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Popular concertvenue Lupo’sHeartbreak Hotel may shut doorsmetro, page 3

Future of ProvidenceAthenaeum hangs inthe balance amidfiscal crisisarts & culture, page 3

Liu ’07 reveals“Pottery Barn” candi-date Howard Dean asjust another Wal-Martcolumn, page 7

Confederacy was partof nation’s history, butnot its heritage, saysJohn Brougher ’06column, page 7

Brown football defeatsCornell 21-7; Hertigan’06 earns Ivy honorsfor good performancesports, page 8

BY JONATHAN HERMANBeing hypocritical is as American asapple pie.

Chris Matthews P’05, host of“Hardball with Chris Matthews” onMSNBC, spoke of double dealing,deceit and some of what he called theother fundamental tenets of politicsyesterday to a full house in Sayles Hall.His lecture, “A Great Debate in 2004?”covered the war in Iraq, the Californiarecall and the 2004 presidential race.

Matthews said the war in Iraq will bethe “big issue” of the upcoming elec-tion. He predicted there will be manymore casualties by the election inNovember as the American occupationcontinues.

“We are in Iraq today because ofAmerican policy,” Matthews said.“Every day that passes or every otherday we see American casualties andevery time an American is killed, he iskilled not because he is a solider, butbecause he is a symbol of our occupa-tion.”

Matthews said each candidateshould explain what the United Statesmust accomplish “so Iraq doesn’t turninto a basket case” in a limited amountof time.

In this situation we must ask our-selves, “Who are we, are we the goodguys or are we the bad guys?”Matthews said. “Are we the colonialistor anti-colonialist?”

Matthews said he does not supportthe war and the Bush administration’spolicy of pre-emptive strike.

Matthews said the conflict in Iraq

has not accomplished its goal butrather “the American occupation is thegreatest Wahabi school,” breeding thefundamentalism that leads to terroristattacks.

“It’s almost like in a baseball team.Are you going to pull Pedro? Are yougoing to take him out? If a guy cannotbe a good president and cannot get thetroops out working, the war is yankedby the managers, the voters,” he saidabout re-electing President Bush in thepresidential election.

“Howard Dean and Clark are run-ning as antiwar candidates. The restvoted for war and this vote is like theGulf of Tonkin vote,” Matthews said,comparing congressional resolutionson Iraq to the 1964 vote that led to hos-tilities in Vietnam.

“If you want to predict who wins theelection, close your eyes and picturethe candidates. Which candidate doyou see with the sun in your face?”Matthews said.

Many of the Democratic candidatesare losing popularity, except for Dean,Matthews said. Dean is his favorite ofthe current Democratic candidatesbecause of his “cowboy” quality.

But Matthews was not sure if Deanwould be the best president duringanother terrorist attack.

“He’s not a warrior; he’s a dove. Hedoesn’t have the executive experience,and he is not a veteran,” Matthewssaid. “Can Howard Dean, former gov-ernor of Vermont, territory of Ben and

see MATTHEWS, page 4

Scholar outlinesbasics of MiddleEast conflictBY KIRA LESLEYFor students who grew up with daily tele-vision clips of Middle Eastern violence,newspaper coverage of peace negotia-tions and political personalities like BillO’Reilly condemning everything from sui-cide bombings to Israeli settlements, it’simpossible to be unaware of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

But many Brown students today saytheir understanding of the conflict is stillmurky.

Scholar Mitchell Bard tried to clear uptheir questions Monday night in a lectureentitled “Middle East Conflict 101: WhatYou Always Wanted to Know and Couldn’tAsk.” The lecture, which drew a largecrowd to Lower Salomon, was sponsoredby Friends of Israel.

In his talk, Bard, who has written 17books on the Middle East conflict, out-lined the options facing Palestinians andIsraelis and offered his ideas for what thefuture of the region holds.

“There is no getting around the factthat the lives of most Palestinians arepretty miserable,” Bard said. Palestinianscan respond to their situation in threeways, he said. They can wait, use terroristtactics or negotiate.

He said some Palestinians feel “time ison their side” and that in the long run,Arab countries will develop significantnuclear arsenals and Palestinians will out-number Jews and be able to overtakethem. Currently, the birthrate forPalestinians is double that of JewishIsraelis, he said.

Bard stressed that terrorism has notaccomplished Palestinian goals in thepast. In the most recent Intifada, 850Israelis have been killed while counter-terrorism strikes by the Israeli army andthe number of Israeli-occupied cities hasrisen, he said.

Bard said he believes Israel has twooptions: unilateral withdrawal from dis-puted territories or negotiation. Pastnegotiations have often failed becauseoutside parties did not recognize the his-torical, religious and psychological signif-icance of the conflict.

“It’s very complex,” he said, “It’s notpolitical; it’s historical.”

According to Bard, part of this com-plexity stems from the fact that threemajor religions — Islam, Judaism andChristianity — have holy sites inJerusalem. Although the city’s Jewish andArab populations are split into two geo-graphic regions, dividing the city is notpossible because holy sites such as theTemple Mount, the Wailing Wall and theDome of the Rock are all located neareach other, he said.

Another obstacle to peace is the inabil-ity of the Palestinian leadership to negoti-ate on reasonable terms, Bard said. Hesaid many Palestinians recognize that in2000, Palestinian Authority ChairmanYasser Arafat turned down a “goldenopportunity” that would have eventuallyresulted in a Palestinian state. Under thisproposal, Israel would have withdrawn

Robberiescontinue onCollege HillBY ZACH BARTERThe recent string of muggings on CollegeHill continued Sunday night with the rob-bery of a female RISD student behindAndrews Hall.

The campus community learned of theassault in a Department of Public Safety e-mail Monday afternoon.

The student reported walking east onBowen Street just before 7 p.m. when aman grabbed her bag, which she refused togive up. Her attacker dragged her onto theground and punched her in the face. Thestudent then let go of the bag.

The suspect was seen fleeing south onBrown Street before approaching a whitepickup truck police believed to be involvedin the incident. The student was taken toRhode Island Hospital for treatment.

The student described the suspect as aman of medium build in his early 20s,wearing dark clothing and a knit cap. In thee-mail, DPS and the Providence PoliceDepartment asked students with knowl-edge of the incident to help them solve thecase.

Sunday’s incident follows the Oct. 9mugging of a student outside Minden Halland the Oct. 4 mugging of a student nearHope and Bowen streets. The Oct. 9 assaultoccurred close to the scene of a robberyinvolving a weapon outside of an ATM onSept. 15. DPS also received word of anattempted robbery under Soldier’s Arch onSept. 22.

Herald senior staff writer Zach Barter ’06covers crime. He can be reached [email protected].

Informal discussioncenters on racism,self-identificationBY SARAH LABRIEA conversation in a Hope College loungecovered issues ranging from racism in edu-cation to racial self-identification as stu-dents discussed the ways “whiteness”shapes society today.

At a workshop entitled “How WhitenessAffects Who: An Interracial Dialogue,” stu-dents from varied racial, ethnic and socioe-conomic backgrounds tackled what being“white” entails today at Brown and in thereal world.

Some students requested that they not beidentified in The Herald.

Conversation centered around defini-tions of terms like “white privilege” and“white power.” Sharon Mulligan ’05 andMakini Chisolm-Straker ’05 mediated the“fishbowl style” conversation. Students whoidentified as people of color spoke firstwhile other students listened. They were fol-lowed by students who identified as mul-

Sorleen Trevino / Herald

Chris Matthews P’05 dispensed his brand of straight talk about Iraq, the Californiarecall and the 2004 presidential race. Matthews hosts “Hardball with ChrisMatthews” on MSNBC.

“Hardball” host hunts hypocrisy

see BARD, page 5see DIALOGUE, page 4

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BY ELISE BARANIn the rare books room on the bottom floor of theProvidence Athenaeum on Benefit Street, in a tempera-ture controlled closet, there used to be more than 40boxes of prints from Audubon’s Birds of America Folio.

Now those boxes are awaiting auction at Christie’sauction house, and the resolution of a lawsuit willdetermine when or even if they ever see the auctionblock.

The 250-year-old Athenaeum is facing severe fiscalproblems. Plans to auction off the Audubon folio havedrawn criticism and resulted in a lawsuit from a groupof plaintiffs calling itself Save the Athenaeum, accord-ing to Susan Kertzer, president of the Athenaeum and adefendant in the lawsuit.

The 2001 stock market crash severely depleted theAthenaeum’s endowment, Kertzer said.

Save the Athenaeum filed the lawsuit last summer inRhode Island Superior Court charging that theAthenaeum’s board was not lawfully elected, that it mis-managed finances, “raided” the endowment and violat-

ed the library’s 1836 charter. The lawsuit’s main aim is tohalt the sale of the Audubon prints and oust the currentboard.

“It became a choice between a book and an institu-tion,” said Jonathan Bengston, executive director of theAthenaeum and a defendant in the suit.

An Audubon print collection similar to the one at theAthenaeum sold for $8.8 million recently, and theAthenaeum’s 40 boxes could bring as much as $7 millionon the auction block.

The decision to sell the Audubon was not an easyone, Kertzer said. The board considered alternatives,including selling the library’s current home, mergingwith another organization and even closing the library.After four months of meetings and “tortured discus-sions” the board decided that the best thing to do was tosell the Audubon holding, Kertzer said.

Part of the lawsuit charges that the current board ofdirectors is mismanaging money by planning to use the

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BY LISA MANDLETwo popular downtown venues, Lupo’s HeartbreakHotel and the Met Café, are being threatened bydevelopers who want to turn the building into res-idential space.

The struggle between club owner Richard Lupo’70 and the building’s landlord is nothing new, saidan unidentified female Met Café worker whoanswered the phone last week. She said the twoparties have not resolved issues surrounding pos-sible redevelopment of the space.

Residents of a neighboring apartment buildingrecently received a memo that said “one of themajor upcoming changes is the relocation ofLupo’s nightclub. It is our understanding thatLupo’s will be relocating out of its present locationin November,” the Providence Journal reportedlast week.

Lupo’s currently occupies a building that is slat-ed for redevelopment by Cornish Associates andKeen Development Corporation, according toCornish’s Web site. A neighboring building, calledthe Smith Building, was refurbished in 1999 andnow has 36 residential spaces and ground-floorcommercial space. That building was also redevel-oped by Cornish and Keen, according to the Website.

The memo forecasting Lupo’s relocation wasdistributed in the Smith Building.

That memo also includes a projection of therenovation process through January 2005 for thebuilding where Lupo’s and the Met Café are locat-ed, the Providence Journal reported.

But Lupo says he still plans for his business tobe occupying the building come November.

“That memorandum is not true,” Lupo told theJournal. “There’s no agreement made between theparties.”

“We are in negotiation. It’s been in discussion,off and on, for six years. And there are probablyseveral (possible) resolutions to the situation. Andthere’s no agreement,” Lupo told the Journal.

Lupo did not return several calls from TheHerald seeking comment.

The Met Café calendar online shows actsbooked through Dec. 4, and Lupo’s schedule runsthrough Nov. 28.

Lupo told the Journal there are three possible

Heartbreak formusic lovers;Lupo’s may close

see LUPO’S, page 5see ATHENAEUM, page 5

Sara Perkins / Herald

Save the Athenaeum filed a lawsuit last summer in Rhode Island Superior Court charging that the Athenaeum’s boardwas not lawfully elected, that it mismanaged finances,“raided” the endowment and violated the library’s 1836 charter.

Future of Athenaeum uncertain

tiracial and then by white students.Each group was given three minutesto discuss questions about theirawareness of their own racial identi-ties and the identities of others.

“I thought it was important forpeople who were white and peoplewho were not white to hear whateach other had to say,” Mulligansaid.

Students were invited to sharetheir opinions and personal experi-ences as well as examine their ownprejudices. Questions about “whitepower” sparked dialogue about theproblems of discrimination andprejudice in education.

One student responded that, as awhite person, she experiencedwhite privilege because she was notmarginalized or forced into general-ized statements made in lecture anddiscussion, something she saw hap-pen often to non-white students.Another student questioned oppor-tunities to further education thatgive students from higher socio-economic backgrounds, whom sheobserved usually also happened tobe white, an advantage over poorerstudents.

A student of mixed race talkedabout her difficulties choosing oneethnicity with which to identify.Another said she often had to con-vince people she was American andthat she was complimented on herEnglish even though it is the lan-guage she grew up speaking.

Questions like, “How do you con-tribute to whiteness?” and “What isthe distinction between whitenessand white people?” encouragedthose in attendance to examinetheir own racial prejudices.Students discussed conceptions ofphysical beauty and their relation towhite standards. Special signifi-cance was placed on the need forminorities and white people to beespecially aware of latent racism indaily conversation.

Twenty-two students attendedthe meeting, which was open to theentire student body. While BaliKumar ’06 said he felt the smallersetting allowed for better conversa-tion, he said he was disappointed bythe low turnout.

“It’s like preaching to the con-verted,” he said. “There are so fewpeople who get to benefit.”

The meeting was scheduled tolast exactly one hour but discussioncontinued long after the allottedtime was up.

“I’m happy because it seems likethere will be a continuation,”Mulligan said.

Mulligan was one of the foundersof Deconstructing Whiteness Week,which began last year. She said shechose to devote herself to the pro-gram because she “wanted to edu-cate white people about race.”

The meeting held a greater sig-nificance for Jane Mee Wong ’06.“Interracial dialogue is importantand there’s no organized space atBrown to do this kind of stuff,”Wong said.

Mulligan and Chisolm-Strakercame up with the questions thatguided the forum by consideringissues they felt needed to be dis-cussed.

“We sat down and said, ‘What dowe want people to start talkingabout and how do we get them totalk about it?’” Mulligan said.

After the organized conversation,the floor opened to general ques-tions. Students discussed contro-versial topics such as the ThirdWorld Transition Program and thesignificance of the Third WorldCenter’s name.

“I think it’s really important toextend these conversations intoother elements of our academicsand activism and social lives,” saidMatt Hamilton ’05.

Herald staff writer Sarah LaBrie ’07can be reached [email protected].

place in the Open Flat. Brownadded points with first placeshowings by Burden (NoviceFlat), Ariana Arcenas ’06(Walk/Trot/Canter) and JenniferJohn ’07 (Walk/Trot). RachelRoemer ’06 also contributedwith a second place in theNovice Open Fence division toround off the day’s 33-point per-formance.

Important defensive blockswere contributed by Roemer(Novice Flat), Gillian Heinecke’07 (Intermediate Fences) andJoanna Kels ’04 (BeginnerWalk/Trot/Canter) who all

earned first place in their respec-tive divisions to prevent the otherteams from earning crucialpoints.

Overall, it was a strong andbalanced show for the squad.Riders with a range of experiencecontributed from a variety ofdivisions. John’s victory came inher first ever show for Brown,while Kels’ block was from a divi-sion she had not previouslyshown in.

After the tough showing twoweeks ago, Brown’s only homeshow of the year could not havecome at a better time. In additionto a home crowd and a lack oftravel, there are other significantbenefits to competing at thehome barn.

“It’s our show. It’s our horses

and our horses are awesome forus because we’ve learned to rideon them, but for other peoplethey can be a little quirky,”Kingsborough said.

Though perhaps helpful forBrown’s scoring, hosting theevent is a mixed blessing. The 11-team show requires an immenseamount of organization andpreparation on the part of theteam.

“We spent Thursday, Fridayand Saturday, pretty much thewhole team, at the barn everyday, organizing, setting up thefences, making sure the horsesare ready and really making sureeverything was going to runsmoothly,” said JessicaMendelson ’07.

The riders’ responsibilities

range from walking, groomingand tacking the horses tostaffing the in-gate, adjustingfences and helping riders mounttheir horses. Burden even con-tributed her vocal talents tobegin the show with the nationalanthem.

Those efforts translated into aflawless afternoon that ranquickly and efficiently despitethe more than 350 entries. Withonly one opportunity to competeat home each year, the impor-tance of the show is even greater.

“I think the fact that the showran smoothly was as important asthat we tied for first,” Burdensaid.

Brown’s next show is Nov. 9 atWesleyan College.

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pating in the Race for the Cure,among other things, Brown’sathletes “serve the community,the nation, and the world”through countless hours spentbettering the lives of thosearound us. In a community thatpromotes diversity of educationand betterment through serv-ice, athletes demonstrate thatknowledge comes in all formsfrom every good deed per-formed.

In addition to serving thecommunity, athletes performan invaluable service to theschool every time we take on anopponent. For all intents andpurposes, and in everyday situ-ations, athletes are theirschool’s ambassadors every-where they go and in every pub-lic moment. Knowing theiractions reflect upon the schoolas a whole, they learn to per-form under pressure. Viewed inthis light, athletes are not onlyan accessible and amiablemeans of promoting Brown,but they are a necessary means.

The education gleanedthrough participation in athlet-ics of any sort is invaluable inpreparing students to take onany adversity they mayencounter after graduatingfrom Brown. Athletes who havecompeted in a highly competi-tive, intercollegiate environ-

ment often fare better in jobsearches as employers find theyare better suited “to dischargethe offices of life with useful-ness and reputation,” a vitalpart of the University’s mission.Additionally, by adding to thediversity of the student body,Brown athletes inhabit as cru-cial a position in the market-place of ideas as well as any oftheir peers.

Ultimately, the educationone receives depends solely onthe decision to educate oneself.I challenge those who have abias against athletes to putdown their guard and make adecision based on the wholeperson and not just his or hervocabulary. In addition, I chal-lenge athletes to approach theclassroom with the same driveused in physical play. Most ath-letes do realize the gift Brownhas given us by admitting usinto this fine institution, butthis sense of gratitude shouldextend across the board. Onlyin making the most of one’sexperience here can one trulyprove he has fulfilled Brown’smission. May we all step backand realize that each of us con-tributes to that mission in aunique way, and none deservesto be at Brown any more thananother.

Ashley Branca ’04 hails fromWyndmoor, Penn. She is a mem-ber of the women’s lacrosseteam.

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Branca

Marlins get a new stadium,then they have a great chanceto keep a lot of their players,but if they don’t then someplayers may still remainexpendable.

The Marlins probably willnot be able to sign third base-man Mike Lowell long-termbecause of the breakout yearhe had. But, Cabrera played agreat third base for them whileLowell was nursing a handinjury. The Marlins also havearbitration options on rightfielder Juan Encarnacion aswell as Lee. Beckett is also upfor arbitration, and it wouldbe wise if the Marlins showedhim the money. With theMarlins acquiring the agelesswonder and “Mr. Marlin”Conine during the regular sea-

son, Lee might be madeexpendable because theMarlins might not be able toafford him.

On the bright side, theMarlins still have great youngstarting pitching. They haveWillis, Carl Pavano and A.J.Burnett all for next year.Burnett was supposed to be theace of the staff until an elbowsurgery sidelined him for theseason.

It would be ideal for thePhillies if the Marlins disman-tled their team again, but Idon’t want to wish them any illwill. I hope the Marlins canretain some sort of nucleus.South Florida has seen greatthings over the past 10 yearsand they deserve to continue tosee them.

Justin Goldman ’07 hails fromPhiladelphia, Penn., and will beready to pitch on three days rest.

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Jerry’s, can he hold vs. Bushon issues of security?”

The Democrats may mixand match the candidatestogether to have a ticket thatcan compete with Bush andVice President Dick Cheney,Matthews said.

Bush’s will be a tough ticketto beat because of the almost$170 million in campaignfunding he will have amassed,and the emotional attach-ment many Americans haveto him.

“It was a King Arthurmoment and he pulled thesword from the stone,”Matthews said of Sept. 14,2001, when Bush visited NewYork City three days after theattacks on the World TradeCenter. “There are a lot ofpeople who believe that hehas an emotional attachmentto America.”

Matthews was not one ofthem.

Matthews said a great leaderlike Franklin Roosevelt orWinston Churchill would havebrought the world togetherafter Sept. 11, 2001 unlikeBush’s divisive foreign policy.

Matthews said Bush han-dled the post-Sept. 11 issuewell.

“Then the ideologuesstarted to encircle him. Theysaw a guy who hadn’t readmany books and fed him theidea of pre-emption,”Matthews said.

“(Cheney) has no executiveauthority. He has become achief executive vice presi-dent. He is running theplace,” Matthews said. “Ithink he’s the one who put histhumb on the scale and everydecision that comes out is tothe right.”

Herald staff writer JonathanHerman ’07 can be reached [email protected].

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new locations for his nightclub,but he would not be more spe-cific.

Lupo’s has been in its currentbuilding since 1992, and Lupohas more than four years left onhis lease, according to theJournal.

In December 1999, Lupo’slandlord sought the nightclub’seviction in court, claiming Lupohad violated 10 terms of hislease, the Journal reported. InApril 2001, Judge Patricia D.Moore ruled in Lupo’s favor.

Providence Mayor DavidCicilline ’83 and his staff havebeen attempting to mediate thedispute, the Journal reported.The goal, Cicilline told theJournal, is to have Lupo’s moveout and resume a successfulbusiness elsewhere in the city.

“I’m hoping that in the com-ing weeks we will succeed andbe a part of” a settlement,Cicilline told the Journal. Hedeclined to describe the com-ponents of a possible settle-ment.

A representative fromCicilline’s office did not return acall seeking comment.

Cicilline told the Journal thecity needs live music as part ofits cultural repertoire. As long aslive music exists “in a way that issafe and doesn’t present anypublic-safety issues, then it willalways be welcome inProvidence.”

The mayor said he has noturged Lupo to stay or go fromDowncity. Where he moves “ishis business decision,” he toldthe Providence Journal.

Brown Student Radio General

Manager Shauna Duffy ’04 saidthat if Lupo’s and the Met Caféwere to close or relocate, itcould decrease the number ofacts that come to Providence.

But it would have “no effectwhatsoever on what peoplemean when they say the‘Providence music scene,’ ” shesaid.

Herald senior staff writer LisaMandle ’06 can be reached [email protected].

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proceeds of the sale to replenisha sagging endowment.

According to officials at theAthenaeum, the plaintiffs claimpart of a museum’s collectionshould be sold only if the moneyfrom the sale will be used tobuild up the collection. By thatdistinction, the plaintiffs con-sider the Athenaeum a museum.

But Kertzer and Bengstonsaid the Athenaeum is a library.

In the past, the John CarterBrown Library on campus sold13th century manuscripts anddid not use the money to buildthe University’s collection.

According to Norman Fiering,director of the John CarterBrown, the medieval manu-scripts are not part of thelibrary’s collection. They wereseen as “financial assets” thatcould be sold for financial gain.

Despite that, Fiering said,there is a “moral principle” thatfavors money from the sale ofpart of a library’s collectiongoing toward purchasing otheritems for the collection.

But Bengston said this kind ofmoral imperative was “not anissue” for the libraries. Althoughmuseums may not sell items oftheir collection for pure finan-cial gain, there is no such rulefor libraries. And, he said, whenthe Athenaeum bought theAudubon, it was partly as afinancial investment. It is partlyupon that distinction that Savethe Athenaeum’s case rests.

“We are hopeful of getting aquick, favorable outcome,”Kertzer said of the suit.

A representative of Save theAthenaeum wrote in an e-mailthat the group would not com-ment either on the phone or inperson.

Bengston described the suitas an attempt at a “hostiletakeover” by a group of peoplewho wish for the Athenaeum toremain as exclusive as it was inthe 18th century. “There is a lin-gering elitism that has kept thecommunity from getting toknow the Athenaeum,” he said.

The Athenaeum, founded in1753, is one of 17 membershiplibraries in America today.Members each pay a fee tocheck out books and elect board

members. Nonmembers canuse all materials on site.

When the library first beganto operate, shareholders boughta piece of the library and wereable to check out books if theypresented their paper share. Butin 1974 the library became anonprofit organization, andshares became moot, thoughmembers still pay fees to checkout materials.

Many of the plaintiffs in Savethe Athenaeum are descendentsof the original shareholders.According to the group’s Website, current members who arenot descendents of the originalshareholders should not beallowed to vote for the board ofdirectors.

The suit, which is still inSuperior Court, is pending.According to Kertzer, the boardof directors hopes that Christie’swill be able to auction theAudubon folio in the spring,despite an Oct. 1 ruling pro-hibiting the sale of the printsuntil the suit is settled.

Herald staff writer Elise Baran ’07can be reached [email protected].

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“(Gutierrez) played proba-bly one of his best games (thisseason),” said Head Coach PhilEstes. “I thought he made bigplays all over the place.”

Also receiving accolades forhis play was Zack DeOssie ’07,who earned Ivy League Rookieof the Week honors afternotching five tackles, includ-ing one sack. DeOssie has seenhis time slowly increasing asthe season goes on, and cer-tainly this is a sign of things tocome.

It looked like Cornell wouldbe the first team on the board,as the kicker lined up toattempt a 44-yard field goalwith 30 seconds left in the firstquarter. But, the swirlingwinds that whipped for mostof the game blew the kickwide, keeping the game score-less. On the ensuing drive,Hartigan took the first play ofthe second quarter to thehouse. Nick Marietti ’05 thenhit his first extra point as theteam’s field goal kicker to putBrown up by seven. Marietti,kicking for the first time sincehigh school, took over theduties when the only kicker onthe roster was dismissed fromthe team. Punter Tim Goobic’04 took over the kickoffduties.

“(Goobic) had been practic-ing the kickoff all along. …Marietti’s quite capable ofkicking the extra point. Whereit hurts us is that it really takesthe field goal out of our gameplan,” Estes said.

The Bears used a little bit oftrickery later in the quarter toextend their lead. On firstdown from the Cornell 11,Marietti lined up at tailbackwithout any Cornell playersnoticing. A quarterback bytrade, Marietti received a tossfrom Slager, then threw toreceiver Jarrett Schreck ’06 forBrown’s second touchdown.Marietti’s extra point attemptwas blocked, leaving the scoreat 13-0.

“We just changed personnelin mid-stream and. … we justgot up and went. So we didn’tgive them much of a chance tothink about it or to warn any-body,” Estes said.

“(The play) really jump-started our team,” Slager said.

Much to Cornell’s dismay,

the Bears’ offensive bag oftricks was not exhausted yet.On Brown’s first drive of thefourth quarter, Slager handedoff to Hartigan for whatlooked like a simple sweep tothe right. But, Hartigan tossedthe ball back to Slager, whofound Lonnie Hill ’06 wideopen in the end zone. Slagerhit Hill again on the two-pointconversion to make the score21-0.

“(We use those trick plays)in the red zone. They have abetter chance of happeningthere because there’s less fieldto cover and you get a chanceto get it into the end zone ifthere’s a completion,” Estessaid.

“We knew we needed justone more touchdown to putthem away, and we thought itwas a great situation,” Slagersaid.

On their next drive, Cornellfinally answered back, as quar-terback D.J. Busch hit receiverVic Yanz for a 10-yard touch-down pass. Yanz had 118receiving yards on the day, andwas the only Cornell offensiveplayer who could get anythinggoing.

The Bears have a big gamecoming this weekend, as theyhost undefeated Penn, whichis ranked 11th. Penn is comingoff a scare from Yale, a game inwhich they needed overtime tobeat the Bulldogs.

“I think getting a win beforewe played Penn was huge inthat it just gave us a littlemomentum,” Slager said. “Ithelped us realize that theweeks we don’t beat ourselveswe win.”

Herald staff writer ChrisHatfield ’06 is an assistantsports editor. He can be reachedat [email protected].

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from 90 percent of the West Bankand all of the Gaza Strip andmade East Jerusalem thePalestinian capital, Bard said.

According to Bard, in order forpeace negotiations to move for-ward, “There’s one thing that hasto happen — Yasser Arafat has todie.”

Bard said he thinks a resolu-tion to the conflict will not be“perfect peace.” Israel’s relationswith its Middle East neighborswill never be as friendly as rela-

tions among the United States,Canada and Mexico he said.

Bard said he thinks negotia-tions will ultimately result inIsrael’s return to 1967 bound-aries modified to accommodatethe largest settlements, with afence dividing Israel from afuture Palestinian state.Although some politicians havesaid a fence separating two peo-ples is unreasonable, Bard saidhe feels it is perfectly normal. Hementioned that currently, a fenceseparates Israel from both Syriaand Lebanon.

Although Bard recognizesmany obstacles to peace, he saidhe “tries not to be too cynical.”

Sometimes things happen thatseem impossible, Bard said. Asan example, he described the1947 U.N. vote that approvedIsrael’s statehood. In order toreceive approval, both theUnited States and the SovietUnion had to vote affirmatively,and many politicians thoughtthis was impossible. If agree-ment between the United Statesand the Soviet Union during theCold War can happen, so can aresolution to the Middle Eastconflict, Bard said.

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

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Horowitz’s speechwasn’t worth moremoney from the UFB

To the Editor:

In his column, “Horowitz speech offers oppor-tunities for reform,” (Oct. 27) Stephen Bealerepeatedly bemoans the “ultimate insult” that theUndergraduate Finance Board paid him and hisfellow campus conservatives by offering DavidHorowitz “a tenth of his regular fee” for his lecturelast week. Beale is ignorant of two pertinent facts:

First, UFB is notoriously stingy with its appro-priations. Anyone who has managed a budget fora Category Three student group knows of theintense scrutiny UFB gives to all funding requestsand the frequency of its rejections of theserequests. Beale and his associates are not the vic-tims of special discrimination.

Second, UFB was correct in denying DavidHorowitz his “regular fee.” Ten times the fee theydid offer — $1,500 — would be $15,000. I cannotimagine how Mr. Horowitz, who has few qualifica-tions to lecture, thinks it appropriate to ask forsuch an outrageous sum of money. And I amshocked the College Republicans were so eager togive it to him. They could have invited to Browndozens of distinguished and intelligent conserva-tives who have devoted their lives to public serv-ice, rather than a wealthy ideologue who hasdevoted his life to rabble-rousing and self-promo-tion.

I contend that $1,500 was more than enoughfor what Brown students got last Wednesday. Infact, from what I saw of Horowitz, I believe I canpersonally offer the same services to this campusat an even further reduced cost. For just $750, Iwill gladly stand in Salomon 101 and offer unin-formed opinion and shoddy statistics, call Brown

students Marxists, and shamelessly dodge ques-tions for as long as Beale would like.

Ethan Ris ’05President

Brown DemocratsOct. 27

Article misrepresentsCommunities inClassrooms changes

To the Editor:

The article (“Swearer Center program cut fromarea school,” Oct. 21) misrepresented currentchanges to Communities in Classrooms. First andforemost, the program was not cut from BridghamMiddle School. Second, budget changes withinProvidence Public Schools do not affect CiC —Swearer Center programs are funded independentof PPS. Teachers are under a lot of pressure to followacademic standards in hopes of their studentspassing standardized tests. The CiC curriculumcontinues to build off of those standards.Therefore, curricular changes did not bump CiCout of Bridgham’s schedule. CiC has dealt withchanges this fall, but those changes are related pri-marily to schedule modifications in all PPS middleschools. Middle schools are operating under a six-week rotation, which makes it logistically impossi-ble to schedule Brown students into the middleschool day. As a result, CiC will operate as an after-school program this year.

Arthi Sundaresh ’05Cary Anne Trainor ’06

CiC Program CoordinatorsOct. 27

Temporary heartbreakDowncity Providence is a pretty quiet place at night.

Unlike cities with truly thriving downtowns, Providence

generally hosts only a trickle of theater-goers or Complex

patrons after dark. And that’s on weekends. Any Brown stu-

dent who wanders across the river on a Sunday or

Wednesday night encounters little more than lonely streets

and the occasional mugger.

Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel has long been one of nighttime

Providence’s only bright spots. The venue boasts a consis-

tently popular lineup of acts and the club’s crowds help

make for a less vacant downtown.

Now the club, which opened near the beginning of the

city’s “renaissance,” is facing possible relocation. Although

its owner, Rich Lupo ’70, says he has no intention of mov-

ing, the building that houses Lupo’s is slated for redevelop-

ment into residential units, according to Cornish

Associates and Keen Development Corporation.

Although a Lupo’s relocation will mean less activity

downtown in the near future, the move is a necessary evil if

the city hopes to create a viable residential district.

Cornish and Keen have already renovated the neighboring

Smith Building, converting the structure into 36 residential

units with ground-floor commercial space. A noisy, some-

times rowdy nightclub, though a downtown staple, doesn’t

fit into this more sedate scheme.

The club’s relocation, coupled with the opportunity for a

growing residential district, is the best bet for downtown

Providence in the long-term. With residents will come

more shops, groceries, cafes and consistent activity in the

central city. It’s an ambitious project, but not an impossi-

ble one.

We’d hate to see Lupo’s relocate, but if it means a more

populated, thriving downcity, it’s worth the heartbreak.

OPINIONSTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2003 · PAGE 7

AS HORROR SWEPT THROUGH THEranks of a young, informed, self-con-sciously “disaffected” population (the sortfound at Brown) following the election of acertain Nazi-admiring, breast-obsessed,Kennedy-marrying Republican, the com-munal outrage was broken bythe insidious suspicion cur-rently threatening any Gen-YProgressive Political Unity. It’sthe same feeling one gets atany anti-Patriot Act or FairTrade or Free Palestine orpost-David Horowitz rally; thesame sense that turns anypresent optimism into a drag-ging, stomach churning, apa-thy inducing fear for thefuture: Some — nay, most —of these people actually thinkHoward Dean is the answer!

Would Dean be a reason-able president? Probably. If he earns thenomination, Nader retires, the race is closeand I figure out how to use an absenteeballot, would I send my first presidentialvote his way? Regrettably, yes. Obviously,Bush is the enemy, the state of the world isat stake, evil must be defeated, yaddayadda yadda. That is all beyond debate.But the question remains, with all thismomentum generated, with all the failuresof the most regressive economic schemein our lifetimes, with all the Orwelliandouble-speak of freedom through repres-sion at home and war abroad, with all theattacks on abortion rights, with all the talk

of an American Crusade against “idol-wor-shippers,” do we turn around and directour anger, our disillusionment, our hopes,our exasperation behind Howard Dean? Isthat really the best we can do?

Probably. Unless, of course, such exas-perations are simply affecta-tions, credentials for entranceinto a proto-elite that wearsangst as jewelry until it acquiressomething shinier. For mem-bers of this population (again,the sort at Brown), Dean is not acandidate, but a lifestyle accou-trement — literally, the pin isweightier than the man. He is atoken worn to signify manythings, but, above all else, dif-ference; that is, difference fromthe masses, the uncultured, thepolitically unconscious. HowDean acquired this role is com-

plex but is rooted in his entrance as essen-tially an empty vessel, with none of the bag-gage of a congressional voting record, anentrenched national identity or, for thatmatter, any significant constituency.Vermont may be a terrific state (very Green,if also preponderantly white), but its size ishard to underestimate: Indeed, Dean wonre-election as governor in 2000 with148,059 votes, comparable to the 126,799votes Al Sharpton — i.e. “fringe candidate”— garnered in the 1997 New York mayoralprimary.

Thus, the Dean campaign started life as aboutique product and it is, paradoxically,this very “boutique-ness” that has drivenhim to the lead (and introduced anotherempty vessel candidate, Wesley Clark). Thisstrategy has made Dean into an underdog

front-runner, a mass-consumed productthat is somehow still trendy or admired —an electoral Pottery Barn. Yet is what Deanis selling different from the Wal-Marts andHome Depots of typical millennialDemocratic politics? Sure he stood againstthe war in Iraq, but hardly for moral orphilosophical reasons; like most of the“mainstream” candidates, his problem withpre-emption was not its intrinsic absurditybut the fact that it wasn’t multilaterallyapproved. As he says himself, “I am not apacifist.”

And beyond this “defining” issue, Dean’splatform — ominously considered “too lib-eral” for the general electorate — is neitherunique nor particularly far left; on the DeanWeb site, there is a set of bullet points thatsupport a repeal of part of the Bush tax cut,a balanced budget and the creation of acryptic “fairer and simpler system of taxa-tion” — which, last I checked, was theRepublican rationale for the Bush cuts inthe first place. Likewise, Dean trots out thecatchphrase of “universal healthcare” andproceeds to present a patchwork of margin-al extensions of existing federal programs.Indeed, the doctor-governor even supportsthat most insidious of right-centrist“reforms” (outside of welfare reform, whichhe loves) — medical malpractice restric-tions, decrying “frivolous lawsuits” andencouraging such niceties as “pre-trialexpert panels.” Honestly, where is the Deaneveryone’s so afraid of?

So we say we want a revolution and end upwith a candidate — he with the A rating fromthe NRA and a policy of “fiscal conservatism”— who seems to be actively co-opting one. Wecan’t blame Dean himself; it is our own hiddenhypocrisies that have led to this predicament.

For Dean’s campaign is a revolution, but oneof process and not content; by emphasizingsmall donations and Internet organization —which exclude both the “unhip” and those(minorities and union members, mostly)without the disposable income for admittance— the campaign itself, rather than the issues,is fetishized. Dean is cool because cool peoplelike him; I wouldn’t be surprised if velvet ropesbegin to sprout up outside campaign centersthroughout Iowa and New Hampshire.

The irony in all this is that, for the first timein our politically conscious lifetimes, thereare Democrats worth supporting, and more-over, their policies range across a wide spec-trum. Indeed, any self-respecting student ofthe Left should be supporting DennisKucinich — that Dean’s campus presencetrumps his is pretty embarrassing. Sharpton,meanwhile, is not only by far the best oratorin the race but also the man most likely tocompletely degrade Bush with no punchespulled. Speaking of men, Carol MoseleyBraun’s focus on the gendered nature of poli-cy is both politically and intellectuallyintriguing. If one must bet on a winninghorse, Dick Gephardt’s anti-NAFTA, pro-union credentials as well as John Kerry’s dig-nified war-hero carriage provide palatablealternatives. Indeed, in a fair world, Deanwould be relegated to John Edwards status:energetic, likeable, but ultimately empty.

So what are we to do now that our genera-tion has led the country in elevating a sort ofparadoxical mass elitism in popular politics?Well not much, besides pray for Hillary. Afterall, being fashionable isn’t inherently bad; ifDean pins and stickers are what’s in style thisseason, who am I to complain? And, for God’ssake, would someone please invite me to aMeetup? After all, it’s what the cool kids do.

Howard Dean — the latest style for this political season

Time to tear down the Stars and BarsClaiming Confederate heritage is like claiming Martian heritage, but more offensive

THE HISTORY OF AMERICA, ALTHOUGHrelatively short compared with othercountries, is rich and filled with stories ofbravery, courage and valor. Our history isso cathartic, in fact, that many of the talesfrom old America still inspire us — fromthe probably false, like GeorgeWashington’s wanton destruction of acherry tree to the undeniably true, like thedaring fight for decolonization by a ragtagbunch of colonists determined to resisttyranny. These are the stories that our par-ents told us, that our history professorsteach us every day, that we will pass on tothe next generation someday. There is anAmerican story, however, that is beingtold in the wrong ways and is beinginterpreted falsely — the story ofthe Confederate States of America.

To put it bluntly, the Confederacyis in no way part of our heritage.Some readers may cry foul at such abold and generalized statement, butlet me explain. I do not deny thatthe Confederacy was part ofour history — my aim is not torevise our past, 1984-style, tosuit my utopian visions ofsociety or what Americashould be like. Yes, theConfederacy is part of ourhistory, but not, however,part of our heritage.

Heritage is a tricky wordthat one might think is syn-onymous with history, but themeaning of heritage is slightlydeeper than that. One’s heritage

(or, in this case, a country’s heritage) refersto traditions, to mores, to a shared experi-ence or a shared philosophy. As someonewho lives in the South, I find claims ofConfederate heritage insulting, since theydraw a tie from modern Southerners to agroup that was, at best, a group of misguid-ed traitors and, at worst, a state fighting forthe right to subjugate an entire race of peo-ple.

Some may assert that the South of the19th century took up arms against thetyrannical Lincoln because they wereresponding to a federal “invasion” and weresimply defending their own territory. ThisGone With the Wind-style romanticization

of the backward and oppressive Southis simply wrong. Lincoln’s rhetoric inhis inaugural address was conciliato-ry and targeted to appeal to theSouth to remain part of the United

States. His famous statement thata “house divided cannot

stand” is now repeatedin history classrooms

across America. EvenLincoln’s stance onslavery was not radi-cal — he believedthat slavery shouldnot spread to more

states, but he washardly as extreme as

many of his Republicancompatriots (back whenthe Republican Party

stood for positive values, like freedom).The South would do well to move on

from the 1860s. As the popular bumpersticker points out: “You lost — get over it.”Whether one believes that the Confederacywas mainly fighting for the continuation ofhuman bondage, one cannot help butnotice that the Confederate constitutionexplicitly safeguards the institution of slav-ery. As such, the South should do its part todistance itself from this dark and shamefulpast. Although I do not in any way thinkthe human loss is comparable, in a generalway the situation is similar to the one theGermans faced following World War II. Apostwar Germany did all it could to makepeaceful overtures with Israel and contin-ues to foster positive relations with Jewsworldwide. Unless you consider Trent Lott(who, in addition to his Senate antics, suc-cessfully fought to keep black students outof his Ole Miss fraternity) racial progress,the South has done nothing of the sort. Theleast they could do is stop waving the flagaround everywhere.

Confederate flag-proponents argue thatthe current issue of Confederate heritageand the Confederate flag’s placement onstate flags is not related to race — they flyflags containing the Confederate flagbecause of its link with their history morethan with any racial motivation. This argu-ment sounds nice but is not backed up byevidence or facts. The Confederate symbolson state flags, for instance, were not placedthere following the Civil War as a sort of

remembrance.That would

make sense in this argument. In fact,Confederate flags were added to the stateflags during the civil rights movement. Itdoes not take a genius to make the connec-tion between the two contemporary events— the Confederate flag placement wasentirely racial. The angry and racist whitepower structure in the South during thecivil rights movement knew that theConfederate flag had tremendous racialimplications. Adding it to state flags was astatement of solidarity with an oppressiveand racialized past.

Much like the “under God” clause of thepledge of allegiance (added during theMcCarthy era, not the colonial period, toinstill loyalty in young children), theConfederate flag’s placement on state flagswas a recent occurrence that is not reflec-tive of any history but is simply a way tosend racial messages. As a Southerner, letme be the first to raise the call against thebonnie blue flag. I hail from Virginia,where seven U.S. presidents were bornand where many key battles of the CivilWar were fought. I admire ThomasJefferson — I refuse to admire Thomas“Stonewall” Jackson. Southerners gainnothing by revering a fairy tale past withholidays like “Lee-Jackson-King Day”(where, paradoxically, Stonewall andRobert E. Lee are celebrated alongside Dr.King) or by visiting Lee’s tomb in droves.He’s not coming back to lead us to victoryagainst the crazy North. The War betweenthe States is over. It’s time to pull down theStars and Bars. We’re Americans now. It’sabout time we acted like it.

Jonathan Liu ’07 mourns the deaths ofEdward Said and Johnny Cash. Exile andalienation won’t be the same without them.

The style of Howard Dean’s “cool kids” campaign overshadows his shaky policy positions

You won’t catch John Brougher ’06 whistling Dixie.

john broughercan’t stopthe brock

JONATHAN LIUIN LIU OF

THE NEWS

SPORTS TUESDAYTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD

OCTOBER 28, 2003 · PAGE 8

NOW THAT THE BASEBALL SEASON HAScome to a close, I would like to sit back andreminisce about what a great season it was.Even though it was upsetting to not see theRed Sox or Cubs in the World Series, it wasstill a fantastic postseason. It was particu-

larly hard for me tosee the Marlinsknock my belovedPhillies out of post-season contentionat the end of theregular season, but

I have no beef with them. As long as theYankees don’t win, I’m OK with whoever isworld champion.

The Marlins have only been alive for 10years and have two World Championships.That makes Cubs and Red Sox fans snickerbecause they have been alive for Godknows how long and have fewer champi-onships combined since 1918 than theMarlins do in 10 years.

The last time the Marlins won the WorldSeries was in 1997. It was a sublime endingto a storybook year much like this year, butthe city and fans were rewarded by Marlinsmanagement’s selling off the entire teamand having a 100-loss season in 1998.

I don’t hail from anywhere close toFlorida, but if I could offer any advice toMarlins owner Jeffrey Loria, it would bethis: DO NOT SELL THE TEAM AGAIN. Itwas incredibly devastating for the fans tosee their “Defending World SeriesChampion Marlins” lose day in and day outin 1998. Attendance dropped considerablyand fans lost faith in their team.

The Marlins really have a chance to be agreat team. Manager Jack McKeon, whomade all the right moves this postseason,knows how to instill confidence in players40 to 50 years younger than he is. TheMarlins went 79-45 with McKeon at thehelm. He injected life into this team andhad them believing they could be great.

Along with McKeon, twisting, twirling,high leg-kicking 21-year-old lefty phenomDontrelle Willis injected life into SouthFlorida. Whenever he pitched, fans actuallycame to Marlins games, a rarity for a teamthat averaged just above 16,000 people agame. Every television station fought to puthim on the air. He not only put life intoSouth Florida but he also put life into histeammates. The other Marlins pitchers fedoff of his exuberant energy. When it wastheir turn to pitch they wanted to dazzle thecrowd and the opposing hitters just like hedid.

With all that said, the Marlins have ayoung core that could be great for years tocome. The MVP of the World Series, JoshBeckett, is only 23. Dynamic leadoff manand center fielder Juan Pierre is just 26.Baby-faced outfielder Miguel Cabrera, whohad his coming out party during this year’splayoffs, is only 20. Second baseman LuisCastillo and Gold Glove-caliber first base-man Derek Lee are both 28. The veteran onthis team is Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez who is31 and has at least three or four good yearsstill ahead of him.

It will be hard to keep this team com-pletely together, but they have to makemore of an effort than they did in 1997. TheMarlins only have 2 players under contractfor 2004, Pierre and utility man Jeff Conine,and they also have several players up forarbitration, which means they will have togive them pay increases. Rodriguez andCastillo are both free agents, and the teamneeds to retain at least one of them. Itwould be nice to keep both, but Loria doesnot like to crowbar his wallet open thatmuch.

Rodriguez is the heart and soul of thisteam, so it would be ideal to keep him. If the

THE MISSION OF BROWN UNIVERSITY IS“to serve the community, the nation, andthe world by discovering, communicating,and preserving knowledge and understand-ing in a spirit of free inquiry, and by educat-ing and preparing students to discharge the

offices of life withusefulness and rep-utation.” We do thisthrough a partner-ship of studentsand teachers in aunified community

known as a university-college.Recently, a friend sent me a troubling

opinions column from the Yale Daily Newsentitled, “Athletes Injure Yale’s AcademicPurpose,” (Oct. 10). In this piece, the writerargues that intercollegiate athletes damagethe college because they achieve lower SATscores and maintain lower GPAs than theirpeers. She claims “the academic level of theuniversity as a whole suffers when all stu-dents are not on the same page intellectual-ly.” The writer further suggests that athleticsshould be downsized and de-emphasized atour nation’s leading colleges.

Certainly almost everyone has heard thisargument before. Athletes are, after all,dumb as bricks. We are too lazy to go toclass, amplified by the fact that athletes onlytake “gut” courses (see “Rocks for Jocks”).The truth of the matter is that we are toodrunk to get out of bed in order to make theclass in which we failed to do the homeworkbecause we were out all night the nightbefore (any night of the week is a night forboozing). We, as athletes, believe this is OKbecause Brown will never kick us out, espe-cially because they bent all the rules to getus here in the first place. In truth, we arehurting the rest of the students at Brown bybringing the intellectual standard to an all-time low. Who cares, the Eagles are playing.Freshman, go get me a beer from the keg-erator and make sure there is no foam onthe top.

Of course, the above representation is notat all true. To say this is not to invalidate thenumerous studies showing that on thewhole athletes do have lower test scores andGPAs than their non-athlete peers. Thosewho compete at an intercollegiate level forBrown may spend as much time improvingtheir physical dexterity as they do enhanc-ing their academic aptitude. This does notmean that members of the University havethe right to brand athletes as less intellectu-ally capable than the community as awhole. The argument claiming that intellectdepends solely on test scores and booksmarts ignores the intellectual capacityneeded to participate in the strategy-driven,problem solving playing field of athletics.Not only do athletes have to communicateon various levels, but they must deal withthe strain associated with the daily routineof practice on their mental capacities.

Many argue that the mission of collegeeducation should be to push students towrite like Yeats, to analyze like GordonWood, to theorize like Keynes, but not tolearn to shoot like T-Mac, or to kick likeBeckham, or to assist like Jen Adams. Idecided to turn to Brown’s mission state-ment. On Brown’s Web site, I quickly found adeclaration stating that Brown strives to“serve the community, the nation, and theworld by discovering, communicating, andpreserving knowledge and understandingin a spirit of free inquiry, and by educatingand preparing students to discharge theoffices of life with usefulness and reputa-tion.”

In volunteering at Fox Point, working tobuild city playgrounds, organizing a com-munity 5K race in honor of Brown’s latebenefactor David Zucconi ’55 and partici-

see TROY, page 4

Judging athletes

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Tailback Nick Hartigan ‘06 earned Ivy League Honor Roll honors for his performanceagainst Cornell.His 201 yards puts him third in rushing in Division I-AA with 146.5 ypg.

Brown jumps on the back ofHartigan, defeats Cornell 21-7

Fish for sale?

see BRANCA, page 4

Equestrian leaps to first placehonors at Brown InvitationalBY BRETT ZARDAThe Brown equestrian team hosted andwon the Brown Invitational held lastweekend at the Windswept Farm inWarren. Bruno tied with the Universityof Connecticut and ConnecticutCollege to earn its second victory in thefirst three shows of the year.

The win for Brown continues whathas been an up and down beginning tothe season. The year began in record-setting fashion, as Brown swept everydivision and earned a perfect 49 pointsin its first show at Teikyo Post. The per-formance was the first of its kind for aBrown equestrian team.

Brown’s next presentation was notquite as stellar. In inclement weather,Brown struggled and scraped out a dis-appointing showing at the University ofRhode Island. Last weekend was animportant rebound performance.

“It definitely boosted our confidence

a lot because last week’s show hurt ourmorale,” said Amanda Burden ’04. “Thisweek I think is going to give us a muchbetter outlook and attitude aboutupcoming shows.”

With seven shows remaining in theseason, Brown placed itself back in thehunt for the regional lead. Captain JessKingsborough ’04 said this win is moreconsistent with the team’s expectations.

“Of course we’re always looking towin outright, and we know we can, butit was good. We needed to get back onour feet, and I think this was our firststep,” Kingsborough said. “We havethree more shows in November so wecan try to take the lead back before thespring.”

Jamie Peddy ’06 began the scoringfor Brown, taking second place in theOpen Fences division followed by third

BY CHRIS HATFIELDAfter losing last week’s homecominggame to Princeton, Brown football (2-4, 1-2 Ivy League) was more thanhappy to return the favor at Cornell(1-5, 0-3 Ivy), beating the Big Red 21-7at Cornell’s homecoming over theweekend. The Bears were able to cutdown on the mistakes and turnoversthat had plagued them in recentweeks to come out on top, gainingsome valuable momentum headinginto the last month of the season.

“We were going into that game 1-4,and it’s tough to keep morale up whenyou were having a season like we werehaving. We just really needed a win,”said Co-Captain Kyle Slager ’04.

The Bears were once again led onoffense by tailback Nick Hartigan ’06,who gained 201 yards on the ground,

including a 65-yard touchdown run.After his performance on Saturday,Hartigan now ranks third in DivisionI-AA in rushing with 146.5 yards pergame. His success can also be attrib-uted to an improving offensive lineand Co-Captain fullback Brent Grinna’04, who gave up no sacks whilepaving the way for the ground game.

On the other side of the ball,Bruno’s defense held Cornell scorelessuntil late in the fourth quarter. The Dwas led by Anjel Gutierrez ’05, whonotched 12 tackles, including two fora loss and one of Brown’s five sacks.Gutierrez was named to the IvyLeague Honor Roll for the secondtime, along with Hartigan, whoearned the honor for the fifth time.

see FOOTBALL, page 5

see EQUESTRIAN, page 4

JUSTIN GOLDMANSPORTS COLUMNIST

ASHLEY BRANCASPORTS COLUMNIST