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(Los Angeles Times) — Ohio emerged early Wednesday as the likely key to the White House, as President Bush fell just shy of winning re-election. Sen. John Kerry pressed on with his campaign even as he trailed in the popular vote, both nationally and in Ohio. “It’s been a long night, but we’ve waited four years for this victory and we can wait one more night,” Kerry’s running mate, Sen. John Edwards, told a crowd of supporters in Boston early Wednesday morning, in an eerie repeat of a sim- ilar scene four years ago. “John Kerry and I made a promise to the American people that with this election, every vote would count and every vote would be counted,” Edwards said. “Tonight, we are keeping our word and we will fight for every vote.” Ohio’s top election official said it could be more than a week before all the votes are counted, suggesting a reprise of the suspense — and legal skirmishing — that pushed the 2000 campaign deep into December. Twenty electoral votes were at stake in Ohio, the biggest chunk still on the map. Bush had 254 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win. “Everyone should take a deep breath and relax,” Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, a Republican, said on CNN. He said at least 150,000 “provisional” ballots — those set aside for review because of discrepancies — would not be tallied for at least 10 days under Ohio law. There were also tens of thousands of absentee and military ballots still to be totaled. Wisconsin, Iowa, New Mexico and Nevada were also too close too call as of early Wednesday morning. With the economy, terrorism and the war in Iraq as driving issues, the election drew a huge turnout, forcing election offi- cials to extend voting hours in several of the hardest-fought states. Despite scattered problems, the balloting went smoothly for the most part. In Florida, the epicenter of the 2000 elec- tion fiasco, there were long lines but none of the glitches — like the infamous “butterfly ballot” — that clouded the results four years ago. BY ERIC BECK AND CHRIS HATFIELD As election returns came in, student reaction across campus was anxious, frustrated and occasionally jubilant. Students eating at Josiah’s on Tuesday night kept an eye on the three television screens broadcasting election returns CNN, NBC and CBS. Most students glanced at the screens while eating with friends. Many crowded around the sets as analysts showed the county-by-county breakdown in states such as Ohio and Florida. Students started paying more attention to the screens as the evening continued and the states were projected. Free popcorn and Election Day decorations made the experience at Jo’s more festive, but the fes- tive atmosphere never became celebratory. As the evening progressed, the mood shifted from impa- tient and pensive to worried and frustrated. Even before Bush’s lead became decisive, angst started to fill conversations at Jo’s. “I started out more optimistic, but now I am a lit- tle nervous,” said Katherine Pecore ’08. And as Bush continued to gain electoral votes, students expressed disappointment. WEATHER FORECAST WEDNESDAY wind high 55 low 33 THURSDAY partly cloudy high 53 low 42 THE BROWN DAILY HERALD An independent newspaper serving the Brown community since 1891 NOVEMBER 3, 2004 Volume CXXXIX, No. 102 www.browndailyherald.com WEDNESDAY INSIDE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2004 Battle for White House hinges on Ohio RESULTS & REACTION ELECTION 2004 BY BEN LEUBSDORF An evening that began with excitement and hope among John Kerry supporters in Keeney Quadrangle became increasingly depressed as the night wore on, culminating in rage and sadness as President Bush seemed poised to win a second term in office. The exit polls looked good for Kerry, and many stu- dents gathered in lounges and rooms to watch election returns, mostly on CNN, and later, on Comedy Central’s “Daily Show.” In one third-floor lounge, students posted a large map of the United States to mark down red and blue states. “I feel like I’m way too into it. I don’t think it’s too healthy. I might have to go to Health Services tomorrow,” said Jhale Ali ’08, one of the students maintaining the homemade electoral map. Amelia Rosenman ’08 had spent the day in New Hampshire working on get-out-the-vote efforts for the Democratic Party and was optimistic about Kerry’s chances in that state. “It really felt like a movement,” she said, convinced that he would win there — as he did. But election results did not pour in — they came at a trickle, annoying many students. “I don’t care about the 6 percent rule in Missouri. I want them to call a state,” said Christine Livoti ’08, as one analyst explained partial results around 9:40 p.m. “It’s funny that they can talk so much and not say any- thing,” Erin Wetherley ’08 added. BY MARY-CATHERINE LADER State Sen. Rhoda Perry P’91 will begin her eighth term in the Capitol after beating independent challenger Barry Fain in Tuesday’s election with 61.5 percent of the District 3 vote. “I feel elated,” Perry said, as campaign volunteers and supporters celebrated the victory over meatballs and soda at her campaign’s headquarters. Perry spent the day alongside her volunteers, visiting each of the 23 polling stations. She lost only two of the polling centers — Edoch, by 157 votes, and the Jewish Community Center, by three votes. The final vote count recorded Perry winning 6,052 votes and Fain 3,796. As Perry staffers called in from polling stations with vote counts, the mood relaxed. “We have no worries,” said volunteer and Rhode Island College student Jennifer Stevens. At 9:45 p.m., less than an hour after the polls had closed, supporters broke into cheers as State Representative Paul Moura congratulated Perry on her victory. Perry thanked a few people by name and then asked, “Who wants to dance?” Several Rhode Island officials called to congratulate Perry, among them Secretary of State Matt Brown and Lt. Gov. Charles Fogarty. Most people present at the celebration, including Ward 1 City Councilman David Segal and Providence Mayor In Keeney, hope turns to despair as states turn red Perry P’91 reelected to State Senate seat, defeating Fain Students monitor election at Jo’s and in dorms — but most don’t like what they see The Washington Post Los Angeles Times see KEENEY, page 4 see JO’S, page 9 Campus reaction and results from around the country — see what happened in Tuesday’s election election 2004, page 3 A look at how things were with the electoral votes as of early Wednesday morning inside, pages 6 and 7 Wilfred Codrington ’05 writes that now might not be the best time for Turkey to join the European Union column, page 11 Equestrian team has great showing in weekend tournament, with several members playing key roles sports, page 12 Women’s volleyball loses weekend match- es, despite playing well against opposing teams sports, page 12 see PERRY, page 8 see PRESIDENCY, page 6

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(Los Angeles Times) — Ohio emerged early Wednesday as thelikely key to the White House, as President Bush fell just shy ofwinning re-election.

Sen. John Kerry pressed on with his campaign even as hetrailed in the popular vote, both nationally and in Ohio.

“It’s been a long night, but we’ve waited four years for thisvictory and we can wait one more night,” Kerry’s runningmate, Sen. John Edwards, told a crowd of supporters inBoston early Wednesday morning, in an eerie repeat of a sim-ilar scene four years ago.

“John Kerry and I made a promise to the American peoplethat with this election, every vote would count and every votewould be counted,” Edwards said. “Tonight, we are keepingour word and we will fight for every vote.”

Ohio’s top election official said it could be more than aweek before all the votes are counted, suggesting a reprise ofthe suspense — and legal skirmishing — that pushed the2000 campaign deep into December.

Twenty electoral votes were at stake in Ohio, the biggestchunk still on the map. Bush had 254 of the 270 electoralvotes needed to win.

“Everyone should take a deep breath and relax,” OhioSecretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, a Republican, said onCNN. He said at least 150,000 “provisional” ballots — thoseset aside for review because of discrepancies — would not betallied for at least 10 days under Ohio law. There were alsotens of thousands of absentee and military ballots still to betotaled.

Wisconsin, Iowa, New Mexico and Nevada were also tooclose too call as of early Wednesday morning.

With the economy, terrorism and the war in Iraq as drivingissues, the election drew a huge turnout, forcing election offi-cials to extend voting hours in several of the hardest-foughtstates.

Despite scattered problems, the balloting went smoothlyfor the most part. In Florida, the epicenter of the 2000 elec-tion fiasco, there were long lines but none of the glitches —like the infamous “butterfly ballot” — that clouded the resultsfour years ago.

BY ERIC BECK AND CHRIS HATFIELDAs election returns came in, student reaction acrosscampus was anxious, frustrated and occasionallyjubilant.

Students eating at Josiah’s on Tuesday night keptan eye on the three television screens broadcastingelection returns CNN, NBC and CBS. Most studentsglanced at the screens while eating with friends.Many crowded around the sets as analysts showedthe county-by-county breakdown in states such asOhio and Florida. Students started paying moreattention to the screens as the evening continuedand the states were projected.

Free popcorn and Election Day decorationsmade the experience at Jo’s more festive, but the fes-tive atmosphere never became celebratory. As theevening progressed, the mood shifted from impa-tient and pensive to worried and frustrated.

Even before Bush’s lead became decisive, angststarted to fill conversations at Jo’s.

“I started out more optimistic, but now I am a lit-tle nervous,” said Katherine Pecore ’08.

And as Bush continued to gain electoral votes,students expressed disappointment.

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BY BEN LEUBSDORFAn evening that began with excitement and hope amongJohn Kerry supporters in Keeney Quadrangle becameincreasingly depressed as the night wore on, culminatingin rage and sadness as President Bush seemed poised towin a second term in office.

The exit polls looked good for Kerry, and many stu-dents gathered in lounges and rooms to watch electionreturns, mostly on CNN, and later, on Comedy Central’s“Daily Show.” In one third-floor lounge, students posted alarge map of the United States to mark down red and bluestates.

“I feel like I’m way too into it. I don’t think it’s toohealthy. I might have to go to Health Services tomorrow,”said Jhale Ali ’08, one of the students maintaining thehomemade electoral map.

Amelia Rosenman ’08 had spent the day in NewHampshire working on get-out-the-vote efforts for theDemocratic Party and was optimistic about Kerry’schances in that state. “It really felt like a movement,” shesaid, convinced that he would win there — as he did.

But election results did not pour in — they came at atrickle, annoying many students.

“I don’t care about the 6 percent rule in Missouri. Iwant them to call a state,” said Christine Livoti ’08, as oneanalyst explained partial results around 9:40 p.m.

“It’s funny that they can talk so much and not say any-thing,” Erin Wetherley ’08 added.

BY MARY-CATHERINE LADERState Sen. Rhoda Perry P’91 will begin her eighth term inthe Capitol after beating independent challenger BarryFain in Tuesday’s election with 61.5 percent of the District3 vote. “I feel elated,” Perry said, as campaign volunteersand supporters celebrated the victory over meatballs andsoda at her campaign’s headquarters.

Perry spent the day alongside her volunteers, visitingeach of the 23 polling stations. She lost only two of thepolling centers — Edoch, by 157 votes, and the JewishCommunity Center, by three votes. The final vote countrecorded Perry winning 6,052 votes and Fain 3,796.

As Perry staffers called in from polling stations withvote counts, the mood relaxed. “We have no worries,”said volunteer and Rhode Island College student JenniferStevens. At 9:45 p.m., less than an hour after the polls hadclosed, supporters broke into cheers as StateRepresentative Paul Moura congratulated Perry on hervictory. Perry thanked a few people by name and thenasked, “Who wants to dance?”

Several Rhode Island officials called to congratulatePerry, among them Secretary of State Matt Brown and Lt.Gov. Charles Fogarty.

Most people present at the celebration, including Ward1 City Councilman David Segal and Providence Mayor

In Keeney, hope turns todespair as states turn red

Perry P’91 reelectedto State Senate seat,defeating Fain

Students monitorelection at Jo’s and indorms — but mostdon’t like what they see

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Campus reaction andresults from aroundthe country — seewhat happened inTuesday’s electionelection 2004, page 3

A look at how thingswere with theelectoral votes as ofearly Wednesdaymorning inside, pages 6 and 7

Wilfred Codrington ’05writes that now mightnot be the best time forTurkey to join theEuropean Unioncolumn, page 11

Equestrian team hasgreat showing inweekend tournament,with several membersplaying key rolessports, page 12

Women’s volleyballloses weekend match-es, despite playing wellagainst opposingteamssports, page 12

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ELECTION 2004THE BROWN DAILY HERALD

At viewingparty, BrownDemocratshave little tocelebrateBY ROBBIE COREY-BOULET AND ANNEWOOTTONAfter an anxious election night left theoutcome of the presidential race lockedaway with thousands of provisional bal-lots in Ohio, the Brown Democrats planto hold their regular general body meet-ing tonight to plan their next action.

With President George W. Bush per-ceived to have the advantage in hisreelection campaign and Democrats los-ing ground in both houses of Congress,the Democrats were disappointed attheir viewing party in Faunce HouseTuesday night, although the group wasbuoyed by the news of State Sen. RhodaPerry’s reelection.

Members of the Brown Democrats fil-tered in and out of both the Lower BlueRoom and Leung Gallery, bringing withthem news of returns for local races,which commanded enthusiastic reac-tions.

Kelly Hall ’06, legislative committeechair for the Brown Democrats, walkedinto Leung Gallery at around 10:30 p.m.chanting, “Rhoda won! Rhoda won!” anddoing a victory dance among fellowBrown Democrats, referring to RhodaPerry’s victory in the closely contestedDistrict 3 State Senate Race.

Seth Magaziner ’06, president of theBrown Democrats, said he was pleasedwith Brown voter turnout in local elec-tions. “The Brown vote was roughly themargin of victory for (Perry),” he said,estimating between 500 to 1,000 studentsturned out to vote for her. “We’ve beenmaking a lot of phone calls, showing upat polling places — we’re very proud ofthat,” he said.

BY JONATHAN ELLISRhode Island Democrats gathered inJohnston Tuesday night to celebratelocal victories — but all eyes were onTV screens as the country was coloredred and blue.

As expected, the state’s two U.S.representatives, Democrats PatrickKennedy and Jim Langevin, wonreelection easily. The two incumbentsdelivered brief victory speeches andelicited polite applause from about200 supporters.

But the only true cheers of the nightinterrupted Langevin’s speech atabout 10:50 p.m., when CBS News pro-jected Sen. John Kerry as the winner inPennsylvania.

The attendees — many of whomvolunteered for Kerry, rather thanlocal politicians — were cautiouslyoptimistic about the presidential can-didate’s chances.

With apparent prescience, Sen. JackReed told the audience, “We have beenhearing good news all day, but weunderstand that it’s not over until theyclose all the machines and count allthe votes.”

“And then it’s still not over,” shoutedsomeone from the crowd.

With most battleground states stillundecided by the time the party dissi-pated, Democrats found encourage-

ment where they could. “I’ve just beeninformed that President Bush has con-ceded the State of Rhode Island toJohn Kerry,” said Bill Lynch, the stateDemocratic Party chairman.

Kennedy, whose district covers theBrown campus, won a sixth term inWashington by defeating RepublicanDave Rogers. He won over 60 percentof the vote.

Kennedy touted his position on theHouse Appropriations Committee inhis speech.

“I have been able to steer millionsof dollars back to the state that wouldnever be here otherwise,” he later toldThe Herald.

Langevin won a third term withmore than 70 percent of the vote, beat-ing back three challengers.

“It’s such an honor to go to work inthe morning knowing that I’m repre-senting the best state in America,” hesaid.

As expected, Democrats swept thestate General Assembly elections byhuge margins, although there was aslight increase in Republican repre-sentation. Sixteen of the 75 seats in theState House of Representatives wentto Republicans, up from the 12 thatare currently held. Fewer Democraticincumbents ran unopposed this yearthan in previous years, according to

the Providence Journal.“Certainly you don’t want to lose

any of them,” Lt. Gov. Charles Fogartysaid of the House seats.

“Right now we Democrats have theoverwhelming majority of seats —there was nowhere for the RepublicanParty to go but up.”

But the Democrats appeared to pickup a Senate seat Tuesday, withRepublicans now holding five of 38seats.

Lynch said the continuingDemocratic victories meant Gov.Donald Carcieri ’65 would have to paymore attention to his political oppo-nents.

“Thank you for sending a clear mes-sage back to the Republican governorthat he has to change the way heworks,” Lynch told the crowd.

In District 3, State Sen. Rhoda Perrydefeated opponent Barry Fain withover 60 percent of the vote. Fain, run-ning as an independent, had accusedPerry of succumbing to special inter-ests in her 14 years in office.

“I’m delighted,” Providence MayorDavid Cicilline ’83 told The Herald.“Senator Perry has been a hard workerand advocate for the city,” he said.

“Barry Fain ran a strong campaign,”

Dems celebrate R.I. victories with eye on national election

Bobby Jindal ’92 soundly defeated hisDemocratic opponents to win electionto the House of Representatives fromLouisiana’s 1st Congressional District,earning 78 percent of the vote.

Jindal, who lost the 2003 gubernato-rial race by a close margin, focused hiscampaign on issues that included thepreservation of tax cuts, civil justice andtort reform, and increasing the avail-ability and affordability of health care.

Jindal’s closest opponent, DemocratRoy Armstrong, earned only 7 percent

of the vote.Jindal will be the first Indian-

American in Congress, and upon hisinauguration, he will be the only Brownalum holding a Congressional seat.

Jindal ran a strong campaign inLouisiana’s gubernatorial race last year,losing to Democratic LieutenantGovernor Kathleen Blanco in a runoffvote after winning a plurality of votes ina crowded general primary field.

— Stephanie Clark

Jindal ’92 wins Houseseat in Louisiana

Mood turnsgrim as studentsgather at GateBY CAMDEN AVERY AND STU WOOTuesday night began with a mostly anti-President George W. Bush crowd buzzingabout Democratic presidential candidateJohn Kerry’s chances of winning the elec-tion.

But though the night started out well forthe nearly 80 students at the Gate, wherestudents gathered around a large projectionscreen to watch CNN coverage of the elec-tion, all the enthusiasm and hope had beensucked away from the crowd by the end ofthe night.

After CNN declared just after midnightthat Bush won in Florida, students issued acollective groan — it appeared likely thatBush would be reelected to office. For therest of the night, most members of thecrowd stared at the television screen with anexasperated and grim look on their faces asthey contemplated four more years of theBush administration.

“I feel like I lost my best friend,” ColinBrown ’08 said.

Pro-Kerry students, sensing the bleak-ness of the situation, were already lookingforward to 2008 election.

“I think Bush is going to win,” said BethStelson ’08, a Kerry supporter. “But I havehope for the next election.”

For most of the night, the Gate crowd wasupbeat. They cheered and applaudedenthusiastically when states such asPennsylvania and California were put inKerry’s column and jeered when states wereprojected to go to Bush.

The crowd remained hopeful until about11:30 p.m., when it appeared that Bushwould maintain his slim lead in Florida.

“I think things look dismal,” said EllenChu ’07 as she left the Gate.

In addition to the disappointed Kerrysupporters, some students said they felt“disenfranchised” and distanced from thedemocratic process, said Christina Kim ’07,who couldn’t vote this year — the first timeshe was eligible to vote — because of prob-

Matt Lent / HeraldThe Brook Street fire station turned into a polling center on Tuesday, with residents lining up to cast ballots for national and local elections.

see DEMS, page 5

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lems acquiring an absentee ballot.Several miscommunications

about the procedure for register-ing to vote left Kim without regis-tration in her home state ofColorado.

Kim spent several minutes at

the Gate watching election resultsbefore she left. “I’m a little bitterwatching it … I feel like I’ve had nopart in the whole process,” shesaid.

Despite the evening’s overrid-ing anxiety and despair, not all stu-dents were too engaged in thepanic of election results to appre-ciate the value of widespreadinterest in the democratic process.

A citizen of the DominicanRepublic, Gabriella MunizBobadilla ’07 said she was just gladto see so many people interestedin the election.

“It’s exciting as a foreigner tosee a youth so interested in thecountry’s future,” she said,“because where I’m from, youngpeople vote, but it’s not becausethey care or even understand theissues, but because it’s an obliga-tion.”

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Several students sat in anEverett House double watch-ing election returns on TVwhile looking up county-by-county results in key swingstates on CNN’s Web site for amore detailed picture. JohnString ’08 said that “it’s lookingpretty even” around 9:50 p.m.,and while Justin Spiegel ’08was becoming unhappy aboutthe returns from Ohio andFlorida, he said CNN wasdoing an “okay job” of beingcautious about projecting win-ners.

But Peter Catsimpiris ’08said he was “pretty pleased”with the indicators from thebattleground states — he is aRepublican.

When Pennsylvania wascalled for Kerry around 11p.m., students burst into excit-ed cheers. Owen David ’08exclaimed, “Pennsylvaniarocks!” But half an hour later,he said, “I want something elseto be called already. The anxi-ety.”

As Western states went forBush, and Florida followed,tensions seemed to fray. In thethird-floor lounge, one studentkicked a chair against a wall infrustration. The energy thathad pervaded the lounge earli-er seemed to have vanished.

“As an Ohio voter, I’m pan-icking, and I’m praying to thegod of good luck,” said ShaiMuthana ’08 around 12:45a.m., as the election seemed tohinge on that state.

When NBC called Ohio forBush around 15 minutes later,Charlie Custer ’08 respondedwith a colorful curse. Somestudents reported that at leastone person simply “lost it”over the news and became vio-lently angry — “I was afraid towalk in the hallway,” a studentsaid.

“People are definitelyassuming that Bush won rightnow,” said Cara Farber ’08.

Keeneycontinued from page 1

Gatecontinued from page 3

Cicilline added. “I respect himand respect his interest inbeing engaged in the civic lifeof our city. But the voters havespoken.”

In the race for the District 3House seat, Democraticincumbent Edith Ajellodefeated her opponent with77.9 percent.

During her 12-year tenureas state representative, Ajellohas become known for being aproponent of students’ rightsand freedom of reproductiverights. She has also worked toimprove the effectiveness ofthe Tax Expenditure Budget.

Cicilline commended vot-

ers for enduring long lines atthe polls. “People werepatient, people were passion-ate,” he said.

“I’m especially proud ofyoung voters, who have beenturning out in record num-bers,” Cicilline added. “It’s agreat sign of a bright future forour city, our state and ourcountry.”

Both Kennedy andLangevin told The Herald theythought the 18-to-25-year-oldvote would be the differencein the presidential race.

Fogarty took a broad viewof the elections. “We haveelected people to office,” hesaid. “Now the real workbegins.”

— With additional report-ing by Stephanie Clark

R.I. electionscontinued from page 3

Sara Perkins / HeraldPresident Ruth Simmons arrived at the Vartan Gregorian School on Wickenden Street shortly after 7 a.m. to cast her ballot. Coffee in hand, shewas greeted by supporters of independent State Snate candidate Barry Fain and joined a line of about 30 eager voters.

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Hall said she agreed thatBrown students significantlyaffected the outcomes of localraces, particularly assisting inPerry’s senate bid.

“I’m thrilled that (Perry) won,especially since she had such acompetitive race,” Hall said. “It’sreally satisfying to pull it out inthe end.”

But the mood was more sub-dued when it came to watchingthe results of the presidentialrace. As election returns firstbegan to roll in, the group ofabout 50 students remained rel-atively quiet, taking timebetween projections to socializeand catch up on work.

About 30 other students ven-tured to the Lower Blue Room towatch CNN’s coverage of thereturns and refresh onlineupdates at the computer kiosks.While some followed closely theanalysis of political pundits likeJames Carville and TuckerCarlson, many studentswatched passively as the stateswere called.

Members of the ProvidenceFire Department watched quiet-ly from the back of both rooms.

Mark Tumiski ’08 watched thereturns in the Lower Blue Roomafter spending the day callingDemocratic voters on behalf ofthe party’s candidates. Tumiskisaid he has been a Kerry sup-porter “since after I got over(Howard) Dean” at the end ofthe primaries.

He said his work on behalf ofDemocratic candidates was“very promising,” adding that“everyone I talked to had beenout to vote.”

Brian Craigie ’07, who votedfor Kerry by absentee ballot inConnecticut, said that he choseto watch the returns with theBrown Democrats for lack of abetter way to pass electionnight. “I got here at 8 — I could-n’t stand trying to study whilethis was going on. I wanted to bearound people and be a part ofthe whole process.”

Paul Palmera ’65, an avidKerry supporter watchingreturns in the lower Blue Room,expressed concern with theearly returns.

“Bush has a lot of electoralvotes already and a lot of bigstates seem to be leaningtowards him,” he said. “I don’t

think it looks good — I’m wor-ried.”

Carina Wallance ’06, whowatched some of the returnswhile waiting for a friend in thelower Blue Room, said sheagreed the early returns did notlook promising for Kerry.

“As you watch this and as yousee it be so split, it’s amazing towatch this country to so 50-50over a president who hasmessed up so much,” she said.

Kevin Schwanfelder ’05 saidhe had New Mexico’s interests atheart as he watched the returns.“I’m from a swing state thatGore won last election by just366 votes,” he said. “So I’m espe-cially watching for New Mexico,to make sure we swing the rightway.” Schwanfelder helped theBrown Democrats with voterregistration earlier in the semes-ter.

Nadia Maccabee ’08 spent theday calling potentialDemocratic voters for the BrownDemocrats. Maccabee watchedthe returns in the Lower BlueRoom with Tumiski.

“We’ve just decided thatKerry’s going to win,” she saidwith a laugh, early in the evening.“We’re just trying to stay positivewith the big picture.”

Maccabee said she was disap-pointed with the outcomes ofsome of the referenda in otherstates, including several thatbanned gay marriage and civilunions. But she added beinginvolved in the political processwas “inspiring” and gave her anappreciation for all of the issuesaffected the by election results.

“The fact that this has beensuch a mobilizing force — that’sinspiring,” she said.

By 11:15 p.m., most studentswere concentrated in the LowerBlue Room, and the projector inLeung Gallery was taken down.

Despite diminishing atten-dance late in the evening, somesaid they would remain untilmore returns were confirmed.

Maccabee said although theoutcome does not look good forKerry, she intended to watch theentire process play out.

“Mark (Tumiski) and I defi-nitely aren’t going to sleep atall,” she said.

At 1:15 a.m., David Dryer ’07took a walk to clear his head.

“Before, whatever he did, hedidn’t have a mandate for. Butnow, this is America … and itburns me like nothing else,”Dryer said. “It’s like the death ofsomething.”

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Democrats in Jacksonville, Fla., were so pleased that theycalled the supervisor of elections, a Republican, to pay theircompliments. “We couldn’t be happier,” said Duval CountyDemocratic Chairman Clyde Collins.

The early returns shaped up the way most experts had pre-dicted. Bush swept the South — including Florida— and car-ried West Virginia, the states of the Great Plains and Colorado.

Kerry secured his base in the Northeast and captured NewHampshire, a state Bush won four years ago. Kerry also wonMaryland and Pennsylvania, a state the president had visitedmore than any other.

Kerry swept the West Coast, carrying California, Oregonand Washington state. He also won New York and Illinois andamong the biggest prizes.

Both sides expressed confidence even as the outcomehung in doubt, mindful of how the last presidential racewound up in front of the U.S. Supreme Court after weeks ofuncertainty.

“I believe I will win, thank you, very much,” the presidenttold a group of reporters ushered in for a photo opportunityTuesday evening at the White House, where Bush and familymembers watched the election returns. “I feel good about it.... It’s going to be an exciting evening.”

Ohio’s two Republican senators issued a statement earlythis morning urging Kerry to concede and “and spare thecountry the turmoil of another drawn out election.”

Speaking to reporters in Boston, where the senator fromMassachusetts was surrounded at his Beacon Hill mansionby his family, Kerry spokesman Mike McCurry told reporters,“At the end of the day, we win. I’m not sure what day, but wewin.”

As yet another inconclusive election night wore on, thecandidates stayed out of sight.

Their supporters, gathered at marathon receptions, didtheir best to remain festive, the mood shifting through thenight as the TV networks colored in their big screen maps.

In Washington, where Bush supporters gathered in theatrium of the Ronald Reagan Building, the spirits of the pres-ident’s supporters soared after midnight as the resultsseemed to shift in the president’s favor. Waving miniatureAmerican flags and toasting with champagne-filled flutes,the crowd cheered wildly as the numbers suggested thatBush’s was inching closer to victory.

“We’re going to stay all night,” a member of a countryband proclaimed after the group delivered a rousing rendi-tion of Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land.”

In Boston, the atmospherics were almost the opposite,good cheer giving way to anxiety and a touch of defiance asthe night wore on. A little after 1 a.m. local time, a cheer wentup from supporters milling in rain-drenched Copley Plazawhen CNN declared Ohio too close to call.

“We still believe,” shouted a man, holding aloft a sign thatread, “If the Red Sox can do it, so can Kerry.”

It was a long night for the contestants as well — one in asuccession, as the two wrapped up the campaign with apunishing final push that continued even after the polls hadopened Tuesday.

His eyes puffy from fatigue, Bush started the day by cast-ing his ballot at the fire station in Crawford, Texas, near hisvacation ranch. Asked by reporters about the passions hispresidency had stirred, Bush laughed.

“I take that as a compliment. It means I’m willing to takea stand,” he told reporters. As the president spoke, his wife,Laura, held his hand and stroked it with her thumb. “That’swhy I’m comfortable about this election. I’ve given it my all,”Bush said.

After voting, Bush headed back to Washington to watchthe election returns. He stopped in Columbus, Ohio, wherehe dropped by the state GOP headquarters to thank cam-paign volunteers. Over the door, a handmade sign read,“Leave no phone number behind” — a play on the presi-dent’s education slogan to “leave no child behind.”

He took over one phone call from a volunteer.“Julie, this is President Bush calling. How are you?” he said

into the phone, putting his finger into his other ear. “No, Ipromise you it’s me. ... I’m proud to have your support.”

And with that, the president ended his run for reelection.On the flight back to Washington, Bush and his staff

relaxed by watching a slideshow of campaign photos. In theevening, about 25 close family and friends of the first couplegathered in the White House residence for a buffet dinnerand to watch returns.

Kerry began Election Day at 1:30 a.m. CST, greeting jubi-lant supporters huddled in a chilly airport hangar in LaCrosse, Wis. After catching several hours of sleep, theDemocratic candidate met with volunteers heading out tocanvass for votes, telling them, “I’m counting on you.”

“We’re linking hearts and hands, and we’re going to take

America back to a better place,” Kerry said.Afterward, he flew to Boston and was joined by his wife

and two daughters, who accompanied him to his pollingplace at the Massachusetts Statehouse. “I don’t think anyonecan anticipate what it’s like seeing your name on the ballotfor president,” he told reporters afterward.

In keeping with his Election Day tradition, Kerry hadlunch at the Union Oyster House and did not appear theleast bit queasy — he ordered a dozen littleneck clams,coleslaw, mashed potatoes, sole and a dark ale.

Afterward, he headed to a hotel adjacent to the plaza,where he squeezed in a last burst of campaigning, conduct-ing 38 satellite interviews with TV stations around the coun-try in four hours. (Bush tried to do four last-minute satelliteinterviews with Florida stations, but the cloud cover overColumbus, Ohio, prevented communication.)

Tuesday’s results capped one of the most tumultuousperiods in American history — a span that included the dis-puted 2000 election, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, two warsand a prolonged and nasty presidential campaign that wasthe costliest ever.

Bush took office in 2001 after losing the popular vote toVice President Al Gore by more than 500,000 votes, after the5-4 Supreme Court ruling ended a 37-day stalemate overFlorida’s electoral votes.

The Texas governor had campaigned as “a different kind

of Republican,” promising to bridge the partisan divide thatlingered in Washington from the Clinton era. Instead, Bushproved to be one of the nation’s most polarizing presidents,turning red and blue from mere colors to the symbolic shad-ings of a deeply split nation.

Despite the absence of a popular mandate, Bush pursueda conservative agenda of tax cuts, deregulation and faith-based social policies, working around the Democraticminority in Congress to achieve his goals. Republicans werethrilled, supporting him in numbers that even RonaldReagan never enjoyed.

Democrats grew bitter, all the more so as their relevancyin Washington continued to shrink.

Just about eight months into his term, the presidentenjoyed middling approval ratings, and the dominant polit-ical issue was the growing controversy over stem cellresearch, which Bush sought to limit.

Gore was contemplating a repeat run, and otherDemocrats were eager to jump into the contest against anincumbent who seemed a fair bet to wind up a one-termer.

That changed on a sparkling September morning, whenhijackers commandeered four passenger jets and killednearly 3,000 people in the worst act of terrorism on U.S. soil.

After the attacks, Bush rallied a shellshocked nationbehind the invasion of Afghanistan, routing the Taliban gov-ernment that sheltered al-Qaida terrorists and the 9/11 mas-

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termind, Osama bin Laden.At one point, Bush’s approval rating hit 90 percent — a

record for a sitting president — and pundits declared him ashoo-in for reelection in 2004.

The decision to invade Iraq in March 2003 was also popu-lar at first.

Bush cited many reasons to go to war a second time, butthe main one was to prevent a repeat of 9/11 by stoppingIraqi leader Saddam Hussein from striking with the weaponsof mass destruction that U.S. intelligence suggested he washarboring.

Even though major allies such as Germany and Francebalked, the invasion initially went well — too well, Bush latersaid, leaving opposition forces to melt away and regroup asthe insurgents battling U.S. forces today.

Despite the administration’s ominous warnings, however,the weapons of mass destruction never materialized, andthe spiraling death toll — now surpassing 1,000 U.S. troops— caused many Americans to second-guess the president.

Adding to his political problems, Bush was also the firstpresident in 72 years to preside over a net loss of jobs, asKerry ceaselessly reminded voters. That weak performance,combined with the worsening situation in Iraq, draggeddown Bush’s approval ratings to the 45 percent-to-50 percentrange — not good, not bad.

On the Democratic side, Gore’s decision to step aside

threw the party’s nominating contest wide open.Kerry was an early favorite, based on his enviable

fundraising base and collection of top-notch strategists. Buthe foundered on his difficulty in connecting with audiencesand his inability to distill a coherent, compelling message —problems that plagued him throughout the fall campaign.

The surprise of 2003 was former Vermont Gov. HowardDean, whose passionate antiwar rhetoric and innovative useof the Internet catapulted him to the front of the Democraticfield.

Kerry, given up for dead by most political pundits, gam-bled by mortgaging his Boston mansion and wagering mil-lions on a victory in the opening Iowa caucuses. Comingfrom far back in the pack of nine Democratic candidates, hisbig win there catapulted him to the nomination, pastEdwards, who finished a surprising second.

With little left in the bank, many expected Kerry would beburied in a blizzard of negative advertising that Bush beganalmost the instant his Democratic rival emerged.

But Kerry stayed competitive with the president in thepolls, quickly replenishing his campaign coffers and gettinga big lift from millions of dollars in advertisements placed byindependent liberal groups.

The so-called 527 groups, named after their governingprovision in the tax code, rose to new prominence in theelection as a result of reform legislation that restricted dona-

tions to the major political parties.It was an independent conservative group, formed by a

group of Vietnam veterans, that proved the most nettlesometo Kerry’s campaign. Though many of their claims aboutKerry’s military actions in Vietnam proved false, the group —calling itself Swift Boat Veterans for Truth — managed toscuff up Kerry’s reputation as a decorated veteran.

Kerry had made his war heroism the centerpiece of hissummer nominating convention, and many Democratscame to view that decision as a major strategic blunder.

Bush’s convention, set in New York City, was built aroundmemories of Sept. 11 and relentless attacks on Kerry’s credi-bility and capacity to serve as a wartime commander inchief.

Bush surged in the polls, and by Labor Day, many hadwritten Kerry’s political obituary for the second time in thecampaign. Assailing Kerry as a flip-flopper and warning ofthe continued threat of terrorism, the president appeared ina position to close out the race entering a series of threedebates last month.

But Kerry’s strong performance — and Bush’s peevishbehavior in their first meeting — helped put theMassachusetts senator back into the contest, allowing himto pull even with Bush in opinion polls.

There the campaign stayed, knotted until Election Day,when pollsters declared the contest simply too close to call.

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David Cicilline ’83, said theresults were what they hadexpected, but the race was oneof Perry’s most competitive.

The general election beganSept. 15, after Perry emergedfrom the Democratic primarywith 80.9 percent of the voteagainst Christopher Young,who previously ran againstCicilline in the 2002 mayoralrace. Although Perry and Fainheld similar positions on socialissues such as gay marriage andabortion, Fain emphasized hisstance as a political newcomerwhile Perry promoted her sen-ate record on a host of issues.

“What we tried to do, and Ithink we succeeded, was pres-ent my record and what he saidabout each issue that differed,”Perry said.

Fain, publisher and co-edi-tor of the East Side Monthly,acknowledged that the raceheated up as it progressed. “Itgot, unfortunately, a bit moreunpleasant,” he said. “I stillmaintain that the current sys-tem — in terms of Brown votes— is stacked against independ-ents.” He added that literaturealleging he opposed Brown stu-dents’ right to vote in RhodeIsland was circulated aroundthe campus on Tuesday, tooclose to the election for him to

respond.Kelly Hall ’06, chairman of

the Brown Democrats’ legisla-tive committee, said the infor-mation was distributed by thePerry campaign and reflected astatement Fain had made in adebate with Perry last week at aneighborhood associationmeeting.

Several residents who wereat the meeting told The Heraldthat a citizen asked Fain ifBrown students should beallowed to vote. Fain respondedby saying that though he previ-ously believed they should, he’srecently changed his mind. Hecited a Herald endorsement ofhis opponent and a Heraldguest column written by Segalin support of Perry.

Fain said the statement wasmade “facetiously.”

Still, Hall said, “disenfran-chising Brown students is notsomething he should be jokingabout.”

Hall added that the BrownDemocrats assisted the Perrycampaign by phone-banking,distributing literature, “dormstorming” and standing outsidepolling places for 14 hours onTuesday.

“I think Brown students hada huge impact on her victory,”Hall said. “They really put theirtime and energy into RhodaPerry, and it paid off.”

Fain, a former president ofthe College Hill NeighborhoodAssociation, maintained that

he did not have equal access tothe Brown community.

“My hope is that in the futurethe Brown student body willmake more of an effort to allowIndependents the opportunity… to their get message across,”Fain said.

According to Perry, her cam-paign communicated her StateSenate record through door-knocking and local outreach. “Ididn’t have the luxury of doingpoll after poll,” she said.

Fain had a professional poll-ster, but he said his campaignwas a novice effort compared toPerry’s.

“(Perry) marshaled the totalresources of the Democraticparty against an independentlike myself,” he said. “(My cam-paign) was really eight or nineof us who got around a tableand decided to give it our bestshot. … We knew from the get-go that it would be an uphillstruggle.”

Fain said he will remaininvolved in politics, though heis not certain in what capacity.“I think the bug has bitten me,”he said.

In the meantime, Perry saidshe looks forward to continuingto work on legislation regardingpublic transportation, healthcare and gay marriage afterrecovering from the stress ofthe campaign. “The moltenlava in my chest is no longerthere,” she said. “It’s such arelief.”

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Post) — Republicans Tuesdayexpanded their slender majori-ty in the Senate, grabbing seatsfrom the Democratic Party in atleast four southern states,staving off challenges in othertight races and insuring thatthe GOP would have a moreworkable margin for legislativebattles to come.

Republican pickups came inNorth and South Carolina,Georgia and Louisiana, whereDemocratic retirements hadgiven the GOP opportunities inits base region.

Late last night, it alsoappeared that a Republican MelR. Martinez, the former secre-tary of housing and urbandevelopment, was headed forvictory in Florida, in the battlefor the seat vacated by outgoingDemocratic Sen. Bob Graham.

Senate Minority Leader TomDaschle, D-S.D., was in thepolitical fight of his life. Withmore than three-quarters of thevote counted, he trailed formerRepublican Rep. John Thune bynearly 7,000 votes.

But Daschle spokesman DanPfeiffer insisted there were still“a lot of votes to be counted,”including ones from Indianreservations where Daschle ispopular.

The overall results were aresounding disappointment toDemocrats, who were hoping toexploit the closeness of asmany as 10 of the 34 Senateraces this year to retake controlof the Senate.

The Republicans, who hold aslim 51-vote majority, werepoised to expand their majorityby as many as four or five seats,depending on whether Daschlewent down or Democrat KenSalazar defeated RepublicanPete Coors for the ColoradoSenate seat held by retiringGOP Sen. Ben NighthorseCampbell. Salazar went on tovictory early this morning.

Although the expanded GOPmargin would still be a fewvotes short of the 60 needed topush through legislation with-out risk of Democratic fili-busters, the strengthened posi-tion could ease the passage ofmajor legislation and approvalof judicial appointments,should President Bush securere-election.

Senate Majority Leader BillFrist, R-Tenn., would be far lessdependent on the votes of agroup of moderate Republicansfrom the Northeast to enactlegislation.

The sole bright spot for theDemocrats was the resoundingvictory of Illinois state Sen.Barack Obama in his bid to suc-ceed retiring U.S. Sen. PeterFitzgerald (R).

For a while Tuesday, theDemocrats thought they mightbe able to upset veteran Sen.Arlen Specter, R-Pa., butSpecter fended off the chal-lenge of Rep. Joseph M. HoeffelIII, D-Pa..

Thirty-four of the Senate’s100 seats were at stake inTuesday’s voting, and as manyas 10 contests were consideredtoo close to call when pollsopened.

Democrats were defending19 seats, four more than theRepublicans, including fiveopen seats in southern states,where Republicans are on the

rise. The Republican showing in

the southern and mid-Atlanticstates set a high bar forDemocrats in their bid to takecontrol of the Senate, now splitbetween 51 Republicans, 48Democrats and oneIndependent who sides withthe Democrats.

A rising Democratic star,Obama easily won in Illinois,defeating Republican AlanKeyes in the first Senate racebetween two African-Americans.

Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) won reelection, accordingto network projections, despiteearlier predictions of a tightrace.

Daschle was running behindThune in South Dakota, after abruising campaign featuring anunprecedented barrage ofattack advertisements andspending that broke records forSenate races.

With the exception ofBunning and Daschle, most sit-ting senators faced little seriousopposition, regardless of theirpolitical leanings.

The power of incumbencywas aiding conservativeRepublicans such as Sen. JuddGregg (N.H.), Richard C. Shelby(Ala.), and Sam Brownback(Kan.), and liberal DemocratsPatrick J. Leahy (Vt.), RonWyden (Ore.) and Byron L.Dorgan, D-N.D..

No race produced oddertwists and turns than the onebetween the 73-year-oldBunning, a former major leaguepitcher elected to the BaseballHall of Fame, and Mongiardo,44, who had been little knownuntil the last few weeks.

In one of a series of gaffes,Bunning suggested that hisopponent looked like one ofSaddam Hussein’s sons.

On other occasions herevealed that he had not read anewspaper in six weeks, andsaid the United States wasattacked by terrorists on Nov.11.

In Florida, Martinez hadbeen handpicked by PresidentBush’s top political adviser, KarlRove, and hitched himselfclosely to the president and hisbrother, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.Betty Castor, a Democraticmoderate and former presidentof the University of SouthFlorida, stressed education andjobs.

Candidates raised recordamounts of money, and the air-waves were also filled with adsfinanced by party committeesand outside advocacy groups,including anti-abortion andabortion rights groups, laborunions, environmentalists andthe National Rifle Association.

In the hotly contested Senaterace in sparsely populatedSouth Dakota, spending by thecandidates totaled more than$50 per voter.

According to the nonpartisanCampaign Finance Institute,the average Senate candidaterunning in the general electionhad raised $4.8 million by mid-October, compared with $3.2million when these same seatswere at stake six years ago.

Most of the increase wasracked up by incumbents, theinstitute found. Averagereceipts for challengers haveremained virtually the samesince 1998, it said.

GOP expands majority in Senate, maintains control of HouseWASHINGTON, D.C.(The Washington Post)

— Republicans were assured ofkeeping their majority in theHouse Tuesday and were hopingto expand it, as they ousted fourTexas Democrats and protectedhard-pressed incumbents inKentucky, North Carolina,Connecticut and elsewhere.

Democrats had their ownbright spots, defending toughseats in Kansas and Georgia andousting the House’s longest-serv-ing Republican, Philip Crane ofIllinois. Democrats also defeatedfirst-term Rep. Max Burns, R-Ga.

Elsewhere, however,Democrats missed several oppor-tunities to knock off vulnerableRepublicans. That failure, coupledwith the Texas setbacks, left themvirtually no hope of picking up the12 seats they needed to regain themajority they lost a decade ago.Instead, they were hoping to keeptheir losses to a minimum on aday that featured few Houseupsets.

Just as Republicans hadplanned, Texas became a grave-yard for several Democratic veter-ans. Thirteen-term Rep. MartinFrost (D) lost to four-term Rep.Pete Sessions (R) in a bitter Dallasface-off, and Rep. Charles W.Stenholm — another Democratwith 26 years in the House — lostto first-term Rep. RandyNeugebauer (R) in the panhan-dle. Four-term Rep. Max Sandlin(D) fell to former judge LouisGohmert (R), and four-term Rep.Nicholas V. Lampson (D) lost toanother GOP former judge, TedPoe.

The four Democrats — whohad a combined total of 68 yearsin the House — fell victim to a bit-terly partisan redistricting planorchestrated last year by Texas’sGOP-controlled legislature. Theonly targeted Democrat whostood a chance of surviving the

strategy was Rep. Chet Edwards,who faced state Rep. ArleneWohlgemuth (R) in a districtstretching from Fort Worth toWaco.

In state after state, Democratsran spirited but unsuccessfulchallenges against targeted GOPmembers. In western NorthCarolina, Patsy Keever (D) failedto topple Rep. Charles Taylor (R).In Indiana, Rep. John N. Hostettler(R) held off Democrat JonJennings, and Rep. Chris Chocola(R) survived Democratic busi-nessman Joe Donnelly’s bid. InConnecticut, two-term Rep. RobSimmons (R) held off Norwichcity councilman Jim Sullivan (D),and nine-term Rep. ChristopherShays (R) was struggling to sur-vive a strong bid by Diane Farrell(D).

Republicans entered the elec-tions with 229 of the House’s 435seats, counting recent vacanciesin two GOP-leaning districts.

His Democratic counterpart,Rep. Robert Matsui, D-Calif., saidthere was “no way we could haveprevailed” given the outcome inTexas. He agreed there was nonational trend, adding, “we justdidn’t see the massive repudiation(of GOP rule) many of us expect-ed.”

With more than 90 percent ofall House seats considered safe forthe incumbent party, Democratshad precious few chances toshrink the Republican majority.

The House will see only mod-est changes in the 109th Congressthat convenes in January. SpeakerDennis Hastert, R-Ill., would belikely to keep his post, as wouldMajority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas. The top Democrats —Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md. — also expected no prob-lems winning reelection or keep-ing their leadership posts.

Hard-pressed Democratic

incumbents who survivedTuesday included Rep. Leonard L.Boswell of Iowa, Jim Marshall ofGeorgia, Dennis Moore of Kansasand Tim Bishop of New York. Rep.Stephanie Herseth (D) was lead-ing GOP challenger LarryDiedrich, who narrowly lost toHerseth in a June special election.

After four decades in theminority, Republicans had takenover the House in 1994, whenthey netted 52 seats from theDemocrats in a drive led by NewtGingrich, R-Ga. Democrats madevery modest gains in the nextthree House elections, butRepublicans offset most of themby picking up six seats in 2002.

Democrats won two GOP-heldseats in special elections earlierthis year. But those gains werewiped out when two Democraticmembers — one from Texas, onefrom Louisiana — switched to theRepublican Party.

Among the notable racesTuesday, Wisconsin state Sen.Gwen Moore (D) was favored tobecome the state’s first AfricanAmerican elected to Congress byclaiming the seat being vacatedby Rep. Gerald D. Kleczka (D) inMilwaukee. Her GOP opponentwas lawyer Gerald Boyle.

While most incumbents werepoised for easy wins, candidatesin close races launched last-minute turnout blitzes.Volunteers for two-term Rep. JimMatheson, D-Utah, for example,called nearly 10,000 likely sup-porters by Tuesday afternoon,according to Matheson spokes-woman Megan Carney.

And Matheson’s camp wasquick to challenge GOP pollwatchers in Washington Countywho sported Republican insigniaon placards, calling Lt. Gov. GayleMcKeachnie (R) to complain.McKeachnie ordered poll watch-ers to remove all partisan acces-sories.

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had 13 digs to complete a double-double of her own.

Martin’s performance wasn’tthe only record breaking one ofthe weekend. With 39 digs againstPrinceton, Kung set the Brownrecord for digs in a season with532, surpassing the previousrecord of 519 set by TomoNakanishi ’00 in 1996.

Offensively, Gibbs led the teamwith 19 kills. Also racking up dou-ble-digit kills were Mandolini-Trummel and Liz Cvitan ’07 with14 and 11, respectively.

For the Bears, this was the sec-ond straight weekend with a roadtrip — the team went a combined1-3 during that span.

“Traveling sometimes affectsyour play, especially with youngerplayers who aren’t used to it”Martin said. “This was our longestbus trip of the season and roadtrips can get you out of your nor-mal routine.”

Despite the two weekend loss-es, the team took with it somepositive notes for the remainder ofthe season.

“Now, there is nothing to benervous about,” Gibbs said. “Wehave nothing to lose.”

The Bears have five moregames left this season, all of which

are against Ivy League opponentsthey have already played. Theteam is confident that its secondrun through the league will bemore optimistic.

“We’ve seen every (Ivy League)team play and it’s definitely abonus for us” Martin said. “Wecan go back and critique our playagainst them and look for ways toimprove.”

This weekend, Bruno hostsHarvard University on Fridaynight and Dartmouth College onSaturday afternoon.

Herald staff writer Marco Santini’07 covers volleyball. He can bereached at [email protected].

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training for the indoor track sea-son’s 800-meter race, where lastyear she was the Heptagonalchampion in both indoors andoutdoors. Ferjan began runningcross country just this year.

The Bears improved from lastyear’s last-place finish, beating

out eighth-place Penn by 41points. And despite the seventh-place finish, Wemple was pleasedwith the team’s performance.

“Based on the circumstances,I was proud of their aggressive-ness,” Wemple said. “They fol-lowed our team strategy andstayed out in front of the mainpack, but without a full healthysquad, we just couldn’t hold thepace.”

“I think we have the ability to

finish off the season on astronger note and use it as a goodkickoff for the indoor season,”Wemple said.

The Bears will travel back toVan Cortlandt Park for the NCAARegional Championships onNov. 13.

Herald staff writer Katie Larkin’08 covers women’s cross-country.She can be reached [email protected].

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set of initial conditions can dooma team for a whole game. Everyaspect, every player, is so interre-lated that seemingly smallmishaps or game plan adjust-ments have the potential tothrow a team off its game entire-ly. It’s no coincidence that thePatriots never let their opponentsscore a touchdown on the open-ing drive during the streak.

But not every team would havebeen able to capitalize on thepotholes in New England’s roadto victory, and for that you mustcommend Pittsburgh. Mostnoticeable was when Law left thegame. Steelers quarterback Ben

Roethlisberger immediatelythrew a deep ball to PlaxicoBurress, who was matched upagainst rookie replacementRandall Gay, for a touchdown.Burress is to Gay as PedroMartinez is to Nelson de la Rosa— bigger. It would have been theright playcall even if Gay hadcome down with a pick. (I shouldsay that the de la Rosa phenome-non is ridiculous, but it doesmake for a good reference.)

Some have questionedwhether Brady is right this year,especially after the Steelers game.If you look at his numbers so farthis year, they aren’t too muchdifferent from in years past. ButBrady’s best attributes don’t shinethrough on the stat sheet anyway,and they were practically hiddenagainst Pittsburgh. He threw a

very bad interception. He threwinaccurate balls, and not just ondeep routes. His pocket aware-ness was worse than usual.

Fortunately for the Patriots,the streak-ending loss was justone of 16 contests, and Brady hasshown himself to still be excellentin his starts leading up to lastSunday. Until he proves other-wise, he’s Mr. Clutch, a fact thathis next opponent, the St. LouisRams, know all too well.

The Pats will try to keep recentbaseball precedent alive and winnext Sunday. If they do, St. Louissports fans, it might seem, justcan’t have anything.

Eric Perlmutter ’06 caught atouchdown in intramural foot-ball while being covered byNelson de la Rosa.

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“I feel like the wind is knockedout of me,” said Ryan Tierney ’05,who watched the election cover-age from his Vartan GregorianQuad suite.

Daniel Fombonne ’07 sharedthe sentiment, calling the elec-tion results “pathetic.”

Other students expressed frus-

tration at the ineffectiveness ofJohn Kerry’s campaign.

“I feel let down by him,”Tierney said. He added that Kerryshould have done a better job ofconveying his stance on the waron terror and other key issues.

Many students were pes-simistic about the future of thecountry. “I am really scared,because there has been bad dam-age. But it could get so muchworse,” said Rachel Golub ’05.She expressed particular concern

that the United States’ reputationin the world, already damaged byBush’s foreign policy, would onlyget worse.

“America has to take a goodlook at itself,” Fombonne said.

Not everyone was disappoint-ed. Shortly after NBC called Ohiofor Bush, one student shoutedfrom his Chapin House window,“Viva la Bush!”

“Viva la (expletive),” a passer-by on Thayer Street shoutedback.

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J O S E P H N A G L E

Before yesterday’s election, many analysts predicted that asurge of young, first-time voters would have a significantimpact on the results. And they did — by not showing up.

Both political parties and a host of outside groups madeconcerted efforts to mobilize America’s historically underrep-resented youth. But according to exit polls, only 17 percent ofvoters were under 29 years old, and less than 10 percent wereunder 24. Those on the liberal side of the political spectrumwere particularly optimistic about youth turnout, and the fail-ure of that turnout to materialize was part of the reason JohnKerry also underperformed expectations on Tuesday.

We are embarrassed and deeply disappointed by the failureof our generation to fulfill this basic responsibility of citizen-ship. The persistent weakness of the youth vote is in part dueto barriers beyond our control — young people are dispropor-tionately affected by problems with voter registration andabsentee ballots. But bureaucratic inefficiency alone doesn’texplain this year’s overwhelmingly lackluster turnout. It issimply not that difficult to vote.

It is inexcusable that so many of our peers felt they did notknow enough or did not care enough to vote. The issues atstake in this election have a direct and obvious impact on ourlives. It is our civil liberties, our job prospects and our person-al freedoms at stake. The soldiers fighting and dying in Iraqare our age. They are our friends, classmates and peers.

We realize that this message is directed at the wrong popu-lation; Brown students are more politically involved thanmost, and Providence poll workers confirmed that ourturnout on Tuesday was high. But there is clearly a basic mes-sage that we understand but many of our peers do not. Afterour failure to turn out on Tuesday, the political establishmentis likely to conclude that efforts to mobilize the youth vote aredoomed to be unsuccessful. The responsibility will fall to usto mobilize, to educate and to make sure that this does nothappen again.

The final outcome of the presidential race won’t be knownfor another week and a half, as the country waits for Ohio tocount its provisional ballots and allocate its 20 electoral votes.Until then, whether or not we voted, there is little to do butwait and see. And if we are dissatisfied with the results, thefirst place we should point the blame is our generation.

Absent voters

To the Editor:

Katherine Cummings ’06 (“Taking their eyes offthe ball,” Nov. 1) wants to talk about drugs. I do, too.I write as scholar and translator, citizen activist,Brown doctorate, and as mother, grandmother andlongtime member of the academic/artistic commu-nity.

Political campaigning, adapted to relatively“safe” and “popular” assertions, slogans and oppor-tunistic insults, tends to avoid basic questionsabout where money comes from and how it’s reallyspent. Even the gross national product omits lucra-tive illegal drug-dealing — as I was surprised tolearn years ago on a visit to the New York StockExchange, at a time when marijuana was the sec-ond-largest cash-crop of California. This year,according to an article on the front page of USAToday, Afghanistan has had a bumper crop of pop-pies, its largest production of heroin ever.

Only a small proportion of its cash value (whichis in the tens of billions) will remain in Afghanistan;most of the crop is destined for Europe. I haven’tchecked out the latest on cocaine. Study of theannual New York Times Index of headlines overrecent decades reveals the escalation of bulk quan-tities of illegal drugs seized and of their dollar value— though not necessarily what happens to theseized goods or their dollar value.

Cummings writes about a “war” that puts toomany of the young, poor and dark-skinned in jail;but I am concerned about how that war enters

schools that oppress the young, diagnose rich andpoor with ADD and other ailments I never heardabout when I was young and medicate these chil-dren legally — while some are already finding theirown consciousness-altering substances to imbibe,ingest, inhale and inject. Just as one can get an edu-cation in prison, so too one can be locked up (andlocked away) in school.

All middle schools in Providence, for instance,are defined as failing schools. It is no surprise if thelively and enterprising young shut up in them findmind-altering excitement on their own. I seegroups defined as “students” straggling to nearbyHope High in the very late morning, on their waynot to learn, but to eat lunch; others arrive on time,true, but I have smelled pot smoke in the building'scorridors.

As for job performance: drugs may at timesimpede it, at times enhance it, but often it’s drugsthat make the job tolerable. Too bad Cummingsdid not bring her questions to the attention of NewYork University law professor Derrick Bell, who wasquoted in the same issue of The Herald. The “newanswers” she calls for will, it seems, have to comefrom her generation.

Blossom Kirschenbaum Ph.D. ’76Nov. 1

War on Drugs goes on with no apparent end

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OPINIONSTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2004 · PAGE 11

Several weeks ago, some subversive friends and Istumbled into a darkened room on the top floor ofSteinert Hall to hear Isabel Rocamora, a self-proclaimed“anti-gravity artist,” speak about her work as part of aComputer Music Department-sponsored “Digital HappyHour.” In addition to the slides projected from her shinyiBook showing Rocamora suspended from a harness, shealso flipped through screens listing the states of con-sciousness that interested her, as well as an imageattempted to depict what her dreams look like, whichseemed to be a collage of a greenish splotch blurrily over-lapping a Tuscan wall.

The happy hour attendees asked some pointed ques-tions about potential critiques of generalizing about thelisted states of consciousness and the signifiers in thegreen and brown colors in the dream image. Others’comments related to their own work involving body sen-sors and movement-initiated interactive media.

The comments were all insular and dealt with theminutiae of the piece. No one questioned the overallvalidity of Rocamora’s art, what “anti-gravity art” exactlyis, whether it has artistic merit or value, or whether thatvalue was effectively communicated via aesthetic means.Surrounded by faculty and grad students, my feelingthere was decidedly one of intrusion — of crashing asecret digital party that I wasn't meant to be part of.Therefore I, an informed artistic consumer but essential-ly an outsider to the new media scene, didn’t say any-thing.

So what exactly is new media and what do the insidersto this digital cult actually do? If one looks at the meaningof the word media’s Latin root — medius — then mediacan be understood as a physical intermediary necessaryfor communication: the pause between the progressfrom something voiceless to something voiced. This“new” media would then mean technological progressand innovation: in our time, the media derived fromcomputers, the Internet and their never-ending stream ofrelated technologies. New media can be self-contained orinteractive; it can be produced digitally, consumed digi-tally, or both.

What new media practitioners essentially do is usetheir specialized (and oftentimes substantially honedthrough higher education) set of artistic and techieknow-how to combine the traditional arts — visual,musical, written and performative — with new technolo-gies.

On the graduate and faculty level, Brown has in manyways earned a title in the (insider) public as a bastion ofnew media. With each passing semester, Brown hiresmore faculty members working in new media. Next fallthe Department of Music will launch a new Ph.D. pro-gram in computer music and multimedia, expandingtheir current masters degree program.

So then, the problem with current state of new mediastudy and production at Brown is not its potential to be afertile ground for this kind of art, because it could beargued that this potential has already been realized. The

problem, rather, is that lay people and outsiders interest-ed in the new media scene have to be involved or at leastaccepted in order to ensure that the work that comes outof this field at Brown is of a high enough caliber that it canachieve whole new levels of visibility in the communityoutside of Brown.

Although Brown students and faculty involved in newmedia do individually specialize in different genres, tech-nologies, and media, this group specialization in thebroader but still marginalized category of “new media,”and the intrinsic specialization that comes along withbeing a professor or graduate student, disallows the influ-ence of one of Brown’s greatest strengths: its open cur-riculum and the diverse and flexible interdisciplinary tal-ents and interests of undergraduate scholars producedfrom this curriculum.

A friend of mine took an “Unpublishable Poetry”course in the English department where he complainedthat not much interesting work was produced by theclass. He linked this dismal creative state to the inabilityof anyone in the course to criticize anyone else's work. Heproposed this quiscence was rooted in the class’ com-mon fear of criticism because, due to the “fringe” natureof the topic — its lacking a canon-esque foundation orpre-established validity in the art world — criticism itself

threatened to undermine the entire validity of taking theclass in general. If one brick fell, the entire edifice wouldcrumble.

In this situation and in other circumstances in the“new art” world, the absence of both objective artisticproducers or of outsiders unconcerned with undermin-ing the validity of the art undercuts the candor and open-ness of opinion which forms the accepted basis of pro-ducing good art. In other words, similarly to the groupgathered for Rocamora’s slide lecture, because too manypeople gathered with too much invested in the sameedgy or experimental artistic agenda, the class teeteredon the brink of artistic implosion, and therefore, canni-balism.

If art is defined as creating aesthetic mediums forcommunicating ideas, then art should not have an “in-club.” Including lay people or outsiders in artistic proj-ects will ensure their quality because they will ask thenecessary objective and non-self-preservationist ques-tions, like whether the project is aesthetically appealingand readable.

The whole point of Brown's open curriculum is thatstudying different things and mixing people from differ-ent disciplinary backgrounds into similar intellectual andproductive communities adds a richness to our educa-tion that would not otherwise be there. Sharing workmakes it better. If Brown wanted to create insular groupsit would have separate schools for each department, likeother large universities. The whole reason that we're notseparate is so that beneficial interaction between differ-ent disciplinary groups, lay people, and experts can hap-pen: the very interactions that probably gave birth to agenre like new media in the first place.

Brown undergraduates should form a new media clubfor more social interaction and idea and talentsharing,and they should make more and better use of existingavenues for work, like the undergraduates who puttogether Chaise Magazine last year.

It would be a shame to waste the diverse undergradu-ate talent, specialized graduate and faculty expertise, andother University resources pooled here at our feet atBrown. I would like to call for the new media communityto open the restricting harness of social and academicinsiderism so that everyone may take a more fulfillingand more creditable dip in the digital pool.

Emily Pudalov ’06 is a development studies concentrator.

Outside insider art

Contributing

to a community

of new media.

WILFRED CODRINGTON

The member states of the European Union are at acrucial turning point. On Dec. 16, the EU will votewhether or not to begin discussions concerning theaccession of Turkey into the community, and there area number of factors that could have the vote go eitherway.

ΩThis decision must not be taken lightly, as it canhave ramifications that well be felt by nations acrossthe globe.

There are many benefits of accepting Turkey intothe EU. For starters, Turkey is a majority Islamic state,albeit not as strict as many. Incorporating Turkey intoa European club would send a powerful message thatwould resonate with Islamic nations, destroying anyof their notions that the West maintains conceptionsthat they are unable to cooperate with other nations,that their government styles are primitive and that oiland terrorism are essential to our involvement in theregion.

The inclusion of Turkey would be an example of adiplomatic and inclusive approach to a global society,setting the foundations for a bridge between theWestern and the Islamic regions and for a partnershipdealing with a range of issues — from poverty to ter-rorism.

Those opposed to Turkey joining the EU wererecently joined by Princeton historian and Westernexpert on Islam Bernard Lewis, who opined in aninterview with the conservative paper Die Welt thatEurope would be Islamic by the end of this century “atthe very latest.” Lewis’ comment provoked discussion

among those who feel the same that allowing Turkeyinto the EU might be a step in that very direction.

Such thoughts are no doubt alarmist consideringthe positives of Turkey joining the E.U., but it is truethat admitting Turkey into the Union will force the

admission of other eastern European countries underconsideration.

Though about 75 percent of the country supportsthe idea, everything would not be good from theTurks’ perspective.

Turkey already has a less-than-perfect economy;two years ago, the country was struggling with a reces-sion. Stricter trade regulations would do nothing tohelp that. It is not a stretch to think that Turkey wouldlean on the EU for economic support; it would be thepoorest of the EU nations, in addition to the largest.

The idea of the EU having a large purse to aid these

countries is a myth. We only have to think of the strug-gling economies brought into the EU with the inclu-sion of the states of the former Eastern Bloc. Also, ifaccepted into the EU, Turkey would have to complywith the union’s laws, including those dealing withrelocation within the region.

In any case, Turkey’s entrance is not going to be soeasy. Its presence on the island of Cyprus is likely toevoke a veto from the Nicosian government, one ofthe EU’s newest member states.

In addition, the majority of France, including for-mer President Valiry Giscard d’Estaing who referred tothe possibility as the “end of Europe,” is against thenation’s entrance into the community (this interest-ingly enough excludes President Jacques Chirac).

With Germany and Italy divided on the issue andconsidering bringing about a referendum, it seemsthat the U.K. and Ireland are leading support forTurkey’s inclusion. It would be surprising if Turkeymakes it through the vote to open negotiations.

Essentially, when considering the EuropeanUnion’s future, the road does not look favorable to theTurks.

Though the benefits could be enormous, thereseems to be too much weighing on the “nay” side, atleast immediately. Maybe we’ll see a greater deal ofexcitement about the next Islamic country with a pop-ulation of 69 million that makes a bid to the EU.

Wilfred Codrington ’05 has more swing than Ohio.

A Turkish delight?

Arguing over

whether or not

Turkey should join

the European Union.

GUEST COLUMN BY EMILY PUDALOV

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SPORTS WEDNESDAYTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD

NOVEMBER 3, 2004 · PAGE 12

BY MADELEINE MARECKIHeadlined by strong debuts inseveral class competitions, theequestrian team put forth a con-certed effort at its show this pastSaturday at Trinity College inHartford, Conn. Despite theteam’s aggressiveness, Brown washanded a tough loss, missing first

place by one point. In the closelycontested show, the University ofConnecticut finished on top with37 points. Brown took second with36 points, and Trinity rounded upthe top three with 35 points.

Brown took charge of the com-petition from the start, as it hasdone in every competition this

season. The squad opened thecontest with a strong showing inthe open fences class. With herfirst-place performance, co-cap-tain Jamie Peddy ’06 earned sevenpoints and was able to put Brownon the scoreboard immediately.Alexis Gilbard ’06 supportedPeddy’s effort with a third-placefinish in the same class.

Marissa Geoffroy ’07 did not letthe momentum slip — she cap-tured first in intermediate fences,while Heidi Abrecht ’05 took sec-ond in novice fences. It was a spe-cial day for Geoffroy, who wasnamed high point rider of the dayin only her second collegiate com-petition. Solid performances wereturned in by co-captain LeilaLedsinger ’04.5, Whitney Keefe ’08and Peddy in open flat. Ledsingerheaded the effort by winning theclass, while Keefe and Peddy bothearned third place accolades intheir respective divisions.

Geoffroy continued herimpressive day with another first-place showing, this time in inter-mediate flat. Co-captain GalynBurke ’05 managed a third-placefinish in her first showing in thenovice flat class. In advancedwalk-trot-canter, Katie Goetz ’08was runner-up, while Cate Alsop’05 took third.

Jenny John ’06 made her debutin beginner walk-trot-canter andleft no questions about her ability.Despite never having shown inthis class, John secured first place.

Kim Mickenberg ’07 supportedher teammate’s performance witha strong second-place finish inthe same class. John’s perform-ance brought Brown to 29 points,close behind UConn, Johnsonand Wales, and Trinity.

Reminiscent of the last compe-tition at Teikyo Post University,the team winner of the showdepended on the walk-trot, thelast contest of the day. SarahMorris ’08 and Rebecca Sills ’05represented Brown well, withMorris taking first place in herfirst collegiate competition andSills securing third. However,despite the seven points earnedby point rider Morris, the eques-trian team finished the show insecond place.

The competition marks thefirst loss for Brown after two win-ning shows. In the overall stand-ings in the region, however,Brown currently holds first placeand leads UConn by nine points.The equestrian team realizes thatthis lead can be short-lived.

“This year we are definitelyfeeling the pressure from otherteams in the region, perhapsmore than in years past,”Ledsinger said. “We have beencompeting well but need to keeppulling in strong performancesto ensure that we maintain ourlead in the region.”

The team heads to theUniversity of Connecticut onSaturday.

BY KATIE LARKINContinuing a season of ups anddowns, the women’s cross coun-try team placed seventh out ofeight teams Friday at the IvyLeague HeptagonalChampionships at VanCortlandt Park in New York City.

Columbia University won themeet, with Caroline Bierbaumplacing first with a time of17:12.2, the third-fastest time inthe history of the Heps.Finishing after Columbia werePrinceton University, YaleUniversity, Dartmouth College,Cornell University, HarvardUniversity, Brown and theUniversity of Pennsylvania,respectively.

Pacing the Bears was NajaFerjan ’07, who was named tothe second All-Ivy team for her13th-place finish. Also scoringfor the women were captainJulie Komosinski ’05 in 28thplace, Michol Monaghan ’07 in35th place, Anna Willard ’06 in66th place and Herald staffwriter Jilane Rodgers ’06 in 69thplace.

The team did not place aswell as members expected.Injury and sickness preventedtop runners Annie Hatch ’06,Willard and Anya Davidson ’06from training as effectively asthey hoped in preparation forthe meet. But despite the hur-

dles, Komosinski was happywith individual performances.

“We knew going into it thatwe would have obstacles,”Komosinski said. “The peoplethat ran ran really well andshowed a lot of dedication andpassion. The team score doesn’treflect those efforts.”

Coach Richard Wemple pro-jected that his team could haveplaced higher in the standings ifthe runners had been out in fullforce.

The most competitive meet ofthe year for the women alsocame with the most challengingcourse.

“It was my first time on thecourse. I thought it was moredifficult than the others, but Iliked it. The weather was nice,and I was prepared for the hills,”Ferjan said.

Even with ideal weather forrunning, the 5 km course con-tained a straight mile of hills.Despite this, Ferjan posted herbest time ever for a 5-kilometerrace and Komosinski,Monaghan and Rodgers all ranpersonal bests on the course aswell.

Unfortunately, the team willbe without Ferjan for their nextrace; she will not run atRegionals because she will be

Pats streakends at 21,but no needto worry yet

Courtesy of Jamie Peddy

Co-captain Jamie Peddy ’06 earned seven points in the open fences divi-sion in equestrian’s meet this past Saturday.

BY MARCO SANTINIThe volleyball team (7-13, 4-5Ivy) dropped both of its IvyLeague matches this pastweekend, despite some greatindividual performances.

On Friday night, the teamvisited a strong University ofPennsylvania squad, which ithad lost to 3-1 earlier this year.The two teams were very wellmatched and went back andforth with one another in fivetough games.

“The pace of the Penn gamewas pretty quick and intense,”said Lauren Gibbs ’06. “Thelead went back and forth andwe both had a few game points.It all depends on how the balldrops.”

Penn took the first game 30-24, but Bruno bounced back inthe second game 31-21. TheQuakers took Game Three 30-26, and Bruno took Game Four30-28. Game five went toextras, but Penn won 17-15 totake the match.

“We both were strongteams,” said Leigh Martin ’06,who had 54 assists for thematch. “Neither team domi-nated for a long period oftime.”

Katie Lapinski ’08 earned a

double-double with 11 killsand 12 digs. Defensively, ElvinaKung ’05 led the way with 23digs followed by 15 from RachelLipman ’08. As a team, theBears posted 10 blocks.

Offensively, the Bears keptthemselves in the game with ahuge 18-kill performance byGibbs. Rikki Baldwin ’07 andJulie Mandolini-Trummel ’08added 13 kills each.

The Bears’ Saturday after-noon match against PrincetonUniversity started well as theytook the first game 30-25. ButPrinceton came alive, takingthe following three games 30-25, 30-27, and 30-21 for its sixthIvy League victory of the sea-son.

Lapinski cashed in for hersecond double-double of theweekend, this time with 13 killsand 17 digs.

Martin dished out 54 assistsfor the second straight match,propelling her over the 3000assists mark for her career.Martin still ranks second onBrown’s all-time assist list butshould break the record some-time next fall if she keeps upher current pace. Martin also

Volleyball dealt back-to-back losses, despitetwo notable milestones

Equestrian finishes second at Trinity meet,remains in first place in regional division

W. cross country, plaguedby injuries, finishes 7th

BY ERIC PERLMUTTERNew England sports fans, itseems, just can’t have every-thing.

In the same week that theBoston Red Sox took theWorld Series for the first timein 86 years, the New EnglandPatriots’ 21-game winningstreak ended in ugly fashionin a 34-20 loss to thePittsburgh Steelers. Were thePats perturbed that they wereno longer the best team in theregion? Unlikely, especiallyfor a group that began thestreak as big time underdogs.

But there is no need fortheoretical speculation,because the story of thePatriots’ loss could be seen onthe field. Anybody whowatched that game shouldhave come away with twomain thoughts: first, that theSteelers were well prepared toface a Patriots team thatentered the game with knownweaknesses; and second, thatthese weaknesses stemmedlargely from injuries to keyPatriots players.

Corey Dillon. Matt Light.Tom Ashworth. Dan Klecko.Ty Law. Tyrone Poole. (Not tomention Deion Branch.) It’snot an excuse to say that thePats played poorly in part dueto their absence. What teamshould be expected to winunder those circumstances?The Pats had rookie tackleBrandon Gorin in forAshworth, an offensive tackle,and eventually for Light at lefttackle, where Gorin hadn’tpracticed all week. He gotdominated. And once thePatriots abandoned the runbecause they realized thatKevin Faulk without a realfullback wouldn’t do the jobversus the New Steel Curtain,the Steelers couldn’t be heldhonest. The pass rush ranwild, defensive backs wereeverywhere, and the Patriotswere playing ketchup.

No Corey Dillon meant norunning game (five yards onsix carries), and that meantthat quarterback Tom Bradywas up against a defensegeared only toward stoppinghim. It was like soccer when ateam goes up by two goalsonly to drop 10 players backto defend — how do you breakthat? We all know the answer:usually, you don’t. And beforeyou say, “they had no Dillonlast year and dealt just fine,”last year’s squad never rushedfor fewer than 56 yards in agame and, maybe moreimportantly, never had a sin-gle-digit carries total. Dillonwould have at least had dou-ble-digits in yardage, no?

That’s the tricky thingabout football, more than anyother sport: an unfortunate

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