bronze sphere But to state the relationship of the inner and the outer is exactly what we must do in the case of soul.

It is not surprising, given Mr. Harrell's understanding of the tangency example, that Aristotle reintroduces anger

into the discussion. He says that we can remain impassive in the face of "strong and obvious provocations (paqhmata) ", and that "small and obscure ones" can excite the body and move it to the condition of anger. Even clearer, he says, is the case where nothing at all frighten­ing occurs and yet we are moved to fear. From this he concludes, "the affections are enmattered logoi." Mr. Harrell understands Aristotle to be thinking of the soul as some

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Translation of Horace Ode II.xx In the meter of Alcaic Strophe

by Anderson Tallent:, '04 Sta.f!Writer

Non usitata nee tenui ferar pinna bif ormis per liquidum aethera vates, necque in terris morabor longius invidiaque maior urbes relinquam. non ego, pauperum sanguis parentum, non ego, quern vocas, dilecte Maecena, obibo

iam iam residunt cruribus asperae pelles, et album mutor in alitem superne, nascunturque leves per digitos umerosque plumae. iam Daedaleo notior Icaro visam gementis litora Bosphori Syrtesque Gaetulas canorus ales Hyperboreosque campos. me Colchus et, qui dissimulat metum Marsae cohortis, Dacus et ultimi noscent Geloni, me peritus discet Hiber Rhodanique potor. absint inani funere neniae luctusque turpes et querimoniae; compesce clamorem ac sepuleri mitte supervacuos honores.

I shall upon not common or feeble wing soar biform through the liquidous ether, still a poet nor linger on earth, triumphing over all jealousy, I shall leave the cities. Not I the child of pauper parentage, not I, him whom you call, beloved Maecenas, shall meet the

waters or Now even gathers the wrinkled skin on my ankles, and albine eagle's wings form on me above, and light plumage is spreading over my fingers and on my shoulders. Distinguished beyond Icarus, Daedalus' Son, I shall see the Bosphorus' groaning shores, Gaetulian Syrtes and see the Hyberborean plains, a singing bird. The Calchian and Dacian shall know me, Dissimulating fear of the cohorts of Mars, and the Geloni; studying me Spaniards and men of Rhone will grow learned. Be absent false dirges from my funeral, Unsightly lamentation and grevious cries; forgo all clamor and abjure the sepulchre's needless and hollow honor.

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Very Bad Things and Deliverance: Parallels Abound An Ode to Plutarch

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by T rentRiney, '03 during those ten years. So it is cause things never to be as they ing but an imitation of pure ge-M<JVieCritic settled: the 1970's. were before. This "vacation" of nius, it is, nonetheless, by no means

This week's movie of sorts starts out as expected, all the a cheap imitation. Though one's This week's movie review is choice, from the above mentioned participants enjoying a relaxing and own reflection be once removed

one in honor of Plutarch and his storehouse, is the 1972 masterpiece stress-free respite, when suddenly, from the real deal, who hasn't fallen Para/Jel Lives. An ode to Plutarch Deliverance ( 131 minutes) starring, as if out of the blue, the conse- in love with the man in the mir-ifyouwill. Whyandhow? Simple. among others, Jon Voight, Burt quences of a sexual act leave these ror? After all, if one mimics ge-Why: to make up for the two week Reynolds, and Ned Beatty. Its same participants scurrying about nius properly, how could one not, hiatus that the staff here at The counterpart is the 1998 film Very nervous and frustrated, yelling and in some way, copy the sense of Gadfly took off so as to enjoy the Bad Things (111 minutes) starring arguing about what to do with a genius as well? Granted, there is Thanksgiving break. How: I will (if that could be the correct term dead body which has only recently something to be said about being choose one film from the watered- having already been employed to found its way into their possession. the first to fully manifest a unique down present age, movies no more describe the likes of Voight, Convinced that no one-especially work of art; but to be arrogant in than five years old (this would be Reynolds, and Beatty), among oth- anyone or anything concerned such a manifestation is to miss the comparable to the contemporary ers,J on Favreau, Cameron Diaz, with the law-could ever believe mark completely. Beingthe earli-Romans of Plutarch's life) and an- Christian Slater, and Daniel Stern. their story, they set out to remedy est in time is not analogous to be-other film from the glory days of Now it wasn't until I had actually the situation themselves, only to ing the finest. Ideas needn't be cinema: the 1970' s (this, conversely, sat down a few weeks ago to watch discoverthat in doing so, the situ- temporal, nor should our hubris would be comparable to the Greek Very Bad Things that I realized the ation itself has become more criti- be. With that said, I must recom-classical age of which Plutarch intricate connection that these two cal: there are now more dead bod- mend Very Bad 7hingswholeheart-wrote an analogous life to corre- movies have in common. And ies to contend with. Luckily, how- edly, with only one small stipula-spond to his Roman one). If your now, as I reflect upon both mov- ever, there is one member of the tion: remember the mold from

I decided on the ies, having laid them side by side, I group of friends who is seemingly which it was cast. Deliverance has, 1970's time period compa- can't help but wonder if Very Bad able to keep his cool during the and is, rightly called a time-hon-rable to that of Plutarch's Greek Things director Peter Berg, whose situation, as if his character, in ored, ageless masterpiece. lives, please, by all means, stop other credits include an impressive some morbid, abnormal way, even Other movies to consider by wondering. My sound reasoning role in Cop Land ( 1991), as well as a takes enjoyment from the situa- DeliverancedirectorJohnBoorman: lies in the fact that the 1970' s were role in the CBS drama Chca~Hape, tion-a hunter-gather among city Hope And Glory, the Academy by far the best decade for filmmak- had any originality whatsoever in folk. It is this "man among boys" A ward Nominee for Best Picture ing since ... well ... like forever. The the making of this motion picture. that is able to offset the loan voice in 1987. Movies to avoid by Deliv-films of the 1970's were the most To prove my case, the following of reason in the crowd, a voice erancedirectorJohnBoorman: The beautiful-or noble-movies ever paragraph can be used inter- which sees informing law enforce- Exorcist II: The Heretic, a com-released in any theatre in any place changeably to describe the plots of ment as the only thinkable alter- plete, though ambitious failure in the world. I could fill up the either Deliveranreor Very Bad Things native. Needless to say, this loan which attempted to follow-up the rest of this column with simply the "A group of friends leave voice, in the end, is quieted, meet- original "horror" classic with a film titles of movies released in that the respective suburbs for one last ing a fate undeserving of such a not half as worthy. If for some golden decade, and even then, I smashing, good time before the man of principles." reason you prefer the written me-Would only scratch the surface of occurrence of a very important Though Very Bad Things, dium, check out the novel Deliver-the quality that came into being event whose coming to pass will when all is said and done, is noth- ance by author James Dickey.

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by Julia Bell, 'O 1 Staff Writer

Ah winter. The smell of bodywash and fruity shampoos mingle in the air; cries of "Does anyone have an extra scrunchie?" and "Does this penny make me look fat?" resound through the gym. These signs can only mean one thing, the Kunai have moved indoors.Yep, women's basketball began with a bang this week. Af­ter a couple of clinic meetings the five captains: Postlewaite, J or­dan/ Cox, Maxwell-Smith and Ziza met to divide the women. My sources tell me the draft was a good natured and fair event, to which Megan Maxwell-Smith, in true Bacchanalian style, obviously showed up drunk, having picked mostly (relatively) newbies to the game and me. Miss Ziza gra­ciously sacrificed her first pick in the spirit of friendship and picked as an alternate Frosh Wunderkind Mary Cockey. Ziza also managed to snag for her Nymphs Santa Fe returner-from Megan U memoto, the only girl with a real outside shot to ever play SJC ball. The Jordan/Cox

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sort of "logical surface," where the outer patamata confront us and induce in us their proper paqh. It brings the inner and the outer into rapport. This can go wrong: we can be angry when we shouldn't be and not be angry when we should.

From a certain point of view, anger is a boiling of the blood, while from another it is a desire for revenge. The first is outer and the second is in-

Maenads and Amazons Face Off In KU vat Basketball Opener

combo managed to walk away with the original Uberfrau Kelly McCollum. And Postlewaite picked up Scroggs and Brillante.

Friday afternoon, the sea­son opened with a battle between Postlewaite's Amazons and Max­well-Smith's Maenads. It seemed as if an army of blue shirts had descended on the gym there were so many Amazons there. And they arrived complete with cheer­leaders, (It has been well estab­lished that there's nothing cuter than a pom-pommed Kovacs) and tunes. The benches seemed to be lined with beer swilling jun­iors rooting for blue. (That's right, apparently you can drink in the gym.) Seven green-shirted Maenads bravely took the field despite the odds against them. The Blue team had more mem­bers and more members familiar with basketball. Plus they had Scroggs, who is, let's face it, re­ally, really good at basketball. But the Maenads didn't falter.

Bell, Adams and Maxwell­Smith did a fair job of represent­ing under the boards, battling Scroggs and Postlewaite for the ball. Adams proved herself to be

ner. Aristotle concludes that the inquiry into the soul must include what arises from both of these aspects. Mr. Harrell points out that the second point of view is intended to remind us of a passage about anger in the Rhetoric. Aristotle says that we are angry when others slight what we regard as important. What we regard as important of course includes what we regard as beautiful and

a rebounding machine and scored four points as well for the greens. Soccer star Blake Gre­gory proved to be a valuable force on the court. She and fel­low soccer player Seay played a decent guard game, with admi­rable dribbling and passing. Gre­gory even put up a couple shots for the Maenads, two of them going in. And Flemer surprised us all with her ferocity. The Maenads played pretty solid de­fense, but found it impossible to keep Scroggs out of the key. On the offensive side they fell vic­tim to bouts of wild passing and a couple crazy shots here and there.

On the other side of the aisle the Amazons had a fine showing. Newcomer Sara Wil­son played some great defense and scored two points. Mary Jo Dokter another soccer champ, put up four for blue, Franklin added five (one of which was an awesome fastbreak) and Postlewaite gave up six. Scroggs played amazingly well adding 15 points to the Amazonian total, blocking shots and fighting for rebounds. 0-verall the game was

honored. Therefore when Aristotle speaks to people who regard knowledge as beautiful and honored, he is speaking to people who take inner life to be something real and something from which one can begin an inquiry. These are people who believe in soul and require no argument for its existence. The question of why it is right to consider knowledge bountiful and honored reveals that De

pretty clean, despite Leo "Crazy on the Whistle" Pickens' belief that the Amazons fouled every time they moved. It got a little physical towards the end, it al­ways does, some people hit the ground, but nothing nasty. The Amazons played a great game overall.

And it was pretty close too, until the last 10 minutes. While the Maenads never were in the lead, they managed to keep the Amazon lead to around four points or less for most of the game, at some points it was even tied. But by the end of the game the out­numbered green shirts were just tired and disheartened. It seemed as if the Amazons could put a fresh five on when­ever they needed. Their lead jumped from 4 to 10 in the last parts of the game, giving a fi­nal score of 32 to 22. The sea­son-opener was a great begin­ning, let's keep it up ladies! Next week the debut of Ziza' s coach­ing skills and the Jordan/ Cox power combination. If it's Tuesday or Friday, it's women's sports.

Anima points to the Nicomacheam Ethics: the account of life is a prelude to the ac­count of the good life.

The question period fell into two main parts. One part dealt with the question of why anger can be treated as a para­digmatic affection. Why not boredom or some more general sort of irritation? The second dealt with what it means that intellect might be separate from body.

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Once again, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.

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which is seen as his only hope for political survival. If he could stand for elections with a peace deal, favored by about sixty percent of the Israeli pub­lic, Barak would most likely win reelection. Were elections held tomorrow, however, they would almost certainly spell the end of his Labor Party rule, which has seen its support drop sharply due to the last two months' vio­lence.

This move has greatly surprised the Israeli public and the international community, for it signals that Barak is gam­bling everything he has on peace with the Palestinians, a re­sult even he acknowledges seems unlikely. He clearly be­lieves that the next month and a half, up until that point at which President Clinton's term will expire, is crucial for his suc­cess. Mr. Barak apparently hopes that the combined ef­forts of two politicians with their backs to the wall can forge a peace deal. President Clinton for his part appears scarcely any less desperate to strike an agree­ment, as his last year in office has marked by several at­tempts to bring the Israelis and Palestinians together, efforts seen by many to be aimed at sprucing up his otherwise lack­luster legacy.

Mr. Barak on Thursday offered a partial deal to the Pal­estinians, one that would have

granted permission for the long-sought Palestinian state but would not have settled the two largest issues still facing negotiators-control of East Jerusalem and the fate of the millions of Palestinian refugees. Calls for a Palestinian state have always included the criterion that East Jerusalem-which was captured by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War and is cur­rently under technical military occupation-be its capital, so it was not surprising that the pro­posal was not accepted by Pal­estinian Authority officials. The tone employed by both sides during this development, how­ever, marked a change from ear­lier and more combative rheto­ric and left the door open for future negotiations. A compre­hensive peace such as was the object of July's Camp David talks has been termed unlikely by both sides, but the uncer­tainty of future peace prospects with a new US President and a more conservative Israeli Prime Minister may make PLO Chair­man Y asser Arafat more ame­nable to concessions. The Pal­estinian leader has faced ques­tions as to his political future as well, so it seems likely that it would be in his best political in­terests to achieve a peace deal.

Friday was the first Mus­lim Sabbath day of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month, and the number of worshippers at the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem­the site of the initial demon-

strations against Israeli parlia­mentarian Ariel Sharon that have grown into two months of bloodshed-was lower than expected. The Israeli police lifted a ban on Israeli Arab wor­shippers under age 40 at the mosque in a move designed to be conciliatory towards the Muslims, but the Israeli officials refused to allow worshippers from the occupied territories into Israel unless they met the age restriction. After Friday prayers the streets near the Temple Mount, where Al Aqsa is located, fill with young Mus­lim men, and in the past two months these crowds have regularly clashed with police forces. In Jerusalem, the throng, estimated at 100,000 by police but described as being much smaller by other eyewit­nesses, on Friday remained peaceful in spite of calls by the Fatah organization for Palestin­ians from East Jerusalem to push through Israeli barricades. One group did attempt to break through a checkpoint south of Jerusalem but was contained. While the overall peace in Jerusalem seemed to encourage hopes of a decline in violence, in the West Bank and Gaza vio­lence erupted as usual, result­ing in one Palestinian man be­ing shot dead in each of the ter-

ritories. Israel has also resumed its

threats of air strikes on Syria in response to the guerilla group Hizbollah' s attacks on Israel from Southern Lebanon. Following Israel's withdrawal from its occu­pation of Lebanon earlier this year and ascension of Bashar al­Assad to the presidency of Syria, tensions between the two nations were predicted to lessen, but Hizbollah's refusal to recognize the UN's border between Israel and Lebanon now appears to be threatening that prospect. Israel regularly made such threats against Syria's 20,000 troops sta­tioned in Lebanon during its oc­cupation. It claims that Syria has the power to restrain Hizbollah and prevent border attacks such as have seen four Israeli soldiers kidnapped and one killed in a bomb attack in recent weeks. Israel also appears to be disap­pointed that Syria's al-Assad has not turned out to be a less staunch defender of Syria's in­terest than his late father had been. Hizbollah is attacking Is­raeli forces because Israel con­tinues to occupy the Shebaa Farms-a small piece of land decided by the UN to be in the Golan Heights and conse­quently territory belonging to Syria-which it claims as part of Lebanon.

Next week is the final issue of the semester! Get those articles of critical interest to the polity (or not, as the case may be) in by Friday at midnight! You'll have something to tell your grandchildren about!

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