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BY LOUIS TEEBudget cuts in the ChemistryDepartment created a near-crisis thissemester when qualified students wereplaced on the first-ever wait list for CH36: “Organic Chemistry.”

Fifteen students in the pre-medrequirement course initially could not beaccommodated for a lab session due to alack of funding for teaching assistants.

“I was really worried I couldn’t get intothe class, since I’m a pre-med,” saidAkilah Jefferson ’05, who was placed onthe wait list.

But Jefferson said after an additionalgraduate TA was added and several stu-dents dropped out, all wait-listed stu-dents were allowed a spot in the class.

Taking into account the students whotook the prerequisite CH33:“Equilibrium, Rate, and Structure” andCH35: “Organic Chemistry” courses lastterm, professors projected that therewould be around 260 students enrolledin the class this semester.

But such projections were ignored,said Professor of Chemistry David Cane,a lab supervisor, when the number ofchemistry graduate TAs was reduced by30 percent at the start of this academicyear.

This reduction left the departmentshort seven to nine graduate TAs, Canesaid.

The graduate school also cut fundingfor 30 departmental undergraduate TAs,he said.

In response, Provost Robert Zimmerprovided the department with emer-gency funding for 25 undergraduate TApositions, Cane said.

“It is understandable that the graduateschool would want to cut the funds forundergraduate TAs, but we have anunstable situation,” Cane said. “What wefound ourselves in is a situation wherethere’s no funding for undergraduateTAs.”

He said his department relies heavilyon TAs, since the 17 students in each lab-oratory should not be left unsuperviseddue to safety issues with chemicals. AndCane said he would prefer graduate TAsfor upper-level courses, where labs pres-ent more safety hazards.

Graduate students — who are sup-posed to teach, Cane said — are especial-

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RISD alcohol policyleaves students in fearof punishment, andwithout a safety netRISD news,page 3

Head of RISD’s photodepartment speaks onthe evolution of thephoto as art formRISD news, page 3

President Bush isunashamedly floutingenvironmental law,says Nate Goralnik ’06column, page 11

Schuyler von Oeyen’05 says students needto take the initiative tocreate school spiritcolumn, page 11

Men’s tennis domi-nates doubles, fareswell in singles atHarvard Invitationalsports, page 12

BY ZOE RIPPLEDuring the summer many of Brown’sexisting facilities were improved, andground was broken to make way for newfacilities.

About $25 million was spent fordesign and construction of the 46 proj-ects, according to John Noonan, associ-ate vice president of facilities manage-ment.

Improvements included painting, car-peting and exterior landscaping of theKeeney Quad dorms, a “complete reno-vation” of the T.F. Green building, con-struction of Marvel athletic fields and

laboratory renovations in Metcalf andBarus and Holley.

Ground was broken to make way for anew Life Sciences building, located nextto the Bio-Med Center. A new facilitiesmanagement headquarters was alsobuilt on Lloyd Avenue.

The construction of the new LifeSciences building on Meeting Street hasmade things “difficult” said Scott Miracle,manager of the Shell station on AngellStreet.

“Its harder to access the building,”

Facilities improved during summermonths; ground broken for new work

Davis ’06 trainsto run New YorkMarathon withher fatherBY HANNAH BASCOMLast Sunday Elizabeth Davis ’06 ran 18miles — a typical weekend activity as sheenters her 13th week of training for theNew York Marathon.

“It’s draining, it’s tiring to do all thisrunning,” she said. “It’s hard to balanceschoolwork and running … but it will allpay off in the end.”

Her training began after watching herfather, Elliott Davis, cross the finish lineof the New York Marathon last year.

“It was one of the most motivatingexperiences I’ve ever had,” ElizabethDavis said. “After the race I jokingly said‘Dad I want to run with you next year’ andhe held me to it.”

The father-daughter team startedtraining July 1 for this November’s race.They ran five days a week and cross-trained one day a week. Sunday morn-ings, the day of their long run, they wokeup at 4 a.m. to escape the intense sum-mer heat of the Virgin Islands, where theylive. Even since she’s been at school,Elizabeth Davis has sacrificed herSaturday night plans in anticipation ofher long Sunday runs.

“Friends get upset that I can’t go out,but I tell them this is the most importantthing I’ve ever done in my life, and I’llmake whatever sacrifices to cross the fin-ish line with my dad.”

Besides the obvious importance toElizabeth Davis of running as part of afather-daughter team, the marathontakes on new significance because ElliottDavis is battling stage IV kidney cancer.He was diagnosed in 1997, and then wentinto remission until the cancer reap-peared two years ago.

Even with ongoing chemotherapytreatments, Elliott Davis is able to runbecause the side effects do not affect histraining. “He is an amazing inspirationfor me. He’s a very strong person and anincredible role model for everybody,”Elizabeth Davis said.

Despite the distance between themthis fall, father and daughter speak fre-quently to keep each other motivated.

“We talk after every long run and com-pare how it went,” she said. “He’s my bestbuddy — I miss having him to do the longruns with.”

The rest of the family is also becominginvolved in the marathon, flying from St.Thomas or Duke University to be therewhen the two cross the finish line. Therunners plan on having matching t-shirtsmade, with “His Daughter” and “HerFather” on the back.

With the Nov. 2 date approaching,Elizabeth Davis is feeling confident thatthey will both finish with strength. “WhenI started off I thought ‘There is no way I’mgoing to run 26 miles,’” she said. “I stillcan’t believe I can do it, but it feels goodto say I ran that many miles.”

Herald staff writer Hannah Bascom ’05can be reached at [email protected].

UCS meets withfour architectsin charge offuture designBY KRISTA HACHEYThe Undergraduate Council of Studentsmet Wednesday night for the first timewith four architects who will helpdesign the future of the Brown campus.

The architects, from Venturi, ScottBrown and Associates, attended themeeting to discuss ways the spirit ofBrown’s students can be better fosteredby its buildings and infrastructure.Members of the firm showed a keendesire to hear and understand thevisions students have for campusimprovements.

“Their skills as both architects andplanners give such a depth to this team— they are people who know how tobuild great buildings,” said DavidGreene, Interim Vice President forCampus Life and Student Services.“During our initial discussions withthem over the summer, it was clear thatthey understood Brown, its culture andwere willing to get into it. They werequickly engaged in the substance of theissues, which showed us what might bepossible in future conversations.”

The dialogue between UCS and thefirm encompassed large-scale projectsinitially proposed in the University’smaster plan, which outlines potentialchanges to the campus for the next fewdecades.

UCS representatives voiced studentgrievances about the lack of a studentcenter, and large-scale performancespace as well as the general decentral-ization of the campus. Though the firmhas worked on projects at Princeton,Dartmouth and UPenn, the architectssaid they were sensitive to the uniqueneeds of Brown’s campus and studentbody.

“Something that is fundamental tothe way we work is that we don’t jumpinto making assumptions about wherebuildings should be located and whattheir purposes should be,” said archi-tect Sylvia Fuster ’96. “We arrived yes-

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BEND AND STRETCH: Ellen Schneiderman ’05 (Left) and Natalie Combes ’04 (Right)stretching canvases in List’s Painting Studio.

Cut in TA funding createsemergency for profs

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RISD photo headspeaks on evolutionof the photographas an art form

BY MICHAEL MELLERThe photograph in your scrapbook mightnot be just a snapshot — it might be a workof art.

Gary Metz, head of RISD’s PhotographyDepartment, spoke to approximately 50people in the RISD Museum Wednesdayabout the evolution of photography as anart form.

The lecture was the first of three in aseries titled “Art Becomes Photography:Stieglitz to Siskind to Sherman.” The seriesintroduces an exhibit showcasing the workof Aaron Siskind, a highly regarded mid-20th century photographer who taught atRISD in the 1970s. The exhibit is being pre-sented in the year of the 100th anniversaryof Siskind’s birth.

Metz talked about how photography wasable to change the way people could see theworld, and how it became an artistic under-taking in the 20th century — as fine paint-ings had been before. He demonstrated hispoint by showing a variety of paintings aswell as 20th-century artistic photographs.

Metz said photography enables people tocapture elements of scenes that do not typi-cally stand out.

“We begin to see things that we can’t see

see PHOTO, page 5

RISD alcoholpolicy can resultin punishmentfor sick studentsBY MICHAEL RUDERMANOne Friday night last year Suzannah ParkRISD ’05, then a Resident Advisor, foundone of the girls in her dorm lying in thestreet, drunk, in need of medical attention.

But calling RISD Department of PublicSafety was out of the question — the intox-icated sophomore refused to allow PublicSafety to take her to the hospital, and therewas nothing her friends or Public Safetycould do about it.

Park’s sophomore was afraid a trip tothe hospital would result in disciplinaryaction once she got back to campus.

RISD policy prohibits alcohol use byminors, making any call for medical help apotential disciplinary matter.

Had the student accepted the ride fromPublic Safety, she would have been trans-ported to Rhode Island Hospital by aProvidence ambulance, said RaymondMcKearney, Director of RISD Public Safety.

The hospital visit would likely result indisciplinary proceedings at the school,said RISD Associate Provost for StudentAffairs Edward Dwyer.

The student ultimately decided to go toa friend’s off-campus apartment. If she

see ALCOHOL, page 5

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Miracle said, because the con-struction backs the property.

Business has been slowerdue to the construction,Miracle said.

Kenneth Dulgarian, owner ofthe College Hill Bookstore, saidthat while “small inconvenienc-es are normal,” the construc-tion “has not been an impedi-ment for us.”

He praised the Universityadministration and GilbaneBuilding Company for beingneighborly, professional andefficient during the construc-tion of the Life Sciences build-ing.

Students have been enthusi-astic about Keeney renovations.

The new Keeney is “betterthan what I’ve heard it used tobe like” said Jay Vowles ’07.

Vowles said resident coun-selors and “anyone at orienta-tion” alerted freshmen tochanges in the dorm.

The revamped Keeney “looksgood ... but they only used onecoat of paint, and it chips rightoff. But that’s the only minus.Everything else is nice,” said LeeBeane ’06, an RC who also livedin Keeney last year.

The new Marvel fields are“perfect. ...They are the bestfields club sports have beengiven since I’ve been here,” saidKate Maurer ’05, a captain ofthe women’s Ultimate Frisbeeteam.

The fields have been expand-ed and re-sodded, and a build-ing that once sat on the field hasbeen removed, Maurer said.

Facilities management isalso undertaking several newprojects this year, includingnew laboratory space on 70Ship St. in Providence, Noonansaid.

Herald staff writer Zoe Ripple ’05can be reached [email protected].

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ly valuable to the departmentbecause they have a firm grasp of thesubject and can grade exam papers.They also monitor two lab sessions aweek, he said.

Undergraduate TAs, in contrast,have other courses, lab sessions andactivities, and can only supervise onelab class every week, Cane said.

But he said undergraduate TAs arestill vital to the department.

“This might seem like an insignifi-cant part of funding in the university,but we rely heavily on teaching byundergrad TAs” for lower-level cours-es, he said.

Cane recommended that theOffice of the Dean of the Collegeensure a reliable source of funding forundergraduate TAs based on depart-mental need.

This policy would be useful inpreventing emergencies such as CH36’s TA shortages, Cane said. Suchshortfalls have happened before, butnever on such a drastic scale, hesaid.

“We need to make sure we haveenough TAs,” Jefferson said. “It wouldbe nice if we can add one or two morelab sessions.”

The chemistry department isworking on plans to provide a moreaccurate assessment of the numberof TAs needed, based on enrollment,Cane said.


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had instead returned to campus,Public Safety still would havecalled a Providence ambulance totake her to the hospital,McKearney said.

And she still would have had toface the consequences.

“For any violation of the regula-tions a hearing will be held,”McKearney said.

Brown students can call BrownUniversity Emergency MedicalServices or the Department ofPublic Safety in an alcohol-relatedcrisis without fear of disciplinaryrepercussions.

“The hope is that students willhear the message clearly,” saidBrown Associate Dean for StudentLife Jean Joyce-Brady. “The healthand safety of the students andtheir peers is most important.”

Many Brown students appearto have gotten the message.

“I’ve witnessed the conse-quences of drinking too much,”said Ryan Keller ’07. “And if myroommate came back and Ithought his life were in danger, Iwould call EMS.”

The different outcomes of alco-hol-related medical emergenciesat RISD and Brown stem fromRISD’s stricter alcohol policy.

“We are alcohol-free on theRISD campus,” said Dwyer, citingdepartmental and gallery func-tions as some of the few occasionswhere alcohol can be servedunder strict guidelines. On-cam-pus parties are also regulatedtightly, he said.

But students say the strict regu-lations are sometimes ignored.

RISD’s 390 freshmen live on themain campus, where alcohol istheoretically prohibited.

“I had one resident last yearwho drank all the time,” Park said.“But if you come back walking,everything’s fine. Just be sly.”

In the nine outer houses,upperclass students are permittedto vote on whether or not theywant their dorm to be dry. All thehouses voted to allow alcohol thisyear. Only students over the age of21 are allowed to drink in theirdorm rooms.

Brown’s policy on alcohol inresidence halls is “very ambigu-ous,” said Mary Ottinger ’06, aWomen’s Peer Counselor inAndrews.

While underage students arenot permitted to have containersof alcohol, alcohol is not explicitlyprohibited in underclass dormsbecause some students living inthose buildings may be of legalage, Joyce-Brady said.

“I don’t want to see beer pongin the hallways, and I don’t want to

see drunken roommates bother-ing those who live with them,”said Linnea Sanderson ’06, a WPCin Keeney. “So if it has to happen,it’s best if people are just safe andkeep it to themselves.”

To ensure students’ safety,Brown has its own ambulanceservice and treats patients atBrown Health Services. RISD doesnot handle such matters in-houseand instead transports all patientsin need of medical care to RhodeIsland Hospital in Providenceambulances, McKearney said.

Regardless of where patientsare transported, administratorsfrom both schools said they keepconfidential any records of inci-dents involving alcohol use,unless the police must be notifiedif a crime occurred while thepatient was intoxicated.

Both RISD and Brown sendreports of any alcohol-relatedincident to their respective Officesof Student Life. At Brown, StudentLife will pursue disciplinary actiononly if a crime was committed.

Students at both schools insistthey would contact public safetyor EMS if a friend needed medicalattention, whatever the conse-quences the next day.

“If they were really sick andneeded someone to help them, Iwould call EMS even if it got themin trouble,” said Becky GammonRISD ’07.


Alcohol

with our eyes,” he said.Paul Schmid said he came to

RISD with his wife from Bostonto learn about photography andits connection to art. Metz’spresentation changed the wayhe thinks about photography,he said.

“I had no idea that photogra-phy could be looked at as welook at (paintings),” PaulSchmid said.

Paul Schmid’s wife, Tina, saidthe pair plans to attend the nexttwo lectures in the series, aswell as the exhibit of Siskind’sphotography.

“I can’t wait to learn a lotmore about Siskind, whom Idon’t know much about,” TinaSchmid said.

Other members of the audi-ence included photographyprofessors and others involvedin photography in other capaci-ties.

The next lecture of the serieswill be on Oct. 8 and will exam-ine photography in the mid-20th century. It will be given byJan Howard, Curator of Prints,Drawings and Photographs atthe Museum.

The Siskind exhibit, “InteriorDrama,” opens at the RISDMuseum Nov. 14.


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terday with the aim of absorbingthe character of the environment,not to impose. We want the cam-pus to evolve with the patternsthat are already here.”

Fuster, a former architecturalstudies and urban studies con-centrator at Brown, said her tiesto the University strengthen herdesire to see to it that theUniversity’s identity is preservedas it undergoes new and impor-tant developments.

“Brown emphasizes individu-alism and the education Ireceived here helped me cultivatemy personal voice,” she said.“The question that arises in mymind is how does a school that isso much about individualismreconcile that with the concept ofcommunity.”

Discussion centered on what astudent center would look likeand what purposes it shouldserve.

“There should be a place thathas food, computer networking,a (study space) that is morerelaxed than a library,” said repre-sentative Natalie Schmid ’06.“You are more likely to run intopeople and interact when thereare a couple hundred students ina space at once. The way thecampus is set up now, places areeither really crowded or empty.”

Campus Life Committee ChairAri Savitzky ’06 said there was apossibility of creating a studentcenter in the form of severalbuildings located in a precinct.

Regardless of what form thecenter takes, students must feellike the building or complex ofbuildings is theirs to use andtransform, he said.

“Many students haven’t evenbeen to the second floor ofFaunce,” he said. “We need a stu-dent center that can make stu-dents feel like they own the build-ing.”

Meeting attendees exploredthe need for connector routesbetween various parts of campusand how the firm plans toaddress this issue. “Relationshipsbetween the buildings are asimportant as the buildings them-selves,” said Robert Venturi, apartner in the architectural firmthat will take a leading role indesigning the new campus. “It ison those walkways that peoplemeet, make connections andcommunity is enhanced.

Both UCS and the firm showedan eagerness to work with eachother and shape ideas into tangi-ble, desirable changes on cam-pus.

Savitzky highlighted some newdevelopments in campus life,including the opening of the ren-ovated T.F. Green building, a per-formance space on Young

Orchard Avenue that houses twotheaters, a dance hall and prac-tice rooms.

The Campus Life Committeeexpects to get funding from theUndergraduate Finance Board inorder to make the New YorkTimes and Providence Journalavailable at the Ratty and V-Dub.

UCS Communication ChairTim Bentley ’04 told The Heraldthat the Electronic Address Bookwill be further upgraded beforeDecember of this year and willinclude the option to input cellphone numbers and addresses.

“The current version is writtenin a more modern programminglanguage that will last longerthan that of the previous pro-gram,” he said. “It is faster, hasbetter search capabilities, andthese features will be even moreapparent in the second incarna-tion.”

Bentley also clarified recentdevelopments regarding onlineregistration, citing January 2005as its earliest possible launchdate.

“The (Computing andInformation Services) and theDean of the College are enthusi-astic about moving in this direc-tion,” he said. “They are carefullydeciding which vendor they wantto purchase software from andhow much customization it willrequire. A major issue surround-ing this is the fact that Browndoes not compute GPA. There isdiscussion as to whether or notthat will be continued.”



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opposed to looking at the fourquarters together as a whole.With this new focus, Brownplayed to win the entire game.The Bears saw exceptionallystrong play from Sean Tiner ’06,who scored four goals, drew twoejections and had two steals. Tri-captain Doug Grutzmacher ’04and Payton each put in twomore, in addition to a goalapiece from Graeme Lee-Wingate ’06 and D’Avino.

Brown was awarded an addi-tional advantage as one of themajor offensive threats on theIona team was ejected from thegame in the last quarter due tomisconduct. Although the Bearswere already ahead on the score-board at that point, the defensetook full advantage of the situa-tion to overwhelm and defeattheir flustered opponent with afinal score of 10-7.

“It could have easily been aone-goal game because Iona is astrong team,” Clapper said, “so itfeels good to come away withthat win.”

The team’s next match is itsfirst at home this season andagainst its biggest rival, Harvard.In spite of the fact that theHarvard team is rebuilding this

season, the traditional rivalrywill incite an extremely intenseand close game.

“Harvard will probably playtheir best game of the yearagainst us, so we have to playevery minute to come out with awin,” Clapper said.

The game will be held onSept. 25 at the Smith SwimCenter.

Contributing writer JinheeChung ’05 covers men’s waterpolo. She can be reached [email protected].


Water polo

Goddard, advanced to the semi-finals of the doubles bracketbefore again falling to Brownplayers.

“I was very happy with his(Thomas’) play overall,”Cerretani said. “He really gave mea tough match in the quarters. Idefinitely expect great thingsfrom him and he expects bigthings from himself.”

While the results from theweekend’s tournament were pos-itive, both Coach Harris and theplayers said they felt there wasstill more work to be done on thepractice courts.

“We were playing on six cylin-ders this weekend, and we needto be playing on eight,” Cerretanisaid.

The Bears are now looking for-ward to the NortheastInvitational, which will be hostedby Brown from September 26 to28.


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S T A F F E D I T O R I A L

Damage controlEmergency Medical Services should be one number thatnobody’s afraid to call.

The RISD sophomore who preferred to spend hoursdrunk on the side of a street rather than receive medicalattention, and the resident advisor who wasn’t willing tomake the call are two of what are likely dozens of reasonswhy RISD must reexamine its alcohol policy.

When students get to college, the vast majority of themdrink. Whether a school bans alcohol from campus com-pletely, like RISD, or pursues a “see no evil” policy likeBrown, the results are going to be more or less the same.

What matters is harm reduction. At Brown, first-years are told repeatedly that a call to EMS

on a Friday night will bring a swift, potentially life-savingresponse, and nothing else.

At RISD, freshmen must determine whether a drunkfriend is sick enough that the risk of serious injury out-weighs the potential disciplinary actions that could betaken.

And if the health risks aren’t enough, consider the neigh-bors.

Clearly few students at RISD are bothered by alcohol indorms. All upper-class dorms voted this year to allow alco-hol. The College Hill Neighborhood Association, on theother hand, has complained vocally about damage andnoise emanating from off-campus parties. In other words,they want college-aged drinkers as far away from theirproperty as possible.

Banning alcohol from campus merely exports drinking toother parts of the Hill, areas where the residents likely wantto deal with the consequences of alcohol consumption evenless than RISD administrators.

Yet more importantly, the RISD administration is puttingthe lives of its students in danger. Zero tolerance policiesnever work.

The least RISD can do is give its students options.

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Loss of medical data isa definite riskinvolved with Prop. 54To the Editor:

It’s heartening that Akiva Fleischmann and AlexSchulman were inspired to research the actual textof Proposition 54, but they should have investigat-ed both sides of the health care exemption debaterather than just Connerly’s. It is true that section (f)of the proposition states that “otherwise lawfulclassification of medical research subjects andpatients shall be exempt from this section,” but thefact is that this medical exemption is not the

panacea it seems. Nearly every health care organi-zation in California has come out againstProposition 54, citing the exemption’s misleadinglynarrow focus (a full list of groups is available onwww.defeat54.org, the official anti-Prop. 54 Website).

According to the Dr. Jack Lewin, CEO of theCalifornia Medical Association, the legally vaguemedical exemption would apply in reality only to a“miniscule number of people participating in asmall number of studies and surveys.” Much can besaid about Proposition 54’s potential risks and ben-efits, but it’s foolish to suggest that this loss of med-ical data should not be counted among the risks.

Chris Hu ’06 Sept. 24

OPINIONSTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD


DESPITE SHARP FLUCTUATIONS INPresident Bush’s overall approval rating,the majority of voters have remained con-sistently opposed to the Bush administra-tion’s environmental agenda, and withgood reason. Since his inauguration,President Bush has gutted the Kyotoaccords on global warming,pushed to encroach upon theAlaska National WildlifeRefuge and handed over theEnvironmental ProtectionAgency and the InteriorDepartment to lobbyists fromindustries that poison ourwater, pollute our air anddestroy our forests. But mostAmericans are still unaware ofsome of the darkest details ofBush’s environmental record.

In this column we’ll consid-er the recent court caseNational Resources DefenseCouncil Inc. v. Evans, in which environ-mental groups accused various federalagencies of violating numerous environ-mental regulations protecting endan-gered species from harassment by govern-ment conduct. Responding to the plain-tiff’s charges, Bush litigators launched ashocking, all-out attack on the very notionof global environmental protection thatwas breathtaking for its blatant disregardfor the fate of marine life. Here are thefacts.

NRDC v. Evans concerned the Navy’stesting of low-frequency active sonar(LFA), which the Navy wants to use totrack enemy submarines at long range.LFA is especially useful because it travelsmuch farther than traditional mid-fre-quency sonar and helps the Navy track

diesel-powered submarineswhose engines are too quiet tobe identified by passive sonar.

But for endangered marinemammals and sea turtlesswimming within range of thesonar, the experience can bejarring and even deadly. LFAemits blasts of sound thatreach 215 decibels. At closerange, this is a volume equiva-lent to standing next to a rock-et launch without earplugs.Acoustic trauma of that mag-nitude exerts massive pres-sure that can rupture delicate

tissues and cause whales and dolphins todie of internal bleeding. Those who ini-tially survive will be left crippled as aresult of damage to the natural sonar theyrely on to navigate, feed, mate, communi-cate and avoid predators.

This was the case in 2000, when anactive sonar test conducted in theBahamas caused 17 dolphins and beakedwhales to panic and beach themselves.Seven whales died of dehydration andsevere hemorrhaging in the brain. The 10that were successfully returned to theocean disappeared from the area forever,and are widely presumed to have died as

a direct or indirect result of the injuriesthey sustained.

Sound waves emitted by LFA are espe-cially dangerous because they travel far-ther than traditional mid-frequencyactive sonar and because they operate onthe frequency used by large endangeredmammals such as the blue whale and thehumpback whale. They also cause disori-ented whale calves to separate from thefamilies that nourish them and protectthem from predators.

As U.S. Magistrate Elizabeth Laportewrote in her 73-page opinion, the threatthat LFA poses to marine mammals, seaturtles and salmon is enormous. “Thereis little margin of error without threaten-ing their survival. For example, if even afew endangered gray whales of the mere100 which remain near Sakhalin Islandare disturbed by LFA and fail to mate orgive birth, that population might welldisappear permanently. … Absent aninjunction, the marine environment thatsupports the existence of these specieswill be inevitably harmed.”

These serious environmental con-cerns were met with indifference andeven contempt by the Bush administra-tion, which callously argued that envi-ronmental law does not oblige the gov-ernment to protect endangered speciesin habitats more than 200 miles from theAmerican coast. Clearly, the administra-tion’s view is that environmental lawdoes not constitute a meaningful com-mitment to conservation, but is merelyan empty formality to be manipulated,

circumvented and ignored. Laporte cor-rectly found this shocking lack of respectfor the environment to be “arbitrary andcapricious,” not to mention illegal.

In the end, Laporte issued a perma-nent injunction forcing the Navy to testLFA in a fashion consistent with environ-mental law — that means being sensitiveto endangered species both at home andabroad, standard procedure for mostfederal projects. But the Bush adminis-tration just won’t allow it. Frustrated bythe ruling, the Bush administration ispushing for Congress to scale back envi-ronmental regulations like the NationalEnvironmental Policy Act in order toallow the military broader discretion topollute critical habitats and harassendangered species. This means envi-ronmental concerns never have to enterthe discussion: The Navy will test LFAwherever it wants, whenever it wants, noexceptions — even if it means extinctionfor sea turtles or blue whales.

This is sheer madness. The Bushadministration’s zealous impatience withenvironmental law cannot possibly indi-cate anything resembling a thoughtfulenvironmental policy. The only explana-tion is that Bush’s Earth Day piety is apack of lies. He is just like any otherextreme conservative, burning with areckless ideological hatred for environ-mentalism that, if legally sanctioned, willirreparably damage global biodiversity. IfPresident Bush destroys the environmenttoday, it is we who will be left to pick upthe pieces tomorrow.

President Bush wants no environmental protections, no exceptions

Don’t ever, ever save the whales

Turn left on ElmgroveUltimately, school spirit is something students need to create for themselves

“WE HAVE A FOOTBALL TEAM?” Aconfused freshman remarked at the Rattya couple of days ago when The Heraldprinted the results of the Brown footballteam’s first game of the year, a victory atthe University at Albany. “That’s news tome.”

The days when freshmencould be tested without noticeabout their knowledge ofschool songs and reprimandedfor failing to display their classhats are over. The individualis-tic, noncompetitive nature ofthe Brown philosophy embod-ied in the New Curriculumseems to have left little roomfor a meaningful sense of cam-pus unity. The Universityencourages passionate com-mitment to all clubs and activ-ities, but few of these organiza-tions make a claim to represent theUniversity as a whole. The best opportuni-ties for display of school spirit naturallyfall to our sporting events — those crown-ing moments when great athletes give ourbusy students something to stand up andshout about.

Don’t get me wrong. Brown is not amember of the Big Ten or ACC sports divi-sions. We’re not supposed to be a perenni-al power or a regular on ESPN news cliphighlights. But that doesn’t mean weshould ignore our sports programs.

The problem may not be entirely a faultof the students or administration. As theProvidence Journal pointed out in an arti-cle last week, the Ivy League stubbornlycontinues to wait until the third week ofSeptember to kick off their football season

each year, while virtuallyevery other league across thecountry has already played aminimum of two to threegames. The result is that stu-dents don’t become accus-tomed to going to games atthe beginning of the year andaren’t properly alerted whenthe first home game arrives.

Still, there seems to be anappalling lack of school spirit.Not only are students unin-formed, but they don’t see rea-son to care. Only a smallminority of Brown students

know the words to either Brown’s main fightsong, “Ever True to Brown”, or the epony-mous alma mater. The minority that doesknow the words is generally limited to thecheerleaders, the members of theUndergraduate Council of Students whosignaled a commitment to school spirit bylearning the words at a retreat last weekendand the infamous Brown Band.

The Brown Band seems to be the bestexemplar of school spirit on campus. Itappears at every football game, home oraway, major campus events and at hockeyand basketball games in the spring. It alsoserves as an ambassador to other schoolsand brings cheer to alumni who stillremember the days when most Brown stu-dents knew the words to their University’s

songs.The Brown Corporation recently demon-

strated its commitment to increasing thereputation of the University by voting tostandardize the Brown logo on all printedmaterials and to print “Brown” instead of“Brown University” to help bolster namerecognition. As great as these outside com-mitments are, we students have a commit-ment to bolstering school spirit inside thecommunity here and now by starting totake the issue into our own hands.

Few Brown students are probably awarethat the well-organized Brown SportsFoundation has planned an extensive 125thfootball season celebration this year, cele-brating 25 years of football at each of thefive homes games, beginning with theUniversity of Rhode Island on October 4.This seems to be an opportune moment forstudents to come out of their isolated dormrooms and instill a new sense of communi-ty. And with the likes of ESPN broadcasterChris “Boomer” Berman ’77 and Penn Statefootball coach Joe Paterno ’50 coming totown in October, Brown sports fans couldn’task for better company.

Part of the issue, however, may be thelack of Brown dominance in two majorsports — football and basketball — nowand historically. The University ofPennsylvania, the traditional jock school ofthe Ivy League, and Princeton Universityhave cleaned Brown’s clock in basketball forthe past century. Not until last season didthe men’s basketball team win an awaygame at Princeton, snapping an NCAArecord 70-some losses to an opponent out-side home court advantage. The high atten-dance last year at the Princeton and Penn

basketball games seemed a phenomenonof fair-weather fans.

Ideally, we would like to instill a sense ofschool spirit where winning isn’t the pri-mary source, but I realize winning bringsfans and inspires people, so maybe if we actnow we can establish a real sense of spiritwhile our team has winning seasons so thatif the team falls into a rebuilding year, thereis still some sense of collective identity leftover.

I remember being at the Penn basketballgame last year and seeing the line of stu-dents extended from the Pizzitola Center tothe swim center. Once inside the arena, thestudent-designed signs, the blaring Band,and the spinning rally towels gave the siz-able student population there a rare senseof community, even if it was primarily builton the opposition of a common enemy.(The fact Brown has no clear-cut rivalschool may be another reason for lack ofschool spirit.) The pulsating energy insidethe arena was certainly deflated when Pennescaped a Brown comeback with a four-point victory, but the prevailing attitudeseemed to be “Penn may have won thisyear, but we’ll be back.”

The band is already looking into havingan official procession from the main cam-pus to the Brown Stadium on home footballgame days and UCS is looking into makingbusing services more accessible. Still, theseorganizations cannot fabricate spirit ofwhole cloth. The raucous crowd atStevenson Field for the recent Brown-Stanford soccer game was a welcomebeginning. It will ultimately be up to thestudent body to make use of any policychanges by attending these games.

Schuyler von Oeyen ‘05 thinks Brownneeds to cast away the shackles of IvyLeague bondage, move to California andjoin the Pac-10.

Nate Goralnik ’06 shouts out to the UrsaMinors!

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BY JINHEE CHUNGThe men’s water polo team had another exciting pair ofcontests last Saturday against two solid teams: QueensCollege and No. 14 Iona College. Despite solid perform-ances in both games, the Bears came away with a lossand a win, bringing their record to 1-1 in the conferenceand 2-4 overall.

In their last match-up against Queens at theNorth/South Tournament in Princeton, the Bears cameout on top with a final score of 5-4. The team let theirguard down defensively, however, in the first few min-utes of this game, allowing Queens to rack up points onthe scoreboard.

“We didn’t give them opportunities,” said Head CoachTodd Clapper, “but we allowed them to score more easi-ly due to mental lapses on our part.”

The Queens team also returned this weekend withone of their star players, formerly on the Braziliannational team, back from an injury.

“He really completely changed how we played thegame on both offense and defense,” said Pat Sandys ’05.“We always had to worry where he was, which automat-ically took one person away from the rest of ourdefense.”

Despite the unexpected addition to the Queens line-up, Brown held the Knights to only six goals, thanks to anaggressive defense that stepped up after the first quarterand stopped five out of six of Queens’ power play oppor-

tunities. In addition, a stellar performance by goalie JayFantone ’06 led the way for Bruno’s D, as he stopped 13shots in the opening game alone. Newcomer ThomasPayton ’07 led the Bears offensively, scoring two goalsand drawing three ejections. Teammates Paul D’Avino’05, Andy Wiener ’06 and Sandys also lit up the score-board, with one goal each.

The game was decided against the Bears in the lastfew moments when Brown drew an ejection fromQueens, creating a man-up offensive opportunity butfailing to follow through.

“At the end with 16 seconds left, we threw the ballaway because of a miscommunication during the powerplay,” Clapper said.

As a result, the final score on the board was 6-5, withQueens coming away with the victory.

In the second game of the day against Iona, the Bearsleft no room for any uncertainty and dominated the poolall four quarters, coming out strong on both ends fromthe very beginning.

“We were pumped up and ready to go,” Sandys said.“We were very angry about losing the first game toQueens, and as a result it was a very aggressive game onboth offense and defense.”

The team had a new outlook for this match, anddecided to play each quarter individually like a game, as

SPORTS THURSDAYTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD

SEPTEMBER 25, 2003 · PAGE 12

CARSON, Calif. (L.A.Times) — The Chinese women’s team ispracticing, divided into perfect rows, performing wushu, tai chi and various soccer drills in unison, eachplayer stone-faced, committed. It’s for an Adidas com-mercial, but, for the Chinese, it’s no act.

The rhythmic thumping of soccer balls can be heardin the apartments above, waking United States mid-fielder Aly Wagner. She rousts several teammates out ofbed. Still wiping the sleep from their eyes, they staggerdown to the field to watch, transfixed by the Chineseregimentation.

China’s star forward, Sun Wen, breaks out of her line,approaches Wagner in a high-noon pose, performs sev-eral elaborate tricks with the ball and then kicks it toher, as if to say, “Show me what you’ve got.”

Words appear on the television screen. “To be continued.”It’s nervous time in the Chinese camp as they prepare

for their second game in the Women’s World Cup,Thursday night against Australia in the Home DepotCenter at Carson.

It’s always nervous time in the Chinese camp. This might be apocryphal, but the story is told in

China of the male soccer player so devastated becausehis team let down the country by failing to qualify forthe 1996 Atlanta Olympics that he lapsed into a comathat lasted for months.

Fewer people in China are as interested in thewomen’s team, but the followers are no less intense.When the Chinese lost at home in the quarterfinals ofthe first women’s world championship in 1991, fansstoned the coach’s house.

Although the Chinese women have remained one ofthe world’s most talented teams, they have never wonthe World Cup or the Olympic gold medal. They cameclosest in the 1999 World Cup, losing to the UnitedStates, 5-4, on penalty kicks at the Rose Bowl.

Tony DiCicco, the U.S. women’s coach in 1999 who isserving as an analyst on the West Coast for ESPN duringthe World Cup, calls the Chinese “the Buffalo Bills” ofwomen’s soccer.

Many experts predicted this would be the year of theChinese, with the World Cup again on their soil. Chineseofficials expected crowds of 70,000 to back the team forits games. That was before the SARS outbreak, whichcaused FIFA, soccer’s international governing body, tomove the tournamentto the U.S.

But even before then, there were troubling signs forthe Chinese. FIFA ranks them No. 4 behind the U.S.,Norway and Germany despite the fact the Chinese areno longer dominant even in Asia, losing three years in arow to North Korea.

After the loss in the Asian Championships last year,Chinese officials brought back former coach MaYuan’an as an advisor to the current coach, MaLiangxing. Yuan’an, who coached the team in the 1995and 1999 World Cups, had either retired or been retired,depending on who tells the story, after China failed toadvance beyond the first round in the 2000 SydneyOlympics.

That sort of arrangement worked for Brazil in themen’s World Cup in 1994, when the federation recalledlegendary coach Mario Zagallo to advise Carlos AlbertoParreira. The Brazilians won.

On the other hand, DiCicco said it wouldn’t haveworked if he had been asked to assist U.S. Coach AprilHeinrichs. That’s the reason he’s commenting for ESPNfrom the West instead of the East, where the U.S. is play-ing its opening games.

“I expect if I was hanging around April’s team, thatwould create tension,” DiCicco said.

Because of cultural and language differences, it’s dif-ficult for outsiders to determine whether two coachesare better than one for China.

“It seems to be a happy camp,” DiCicco said. But a large contingent of Chinese media at Carson is

constantly probing the relationship between Old Ma, asthey call the former coach, and Little Ma, as they call thecurrent coach. Their questions were particularly point-ed after the team’s lackluster performance in a 1-0 vic-tory over Ghana on Sunday night. China had beatenGhana, 7-0, in the 1999 World Cup.

To be continued? “We’re in for a hard time if we continue playing like

this,” Sun acknowledged. Sun, not Mia Hamm or Michelle Akers or Brandi

Chastain, won the Golden Ball as the most valuableplayer of the 1999 World Cup even in a losing effort. see WATER POLO, page 9

Men’s tennis dominates doubles bracket andfairs well in singles at Harvard Invitational

Four goals by Sean Tiner’s ’06 lead m.water polo to big win over no. 14 Iona

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Jamie Cerretani ’04 (left) and doubles partner Adil Shamasdin ’05 won the doubles title. Shamasdin was 2nd in singles.

BY CRAIG MCGOWANBrown men’s tennis began its 2003 fall season with a bangat the Harvard Invitational from September 19 to 21.Three doubles teams advanced to the semifinals and twoBrown players played in the singles semifinals. AdilShamasdin ’05 advancing to the finals before falling toHarvard’s Dave Lingman.

The three-day tournament saw teams from Harvard,Brown, Rutgers, Boston University, Tufts and MIT com-pete in singles and doubles brackets for individual titles.All 10 Brown players competed in the A-Flight singlesbracket, and the Bears also entered five doubles teams.

Brown doubles dominated the bracket, as three of thefour semi-final teams were made up of Bears. The eventu-al victors, Jamie Cerretani ’04 and Shamasdin, playedtheir closest match of the tournament against their Brownopponents in the semi-finals, Kris Goddard ’04 and EricThomas ’07.

“Doubles is a huge strength of our team,” said HeadCoach Jay Harris. “This early, it’s tough to do really well atdoubles.”

Cerretani and Shamasdin dominated the doubles

bracket en route to their victory. They won four matchesby a combined score of 32-6, with five of these lost gamescoming in their match against Goddard and Thomas. Inthe final, Cerratani and Shamasdin shut out the Harvardteam of Gideon Valkin and Jack Li, 8-0.

In singles, Shamasdin and Cerretani both advanced tothe semi-finals, but were forced to play each other toadvance to the finals. In a grueling match, Shamasdindefeated Cerretani 6-0, 5-7, 6-2.

“(Adil) came out smoking; he played great tennis in thefirst set,” said Cerretani. “I have to tip my hat to him. Hedefinitely opened my eyes a little bit.”

After defeating Cerretani, Shamasdin faced the num-ber one seed, Harvard’s Dave Lingman, in the final. WhileShamasdin played well, Lingman handed him a 6-2, 6-2defeat to claim the individual title.

First-year Thomas, playing in his first collegiate tour-nament, opened a few eyes with his strong play. Thomasadvanced to the quarterfinals of the singles bracket beforefalling to Cerretani 6-4, 6-4; and, partnering with

see M. TENNIS, page 9

Players look to solveChinese puzzle

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