BY KIRA LESLEYLiz Knights ’07 is not a native RhodeIslander. But tonight, she’ll be waiting alongwith long time Ocean State residents to seethe outcome of local elections and ballotmeasures. Although Knights is from Acton,Mass., she is registered to vote in RhodeIsland.

When deciding whether to register intheir home state or in Rhode Island, manyBrown students weigh the influence theythink their votes will have and their knowl-edge of candidates and issues.

Although Knights does not live far fromcampus, she said she registered in RhodeIsland because she thought she would bemore informed about local issues in thestate where she spent most of the year.“Partially it was just for convenience andpartially because I thought I’d end up know-ing more about the local candidates in theProvidence area than the local candidates inthe Boston area,” she said.

Knights said she doesn’t want to vote inany election without being informed, and atthis point she feels more informed onRhode Island issues than Massachusettsissues.

Local residents believe it’s important thatstudents take time to inform themselvesabout local issues.

Professor of Religious Studies SusanHarvey said long-term residents sometimessee elections and local issues differentlyfrom students who are only living inProvidence for four years. But she said shebelieves students who choose to vote inRhode Island can be informed and respon-sible voters.

“Wherever you vote, you have a moral, anethical obligation to know the issues andtheir long-term ramifications,” she said.

Some students feel they are moreinformed about politics in their home statesthan Rhode Island politics.

Shepherd Laughlin ’07 registered in hishome state of Oklahoma because whileOklahoma and Rhode Island are both safestates — Republican and Democratic,

respectively — he wants to vote in his hotlycontested senatorial election.

“I still feel more connected to the politi-cal situation in Oklahoma than the politicalsituation in Rhode Island,” Laughlin said.

In addition, Laughlin said he wants tovote on Oklahoma’s ballot measures,including the definition of marriage bill,which would define marriage as strictlybetween one man and one woman.Laughlin said he is against the bill, andalthough it is likely to pass, “symbolically, I’dreally like to have my say in that.”

“I feel more significant as a liberal in aconservative state than as just another liber-al in Rhode Island,” he said.

Most students agree that no matterwhere they register, they have a responsibil-ity to stay abreast of current political issues.The question of where to register takes onadded significance at a college like Brown,which is known for its political participa-tion. But no matter where they chose to reg-ister this year, one thing students seem toagree on is that today’s election is one of themost important in years.

BY CHRISTOPHER CHONVoters in Rhode Island will have theoption of supporting or opposing 14referenda that will appear on today’sstatewide ballot.

The 14 proposals — ranging frombonds to rehabilitate the QuonsetPoint/Davisville Industrial Park pier toappropriations to create connectionsbetween the state’s water systems —request from the state a total of $392million, the most expensive list to everappear on a Rhode Island ballot.

Out of the 14 questions, the mostattention has been paid to QuestionOne, a separation-of-powers bill thatwould attempt to more clearly defineand separate the state’s three branchesof government — legislative, executiveand judicial.

The referendum would prohibit anystate senator or representative frombeing appointed to any state agency’sboard or commission during his termin the legislature.

For years, many Rhode Island legis-lators have simultaneously served asofficials on state boards and commis-sions, but there has been mountingopposition against such dual office-

holding. While lawmakers insist theirdual roles allow them to better under-stand their responsibilities, oppo-nents claim there is a lack of oversightand a dangerous opportunity forabuse.

In many cases, opponents argue,the same people executing laws onboards and commissions are thosewho wrote the laws.

Phil West, executive director ofCommon Cause Rhode Island, a non-partisan organization dedicated topromoting a representative democra-cy, said the passing of this referendumwould lead to a “much more account-able government, more transparency,less patronage, fewer opportunitiesfor corruption.” Behind voting, sepa-ration of powers is “the most basicfoundation principle of American gov-ernment,” and it is conspicuouslylacking in Rhode Island politics, Westsaid.

“There’s a vast energy of excitementacross the state among people whounderstand this,” he said.

“As a result of this, boards and com-

Nick Neely / HeraldHope High School students strolled through campus Monday carrying political signs andurging those they met to vote in today’s election.

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BY ERIC BECKElection Day is here, and students regis-tered to vote in Providence will be head-ing to polls located throughout CollegeHill to make their voices officially heard.But students who have not registered tovote or mailed in an absentee ballot stillhave a chance to vote in the presidentialrace.

Students registered to vote at Brownare assigned to one of four precincts onor near the campus — Hope High School,the Ladder 8 fire station on Brook Street,the Salomon Center or The Governors B.

Students are assigned to polling loca-tions based on their dorm when they firstregistered — students who registeredwhen they were first-year students, forexample, are assigned to the polling loca-tion for their freshman dorm.

McCormick said students should noti-fy poll officials if their address or dormlocation has changed.

In a campus-wide e-mail Monday,President Ruth Simmons directed stu-dents unsure of their polling venue to theWeb site of the Secretary of State ofRhode Island. The address ishttp://204.17.96.7/divs/elections/pollfinder/show_place.

The Brown Democrats funded signsp o s t e dthrough-out cam-pus toi n f o r mstudentso fp o l l i n gl o c a -

tions, said Brown Democrats PresidentSeth Magaziner ’06.

Providence polls will be open between7 a.m. and 9 p.m.

Same-day registration is available atthe Dunkin’ Donuts Center at OneLaSalle Square in downtown Providencefrom 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. today, according toDawn McCormick, acting administratorof elections for the Providence Board ofCanvassers. Voters who register onElection Day can only cast ballots forpresident and vice president — they can-not vote in local races or on ballot initia-tives.

Same-day registration is designed toallow citizens who have failed to meetRhode Island’s 30-day registration dead-line a chance to vote because of theimportance of the presidential race,McCormick said.

It also provides a convenient lastchance to vote for Brown students whoare registered in their home state but didnot send in an absentee ballot.

She added that people who are regis-tered elsewhere but did not complete anabsentee ballot should tell poll officials atthe Dunkin’ Donuts Center that they areregistered in another state.

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BY ROBBIE COREY-BOULETA Brown student was not harmed in a mug-ging Monday night that three other Brownstudents witnessed and tried to stop.

Judy He ’06 did not suffer any injurieswhen a man mugged her in Fones Alleybetween Thayer and Brook streets at about9:45 p.m..

He, a Herald photo editor, was talking onthe phone in Fones Alley as she walkedtowards The Herald’s back door when theman approached her from behind.

“I was really surprised,” she said. “Luckily,he didn’t have a weapon.”

He said she struggled with the suspect ashe tried to take her bookbag. “I kept trying tohit him in the balls, but it wasn’t working,”she said.

As He struggled, a Herald editor drove

Brown studentmugged in FonesAlley Monday night

Students grapple with question of where to vote

14 referenda await RhodeIsland voters at polls today

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Brandie Lustbader’07 says the realproblem in Americais Florida — it’s timeto get rid of itcolumn, page 7

Things are already uglyin the 2004 election,and it’s only going toget worse, writes Te-Ping Chen ’07column, page 7

Men’s cross countryunable to recapturelast year’s victory atHeptagonalChampionshipssports, page 8

Football loses earlyadvantage to Penn’sQuakers, despiteopponent’s weak kick-ingsports, page 8

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missions are going to have tochange.” West said there are cur-rently 73 major agencies —which oversee state functionsranging from clean waterfinancing to state lotteries —where lawmakers have execu-tive powers. West said this setupmuddles any possibility of aclear separation of powers.

“There’s a conflict of interestthat could not exist anywhereelse in the country, and it’s ram-pant in Rhode Island,” he said.“There’s nobody to watch outand make sure the branch isdoing their job. And in all thesecases, there is a failure of over-sight precisely because the samepeople are both writing law andexecuting law.”

Professor of Political ScienceDarrell West said he believes thisreferendum would improve the“ethical climate” of RhodeIsland’s government. “The first(referendum) is most importantbecause it relates directly to thefunctioning of government.What this proposal would do isto give the governor muchgreater authority to administerpublic policy, which is a situa-tion that exists in every otherstate, so it’s really just bringingRhode Island in compliancewith national pattern,” he said.

Another referendum gainingpublic interest is Question Two,which asks voters whether aconstitutional conventionshould assemble to proposeamendments or revisions to thestate constitution.

The convention itself wouldnot be able to approve changes;it could only make proposals tobe put on the ballot for voters toultimately ratify or rebuff.Besides a convention, the onlyother way an amendment to theconstitution can be deliberatedis through passage of a bill bythe General Assembly.

Rhode Island is required toask voters every 10 yearswhether a convention should

assemble. The last convention,held in 1986, suggested 14amendments, of which eightwere approved. One approvedamendment established thestate Ethics Commission. A con-vention can address any topic,and if approved this year, possi-ble motions could define thestate’s position on gay marriage,addressing gambling, establish-ing a full-time Assembly andgiving the governor a line-itemveto for the budget, according tothe Providence Journal.

Darrell West said he thinksthe referendum will pass andthat a convention could havesignificant impact.

“It has potential ramificationsbecause a constitutional con-vention has the ability to putitems on the ballot, so therecould be things related to howthe government functions, thenature of the budget, and vari-ous social issues such as abor-tion and gay rights,” he said. “Sothose are things that would havedirect relevance for residents ofRhode Island as well as Brownstudents.”

Unlike Question One, thissecond referendum faces muchstiffer opposition. Speaking onbehalf of Common Cause RhodeIsland, Phil West said he doesnot think it is in the best interestof the state to support this pro-posal.

“We think it’s not needednow,” he said. “We’re saying sep-aration of powers is a huge, his-toric change that will have pro-found ramifications all acrossRhode Island state government.We need time to absorb thesechanges before taking anotherstep.”

Phil West said that since thebeginning of the 20th century,the Alabama state constitutionhas been amended more than600 times, a statistic he said is“not good for the state.”

“The bottom line is a consti-tution should not be amendedlightly,” he said. “We shouldn’tamend hastily or casually, andwe just don’t think it’s necessarynow.”

Proposals one and two on

today’s state ballot are the onlyreferenda that would not requirestate bonds. Out of the other 12referenda involving statemoney, four proposals — ifpassed — would affect thestate’s schools, Rhode IslandCollege and the University ofRhode Island.

Question Five asks voters toauthorize the state to issuebonds in the amount of $50 mil-lion for dormitory projects atRIC and URI. $20 million wouldbe used to construct and reno-vate residence halls at URI and$30 million to construct a newresidence hall at RIC.

Michael Smith, assistant tothe president of RIC, said thecollege can currently accommo-date on-campus housing foronly 820 students, but that theapproval of this proposal wouldallow for an additional 366 stu-dents. Smith emphasized thatthe benefits would not only befelt by RIC students but also byresidents of Rhode Island.

“Anytime you have a collegeor university situated in a com-munity, a lot of good things hap-pen, but it also tends to push uplocal rent prices,” he said. “Withstudents taking up off-campushousing, it makes it more diffi-cult for families. If we can take366 people out of neighbor-hoods and onto the campus, itopens up possibilities for otherfolks.” Smith also said new busi-nesses will look to relocate inRhode Island if there is a large“skilled and trained workerforce, so the more college gradu-ates you can get in the area, thegreater the economic benefitswill be for the state.”

Referendum 13 seeksapproval for $50 million to beused for the construction of aCenter for Biotechnology andLife Sciences at URI. RobertCarothers, president of URI,wrote in an e-mail to The Heraldthat the referendum was a “partof the state’s effort to build aneconomy tuned for the future.”

“The biosciences building atURI, coupled with Brown’s new

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today need to bring a form ofphoto identification to theDunkin’ Donuts Center,McCormick said.

People who register today canonly vote for president and vicepresident because it is impossibleto obtain information about a per-son’s General Assembly and StateSenate districts quickly,McCormick said. Citizens whoregister today will be eligible tovote in all races in future elections.

As Brown students head to thepolls today, any students or com-munity members with questionscan call the Providence Board ofCanvassers at (401) 421-0495 formore information.

Televisions will be set up in theGate, Josiah’s and Faunce House somembers of the Brown communi-ty can keep an eye on the electionthroughout the day tomorrow.

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Rhode Island voters will havethe chance to vote on the follow-ing referenda in today’s election:

1: Institutes a “separation ofpowers” rule to more clearlyseparate and define the state’sthree branches of government.The referendum would do soprincipally by not allowing law-makers to simultaneously serveas members of boards and com-missions of important stateagencies.

Cost: Nothing

2: Authorizes a convention topropose amendments or revi-sions to the state Constitution.The convention could addressany issue, and possible topicscould be gay marriage, gam-bling and modifications in stateelections, among others.

Cost: Nothing

3: Authorizes the state toimprove highways, roads andbridges; to replace or repairtransportation maintenancefacilities; and to purchase morebuses for the Rhode IslandPublic Transit Authority’s busfleet.

Cost: $66.52 million

4: Authorizes the state to con-struct, renovate and rehabilitatethe state’s regional career andtechnical schools.

Cost: $15 million

5: Allocates funds to con-struct, renovate and rehabilitateresidence halls at the Universityof Rhode Island and to con-struct a new residence hall atRhode Island College.

Cost: $50 million

6: Allocates funds to restorethe exterior of the historicCranston Street Armory facility,as well as the interior of onetower of the facility and thebasement. Once the renovationsare complete, the state woulduse the space for offices, arecords center or for education-al purposes.

Cost: $12.3 million

7: Allocates funds to developconnections between andamong the state’s water systems,which would be used in theevent of an emergency. The ref-

erendum also would completethe Shed Factory Pipeline toperserve the state’s water rightsto two Massachusetts reservoirs.

Cost: $10 million

8: Allocates funds to developanti-pollution projects; torestore the Narragansett Bayand state watersheds; to pre-serve open space, farmland andrecreational development; andto acquire land for groundwaterprotection and supply.

Cost: $70 million

9: Allocates funds to renovate,rehabilitate and construct anaddition to the Pell MarineScience Library at the Universityof Rhode Island’s GraduateSchool of Oceanography,Narragansett Bay Campus.

Cost: $14 million

10. Allocates funds to con-struct an Athletic PerformanceCenter at the University ofRhode Island and to renovateexisting athletic facilities atMeade Stadium and KeaneyGymnasium at the University ofRhode Island.

Cost: $6.7 million

11. Allocates funds to supportpreservation and renovationprojects for public and nonprof-it historic sites and buildingscurrently used as museums andcultural art centers.

Cost: $3 million

12. Allocates funds to pur-chase, build or modify statefacilities for state agency use toreduce reliance on leased space.Eight state-owned buildings atthe Pastore Center in Cranstonwould be renovated, among oth-ers.

Cost: $46.5 million

13. Allocates funds to con-struct the University of RhodeIsland’s Center forBiotechnology and LifeSciences.

Cost: $50 million

14. Provides financial backingfor road and utility infrastruc-ture, building demolition, sitepreparation and pier rehabilita-tion at the QuonsetPoint/Davisville Industrial Park.

Cost: $48 million

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medical bioscience building,will give Rhode Island a strongposition in the growing biotech-nology industry, both preparingstudents to work in those fieldsand building a research base inRhode Island,” Carothers wrote.

In addition to schools, the 14referenda also aim to improveother state functions and facili-ties, including transportation,

local water supplies and the oldbell tower in Burrillville.Question Eight seeks bonds inthe amount of $70 million tofinance environmental projectssuch as efforts to improve theNarragansett Bay, protect waterquality, renovate state parks andpreserve open space and farm-land.

Scott Wolf ’75, executivedirector of Grow Smart RhodeIsland, a non-profit organiza-tion committed to protectingcultural and natural resources,said the referendum is an

“important vehicle for protect-ing Rhode Island’s quality oflife.”

“Rhode Island sells itself onbeauty, not brawn,” he said. “Wedon’t have the lowest taxes andthe best industrial sites inAmerica, but we have some of thenicest communities and coastalareas.”

“By addressing our authentici-ty and our beauty, we advanceour ability to appeal to enlight-ened businesses looking for agreat place for themselves tolive,” Wolf said.

“We think it’s good not only forthe environment and quality oflife, but also from an economicstandpoint,” Wolf said.

“People will be looking at a lotof different, fairly ambitiousspending proposals on the ballot,and we want to make sure theyview this referendum as the bestway to get a bang for their buck,”he said.

See page 4 for more informationon the referenda that RhodeIsland voters will see on ballotstoday.

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into Fones Alley, saw He strugglingwith the suspect and called thepolice.

Mathew Geltzeiler ’05 noticedthe struggle from a parking lot onthe other side of Brook Street.Geltzeiler and Sachin Shah ’05were returning from squash prac-tice and were walking throughFones Alley after parking their car.

“By the time we got closeenough to see they were strug-gling, he had broken away fromher,” Geltzeiler said.

He lost her hold on her bag astwo cars pulled into the parkinglot. She initially tried to run afterthe suspect and then askedGeltzeiler and Shah to chase afterhim, as well.

According to witnesses, themugger was a black man about 5feet 10 or 11 inches tall, wearing ablack hooded sweatshirt, white T-shirt and black sweatpants.

The suspect ran out of FonesAlley to Brook Street, then turnedeast onto Angell Street. Geltzeilersaid he found He’s bag on AngellStreet, where the suspect droppedit before reaching Cooke Street.Nothing had been removed fromthe bag.

Shah continued to follow thesuspect but said he remainedbetween 15 and 20 feet behindhim during the chase. Shah said hesaw the suspect turn off of AngellStreet and slow to a walk beforeturning onto Stimson Avenue, atwhich point Shah he lost sight ofthe suspect.

Both witnesses said they had noreason to believe the suspect wasarmed. As of late Monday night,neither the Department of PublicSafety nor Providence Policewould release any informationabout the investigation.

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N I C K S C H A D E

Over the past several weeks, we have published a series ofarticles on Brown and the election, looking at Brown studentsand alums who have participated in the campaigns and at theissues that are mobilizing young voters here and across thecountry.

From Isaac Belfer ’08, who has gone on two road trips to can-vass in swing states for John Kerry, to Cynthia Lee ’05.5, whotook this semester off to work for the League of ConservationVoters’ Environmental Victory Project, to Richard Campagna’72, the Libertarian candidate for vice president, Brunonianshave put a great deal of work into this election.

But in the end, the only act that counts is voting.The Herald doesn’t endorse candidates in national races —

we don’t know where and when students vote, and we think it’smore important to encourage our classmates simply to partici-pate in politics. Voting is the simplest, and most important, actof participation.

As it stands going into Election Day, this election is very close,and experts disagree on which candidate holds the advantage.But this much is clear: The results of the election will hinge onwho shows up to vote today. Turnout is expected to rise dramat-ically this year, with much of the increase coming from new vot-ers, including our age group. No matter what state we vote in,our votes are important, because this can be the year we shatterthe common wisdom that young people don’t participate.

And, quite simply, there is no reason to not vote, especiallywith same-day registration available in Rhode Island. Studentswho did not register in their home state or Rhode Island cantake advantage of the opportunity to vote for a presidential can-didate today. Students who didn’t receive absentee ballots fromtheir home state or who didn’t apply in time for absentee ballotscan vote downtown, too. And students who didn’t pay attentionto the election still have time to read up on the issues and makean informed decision.

Because today, there’s no excuse not to pay attention. If youthink none of this matters, you’re wrong. If you think there’s nodifference between the candidates, you’re wrong. This electionwill affect our lives in many ways, and if you opt not to vote, youforfeit the right to complain. So go to the polls and cast yourvote — no matter who wins, you’ll know you did your part.

Get out and vote

To the Editor:

We are writing as members of the Brown LibraryBargaining Unit to thank all the students, facultyand staff of the University who supported us in ourrecent efforts to secure a labor contract that is bothresponsive to the library’s mission to support theresearch and teaching of Brown faculty and stu-dents, and fair to unionized library employees(“Library workers reach tentative contract agree-ment,” Oct. 25). We are glad that so many commu-nity members recognized that these goals are notmutually exclusive.

We especially want to express our appreciationfor the hard work done in our behalf by the mem-bers of the Brown Student Labor Alliance. Throughthe long months of these negotiations, SLA mem-bers maintained their interest in the problems wefaced, and were always generous with their support.It meant a lot to have them standing with us. Andthe display they put up on the Main Green on Oct.

22 to highlight issues under negotiation was power-ful. By their willingness to spend time and effort toput their ideals into practice, they are truly a creditto this institution. Many thanks!

Alison Bundy A.M. ’85 (Brown staff for 15 years)Trish Dumin (21 years)

Tim Engels ’92 (12 years)Yvonne Federowicz ’86 (14 years)

Suzan Gervais (11 years)Marie Malchodi (13.5 years)

Margaret Mutter A.M. ’87 (37 years)Debra Nelson-Danielson (29 years)

Deborah Peterson A.M. ’83 (20 years)Joanne Tandy (19 years)

Oct. 31

Library workers express their thanks

Fleischmann’s comic is insulting to HindusTo the Editor:

I am unsure what sort of political statementAkiva Fleischmann is making with his comic strip,“Intensive Care Eunuch” in Monday’s Herald . I amshocked that such a discriminatory statementtowards Hindus would be made in any collegenewspaper.

I am a Hindu, but that does not mean I am theonly person appalled by this gross stereotyping andbigotry. Fleischmann seems to have no problemwith perpetuating stereotypes about Hindusregardless of veracity or respect to the oldest of thefive major religions on this planet. Hindus do notbelong grouped with agnostics and Satan-worship-pers. We are honest people of faith and peace, andwhat that has to do with the Pledge of Allegiance is,quite frankly, beyond me.

I am Hindu and against the phrase “under God”in the pledge, and many Hindus agree with me.However, this is not because I think that God is acow, but that I want to pledge to America withoutinvoking a God or gods. Fleischmann obviously hasno regard for Hindus, their religion, their intelli-gence or their place in American society.

Not only is the strip not funny, but it perpetuatesthe same tired prejudices over and over again. Ihave never seen anything more offensive towardHindus in my life in America. I can only hope TheHerald will be more careful in monitoring comicstrips.

Sonia Saraiya ’08Nov. 1

OPINIONSTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2004 · PAGE 7

I was reading the paper the other day and wasannoyed, but not really surprised, to find that they arealready having problems with voting in Florida. Whereelse, right? Early voters in one county had a bit of diffi-culty casting their votes when the computer systemcrashed. Elsewhere in the Sunshine State, some of thepaper ballots were found to be incomplete.

This kind of incompetence simply cannot continue.Now, we cannot stop Floridians from being dense, butmaybe we can stop them from being Americans. I amgoing to suggest something that’s a little out there. I maybe alienating a small yet very nasal percentage of theBrown population in the process, but I’m going to say itanyway: Let’s break Florida off from the rest of theUnited States.

Now, I know what you’re thinking: This idea is a bitextreme, if not insane. However, it is not without prece-dent. When one of your limbs is infected and can’t besaved, what do you do? You chop it off. When it’s almostfinals time and you realize you can’t possibly studyenough to pass a course, there’s no need to panic. Youjust drop the class. Let’s be honest — Florida is like thatgangrenous arm about to infect the rest of the body orthat applied math class you have no hope of passing.The time has come to cut our losses — literally — andmove on.

Actually, the plan couldn’t be simpler. A few strategi-cally placed explosives, and we’re a few million citizenslighter. And it’s not so bad for people living in Florida,either. It’s always been the poor man’s Bahamas. Nowthey’re finally going to get their wish of living on a trop-

ical island. Once we cut them loose, they can just floaton out to the Caribbean. Then again, they might justkeep floating right on down to the South Pole, but I don’tthink that’s really our problem anymore.

I guess we couldn’t have predicted what would hap-pen in Florida four years ago, but let’s face it: When amajority of the retired population of the United Statesresides in one state, there are bound to be some prob-lems. Think about what would have happened if we’dhad this idea four years ago. Sure, the White House

might not have been such a gold mine of comic materi-al, but I think most of us would agree that we’d all be alot better off. Obviously it’s a tradeoff: unnecessarydeath and destruction for our favorite Bushisms. But asour esteemed president once said, “My views are onethat speaks to freedom.” Ours too, Dubya. And that iswhy we need to be free of that sack of dead weight,Florida.

Okay, I am not a completely irrational person. I real-ize that the logistics of the plan are a little vague andbreaking off an entire land mass might prove difficult.So I have come up with an alternative that aims right atthe crux of the problem: old people. The heat must havegotten to them. Because let’s face it, without thosegeezers, Florida might actually be salvageable, and per-haps even able to contribute to positive change in thiscountry. As it is, they couldn’t even distinguish betweenan illiterate moron and our former vice president, whowas at least capable of rational thought.

I propose this: Throw away the ballots of Florida’selderly population. This would solve most of ourFlorida-based voting problems, and it would not matterif seniors voted for Bush or Saddam Hussein, which,remembering those crazy Florida ballots from 2000, isnot entirely out of the realm of possibility. Of course, I’mnot promoting ageism. The elderly of Palm Beach,Miami and everywhere else in Florida should certainlybe allowed to vote. But do their votes actually have tocount toward an important national election? I don’tthink so. What they don’t know won’t hurt them.

All I’m asking is that you give some thought to whatI’ve said. Whether we break off the state so that it can’tdo any further damage, or quietly dump a few millionballots into the Gulf of Mexico tonight, something has tobe done. Bush might say it is our patriotic duty.

Brandie Lustbader ’07 is a comparative literature con-centrator.

Severing the Sunshine State

Palm Beach County,

Florida:

The real threat to

democracy.

TE-PING CHEN

It is becoming ever more likely that we will wake uptomorrow still not knowing who won the presidency.

Four years ago, George W. Bush took Florida by 537votes, while Al Gore carried New Mexico by 365. InIowa, New Hampshire, Oregon and Wisconsin, eachmargin of victory was narrower than 7,200 votes.

Four years ago the Supreme Court picked the pres-ident of the United States. Four years ago, we waitedfor well over a month for a succession of court chal-lenges to play out before Bush was granted the presi-dency.

Today, the voters will cast their ballots; tomorrow, ateam of lawyers across the nation will take the stage.The presidential election will be close. The aftermathwill be hotly contested. There will be narrow marginsto dispute, fingers to point, court challenges to drawout and truckloads of provisional and absentee ballotsto count, recount and recount again.

Today, with Bush and John Kerry polling neck-and-neck, even New Hampshire’s four electoral collegevotes could easily tip the balance.

This year, think Florida, but multiply it by NewMexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Colorado — all statesthat have jurisdictions in which there are more regis-tered voters than the number of adults. ThrowColorado’s Amendment 36 — which, if passed, wouldimplement proportional representation for the state’selectoral votes — into the mix, and you’ve got a situa-tion ripe for a flood of judicial challenges.

In the city of Columbus, Ohio, alone, theRepublicans have a team of 24 lawyers assembled tograpple with post-election drama. The Democrats

reputedly have 10,000 lawyers ready nationwide simi-larly poised for action. The Democrats andRepublicans have already invested well over a record$1 billion in this election cycle — they aren’t letting gowithout a fight.

If you were hoping that election-season dramawould come to an end this week, think again. It is farmore likely that today represents the beginning of anagonizing, protracted battle — this time not merely

for the presidency, but for the hearts and minds of theAmerican people. The election is not only a challengeto the Bush administration; it presents a grave chal-lenge to our already-debilitated faith in the democrat-ic process.

Today, we will vote, but the fate of the presidencywill be decided by back-room court decisions and leg-

islative machinations. We will vote, but up to 6 millionof our votes will never be counted. We will vote, butfor the more than 163 million of us who live in so-called “safe” states, our vote doesn’t matter much any-way.

Four years ago, Democratic presidential nomineeGore won his biggest statewide margin in BrowardCounty, Fla. This past week, some 58,000 absenteeballots inexplicably vanished in the area. According tothe U.S. postal service inspectorate, it is “highlyunlikely” that those 58,000 pieces of mail were simplylost.

Four years ago in Florida, 179,855 ballots wereinvalidated by state officials; 53 percent of them werecast by blacks. This past summer, Rep. JohnPappageorge, R-Mich., was quoted as saying, “If we donot suppress the Detroit vote, we’re going to have atough time in this election.” Detroit’s population is 83percent black.

In a climate of unreliable, untraceable electronicvoting, widespread purges of voter rolls and ubiqui-tous allegations of voter fraud, can our national con-sciousness really survive another electoral fiasco?When this garish electoral nightmare has finally cometo an end, what scars will it have left upon our coun-try?

And the most important question: come tomorrow,where will the people of the United States be leftstanding?

Te-Ping Chen ’07 is keeping her hopes up.

This week is going to be ugly

With both sides

stacked with lawyers,

we will be lucky

if the election is

decided by tomorrow.

GUEST COLUMN BY BRANDIE LUSTBADER

It’s Nov. 2 —Please remember to vote.

SPORTS TUESDAYTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD

NOVEMBER 2, 2004 · PAGE 8

Football falls just short ofending Penn win streak in20-16 loss on final drive

No repeat for m. cross country atHeptagonal Championships in NYC

BY BENJAMIN MILLERAfter leading for nearly the entiregame, the football team wasunable to stop the potentUniversity of Pennsylvaniaoffense, falling 20-16 to theQuakers in the waning momentsof the game.

The loss drops the Bears to atie for sixth place in the IvyLeague with a 1-3 conferencemark, but the Bears maintain anoverall winning record at 4-3.

“I guess it comes down to mak-ing plays when you have theopportunity to make them,” saidHead Coach Phil Estes. “Weplayed hard and we played everydown, but we did not haveenough time to finish it out.”

To make things worse, startingquarterback Anthony Vita ’07severely sprained his wrist on histhrowing arm after contact with ahelmet; his status for Saturday’sgame against Yale University isuncertain.

With the Bears holding on to aslim 16-13 lead late in the thirdquarter, Bruno had the ball withsecond and goal to go from thePenn 2-yard line. As Bruno waspoised to punch the ball in for sixpoints, Penn’s 18-game IvyLeague winning streak was look-ing almost as bleak as thePhiladelphia skyline, which layshrouded in a thick fog aboveFranklin Field.

Estes called a handoff to NickHartigan ’06, who broke out aftertwo sub-100 yard games, running39 times for 176 yards on the day.Having already scored 10 touch-downs on the season, it seemeddoubtful that Hartigan would bedenied.

The Quakers got the play theydesperately needed as the ballwas jarred out of Hartigan’s grasp.Penn defensive lineman BobbyFallon recovered the fumble atthe Penn 1-yard line.

“I thought I was down,” a quietand reserved Hartigan said afterthe game. “But you never are sup-posed to let the ref make a call.”

Estes was quick to point outthat Hartigan was not the onlyone at fault.

“These things happen,” Estessaid of the fumble. “(A score forus) could have changed the com-plexion of the game … but this isa team effort — no individual lostthis game.”

The Brown defense continuedto play as aggressively and physi-cally as they had all game, withZak DeOssie ’07 and DanDoublin ’05 both sacking Pennquarterback Pat McDermott onthe ensuing Penn drive. Doublin,who also had an interception,had a particularly nice hit on thequarterback as he blitzed aroundthe end, leapt at McDermott andleveled a rough blow. DeOssie,meanwhile, was an intimidatingpresence on the field, recording12 tackles and helping to limit theQuakers to a mere 75 yards on theground.

But the game slowly slippedout of Bruno’s grasp as kicker

Steve Morgan ’08 missed his firstkick in four games, a 46-yardattempt with 8:45 left in thefourth. Morgan had nailed hisprevious three kicks from 40, 31and 35 yards.

Vita completed 11 of 25 passesfor 140 yards and one touchdownand was replaced by JoeDiGiacomo ’07, who was unableto lead Bruno into the end zonedespite completing five of eightattempts for 38 yards.

With the Brown defense stillholding strong and Penn startingwith the ball on their 12 withthree minutes left, a sense of anx-iety could be felt throughout thecavernous stadium.

Unfortunately for Bruno, thePenn players responded andMcDermott awoke from a game-long slump and completed sixpasses for 10 or more yards, mov-ing the ball to the Brown one.Running back Sam Matthewspunched it in on first and goal togive Penn their biggest lead of thegame, 20-16.

With 40 seconds left on theclock, DiGiacomo led the Bearsto the Penn 31; but with only nineseconds remaining, Brown wasleft with no options other than aHail Mary pass; Penn interceptedit in the end zone.

Both coaches said that whilePenn might have the betterrecord, the better team did notcome out on top.

“I give Brown a lot of credit,”said Penn Head Coach Al Bagnoli.“We were very fortunate to getout of here with a win.”

“I though we should havewalked away with the win,” Estessaid.

This was a game that the Bearsseemingly had in control fromtheir very first drive, in whichthey scored on a 30-yard divingcatch by Jarret Schreck ’06.

“I like how we established therun and then threw over the top,”Estes said. “It helped to loosenthem up so we could move theball.”

Brown’s defense proved that ithad McDermott’s number formost of the day, as Pat Curran ’06recovered a fumbled snap in thefirst half and James Gasparella ’06nabbed one of McDermott’s firstpasses in the second — his first oftwo picks. Both turnovers led toeventual field goals by Morgan.

It also helped Bruno thatPenn’s kicking game was poor, asPenn missed an extra point and a36-yard attempt from backupkicker Peter Stine.

With the Yale Bulldogs cominginto Providence this Saturday,Bruno must win the rest of theirgames in order to equal last year’sIvy record.

“Every time you lose one youput yourself in a hole,” Estes said.“For us to have a winning season,we must beat Yale.”

Herald staff writer BenjaminMiller ’07 covers football. He canbe reached at herald@browndai-lyherald.com.

BY JILANE RODGERSThe men’s Heptagonal crosscountry championship was slatedto be one of the most highly con-tested races in recent Ivy Leaguehistory. Five teams traveled toNew York City’s Van CortlandtPark last Friday with the possibili-ty of winning, and every projec-tion showed that the fifth manwould be the deciding factor.

While the Brown team hadhoped to defend its 2003 title, themen finished fourth with 108points. Host school ColumbiaUniversity came away with thewin, tallying 70 points.

“It was hard to see theColumbia men celebrate, know-ing that was us last year,” said JeffGaudette ’05. “But they ran anamazing race, from top to bot-tom, and would have been hardto beat even had we been at fullstrength.”

Dartmouth College took therunner-up spot with 79 points,and the University ofPennsylvania was third with 87.

However, the day was not with-out individual highlights for theBears. Gaudette led the team inhis final cross countryHeptagonals, finishing third over-all in 24:46 for the 8 kilometer dis-tance, besting his finish last yearby two places and five seconds.His time is the fifth-best all-timefor Brown at the championship.

Captain Patrick Tarpy ’05crossed the line next for theBrown harriers, taking sixth over-all with a time of 24:53. Heimproved from last year’s per-formance by six places and 26seconds. His effort will also placehim in the record books, makinghim the ninth-fastest Bear inHeptagonal history.

“A lot of time and energy in thelast four years has been devotedto training for and thinking aboutthis race,” Tarpy said.

Both Tarpy and Gaudette werenamed first team All-Ivy for theirtop performances, marking thefirst time since 1987 that twoBrown runners have earned thehonor.

“Pat and Jeff ran great, and I’mproud of how they competed,”said Head Coach John Gregorek.“Heps is traditionally about theseniors, and ours came through,and had the experience necessaryto do so.”

Chris Burke ’07 and OwenWashburn ’06 also had solidraces. Finishing less than two sec-onds apart, the duo captured22nd and 24th places with timesof 25:31 and 25:33, respectively.While Washburn did not competelast season due to illness, Burke’sfinish marked a 33-secondimprovement.

Unfortunately, despite the tal-ent and improvements by thefrontrunners, illness and injurylimited the depth of the Bears’squad.

“Our top four ran what theywere capable of, but we werelooking for that fifth man,”Gregorek said. “A lot of inoppor-tune things happened to ourother top guys this year.”

While Herald photo editor

Nick Neely ’07 had hoped toreturn and compete for theteam, he was unable to recoverquickly enough from an illnessand hip, hamstring and shininjuries to race at full strength.But he was still able to take thefinal scoring spot and earned73rd place in 26:39.

“I’m proud of how my guysdid,” Tarpy said. “Hopefully Jeffand I come back at Regionalsand run tough and extend ourseasons to include the NCAAs.For three-fourths of(Heptagonals) I ran just how Iwanted to, but it left me wantingmore.”

The men head next into theNCAA Northeast Regionals onNov. 13, where they will take onnational powers, including IonaCollege and Providence College,in a competition where only thetop two schools advance toNationals.

“It would have been nice for usto have taken both the individualand team wins our senior year,”Gaudette said. “We are lookingnow to Regionals and to make ourmarks there.”

They will return to VanCortlandt Park, but must face thelonger 10-kilometer distance.

“The 10k distance will be abenefit for Jeff, Pat, Owen and

Chris,” Gregorek said. “We justhave to get someone healthy forthe fifth man. Pat and Jeff have alegit shot at individual berths to(Nationals). We’ll just rest up andtry and get as fresh of legs as pos-sible and perhaps sneak in tosteal a team berth.”

Dan Grossman ’71

Men’s cross country wasn’t able torepeat last year’s victory at theHeptagonal Championships.

BY HELEN LURYIThe women’s ice hockey teamstarted off its season this week-end with a road trip to northernNew England. In their seasonopener Friday, the Bears shut outthe University of Maine, 3-0. OnSunday afternoon, Brown trav-eled to Durham, N.H., where,despite a strong effort, the teamfell to the University of NewHampshire, 2-1.

The shutout in the Mainegame was aided by two of theBears’ three young goaltenders,Marie Desbiens ’07, who stopped11 Maine shots in the first half ofthe game, and O’Hara Shipe ’08,who stopped 12 in the second.Brown was outshot 23-22.

Bruno goals came from famil-iar sources in three veteran for-wards. Krissy McManus ’05 putthe Bears on the board with abreakaway goal, using a move shehad been perfecting in practicelast week, at 9:24 of the secondperiod. Amy McLaughlin ’05 wascredited with the assist.

The other two goals resultedfrom scrums in front of Maine’sgoal. Jessica Link ’05 scored withnine seconds left to go in the sec-ond period; soon after the start ofthe third period, Kerry Nugent ’05had a power-play goal on whichMargaret Ramsay ’06 and AshleeDrover ’06 earned assists. Mainegoalie Rachel Gettings stoppedthe 19 remaining Brown shots.

Brown was unable to gainoffensive momentum against No.7 New Hampshire, despite out-shooting New Hampshire 34-28.An unusually large number of

penalties marked the loss —according to Head Coach DigitMurphy, hockey referees at thecollege level are making an effortto call games more tightly thisyear, and it will take some time forteams to get used to the change.

Murphy said Brown’s penaltiesagainst the Wildcats, whichtotaled 22 minutes, were part ofan unavoidable “learning curve.”Both New Hampshire goals cameon the power play, in the secondand third periods.

Brown goalkeeper StacySilverman ’08, who had 26 savesin her first full game, echoedMurphy’s opinion that the refer-ees were calling a tight game.

The lone Brown goal cameduring a strong offensive firstperiod, from Katie Guay ’05 withassists from Nugent and HayleyMoore ’08. Wildcats goalieMelissa Bourdon made 33 savesfor the win.

The Brown goaltending situa-tion remains murky, with all threegoalies playing this weekend. “Itis likely that the three will contin-ue to split time unless oneemerges,” Murphy said.

“We really do have three excel-lent goalies,” Murphy said.“Silverman was outstanding inthe UNH game, but unfortunatelywe couldn’t come up with enoughoffense. Desbiens and Shipeplayed excellent against Maine.”

“It’s a good problem to have,”Murphy said, alluding to theBears’ lack of a distinct top goalie.

The Bears’ next game is Fridayat home against CornellUniversity.

W. ice hockey shufflesgoalies in weekend split