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Panelists discussR.I.’s hiddenhistory of slavery

Econ professorGrossmanrememberedas passionateacademic

BY STU WOOFor the record, U.S. Attorney GeneralJohn Ashcroft is not coming to campus.

But someone wanted people to thinkAshcroft would be making an appear-ance, going to such lengths as posteringaround the Main Green and in campusbuildings.

According to several signs around cam-pus, Ashcroft would have been speakingin Smith-Buonanno 106 at 6 p.m. today.The signs stated that Ashcroft would bespeaking “with a small group of federal,state and local law enforcement officers”about the Patriot Act.

But the posters are apparently a hoax. According to Ricky Gresh, director of

student activities, there is no indicationthat Ashcroft is coming.

“The (poster) says local and state lawenforcement officers would be spoken to,”

but DPS was not contacted, he said. Headded that the Secret Service would prob-ably work with DPS to provide security ifAshcroft were actually visiting, but theagency had not contacted DPS.

The posters stated that the event wasbeing sponsored by the “BrownConservative Alliance,” as well as the“P.P.S.O.M.A.” and the “A.F.U.” However,Gresh and leaders of Brown politicalgroups had never heard of the organiza-tions, which are not registered studentgroups, and no one had reserved Smith-Buonanno 106 for that time period.

The Brown Conservative Alliance’sphone number on the poster is actuallythe number of the Transportation Office.The signs said the group would conduct aticket lottery for the event and requestedthat students “call our office” to be enteredin the lottery. Gresh said the

Transportation Office “had been gettingan inordinate amount of calls.”

“I’ve never heard of the BrownConservative Alliance,” said ChrisMcAuliffe ’05, president of the CollegeRepublicans. “If there is a conservativegroup on campus, I would know who it is.”

Gresh directed facilities workers to takedown the signs because they violated signpolicy, since they were not put up by anexisting student group.

Kelly Hall ’06, legislative committeechair of the Brown Democrats, said whenshe first heard that Ashcroft was coming,she was excited and was planning ontelling College Democrats to attend thelecture.

“I’m always excited by political debateon the campus,” Hall said. “I was excitedto question him and debate him and askhim intelligent questions.”

BTV set to premiere eight new shows

BY SHIYIN WANG Brown Television is set to air eight newstudent shows this fall. The season’sschedule will be more full than any inrecent years and will include comedies,sports, news, a poker tournament and adrama produced as a GroupIndependent Study Project.

BTV Station Manager Ariana Nobles’06 said she is excited that BTV could go“back to the old days” when studentshows were in abundance, adding thatBTV is “trying to go back to a good bal-ance” between movies and shows.

“It’s for the students. We want to dothings for the University,” Nobles said.

Since BTV began showing movies fiveyears ago, the number of shows hasdropped. But this semester, a few elabo-rate student projects will take the spot-light.

“Double Blind” is one such ambitiousproject. The serial, which will follow fourundergraduates and one graduate stu-dent as they uncover a campus conspir-acy, is the product of a GISP called“Episodic Storytelling,” which is running

this semester. The GISP is cosponsoredby the Department of Visual Art and theDepartment of Theater, Speech andDance.

Erica Meredith ’05 is the leader of theGISP and the show’s producer.

Meredith, an MCM concentrator andPLME student, said she would “love tocontinue in the tradition” of creatingdramatic, serious shows like those thatappear on commercial television or, inthe past, on BTV.

The show is a chance to “try thingsyou don’t have the leeway to do in a pro-fessional setting,” said Meredith. Shesees the show and the GISP as a greatopportunity for experience in TV theory,reception, production and manage-ment.

Meredith and her production crew,WESt TV, plan to have five episodes persemester over the course of the year. Theshow has been filmed in high definition,and episodes will also be available on theInternet in streaming video.

“Double Blind” will air Tuesdays at 9p.m. starting tonight.

Advertised Ashcroft speech a hoax

Nick Neely / HeraldBoston Red Sox fans came from East Providence to display their team pride on ThayerStreet Monday night. The Red Sox, which lead the best-of-seven World Series 2-0,play the St. Louis Cardinals in St. Louis tonight.

see BTV, page 3

ARTS & CULTURE

BY ROBBIE COREY-BOULETProfessor of Economics HerschelGrossman was more than an academic —the avid Brown football fan somehow man-aged to balance his passion for economicsand teaching with his personal interests,according to family members, friends andcolleagues.

“He was one of the lucky few whose pro-fession was not just a means to earnmoney,” Grossman’s son Andrew said dur-ing Grossman’s memorial service Sunday.“It was his life’s passion.”

Grossman died of a heart attack Oct. 9while attending a conference in Marseilles,France.

Those in attendance at the service filledHillel’s Winnick Chapel to capacity, forcingsome to remain outside.

At the afternoon service, a range ofspeakers from Grossman’s personal andprofessional life described the University ofVirginia graduate as both a passionate fam-ily man and a dedicated scholar.

Many at the service said the portrayal ofGrossman’s accomplishments in and out-side the field of economics was an accuratepicture of a man who led a balanced andfull life.

Grossman’s son highlighted the passionwith which his father approached his role atthe University, where he worked as a facul-ty member since 1964.

Grossman also served two stints asdepartment chair, the first lasting from1982 to 1985 and the second from 1986 to1991.

Grossman’s son also commented on hisfather’s impact as a parent, saying he“granted me the freedom to make my owndecisions.”

Grossman had two children and onegrandchild. He was previously married toElizabeth Greenwell Grossman.

Herschel Grossman’s second wife,Suzanne, told those gathered that she’d losther best friend and companion when herhusband died. “Herschel’s heart broke, andnow mine continues to suffer,” she said.

Suzanne Grossman described her hus-band’s strengths as a companion and lifepartner, emphasizing the intimate connec-tion they shared during their marriage. Shesaid she most appreciated her husband’soptimistic personality, abundant enthusi-asm and sense of humor.

“Most of all, I was turned on by howmuch he liked what I like. We clicked,” shesaid. “I learned a tiny bit of economics.Moreover, I learned a lot about myself.”

On Monday, Andrew Grossman told TheHerald that his father didn’t let his careeraffect his family life. “He was at the office alot, but he didn’t talk about it that much. Hewas able to leave his job at the office.”

Dean of the Faculty and Professor ofEconomics Rajiv Vohra P’07 and Professorof Economics Anthony Lancaster talkedabout Grossman’s role within the econom-ics department, describing him as a tireless

see GROSSMAN, page 4

Local candidates gearup for Election Day,conclusion ofcompetitive StateSenate racemetro, page 3

It’s time for excessivepartisanship to end,and it’s up to votersto say so, accordingto Rob Sand ’05.5column, page 7

Ward 1 City CouncilRep. David Segal saysState Sen. Rhoda PerryP’91 deserves Brownstudents’ votes column, page 7

W. volleyball splitsweekend games; teamcould place second inleague if it wins nexttwo matchessports, page 8

Field hockey defeatsCornell University indifficultHomecomingmatchup sports, page 8

BY ANNA ABRAMSONUniversity Hall was built with slave labor,panelists said in a discussion held Mondaynight by the University Steering Committeeon Slavery and Justice.

This and other rarely discussed facts —slaves who worked on the project were“donated” for a certain amount of labor fromcontributors, the most common point ofdeparture for slave ships was Rhode Island— were the focus of the latest in the series oflectures sponsored by the committee.

The event, which almost filled Salomon001, featured three speakers — NewportChamber of Commerce Director KeithStokes, Professor of American Civilizationand University Curator Robert Emlen andRachel Chevrons GS.

Chevrons, who is writing a dissertationabout the Rhode Island slave trade, pointedto little-known facts and statistics about therole of slavery in the Ocean State. While it istrue that Rhode Island “was a smaller playerin terms of the slave trade as a whole,” shesaid, it was actually a prominent part of theAmerican trade.

Rhode Island was the most commonpoint of departure for slave ships. This creat-ed “intricate links” in both the economy andcommunity, she said, directly or indirectlyinvolving colonists of diverse social statusesand professions.

Chevrons concluded by saying that con-fronting Rhode Island’s role in slavery “maymake our historical burden far greater (butthat is) one of the keys to moving forward.”

Emlen described the racially integratedconstruction crew that built University Hall,saying that the reality of slave labor in thefoundation of the University is “virtuallyunimaginable to those of us who knowBrown in the 21st century.” After theCorporation of what would become BrownUniversity approved the structure, a crew oflaborers including whites, slaves and freeblacks was assembled.

Emlen pointed also to the rarity of histor-ical records that explicitly document slavelabor and demonstrated the need to “readbetween the lines” to assess material andvisual documents, such as payment bills and

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FUNDING AND FELLOWSHIPS5-6 p.m. (Rhode Island Hall 116) —A comprehensive info session onfunding and fellowship opportuni-ties. Representatives from theSwearer Center, the ResourceCenter and the Dean of the CollegeFellowships Office will speak.

“THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELEC-TION AND THE FUTURE OF THEENVIRONMENT”7-9 p.m. (Salomon 101) —Eight panelists representing wide-ranging disciplinary and ideologicalviewpoints will discuss the implica-tions of a Bush or Kerry administra-tion on the future of the environ-ment.

SCREENING OF “VOICE FORCHOICE”7:45-9:30 p.m. (Morriss Lounge) —A screening of this documentaryfilm about the “March for Choice”and reproductive rights in America.

THE RHODE ISLAND MEDIEVALCIRCLE LECTURE5:30-7:15 p.m. (Annmary BrownMemorial, 21 Brown St.) —Judith Cohen of York University inCanada will present this lecture andconcert on “Iberian MusicConnections to the Middle Agesand the Sephardic Diaspora.”Theevent is co-sponsored by theProgram in Medieval Studies, theDepartment of Hispanic Studiesand the Department of History ofArt and Architecture.

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RHODE ISLAND CHAMBER MUSICSERIES “CONCERT NO. 1”8 p.m. (Alumnae Hall) —The Rhode Island Chamber MusicSeries will present the Czech Nonet,which includes works from Martinu,Ward, Lutoslawski and Dvorak.Tickets will be available at the door,and advance tickets can beobtained by calling 863-2416 orcontacting Books on the Square.

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BY ERIC BECKClaiming the need to keep pro-gressives, women and experiencein the Rhode Island Senate, RhodaPerry P’91 hopes Brown studentsvoting in Rhode Island will sup-port her in her reelection bid forState Senate District 3 againstindependent challenger BarryFain.

“I am a progressive candidate. Isee that the State Senate is gettingmore and more conservative, sowe need to keep progressives,”Perry said.

Perry has been in the StateSenate for seven terms, or 14 years.She said experience is the mostsignificant difference between herand her challenger.

“I have performed, and I have arecord. The best indicator of futureperformance is what you havedone in the past,” she said.

The most important issue onPerry’s platform is health care,which she calls her “forte.” She is amember of the Health and HumanServices Committee.

Among her recent achieve-ments in health care legislation,she said, is a bill allowing citizensto purchase pharmaceuticals fromCanada, where drug costs areoften lower than in the UnitedStates.

She supported the MentalHealth Parity Act, which requiredinsurance companies to fundmental health treatment in thesame way they pay for physicalhealth care. Prior to the creation ofthe legislation, patients faced“many problems” with healthinsurance coverage of mentalhealth services, she said.

Perry argued that women needto be included in politics at all lev-els. Of the 38 State Senate posts, upto seven might be filled by womennext term, she said.

Women, on average, tend to getinvolved in politics about 15 years

after men. But they come withmore experience in communityorganizations, she said.

Women’s participation in poli-tics is especially importantbecause they “tend to put forth dif-ferent types of legislation,” shesaid.

She cited her advocacy of theContraceptive Parity Act, whichrequires health insurance compa-nies to fund “all federally approvedmethods of family planning.”

“At a time when men could getViagra (covered by their healthinsurance), women could not getbirth control pills without payingout of pocket,” she said.

Perry hopes to continue herrecord of advancing progressivelegislation in the upcoming term.

“The care of the elderly is animportant priority for me,” shesaid. She wants to investigateproblems of abuse and neglect innursing homes, she said.

Perry, a member of the JudiciaryCommittee, said she wants topush for a “homicide preventionact,” which did not pass last ses-sion on a tied vote because of astrong anti-gun control lobby. Theact would require domesticabusers who have a restrainingorder filed against them to relin-quish their guns.

Perry legislated Rhode Island’sfirst gun safety measure, requiringtrigger locks on guns.

Perry also said that changes areneeded to ensure that the “under-funded” Rhode Island PublicTransit Authority provides “properservice.”

“Public transportation is good

BY ROBIN STEELEBarry Fain, a local communityleader and co-publisher of EastSide Monthly and ProvidenceMonthly, is running as an inde-pendent against Democraticincumbent Rhoda Perry for theRhode Island State Senate seat inDistrict 3, which encompassesmost of the East Side ofProvidence, including the Browncampus.

Fain considers himself a socialliberal — he is pro-choice andfavors gay marriage and otherissues on the liberal agenda,adding, “As an ex-hippie, youdon’t have to ask my stand onmedical marijuana and thingslike that.”

But Fain also considers him-self a fiscal moderate. “The dan-ger of being an activist solely insocial issues is that increasingly,as a society, we need to find themeans to pay for it,” he said.

According to Fain, among thebiggest issues that need to beaddressed are rising per capitatax rates, which are much higherin Rhode Island than in neigh-boring states.

Fain said he is concernedabout the difficult environmentdoctors face because of the highcosts of liability insurance.

According to Fain, RhodeIsland has the sixth-highest taxstructure in the nation, which heattributed largely to the pull ofunions on issues like pensionsand health care. Fain cited thedominance of legislators backedby unions and special interestgroups as a cause of rising taxrates.

He was also upset thatDemocrats hold 85 percent of theseats in the state legislature.Regardless of which party holdspower, he said, one-party domi-nation leads to insider dealing,arrogance and inaccessibility.

Fain said he has “always sup-ported” Perry in previous elec-tions.

But Fain said Perry’s votes infavor of construction of a down-town hotel and a casino con-vinced him to enter the race.

“This was a very spontaneousdecision,” Fain said. He filed hispaperwork just before the Junedeadline after seeing Perry’s lastfew votes in the spring. He saidthe final push came from his 18-year-old son, who said, “Well,you’ve been complaining aboutit and writing about it, and whythe hell don’t you do somethingabout it?”

Fain, a Providence native, ismarried to a 1970 Brown alum.His children both attend theUniversity of Pennsylvania, hisalma mater.

Fain was formerly president ofthe College Hill NeighborhoodAssociation and is currently thegroup’s secretary.

Fain said he would like to seemore financial contributions tothe city from tax-exempt institu-tions like Brown, RISD andJohnson and Wales University.

Fain added that he wants to

increase economic developmentand create new jobs. “We give taxbreaks to Brown as a non-profitto educate some of the best andthe brightest kids in the countryin Providence, so that’s an invest-ment we’re making,” he said.“These very kids, many of whomfall in love with Providence andwant to stay here, have to leavebecause we don’t have any jobsfor them.”

Fain said his priorities includeimproving the educational sys-tem through teacher testing andregionalization, which wouldaddress the fact that 39 cities andtowns within Rhode Island eachhave to negotiate separate unioncontracts. “I think you have tohave some middle-of-the-roadpeople that realize that this is inthe best interest of our state, ourtaxpayers and, most importantly,our children,” Fain said.

He argued the importance ofproperty tax reform for Brownstudents — a decrease in proper-ty taxes could potentiallydecrease the rent of apartmentsnear campus, he said.

Fain said Brown studentsmake up what he sees as thewildcard vote. “My horrible fearis that they’re going to vote Kerry,as I am, and then see a woman’sname under state senator as aDemocrat and not knowingeither one of us, possibly pushingthat lever,” said Fain, who said hehopes that students voting local-ly in next week’s elections willeither research this campaign orchoose not to vote on the locallevel.

Fain is optimistic about theelection. “I think I have an excel-lent chance to win, which wouldsend shockwaves to the legisla-ture,” he said. “I think there’s areal people’s movement here,which is going to make this a veryinteresting race.”

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Perry P’91 campaigns onhistory,progressive views

Independent candidateFain is ready for a change

see PERRY, page 4

The fall season will also seethe premiere of three newcomedies — “Thayer Street,”“White Brown Friends” and“The Erica and Diana Show.”

“Thayer Street” follows twopuppets named Steve andBrodie as they play out the livesof first-years. It airs Thursday at10 p.m. and will continue inthat time slot.

“White Brown Friends” is aseries about four students whopoint out some of the ridicu-lous parts of life. The premiereis this week on Wednesday at 9p.m., and it will continue inthat time slot.

“The Erica and Diana Show”is a sitcom featuring falseaccounts of events on campus.Its timeslot has not yet beendetermined.

Nobles said she is excitedabout the work that went intoall the shows. Because of thelarge amount of editing andfilming that is required forseries shows, the number ofepisodes per semester is rarelymore than three.

This semester will also seethe return of “TheBAR,” a livesports commentary show thatairs Thursdays at 8 p.m., and“Brown Date,” which pairs upstudents on blind dates.

Also, now that ESPN has fin-ished broadcasting the WorldSeries of Poker, BTV will showone of Brown’s own poker tour-naments. “Brown PokerChampionship” is scheduledfor December.

In addition to the shows,BTV will also continue to airfeature films — the station buyslicenses for eight films amonth.

BTVcontinued from page 1

State Senate District 3

gravestones, in order to compre-hend what could not be writtendown. Using slides to demonstratethe process of making inferences,Emlen pointed to clues such as theabsence of a worker’s last name orthe payment to a white colonist fora black man’s labor as ways of ana-lyzing a practice “so remarkablethat it has passed almost unrecord-ed.”

A member of the board of direc-tors of the Newport HistoricalSociety and a national lecturer onearly African history in NewEngland, Stokes drew materialfrom his current research andrestoration project: “A VisualRemembrance: African SlaveMarkers in Colonial Newport.”Stokes began his discussion bydescribing the experience of learn-ing about slavery in his fifth-grade

class in Newport and having “everysingle kid in that class look at me asif I were the authority” because heis African-American.

In his historical work, Stokessaid, he has tried to gain knowl-edge by focusing on the humanityof Africans in the colonies. He saidhe prefers to analyze the complexlives of individuals and to avoidexcessive attention to the slave-master relation. He said also thathe tries to “allow these markers tospeak for themselves.” Stokesshowed slides of some of the 310existing African gravestones inNewport as well as prominentbuildings built by slave laborers inNewport.

Maintaining the importance ofpreserving the buildings, Stokesalso asked, “Shouldn’t we also pre-serve the memory of the peoplewho made these colonial master-pieces?” He concluded by reiterat-ing the importance of a look intothe humanity of Africans thatextends beyond their captivity, say-

ing the discussion about the role ofslave labor is “not an assignment ofguilt, not a controversial discus-sion, but a celebration” of remark-able lives and their legacies.

The diversity of perspectivesrepresented during the question-and-answer period reflected thecommittee’s desire for open com-munication — those who respond-ed included a member of theNation of Islam, a professor atNorthern Kentucky University, ateacher in the Providence publicschool system and a member ofthe Class of 1955.

Delores Walters, assistant pro-fessor of sociology, anthropologyand philosophy at NorthernKentucky University as well as aresearch specialist with theNational Underground RailroadFreedom Center, raised questionsabout relationships between slavemasters and women and theunequal roles of slaves in colonialreligious life. Stokes responded bypointing out that while sexual rela-tions between masters and slavewomen occurred, the more com-mon type of interracial relation-ship was that between blacks andNative Americans. He also con-firmed the inequality of Africans inthe church, pointing to early prac-tices of segregation in those spaces.

Speaking with extreme passion,a member of the Nation of Islamsaid he thought panel memberswere downplaying “the pain andsuffering that goes with the fabricof slavery.” He said, “If I hadn’tdone my own research, I might bewondering: What’s all the hypeabout?”

Stokes responded by saying thathe appreciated the personal feel-ing. He said that he intended tofocus on the awe-inspiring storiesof slaves’ lives because “it is soinvaluable to present the humanityof an oppressed people (and recog-nize) the extraordinary survival ofthese lives.”

The panel “took me down mem-ory lane,” said Providence residentWilliam Atwater. “They certainlynever taught me in school. … I hadto do my own digging.”

worker who did much to influencethe direction and focus of thedepartment during his 40-yearcareer at Brown.

Grossman had “a passion thatwill be difficult to match,” Vohrasaid, citing as evidence his influ-ence on the undergraduate cur-riculum, efforts to promote grad-uate student research and avidsupport for the Brown football

team.“He was always pushing us to

make sure we kept an eye onkeeping standards high,” Vohrasaid. “He kept us focused.”

Part of Grossman’s influence onthe economics departmentstemmed from his impact on thedepartment’s hiring decisionsduring his time as chairman,Vohra said.

Professor of Economics MarkPitt, one of many faculty membershired during Grossman’s term,called him a very “persuasive”promoter of the department. “He

told me all of the wonders ofteaching and researching atBrown,” Pitt said. “He listens wellto the interests of others — he wasalways coming by.”

Pitt, who was hired by thedepartment in 1989, added thathe remembers Grossman as a“very welcoming guy.”

Several of Grossman’s col-leagues offered anecdotes that fea-tured Grossman’s practical andefficient approach to his work.

Vohra recalled how Grossmanstopped by Vohra’s office to notifyhim that he had been grantedtenure by the University.

“And before I could say a word,he was gone,” Vohra said, to laughsfrom the crowd.

Others also rememberedGrossman as focused and deliber-ate in many of his endeavors.

“You never could bullshitHerschel,” Pitt said. “He always

does his homework.”This approach reflected “a

strong and evident commitmentto reason and the power of logic,”Lancaster said. “He leaves a hugehole in the department.”

Lancaster also highlightedGrossman’s consistently activeschedule and enthusiasm for vari-ous projects throughout his career,an observation that was nearlyubiquitous among the speakers.

“Quite predictably, he found theidea of retirement laughable,”Lancaster said.

Andrew Grossman echoed thissentiment. “He was very muchinvolved with his career, and thatsometimes seemed to supercedeother commitments,” he told TheHerald.

This high energy level made hisdeath particularly shocking tothose who knew and worked withhim, Pitt said after the service.

“Herschel had the samestrength of mind the last time Isaw him as the first time,” he said.

Associate Professor ofEconomics Kaivan Munshi saidafter the service that he believesGrossman “was probably one ofthe most influential people in thedepartment.”

Grossman, whose work focusedon monetary policy, was recog-nized with a GuggenheimFellowship, research scholarshipsand seats on the editorial boardsof numerous preeminent journalsof economics.

Grossman’s family requestedthat any donations be directed tothe Herschel Grossman Fund, aproject to promote economics lec-tures and graduate studentresearch.

— With additional reporting byStephanie Clark

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economically, socially and envi-ronmentally. I don’t think weshould dismantle it,” she said.

She suggested a change to thefare structure or supplementalfunding as ways to improve RIPTA.

Perry supported state efforts toreduce income and automobiletaxes. She called promoting eco-nomic development an importantgoal.

The three components of eco-nomic development are “land,labor and capital,” she said. Thestate legislature has already mademany infrastructure improve-ments to support the first compo-nent, but she thinks more needs tobe done to improve education andliteracy to provide an educatedworkforce.

She lauded the tax credits thathave been passed to promote his-toric preservation efforts. RhodeIsland is respected nationwide forits “innovative” support of historicpreservation, she said.

Perry was the chair of the RhodeIsland Women’s Political Caucusbefore joining the State Senate.Her mission there was to getwomen involved in politics by par-ticipating in community organiza-tions before running for electedpositions.

Perry said she has been thrilledby the “wonderful” support hercampaign has received fromBrown students. She hopes thatBrown support will continue onElection Day. “I want their sup-port, and I need their support,”she said.

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N I C K S C H A D E

Perry for State SenateBarry Fain says he is tired of one party controlling theRhode Island Senate. He says he is tired of legislatorsbeholden to special interests. His independent challenge toincumbent Democrat Rhoda Perry P’91 is good for democ-racy. But Fain is not the right candidate for Brown students.

Fain is a former president and current secretary of theCollege Hill Neighborhood Association. In an interview withThe Herald, he said CHNA is not an anti-Brown organiza-tion and added that he loves the University. He also did hisbest to explain his opposition to the construction of the LifeSciences Building, but his concerns about the project’s illeffects on the neighborhood’s residential atmosphere andthe environment are stale. CHNA has indeed establisheditself as an anti-Brown organization, and Fain’s leadershipin that group does little to convince us that he would sup-port the University’s necessary expansion.

The challenger also urged students either to research thecampaign or not vote in the local race. Informed voting isessential, and an examination of Perry’s record revealsmuch to like. She has supported issues important to stu-dents, including insurance coverage for contraception and areduction of the automobile tax. While Fain alludes to hissupport of medical marijuana, Perry has fought for it foryears. And far from succumbing to special interests, Perryhas stood up to the gun lobby to make our streets safer.

Fain is legitimately concerned that disinterested voterswill choose Perry simply because they see a woman’s nameon the ballot, though we suspect Perry is more likely to earnvotes thanks to her Democratic label. It would be a mistaketo pick Perry solely on the basis of her gender, but support-ing women running for public office is important, especial-ly given that only a quarter of liberal Rhode Island’s sena-tors are female.

The independent Fain brings good ideas and great enthu-siasm to this race, but he should spend less time attackingPerry, a proven, experienced, progressive legislator. We arenot convinced that her recent record reveals a seriousfavoritism of harmful special interests. We are convincedthat Rhoda Perry has Brown students’ best interests atheart.

To the Editor:

In response to “Undergraduate TAs need to go”(Oct. 25): I agree that many undergraduate teachingassistants just don’t cut the mustard, but the prob-lem is not that they are undergraduates teachingthe courses. In fact, it is preferable to have anundergraduate who has just completed the class asTAs because, as long as they are decent teachers,undergrads can be more effective than graduateTAs. I’ve even had teachers who were post-docs thatwere less effective than some undergrad TAs.

The fact is that in many of the sciences and incertain math classes, graduate students are nottaken on to teach undergraduate students — theyare here for research. The solution to this problemexists more in the selection of undergraduate TAsthan the eradication of the entire group.

I myself was solicited to become a TA for a coursefor which I would consider myself unfit to serve as aTA. The only requirements to become a TA were thatI had taken the course and that I write a small para-graph stating why I should be a TA. In solving theproblem of terrible TAs, perhaps filtering out theones who do not cut it is preferable to removing theentire body of undergraduate TAs.

Andrew Miklos ’06Oct. 25

To the Editor:

In response to the column by Benjamin Bright-Fishbein ’07 regarding undergraduate teachingassistants (“Undergraduate TAs need to go,” Oct.25): I have both worked as and dealt with under-graduate TAs in the computer science departmentand have had wonderful results. (I have also hadsome graduate TAs who were not very good.) I am inmy second semester as an undergraduate TA andhave found the experience valuable and rewarding.

Many courses in the CS department hire largestaffs of undergraduate TAs to manage the largeamount of administrative work, from gradinghomework to holding office hours. Hiring under-graduates allows a course to provide more person-alized service to students because that course canafford to hire more TAs.

Many students, including myself, feel more com-fortable approaching peers with simple questionsthan trekking to a professor’s office hours only to beembarrassed for not understanding the material.Having questions answered by your peers can bol-ster a student’s confidence and comfort with thematerial.

If students are not feeling challenged by a courseand need more advanced instruction, then theyshould head to the professor’s office hours to hearfrom someone more experienced. However,Bright-Fishbein is wrong to assume that justbecause someone is an undergraduate, he or she isnot qualified to assist the professor in running thecourse.

Bill Pijewski ‘07Oct. 25

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OPINIONSTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2004 · PAGE 7

It is understandable that in this election year, RhodeIsland’s activist communities are focused on the out-come of the national election and are focusing theirattention and political energies on swing states likeMaine, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania. RhodeIsland is the safest state in the union for Democraticpresidential candidates, and in 2004, we are withoutcompetitive races for the U.S. House or Senate.

But this year, as every two years, all of Rhode Island’sState Senate and House seats are up. And this year thereis a competitive race for the East Side’s Senate District 3seat, where Democratic Sen. Rhoda Perry is running forreelection. The campuses of Brown and RISD are centralto District 3 — students make up perhaps a third ofDistrict 3’s population, and Perry deserves their votes.

Perry has served in the State Senate for 14 years, andshe is easily the Senate’s most progressive member.Here’s a quick sampling of her various awards and acco-lades: ACLU Civil Libertarian of the Year (twice),Planned Parenthood Community Service Award, 2003Providence Preservation Society Public Policy Award,R.I. Public Health Association Award, AIDS LeadershipAward and National Association of Social Workers’Legislator of the Year. She’s endorsed by the ProgressiveLeadership Fund, Rhode Island NOW, PlannedParenthood of Rhode Island, United Nurses and AlliedProfessionals, Clean Water Action and the Sierra Club.Perry has worked hard and been vocal about theseimportant issues for 14 years and has earned this orga-nizational support.

Perry’s legislative record is more impressive than herlist awards. There’s that “crazy lefty” stuff she’ll trypushing but which won’t move too far because the polit-ical climate is so gross: the notion that low-incomehousing residents shouldn’t be evicted if someonebrings drugs onto their property without their knowl-edge, or the idea that police shouldn’t be able to searcha car just because it holds a passenger whose seatbeltisn’t fastened.

But she has also worked towards many concrete suc-cesses: mandating trigger locks on guns; banning racialprofiling; banning discrimination based on sexual ori-entation in employment and housing; repealing theanti-sodomy law; requiring that health plans offeringprescription drugs also offer birth control, lifting statebarriers to buying prescription drugs in Canada and

prohibiting insurance companies from releasing infor-mation about their enrollees’ medical records; manda-tory counseling for animal abusers and mandatory ster-ilization of pets adopted from shelters; and much more.

For every act President George W. Bush has undertak-en to offend your progressive sensibilities, there’s aRhode Island equivalent: Bush signed the PATRIOT Act,and Gov. Carcieri ’65 pushed a local version of his own;Bush under-funded No Child Left Behind, and Carcieriunder-funded urban schools across our state; Bush cuttaxes for the rich, and Carcieri signed budgets thatforced higher property taxes on Rhode Island’s poor.

We need elected officials at the state level who willfight back. This is particularly true if Bush remains inoffice, so as to launch continued assaults on the poor,our schools, the environment, affirmative action andthe LGBTQ community. If Bush is allowed an appoint-ment or two to the Supreme Court, Roe v. Wade could beoverturned and abortion-rights issues sent back to thestates. In Perry, we’d have a proven vocal advocate forchoice and women’s rights.

Now, more than at any other point in last 15 or 20years, it is imperative that we have progressive legisla-tors of Perry’s caliber in the Rhode Island Senate.For more information about Perry, visit her Web site,RhodaPerry.com.

David Segal is Providence’s Ward 1 City Councilman.

Voting progressive in District 3

State Senator

Rhoda Perry

deserves your support

next week.

ROB SAND

It should be clear to anyone following the news thatour country is extremely divided. We have gonethrough terrorist attacks, a recession and a controver-sial war and now are in the midst of a divisive electionbattle. While division should be expected in times likethese, the radical divisions and power grabs we seenow are unacceptable.

Political pundits of all stripes have commented onhow they have not seen such a divided electorate or ahotly contested race in decades. Majority Leader TomDeLay, Speaker Dennis Hastert and Minority LeaderNancy Pelosi have made little or no effort at bipartisancooperation in the House, while the same can be saidfor Majority Leader Bill Frist and Minority Leader TomDaschle in the Senate.

Essential bills were held up for personal or partisanreasons. The JOBS Act, intended to cut rising EuropeanUnion tariffs, was held up so that every senator couldadd a favor for his or her favorite corporation.Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin, from Iowa, even held upemergency hurricane relief for Florida because he wasupset over cuts to farm conservation programs.

Party leadership should condemn these disgustingtactics, not endorse them. They are a disservice to ourneeds as a nation and our image in the world.

In addition, the polarization of media on both sideshas resulted in a public that cannot agree on basicfacts. A recent University of Maryland nationwidestudy found that Bush supporters and Kerry support-ers disagreed on numerous objective facts: whetherWMDs were found in Iraq, whether there were strongties between Iraq and Al-Qaeda and whether themajority of Europe supports President George W. Bushand the war in Iraq. If people can’t even agree on thefacts, how can they ever unite on anything, or at least

agree to disagree on issues?These leadership and media divisions seem to indi-

cate that this dividing trend will last beyondNovember. Furthermore, the likely possibility ofanother contested election, with armies of lawyers bat-tling over which votes count, will only serve to embit-ter those on both sides of the battle and further dividethe nation.

I do not expect either side to lay down its beliefs forthe sake of unity. But I find this level of division unac-ceptable. To take advantage of every opportunity for

political gain, even postponing hurricane relief, isnothing short of spiteful.

Even worse is the recent gerrymandering done byboth parties, most notably Texas Republicans’ redis-tricting the state for purely partisan ends. To drawillogical district boundaries in order to ensure thatone’s party will win elections regardless of how thepeople vote is not only shameful but dangerouslyundemocratic. If people do not speak out against thesetactics or vote out those who perpetrate them, we will

become still more divided.Politicians on both sides have, in their hurry to gain

power and influence, left fairness, respect and demo-cratic principle behind. While this is not new, the con-trast between the unity in our nation just after 9/11and the division in it now is nothing short of spectacu-lar. Three years ago we saw 3,000 innocent Americansmurdered, Democrats and Republicans included; itmade us more united than we had been in 50 years.Now it seems some would be willing to count the deadfrom the towers to see if the other party lost more.

This summer I job-shadowed a lawyer in my town.He is a family friend of ours, and a Republican. Whilewe ate lunch one day after court, the testy topic of pol-itics was breeched. But our discussion of politics didnot last long before we each noted how disgusted wewere with the extraordinary partisanship in our coun-try. While we disagree on much politically, there is onething we strongly agree on: The spirits of compromiseand community lie in civics. When politics begin tooverride civics, compromise, community and respectfor differences begin to break down. When those thingsbreak down, we all are worse off.

This division needs to end. We as citizens need totell politicians and the media that we are tired of it andwant them to work together to address the issues thataffect us all. At this point it seems little more than aprayer to ask the next president to heal the wounds ofthe last four years. Yet, that asking, or demanding, mustbe done by all who want us to see each other first ashumans, next as Americans and, perhaps much furtherdown the line, as liberals or conservatives.

Rob Sand ’05.5 went to Washington, D.C., last spring asa uniter, not a divider.

A nation divided

The high partisanship

in the United Sates

has reached a

new low.

GUEST COLUMN BY DAVID SEGAL

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BY MARCO SANTINIOn its two-game road trip this weekend,the women’s volleyball team (7-11, 4-3 IvyLeague) took a split, defeating DartmouthCollege Friday night before being swept byHarvard University Saturday afternoon.

With the win over Dartmouth, the teampicked up its fourth Ivy League win of theseason, surpassing last season’s Ivy wintotal.

The Bears took the first two games inHanover, N.H., quite easily with scores of30-23 and 30-28. Dartmouth battled backto win the third game 30-16, but that wasall Bruno was willing to give up. In thefinal game, the Bears posted a team sea-son-best .341 hitting percentage to pick upthe road win with a final game score of 30-22.

“Dartmouth played well and gave us arun for our money,” said Leigh Martin ’06,who posted 49 assists and set up fourteammates with double-digit kills.

Lauren Gibbs ’06 directed the offensewith 16 kills and a .343 solo hitting per-centage.

In addition to Gibbs, Rikki Baldwin ’07had 13 kills, followed by 12 from JulieMandolini-Trummel ’08 and 10 from KatieLapinski ’08.

Elvina Kung ’05 raked in 35 digs, keep-ing her atop the Ivy League. Also helpingthe defense were Baldwin’s 10 digs andLapinski’s 16, which gave both of themdouble-doubles for the match.

Despite winning back-to-back IvyLeague matches, including Brown’s winover Columbia last weekend, Bruno fell

short in its bid for a three-game winningstreak.

In the loss to Harvard on Saturday, theteam didn’t perform as well as it didagainst Dartmouth. The Crimson sweptBruno 30-21, 30-26, 30-27, giving the Bearstheir third Ivy League loss of the year.

Bruno kept it close in the last twomatches, but Harvard was able to hold onto the victory in two close games.

“Harvard is number one in the IvyLeague right now, and they made fewererrors than we did,” Martin said. “We weredefinitely able to compete with them. Ourmiddle was very strong and consistent,especially Liz Cvitan (’07), who had a greatweekend.”

Cvitan had seven kills and five digsagainst Dartmouth, and she posted eightkills and two digs against Harvard.

Gibbs and Baldwin led the offense with12 kills each in the losing effort. Martinonce again led the team in assists with 37.

Despite the split weekend, the team

came away with a positive outlook. TheBears’ four Ivy League wins so far is onemore than the team had all of last season.Bruno, with half of its Ivy League seasonleft, stands in third place with the poten-tial to finish as one of the top teams.

“This team is much better than lastyear’s team,” said Head Coach DianeShort. “Although we lost to Harvard, wehad good attempts and we played togeth-er. We have a lot to look forward to thisweekend.”

For now, the team is concentrating onthe remainder of this season.

“We don’t focus on how the team playedlast year,” Gibbs said. “We want toimprove.”

This weekend, Brown faces off againstPrinceton University and the University ofPennsylvania in another two-game roadtrip. If the Bears can come away victoriousfrom both encounters, it will bring theminto a tie for second place in the IvyLeague.

Herald staff writer Marco Santini ’07 cov-ers volleyball. He can be reached at her-ald@browndailyherald.com.

SPORTS TUESDAYTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD

OCTOBER 26, 2004 · PAGE 8

BY KATHY BABCOCKCornell University’s Big Red could notstick with Brown’s field hockey atHomecoming this weekend as the Bearsbeat Cornell 2-1. The win improvesBrown to 5-8 overall and 2-3 in the IvyLeague.

It was a competitive match-up andboth teams fought their hardest.

“There was so much of a differentenergy that day on the field,” said TracyDungo ’07. “It was really nice to seeeverything come together.”

The Bears earned the win after twotough losses and played with more inten-sity than they have much of this season.

“It was an exciting game,” saidSamantha Lloyd ’07. “It was a fun gameas a player and for the coaching staff andour fans. We had great support all the waythrough the game. The team kept uptheir energy, and we were able to finishwhen it counted.”

Brown fended off a strong Cornellattack in the first half, during whichgoalie Kristen Hodavance ’08 collectedseven of her 10 saves. The teams wereevenly matched and went into halftimetied at zero.

“I definitely felt like it was an evengame, but in the second half I know thatwe as a team felt a different energy thanwe had in the first half,” Dungo said.

Brown got on the board first whenJulia Kelderman ’05 scored off a corner 10minutes into the second half. Keldermanwas in position for a stick stop butreceived the ball and went to the goalherself. Kelderman’s shot bounced intothe boards for the fullback’s first careergoal. Lloyd had taken the hit out, earningan assist.

“Julia just read the play the way theball came out,” Lloyd said. “She used herinstincts and took a great shot on cage.”

Cornell evened it up with 10 minutesremaining in the game, also on a cornerplay, when Gina Testa scored on the ini-tial shot.

But the Bears recaptured the lead fiveminutes later on a penalty corner. KristenVincent ’06 took the initial shot, butDungo, who was covering the post,deflected the ball in for the game-win-ning goal.

“Every time we take corner shots, Iprotect the post and deflect any balls thatare off goal,” Dungo said. “I was hopingto touch the ball. It ended up happeningright. Everything worked out for thebest.”

Both teams took a large number ofcorner shots, which proved to be the keyto the game. Cornell was awarded 13penalty corners in the game, and theBears received 11. Despite lagging in cor-ners, the Bears out-shot the Big Red 17-16.

With only three games left in the sea-son, the team must either keep its focusor prepare to finish the year below .500.

“I think the team has great energygoing into these last three games,” Lloydsaid. “We have every intention of show-ing up to play every game to the best ofour abilities.”

The Bears are on the road thisWednesday, traveling to Worcester,Mass., to compete against the College ofthe Holy Cross.

Herald staff writer Kathy Babcock ’05covers field hockey. She can be reached atherald@browndailyherald.com.

Volleyball picks up split,bests 2003 Ivy win total

Bill Pijewski / Herald

Rikki Baldwin ’07 recorded 13 kills against Dartmouth and tied for a team high againstHarvard with 12 kills.

Field hockey edges out Cornell 2-1with solid defense and goaltending

Tuesday, October 26

Men’s Soccer: at Boston UniversityMen’s Tennis: Omni Regional Championships, VirginiaTechWomen’s Tennis: ITA Fall Regional Championships,University of Pennsylvania

B R O W N S P O R T S S C O R E B O A R D

BY IAN CROPPComing off impressive seasons, themen’s and women’s crew teams com-peted this past weekend at the 40thannual Head of the Charles Regatta.The women, who won the NCAA cham-pionship this summer, finished eighthin the varsity eights, fifth in the fresh-man eights and 10th in the champi-onship fours. On the men’s side, thevarsity eight finished 14th, the fresh-man eight finished fifth and the twofours finished in 10th and 12th.

The winning boat in the women’svarsity eight finished with a time of12:06.663, and Brown finished in12:33.052, behind several Ivy oppo-nents.

“This year was a bit of a letdown incomparison to last year,” said CaitlinFlynn ’06. “We have some work aheadof us. The boats that beat us are the

teams we will be facing in the spring.”Although the team did lose to Ivy

competitors as well as highly respectedinternational boats, the Bears are notputting too much emphasis on theresults of the race.

“Head racing is not our main con-cern,” Flynn said of the race. “How wedo in the spring is more important.”

With several key losses from lastyear’s championship team, the womenneed to fill spaces and will be “trainingwith ferocity for the spring,” accordingto Flynn.

After placing seventh in the 2003Head of the Charles Regatta, the men’steam dropped several places in thisyear’s race. The Cambridge UniversityBoat Club finished first with a time of10:43.026, while the U.S. men’s nation-al team finished sixth with a time of11:12.709 and Brown finished with a

time of 11:20.455.Much like the women’s varsity eight,

the men lost many seniors from lastyear’s squad.

“There are a lot of young guys on theboat,” said co-captain Jim Garvey ’05.“We have three sophomores, three jun-iors and two seniors.”

Garvey echoed the mitigated con-cern about the women’s team’s results.

“We haven’t been focusing on theCharles but more on the champi-onship races in the spring,” Garveysaid. “The race is more of a festivalatmosphere.”

Both teams will compete Nov. 20 inthe Foot of the Charles, the final fallregatta.

Herald sports editor Ian Cropp ’05 canbe reached at herald@browndailyher-ald.com.

M. and w. crew teams compete inannual Head of the Charles Regatta

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