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BY ROBBIE COREY-BOULETMETRO EDITOR

As Rhode Island Education CommissionerPeter McWalters prepares to rule Friday onwhether to approve state intervention atProvidence’s troubled Hope High School,

one local politician says hewants city leaders to “thinklike visionaries” as they tryto turn conditions at the

school around.Ward 7 City Councilman John Igliozzi

forwarded a proposal to local communityand educational leaders in December,calling for the city to demolish Hope’s cur-rent building and sell its 18 acres of sur-rounding property. The state could thenuse the profits to construct three small,independent charter schools, he said.

This plan entails the formation of pub-lic-private partnerships with Brown,Johnson and Wales University and theRhode Island School of Design. These pri-vate institutions — which Igliozzi called“the cream of the crop” in their respectivedisciplines — would each design a cur-riculum and operate one of the charterschools, overseeing approximately 400 to500 students, Igliozzi said.

Brown would manage a general educa-tion high school, RISD would develop an

arts program and Johnson and Waleswould control a school to specialize invocational training.

Both RISD and Johnson and Wales con-tacted Igliozzi after receiving his proposal,and he said he hopes to meet with theseschools in the coming weeks.Administrators at Johnson and Wales havebeen “very receptive,” he said, while RISDPresident Roger Mandle has been “willingto listen.” Igliozzi said he is hoping Brownwill contact him to schedule a meeting,though the University has yet to do so.

So far, Brown has been “a little reluctantto engage,” Igliozzi said.

Mark Nickel, director of the BrownNews Service, said the University has nottaken a position on Igliozzi’s proposal.

Brown “should be more than happy toparticipate,” Igliozzi said. Such an effortwould underscore a larger commitment toimproving educational conditions inProvidence as well as bolstering the city’seconomic growth, he said.

Mandle told The Herald that RISD hasbeen actively involved in education effortsat Hope for “a number of years” and hasmet with McWalters to discuss ways to“ramp up our investment of people to helpsolve the Hope situation.”

But, he said, RISD will probably not

choose to oversee a charter school.“We just are not in a position to take

over the management of Hope HighSchool in any respect,” Mandle said. “Wecan be allies, we can be supporters, but wecannot manage any or all of Hope HighSchool.”

Mandle added that he has been intouch with administrators at Brown and atJohnson and Wales concerning Igliozzi’splan. He said he believes they share RISD’sposition regarding the proposal.

“I know that Brown is already activelyinvolved with Hope in a number of ways,”he said. “We’re all trying to do what wecan.”

Public-private partnerships wouldgreatly benefit the Providence school dis-trict, which currently serves approximate-ly 28,000 students, Igliozzi said.

“It is imperative … that these childrensee proper education in order to continuethe financial and economic health of thewhole state of Rhode Island,” he said.

Igliozzi said he agrees with many com-munity leaders who contend that theProvidence School Department’s attemptsto address Hope’s problems internallyhave not produced satisfactory results.

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Ivy Roomclosed untilWednesdayThe Ivy Room, Brown’s popular vegetar-ian dining option, will be closed untilWednesday.

A maintenance problem thatrequires workers to drill into the estab-lishment’s walls is the cause of the tem-porary closure, according to an e-mailforwarded to The Herald by AnnieHatch ’06, a supervisor at the Ivy Room.

Until Wednesday, many students —vegetarians included — are willing tohold their breaths and perhaps evenventure to the Gate or Josiah’s.

“The Ivy Room is a critical part of mylife,” said Whitney Snyder ’08, a vegetar-ian. “But I guess I’ll have to find differ-ent options for now.”

Representatives of Brown DiningServices were unwilling to comment onspecific reasons for the closure.

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Rush extendedto six weeksHouses want more time tomeet prospective membersBY ALEX BARSKSENIOR STAFF WRITER

Rush period for fraternities and co-edhouses has been extended from five to sixweeks this year to allow prospectivemembers greater flexibility in choosinghousing. Rush began Friday with the firstfraternity party of the semester, at PhiKappa Psi, and will last until March 8,when bids and signed room contracts forfraternity, sorority and program housesare due to the Office of Residential Life.

“We wanted to give people more timeso that they don’t feel pressured abouthaving to decide so quickly,” said DanielaAmores ’05, Greek Council vice chair andmember of Kappa Alpha Theta. “Nowthey have more flexibility in choosingwhether to join a house or to enter thehousing lottery with their friends.”

During the rush period each house isallowed to hold five formal events, whichare registered with Greek Council — threeon weekdays, which are mandatory non-alcoholic, and two on weekends.

Greek Council regulates the dates andtimes of these events so they don’t overlapand so rushes have the opportunity toattend open houses and parties held byseveral different houses, Amores said.

“I think the extra week’s going to have abeneficial effect because it allows us tospread out rush a bit more. It’s usually ahectic month. This takes a lot of pressureoff of everybody,” said Maxine Jackson’05, president of Zeta Delta Xi, a co-ed fra-ternity.

“It gives us another week to have moreunofficial events at the house, to get toknow the people who’ve been by quite abit. It’ll become more about getting toknow them better, rather than gettingpeople in the door, so that we can make agood decision,” she said.

Jamie Sholem ’06, president of Sigma

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City councilman wants Hope High split into charter schools

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Some Class F parties move back to loungesBY STEPHANIE CLARKFEATURES EDITOR

After the nearly complete removal of ClassF parties from fraternity houses at thebeginning of last semester, more fraterni-ties are taking steps to enforce Universitypolicy and state law more diligently in orderto bring their parties back to WristonQuadrangle.

The stricter enforcement of fire codes,which began last semester, caused manyClass F parties that were formerly held infraternity house lounges to be moved tocampus spaces such as Sayles Hall or LeungGallery. Better preparation and more dili-gent party management have enabledsome Class F parties to move back intolounge spaces.

A Class F party is one that serves alcoholand charges admission. These events gen-erally attract more attendees than othertypes of parties.

While the University’s policy has notchanged significantly since the beginningof the fall semester, fraternities are findingways to follow the strict occupancy rules intheir smaller lounge spaces. Phi Kappa Psithrew a successful Class F party in SearsHouse Friday night, according to formerpresident and current social chair XanderBoutelle ’05.

By preparing thoroughly, increasingsecurity and keeping a strict head countduring the party, the fraternity was able tothrow an in-house Class F party in accor-dance with all Rhode Island law as well asUniversity policy, Boutelle said. TheDepartment of Public Safety was a big helpin managing the crowd and keeping thingsunder control, he said. In the past, DPS onlycame to fraternity parties in problem situa-tions, whereas officers are now available asa source of support to the fraternity if need-ed, according to Boutelle.

The primary reason Class F parties weremoved to other campus buildings was a lax-ity in enforcing occupancy limits. Partyattendance cannot legally exceed the post-

ed occupancy limit at any given time,which is around 125 in most fraternityhouses. When throwing any type of party,“It’s every house’s responsibility to makesure the party is kept at capacity,” said ChrisGuhin ’05, Greek Council Chair and a mem-ber of Alpha Delta Phi.

The brothers of Phi Kappa Psi did notmake as much money on Friday night asthey have with previous Class F parties,because they had to turn away a large num-ber of people at the door, Boutelle said. “Butit was by far worth it to have (the party) inthe house,” even with the lower revenue, hesaid.

According to Boutelle, as long as stu-dents adopt an “energetic and professional”attitude towards throwing parties, they willcontinue to thrive. Friday’s party made useof a coatroom so partygoers would not haveto stand outside in the cold while waiting toenter. It is this sort of “innovative approach”that will enable Class F parties to remain in

fraternity houses, Boutelle said.Many fraternity and sorority parties are

small and invitation-only. Alpha Epsilon Piorganizers usually prefer these to largerClass F parties, said AEPi president RobLazerow. “It’s more fun for us to throwsmaller parties with our friends,” he said.“They’re easier to manage.”

AEPi held its annual Class F party “BodyChemistry” earlier this year in Sayles Hallfor the first time, a change that necessitatedsome extra planning, Lazerow said.

The fraternity is planning on having theparty according to schedule next year aswell. “If we’re able to throw it in our build-ing, that’s our preference,” Lazerow said,but if they are unable to do so, they willrefine planning strategies from this yearand hold it in a campus building again.

In the meantime, the fraternity will con-tinue to hold invitational parties that don’t

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Fraternities such as Alpha Epsilon Pi continue to throw invitational cocktail parties in their lounge.

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BAGHDAD, Iraq — A day after Iraq’sfirst free election in half a century,interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawicalled on his countrymen to uniteand promised to reach out to thecountry’s alienated Sunni Arabminority.

Perhaps as early as Tuesday, the

commission will begin releasingresults. But it will take at least 10days to know the entire outcome,said Adil Lami, a top official with theIndependent Electoral Commission.

Sensing victory, the United IraqiAlliance has attempted to reach outto Sunni leaders in past weeks, butmany Sunnis, in sentiments oftenexpressed bluntly, said they fearedthe alliance would relegate them tosecond-class status and serve as acover for the interests of the Islamicgovernment in predominantlyShiite Iran.

T O D A Y ’ S E V E N T SSPRING SEMESTER ADDRESS7:30 p.m. (Salomon 101) —President Simmons will speak onthe state of the University.

MOVIE SCREENIING: BLACK IS,BLACK AIN’T7:00-9:00 p.m. (Smith-Buonano106) —Part of Black History Month, spon-sored by the Third World Center.

BY BEN LEUBSDORFSENIOR STAFF WRITER

In a move that violates a federalban on drug importation, RhodeIsland recently initiated two pro-grams to help residents purchaseprescription drugs from pharma-cies in Canada, where their cost isrelatively low.

But there remain serious con-cerns about the safety of importeddrugs, according to local and fed-eral policymakers.

The state legislature passed alaw in 2004 requiring theDepartment of Health to beginlicensing pharmacies in Canadianprovinces — just as it does phar-macies in other states. This wouldallow Rhode Island residents to filltheir prescriptions by mail orderfrom licensed Canadian pharma-cies. Although two pharmacies inCanada have expressed interest,none have yet applied for a license,said Dr. Patricia Nolan, director ofthe Department of Health and aclinical assistant professor of com-munity health.

The federal government bansthe import of most prescriptiondrugs under the Federal Food,Drug and Cosmetic Act, andRhode Island may face legal chal-lenges as a result of its new policy.The Food and DrugAdministration sent Rhode IslandAttorney General Patrick Lynch aletter on Jan. 28 warning that thestate’s actions violate federal law.

But Rhode Island Secretary ofState Matthew Brown did not seemconcerned about federal action.

“They haven’t done anything sofar” to other states with similarprograms, he said. “It’s very hard toargue” against a program that cutscosts for prescription drugs.

Last week, Brown alsoannounced a new program calledRIMeds that connects residentsthrough the Internet and phonewith CanaRX, a prescription drugswholesaler representing 60 phar-macies in Canada and the UnitedKingdom. Similar programs havebeen implemented in Illinois,Kansas, Missouri, Wisconsin andparts of Massachusetts.

Driving these actions is the ris-ing cost of prescription drugs andinsufficient insurance coverage forAmericans.

“I’ve met hundreds of RhodeIslanders across the state, seniorcitizens especially, who can nolonger afford prescription drugs,”said Brown, who added that hebelieves the government must “doeverything we can” to help.

Canada, through its nationalhealth care plan, negotiates withdrug companies for lower priceswhen buying drugs in bulk. U.S.

health insurance companies dothe same for their clients. As aresult, drug prices are lower inCanada and for Americans withinsurance.

But federal law, specifically theMedicare Modernization Act of2003, forbids the government fromnegotiating for lower drug pricesfor citizens on Medicare andMedicaid, according to JamesMorone, professor of political sci-ence. People without any coveragemust also pay full price, he said.

Morone blamed Republican tiesto pharmaceutical corporationsfor raising costs for uninsured con-sumers.

“If you don’t have drug coverage— and a lot of people don’t —you’re screwed,” he said.

In the absence of federal actionaddressing drug prices, individualstates have launched programs tohelp residents import cheaperdrugs from Canada on theInternet. Rhode Island has gonefurther in allowing Canadian phar-macies the same licenses offeredto out-of-state domestic pharma-cies.

Nolan said that college studentsliving in Rhode Island would beable to participate in the program.

The proposal has been met withconcern regarding the safety ofimported drugs. Jack Hutson,executive director of the RhodeIsland Pharmacists’ Association,said “people need to look past thesound bites” at the safety issuesinvolved, adding that there is noway to ensure the safety of import-ed drugs.

The Rhode Island Board ofPharmacy, which oversees licens-

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Subway to open on Waterman St.Students will soon be able to add interna-

tional sandwich chain Subway to the list ofdining options near Thayer Street. The restau-rant, whose future location is 114 WatermanSt. — former home of Harvey’s Ltd., a men’sfine clothing store — will be one of 26,800Subway franchises in 80 countries.

“We’re hoping for four to five weeks,” co-owner Steve Souza said of the projected open-ing for the store. He and co-owner ChuckSmith have always had interest in opening astore on or near Thayer Street. They brieflyconsidered moving into a space on MeetingStreet, behind Johnny Rockets, but opted forthe Waterman Street location in the end. “Thelayout wasn’t conducive” on Meeting Street,Souza said. He and Smith each own anotherSubway franchise in Rhode Island.

Contractors began work on the WatermanStreet space last week, and a placard in thewindow advertises employment opportuni-ties. Souza said he would “absolutely” beinterested in hiring college students to workpart time at the store.

Some locally run establishments in theThayer Street area are less than thrilled aboutthe sandwich chain’s arrival. “They have lowercost options, but it’s lower quality,” said JeffDevito, assistant manager of Ocean CoffeeRoasters, which is located just west of thefuture Subway.

Lower cost can make all the difference forthe cash-strapped college students that com-pose a large portion of these restaurants’clientele, so Ocean is doing what it can toimprove its menu, especially in light of recentlow sales. “With Subway opening, we need tobe able to compete,” Devito said.

Ocean recently introduced eight new sand-wiches — “more specialty than just deli sand-wiches,” according to Devito — and new sal-ads, like Asian chicken or spinach and bacon.The café also increased all sandwich portionsizes to include six ounces of meat andcheese. Devito said he hoped these changeswould improve quality enough to makeOcean’s prices more cost-efficient for stu-dents.

“What? They’re opening next to Ocean’s?”lamented Sanaa Rahman ’08 when she heard

of Subway’s arrival. “The reason we go toOcean’s is because it’s unique to RhodeIsland.”

— Anne Wootton

Shell station here until 2006Despite previous indications that the Shell

gas station on Angell Street would be demol-ished to expedite construction on SidneyFrank Hall, the University has opted to allowthe station to remain until its lease expires inthe summer of 2006.

Brown had previously hoped that construc-tion on Frank Hall could begin earlier thanscheduled, but has since abandoned that goal,according to Richard Spies, executive vice pres-ident for planning and senior advisor toPresident Ruth Simmons.

“We thought we might be able to short-cir-cuit the process, but it doesn’t look like we’ll beable to right now,” Spies said.

Spies told The Herald in July that administra-tors were considering negotiations with the sta-tion’s owners to terminate its lease prematurely.The University, which owns the property, ulti-mately decided the plan would be unnecessaryand impractical, he said.

“To try to speed up things didn’t makesense,” Spies said. “Between doing it quicklyversus doing it well, we choose doing it well.”

The construction of Sidney Frank Hall willprobably begin in the summer or fall of 2006, hesaid.

Spies also said the University is in the finalstages of architect selection for the project, andmuch planning and design work is still neededfor the building.

Frank Hall, named after the Jägermeisterimporter who donated $20 million of the esti-mated $30 million construction cost, will housethe Department of Cognitive and LinguisticScience, the Brain Science Program, a 350-seatauditorium and classrooms. In Brown’s MasterPlan, Frank Hall is a centerpiece of “The Walk,”a landscaped pathway connecting thePembroke campus to Lincoln Field.

— Stu Woo

IN BRIEFR.I. Rx programdefies federal law

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“We’re two years into the actionplan and the results are negative,not positive,” he said, referring toimprovement efforts that districtsuperintendent Melody Johnsonsaid began following McWalters’first intervention in 2001.

These efforts should not bepermitted to continue, Igliozzisaid.

Igliozzi is one of several politi-cians and community leaderscalling for state intervention. At apublic hearing Dec. 15, theProvidence EducationalExcellence Coalition — whichfeatures members from a varietyof local youth and faith-basedorganizations — recommendedMcWalters shut down the school,which consistently tests farbelow state and national stan-dards and has the highestdropout rate among Providencehigh schools.

Igliozzi said he is skeptical ofstate intervention proposals thatsupport keeping Hope at its cur-rent location.

“What we’re talking about ishaving the same old, same old,”he said of such proposals. “I’m try-ing to provide the next step.”

Igliozzi described Hope’s cur-rent building as “antiquated,” and“in a constant state of disrepair,”saying efforts to improve the struc-ture would prove too costly for thecity. One estimate placed the costof necessary repairs between $45and $55 million, he said.

Though the building itself suf-fers from neglect, Igliozzi said thesite’s property could be a majorasset to the city, particularly givenits “beautiful” view of theProvidence skyline.

If the property were sold orleased, the city could raiseapproximately $60 million, heestimated. Officials could also optto keep four or five acres uponwhich to construct one of thecharter schools, he said.

“The economics work,” Igliozzisaid. “That’s the easiest part.”

A larger challenge lies in con-

vincing leaders “to be humbleenough to ask for help” from pri-vate institutions, he said.Engaging private universities inthe welfare of Providence publicschools will allow the district topursue education initiativespoliticians “talk about but rarelyachieve,” he said.

The creation of “neighborhoodschools” would cut down on aver-age transportation time, Igliozzisaid, because the charter schoolswould be located closer to resi-dential districts. Hope’s currentlocation forces many students tospend more than one hour ridinga school bus each day, a processhe said eats into valuable instruc-tion time.

Alykhan Karim ’06, who found-ed Students Teaching Studentslast year to organize tutoringefforts at Hope, agreed “it’s reallyhard for kids to get (to school).”

A more pressing problem fac-ing Hope is the “deplorable” lackof parental involvement, some-thing Igliozzi said he hopes“neighborhood schools” andsmaller class sizes will helpaddress.

But Mandle said he opposedrelocating Hope, calling theschool’s current location “animportant asset to the East Side.”

Mary Sylvia Harrison, a mem-ber of the Providence EducationalExcellence Coalition that recom-mended state intervention, saidsmaller schools may effectivelyfoster more “personalization”among students, teachers andparents.

But Harrison called the promo-tion of small schools a potentially“dangerous” strategy if they do notgenerate “more earnest, volitionalactors” to support students.

Karim argued that the creationof “neighborhood schools” mightnot have a dramatic effect onparental involvement. “Locationis not the only problem,” he said.

Many parents in the district arefirst-generation immigrants, forexample, and may adopt lessproactive approaches to their stu-dents’ education, Karim said.

“For them, it’s a very differentattitude,” he said.

Igliozzi said he believes his plan

would reduce the school’s current52 percent dropout rate. The dif-ferent programs offered by threecharter schools would providestudents with an alternative to thecurrent curriculum, which merely“teaches to the test,” he said.

“The present curriculum isn’tinteresting enough for students tostay,” Igliozzi said.

But Karim said closing Hopeand building smaller schoolsmight temporarily increase thedropout rate. In the short term,closing Hope would be a “badthing” for students presentlyenrolled.

“You might just have a lot ofkids drop out who are not thatinterested in going to school in thefirst place,” he said.

In addition to educational lead-ers’ reluctance to embrace a planIgliozzi himself called “unconven-tional,” the proposal also faces alegislative hurdle limiting thenumber of charter schools in anyRhode Island municipality to four.Providence already operates fourcharter schools.

But Igliozzi said he does notview this legislation as a signifi-cant problem, adding that theimportance of a child’s educationshould overcome such politicalobstacles.

Elliott Krieger, a spokespersonfor the education department,said McWalters “supports expand-ing charter schools, especially inurban areas.”

Brian Fong ’02 GS ’03, whotaught at Hope during the 2003-2004 academic year, said hebelieves constructing charterschools would resolve spaceissues created by Hope’s large stu-dent body.

“There’s too many studentscrammed into a small school,” hesaid. “All of the teachers sharedrooms together, so none of us hadstable homerooms to call ourown. I moved through three dif-ferent classrooms in the course ofa day.”

Having smaller schools, even ifthey are not charter schools,would “give students a chance tobond with their teachers,” Fongsaid. “The smaller the school, thebetter they are for the students.”

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ing, criticized the program as“not being the best public policy”prior to its implementation,Nolan said. But the healthdepartment is “obligated to goforward … as the statute is actu-ally quite instructive,” and thedepartment will do everything itcan to ensure the safety ofimported drugs, she said.

Vincent Mor, chairman of theDepartment of CommunityHealth, said concerns aboutInternet pharmacies are legiti-mate, but fears of Canadian phar-macies licensed by the Canadiangovernment are less well-found-ed.

For Internet orders, “You don’thave a clue where that stuff’scoming from,” he said. ButCanadian pharmacies are regu-lated by provincial authorities —just as American pharmacies areregulated by states — and most ofthe drugs Americans import fromCanada are “exactly the same asthe drugs coming into anAmerican pharmacy,” Mor said. Ifthe pharmacy is licensed by itsprovince and by Rhode Island,the safety issues should be mini-mal, he said.

But Hutson said HealthCanada, the equivalent of theFood and Drug Administration, isonly mandated to regulate drugsfor Canadian consumption. Thereis no legal oversight of drugs thatmight be earmarked for export tothe U.S., he said, and there is noway to determine the actualsource of such drugs.

He cited the ongoing case ofone Internet pharmacy in Canadawhich kept inspectors out of its

warehouse during an investiga-tion by showing the drugs wereintended for export to the U.S.and would not reach Canadianconsumers.

As for the MedRI program,Brown said that the pharmaciesused by CanaRX have beeninspected and approved by Illinoisstate officials as part of their I-SaveRx program. But the first stepto enrolling in the program is sign-ing a legal liability releaseacknowledging “certain unavoid-able risks” and agreeing that “pre-scription drugs purchased fromother countries fall outside of theregulatory system for prescriptiondrugs purchased in the UnitedStates,” according to the I-SaveRXprogram Web site.

“If it’s so safe, why would youneed to sign a waiver you would-n’t need to sign in any RhodeIsland pharmacy?” Hutson said.

Nolan said drug imports fromCanada are not a long-term solu-tion to the rising cost of pharma-ceuticals. She referred to the pro-gram as a “stop-gap” solution andsaid the federal governmentshould address drug pricing inthe longterm.

Morone said he believesRhode Island’s actions could pro-voke federal action.

“I would see this as a negotia-tive process,” he said, adding thathe believes Rhode Island’sactions will trigger one of severalresponses from the government.Federal policymakers maychoose to fight an unpopularlegal battle with the states, rede-fine the issue to address theproblem of prescription drugpricing or “look the other way.”

“It’s easy to overlook a Website,” Morone said. “It’s very hardto overlook what Rhode Island isdoing.”

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Chi, said a longer rush period willallow more time to get to knoweach prospective member. “Italways gets a little stressful forboth the fraternities and the rush-es near the end, and this justmeans it’s going to take anotherweek to kick into high gear. We stilllook at things from the perspec-tive of how long till the deadline,”he said.

According to Amores, the rushperiod has not been extended forsororities because they are gov-erned by the Pan Hellenic System,by which all national sororitieshave to abide, rather than only byUniversity and Greek Councilrules.

Brown’s two sororities, KappaAlpha Theta and Alpha ChiOmega, held a joint “rush kickoff”event Sunday, during which sis-ters introduced rushes to sororitylife in general but were preventedfrom revealing which sorority theybelong to. According to HeidiWilder ’06, president of KappaAlpha Theta, about 20 girlsattended the event.

“This is the hardest of theevents because we can’t share ourpersonal experience,” said AlidaKinney ’05 of Kappa Alpha Theta.“Once the rush parties start up,it’ll be easier for the girls to figureout which crowd they’re moreattracted to,” she said.

During the two-week rush peri-od, each sorority house will indi-vidually host four parties, the lastof which will be by invitation only.

Lucy Raulston ’06 said she hadnever thought of joining a sororityuntil talking to friends at Brownwho had already. “I didn’t want to

be involved in anything too hard-core, but this seems more relaxedand low-key,” she said.

The presidents of all the housessaid they do not go into rush witha predetermined number of newmembers to accept.

“It depends on who shows up.We let them see what our brother-hood’s about and see if it’s some-thing they want to become a partof, see if that meshes with whothey are and their values,” saidRob Lazerow ’06, president ofAlpha Epsilon Pi.

But according to Chip Virnig’06, president of Delta Phi, broth-ers often go into the process withpotential new members already inmind.

“We always have an idea of kidswho we think we’d like in thehouse — kids that brothers knowthrough sports teams, from their

home towns, younger siblings. …We start out with personal con-nections and the list expandsfrom the core group of kids,” hesaid.

According to Evan Hammer’05, co-rush chair for Phi KappaPsi, many rushes do not come toBrown with the intention of join-ing a fraternity.

“It’s pretty much split,” he said,explaining that “there are certainpeople that are choosing betweendifferent houses, and certain peo-ple deciding if they’re going to doit (at) all — they’re interestedbecause of the people they knowin the house, and otherwisewouldn’t be interested.”

“Mostly kids seem to make thedecision last minute,” said Virnig,including himself. “I wasn’t plan-ning on being in a frat and nowI’m the president of one.”

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exceed the occupancy limits ofits lounge, according toLazerow. More people havebeen coming to these parties,an increase he said is notbecause policy enforcementhas decreased the popularityof the Class F parties. Instead,he credited the fraternity’ssocial chair for making thesmaller parties more appeal-ing. “I just think we’re throw-ing better parties,” he said.

People prefer partiesthrown in fraternity houselounges because they arefamiliar and offer a more inti-mate environment, Lazerowsaid. “Parties in Universitybuildings are different, andchange scares people,” he

said.While the policy enforce-

ment has created some chal-lenges for student groups, it byno means creates insur-mountable obstacles to throw-ing parties, Boutelle said.“There are a lot of options;although the changes make ithard, it’s still possible to throwa great party,” he said. Hementioned the possibility of ajoint party with another cam-pus group to be held in abuilding such as Sayles Hall asa way to increase the variety ofparties on campus.

As for what can be doneabout the difficulties of throw-ing parties at Brown, Boutellesaid, “I would like to see stu-dents taking the initiative toprepare and plan good, well-controlled parties so thatBrown University can have agood time on a Friday night.”

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Stop the silent treatmentOn the one hand, Brown has neither the will nor the resourcesto get into the business of secondary education anytime soon.

On the other hand, Brown has had toes in the high schoolwaters for a long time.

Since the first University chair of didactics was appointed in1851 (an ephemeral project which evolved into the Departmentof Education), Providence and Rhode Island schools have bene-fited from the University’s strong institutional reach. The posi-tive effect Brown has had Providence schools has been incalcu-lable, heroic and, apparently, insufficient.

Hope High School is a failing school. It is impossible to arguethat incremental measures have done enough to improve it overthe last few years. We sympathize with Ward 7 City CouncilmanJohn Igliozzi’s impulse to just bulldoze the thing and start over.His proposal to throw responsibility for a third of the unman-ageably large school to each of the three strong institutionswithin the city limits is flattering and surprisingly thoughtful.

We know there is no room in the University’s mission —much less its campus — for a charter school. But for theamount of energy and manpower pouring out of theDepartment of Education, the Swearer Center and the studentbody into Hope High School in the form of advice, projects, pro-grams and volunteers, the University should be getting more ofa benefit. It is in everyone’s interest that Brown make a strong,well-organized commitment now to guide the process of trans-forming Hope.

RISD President Roger Mandle told The Herald that his institu-tion will politely decline Igliozzi’s offer while at the same time“ramping up” its dedication to Hope High. Johnson and Waleshas responded as well. Moreover, McWalters reached out toBrown and RISD to improve education at Hope during his hear-ings on the school. That Brown as a whole remains silent, per-haps waiting for McWalters’ final ruling, is unfortunate andstandoffish. The high school was a pilot site for ProfessorEmeritus of Education Ted Sizer’s Coalition of Essential Schools20 years ago. The past several years have illustrated that Hope’simprovement has the potential to improve the safety of ourcampus, boost our regional economy and improve our studentbody.

Whatever happens to Hope High, Brown as a whole institu-tion should be involved and vocal in its direction from thismoment on.

To the editor:

I agree wholeheartedly with columnist JoshuaLerner's proposal to start J-term courses atBrown (“A winter break J-term?”, January 31).

I remember watching a lot of HBO at my par-ents' house during winter breaks at Brown. Sure,I needed a break, but Brown's break seemed longto me even then. It surprised me to learn thatthis hasn't changed in the past 15 years.

I am now a member of the staff at MountHolyoke College, which has a thriving January-term program. Students love the opportunity totake risks, learn about something outside the reg-

ular curriculum, and expand their view of theworld. Whether they learn about advertisingfrom an industry pro or join the crew of a square-rig tall ship, students benefit greatly from theexperience and return to campus with mindsablaze.

Such a program would be a natural fit forBrown, and I hope the faculty and administrationgive it the attention it deserves.

Bill Denneen '89Director of Internet Marketing

Mount Holyoke CollegeJanuary 31

Alum sees J-term success at Mount Holyoke

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2005 · PAGE 7

The rhetoric gap

MICHAL ZAPENDOWSKI

I have a dirty little secret to share.Are you ready for this? Are you sit-

ting down? Okay.Here goes: I love conservatives.Now keep in mind, I don’t love them

for their “pro-family” policy stances ortheir smoldering good looks (though Iwill admit, that guy who beat TomDaschle is quite the sizzlin’ hunk ofman beef). I love them because Iadmire them, and I admire thembecause they have the balls of steelthat Democrats so sorely lack.

Allow me to illustrate.When liberals throw a national con-

vention, we marvel at “the audacity ofhope.” When right-wingers throw thesame event, they proudly discuss beat-ing our faces in with rifles. See the dif-ference? Conservatives never fear fir-ing at will, and we liberals could learn alot from them.

In fact, I’d go so far as to say we haveto.

Democrats are afraid to attack withthe venom of a Bill O’Reilly or a RushLimbaugh. We believe it is beneath us.We don’t want to get in bed with the“nasties,” much less be nasty our-selves. We detest Sean Hannity asmuch for his style as for his substance.We want to take the high road. Wethink that if we keep our heads abovethe fray, eventually people will realizethat we’re right.

Wrong. Last August a bunch of so-called

Swift Boat Veterans for Truth attackedJohn Kerry, claiming the he’d lied to gethis Vietnam medals and betrayed thecountry with his antiwar protests. Justabout all of the charges were certifiably

false. Kerry wanted to strike back hardand fast, but his advisers didn’t wanthim to “dignify (the allegations) with aresponse.” By the time the Democratsfinally did respond, the damage hadbeen done.

Contrast that with the conservativeresponse to a CBS story alleging thatGeorge W. Bush was AWOL during hisNational Guard service. Republicansdidn’t just make sure everyone knewthe charges were false — they shred-ded CBS and butchered Dan Rather.

I have friends who still think JohnKerry lied about his medals. Those

friends might well have voted for himhad they known that the charges weredisproved. And I believe that Kerrycould have won the election if he’dfought back harder and more swiftlyagainst the Swifties.

As it was, the Dems were too afraidto throw punches and the Republicanswon with a dirty trick.

But what does all this mean for us,the students who supported JohnKerry last fall?

Obviously, we can’t change what’shappening in the upper echelons ofthe Democratic party — at least, wecan’t just yet. But there is still reason for

us to feel empowered. Because rightnow, as we eat our Ratty sticky rice andprepare to join the world, we are incu-bating our generation. And a genera-tion isn’t just a group of people whowere born around the same time. It’s aset of ideals and values that we carrywith us all our lives.

Over the course of this semester, Iwill be writing a series of columns sug-gesting ways to make our idealismeffective, to help us forge our genera-tion, to transform it into what we wantit to be, what we know it can be. For themoment though, I have but one plea:stand tough.

Don’t let yourself be one of thoseliberals who is too sweet-natured tostand up for herself. Or himself. Don’tbite your tongue for fear of offendingothers. Don’t pull any punches. It’stime to let our opponents know thatdebate is welcome, but if they can’tback up their own point of view, theyshould prepare to start defecating outof three orifices — minimum.

Yes, my friends, we have two choic-es. We can be rolled over like those inour parents’ generation who let Kerryget decimated by the Swift Boat Vetswithout any just recourse. Or we canstudy the stylings of Karl Rove and DickCheney, fighting harder, stronger andmeaner than any right-wing chowder-head would ever dare imagine.

Personally, I’m choosing Option B. Who’s with me?

Joel Silberman ’05 will discuss whyMichael Moore is the worst possiblemodel for a more aggressive liberal inhis next column.

Sit down, you rabid hatemongers

JOEL SILBERMAN

Conservativesnever fear firing at

will, and weliberals could learn

a lot from them.

Brown students who went home toNew York City this break might beaware that the Big Apple was gracedby an enormous monkey-head col-lage of President George W. Bush. Thepresidential portrait of primates,painted by Pennsylvanian ChrisSavido, was seen by 400,000 com-muters every day as they cruised inand out of Holland Tunnel.

I wonder how I would react if abunch of right-wing nutcases were tomake a giant portrait of Bill Clinton outof, say, hundreds of pairs of unzippedpants. Or, for that matter, how I wouldreact if they were to march chantingthrough the streets, burning or hang-ing or comparing him to Hitler in effi-gy. I remember Rush Limbaugh callingthe president’s daughter, Chelsea, the“new White House dog.” I’m no fan ofour former president, but the right-wing hate cult that developed aroundhim kind of frightened me. At worst, itwas scary, and at best it struck me aspretty stupid and tasteless. Why shouldpeople on the opposite side of thepolitical spectrum react any differentlyto primitive Bush-bashing?

I’ve heard a lot of people say that theleft in America needs to “go beyond”bashing Bush. If you ask me, we shoulddo away with it altogether.

Criticizing the president’s policies isone thing but demonizing him fanati-cally is immature and ineffective. I’d bewilling to bet a fair number of peoplevoted for Dubya on Nov. 2 in large partbecause the most visible opposition to

him takes the form of Savido’s artwork,or similarly Paleolithic personalinsults.

Worst of all, rabid Bush-bashingerases whatever moral high ground theleft would otherwise gain by cam-paigning against googly-eyed Bible-bangers and gay-and-homeless-bash-ers. Next time you find yourself on astreetcorner, lighting a huge Bushdummy on fire while the NYPD picks

off your minority friends with rubberbullets, I suggest you look at yourreflection in the window of the nearbyfashion boutique and ask yourself:who comes across as dumber here, meor Bush? Whose eyes are really staringominously out of that monkey face?Are they the president’s, or are they thehate-filled eyes of the Radical Left?

Many good lawyers know that oneway to win a case in front of a jury is to

subtly infuriate your opponent untilthey explode and disintegrate into aself-destructive, ugly frenzy. Effectivepoliticians also know that one way tounite a movement is to make it feelfrightened and victimized, like it isbeing ruthlessly and unfairly attacked.We the American Left need to avoidacting as the source of such offensives.We should hold together, self-disci-plined and civilized, and deny theleaders of the right the opportunitiesthey seek.

I feel as strongly as anyone about thepolitical situation in this country. Myfamily lives a few hours away fromBush’s ranch; the movie theatre I usedto work at played “Passion of theChrist” on all 24 of its screens, and if agiant billboard demonizing Bill Clintonwere ever hung up by some wealthyRepublicans, I have a feeling it wouldhaunt a busy thoroughfare someplacenear my parents’ home in Dallas.

Nonetheless, Bush is not Hitler, noris he a monkey, nor is he (officially) ahereditary monarch. And if he is amonkey, he is a monkey of which Istand in awe, for it has reached thepresidency. In either case, I disagreewith Republicans very strongly, but Idon’t hold them in contempt. Hateshouldn’t be the foundation of anypolitical movement, no matter hownoble its purpose.

Michal Zapendowski ’07 is the newWhite House dog.

Next time you’relighting a Bushdummy on fire while the NYPD

picks off your minorityfriends with

rubber bullets...

Get me a glassof Cristal and

a copy of Us Weekly

MARJON CARLOS

I saw it coming.While getting my hair done just a few days before

the fateful Jan. 7, I was reading an article out loud tomy hairstylist about the mysterious absence ofJennifer Aniston’s wedding ring. My hairstylist suckedher teeth, shaking her head with visible disdain overhearing the personal details of another’s marriage.“Do you want me to stop?” I asked.

“Oh, no, no, babe! Keep reading! I mean, it’s sad,but no, keep reading.” As I obliged, I discovered thatBrad had spent his 41st birthday apart from Jen, hiswife of four years — and that I had no morals.

I was becoming the unapologetic product of a cul-ture submerged in the lives of others.

Cultural theorists reason that America’s fascina-tion with celebrities is due to our lack of an activemonarchy to admire — or ruthlessly pick apart. Thus,we dream of dancing on tables with Paris Hilton orboning the entire cast of “That ’70s Show” —because, seemingly, our democratic governmentalsystem wouldn’t have it any other way.

But I beg to differ: I believe that the rapid pace atwhich entertainment news is fed to us nowadays iswhat beats pop culture into our heads and amplifiesits significance to disproportionate heights.

Which explains why I think I need a Flavor Flavring tone or a play-by-play of the food Mary-Kate hasconsumed in the past week.

Media produces and manipulates consumers’desires that vanish as quickly as they do come. Whymake the kids of Laguna Beach celebrities? Whyzoom in on Beyonce’s taut abdomen and Versacedress in a video? Why gasp when we see Britney walkinto a gas station bathroom barefoot? Simply put, itreally is all about the “bling-bling.”

At one time, we could simply rely on E! to provideus salacious details of celebs’ indiscretions, butalmost every TV network has milked that proverbialcow. Once the home of videos for the middle-age/John Mellencamp fanbase, VH1 now appeals tothe common man’s desire to be a rock star. I mean,what exactly is the purpose of marathons of the show“The Fabulous Life of…” if not to simply lend a meas-ure of significance to otherwise superficial aims?

But our fascination with the lives of glossystrangers holds semiotic value that is often over-looked. I say this not to justify the barrage of UsWeeklys scattered about my apartment, but rather topoint out that if we look closer, pop phenomenonssuch as “Bennifer” are bred from a greater void in ourown lives. With a shaky economy, a dubious ass for apresident, and a debased war raging on, who wantsto acknowledge reality? Why not exist, if only for amoment, in a world where the parties never stop, thechampagne flows heavy, and rarely anyone’s out ofwork?

Though everyone in his or her right mind knowsthis world to be a mere façade, one fundamentallyconstructed upon the idea of projecting phoniness,we still cling to it. We familiarize ourselves with thefactoids, the opulence, and the drama — so much sothat the lives of entertainers no longer feel foreign,but are familiar to us.

Which is why the demise of Brad and Jen’s perfectmarriage affected us so strongly: it’s like, “If Brad andJen can’t make it, then, well, damn….” As one friendputs it, our interest reflects a microcosm of humanrelations. As she reasons, pop culture is, if anything,the female equivalent to watching sports: there isnothing really in it for the viewer, but you still root forcertain folks and wish the failure of others.

So don’t be embarrassed by taking sides in theBrad-Jen-Angelina love triangle — but then again,don’t be too surprised if your kids one day ask you theage-old question, “Where were you when Brad andJen broke up?”

Marjon Carlos ’05 needs a soldier.

SPORTS TUESDAYTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD

FEBRUARY 1, 2005 · PAGE 8

BY HELEN LURYISPORTS STAFF WRITER

Returning to Meehan Auditorium was notenough to end a month-long slump for thewomen’s ice hockey team. The Bears cameout of the weekend with a tie against Yaleand a loss to Princeton, two teams thatplayers and coaches said they thought theywere ready to beat. With the loss to theTigers, Brown’s record fell to 7-6-1 in theECACHL and 10-9-2 overall.

“We played well enough to win bothgames, but we just came up short,” saidHead Coach Digit Murphy. “But I saw a lotof positive things come out of this weekendeven though we didn’t win.”

Friday evening marked the first time in 17years that Yale won a point against theBears. The 3-3 score broke Brown’s 35-gamewin streak against the Bulldogs, which datedback to Feb. 10, 1988, when the teams lasttied.

The result could be seen as a manifesta-tion of Bruno’s recent slump, but it is alsotrue that this season’s Bulldogs are not thesame team of even two or three years agothat used to lose to Brown by scores such as9-0. While Yale’s team is still inconsistent —it fell the next night to Harvard 11-2 — it hasimproved its play and climbed to third inthe ECACHL standings.

After Yale’s Nicole Symington opened thescoring three minutes into the first period,the Bears quickly rebounded and scoredthree unanswered goals before the buzzersounded, giving them a 3-1 edge headinginto the locker room. Jessica Link ’05 playeda part in all three goals, scoring two andassisting on the third.

After the break, Yale came back with theintensity of a determined team. The playwas fast and physical, and the Bulldogsused their fire to score one goal in eachremaining period. The first goal, early in thesecond, was a shorthander that came fromin front of Brown goalie Stacy Silverman’08. Their second came with 3:35 left in thegame, when a frenzied Christina Sharun,who was playing her first game as a for-ward, got her own rebound past Silverman.

Coach Murphy was quick to point outthe game’s positive aspects. “I saw Jess Linkstep up and actually get some points. I sawsome good energy and some good team

play that we just have to build on,” she said.Brown’s all-time record against

Princeton is 26-28-1, a parity — with aslight edge in Princeton’s favor — that hasbeen evident lately. Saturday’s 4-3 losscould have gone either way, but with twogoals late in the third period, the Tigerscame out on top.

It was another intensely physical gamewith a large number of penalties byPrinceton’s forwards and Brown’s defense-men. The Tigers scored on two of theirpower plays, and Brown on one.

“The ref made some bad calls againstboth teams, especially near the end of thegame,” said Myria Heinhuis ’06, who wascalled for three out of Bruno’s seven penal-ties.

Coach Murphy echoed her statement:“The third goal was a high stick. It shouldn’thave been a goal. I think we need to besmart and stay out of the box.” But sheadded, “I don’t think the penalties are thedifference. I think the difference was thatwe didn’t get the bounces and hopefullynext weekend we will.”

After a scoreless first period, the goalsstarted coming quickly. Neither team wasever ahead by more than one goal, and themomentum shifted several times. Princetonopened the scoring early in the second peri-od, but Kathryn Moos ’07 had a retaliatorygoal halfway through. Moos played well on aline with prolific scorers Link and KeatonZucker ’06, in the spot usually occupied bythe injured Krissy McManus ’05.

Princeton scored again to make thescore 2-1 heading into the third period, butBrown pulled ahead with goals from KerryNugent ’05 and Link. Nugent is second onthe team in goals scored.

For a few minutes, it looked like theBears might win, but Princeton poundedgoalie O’Hara Shipe ’08 and scored twoheartbreaking goals in the second half ofthe period. With a couple of minutes left,Coach Murphy called a timeout and Brunoattacked the Tigers’ net with a previouslyunseen fervor. A few of Brown’s shotsalmost went in, but Princeton managed tohold on to its 4-3 lead and win the game.

Next weekend will bring two difficultroad games against No. 1 Dartmouth andthe University of Vermont.

BY BERNIE GORDONSPORTS STAFF WRITER

The wrestling team competed againsttwo of the best teams in the countrylast weekend, dropping a nail-biter toNo. 25 Army, 19-18, on Friday beforefalling to No. 5 Lehigh 27-10 onSaturday. The Bears have consistentlysought out top-ranked teams to pre-pare for the Ivy schedule as well as theEastern Interscholastic WrestlingAssociation and national tournaments.

“To reach the goals that the kidshave, you need to wrestle the best com-petition we have,” said Head CoachDavid Amato, who added that facingweaker teams to boost the team’s win-loss record does nothing to improve theteam.

The Bears were led by co-captainMike Pedro ’06 and rookie standout JeffSchell ’08. Schell had a pin and a majordecision to improve to 18-4 on the sea-son.

Coach Amato praised Pedro’s abili-ties, not only on the mat but as a leaderas well. “He’s been wrestling great, he’swon five in a row,” Amato said. “Off themat, he’s great, he’s a leader, and every-one seems to gravitate to him.”

The Army match was a back-and-forth battle, with Army only gaining thevictory with a last-second pin. AfterArmy got out to an early lead off of a 10-8 decision over Mike Savino ’08, theBears countered by winning five of thenext six matches, including Pedro’s key6-1 victory at the 174-pound weightclass and Schell’s pin at 125 pounds togive Brown a big 18-6 lead heading intothe final three matches.

“That was an emotional rollercoast-er,” said Pedro of the seesaw match. “Itallowed us to realize that we can com-pete with the best teams in the coun-try.”

Army started its comeback whenTony Severo squeezed by Dan Apello’06, 2-1, to cut the lead to nine. Next,Ross Johnson ’08, filling in for injuredMark Savino ’06, lost a 23-8 major deci-sion to Patrick Simpson. This left theBears with a 5-point lead going into thefinal match, usually enough to ensure

victory. However, Army All-AmericanPhillip Simpson pinned Sean Cully ’06with just 17 seconds to go in the match,giving Army a 1-point win.

“It was disappointing, but we cameout, we wrestled hard … and there werea lot of things that could have, shouldhave, would have gone our way, andthey didn’t,” said co-captain DavidSaadeh ’06. “It was encouraging in theend (to do well against a top team).”

The next day, Brown faced a stifferchallenge in Lehigh, a perennial power-house and last year’s EIWA champion.In front of a crowd of nearly 2,000 fans,the Bears once again proved theirtoughness against a strong opponent,wrestling a close match not reflected inthe 27-10 score.

“Lehigh has a tradition that we don’thave, but guys stepped it up and wres-tled hard,” Saadeh said.

Schell was first among those whostepped up against Lehigh. In the finalbout of the day with the result nolonger in doubt, Schell took the matagainst senior Andrew Rizzi and thor-oughly dominated en route to a 12-2major decision.

“He’s been doing great,” Amato said.“(He has) an amazing record for afreshman.”

The Mountain Hawks took the firstfive matches before Pedro put the Bearson the board with a 6-2 decision overBryan Bernal. Doran Heist ’06 contin-ued his standout season for the Bearswith a 5-3 decision over Matt Cassidy.

“I think everyone … has beenimpressed by Doran,” Saadeh said.“He’s stepped it up since last year.”

The Bears’ charge stopped there,unfortunately, as the Mountain Hawksrecorded wins at 197 pounds andheavyweight to put the match out ofreach before Schell recorded his majordecision.

The Bears open the Ivy League sea-son this weekend with trips to theUniversity of Pennsylvania andPrinceton before coming home to faceCornell and Columbia the followingweekend.

It’s a mere six days until thePatriots attempt to form adynasty with a win in Super BowlXXXIX, an accomplishment that,hypothetically speaking, should

be con-s i d e r e done ofthe mostamazingfeats ins p o r t s

history. In an era filled with freeagency and perpetually shufflingrosters, I should be thrilled at thepossibility. I should be deckedout in a Rodney Harrison jerseyon a daily basis, spewing nothingbut football from here untilSunday, absolutely bubblingabout the joys of rooting for NewEngland.

Yet I do none of this. Forstarters I am an admitted fair-weather Patriots fan, one who did-n’t get on the bandwagon untilsome guy named Brady came intothe picture. There is no mention of

good tidings toward the Pats onSunday in my Instant Messengerprofile, as some of my friends havedone recently or had since thestart of the season.

What you will find is a count-down toward pitchers and catch-ers, which now stands at 16 days.

The great Rogers Hornsbyonce said that he spent all winterlooking out the window waitingfor it to be spring again, and I findmyself relating to a dead guy. Eversince Keith Foulke snared EdgarRenteria’s one-hopper to end theWorld Series, I have looked for-ward to Opening Day 2005 with a10-year-old’s enthusiasm. ThePatriots piled up win after win,breaking NFL records and estab-lishing a new precedent for run-ning a professional sports team.And where was I? Scouring red-sox.com and bostondirtdogs.com,digging up the latest info on con-tract negotiations with JasonVaritek and Matt Clement.

And so, in the year-old tradition

of Mahrtian Encounters, I will listmy reasons for my apathy of thePatriots’ winning ways and greatzeal over the Red Sox hot stove likethe huge sports dork that I am.

As fun as it is to see the Patriotswin, it has admittedly gottenslightly boring over the last twoseasons. They will always find away to pull it out, whether it isputting up a lot of points, shut-ting down a seemingly unstop-pable offense or forcing the teaminto turnovers that they them-selves would never commit.Compared to the 0-3 deficit fromthe 2004 ALCS, the dearth ofdrama in Pats games is some-thing to yawn at. Just once I’d liketo see them struggle for a wininstead of putting their playoffgames away with a quarter and ahalf to go.

On the topic of tackling adver-sity, the Sox are preparing for theirfirst season since 1996 where nei-ther Nomar Garciaparra nor PedroMartinez is on the Opening Day

roster, a reality Red Sox Nation hasfully realized ever since Petey bolt-ed for the beauty of Shea Stadium.To call this an important offseasonwould be an understatement. Notonly are we trying to augment thetalent we already possess, but weare also trying to replace the com-ponents we have lost. Where therewas once Nomar there standsEdgar; Pistol Petey has beenreplaced by the Hefty Lefty. Willthe changeover leave the Sox intatters, or will the Boy WonderTheo Epstein maintain his geniusstatus? There’s an inherent dramato this that has kept me glued toRed Sox message boards sinceNovember.

We’re trying to repeat. Duh. As adirect result all of Red Sox Nation,including this citizen, is closelywatching and cuddling their newWorld Champions like Gollumand the One Ring (our one … ouronly … our precious). And likeGollum, we can’t stand to be awayfrom our precious for one minute.

We need to pay heed to it beforesomeone steals it away.

The long-awaited World Seriesvictory gave us New Englanders awarm feeling we haven’t had ingenerations. We don’t want thewarmth generated from that titleto be blown away by the winterwinds, so what do we do? We waitfor the snow and ice to thaw sothat perpetual warmth neverdies.

Don’t get me wrong, I wish thePats the best of luck on Sunday. I’lljust be shunning a pro-Pats stancefor my borderline obsessive eager-ness toward pitchers and catchers.Nothing could be finer than think-ing about the Red Sox in February.If it makes any sense, the Patsgoing for a third Super Bowl infour years runs a close second.

Sports Editor Chris Mahr ’07 hashalf a dozen Red Sox chat roomsites bookmarked on his computerand visits each of them at leastthree times a week.

Shunning the Pats for the warmth of the Sox hot stove

W. icers return home, tieYale and fall to Princeton

Two top 25 teams prove toomuch for wrestling to handle

CHRIS MAHRMAHRTIAN

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