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Corruption inAfghanistan still aproblem, formerambassador says

Merchantsquestion value ofThayer Streetimprovements

BY PAT CLARK Once security measures are established,Afghanistan’s future as a nation centers onthe institution of an all-Afghan govern-ment, former ambassador to AfghanistanRobert Finn told an audience in Salomon101 Monday evening.

Finn — who was ambassador toAfghanistan between 2002 and 2003 —helped to orchestrate the loya jirga thatwrote the new Afghan constitution for thepost-Taliban government.

According to Finn, the state ofAfghanistan has improved greatly sincethe implementation of the constitutionand changes in currency, and nationwideelections in June will continue thatprogress.

The constitution specifies elections of apresident and a parliament, and currentAfghan president Hamid Karzai supportsfair elections, Finn said. In order to makeprogress in security and development, acentralized political system with a strong,supported president is necessary, he said.

Finn said the transition toward democ-racy, although slow and deliberate, is feasi-ble in Afghanistan — the warlord systemin the villages and provinces runs on con-sensus, a class system has not beenformed and common men do not hesitateto “tell off” the president.

But he said the command-economylegacy of the Soviet Union permeates partsof the Afghan government and the attitudethat private investment is a governmentcash cow that must be overcome.

“Corruption in government wasendemic (immediately following theexpulsion of the Taliban) and remains aserious problem,” Finn said.

But government corruption is the leastof Afghanistan’s current problems, he said,citing security, infrastructure, narcoticsand an absence of basic public services asmajor problems that can be improved witha combination of greater internationalfunding and organized Afghan govern-ment.

According to Finn, international aid toAfghanistan amounts to merely $50 per

capita, while Bosnia received $1,400 percapita in aid after its civil war.Additionally, the Kabul governmentreceives no tax revenue from provinces,and its only source of domestic funding isduty stations on the border. This lack offunding has slowed the development ofinfrastructure necessary to implement acentralized government, he said.

In 2002, phone lines did not existbetween the Afghan provinces and Kabul,and a trip between Kandahar and Kabultook up to 18 hours. Phone lines and aroad that shortened the trip to a third of itsprevious length have improved govern-ment control and security.

“It’s harder (for criminals) to stop a carthat’s moving 60 miles per hour than it is tostop a car moving six miles per hour,” Finn

said.Besides the inadequate infrastructure,

Finn said Afghans also suffer from an over-loaded education system, a national armythat is fractured along ethnic cleavages,poor health services that cause 15 percentof Afghan women to die during childbirthand a lack of economic development thathas fed a drug culture.

Rebuilding the national army andpolice force would offer jobs to a genera-tion that has always been soldiers whilehelping to ease ethnic strains, Finn said.Currently, 7,000 soldiers have been trainedand deployed into the Afghan provinces.

But jobs must be created for those whodo not want to be in the national army in

BY JONATHAN HERMANOne year after its implementation in

March 2003, the Thayer StreetImprovement District has made moder-ate improvements but not lived up to itsinitial goals, according to many ownersand managers of Thayer Street business-es.

TSID is an initiative to revitalizeThayer Street run by the 10 largest prop-erty owners on the street, including theUniversity.

“It’s been a collaborative process. Wewant to involve the city, neighborhoodand businesses. That’s why it has taken solong,” said Deborah Dinerman, Brown’scommunity and government relationsliaison.

TSID hired landscape architecturalconsulting firm Gates, Leighton andAssociates to design Thayer’s newstreetscape and intends to start con-struction next summer. Improvementsinclude new lighting, attractive pave-ment, larger parking capacity, improveddirectional and regulatory signage andmany other efforts to beautify the street,Dinerman said.

But many business owners are skepti-cal of the prospects for real improvementon the street.

“You have 40 different individual own-ers going in 40 different directions. Therehas been no cohesive effort to bring themtogether,” said Bryan Creighton, owner ofMorrison Office Supplies.

Tom Farnsworth of Tom’s Tracks saidthat he thinks Thayer Street “is beyondimprovement.”

Farnsworth called TSID’s efforts toimprove the area “too little, too late.”

“Anybody can do whatever they want.It’s a fodder of greedy landlords, too

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Robert Finn,the first post-Taliban ambassador to Afghanistan,spoke Monday night inSalomon 101 about current challenges facing the country.

Leader in environmental justice connectsenvironmental issues, racial inequalityBY BRIAN SCHMALZBACH Robert Bullard, the Ware distinguished pro-fessor of sociology and director of theEnvironmental Justice Resource Center atClark Atlanta University, described himselfin a lecture Monday as an environmentalsociologist and unapologetic environmen-talist who was the leading academic bring-ing environmental justice issues to the pub-lic eye in the 1980s and 1990s.

Speaking to an enthusiastic crowd thatpacked Maxcy Hall’s Zimmer Lounge,Bullard recounted his battles for the envi-ronmental justice movement. He said envi-ronmental justice is neither affirmativeaction nor preferential treatment but rather

the belief that all communities are entitledto equal protection under the law.

Much of Bullard’s work focuses on thesouthern United States because “the Southis the most polluted region in the countryand the most resistant to equal justice,” hesaid.

Bullard became interested in challengingenvironmental discrimination using civilrights laws when his wife brought a lawsuitagainst a company that targeted AfricanAmerican communities Bullard called“zoned for garbage in Houston.” He said theenvironmental justice movement was bornin 1982 in Warren County, N.C., when stu-dents lay down in front of garbage trucks

dumping illegally in a predominantly blackcommunity.

Since then, the movement has spreadrapidly to many areas of public policy,including transportation, housing andhealth care. Bullard said smart urban andsuburban growth must address equity andrace because “inequalities are built into theway we grow.”

Bullard’s energetic but self-deprecatingspeech frequently elicited laughs from theaudience. “Here I am,” he said, pointing tohimself in a picture of President Bill Clintonsigning an executive order that enforced

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At Monday night’s Caribbean HeritageWeek Convocation, Roger Bonair-Agardshared some of his poetry. Bonair-Agardis the national slam poetry championand co-author of “Burning Down theHouse,” and he was the keynote speakerMonday night in Starr Auditorium.

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see AFGHANISTAN, page 5

see BULLARD, page 3

Primaries arrive withfanfare only for somestudents; others forgetabsentee ballotsmetro, page 3

Hope High School,facing new rounds ofreforms, waits forimprovementsmetro, page 3

Anthony Halperin ’06says Gabriella Windsor’04 is wrong aboutBrowncolumn, page 7

Polygamy is bad, butgay marriage isn’t,according to AriSavitzky ’06column, page 7

W. track beats expecta-tions and Yale, earnsthird place in Heps atCornell Universitysports, page 8

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principles of environmental justice in federal agen-cies. “And here’s the president’s desk.”

In a question-and-answer session, the audience,composed of a mix of students and professors froma variety of departments, connected environmentaljustice to diverse fields of study.

Steve Rabson, associate professor of East Asianstudies, highlighted the problems of racial inequali-ty in Providence by describing the dispersal of aChinese community to make way for the construc-tion of I-95. Bullard said Department ofTransportation policies would now forbid such anevent because of the success of the environmentaljustice movement at the federal level.

Churches were integral in starting the environ-mental justice movement — they have embracedthe principles of environmental justice and used

stewardship to spread those principles among con-stituents, Bullard said in response to a questionfrom Anna Fedman ’06 about the role of religion inenvironmental justice.

Ben Gerhardstein ’03.5, who graduated with aconcentration in sociology, gave advice for thoseinterested in participating in the movement. He saidone of the primary environmental justice initiativesin Providence is a lawsuit that alleges two schoolswere sited near dumps. It is important to encouragethe Rhode Island Department of EnvironmentalManagement to take a more active role in environ-mental justice issues, he said.

Gerhardstein, who has pursued work in environ-mental justice, said he was impressed by the turnoutat Bullard’s lecture and happy that he was able tomeet the hero of the movement. “I’m thrilled to seehim at Brown,” he said.

The lecture was sponsored by the Center forEnvironmental Studies and the departments ofSociology and Ethnic Studies.

BY SARA PERKINSToday nine states will hold primaries for the Democraticnomination, including four of the 10 most populatedstates in the union. However, many students who areregistered to vote said they are sitting out the primarydue to problems with obtaining absentee ballots andgeneral “apathy.”

Six of the states that hold primaries on “SuperTuesday” also are among the 10 states most representedby Brown students: California, New York, Massachusetts,Rhode Island, Connecticut and Maryland. The remain-ing states are Ohio, Georgia and Vermont.

Most states ask that voters request mail-in absenteeballots between 20 and 30 days before an election.Remembering to do so was a problem for many.

Esther Dorzin ’07, who is from Brooklyn, N.Y., wasdisappointed that it was too late. “I definitely willrequest one next time,” she said.

“It didn’t occur to me to get an absentee ballot, and Ican’t make it back home,” said Elizabeth McCullough’06, who is from Lakeville, Mass.

Many students, even those who are registered nearbyor got their ballots on time, are not excited enough tovote.

Despite the fact that states holding primaries todaycontrol 157 electoral votes and 1,079 pledged delegates,Sen. John Kerry’s (D-Mass.) commanding lead in earlycontests has reduced the drive to vote, some politicalanalysts say. Survey USA polling conducted last weekpredicts Kerry will win 66 percent of the vote in RhodeIsland.

For students hoping to vote in Rhode Island, whereBrown students not registered in their home states areeligible, the deadline to register was Feb. 1, 30 daysbefore the election.

The Brown College Democrats have been encourag-ing students to register in Rhode Island instead of theirhome states. “Most people at Brown register in RhodeIsland and we encourage them,” said Nathaniel Lepp’06, the Dems’ voter registration chair. The more stu-dents registered here, the more political power Brownwill have and the more students will vote, since votinglocally is much easier than voting absentee, he said.

The 18 to 25 age group votes at the lowest rate of anyage group, he said, “even though we often have the mostto say.”

Not every Brown student is afflicted with voter apa-thy. Two students — Ari Savitzky ’06 and Rajiv Kumar ’05— are listed on the ballot as delegates for formerVermont Gov. Howard Dean, along with local politicalfigures such as perennial gubernatorial candidate MyrthYork.

“A lot of the people who volunteered to work on pres-idential campaigns are youth, but a lot of the delegatesare not,” Kumar said. He said he felt it was particularlyappropriate to be a delegate for Dean, “who’s bringing alot of young people into politics.”

If Dean, who officially dropped out of the race Feb. 17,wins at least 15 percent of the vote, then the Dean dele-gates who get the most votes will go to the Democratic

Super Tuesday findsmany studentssitting it out

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Bullard

Hope High faces new round of reformsBY KIRA LESLEY“What am I looking at here?” Nancy Mullen’s command-ing voice booms into the hallway. Ten seconds later, twoboys — one wearing a black do-rag, the other a red one —are sitting sheepishly in her office.

“You both get two hours (of detention) for wearingyour do-ies,” Mullen says. The protesting boys leave anddisappear into different classrooms down the hall. Thirtyseconds later, one of the boys sprints out of the class-room, black do-rag resting on his head but not tied, fol-lowed by an exasperated teacher. As she pursues himdown one hall, three more boys slip out of her classroomand run down a different hall. Meanwhile, the other boy,hidden in a small enclave, does a silent victory dance —the teacher has gone by without noticing him.

So begins a Thursday morning at Hope High School.Despite the big blue banner hung over the school’s

main entrance reading “The Future Rests on Our Hope,”the high school continues to struggle to compete withother Providence schools and has been classified as “mak-ing insufficient progress” for the past three years. Now,with the recent implementation of the 2003 High SchoolRedesign and Site Based Management Plan, teachers,administrators, and students are hoping to reverse Hope’stendency toward low test scores, low attendance and highdrop-out rates.

Carole Marshall, who teaches 10th-grade English atHope, said when she began teaching there almost adecade ago, “kids were off the walls, there was no curricu-lum — it was a mess.”

Two years ago, Hope was found to be among the worsthigh schools in Rhode Island, said Hope High principalMullen. In response, Hope High underwent an organiza-tional restructuring and administrative team change, shesaid.

The school is now organized around three site-basedprograms, focusing on information technology, leader-ship and arts.

“I like the fact that we’re in a smaller school,” Marshallsaid. Marshall, who is involved with the InformationTechnology Academy, said that the site-based programsenable small groups of faculty — around 30 as opposed to100 — who “share a vision” to work together and meet atleast every other week.

According to the Redesign Plan, each of the three pro-grams, also known as “small learning communities,” issupposed to have approximately 552 students and vari-ous smaller sections based on the school’s goal of achiev-ing a 1:26 student-teacher ratio.

This effort to reduce class size is part of the RedesignPlan’s focus on individual student attention. This is one ofthe many elements that the Redesign Plan shares with the“Rekindling the Dream” plan unveiled four years ago byformer Providence Schools Superintendent Diana Lam,Mullen said.

“Rekindling the Dream” emphasized three areas ofimprovement for Providence schools: increasing studentachievement, building capacity and promoting parentand community involvement with the schools. AccordingNkoli Onye, director of the Academy of InformationTechnology, these three goals are very much a part ofHope’s current reforms.

To increase parent involvement, Hope is starting aseries of Learning Walks in which parents can go intoclassrooms and shadow their children for a day,Onye said. Hope also offers technology and

computer classes for parents and for the first time hasestablished a regular parent-teacher organization,Marshall said.

The “building capacity” goal centers around “increas-ing the competency of the district or staff members,” saidRudy Moseley, assistant principal for the informationtechnology program. Under the reforms, administratorsundergo non-traditional training that is not just academ-ic but also pragmatic, Moseley said.

The third focus of the reforms — increasing studentachievement — can seem like a daunting task. HopeHigh’s test scores for the 2002-2003 school year fell farshort of Rhode Island averages — the average Hope Highstudents’ SAT score was 729, while the average for RhodeIsland public schools was 990. Only 7 percent of 10thgraders at Hope were proficient in math skills, 12 percentwere proficient in basic reading concepts, 12 percent wereproficient in the Rhode Island Writing Exam and only 2percent tested proficient on the R.I. Health Exam. Thatsame year, Hope had a graduation rate of 56.2 percent.

One of the reform strategies that was designed to com-bat academic shortcomings is the implementation of uni-form standards. Like all Providence public schools, Hopeuses the Scope and Sequence guidelines, which outlinespecific curriculum requirements for each class, Mullensaid.

The reform plans are also instructing teachers in newteaching strategies, Marshall said. Teachers are now usingoverhead projectors and teaching by way of modeling,which was not done much at Hope in the past, Marshallsaid.

Not everyone is happy about the changes being madeat Hope. According to Marshall, some teachers takeoffense at being told in such detail how and what theyshould teach.

Marshall, however, said she thinks the guidelines arehelpful, especially when teaching a class for the first time,and she noted that when she first came to Hope “peoplewere teaching whatever they wanted.”

Despite their benefits, all the changes to teachingmethods and curriculum don’t eliminate many underly-ing problems that can lead to poor academic perform-ance, such as poverty and unstable home situations, Onyesaid. Hope High has a high percentage of very poor stu-dents and students who don’t live with two parents, shesaid.

“The issues we are dealing with mirror national issues,”Onye said.

Nationwide, budget problems in public education arealso a concern.

Among other complaints, Hope High sophomore JeanLorenzo said, “We need new books. I opened this onebook and it said 1963. The books are jacked up.”

Despite last year’s low test scores and high dropoutrate, teachers and administrators remain positive aboutthe school’s future. The reforms have not yet had time toreally take effect, Marshall said. “People want instantresults . . . but the problems we’re having are nationwideand there’s no easy solution.”

Although the path to academic reform isn’t an easyone, “something had to be done,” Marshall said.

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

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shot put title but still camethrough with a strong third-placefinish. She threw for 44-7 1/4 feet.

The senior duo of LaurenLinder ’04 and co-captain JuliaStevenson ’04 competed in the 60-meter and 200-meter sprints andscored a combined 10 points.Linder finished third in the 60-meter but failed to qualify for the200-meter finals. While her legspeed and good start got herthrough the dash, a relaxed finishin the 200-meter left her edgedout at the tape, according toJohnson.

Linder’s teammate Stevenson,however, qualified for finals inboth the 60-meter and 200-meterraces and finished fifth in both.Johnson called Stevenson’s per-formance bittersweet.

“She’s talented enough to runthe 60-meter and 200-meter butnot in shape enough to run the400-meter yet,” Johnson said,referring to Stevenson’s quickcomeback from tendonitis. “She’sreally getting ready for the 400-meter (outdoors), but she’s versa-tile enough that she could comedown to the 200-meter and 60-meter here and score.”

Kelly Powell ’06 and Fara Kitton’05 both slipped in with sixth-place finishes in their respectiveevents. Powell ran a 58.17 in the400-meter, while Kitton finished

in 9.05 for the 60-meter hurdles.They earned Brown a combinedtwo points on the total score.

“It was one of those meets thatit came down to a team effort,”Johnson said. “When you look atwho contributed to accomplishthat third spot, it was very wellrounded.”

Fittingly, it was the two relayteams that brought in the Bears’final 18 points of the meet andpushed them into their final third-place standing.

The 4x800-meter relay squadgave the Bears their third victoryof the meet. Sacrificing their indi-vidual goals, three of the relay legsjointly chose to focus solely on therelay rather than their respectiveopen events. Caci Cambruzzi ’04,Katherine Kosub ’04 and KateCushing ’04 joined Anna Willard’06 to put together a winning teamthat outran the tired Cornell andPrinceton squads.

“The point was to maximize theamount of points our team couldscore,” said Cushing. “There was achance that all four of us wouldmake finals in our respective racesbut not place high enough to

score. If we were fresh for the4x800, there was a better chancewe could place in the top one ortwo.”

Brown’s strategy paid off, as therelay came away with the win in8:56.19.

Finally, it was the 4x400-meterrelay team of Emily Lewis-LaMonica ’06, Ferjan, Powell andKitton that closed the meet with asecond-place finish in 3:50.23.Each leg averaged just under a 58-second split.

While the Brown women camethrough with a surprising third-place finish, Johnson is hopingoutdoor track will bring more suc-cess earlier in the season.

“As a coach, you hope to get outof the blocks quicker,” he said.“We were sluggish the first threeor four weeks. If we had gotten offto a better start, our finish couldhave been better. I think we havebetter performances to come.”

Herald staff writer MelissaPerlman ’04 is an assistant sportseditor and covers women’s track.She can be reached at [email protected].


Track

argued the goal with no success.“We outplayed Dartmouth

man-to-man but couldn’t score onour opportunities while they werein the penalty box,” said Heinhuis.“They’re a good team, and we arevery proud of the way we playedtogether this weekend.”

The Dartmouth victory

clinches the Ivy LeagueChampionship for the BigGreen. The Bears will battle forsecond place this weekend atMeehan Auditorium, when theyhost Princeton University at 2p.m. Saturday and YaleUniversity at 2 p.m. Sunday.

Herald staff writer Lexi Costello ’06covers women’s ice hockey. She canbe reached at [email protected].


W. Hockey

the next event, the 100-yard but-terfly.

Later that night, McCoy andBecky Kowalsky ’07 placed sec-ond and fifth in the 200-yardfreestyle, while Hoban andDaniels dominated the field witha 1-2 finish in the 100-yard back-stroke. The night culminated witha fourth-place finish in themarathon 800-yard freestyle relayby McCoy, Kowalsky, Daniels andHoban. Team scores at the end ofthe second day held Brown infourth, with Princeton now at thehelm.

On Saturday, the last day ofcompetition, Hoban againshowed her backstroke prowesswith third-place points in the 200-yard backstroke.

The Brown sprint squad

showed its stuff again later, withDaniels, McCoy, Robinson andHinkson placing in the top eightspots. Those swimmers went on toown the first, second, fourth andfifth-place titles.

Later that night, butterflierAshley Wallace ’07 showed herpotential by placing third in thedistance-oriented 200-yard event.The meet ended on a high notewith the victory of the 400-yardfreestyle relay squad of McCoy,Hinkson, Robinson and Daniels.At the tally of the final scores, theteam held at fourth place, withPrinceton hanging on to win themeet.

The Bears return to their densin Providence ready to face the offseason.

Herald staff writer Aron Gyuris ’04covers both swimming teams. Hecan be reached [email protected].


Swimming

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Intermediate riders GillianHeineke ’07 and KatherineWarshaw-Reid ’04.5 receivedrespective second and sixth-place ribbons over fences. Bothriders placed third on the flat,continuing Saturday’s streak ofthird-place finishes.

Bridget Barbera ’04 led thenovice division with a momen-tous win in her over fences class.Heidi Abrecht ’07 took home asecond over fences and a fifthon the flat, while Grace Peloquin’07 and Mallory Kass ’06 bothearned fourth-place ribbons inthe flat ring.

The day of the third-placeribbon continued, as novice rid-ers Ariana Arcenas ’06, RachelRoemer ’06, Kass and BridgetBarbera ’04 all finished third intheir flat classes.

“It was a frustrating show,because although we wereacknowledged for doing wellwith many third-place finishes,we weren’t standing out,” saidKels. “We need to work on styleand poise so when we get in thering, we dominate.”

The lower division riders diddominate at Wesleyan, however,with several crucial wins thattriggered a strong comeback forBrown. Joanna Kels ’04 won herwalk-trot-canter contest, whileJenny Fauth ’05 placed first andJennifer Bain ’05, Connie Lee ’05and Natalie Forbes ’05 all placedthird.

Jennifer John ’06 followedwith a much-needed win in thewalk-trot category, trailed byAnna Mori ’06 in second andAurora Tower ’06 in the sixthspot.

The team heads to theUniversity of ConnecticutSaturday.


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many chains, rent’s too high andtraffic has moved to the mall,” hesaid. “Every other building onThayer is corporately owned,except my owner (MyronGuttin).”

“This is an ambitious plan.Thayer Street has such an eclecticfeel, it is kind of a jewel in RhodeIsland,” Dinerman said. “It’sfunky. There are a lot of differentstores. I think it reflects the diver-sity of Rhode Island. I don’t thinkThayer Street is a lost cause.”

Other local merchants wouldrather see Thayer unchanged.

“I like the way it is,” said ValerieTrudeau, manager of Paragon. “Idon’t think it should be changed.It’s a city.”

Moises Made, manager ofJohnny Rockets, says he hasn’tseen any changes during thethree years he has worked onThayer Street, except for theimproved security.

TSID hired guards through theprivate security firm Pinkertonlast spring. The Thayer business-es quickly noticed the difference.

“Over the last year and a half,with the addition of the securityand the increased police pres-ence, you see fewer kids hangingout, and you see more of the col-lege crowd,” said Ed Rames, man-ager of Antonio’s.

Pinkerton security guard KjelFranchi patrols Thayer to keep

the street free from panhandlersand suspicious activities.

“I go around and ask panhan-dlers to go away. If I see any crim-inal mischief, I call the police. (Imust) be visible so if I am at arestaurant, (I) stay visible,”Franchi said.

“If I see someone doing graffiti,I tell them to stop, or I call thepolice,” he said. “I run the (pan-handlers) out of here. What kindof person wants to walk into astore that has a beggar in front ofit? I have no remorse and noregret for bums.”

TSID has also hired workers tokeep the trash off of Thayer.

“Last year the street was amess. For the last few months, Ihave seen cleaning guys in themorning,” said Lokesh Dva, aworker at Kabob and Curry.

Under the guidance of theBiederman RedevelopmentVentures Corp. of New York, theimprovements TSID included inthe original plan were supposedto cost Brown $350,000, the Cityof Providence $400,000 and localreal estate and business owners$50,000.

Many business owners awaitthese improvements, particularlyenhanced parking capacity.

“I would like to see someimproved parking for businessowners around here,” said DavidGabriel, owner of East Side VisionCare.

Sher Singh Rawalt, manager ofKabob and Curry, said the limitedparking and two-hour limit on

most spaces definitely hurts hisbusiness.

Traffic is another consistentproblem owners would like to seechanged. “All the trucks in themorning back up the streets for10 to 15 minutes, although theyare on the side streets,” Dva said.“But we are in the same business,so we need our morning deliver-ies too.”

The construction of the LifeSciences Building “has inhibitedthe Thayer Street effort,” said NoriSwennes, manager of La Creperie.“The construction takes up a lotof space. Just having constructionmeans there is more traffic,streets are closed, traffic is rerout-ed which causes more traffic toThayer.”

A member of the ProvidencePolice force told The Herald he isassigned to stop Gilbane BuildingCompany from blocking theloading space used by ThayerStreet restaurants on the cornerof Meeting and Thayer. The offi-cer said he was deployed inresponse to a court order filedagainst the construction compa-ny.

Many Thayer Street mer-chants said they would like moreof an emphasis put on the beau-tification of Thayer. Some own-ers suggested adding pottedplants and cleaning off theposter kiosks.

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


Thayer

order to reduce the nation’s eco-nomic dependence on its opiumtrade, he said. According to Finn,few realize that before civil warsravaged the country, Afghanistanwas the fifth-most underdevel-oped country in the world.Development of alternative cropsand a zero-tolerance policy onnarcotics are necessary to stopAfghanistan from turning into a“narcomafia” state, he said.

“Once an exporter of food,(Afghanistan) is now an exporterof opium,” Finn said.

Finn said the development ofgovernment, industry, infrastruc-ture and non-biased police willprotect Afghan security. TheTaliban gained support, he said,by offering security to a nationconstantly torn by the factiousrule of warlords. A supportedcentral government will reducethe ubiquitous prescience ofquiet Taliban support — theTaliban has been able to infiltratethe country and is responsible for400 deaths since hostilities offi-cially ended, Finn said. As thecountry unifies around a govern-ment, and the factions and war-lords battle politically instead ofviolently, Finn said he thinks sup-port for the Taliban will furtherdwindle.

During the question-and-answer portion of the lecture,Tahira Dosani ’04 asked howmonumental elections would beconsidering that only one mil-lion Afghans are currently regis-tered to vote. Finn said ideally50 percent of Afghans will beregistered to vote by the firstelection, but the formation ofdemocracy is an ongoingprocess and voter registrationshould increase with subse-quent elections.

Michael Soule ’06 and LindsayBroockman ’05 both said theyfound Finn’s speech insightfulbecause of his separation frompolitics and the American media.Finn is currently the residentambassador and professor ofNear Eastern studies at PrincetonUniversity. Major news networksoffer limited information aboutAfghanistan and focus it on theUnited States budgetary involve-ment, Broockman said, and Finnoffered a more thorough per-spective.

Soule said he appreciatedFinn’s direct analysis and bluntanswers, which he was able togive because he is not a politi-cian.

“A parliamentary system stopspeople from killing each other onthe streets — instead they getinto a room and yell at eachother,” said Finn. “This is animprovement.”


Afghanistan

National Convention in Bostonthis summer.

“It’s not looking too good,”Kumar said. Still, “I’ve been let-ting people know I’m on the bal-

lot.”Connecticut, Maryland and

New York have closed primariesin which only registered partymembers can vote in that party’sprimary. In California, unde-clared voters like NoahLorenzana ’07 have to contacttheir county offices to receive

permission to vote on a party bal-lot. “I refuse to declare a party, soI think that may throw a wrenchinto my primary voting abilities,”he said.

Herald staff writer Sara Perkins’06 can be reached [email protected].


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Easy streetIt goes without saying that a major part of the Brown experi-ence is Thayer Street. And while Brown is not directly respon-sible for Thayer, the University has acknowledged the street’simportance to Brown. That acknowledgement came in theform of $350,000 and Brown’s involvement in planning theThayer Street Improvement District.

Last summer, an administrator told The Herald basicimprovements such as better lighting, paving and signagewould be complete by the end of this academic year. But theplans that seemed ready in September have been delayeduntil summer.

Students, faculty and staff walk Thayer every day, particu-larly now that construction of the Life Sciences building haseliminated the shortcut to Pembroke campus. But as we walkalong the sidewalks, we still trip on uneven concrete. Afterdark on weekdays, Thayer is filled with shadows. The flow oftraffic is still a nightmare. Once implementation of the revital-ization plans begins, we will see improvement in all of theseareas. Until then, Thayer’s problems will continue to lower thequality of life for the University community and surroundingarea and make Brown less appealing to prospective students.

The lack of progress on Thayer Street is surprising, butmore troubling is the fact that these are basic improvementsthat do not require a large investment. Compared to the sumsthat will be necessary to fund the campus life initiatives theCorporation approved this weekend, Brown’s contribution of$350,000 to Thayer improvements is relatively small.

The plan for Thayer does not seem too complex — pourfunding, time and care into the area, and the entire Universityand College Hill area will benefit. Revitalizing Thayer is acampus life issue that can be addressed without sprawling,long-term initiatives. Funds are ready, and plans have beenmade, so we wonder what is holding things up.

The delay in implementing what seems like a simple planmakes us wonder about the feasibility of the University’s larg-er initiatives. It simply does not seem that difficult to get newpavement, lighting and trash cans — if small-scale improve-ments are that tough to accomplish, how difficult are the big-ger challenges going to be?

C O R R E C T I O N

An article on the Creative Arts Council in theFeb. 17 issue of The Herald incorrectly iden-tified the CAC as the group that brings sculp-tures to campus. The Public Art Committee,

chaired by Chancellor Emeritus ArtemisJoukowsky ’55, is responsible for bringingsculptures to Brown. The Creative ArtsCouncil promotes other fine arts.

Column stops abusedfrom coming forwardTo the Editor:

Brett Zarda makes many good points in his arti-cle about the sexual assaults at the University ofColorado (“University of Colorado scandal: Wheredoes the bandwagon stop?,” March 1). He asks whyone allegation of sexual misconduct inevitablysparks others, and it’s an important question to ask.Many people don’t realize that perpetrators usuallyvictimize many people. But his use of phrases like“jumping on the bandwagon” is hurtful to sur-vivors of sexual violence.

Sexual assault is shrouded in fear and shame forits victims. Naming it publicly means facing thecollective denial that this happens on such a wide-spread basis — and that someone you know coulddo this to you. Often, it’s not until one brave personcomes forward that others have the strength tocome forward. And just as often, there are manyunseen victims who can never garner that strength.

To come to grips with the reality that rapists andchild molesters are rarely strangers but friends,neighbors and family members means coming togrips with the reality that we are all vulnerable tothese unspeakable acts. Blaming a victim and turn-ing offenders into thugs and monsters are the waysthat people create a false sense of security for

themselves.Sexual assault pervades every institution and

segment of our society. Whenever one group likeathletes or the clergy, is demonized, it creates themisperception that that’s the only group that is theproblem. Privileged athletes on those campusesneed to be held accountable, but we also need toremember that sexual assault happens on everycampus and in every part of campus. Brown has tochange the belief that “things like that don’t hap-pen here.”

Survivors of abuse experience so much shameand blame that they become experts at knowingwho is safe to talk to and who isn’t. Making jokes,questioning a victim’s behavior and using phraseslike “jumping on the bandwagon” to describe thedifficult process of coming forward are clear signalsthat it’s not safe.

I’m glad that Zarda has asked these questionsand started the process of becoming one more safeperson who will someday help a survivor heal.

Learn as much as you can about the dynamics ofsexual assault and abuse and the best ways to help.You can visit Health Education’s Web site(www.brown.edu/healthed) to learn more.

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The Bush administration has recognized that theConstitution is not on its side and has decided to take a gam-ble: If the government already had a right to ban gay marriage,there would be no need for a Federal Marriage Amendment.The President needs his constitutional wager to win big inNovember. So Uncle Karl, in an attempt to drive up the nation-al intolerance quotient, has sent his minions to the morningshows, crying, “Whither polygamy?”

No one should entertain the claim that the right of same-sexcouples to equal civil marriage has any bearing on polygamy’slegal or social status. Yet Tucker Carlson did it on “Crossfire,”O’Reilly did it on “Fox Radio Hegemony” and Jerry Falwell didit on Wolf Blitzer’s show. The brainstorm of Washingtonextremists is fast gathering into a gale of conservative obfusca-tion. Polygamy rhetoric is designed to shroud the issue at handand strengthen the position of the religious right.

While some unions are flawed, monogamous partnershiprepresents a desirable opportunity to pursue most intimatehappiness and to support future generations. The basis for civilmarriage is the support of a relationship which generally ben-efits society and the public. Polygamy in the United States isonly practiced by a tiny subset of fundamentalists who some-times refuse to pay their taxes. And their practice is being bran-dished as a high-power taboo to fight equality.

The government has a duty to defend its citizens fromexploitation and dire poverty and no interest in giving legalsanction to polygamy. Polygamy presents hazards for the chil-dren it produces as well as the children it binds. Polygamousmen take one legal wife, while others are so-called spiritualwives — in other words, unwed mothers eligible for welfare.Utah, home of many polygamous Mormon sects, spends mil-lions of dollars on them annually. But civil marriage, and thesubsequent loss of benefits, might render Thomas Green’s 29children and five young wives considerably worse off.

Legal polygamy also confuses the basic social meaning ofmarriage. When everyone can marry everyone, what is mar-riage worth? This is the trick question of polygamy rhetoric, theconjuring of a slippery slope used as a scapegoat to deny equalrights to homosexuals.

The state, at least for now, can say what a marriage is butcertainly not who enters into it. Civil marriage, for better or

worse, is a permanent legal institution that defines, upholdsand confers some 1,400 rights and privileges on willing hetero-sexuals. The government simply may not deny individualsequal treatment under the law based on their membership inany suspect class.

Some might point to affirmative action as an example ofstate-sanctioned discrimination. But policies like those of theUniversity of Michigan did not come close to barring a wholecategory of people from access to a state institution, and theSupreme Court still held them at arm’s length. The current tus-sle over gay marriage mirrors the fight against anti-miscegena-tion laws much more closely than it does the eternal strugglefor polygamy. Any federal amendment that restricts the rightsof gay Americans to civil marriage is a constitutional contra-diction, and the question of “whither polygamy?” is an attemptto smokescreen a legal bright line for political cover.

The polygamy question tries to frame the issue in terms ofmoral or immoral and scare Middle America with visions ofnon-monogamous orgies in the streets. Democrats and pro-gressives need to fight back. Polls show the country splits even-ly on the general question of gay marriage. Most voters don’tfeel strongly either way, and the intent of the polygamy argu-ment and related sub-distortions is to drive a wedge betweenactivists and the rest of the electorate.

President Bush may not have bet correctly on the FMA. TheNew York Times recently reported that even those religiousevangelicals whom Mr. Bush has sought to energize are farfrom unified in staunch support of the amendment. Of all thesenators who have publicly taken a stand on the amendment,18 expressed support while 47 stated their opposition, accord-ing to Lexis-Nexis reports. And Mr. Bush has undercut his ownposition with his tenuous nod to civil unions.

With political defeat looming, no wonder gay marriageopponents are talking polygamy. Democrats should grill thepresident on his contradictory support of both civil unions andthe FMA — driving a wedge between hardcore haters and therest of the nation — and thwart an attempt at boldfaced dis-crimination in America’s contract of union.

Ari Savitzky ’06 has seven wives.

The coming apocalypse

PARIS — Peter Schwartz and Doug Randall may havewatched the trailer for “The Day After Tomorrow” onetoo many times. This upcoming film by sci-fi whizRoland Emmerich depicts nations submerged by oceansand cities overtaken by glaciers. If only it were just thestuff of science fiction.

In a report commissioned by the Pentagon, Schwartzand Randall claim that such meteorological catastro-phes may be less than a decade away. Melting glaciers inthe North Atlantic, they say, could release enough freshwater in the coming years to halt the flow of the GulfStream and other carriers of warm salt water. The resultwould resemble Armageddon: Great Britain plungedinto an artic freeze, vast parts of Florida and SouthernCalifornia flooded, mass starvation in China, 400 mil-lion people driven from their homelands by famine anddrought.

Coupled with the escalating nuclear arms race, thePentagon warns, such conditions would inevitablyengender aggression. “Disruption and conflict will beendemic features of life,” write Schwartz and Randall,predicting bloody disputes over land and water inSoutheast Asia and the former Soviet bloc. “Once againwarfare would define human life.”

These findings, published in Fortune magazine byPentagon defense adviser Andrew Marshall, is a blister-

ing embarrassment for the Bush administration. Thedocument rejects Bush’s position that the greenhouseeffect is “a theory” and calls for the immediate reductionof carbon dioxide emissions. Marshall, known to hispeers as “Yoda,” is not the kind of man our cabinet typi-cally ignores. Yet many defense chiefs struggled to keephis report classified.

Marshall’s troubling announcement coincideswith the Union of Concerned Scientists’ charge thatthe Bush administration distorts scientific facts forits political convenience. The Union’s open letter tothe president is signed by 20 Nobel laureates. Thescientific community seems to be raising the vol-ume on its plea: Time to get serious about climatechange!

Doomsday scenarios as described by Schwartz andRandall will not come gradually; an ocean current doesnot shift in small, linear increments. Rather, there is a“tipping point” for fresh water saturation, a bright lineseparating order and chaos. The environmental policiesof our nation and others will decide whether that thresh-old is crossed.

It’s unlikely that Bush, notoriously beholden to thefossil fuel industry, will overhaul his environmentalplan any time soon. Shutting down the KyotoAgreement was merely the beginning; the WhiteHouse routinely shuns carbon dioxide regulation andfails to punish companies who violate the already laxemission codes of the United States.

Powerful Democrats, however, are being courtedfor reform by a diverse watchdog group called theApollo Alliance. Uniting such unlikely bedfellows asthe UAW and the Sierra Club, the Alliance has drawnup a plan to phase renewable energy into theAmerican economy. Expect this plan, which diverts$70 million in corporate welfare breaks toward “cleanenergy” infrastructure, to wield some force at theparty’s Boston convention.

Frontrunner John Kerry has endorsed the ApolloProject, and all Democrats would be smart to embracethe Alliance with open arms. The Project is a job-creat-ing, emissions-dousing machine that could hold ourplanet on this side of the tipping point.

And besides, nothing says “swing vote” like a pro-labor, tree-hugging millionaire. Right, John?

Douglas Fretty ’05 dislikes the Paris bureacracy.

Whither polygamy? GUEST COLUMN BY ANTHONY HALPERIN

The slippery slope argu-

ment is just plain slippery.

The existence of the Viva-Buxton crowd as an insu-lated group was confirmed to me when reading aninterview with Gabriella Windsor ’04, a member of theBritish Royal family, in the Feb. 22 edition of theLondon Sunday Times. Windsor characterizes Brownas a place where “young men and women limp toclasses bleary eyed from the previous evening’s excess-es.” Brown’s frat houses “end up smelling of urine,”where "it’s acceptable after throwing up to reach foranother plastic cup of foamy beer.”

She is critical not only of our excessive consumptionof beer (something clearly unheard of for the British),but also our dating habits, which she describes as “aless interesting and a more corny way of doing things.”She would have us believe that the only respite a cul-tured, European could find from this world of vomitand urine is in the comforts and familiarity of her fellowinternationals who “are likely to be more demonstrablywealthy.”

Princess Windsor’s depiction of Brown is ridiculousenough that it would be trite to criticize. What it reallyillustrates though is how little Windsor has penetratedAmerican culture in her seven semesters at Brown.Thefact that she refers to Viva as being situated in the“Greek part of town” only confirms her ignorance ofProvidence and its inhabitants. Her superficial observa-tions could have been ascertained in a night or two.Reading the article, it’s clear that Windsor, along withher crowd of international peers, made no genuineeffort to get to know a greater range of the Americanstudents at Brown. They most likely heard similar sto-ries about American college social life before coming toBrown, and entering with these prejudices, only soughtto confirm them.

This attitude creates a divide between internationalsand American students. When a high-school friend ofmine from France recently visited Brown, she asked hertour guide a question about the international commu-

nity. The tour guide gave her the impression that mostinternational students live in the International House(Buxton) and that they view the standard American col-lege life with contempt. Just like that, a probable Brownapplicant was turned off from Brown, because havinglived in an inclusive international environment, shedidn’t want to become part of a closed and elitist one.

The sad truth of the situation is that in both cases aloud, visible minority has falsely defined the personali-ty of a much larger majority. In other words, Brown isno more dominated by vomiting frat boys as the inter-national students are all jet-set, Viva-dancing, apathet-ic students though this is the image that both have ofeach other.

My fear is that with the current state of American-international relations at Brown, it is difficult for eitherside to experience each other’s culture in a meaningfulway.

The only way to correct this situation is to break

down the stereotypes that each side has of the other,rather than reinforcing them as Windsor has so reck-lessly done. That way we can maximize the potentialinherent in having such a diverse student communi-ty. If not, Brown’s high percentage of internationalstudents becomes just another empty statistic, afacade of diversity that may excite prospective stu-dents but rings hollow for those already on CollegeHill.

Anthony Halperin ’06 will be in London this springbreak.

Lies the Viva-Buxton crowd told meARI SAVITZKY

Princess Windsor has a

distorted view of Brown.

GUEST COLUMN BY DOUGLAS FRETTY

When Bush met

the environment.

SPORTS TUESDAYTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD

MARCH 2, 2004 · PAGE 8

BY ARON GYURISThe women’s swimming team closed itscompetitive season for the 2003-2004school year by taking fourth place at the IvyLeague Swimming and DivingChampionships this weekend at HarvardUniversity.

Twenty-two Bears completed three gru-eling days of biphasic competition, inwhich a morning battle determines the 24competitors returning that night. The final-ists compete in three heats of eight andearn points for their team based on theirplace within the heat.

After three days, the points were talliedwith Brown in fourth behind Princeton,Harvard and Yale universities.

The meet began well for Brown. In thefinals of the first day, the 200-yard freestylerelay team of co-captains Liz Daniels ’04and Emily McCoy ’04, Lauren Hinkson ’06and Eileen Robinson ’06 simultaneouslyshattered the meet, Ivy League and poolrecords, all three of which were formerlyheld by Brown teams. With its time, therelay team is currently ranked 16th in thenation.

Two events later, four Brown swimmersdominated the championship final in the50-yard freestyle. Daniels secured firstplace, while teammates McCoy, Hinksonand Robinson made sure the Bears wereawarded their due for their third, fifth andsixth place finishes, respectively. ElizabethWong ’06 also contributed in the event,winning the bonus final heat and addingnine points to her team’s total.

The Bears secured a fourth-place finishin their last race on Thursday thanks to the400-yard medley relay team of JessicaBrown ’05, Karly Kopra ’07, Wong andRobinson. Brown finished day one in fourthplace, with Harvard leading the pack.

Finals on the second day of competitionopened with the Brown 200-yard medleyrelay team of Lindsay Hoban ’04, Kopra,Wong and Daniels taking the second tier onthe podium. Two events later, BridgetteCahill ’06 turned in a fifth-place finish inthe arduous 400-yard individual medley.Lauren Harlow ’07 and Alexis Skoda ’05contributed additional strong efforts in thatevent, winning their heats in the consola-tion and bonus finals, respectively. Again abonus final champion, Wong placed 17th in

BY LEXI COSTELLOThe women’s ice hockey team (15-9-2, 11-4-1 ECAC) split on the road this weekend,defeating ECAC opponent the University ofVermont (6-24-2, 2-14-0) 4-0 on Friday nightbefore losing a battle against Ivy rivalDartmouth College (20-5-2, 12-3-1)Saturday afternoon. The shutout againstVermont was the team’s third in a row.

Against Vermont, Bruno took the advan-tage halfway through the first frame. After aseries of shots wide of the net, KathrynMoos ’07 tallied her seventh goal of the sea-son, assisted by co-captain Katie Guay ’05.The women kept their momentum strongthroughout the first, executing a strongpassing game and out-shooting theCatamounts by 23.

Going into the second period with a 1-0lead, the Bears continued to pressure theVermont defense, consistently keeping thepuck in the Catamounts’ defensive zone.Moos picked up her second goal of thegame off a rebound from defenseman AmyMcLaughlin ’05 to break open the game.McLaughlin widened the gap to 3-0 twominutes later, picking up a wide shot behindthe net and cycling around the corner totuck one in beside the post.

“We played with lots of energy andendurance,” said Guay. “It wasn’t a toughgame, but we played in preparation for theones that will be.”

Keaton Zucker ’06 scored on the powerplay for the 4-0 lead in the final period.Captain and goaltender Katie Germain ’04took home her second shutout of the sea-son, tallying six saves.

The following afternoon, the tides turnedwhen the Bears dropped a controversial,heated battle to Dartmouth.

Jessica Link ’05 gave Brown the early leadless than eight minutes into regulation,scoring her 19th goal of the season with alow shot from out front. The Big Greenevened the score 1-1 at the 12:04 mark witha deep shot from the point. Brown pinnedthe Big Green in its defensive zone for theremainder of the first period, using strongforechecking and solid man-to-mandefense to hold the puck.

“We felt like the better team once we goton the ice,” said Kerry Nugent ’05. “We usedour discipline to keep them from producingearly, and our energy gave us the edge forthe entire game.”

The second period was indicative of theintensity of this showdown, as the teamsheld each other scoreless. A quick passinggame for both teams and back-and-forthmomentum kept the Bears on their toes.

At the 10:45 mark in the final frame,Dartmouth scored to take a 2-1 lead.Brown’s Myria Heinhuis ’06 answered forBruno, leveling the score at 2 with five min-utes left in the game. Off a pass fromMargaret Ramsay ’06, Zucker took a rocketshot from the point, and Heinhuis tipped inthe tally from the crease.

Although the Bears outplayed the BigGreen in the final minutes of play, executinga sharper passing game and outskating thedefense down low, Dartmouth scored thewinning goal only 12 seconds after Browntied the game. Head Coach Digit Murphy

Weekend splitleaves womenicers out of first

Nick Neely / Herald

Naja Ferjan ’07 won the 800-meter run at the Heptagonal Championships thisweekend.The women’s indoor track and field team finished in third place, exceedingtheir expectations entering the meet.

Solo effortsgood for fourthplace at Iviesfor women’sswim team

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W. indoor track surprises with thirdplace finish at HepsBY MELISSA PERLMANThe women’s indoor track and field teamgot off to a slow start this season, finish-ing in the middle of the pack at numer-ous early meets. But this weekend theteam picked up the speed and erased anydoubts about its ability at the HeptagonalLeague Championships, hosted byCornell University. The Bears, expecting afourth-place finish behind Princeton andYale universities and powerhouseCornell, came out strong and took homethird place, ousting Yale from the topthree. Brown scored 69 points comparedto Cornell’s 164, Princeton’s 121, Penn’s 55and Yale’s 49.

“Before the meet, fourth place wasrealistic and third would have been astretch, but after the first day, it becameclear we had a shot. It was a surprise,”said Head Coach Robert Johnson.

That first day of competition consistedmainly of preliminary heats and a fewfinals, including the long jump and 5000-meter run. Ashley Wall ’05 started thingsoff with an 18-3 leap, which earned hersixth place in the long jump and the firstpoint for the Brown team.

Nora Sullivan ’06 brought in the Bears’next four points with her 17:03.69 in the5000-meters. Her fourth-place finish wasan improvement from last year’s sixth-place showing.

After an optimistic first day, the Bearsturned on the heat even stronger. In ameet where success is basically “survivalof the fittest,” according to Johnson, theBrown women focused on qualifying forthe next round of their events and plac-ing high.

Johnson said the mental toughnessshown by his athletes as they stepped upto the starting line before each event waschilling.

“You could see it on their faces,” hesaid. “As coaches, we told them to puttheir game faces on, and they did. Theyworked hard and really came together asa team.”

Katie Rowinski ’04 demonstrated thatintensity with her dominating win in thehigh jump. The defending outdoor

champion returned to her top form witha 5-8 1/2 jump, one and a half inchesahead of her nearest competitor.

Rowinski, who has been coming onstrong the last few weeks, saved her bestfor last and moved from fourth to firstplace with a last-minute clincher thatnone of her competitors could match.

“I went into the competition andmissed my first jump at 5-3,” Rowinskisaid. “The girls (from other teams) werewhispering because they didn’t think thatI had it in me. Mentally, though, it was soexciting to get over the 5-8 barrier.”

Brown’s other individual championwas Naja Ferjan ’07 in the 800-meter race.With the third-fastest time coming out ofthe preliminary heats, Ferjan ran behindthe race leader before taking control andwinning the final with a time of 2:10.95.

“There was some pressure, but it’s stillall great, because everyone was cheeringfor me and the team spirit was so great,”Ferjan said. “It was really exciting and it’ssuch a big race. I’m excited for outdoorHeps because I want to win again.”

In addition to the team’s two individ-ual victories, Brown had numerous ath-letes scoring points from the secondthrough sixth-place spots. Leading thatgroup was Brittany Grovey ’06, who fin-ished second in the triple jump with aleap of 40-4.

Jill Lynch ’05 was unable to defend her

see W. HOCKEY, page 4

BY AMANDA BURDENThe equestrian team opened its springseason with a disappointing finish atWesleyan University Saturday, placingfifth out of the 10 competing schools.Brown scored 31 out of 47 points, drop-ping the team nine points behind theregion’s leader and the Bears’ biggestrival, Roger Williams University.

Accustomed to consistently rankingfirst or second, the team must nowstruggle for points in its next threehorse shows in order to capture theregional title and enter postseasoncompetition.

“It was a difficult show because itwas our first this semester, and we hadto deal with several riders returning

from a semester abroad and recoveringfrom injury, so I think that we were justworking things out,” said Joanna Kels’04.

In the open division, AlexisMarcuvitz ’06 began the day with greatsuccess, earning a second-place finishin her fences class and an exciting winin her flat competition. Jamie Peddy’06, the 2003 regional high point rider,placed sixth over fences and third onthe flat. Also on the flat, co-captainLeila Ledsinger ’04.5 took fourth place,while Severine Brustlein ’05 and CindyWillner ’04 placed fifth and sixth,respectively.

Equestrian squad needs to pick upthe pace after fifth-place finish

see EQUESTRIAN, page 5

see TRACK, page 4 see SWIMMING, page 4

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