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PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE STUDENTS OF CONNECTICUT COLLEGE VOLUME XXVI • NUMBER 15 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2003 CONNECTICUT COUJJGE, NEW LONDON; CT INSIDE: College Community Reacts to Hate

NEWS I-Pride and the Dean of the College received harassing emails from white supremacy groups.

Clockwisefrom above, angry students assembled in Knowlton before storming President Painstein's House Sunday. Hundreds abandon the open forum Tuesday whik their peers remained to speak against apathy and racism. The College'sFirstAnnual Summit 011 Diversity generated constmctive proposals for thefuture (Rogers, Kreit, Faries).

Students March On Fainstein's Throngs Pack Palmer for House Demanding Action College- Wide Open Forum A&E takes a look at this year's Oscar's race and hazards a few By JAMIE ROGERS By BRYAN SERINO

predictions NEWS EDITOR AssocIATE NEWS EDITOR

At 1:30 PM on Sunday, February 16 over This past Sunday over 150 Connecticut 150 students marched from Knowlton to 772 College students marched from Knowlton to Williams St, home of Norman Fainstein, President Fainstein's house in response to a President of the College to protest the most harassing and racially charged phone call a recent flurry of hate crimes on campus. The student received earlier in the weekend. The rally ended in Blaustein's Hood Dining Hall students presented Fainstein with a list of where Fainstein and senior members of the demands; one was an all campus discussion First Annual Summit Lays Diversity here at Conn. The summit arose out administration listened to a student List of about the series of racist incidents that have of the outcry from students for a forum to dis- Demands drawn up the previous night. Groundwork for Diversity occurred over the past year. The college cuss diversity issues here on campus, espe- The rally and list were instigated by a responded by canceling classes to meet as a cially after the incidents this year. Organized SPORTS harassing phone call received the night before. By RACHEL CASADO-AulA community for the first time in the college's and sponsored by the Student Government At 9:05 I1M Saturday, Febmary 15th Hermina 92-year history. STAFF WRITER Camels upend #3 Albertus Association, the summit was attended by Johnny '04 awoke to a double ring on her Magnus in season closer With mandatory house meetings at 1:30, This past Saturday in the 1962 room, over assorted members of the community, ranging 100 students, faculty members and adminis- from President Norman Fainstein and Dean of continued on page 4 continued on page 4 trators met for the First Annual Summit on continued on page 4 Lina Balcom Brings Fresh Outlook to Peer Educator Program NYCRally: 'I Refuse

By PAUL CAlfI'E" Lina certainly knows that the job won't be so straightforward. She's here because, as she put it, to Believe War is Inevitable'" AssOCIATED NEWS EDITOR "I noticed a lot of unhealthy behavior going on at • •• ... ~ Conn, and Iwanted to make people aware of their By LAUREN MATISON turned towards us. 11." ~ With the hiring of Lina Balcom as the new of choices and help them make better ones." STAFFWRITER "WHAT DO WE WANj Health Educator Consultant, Health Services is When asked what her responsibilities are, she - Personal Perspectiv e - PEACE! WHEN DO WE WA reinforcing its shift in focus towards a more out replied "It's a hard question because the position IT? NOW!" .... patient approach. The new position will center on is new. There is no one to model myself after." I didn't quite know what to Suddenly the whole car Chitn~ informing students of prevention techniques and The focus of the position will be to work with the expect having never been to an anti- in, drowning out the loud rumbl treatment for a variety of health issues. Peer Educator program to help make it more suc- war rally before other than the one at the subway, and it seemed atitwb~ Citing personal reasons for leaving her last cessful, particularly promoting health issues such Conn. So Iwas anxious, excited and the doors pulled open at 4JNew York City thinking, because I was thinking that gathered around the piano to sing $20,000 for Department them with electronic pianos. There crowds ignorant to the notion of a too. and play music, students today complete had a budg- has also been discussion of possible line, we were pushed through the Again, 1 was thrust through a assemble for keg stands or games of refurbish- et to main- fund raising by dorms, or through doors and sucked into the subway at crowd of determined demonstrators boat races and beer pong. The ment. "The tain the the Advancement office. Hoffmann I 14th and Broadway. I could almost raring to go and fight for their cause pianos are used as tables, chairs or Stein ways pianos, but seemed open to selling the Freeman hear the eager hearts pumping. of peace and justice. Several times I coat racks, but seldom for their have been it was long piano, by far the most valuable, in Cheeks were flushing and drained lost my friends, although they tried intended purpose. there for 60 before he order to cover the cost of repairs. hands were clutching tightly on to to follow the constant clicking of illY Most of the pianos have fallen to 70 yrs," arrived on Zahler and the Music sticks, signs, posters, and pink camera as 1 tried to capture the into disrepair; none of them have said Peele, campus 18 Department were less inclined to papers that read The World Says No diverse. an d angry avenue of people,' been tuned for over twenty years. "they need years ago. give up the instrument. "It would be to War. My friend's walkie talkie all raging against the machine: our But despite their shoddy appear- complete I Now the very sad not to bring such an instru- phone ejected another friend's voice, government. ance, some of the pianos are worth overhauls." task falls on ment back into use for students and "We're having difficulties with the At first, seeing thousands of Pl'0- as much as $10,000 in the current The The Freeman Piano, scarredfrom deacdes of neglect, the shoul- faculty who can really appreciate the police ..." I shut my eyes for a pIe marching through 70 blocks of market. other pianos could cost up to $25,000 to tune and repair (Rogers). ders of the quality of this instrument. If saved, it moment; nausea swept over me Manhattan with the shared belief This fall Frances Hoffmann, i n Office of could be one of the really remark- around the rutted turns in the tunnel. that war and murder must be pre- Dean of the College, asked for all of Windham, Harkness, Smith, Student Life. able instruments on campus." It felt like the protest had already vented was mind-blowing and won- the pianos to be assessed, as a first Burdick, Marshall and Main St. are Complete restoration of every At this time the issue remains in begun underground. Why not start derful. However, I quickly reali~ed step towards possible repair and considerably newer; Peele believes piano would cost $96,000, or the Residential Life and Housing shouting now? Looked like plenty of what was really going on wheo iwe refurbishment. Mark Peele, the most were donated about 10 years $12,000 per piano, while the most Committee, pending a concrete plan support was coming my way. Before had been on the same street for close piano tuner for the Music ago, and require less work. "The cost effective repairs; using the old for fund raising. Meanwhile the I could open my mouth, not to yell to an hour, barely moving, but with Department, examined each of the uprights need 10 hours of labor," parts would cost only $8100. Six pianos sit idle, their keys tarnished, but to make ~ suggestion, my fervent frigid blue hands still somehow pranos and assessef their value and claimed ~els, "they need tightening years allb Peele offered to purchase broken, an~still. friend clearel,:;his throat. Every head l ~<1

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r( •• EDITORIAL&OPINION D~yof Community Building Good

I3RUNO, First Step, But Still Not Enough TH IS IS You~ TOVbllE51 MISSION Yn, WE AT VININb There is no doubt that Tuesday's day of open forums and discussion on the matter of diversity was a major step in u~iting'Connecticut College as community devoted to squashing bigotry and hate. SEKVILES Musr SOMEH.w to I/ARltTlES Now comes the inevitable debate over the flaws of the event. Was it too little, too late? Did the administration ?Al HOM""E TO Ov~ ~RMfU fOR(~5 Of \ take'too long to create significant response to the outcry of minority students? Or did the college overreact in its IN THE MII'"< E.AIT/WHILE. Co~ . -;=:" decision to cancel a day of classes and making attendance of house discussions mandatory? INT~OlLl(lN<:' NEW Fo()O.s To We will not be able to gauge the true success of the day of community building for a long while. Only time will THE ?vgtlc. CAN y," HA"'t~ IT 1 tell whether or not the impassioned statements made by students and faculty during the forum will be remembered ,I or forgotten in a month. Canceling classes, especially the day after the school was closed due to weather, was a gamble on the part of rJ President Fainstein. He ran the risk of alienating a teaching staff that had already lost a day on their schedules, and sragnating the flow of academic study. However, without the cancellation of classes, it is unlikely that the forum J would have received the impressive turnout of an upwards of 1500 students. Many students thought that the forum was ineffective and a waste of time because it would never deter a few racist individuals from defacing a poster. But that was not the point of the forum. Tuesday was a show of solidarity and a wake-up call for the masses. For every three students who chose to remain in their rooms and sleep upon the cancellation of classes, there was one who may have previously thought " about attending an I-Pride or Unity House event, but used the excuse of being too busy with classes. These are the people who attended the forum when they normally might not have and who may provide the support these organ- {J izations need in the future to increase their presence on campus. The question is whether or not informing one out I, of every four students was worth the risk; we would say yes. . Righi now there is at least one racist individual on this campus. This individual or individuals may strike again, they might not, it is impossible to say. However, the rally does serve notice to those who would commit such acts, Lo OKS Lll(( ANOTJ.lEi. that Conn will not take such further actions lightly. Will such a fact dissuade possible bigots? There is no guarantee, AlrL£ ~EE.S NI(,~r. but there is unlimited value in the school banding together to deliver such a measure. ~ However, the events of the past week, despite its successes, are not cause for President Fainstein and the admin- istration to rest on their laurels. The day's proceedings were far from perfect. Among the most glaring mistakes of •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• r" the day was the prohibition of students' responses to each other's, comments during the house meetings. The goal LEITERS TO THE EDITOR was to prevent arguments that would stifle discussion, but the result was instead many silent onlookers straight-jack- •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• j etetf from interacting with their peers. A truly open discussion would have been more beneficial, in particular to Camtms Communitv () white students who want to help but don't feel they know how. It was clear by comments that some students made T J they express their discontentment regarding these acts, during the forum in Palmer that a significant group of students feel that the campus does not promote an environ- Resnonds to Incidents of however, aside from a brief comment here or there, they I ment in which all opinions are welcome; the house meetings did little to discourage this feeling. '.l' do little else to address the issue. As professor Boyd ha~~ . Tuesday was a good first step, but it should not be the last. The administration must examine student demands Bigotry and Communitv mentioned several times, we have "people" and "people' anti implement some of them by the end of the semester. But the brunt of the responsibility to keep the momentum J of color"- when did "white" stop being a color? As facl." goihg rests on the shoulders of the students, in posters, rallies or simply a debate over dinner. They are the lifeblood ulty, staff and especially students, we all have a respon- Building Da1J of tile school, and at no other time has the school depended on them for so much. As a community let us be proud J sibility to engage in conversations with other communi- of coming together, but make sure we view the last week as a starting point, not a plateau. ty members regarding these issues that affect us all. ,1 I like to think of the Connecticut College cornmunil' To the Connecticut College Community: ty as a web where growth and learning is reciprocaJ, A New Academic Diversity Requirement a Short- multidirectional and in delicate balance with all aspects The night after the first summit on diversity an and persons within the web. A squirming mosquito stuc1l' Term Solution to a Problem That Deserves Far obscene and racists phone call was made to a black stu- in one side the web disrupts the balance and structure of dent in her dorm room. Less than 12 hours after 120 the entire system. We, as white, black, green, pink, leading members of the college community gathered to orange, purple, teal, maroon and azure community mem- Deeper Thought and Investigation discuss such issues as diversity, race, pluralism and what bers, cannot sit idly by and watch the destruction unfold" '~. t t can be done to promote these issues on our campus, and pretend that we are not affected. To enact instituh Perhaps one of the more interesting trends to emerge out of the recent acts of bigotry is the call for a new diver- another community member (or outsider) took it upon tional change and make our community a safe, respecr-" sity General Education requirement. him/herself to once again break the trust and privilege ful and inclusive environment the stimuli must develop ,. Of bur peer schools, we currently have one of the highest number of such requirements. While the GE program that has been given to each of us as members of the CC from the top down as well as from the bottom up. We all" is'cenainly a necessary one in a liberal arts college, it is questionable whether it is beneficial to the institution to add community. Connecticut College is supposed to be a have a responsibility to act on a micro level in everyday anothet' millstone to this already requirement heavy system. safe place where students, faculty, staff and administra- conversation and on a macro level [0 instigate transfor,l.· . If the:same week as the raJly, the most recent issue of SGA On The Can makes mention of Dean Hoffman and tion of any race, ethnicity, creed, class, gender, sexual mation within our personal lives and within the institu- Chair of Academic Affairs Hasan Mamun acknowledging a "deterioration" of the effectiveness of such past main- orientation, personal background or ability can intellec- tion; this is our privilege and duty. ;>1; sfdys as freshmen tutorials and summer reading assignments. Additionally, the organization of GE requirements is tually as well as personally, learn and grow. According to Beverly Tatum (1996) we have been" pb,lnted out as undermining what the school expects them to accomplish. On top of this crumbling pile, why would Students and alumni of CC have the luxury to artic- taught since we were little children not to discuss race. ~J'add yet another GE requirement? ulate our opinions in an open and respectful manner that As a result many people do not know much about this Amongst the ideas being kicked around is somehow incorporating the diversity requirement less along the lines will probably never exist anywhere else in our lives. We issue and, as is our human instinct, fear what we do nor' oJ the mainstream GE's and more like the Writing Enhanced and Intensive courses. cannot be fired by saying something that someone else know. However, we need to face our fears, no longer be' Beyond the rather precarious state of GE's at our school, is the issue of how such a requirement would be struc- does not agree with. Our "contracts" and "CC member- "color blind" and acknowledge the differences between llIred. For example, what exactly constitutes diversity? If an individual is Jewish and takes a New Testament class, ship cards" cannot be terminated because we disagree us so that we can learn and grow from these inreracuons' or a course that focuses on the Koran, is that a fulfillment of the diversity GE? If not, why not? If so, what if a with our professors, deans, or other members of the A child does not progress from crawling to running Muslim takes a course in the Koran? Will we reach the point where we have to list all we are: gender, race. religion, community. However, we must stand behind our opin- in one day and neither can Cc. A community's process' ciilentation, socioeconomic status, and so on? But the problem of evaluating "diversity" is one that presents a very ions and express ourselves in a constructive and account- of understanding difference and becoming culturally! tricky proposition. able manner that breeds understanding, not disgraceful sensitive begins with each individual and is a life-long "There'is also an inherent flaw in forcing anyone to take anything in the hope that it will somehow change his or and cowardly acts of anonymity that are only destructive process; the sooner we begin the better. No matter what h~l'opinion on the matter. One of the arguments leveled for a GE requirement is that although someone might have and hurtful to the entire community. No one will ever be your opinion please discuss these important issues wi a distaste for math, the school still requires him or her to take it. Ignoring the inherent flaw in comparing a purely asked to leave CC because they respectfully disagree your friends, parents, children. professors, deans an intellectual pursuit like math to a more subjective subject matter, the fact is that while the school may require you with another and engage in a civil conversation to better with whomever you feel comfortable. The first step tp'( to take classes, more times than not, someone does not leave a class they did not want to take in the first place with explain their view point and understand each other. remove the mosquito from our web is to acknowledge its a new appreciation of the subject matter. More often than not, they are pleased to be rid of it and sometimes resent- The summit on diversity was very successful and presence and name the problem, then and only then can ful of having to have taken it in the first place. there were many students, faculty, staff and administra- our web grow stronger, larger and further benefit us all.'d lt is highly doubtful that forcing students to sit though classes on diversity - something that can not be learnt in tors who attended, however, not nearly as many as [ had tl a_d~ss_r0.9m- will result in a more tolerant or a pro-diversity campus. In fact, this coercion and forcing of multi- hoped. I understand it was not possible for every com- -Alex Mroszczyk-McDonald '03 n, culturalism down the tbroats of the student body might very well lead to even more resentment. munity member to attend every event. However, many W Moreover, it should be noted that any redesign of the GE requirements must place emphasis on the student per- of the students who did atteoded are Gender and Woman ,w spective. 'This needs to be done more formally and in a more systematic manner through the Student Advisory Studies majors, on SGA and/or the Cultural Diversity To the Editors: v Boards, written student surveys, etc and not through a random dessert and dialogue here' and a discussion there Committee, on the Unity house steering committee or "j where students do not even fully understand the implications of such a requirement. Most importantly, it would make serve as student leaders in some function; in brief, a Students, faculty, administration, and staff gatherelf sense if the "elected" SGA general assembly votes and approves these recommendations, before the "appointed" select few students who have chosen to involve them- in Palmer auditorium to discuss the importance of antliJ SOA sub-committees affix their stamp of approval on the Current proposal. selves in issues of diversity and pluralism are doing the racist work, diversity, multiculturalism, and community. . ~Instead of trying to find short tenn answers to the question of diversity in order to satisfy different constituen- work of the entire student body. I understand that facul- But, what do those words really mean? I believe tha\A cies on'the campus, we feel that there is a need to look deeper and find more practical! real solutions. ty and staff serve a slightly different role and face more there was a great misunderstanding of what those wordSCl ~ l' " vulnerability, however, I feel the same basic principle mean and the power they hold. They have such powel" applies to them as well. and importance in the recent activities of the campus tha THE COLLEGE VOICE I have several friends here at CC who are involved in we neglected to put them into a context that would alloW' many different aspects of the college, however, they did them to be adequately used and produce effective and not feel the need to attend the diversity summit. progressive work. Anti-racism, diversity, multiculturall.?: Box 4970 • OFFICE (860) 439-2812 Unfortunately I think many white students, faculty and ism, and community are NOT synonyms for each other.l! .. staff think: these issues do not affect them. Granted most Although they sound like tbey should have similar an"" , E-MAIL: [email protected] of the community does not condone the acts of racism ,J and bigotry that have occurred within recent months and continued on page ~ " EDITORS-IN-CHIEF POliCIES EDITOR NEWS EDITOR TIM STEVENS A&E EMILY MORSE ADVERTISEMENTS JAMIE ROGERS BEN MORSE U'ITERS TO THE EDITOR r The College Voice is an open forum. The opin- Letters to the Editor are due by 5:00 p.m. on ,t ions expressed by individual advertisers are Assoc. A&E EDITOR - the Wednesday preceding publication. The 1 • " .. Assoc. NEWS EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER their own. In no way does The College Voice College Voice reserves the right to edit letters ., - endorse the views expressed by individual ,", ABIGAIL KUCH JESSIE VANGROFSKY for clarity and length. No unsigned or advertisers. 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II JUST DOING OUR BEST WORLD MUST WAKE Up TO ENVIRONMENTAL DEVASTATIONUNDER THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION , LEY KIlErr • CONNECTICur IDOL MARINA IVANOVA • VIEWPOINT Because we owe you gratitude: I'd like to thank The world has incessantly voiced its outrage with the policy of the Bush ble corporations like Monsanto, whose genetic engineering is a It'hreal to students, administration, faculty - anyone behind administration toward Iraq. From London to Berlin, from Prague to San global food safety, especially in Third World countries. To top the ~iBI. the open forum Tuesday. Francisco millions have united to halt the imminent conflict and prevent the Citigroup also sells bonds for the World Bank, a prominent perpotratc5' <:1 That said, President Fainstein made a mistake in murder of thousands of innocent civilians. In the midst of a potential war, the destructive development around the world, and one of the largest holders of , including, then not discussing, affirmative action at I U.S. government has successfully averted the public.s attention from crippling Third World debt burdens. In the United States, Citigroup has,been I the meeting. Taking a position on affirmative action domestic issues as well as from the massive environmental problems occur- found guilty of redlining (discriminating against poor inner city communi- is a tad more complicated than taking one on hate ring around the world. The gravity of the environmental crisis is alarming ties and colored people), and also of predatory practices that drive poor peo- crime, like finding the derivative of a function com- I and frightening, yet no significant efforts are made to redress the endless ple deeper into poverty. Citigroup and its subsidiaries, including Citibank pared to addition. I years of environmental devastation perpetrated not only by the United States and Salomon Smith Barney, are contributing to the destruction of the ,ep..vi., I was once opposed to affirmative action a nUID- government but by the policies of the rest of the industrialized nations. From ronment and to communities all around the world. er ~f years back, when I was attending high school in Oakland, California. I the highly destructive campaigns of endless corporations and businesses Private finance provides the capital for Citigroup. It does this i~ several Basically, I argued that I was in the same crappy school as all my friends, I around the world to the detrimental practices of the timber industry, the envi- ways, including direct financing, the underwriting if stocks and bonds, debt- 'I that I had grown up m the same city they had. ronment continuously finds itself in a losing position. Environmental equity swaps, direct shareholding, and interlocking directorships. Most of 1 now believe that I was wrong, that at 14, my reasoning neglected a groups, like the Rainforest Action Network, are leading radical campaigns the money that Citigtoup uses for these projects comes from consumers in I umber of critical details. around the U.S. to attack the roots of the corporate-led globalization that is the form of mutual and pension funds, credit card debts, personal b~nlChina, Citigroup guaranteed financial support for the building activities threaten protected areas such as Yasuni National Park, Cuyabeno sjory." Apparently, if you do a favor for someone and host a legacy student, of the Three Gorges Dam, which will displace over two million people and Wildlife Reserve, and in the Limoncocha and Panacocha Biological Y9u should not put them in a small room without bed sheets. Clean up. destroy a rare river ecosystem-In Indonesia, Citigroup funded a project that Reserves. Purchase, then roll out a red carpet for them to sleep on, would replace crucial orangutan habitat with pal plantations, In the United It is time for humanity to attack the root of the problem rather than if~ ••• States, Citigroup aided Maxxam Corporation in financing the controversial symptoms. The new environmental revolutionaries are taking mO\1UJ11<;nll'!. _ That year, when I was home for Spring Break, I ran into Matt, an old clear cutting of Califomia.s ancient Redwoods. Of course, this is not nearly steps toward improvement, but until the whole world realizes the crucial elra, friend of mine from elementary and middle school. He was a smart kid, half of Citigroup,s criminal record. Citigroup heavily subsidizes reprehensi- in which we exist, no redemption will be possible in the near future, I always among the handful of top students in a class. I He was just getting off work at Walgreens, a job he had taken to help pay HOLES IN TIlE COLLEGE f9r some computer classes he was taking at a community college. He was .. pjeased that he was in school. • ~t 't. Iwas doing well here at Conn. Ihad expected to come to a place like this. COLEY WARD • VIEWPOINT ...... ~ ••• Two weeks ago, a Jane Adams custodian was fired for spying on And don't forget about the staffing holes. Dean William ~rasore,". Affirmative action asks us to use statistical data to make generalizations Hamilton's female students while they showered. He allegedly drilled holes government professor, is currently the chair of the dance department and tJll.. apout race, class, and gender and how they relate to opportunity. The gener- in the shower walls so that he could spy on the girls from either the neigh- East Asian studies department. He's a good sport for taking on thesejo~9l. alizations are not always right; the probability is that they are right. It asks boring toilet or from the janitor's closet. And he got away with it for almost and he's doing an admirable job, but he should never have been' asked to us to assume that the son of a private college graduate is probably white, and a year. chair departments that he doesn't know anything about. "' !\\at a kid like Matt, who can barely afford community college, is probably The College Voice editorial board, which most likely consisted of one Why doesn't Conn try to fill some of these holes? These days, SO.:},arW. opt. overtired editor working at four a.m. on publication night, wrote a ridiculous PPBC and FSCC are all the other acronyms are considering a list of the most ~ This is statistically accurate, and happens to be true in both of these editorial suggesting that the students involved needed to take more respon- important construction priorities on campus. Plex renovations are seen as me, cases. sibility for Jcnowing which custodians worked in their dorm. The Voice top priority, but before they can be completed the college needs to, b~M .a, I'm not usually comfortable with looking at an individual's opportunities retracted their editorial in the following week's issue. new dorm to house displaced students. A new science building is also seen as a statistical equation, and I'm opposed to affirmative action as a perma- Clearly, the girls whose privacy was violated should in no way be held as a necessity. ~.• IWntpolicy because it does discriminate, accountable for being spied on. Nor should the college be blamed for Bigger projects, it seems, have captured everyone's attention. The prob- But we need it now. employing the pervert. Sometimes these weirdoes slip through the cracks. lem is that none of these projects will be realized while you, or any of your. , As a high school student, my mom had the rule that if I didn't go to col- The part of this story that really bothers me, and I'm not sure why this younger siblings or cousins, are students at Connecticut College. The col- I~ge 1 had to pay rent to live in her house after graduation. Generally speak- isn't the real issue, is that there are girls on this campus using showers with lege can talk about major projects all it wants. It can debate the merits of a iljg, my classmates probably did not. holes in the walls and they don't think twice about it. And there are custodi- new dorm or a new science building, but the truth is we don't have th,~ CT People generalize. Ideally we wouldn't, but ideally no one would ever get ans who work on this campus that see the holes in the walls and they don't money for anything that big and it will be a while before we do. sick. try to fix them. A couple of years ago the college realized that it was mired in debt ai\d g So until we can do the ideal, we'can only do our best. Affirmative Action Things here at Conn have holes in them. It's a way of life for us. Ever decided to postpone major physical improvements (see Plex renovations) dpes discriminate. it categorizes people and treats those categories unequal- since somebody bothered to balance Claire Gaudiani's checkbook two years until it had balanced the budget. But, to show people that times weren't &9 1)(-It's not ideal. ago, physical plant improvements have occurred at a slower rate. tough the administration went ahead and tackled ODesmall project. W" g t '0 But-it does something positive, and that's all we can really expect. Th~ roads on campus, for example, are riddled with potholes. Ever won- d new signs on campus. JI der why there are so many SUV s on such an "environmentally conscious" I propose that, this semester, we tackle another small project. Or twq, or campus? It's because on-roading has become off-roading. three. Let's pave the roads on campus, hire some teachers, and get a !,~w,Ap MONICA LEWINSKY, At QAEDA OPERATIVE. The athletic center roof leaks. Every time it rains the club soccer team roof. And for god's sake, let's patch the holes in the showers. • goes inside to play and we still get wet. Players slip and fallon puddles on SASHA SUDEROW • VIEWPOINT 'C the floor. It's a lawsuit waiting to happen. , , I' n Why do the Republicans have to use the word intemational relations in a _I _ bad 'way? George W. Bush has a confused definition of IR. Clinton knew that '. '11 it was relations of the horizontal type that keep mankind sufficiently satisfied .' • t enough to prevent war. Conservatives ruin everything after Bill made the AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Is DISCRIMINATION 'j j' .. White House fun. While Bush is trying to prove that Iraq has dangerous YONI fREEMAN • VIEWPOINT I,' ,t weapons, Clinton tried to prove that getting head isn't cheating. I'm tired of , everything being so serious with George W. He and his cronies need to light- r-~= "I have a dream that my four little children will responsible for the wrongdoings that have been committed against sp.eci§~ en up. After Bob Dole lost the '96 election, he went out and started popping one day live in a nation where th~y will not be people. These people can be punished. But the fact is that when this copc;pJ \{jagra. Look at the smile on his face. Who needs to be president when you judged by the color of their skin, but by the content is generalized against non-specific groups, using Afflrmative Al'tion..,~t can still get a raging hard on at 75? of their character." Martin Luther King Jr. becomes nothing more than another form of discrimination based on rac-\,- ,1 1 The White House needs a sexual scandal. Americans refuse to accept a How would you like to be scheduled for an oper- As far as universities and colleges are concerned, it is destructi.ve.to pli kjpky first lady and George W. doesn't even have half a brain to cheat. He ation, knowing that your surgeon would not have students. Studies have shown that placing a minority student with a 1200 p[obably treats his wife's clitoris like North Korea: 'Any complex situation, been admitted to medical school unless he was SAT score into a student population with an average 1400 SAT score"pras-, apd this is a job for Dick Cheney.' I can see Bush telling the ambassador from black? tically makes certain that he or she will be at the boltom of the grade curve. Qjibouti that his country needs to change its name during the "war on ter- Affirmative Action was an idea that was sup- As a result, the minority will either not graduate, or feel behind when he or r'iP," because CNN anchors become aroused whenever they say 'booty.' posed to be a way of incorporating blacks into a she realizes that everyone else is quicker, more knowledgeable, and more 01: b The Republicans tried to bring down Clinton by exposing scandals. population they were so long excluded from due to racism, specifically in a fit than tbey were within the college community. It also may promote- S_~meone should do us all a favor and give the Bush White House a taste of the areas of schooling and business, It was the hope that companies and white resentment by students who were bypassed or excluded from enroll ... it~ own medicine. Saddarn could make himself useful at this point by getting schools would look for groups that were under-represented in their classes ment. .. "I)e last non-violent jab before a FUR bomb lands up his ass. If I was him, and workplaces. Each company or scbool was to affirmatively develop a Schools also have a responsibility of creating an environment that is siro.. I would make a porn film with a Laura Bush look-alike and then sell it to plan of action to attract more candidates from the specific groups they found ilar to the environment of the United States, in which students are placed in; ~stler. Larry Flynt would probably get a kick out ..ofthat. He coul~ send underrepresented. a learning atmosphere reflecting the makeup of our society. According to the' special agents over to Yale UmversIly posmg as the Gllis Gone WIld cam- HOWEVER, this idea which gives preference to a minority candidate census, African Americans in the United States compromise 12.9% of the: amen to get footage of Jenna Bush giving Snoop Dogg a hand job. CANNOT be defended forty years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act. total population in our country. The current national average of undergradu~ If a terrorist or lunatic dictator really wanted to have a profound psycho- Legally, the playing field was evened out way back then. ate African Americans is 11%. That, in my opinion, is fairly close. What, gical effect on this country, then they could send us another Monica If it's against the law for a business owner to discriminate against a does this mean? It means that those supporters of Affumative Action can go ewinsky. Obviously Americans get more worked up over the status of our minority because of the color of his or ber skin, why then is it okay to PRO- home as they have already "succeeded" in achieving what they were set out resident's zipper than the consequences of total war in a volatile region, MOTE that minority for that VERY SAME reason? to do in the first place. It also means that Affirmative Action is outdated and ur government gets deadlocked over moral scandals and not obtuse things Afftrmative Action looks to the group a person belongs to, in its evalua- full of flaws. It is no longer needed. We have succeeded in establishing a col~. I ke Foreign Policy and other cultures. Hussein should learn not to attack us tion or admission process, instead of looking at the person as an individual. legial environment similar to the makeup of the United States, It is time to~ ith weapQns. Our weakness lies not in our military, but our society. Use In other 'Yords, it is exactly what we call PREJUDICE. Affirmative Action restore truthful practices for college admission that are based solely'on nca-: merica's democracy and over-hyped media to bring down a president and makes every black professional or student suspect that they are possibly not demic merit andlor personal qualifications. tow that our vulnerability lies not in our domestic fr~edoms, but rat~er our as qualified as they should be. This is terribly unfair to many legitimately Another area Affirmative Action hurts is parenthood. Afftrmative Action :i/-mplistic view of the world and ourselves. People think George W. IS great talented black people out there, because Affirmative Action makes it diffi- makes it impossible for black parents to instill in their children a sense of,

II !;iecause he's just like the small-town idiot next door. If Osama really want- cult to distinguish an Affirmative Action slacker from an Affirmative Action responsibility for one's actions in areas such as pre-collegiate schoolwork, j \ &t to shock this country he would: shave, buy a blue dress, take some cross scholar. as he or she might believe that "moving up the ladder" is aJready secure due~ dressing lessons, show up at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. and get down on his Just as backers of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and the 60s to Affirmative Action. ~ees. Where is Monica when you need her? brought forward the correct belief that one could not choose what color skin AFFIRMATIVE ACTION does a DISSERVICE to those minorities who' I one was born with, school admission, based on Affirmative Action policies, legitimately study and work hard to achieve their goals and aspirations on: should not commit this same type of deed towards non-minorities either. You their own merit. It makes people think twice before hiring minorities due to: Are you getting the College Voice might have heard defenders of Affmnative Action state that these programs the fact they are unsure whether the person was a choice of Affirmative: delivered to your door? If not, let us seek only to correct past abuses. The truth is that they are doing so in the Action or a choice of true qualification. I am not saying that there are no stu-; ,prit of payback. Payback or revenge in the moral sense of the word may be • t know. call x2~12 called fjOrin some specific c~ses when you can ~entify those individuals • v: oontinued on page 9~, .._~~-._-."....-

4 ; FEBRUARY 21, 2003 • TIlE COI.LE(;' VOICE Palmer Hosts Largest Assembly in College History )

ing the day he challenged students to the Kike florist.' As his remarks tinued, "All we can do is move for- have embracing and ail-encompass- drew to a close, President Fainstein ward, let's look at the positive." ing outlooks saying, "We will never reinforced the theme of his address, Despite the progressive and con- be in a position to stop words, there "Words do matter!" he continued, structive sentiments that pervaded " will always be individuals who have "there are no bystanders in this kind the speeches, the forum was non hateful and divisive thoughts. It is of process, you are all part of the without personal attacks and aggrario our job to drown out those words solution." dizement. Several students made adr with a chorus, with our collective Fainstein cited many actions homonym attacks against Fainstein, voice of support for the kind of com- taken by the College to promote drawing on his personal politics oiP munity that we are trying to build on understand and diversity: including the War on Iraq. I" this campus." an Honor Code Task Force, a new After two hours of debate rnanynr President Fainstein went on to incident response protocol, possible students were weary. At 5:00- commend the campus at the tremen- changes to the Gen Ed requirements, Frances Hoffmann, Dean of then dous turnout for the day's activities more guest speakers, and perhaps, College, announced that students with students, faculty and staff seat- most controversial, a brief signed by could go to Harris. There was arru ed in the hallways and standing in Fainstein and 27 other college presi- immediate exodus from the balcony>' the little remaining room left in the dents supporting Affirmative Action. and back rows of the theater, which .. auditorium. There were an estimated The brief will be submitted as evi- one student called "pathetic." x 1500 people in the auditorium, and dence to the Supreme Court in their As six o'clock drew near, an only the Men's Hockey Team held case over the constitutionality of hour over schedule, the forum came, practice during the event. Affirmative Action this April. to end and smaller intimate settings. Responding to the issue of why Fainstein called the case an were established for continued dia- official the College had not taken "assault" on Affirmative Action. logue. The main settings for the dia- legal action, the President explained More importantly, the President logue were Unity House, Cro's nest that "none of these acts are criminal called for students to "make friends and Harris. '/ in America; they are tremendous with somebody in some other group At Unity students and profess violations of everything we believe altogether, sit with a stranger at sor's met and 'downloaded from the- in and stand for as a community." Harris, meet someone new." day' and came up with possible sug- President Fainstein went on to Continuing, ''That is how we will gestions to improve the situation. share a personal experience of being build a community that will be One such suggestion was to have attacked due to his background. He stronger each day as we go on." continual bus service runnin The micropbone allowed members of tbe campus community to come forward and voice opinions or ask questions regarding the recent explained how, with the exception of The forum then opened to stu- between the college and New incidences a/bigotry (Faries). his family, he went to an all- dent questions and comments. London. .. ' Christian school and was often continued from page 1 Around fifty questions were asked The Cro's nest provided studen s pened, but wondering why it hap- disbelief and shock saying, "I don't harassed and occasionaUy beaten with topics ranging from with the ability to talk with members students were provided with a .pened at the same time." Student feel we are racist here. It's surreal; up. He remembered advice his Affirmative Action, to administra- of Student Life and SGA executives means to express their views and response soon centered on the apa- these things happen at other places." mother gave him, the old adage, tive responses to the racist acts, to in a relaxed and informal environ':, opinions in a safe and intimate envi- thy and indifference that members After having ninety minutes to "Sticks and stones may break your technical issues about the phone sys- ment. According to the group "the t rorrmeut; The meetings, which were of the campus seem to portray. express their thoughts and feelings bones, but words will never hurt tem, but many of the questions cen- overwhelming majority of the sug- run by the housefellows and facili- One concerned camel responded as a dorm, the student body met in me." He continued, "But names and tered on the idea of community. gestions were positive." j tated lly members of the faculty and by saying, "Apathy and indifference Palmer Auditorium for a mandatory words are often prelude to stick and Another main theme was "white- At Harris students had the stahi~'produced mixed emotions in is a major issue here." They contin- open forum. stones and broken bones." ness" and the costs or privileges that opportunity to meet with senior J students, ranging from fear to mis- ued by saying, "You may think A little after three .0'clock . The President further shared a go along with being white. A remark administrators to discuss the day's trust in the community to questions white racism doesn't exist, not in President Fainstein addressed the vivid memory of his childhood. On that garnered one of the larger crowd events and what steps are nextqi overiwhat steps needed to be taken. this community, well you haven't college community. After paying one occasion, his best friend at the reactions was, "we need to stop According to President Fainstein, One student said, "I don't know gotten the message yet." recognition to the historical pres- time, upon seeing flowers from pointing fingers and we need to all "Everybody's talking about it; too wh'avto feel. I am angry that it hap- Other students countered with ence of the circumstances surround- Fainstein's mother, remarked; 'it's take a look at it together."They con- conversation seems to be continual.n I, I I ., Summit Leads to Lofty Ideals',

n continued from page 1 tions of the attendees. mit. Changing the power dynamics

the College Frances Hoffmann to A "table leader" headed each between different races was noted a. I freshman class president Eddie breakout group; facilitators included a key element of pluralism, chang+ Slade. Dean of Student Life David ing from a submission/domination After SGA chair of multicultural Millstone, Pluralism Committee dynamic to equality. This was noted affairs Elli Nagai-Rothe opened the head Prof. Maria Cruz-Saco and as an underlying component of plu- summit, President Norman Fainstein SGA Parliamentarian Melissa ralism, "one that must be changed spoke about the importance of diver- Wurzer. Millstone, Wurzer and over a long period of time". Racial sity to Conn's administration. Saco-Cruz along with many SGA diversity was not the only kind disf{'l According to President Fainstein senators, and memb~rs of the cussed. Diversity of religion, dis" and twenty-seven other college Pluralism Committee were also ability and sexual orientation were Presidents will be filing a brief in present. According to Elli Nagai- also discussed as essential to Conn.. upcoming weeks with the Supreme Rothe, "Although [they] have been When asked for practical solul'. Court supporting the University of doing specific work around the issue tions for the campus community Michigan in its case to uphold affir- of diversity, we ALL have a shared one of the most frequent responses mative action. NESCAC joins responsibility to collectively address was "expand Unity House". Unity, Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, this important issue". formed in 1973, was cited as one of Students held up traffic on Willimns St. Sunday as they marcbed to President Painstetws house in protest of aamtnistmuoe inaction (Kreit). former Secretary of Defense After the roundtable discussions the most important programs at , ; William Cohen and more tban 40 concluded, the attendees reconvened Conn. Suggestions ranged from' Fortune 500 companies in support- to discuss and summarize their plans making participation in Unity reo- ing the University. President for the college. Many definitions of ommended for certain majors and' Protesters Force Fainstein to Listen Fainstein went onto state that Conn "pluralism" were discussed; programs to holding classes in Unity, is a "strong supporter" of affirmative continued from page 1 Harkness Housefellow Osten facilities. Les Williams, director of stand up and state their position." action and diversity on college cam- Bemardez defined a pluralistic com- Unity House and Dean O~l phone: indicative of an off-campus call. The caller asked Fainstein told protestors that his three concerns were puses. munity as one that is "representative Multicultural Affairs, was praised as ( her-if he had called Domino's Pizza. She replied no and safety for the individuals, "taking aggressive police The Summit focused on three of society and the world as a whole." being "very influential" and dynam-o- he responded: "What do you mean I have the wrong action" against any perpetrators, and "maintaining our main questions about Connecticut Diversity was spoken of in an educa- ic" by members of the sununit. It number, your black ain't you? You n****rs need to leave momentum on this campus in OUI commitment to diver- College and its aims for diversity. tional context and "continuous was also suggested that the college' Connecticut College alone and go back where you came sity." They included "What is your ideal learning" was named as a feature of hire a new director of Unity House from you f**k:ing monkey, you f**ldng n****r, get the After his impromptu speech, students presented their vision of a pluralistic campus com- pluralism in the campus community. so Williams could focus on his f*'k'out Of here you f**king n****r, sh*t." demands and offered additional comments and sugges- munity [and] what are the essential Freshman Natasja Eerens said that duties as Dean. "According to Johnny the caller was a male who tions. Fainstein applauded the Demands, but reminded components of a pluralistic campus while tolerance is a worthy goal, we The summit ended on a deter- attempted to disguise his voice by making it sound deep- students that some might not be feasible. He warned environment?" Breakout groups must start with "tolerance and mined note, Nagai-Rothe noted that er. "It was hateful," said Johnny, "you could feel the hate against police action. "Do we really want to create a were also asked to summarize what respect of difference, and then move the summit was going to become in his voice." She also believes that there were other police environment on this campus? ... Do we really they thought the college's strengths beyond tolerance to understanding. yearly event, and that there is going voices and laughter in the background. want the police involved in every single kind of incident are when it comes to diversity and Tolerance is the minimum we should to be a follow-up to determine how Later that night a small group of concerned students on the campus?" He was also hesitant to endorse an what improvements they thought expect." well the goals set up by this year's met to discuss the incident and drafted I2 demands to additional commission of race relations, as well as what should be implemented. Professor During the general body meeting attendees were met. SGA president bring to the administration the next day. he referred to as "mandatory coercive counterproductive Nancy Mardas of the College of the one phrase came up, "Comfort the KurtBrown said 'let to day result in The demands included mandatory sensitivity train- measures." Holy Cross acted as the official disturbed, disturb the comforted", action, not as if we're all just spin- ing workshops (which were implemented after the 1986 Most students expressed their concern towards the recorder, documenting the sugges- which became a motto for the sum- ning our wheels". Fanning Takeover), increased minority employment and sense of apathy on campus. "I'm here because I've come "minority,student support," more administrative support to realize the sense of crisis;' said one student, "and the of "multicultural and diversity activities," creation of sense of crisis began to permeate into the campus com- another commission by the Board of Trustees "to inves- munity and into the sleeping masses." SPRING- BREAK. '03 tigate racial relations" at the College, Caller lD in all stu- Many were concerned that the acts of racism were dent rooms, a revision of the Honor Code by the Fall encouraging students to transfer and deterring perspec- 2003 and an open forum held by the end of the week. tive students. "The freshmen they come in here so bright They also demanded, "Outside investigators should be eyed," said Jose Mane '03, "and look at them now, brought in to ensure that there will not be any bias." tbey're so worn out... look into my eyes and I'm worn By 1:00 PM the next day over 150 students were out."· gathered 'in the Knowlton entry way, discussing the Although there was some division over Demands, demands.' They discussed possible actions and possible the students unanimousaly favored canceling classes to punishments against the perpetrators. "We must show a hold an open forum. Fainstein proposed waiting until the Save up to no nonsense, no tolerance attitude towards these fol1owing week, which students later criticized as a way crimes.t'-affirmed Osten Bernardez '03, Housefel1ow of of making the event less conspicuous, with the concern Har-Khe"ss.' that many perspectives students have President's week The students met Fainstein at his home, and ushered vacation and would be visiting the school. When ~ .... C»C» him up the hil1 to Blanstein. When he appeared in Hood Fainsteiu asked who was in favor of holding a forum this Space IS limited. Call No",,! Dining Room, a student firmly requested him to sit in tbe week, he was met with a chorus of cheers. "I hear you," middle of the room, surrounded by the protestors. be said. r-Fainstein began by commending the protestors. "I The rally concluded after nearly 2 hours of discus- 1-800-293-1443 thInk it's a sign of the strength of this community that so sion. Fainstein met with senior administrators in the fac- mky of you have come together." He denounced ~he ulty lounge to discuss the Demands, while students , racist-act of the past year, calling them "a cowardly kind signe a petition to further the goals of th"( Demands. • of: assault," committed "by people who don't want to Seventy-two students signed the petition. Discount' per room, based on qu.cld / acc litR COI.lJiGR VOICR • FERRUARV21, 2003 • 5 I-Pride and Dean Receive Hate Emails List of Demands as Issued

BvJAM" ROGERS behind, like ridding the world of communists or -1 accessible to·members of the community, leading by Students to President NEWS EmToR liberals." He or she called the chair a "wimpy some to believe that the sender was a student or assed panty waste (sic) ... who pleads for hand- .Several conserv ti hi employee of the College. 1. Mandatory sensitivity training workshops for the entire personnel . a rve w ite supremacist outs instead of getting off their sorry asses and The sender concluded the e-mail by telling groups sent harasSlOg e-rnails to the Intercultural staff by fall (i.e. awareness workshop which came out of the 1986 lake over getting to work." Hoffmann she had been freeped. The term refers Fanning) Pnde Club and Frances Hoffmann, Dean of the Phillip Gedeon '05, Chair of l-Pride, sent the to an e-mail campaign from an online conserva- College, this week calling the chair of the club "as e-rnails to senior administration asking for the tive group known as Free Republic. According to much of a bigot as every skinhead." 2. Caller ill for all the student rooms, which will help prevent harassing proper protocol. He received what he called an the website, Free Republic is "working to roll phone calls AI I Pride received two e-rnails on Monday, unclear answer from Hoffmann, and lambasted back decades of governmental largesse, to root February 17th. The first e-mail, sent by Norman Fainstein, President of the College, for out political fraud and corruption, and to champi- 3. The school should become more involved in the planning of [email protected], who claimed to not responding at all. "This is our President," he on causes which further conservatism in Multicultural and diversity activities such as Latino Awareness month, Black ~a~~a "docto~ate in science," criticized the organ- exclaimed at Tuesday's Open Forum. The America." They claim to have over 90,000 sub- history month, APA awareness month, Soul awareness week and any other izauon for taking pride in race. "What is it you are President claimed that he did not receive scribers. Operation Infinite Freep is an e..mail months or weeks that help promote diversity, education and tolerance soproud of exactly?" asked the writer "race is Gedeon's e-mail. According to Gedeon, the campaign by members of the group to answer towards diverse groups of people. polit,~cal definitions aside, a genetic pr~-disPOSi: President later apologized stating that he had "leftist demonstrations," Free Republic claims to non, It claimed that being proud of race made a received the e-mail but didn't reply because other have no racial biases. 4. The number of "Minorities" on staff (library, bookstore, administra- pe1:S0n "as much of a bigot as every skinhead who administrators had already done so. College administrators also believe that anoth- tive offices, physical plant, residence and dinning hall staff) should be claims pride in being white?" The writer also crit- I Pride was not the only group to receive er group, known as NACT, has been attacking the increased-particularly in supervisory positions. icized the use of taxpayer dollars to spread politi- harassing e-mails this week. Dean Hoffmann also College since the beginning of this semester. call .messages, citing a petition to impeach received an e-mail denouncing the administra- NACT is a local branch of a larger white 5. The establishment of a commission to investigate racial relations at President George Bush that circulated around the tions ad in the Conn tact acknowledging the supremacy group. Connecticut college by the board of trustees (a proposal was given to the campus last week. Abrahamic Feast of Sacrifice, celebrated by Currently there is no evidence that any of the board of trustees in 1971 by the student Government association. The idea tThe second e-mail, sent by Muslim students. According to Hoffmann the e- e-mails are related, nor any evidence to suggest was to bring the interracial situation into a realistic and factual light; pub- leadpencil l @excite.com, attacked the club's mail "took strong issue with the Dean of the that the senders are members of the community. lishing the data that is certainly present but rarely publicized; investigating recruitment ad for its executive board. "Your College's greeting to the Muslim students." The e- Neither wsforbes nor leadpencill are registered the social stresses at work in the College community; compiling the findings; diversity scheme is just a banner to hide behind mail referred to the Conntact ad as "a daily hap- members of the New England chapter of Free and constructing a prospectus for action. ) while you force your views on the students at penings publication of my college." The Conn tact Republic. The College Voice e-mailed all of Cennecticut College," said leadpencill. The can only be seen in dining halls and public areas addresses to solicit responses; all e-mails were 6. Revision of Honor Code by the fall of 2003 sender told the club to "get some other issue to get or on the CamelWeb, the College intranet only returned without a reply. .r 7, Communication between administration and students is clear and open NYCRally: 'I Refuse in order to help eliminate the feeling of distrust on the part of the' students. v The Brief in Brief 8. More "Minority" student support. to Believe War is Inevitable' 9. Outside investigators should be brought in to ensure that there will not ;. continued from. page 1 A Synopsis of the NESCACBrief be any bias (i.e. NAACP, United states justice department and Police) intact. The policemen and women had arrived, armed and ready to combat 10. An open forum done this week or next week. This forum would be a anyone with even the slightest attitude towards them. Supporting Affirmative Action mandatory one for the entire campus community. Everything on campus -!I saw the uniforms and felt like a hypocrite for wanting to kill them. It would be shut down for this forum. NAACP, United States Justice depart- was shocking that hate was the first emotion to hit me. Didn't they under- ment, NCJRS and any other organization or personnel would be in atten- stand what they were doing? Fuck the orders, [ thought. This is our consti- -Concerns the Supreme Court -"Competition between high- dance to help facilitate discussion and make aware that Racial harassment is tutional right. Don't steer us down side streets and try to arrest us! And as I case Barbara Grutter v, Lee ly selective schools provides natu- not tolerated at the College. This forum should be something similar to that fearlessly marched up to a uniform, [ heard my echo reverberate from his Bollinger and Jennifer Gratz and ral constraining factors" that assure of the Honor code assembly put together for freshman. lips, "You should have the right to protest." At least it was some sort of Patrick Hemacber v. Lee Bollinger that students would not be selected response to my question: "Are you pro- or anti-war?" I appreciated his even purely on the basis of race or otber [1. An Anti-harassment program should be developed to incorporate the talking to me, but still, [ wanted to punch him. He and countless hundreds of -Connecticut College is specious criteria kinds of strategies that will prevent harassment, not merely increase the other police people had blocked off every cross street from 49th to 60th joined in the brief by 27 other small chance of punishment. This should start through the development and Streets with the goal of stopping the protesters from even being able to colleges and universities, Amherst, -There is a compelling inter- enforcement of written policies and procedures in the C -book .The school's protest and unite at the U.N. on First Avenue. It was an obstacle we couldn't Barnard, Bates, Bowdoin, Bryn est in maintaitting all diversity, instructional program, calendar of events, extracurricular activities, profes- overcome, no matter how hard we tried. Beginning a permanent record never Mawr, Carel ton, Colby, Davidson, including racial, for colleges and sional development efforts, and parent involvement initiatives are key to seemed so close. Franklin & Marshall, Hamilton, universities as diverse schools are establishing an environment in which respect for diversity can flourish. For the next four grueling, bone-chilling hours, I, along with a few Hampshire, Haverford, Macalester, more well-regarded by prospective remaining friends and a mob screaming "Investigate, not annihilate!" that Middlebury, Mount Holyoke, students and third party raters 12. Commitment that no prosecution or punitive action be taken against seemed to be following us, moved hastily up and over and back and down Oberlin, Pomona, Sarah Lawrence, participants of this peaceful protest. every possible street, searching for a crevice to slip through in order to reach Smith, Swathmore, Trinity, Vassar, -The United States also shares JstAve. We passed more incidents of police brutality than I'd like to remem- Wellesley, Williams, Colgate, a compelling interest in the educa- boo.Broken noses, trampled bodies under federally whipped horses, smashed 'Wesleyan, and Tufts tion of as diverse a selection of Stu- It is unfortunate that this situation has evolved and that we need to take blockades equaling more police and more assault. dents as possible as it is beneficial such drastic measures. However, it is our intent that positive steps will be I stood back, watching in frozen disbelief, letting the frustration and -For college admissions, the for the whole of society taken as a result of our actions. We feel that there has been enough dialogue anger be alleviated by a tepid cup of hot chocolate from Dunkin Donuts that "overriding task is to assemble the about the issue at hand and it is time to take action to prevent harassment and tribkled down through my numb body. A huge blue and white board most interesting class of students" -'The primary and secondary truly demonstrate to the campus community that racial harassment or harass- appeared in front of my face. Names popped out at me in black pen: educational system in the U.S. is ment in general will not be tolerated. Columbia, Bard, Berkeley, NYU, Dartmouth. Then the 'black marker was in -To that end, several other fac- far from a level playing field" The goal of this demonstration is to have the senior staff sign this docu- m}!hand. Columbia, Bard, Berkeley, NYU, Dartmouth, Connecticut College. tors in addition to race are consid- ment as a contract of good will. The senior staff must be willing to set con- I was so stunned by what was going on. I have no idea what I signed. ered including socioeconomic sta- -This is reflected in research crete goals and timetables for the above demands. We as concerned students Whatever it was, someone knows we were there supporting, proliferating tus, athletic ability, and musical or and Berkeley's elimination of race look forward to constructive interaction with the Administration and dissent, artistic talents as a factor in admissions shows Trustees. 2 And Conn did represent, there were 18 others who went on the bus, all black enrollment dropping 50 to 70 excited at both the size and diversity of the turnout. Mab Segrest, an inspir- -As set in precedent by percent and projects a "potential ing teacher of mine and a noteworthy professor of the Gender Women's Regents of the University of resegregating effect from roughly 5 Campus Community Comments Study Department spoke of her experience at the rally. "There were so many California v. 'Bakke, educators set to 7 percent of the student body to different kinds of people, ages, races, political persuasions. Our affinity the relevant policies of the school 2 percent or so" "We will never be in a position to stop words ... there will always be indi- group of about seven did a wonderful job of keeping track of each other in and an invalidation of Affirmative viduals who have hateful and devisive thoughts. It's our job to drown out the throngs and through the police barricades. It was wonderful to be part of Action "would violate principles of -An effort to maintain diversi- those words with a chorus, with our collective voice of support for the kind such a huge and historical event." academic freedom and institutional ty if Affumative Action is ruled of community that we're trying to build on this campus." 't

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6 0 IlESRUARY21, 2003 0 Tim COI.I.IlG' VOlell ARTS &ENTE RTAINME NT Hedonism, Guns Underscore Tragedy that is Hedda Spy Games: So Many

Knapp), who weaves her fate in a title character, citing her as a woman damaging web of jealousy and who ultimately merits no sympathy, Questions, So Few Answers manipulation. Torn between two a view that some members of the enigmatic men, Brack (Nick audience were quick to dispute. One Roesler) and Lovborg (Daniel articulate observer commented on (Until Sunday ... ) Leary), and unmoved by her painful- being "very moved" by Hedda, Bv RAClIllL CASADO AI.BA ly awkward husband, George though she also described Some of (Andrew McCullough), Hedda js the heroine's less enabling actions AssocIATP, Col'Y EDITOR also pitted against a harsh and unre- as "breathtakingly awful." Hedda is lenting society that frowns upon trapped in a "societal cage", ulti- Hello, again, my dear reader. emerging women '5 voices. mately choked by her growing, sti- After my epic introductory column In an informal discussion after fling frustrations. last week, I thought it would be nice Thursday's opening night perform- Impressive performances by the to be able to talk about current stuff, ance, director Robert Knopf talked leading cast, a beautifully-designed One major thing in last week's about his dilemma when deciding set, elaborate costumes, and haunt- episode occurred: Sloane kidnapped whether or not to place "Hedda ing music make "Hedda Gabler" a Sydney (Jennifer Garner)-wearing a Talented cast brings classic drama to life (Faries). Gabler" in a contemporary setting. must-see production. Staged after totally heinous disguise, I must say. His final decision to retain Ibsen's just three weeks of rehearsal, the But the fact remains that the man kid- By SIIONA - root of society's problems. Written classical world and to follow his Theatre Department's first major napped our heroine. Now, ABC had in 1890, "Hedda Gabler" remains as Assow:m A&E EDITOR original stage directions rendered venture of the semester is unsettling, enduring and relevant today as it to throw in a clip of CIA director the playas powerful as ever. Though emotional, satisfying and loaded The Theatre Department's dark, was in Ibsen's time, perceptively Kendall telling Vaughn (Michael "Hedda Gabler" harbors a nine- with dramatic tension (an upper- atmospheric rendition of Henrik Varian) they couldn't rescue her, but and sensitively tackling ever-contro- te~nth century feel, it is the subtle class woman with a perverse fasci- we all know that's not true. Jt just makes us want Sunday to come sooner. Ibsen's classic play "Hedda Gabler" versial issues like sexuality and innuendoes that lurk beneath the nation for pistols). Each member of This week's upcoming episode holds some surprises and will hopefully .provided much to talk about for a morality. play's antique surface that stiIJ per- this phenomenal spectacle dynami- answer some questions. Like, what's up with the Francie clone? After kiss... piece that depicts the lack of com- At the heart of the play stands vade today's social structures. cally brought Ibsen to life on stage, ing her, Will seems to be acting like munication and the repressed envi- Ibsen's self-destructive heroine. Among the cast, an unassum.ing in a way that gives him the recogni- nothing happened, which is interest- ronment that lie embedded at the Hedda (a perfectly cast Kristin Kristin Knapp spoke candidly of her tion he deserves. ing considering his usually tenacious nature. I also understand that Listen to INhat our Sydney's been a little pre-occupied custol7Jers tell us... "sch'" u a nice . sop h ... " lately, you know, bringing down SD- no. what beautiful clothes..." 6. graduating from grad school, mak- ing love to sexy CIA agents, being "...I love consignment shopping ..." -T-e-ll-th-e-m-L-o-iS- kidnapped, but doesn't she notice her "...unbelievable prices..." sent youl BEST FRIEND is now a Stepford friend? Dixon is a free agent now, too (no

pun intended). Since Sydney was kid- I napped, who from SD-6 has the key to rescuing her? It has to be Dixon, and The New To You Shop is Waterford's it's going to be interesting to see what exactly Vaughn (and Jack) will dri'llo premiere consignment shop, rescue Syd. And, when is Irina (Lena Olin) gonna make a break for~l ? specializing in women's clothing and Because you just know she will ...Here she is, no longer any heTpfl" accessories. Beautiful clothes at lot beautiful prices, with shoes, to the CIA, her daughter's contem- purses and jewelry to match. You'll plating leaving the agency. WHat could possibly compel her to stay in have an experience to remember custody? Unless there is some secret when you shop New To Youl pact between her and Jack (Victor Garber) that is soon to be reveal , her compliance with the' CIA maJska of Ii'ili.... ii SNOW WHITE TRASH - Snow White Trash Save Ferris? It isn't Jost forever, my friend. 2002 - Shut The Hell Up Records THE STELLAS - Music For Umbrellas There are plenty of ska bands out there carrying If there ever was an underrated genre. it's 2002 SOIUCBlitz Records on the Orange County tradition - but sometimes country. Let's face it, this is America, and aside If ever the word "cute" was embodied by you have to look a little further than Orange from McDonald's, there's nothing more electric guitars, the Stellas have accomplished County to find them. Bambaji is a ska band with American than down and dirty hillbilly this feat. They are a three-piece, female-band a thriving horn section hailing from Seattle, and music.That said, there's nothing more down and that embraces pop and new wave and creates their their latest effort finds them bleuding the tradi- dirty than a parental advisory sticker on a own brand of pretty rock 'n roll. Theil' latest tional ska sound with some record-the folks of Snow White Trash, a band release, Music For Umbrellas will have you bop- old-school funk, jazz and rock styles. Opening with that is arguably the bastard child of Kid Rock and Patsy Cline, wear this the upbeat "One-Way Ticket" and the extremely fast- ping your head and humming along to ten tracks of sugary meJodies. And, brand with pride. Their self-titled album starts out with "Honey I'm yes, synth fans, these kids have keyboards and are prepared to use them. paced "Tied Down," one can tell from the beginning Home," a song that presents a unique view on cheating: a chick getting The album kicks off with "Better Off," immediately infecting the listener that these cats aren't messing around - they know their caught in the act. Singer Pamela Richards (whose purpose ill the band ska. While the upstroke is very fast, as in third and with Stellas fever. "When He Says He Loves Me" has sure single power, according to the record's jacket includes "lead vocal, debauchery, navel with drummer, John, backing Raechel's lead vocal on the chorus and lyrics fourth wave ska, the vocal is very reminiscent of sec- gyration, restraining orders) crows that the song's title bears "the worst ond wave Two-Tone bands. "Beauty Queen" is slight- that will stick in your brain faster than Krazy Glue between your fingers. three words to hear while making love," This record is simply fun, The sec- One of the most percussively interesting songs on "Music For Umbrellas" ly slower, and very Gwen Stefani with the lyrics "it's ond track is about a man who loves his fried chicken and the third is an ode is "Girlfriend:' with it's clickity-clack rhythms and sing-songy lyrics. a myth it's a crime/the stuff they sell in seventeen/line to Frankenstein, The fourth track, "Sweet Revenge," serenades Santa, ask- Though the Stellas have been compared to the Donnas, there's not a whole your lips and paint your eyes/and try to act the beauty ing for several elements of brutal revenge such as eggnog spiced with lot to compare - the Stellas are slower, more melodic, and more diverse in EMILY MORSE queen/actress, model, escort bride/retail, wholesale, arsenic and the ability to "unwrap his package with a knife," Tbe true high- their songwriting, They're softer, sweeter, and certainly more polite _ but jump Offtbe hooker, wife:' Barnbaji is a band that knows their point of this album, however, is the artistry with which Snow White Trash not in that "step on me' sort of way. This is a band that has many apparent Bandwagon roots, seemingly taking a page out of the Specials' perform Jinuny Buffett's "Why Don't We Get Drunk:' They've taken the .influences: while "Fluff My Aura" sounds like a bizarre cross between book and rewriting it for their own needs with the original - which was already pretty trashy considering the repeated line Coldplay and the Go-Go's, "The Bullet Proof Anthem" sounds closer to slightly eerie "Just One Chance:' and even a little on society-conscious "why don't we get drunk and screw?"-and turned up the hillbilly heat, Hole on Prozac with keyboards and a less husky vocal. The SteIJas also "Maceo Street" (on maceo street this ain't hollywood/on maceo street this daring the listener not to get up and square dance (or dance in some man- know how to cover a tune and make it their own, doing so with the Cars' is where the dogs bark/on maceo street this is all you'll ever know/maceo ner, considering that most who know how to square dance won't admit it). "Just What I Needed," adding some extra synth souuds and blending it with street). "Maybe I Should" is the story of most everybody's life: a grand to Snow White Trash show how truly nasty they can be with "Henpecked:' a Trio's "Da Da Da' (yes, from the Volkswagen commercial). Where the do list of things that will probably never get done; "Black Garden" picks it song which just might be about sex with animals (bot it also might not be - original sougs sound nothing like a medley-ready pair, the Stellas have up with a little help from indie rock, The band lifts spirits with the hum- you should decide for yourself...): "she gives good mille and she gives great proven themselves worthy of bragging rights with this creative fusion. This " bling, "Piece Of Pie" waxes poetic with "Picasso" and keeps it real with head." The album ctoses out with "Yankin' On The Old Man's Crank:' a is a band with a million flavors and no MSG. But unlike chain restaurant , "All I Ever Wanted." Bambaji is a band that has apparently set a goal to not song with great rockabilly guitars and enough energy to get your grandfa- Chinese food, the Stellas need no taste-titillators _ they do all the titillating only make good music, but make music that will inspire you to do some- ther up and jivin'. Like every other track on Snow White Trash's self titled on their own. ;: thing, whether it be get up and dance, write a poem, or at the very least sing effort, this is a song about sex, This female-fronted band of swingin' self- Genre: Fluffy Chick Punk : along. And it is more than obvious that these are musrcians that enjoy what proclaimed rednecks has a lot to say that the Voice simply cannot print, and Try It If You Dig: The Eyeliners, Elastica, Belinda Carlisle • they do - and at the end of the day, that is what makes a record worth hear- if that alone doesn't intrigue you, keep this in mind: this is some rockin' Website: www.thestellasloveyou.com " ~ ing. country that simply doesn't suck. Genre: Orange County Ska from Seattle Genre: Hillbilly Tunes For A Roll In The Hay Try It If You Dig: Save Ferris, Squirrel Nut Zippers, UB40 Try It IfYou Dig: Johnny Cash, Hank Williams III, Trick Pony ~te: www.~baji.com Website: www.snojawhiterrashband.com - lil6 COU.6G6 VOICE •• ••• RUARV 21, 2003 • 7 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT -2002 Oscar Nominations and Predicted Winners Bv RACHEL CASADo At .. Salma Hayek, "Frida" Assocwrc COpy EOtroR Catherine Zeta-Jones seems to be a lock, Nicole Kidman, "The Hours" unless the improbable happens in the Best Best Actor Diane Lane, "Unfaithful" Actress category. If Nicole Kidman or Adrien Brody, "The Piamsr: Julianne Moore, "Far From Heaven" Renee Zellweger wins Best Actress, Nicolas Cage, "Adaplation" Renee Zellweger, "Chicago" Julianne Moore might win this award as a - Michael Caine, "The Quiet American" Although "Unfaithful" helped bring consolation prize. Diane Lane back into the public eye, having sex with Olivier Martinez doesn't win you Best Director an Oscar. Hayek in "Frida" was little seen, Pedro AJmod6var, ''Talk to Her" and although Kidman and Zellweger gave Stephen Daldry, "The Hours" tremendous performances (that look great Rob Marshall, "Chicago" on their resumes), this award goes to Roman Polanski, "The Pianist" Julianne Moore, who has had Oscar coming Martin Scorsese, "Gangs of New York" her way since "The End of Ihe Affair". Polanski and Almodovar are the long shots, basically on the list for what they did- Best Supporting Actor n't do (make another "Ninth Gate" or get a Chris Cooper, "Adaptation" nom for Best Foreign Film). Daldry took Ed Harris, ''The Hours" three established actresses and got good per- Paul Newman, "Road to Perdition" formances out of each, but I'm not Sure if John C. Reilly, "Chicago" (Winner) it's enough to win him an Oscar especially Christopher Walken, "Catch Me if You against this competition. This year it's Can" between Marshall and Scorcese. Scorsese, "Road to Perdition" came out this spring who has never won an Oscar (sorry, but how and although it's Paul Newman we're talk- did Robert Redford's direction of "Ordinary ing about, the movie is too far out of view- People" beat Scorsese's direction of ers' memories to make an impact. Harris, after many years, and was able to put togeth- New York" had to live up to thirty yoai ' "Raging Bull"?) might not win again this er a talented cast (I mean, could you really intense and good as usual, was just over- year because of "Gangs" slightly under- worth of hype, and. didn't succeed., Soh shadowed by the three leading ladies of see Madonna as Velma Kelly? I think not). comes down to "Chicago" and "The HOOrs!' whelming critical reception. But there is a And with the hype about the "return of the . "The Hours." Chris Cooper has won the swell of support for him as the sentimental Being conflicted in this decision, Iwiill1\1t Golden Globe and has a substantial number musical," Marshall has a good chance of choose between the two. '1: .• " winning the Oscar. of awards (see any of his work with John Daniel Day-Lewis, "Gangs of York" Sayles, especially "Matewan"), and, barring Animated Feature a possible John C. Reilly win (who had a Best Picture "Ice Age" Jack Nicholson, "About Schmidt" "Chicago" significant number of supporting roles this "Lilo & Stitch" Although Cage's performance(s) were year), he will probably get the Oscar. "Gangs of New York" "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron" able to anchor "Adaptation," he and Caine "The Hours" "Spirited Away" suffer from unseen movie syndrome. Adrien Best Supporting Actress "The Lord of the Rings: The Two ''Treasure Planet Brody's performance in "The Pianist" was Towers" Kathy Bates, "About Schmidt" Personally, I want "lee Age" to Will critically acclaimed and garnered him his ''The Pianist" Queen Latifah, "Chicago" (because who wouldn't love the combina- )g~st nomination, but veteran Nicholson has Julianne Moore, "The Hours" Sadly, this is not LOTR's year. With no tion of Ray Romano, Denis Leary and JolIn edge in this race. Or does he? Since :jh" Meryl Streep, "Adaptation" acting nom or directing nom for Peter Leguizamo?). Realistically, since Disne}., ~Schrnidt" only received two nominations Catherine Zeta-Jones, "Chicago" Jackson, "The Two Towers" is basically a money is behind the anime flick "Spirited J "Gangs" has much more support, a ~hd Queen Latifah and this year's Best special effects winner this year (and even Away" (from the creator of "Plincels g-absent Daniel Day-Lewis may be able lj6,h Supporting Actress Award seems like last Andy Serkis' G6Uum got no love). Although Mononoke"), it has the best chance of wi _ steal this from Nicholson. JIi~ year's, with an actress given a supporting "The Pianist" got a star tum from Adrien ning. If the crappy "Treasure Planet" (, tl e ti \ nomination because she has no chance of Brody and brought Roman Polanski back to unfunny "Lilo and Stitch" wins, tije Best Actress favorite. Marshall on the other hand, was ere winning in the lead actress category. Hollywood, it suffers from being yet anoth- Academy has serious problems. finally able to turn "Chicago" into a movie er generic Hollywood war movie. "Gangs of I H/Jr

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MOVIE REVIEW: The Devil You Don't Know Daredevil DIRECTED By: MARK STEVEN JOHNSON

By TIM STEVENS "Daredevil" is a far darker story, veering ****tt Of the villains, Bullseye (Colin Farrell) EOJTOR-IN-CIIJEF closer to the sensibilities of the first fares the best. He is pure charismatic insan- "Batman" or "Crow" films and pushes the ity and his fairly simple power (he never The important thing to understand PG-13 rating for violence farther than any misses) is displayed as how truly dangerous about Daredevil is that I grew up with the movie has in recent times. such a skill can be. Garner, as Elektra, con- character. Although l had never read a sin- Intriguingly, the movie opens on tinues to prove that she is ridiculously tal- gle issue of the comic, sometime around the Daredevil (Ben Affleck) lying, bleeding, on ented when it comes to physical stunt work first grade I decided that he was my favorite the floor of a Catholic Church as a priest, while still managing to be an effective super hero. Who knows why, I just did. none too surprised, unmasks him. From actor. As an additional bonus, she has rarely .Therefore, much like "Spider-Man" this here, the majority of the film is told in been as beautiful as she was in this role. past, summer, 1 have been awaiting this flashback as to how Matt Murdock, a kid Michael Clarke Duncan as Kingpin is an movie for the hetter portion of my life. This from Hell's Kitchen with a boxer father, effective bit of casting regardless of skin .Iove, of the character is a double-edged ended up blind, a lawyer, and lying near tone (the comic book Kingpin is white), • sword. On the one hand, 1 watch the movie death in this church. and it is a shame how little he was utilized. as a little kid, just excited to see my favorite At 142 minutes this film hauls, fitting in Perhaps a sequel will offer him a bigger -character there up on the screen, 30 times not only the above details, but a couple role. -as large as life. On the other, as a ridiculous beatings of thugs, a romance, some laughs, In the end, there is much to recommend d'an"lf feel have a certain desire to protect a few spectacular fight sequences with the movie beyond even what is listed above. the character, to watch the movie to make supervillains, several instances of Catholic Jon Favreau as a great source of comic sure the filmmakers do not change anything iconography, and several deaths, It is never, relief as Matt's money-loving law partner ,ltoo much or lose the spirit of the character, suffice it to say, a boring movie, Foggy Nelson, the intriguing depiction of -All of this on the table, I loved "Daredevil." Are there things that suffer because of Daredevil's radar sense, and the overall arc )ty' 'Now, does that mean you, the common this? Absolutely. The romance between chooses correctly in maintaining its focus equal to the weight of this focus. He por- of the story, the realization of what justice 'man or woman, will? Well, that is where Matt and Elektra Natchios (Jennifer on Matt. Too often, superhero films are trays Matt's spectrum of emotions effec- is, are examples that immediately come to ',things get tricky. Garner) seems to just happen. They meet seduced into making the movie about the tively with little melodrama. Of most inter- mind. Is this movie a perfect masterpiece? I' First off, although hom of the same and fall in love (deeply) in the span of villain, as in all the Batman movies, while est, however, is how well he plays blind. He No, it could have benefited from some , comic book company, an unofficial roughly 24 hours. Yes, their violent the hero seems to exist merely to make sure does not stop with the time honored tradi- stronger dialogue and probably about 15 tlSpider-Man" sequel this is not. Yes, the courtship dance on a school playground is that justice is ultimately done. Here, while tion of simply staring, employed by so minutes more screentime to fit in every- " peer' film's influence can be felt, from the great fun, but that hardly equals enough Daredevil must share screen time with two many before him, and the result is one of thing it wanted to. However, as a comic everlong opening title sequence (which is gravity to give later events the true punch of villains (Bullseye, Kingpin) and an anti- the most realistic portrayals of blindness book movie, it proves that such projects are hlessedly shorter than "Spider-Man's", but tragedy they deserve. While I could fill in heroin ellave interest (Elektra) it is always since Joan Allen in "Manhunter," The definitely back on the right track as it takes theo again, I am pretty sure reading the the gaps from growing up with the charac- Matt's characterization that dominates the issues that arise in the focus on Matt seem the subject matter seriously and does not ~Biblbf cover to cover can be done in less ters, most will undoubtedly find the film. to originate more out of the script (Why is talk down to the viewers. It remains hope- I, time than it took those credits to unfurl), to romance subplot to be lacking in justifica- Burying much of what critics have a defense attorney representing a rape vic- ful that X-Men 2 and The Hulk can contin- a,hI' quest for superhero maturity journey tion. come to refer to as his "frat boy mentality" tim, isn't that the DA's joh?) than Affleck's ue in this way. that.dominates each movie's plot. However, Despite the speed of the movie. it Affleck, (unexpectedly for many), proves acting, 'I, ' Schickler's Debut Novel Business as Usual for Massive Quirky, Yet Endearing Attack on Latest Release By IlACIiEL CASADO-AuA become grateful to him for giving Assocwrn COPY EDITOR them self-confidence, and one, ALBUM REVIEW: David Schickler's debut novel Rally McWi11iams, fa11s in love "Kissing In Manhattan" is com- with his roommate James. posed of eleven intertwined short James, an accountant who likes 100TH WINDOW «stones, all taking place in the to stop the elevator (named "Otis") Preemption apartment building. between floors in order to talk to it By MASSIVE ArTACK II" J'he characters include a headstrong privately, finds Ra11y tied to \' Princeton-bound private school girl Patrick's bed and engages her in bent on marrying her English conversation, The two slowly fall in teacher, a smart feminist seduced love. If you think this coupling is by. a muscle-bound chauvinist odd, the story of Nicole Bonner is By ADAM KAUFMAN · named Checkers and failed comedi- even stranger. The aforementioned STAFF WRJmR an rwho plays an angry mouse in a private school girl, Nicole invites ·stage). play and becomes famous. her AP English teacher, Douglas Massive Attack is without a While a "young professionals look doubt one of the most influential '. for love in NYC" book may seem a BOOK REVIEW: groups in electronic music. Not dark, complex beats and hypnotic of orchestra and synthesized beats ~bit precocious, Schickler takes knows, Samson Bonner is offering only were they pioneers of the trip- vocalists. Indeed, IDOth Window as the song goes on, ct'Kissing in Manhattan" in the Kissing In his daughter in marriage, hop genre, but the three alhums they doesn't sound progressively differ- With IDOth Window, Massive 'l>oppQsite direction of everything James, Rally, Patrick and all of released from 1991-1998, Blue ent from what Massive Attack has Attack continues to produce dark, I you're expecting. Manhattan the characters meet in various dif- Lines, Protection, and Mezzanine, released hefore, but this shouldn't captivating music that bridges a fine \," ~"One of the main characters, ferent ways, until the night Father are all classics of the genre. Only take away from the fact that the line between electronic and organic. xinvestment banker Patrick Rigg, has Thomas Merchant must intervene one of the .original members DAVID SCHICKLER music is seriously good, On Future This is music that seeps into your ~a habit of seducing and dominating By to save someone's life. This book remains in the group, but this is no Proof, a dense bass-heavy sound- consciousness when you listen to it, -a devoted harem of young women, may seem odd, but Schickler's style matter as Massive Attack has scape, there is a mix of hypnotic pulsating through your brain and .rnaking them fall in love with their is utterly believable. Each story always featured a rotating and ever- keyboards and an Aphex Twin-style making you wonder what you've "own bodies by tying them to his bed examines the loneliness that- the changing array of producers and beat. On A Prayer for England, just listened to after the last track ..nude and forcing them to stare at Kerchek,****1J home for dinner one characters feel. "Kissing in vocalists. Whoever has been behind Sinead O'Conner sings political ends. It is incredihly addictive. With ~,them.selves in a mirror. While this night. When Mr. Kerchek meets her Manhattan" won't change your the music of Massive Attack has protest over a pulsating rhythm that IDOthWindow, Massive Attack may "PatJ1ick may remind you of another parents, he quickly realizes that this world view, but if you want to read never failed to please. And this is no sounds like Sigur Ros doing drum not be reinventing the face of elec- "maladjusted Patrick (namely family is very odd. For one thing some observant slice-of-life stories exception with the newest album, and bass. Antistar is another stand- tronica, but they still have the "'Ratrick Bateman from "American there's the cat named John set in New York, Schickler. gives IDOthWindow. out track with a Tricky-influenced power to produce some wonderful-

S'£4GEREVIEW: DIRECTED By: J.M, REBUDAL Dance Ensemble

By - - ishing touches to a wonderful dance excursion.****tr spellbound in the PackerlBridgman choreographed CCDE's twelve-member cast features some of Assocnn, A&E EDITDR Lava Falls. the best dancing talents at the College-students The Ensemble incorporated a classical feel with Dancing to a different beat last Friday at the who boast strong dancing backgrounds and who excerpts from The Sleeping Beauty Ballet in which Martha Myers Studio was the Connecticut College have trained under and performed with major pirouettes and plies were executed with flawless pre- Dance Ensemble (CCDE) in a spectacularly slick American dance companies. The Ensemble's pro- cision and ease. Each soloist made the grueling tech- and energetic performance. Presented by the Dance duction comprised six pieces, each well-rehearsed nicalities of ballet look truly effortless. Saved for the Department and directed by J.M. Rehudal, a and effective in its own right, and the "Meet the last dance was Folk Dance for the Future, which filipino-American visiting dance professor, the pro- Dancers" concept was an original twist-following ended the show as stylishly as it had begun. The duction showcased a melange of modem, tradition- every piece, dancers from each academic class were company came together once again in a humorous aI"ballet, and folk dance that found favor with a introduced to the audience in sleek, self-choreo- piece that fused traditional methods with postmod- delighted and enraptured audience. graphed moves. ern techniques, • Established in 200 I with a starting grant from The show commenced with Filipinese, a modem Connecticut College is proud of its Dance the Holleran Center for Community Action and piece whose fluidity was reflected in the constant Department, and audiences here have come to ·Public Policy, CCDE tours and performs works from flow' and motion of dancers onstage; varying -the expect nothing less than high quality productions- Jiarious New York guest artists and faculty members. number of performers ensured that the piece was CCDE's magnificent dance spectacle did not.disap- .,the dance performance on Friday featured reper- never monotonous. The Mongolian Chop Stick point in the least. Led by seniors Bruk Gessay, Sarah , toire by such noted choreographers as Sean Curran, Dance provided brief traditional relief though the Wilkinson and Francis Stan sky, each memher of ceDE relished every moment on stage, and we, a 'Marius Petipa, Dan Ye, Myrna Packer, Art emphasis on modern fell back into the clean and charmed audience, loved seeing them there, Brid,gman,Robyne Watkin and Mr. Rebndal himself. understated Mercurial Relapse. Senior Francis Stylish costumes and a fitting score provided the fin- Stan~!

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Is DISCRIMINATION

continued from page 3 of viewing Affirmative Action as a way to ensure equal opportunity, it has dents chosen on the basis of Affirmative Action who are qualified; I am just been altered to be some false idealistic mechanism seeking to create "equal saying that there is no way to tell. . results." One of the clearest religions showings of the wron~s ~fAffirmatlve Finally, Afftrmative Action also IMPLIES that the African American Action is seen in the Jewish Old Testament, under Ezekiel 18, where race ha~ natural sub-standard intelligence. expectation. and capabilities. Ezekiel delivers a strong rebuff to the whole concept of ancestral guilt, Given this implied assumption that African Americans could never compete which in this case Affirmative Action seeks to maintain: EZEKIEL 18:19- on such even grounds as others basically means that "considerations" must 20 be granted, as. one would for a mentally ill ,hild or crippled individual for J9 "Yet you ask, 'Why does the son not share the guilt of his father?' them to get ahead. This is exactly what Affirmative Action involves. Since the son has done what is just and fight and has been careful to keep Affirmative Action is not only insulting by its very nature, but is racism of all my decrees, he will surely live." ,. . the highest order. African Americans should not be subjected to this policy, 20 "The soul who sins is the one who Will die. The son wIll not share as it insults and demeans their accomplishments. the guilt of the father, nor will the father share the guilt of the son. The Affirmative Action "hurts the people it is supposed to help," as Dr. Alan righteousness of the righteous man WIll be credl,t,edto hIm, and the Wicked- Keyes once said, "casts doubts on their real achievements and lowers ness of the w~cked will be charged agalllst him. . expectations for the black youth." It is hypocritical for people to say they oppose group gudt, such as the To view my past col'lInns please visit my website: http://oak.con- one used in rounding up Japanese Amencans 10 WWII, and then say they ncoll.edu/-yrfre support Affirmative Action. .. , Until next time, Another reason one should oppose Affirmatlye ActIOn IS because the YF dM-mition of it has b en changed by those who support it nowadays. Instead 75 Main SlnMII k old Soy6to

------"----_ ...... _~~ 10 •• EBRUARY 21, 2003 • TIlE COIJ.EGEVOICE NATIONAL NEWS Moroccan Gets 15 Years in 9-11 Trial

BY DAVID RISING "a drop in the bucket, especially for a young sentence.

APWRITER man, but at least it's something." 'They wanted justice Interior Minister Otto Schily hailed the and they got justice," HAMBURG, Germany (AP) - A verdict as a "success in the fight" against ter- said lawyer Ulrich von Moroccan received the maximum IS-year ror. "It is a warning to all those who think Jeinsen. "They accept senlence Wednesday for helping the al- they can toy with the idea of aligning them- that we have another sys- Qaida hijackers who carried out the Sept. II selves with terrorist networks." tem and since he got tbe attacks - the first conviction anywhere of a While suspects in the plot detained in the maximum sentence they suspect in the terror plot against the United United States face possible death sentences will be satisfied." States. if convicted, el Motassadeq's sentence - the Stephen Push, whose , Mounir el Motassadeq, 28, showed no maximum allowed under German law - wife was killed in' the emotion but occasionally shook his head or translates into a minimum of IO years with plane that crashed into checked his watch as he listened to the ver- 15 months off for time served. Even defen- the Pentagon, also dict finding bim guilty of more than 3,000 dants in Germany sentenced to life in prison praised the Hamburg counts of accessory to murder. generally serve at most 15 years. judges, but added: "I'm EI Motassadeq helped pay tuition and EI Motassadeq, a slight, bearded man just disappointed that the rent for members of the Hamburg-based al- who admitted receiving al-Qaida training in German legal system Qaida cell - allowing them to live as students Afghanistan, denied the charges during his 3 doesn't allow for penal- as they plotted the attacks, prosecutors said. ?-month trial. The defense, which had ties that are appropriate Judge Albrecht Mentz said el argued the evidence was circumstantial, said for crimes of this nature." Motassadeq lied when he testified he was it would appeal. EI Motassadeq was unaware of the plot despite being close In addition to 3,066 counts of accessory raised in a Moroccan friends with suicide hijackers Mohamed to murder, el Motassadeq was convicted of middle-class family, Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi and other cell mem- five counts of being an accessory to attempt- came to Germany as a bers. ed murder and an accessory to bodily injury student in 1993 and mar- The defendant was "a cog that kept the - charges introduced so five wounded sur- ried a Russian woman. machinery going," Mentz said. He vivors of the attacks, ihcluding a Navy offi- By 1995, he was study- Artist's rendering shows Moroccan Mounir El Motassadeq, left, and Judge Albrecht Mentz, second from right, prior 10proclamation of thf! "belonged to this group since its inception. cer at the Pentagon, could join the trial as ing electrical engineer- sentence in a court in Hamburg, nortbern Germany. Motassadeq was convicted of aiding tbe Hamburg based at-Qafda cell that led tbe "', He knew and approved the key elements co-plaintiffs. ing in Hamburg, where September J 1 attacks on the United States and sentenced to 15)'ears in prison. (APPhoto/ArMst rendering/Itdiane Garstka) of the planned attacks." Mentz said it was hard to give a man he is believed to have Sept. II victims' relatives who partici- with two small children the maximum sen- first met Atta no later than the following being normal students in Germany. They custody, is believed to have been tbe pated in the trial as co-plaintiffs - some tence, but that he had to consider the enor- year. also noted that he signed Ana's will. Hamburg cell's key contact with al-Qaida. offering emotional testimony that Mentz mity of the crime and el Motassadeq's lack He acknowledged being friends with EI Motassadeq explained both as things Zammar, an alleged al-Qaida recruiter in said, prompted him to impose the maximum of contrition even after American co-plain- Atta, al-Shehhi and other alleged members he simply did for friends. Hamburg, is in prison in Syria. sentence - praised the verdict. tiffs told the court of their suffering. of the Hamburg cell including suicide pilot He denied for nearly a year after his Both Syria and the United States refused , Joan Molinaro of New York City said she Witnesses illustrated el Motassadcq's Ziad Jarrah; and Ramzi Binalshibh, Said arrest ever having been to Afghanistan, But to release the men to testify, German author- was "thrilled." enthusiasm for the plot, the judge said. Bahaji and Zakariya Essabar, all suspected on the first day of trial, he admitted training ities refused turn over their files on the two, ~"It's the first small victory we've had "Al-Shehhi said, 'There will be thou- of helping organize the cell. in one of Osama bin Laden's camps there in saying transcripts of their interrogations since, 9111," said Molinaro, whose firefight- sands of dead', and the defendant said, 'We Witnesses said el Motassadeq was as 2000, saying he thought it was a Muslim's were provided to them on condition they er son Carl was killed at the World Trade will dance on their graves.?' Mentz said, cit- radical as the rest of the group, often talking duty to learn self-defense. only be used for intelligence purposes. Center, "I kind of feel like, 'OK, Carl, we ing witness testimony. of jihad - holy war - and his hatred of Israel In deciding to appeal, defense lawyers Mentz rejected the defense argument, got one,"' she said. "I think my son is smil- Schily said the penalty was severe, a and the United States. cited the court's failure to obtain testimony "The decision of a foreign government can... ing" . . , judgment shared by a lawyer representing Prosecutors allege he used his power of by Binalshibh and Mohammed Haydar not be used in Germany as the grounds for Another New Yorker, Kathy Ashton - many of the more than 20 American family attorney over al-Shehhi's bank account, to Zammar, two friends who they said could an unfair trial," he said. whose son Tommy was killed at the World members and survivors who joined the pros- pay rent, tuition and utility bills, allowing exonerate the defendant. Trade Center - called the IS-year sentence ecution in efforts to secure the maximum the plotters to keep up the appearance of Binalshibh, a Yemeni suspect in U.S. Ridge: Be Prepared but Don't Panic Flooding Is Feared in Wake of Snowstorm

By JOHN J. LUMPKIN By GEORGE SlRAWLEY covers the lower DeJaware River. inches of snow fell, city officials AP WRlrER AP WRIT'R t's really a watch-an -see type tooK precautions against a repeat of of situation," he said. "If we get the a 1996 flood in which the CINCINNATI (AP) - Homeland Security Secretary Rain and rising temperatures in I inch, I feel confident that we Susquehanna River rose 10 to IS Tom Ridge suggested basic steps Wednesday for a the forecast over the next few days wouldn't get the flooding. If we get feet in a day, causing tens of millions nation still on high alert for terrorism, such as putting threaten to melt this week's mam- the 2 inches, it's possible to start of dollars in damage. together disaster kits with a few days supply of food and moth snowfall in the East and cause seeing some flooding." City workers readied pumps, water. disastrous floods. Nationally, the death toll from boats, sandbags and other materials. A week after government comments sent worried In Pennsylvania, emergency the storm rose to at least 59 And they raced to clear as much Americans to hardware stores for duct tape and plastic management officials urged people Wednesday after a preliminary snow as possible from the streets so sheeting, Ridge also said the "orange" level high-risk to prepare for high water by select- autopsy showed a woman whose there would less left to melt. alert was really meant more for law enforcement than for ing an evacuation route, clearing body was found Sunday in Newark, New York City flred up munici- regular citizens, And he suggested it might be lowered snow from flat roofs and stocking up Pa., ahout 30 miles east of pal snow-melting machines capable sQon. , on supplies. Columbus, Ohio, died of exposure. of melting 60 tons of snow an hour. Ridge traveled to Ohio to launch a public-relations "With all of this snow on the In Virginia, communities in the The portable machines are "like an campaign offering families several suggestions: Have a ground, the potential is there for Shenandoah Valley and the moun- oil burner in your house, but a lot communications plan so the family can get in touch dur- serious flooding," said David M. tainous regions in the north were bigger," said Chris Volpe, working ing an emergency; put together a disaster kit with a few Sanko, director of the Pennsylvania warned to lock down their belong- with a snow-melter Wednesday in days of critical supplies, and know where to turn for Emergency Management Agency. ings and move to higher ground. the borough of Brooklyn. information during a crisis. "We're hoping that the snow melts "It's not often that you know In Alexandria, Va., officials kept "The threat of terrorism forces us to make a choice," slowly, but as history has shown us ahead of time about a flood," said watch on the Potomac River, and Ridge told a crowd at the Cincinnati Red Cross. "We can over and over again, warming tem- Dawn Eischen, a spokeswoman for readied sandbags for distribution to be afraid, or we can be ready." American peratures can lead to disaster." the Virginia Department of homes and businesses in the historic Homeland Security officials said the "Ready The forecast called for 1 to 2 Emergency Management. "With Old Town district. Homeland security Secretary Tom Ridge speaks to a large crowd at Campaign" launch was many months in the making and inches of rain Friday night into three four days ahead of time, the Cincinnati. Ridge announced the launch of a national public 0, In Baltimore and New Jersey, not tied to the orange terrorism alert. Saturday, said Walt Nickelsberg of servIce advertizing (PS4) campaign that will educate American citi- we're trying to do something right authorities urged residents to shovel : f!.i,dge told reporters Wednesday that the alert level zens to prepare for and respond to potential future terrorist the National Weather Service's now." snow from sewer grates to give rain may be lowered if intelligence gathered over several attacks. (AP PhotolDavid Kohl) office in Mount Holly, N.J., which In Harrisburg, Pa., where 21 and melting snow a place to go. days suggests the threat has diminished. .He acknowledged that at least one reason for going Experts tell us that a safe room inside your house ... can to high alert had expired: the Muslim hajj holiday peri- help protect you from airborne contaminants for several od->, during which some intelligence had suggested an hours." Boston Archdiocese Loses Bid to End Suits , attack jnight take place - ended late last week. But offi- Reminiscent of the duck-and-cover campaigns of the " BY DENISE LAVOIE cials said some worrisome signs of imminent al-Qaida Cold War, the Homeland Security effort will include tel- A spokesman for the archdiocese said church AP WBlr'R strikes remain in place. evision announcements and fliers that will be distributed lawyers would not comment on the decision until they I Ridge characterized the orange alert as primarily a with phone directories. had time to review it. "In all of this, we are still com-.« w.arning to Jaw enforcement and security personnel, The television spots will feature Ridge, along with a BOSTON (AP) - A judge refused to dismiss more mitted to a full, equitable and just resolution for all cases rather than to the U.S. public. New York City firefighter and other public safety work- than 400 sexual abuse lawsuits Wednesday against the against the archdiocese:' the Rev. Christopher Coyne I "It's really a signal to the security personnel that we ers. Boston Archdiocese, rejecting arguments that the said. need to do things differently," he told reporters. "We The Ad Council - the nonprofit group that came up Constitution bars the courts from interfering with church Attorney Roderick MacLeish Jr., whose firm repre- have very good reason to believe it's a deterrent." with Smokey Bear's "Only you can prevent forest fires" operations. sents 270 alleged victims, said the decision "recognizes . Many of the steps Homeland Security is encouraging and McGruff the crime dog's "Take a bite out of crime" Superior Court Judge Constance Sweeney's ruling that the church - merely by its status as a religious insti- are worthwhile steps in preparing for natural disasters, - helped put together the campaign. clears the way for the lawsuits to move forward. tution - is not above and beyond the law." as well, officials said. The ads don't seem to have a single catch phrase, However, settlement talks are under way. Church documents released over the past year show! They said they crafted the campaign to avoid scaring although most of them include the words, "Be ready." The lawsuits allege church officials were negligent in that church supervisors shuffled accused priests from people while providing some commonsense ideas that The campaign is essentially free to taxpayers, offi- their supervision of priests accused of molesting chil- parish to parish. The scandal rocked the nation's fourth- will help families find and care for each other if normal cials said. It is starting under a $5 million donation from dren. largest diocese and led to lawsuits across the country. services aren't available for a few' days because of an the nonprofit Sloan Foundation of New York, and will Church lawyers had argued that the court does not More than 300 priests have since been suspended or attack. rely on tens of millions of dollars of donated advertising have jurisdic~ion over cases that involve the relationship resigned. This includes keeping a three-day supply of water, space and air time to get the message out. between a church supervisor and a priest because that The archdiocese has said it mounted the legal chal- , food and medicine, Ridge said. Among other things, the One billboard .will be going up in Times Square in involves church policy, which is protected hy the First !enge based on the separation of church and state to sat- government-recommended "kit" also includes duct tape New York City later this month. Amendment guarantee of freedom of religion. isfy its insurance companies that it had done everything and plastic sheeting. The trip to Ohio marks Ridge's second public But the judge disputed that Wednesday, saying: "The possible to defend itself. Church officials hope that at : "Don't use it!" Ridge said during his speech, allud- engagement outside of Washington since taking over the cases ... do not lure the court into involving itself in least a portion of any settlement costs, estimated at mil- ing to the run some uneasy Americans made on those new Homeland Security Department. The previous trip church doctrine, faith, internal organization or disci- lions of dollars, will be covered by insurance. items last week. "Stash it away. And that pre-measured was to Florida, another key electoral state. pline." plastic sheeting for future - and I emphasize future - use. Sweeney made two exceptions: She dismissed claims that church supervisors were negligent in their Are you getting the College .Mexico/Caribbean only $250 round trip! Europe $189 one way! ordination. of a priest or their failure to remove a priest delivered to your from the priesthood, saying those were "purely ecclesi- Voice • Other world wide destinations cheap. astical matters" not subject to judicial scrutiny. She also door? If not, let lis know. rejected arguments that because a priest is a priest 24 Book online www.airtech,com or (212)-219-7000. hours a day, church super isors can be held liable for call x2812 i o.! anything he does. . "'.Ii> ' TilE COLLECE VOICE· FE.RU'RV 21, 2003 • II - NATIONAL NEWS Gephardt Announces Presidential Run

By RON FOURNIER Gingrich, officially transferring power to the conserva- AP WHITE HOUSE CoRRESPONDENT tive Republican on what he later called one of the worst ST. LOUIS (AP) - Rep Dick G h days of his life. He failed to return the Democrats to . ep ardt, a 26-year veteran of Congress and the former H D . majority status in four closely fought elections between . ouse emocrauc leader, announced his second cand·d' . 1996 and 2002. . 1 acy lor president Wednesd ay, pledgmg to repeal most of P id The sandy-haired, youthful-looking Gephardt has .. rest ent Bush's taxcuts to finance quality health cov c built a formidable network of party activists and fund- '. erage lor everyone who works in Amenca." raisers, and he is the only Democratic candidate who has The eighth candidate in a growing D . fi sought the presidency before. He offered several new ernocranc eld Gephardt sought to 'distinguish himself fro I' initiatives Wednesday, a reflection of his vast policy .I f th rn resser- known nva s or e party's nomination "I tho k . experience, and he said at least 20 members of Congress I ... • in expen- are backing his campaign. ence'..matters, said the Missouri lawmakerwosougt h h the presidency In 1988. Still, party leaders openly wonder whether Gephardt's time has passed and whether he can unseat a "I'm not the political flavor of the month. I'm not the popular Republican president. Democratic donors who flashiest candidate around," he said. "But the fi ht f f ·1· .. g or lined up at Gephardt's door while he was minority worki ng anu res IS 10 my bones." leader are no longer beholden to him. Organized labor Gephardt's health care plan, one of the most ambi- leaders, once loyal to his political career, are showing tious policy initiatives of the fledgling Democratic cam- interest in other Democratic candidates. paign, would give billions of dollars in tax credits to "He's got to convince them that he's not old news, businesses. and require them to invest the money in that he brings something different to this effort and that employee ms~ance benefits. To pay for it, Gephardt is the catalyst for him to win - a new message that is u.s. Rep. Dick Gepbardt, D-Mo., takes part in a roundtable discussion on health care at Grtwdlliew College in Des Moines, Iowa, . Gepbart/t, would repeal virtually all of Bush's $1.35 trillion tax cut applicable to the times," said New Hampshire a 26-)'ear veteran ojCongress and tbeformer House Democratic leader, announced bis second candidacy jor president Wednesday,pledging plan, including politically popular benefits to middle- Democratic State Sen. Lou D' Allesandro. class Americans. '\ to repeal President Bush's tax cuts tofinance "qualfty health coveragefor eve'yone who works ill America. "Jane Gephart/I,left, and Anna After his announcement, Gephardt rushed to Iowa, Dianas a motber of uoo wftb no insurance listen (APPboto/Steue Pope) Addressing at le~st 500 friends, family and support- the first test in the presidential election cycle, where he ers at his former elementary school's gymnasium, told union activists that Bush's economic plan is "mind- his political career. After high-fiving his way to the Moseley-Braun and Kucinich filed papers to estab- Gephardt said, "Here in the home of my values, here at less. It doesn't make sense. It's hurting our economy." makeshift stage, Gephardt gave the crowd several lish exploratory committees on Wednesday. the heart of the American dream, I announce my candi- Gephardt said his repeal of the Bush tax cuts would thumbs-up before launching into his 40-minute address Dean, Edwards, Gephardt, Kerry and Lieberman dacy for the president of the United States." spare only portions of the tax break given to married with his usual low-key delivery. have gained distance from the rest of the pack thus far, "I'm running for president because I'm tired of lead- couples, the tax credit for children and the reduction in He called White House tax cuts "unaffordable, either by simple name recognition, frequent travel, fund ership that's left us isolated in the world, and stranded estate taxes. . unsustainable and patently unfair," accused Bush of pur- raising or strong early efforts to organize in key states. here at home," Gephardt said. The health care plan "could easily cost as much as suing "the economics of debt and regret" and assailed As Gephardt sought to make his experience a virtue, While saying he supports Bush's efforts to disarm 1 the Bush tax cut," Gephardt told The Associated Press. administration policies on education, the environmental, at least one Democratic rival tried to use it against him. Iraq, without the United Nations if necessary, Gephardt "This is a big deal. It's a lot of money." the budget and homeland security. "There are differences between the Democratic candi- i" said the president's go-it-alone rhetoric has alienated He predicted the White House will label him a tax- "Never has so much been done, in so little time, to dates," said Jennifer Palmieri, a spokeswoman for allies. "We must lead the world instead of merely bully- raiser, but said people gladly would give up the tax cut help so few," he said. Edwards. "If you are looking for a Washington insider to ing it," he said. to ensure that all workers get quality health insurance. Seven other Democrats already have fanned presi- be president, John Edwards isn't your guy." Gephardt, 62, ran for president in 1988 but his can- The Republican National Committee, in a broadside dential committees or say they intend to do so: former Gephardt outlined a plan to give employers tax cred- didacy fizzled for lack of money after he won the at the newest Democratic candidate, described Gephardt Illinois Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun, fanner Vermont its tbat would cover "most of the cost" associated with l Democratic caucuses in Iowa. He took over the unenvi- as an "inside-the-Beltway liberal who has been tried, Gov. Howard Dean, Sen. John Edwards of North providing health care coverage to their workers. able job of minority leader after the 1994 elections that tested and rejected." Carolina, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, Rep. The tax credit would replace the existing employer gave Republicans control of the House for the first time Gephardt, the son of a milk truck driver who Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, Sen. Joe Lieberman of tax deduction, which is now about 35 percent of the cost in 40 years. belonged to the Teamsters, returned home in an effort to Connecticut and New York civil rights activist Al of coverage. Gephardt hopes to eventually COver up td It was Gephardt who handed the gavel to Newt soften his public image and argue that his roots shaped Sharpton. 65 percent of insurance costs under his plan, aides said. U.S., Turkey Fail to Agree on Iraq Plan 4 Marines Held By LoUIS MEIXUIR in Probe of Girl's Rape AP WRITER

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (AP) - Four Marines were being held ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - With Wednesday on suspicion of raping an unconscious 17-year-old girl at a Washington warning that time is Mojave Desert motel, authorities said. running short, the United States and Sheriff's deputies went to a Motel 6 early Monday on a report of a rape. Turkey failed again Wednesday to Investigators then went to the Twentynine Palms Marine Corps base, and on agree on a plan to let U.S. forces Tuesday detectives arrested the Marines, ages 18 and 19. deploy for a northern front against The girl was staying with friends at the motel and the Marines were stay- Iraq. The standoff came as U.S. ing in another room, said Chip Patterson, a Sheriff's Department spokesman. ships loaded with tanks and other The Marines had never met the girl before and it was unclear what they were armor awaited orders in the doing at the motel, he said. Mediterranean. "They got together with the victim and supplied her with alcohol and Secretary of State Colin Powell then sometime after that she lost consciousness," he said. called Turkish Prime Minister They were jailed on $100,000 bail each. It could not be immediately Abdullah Gul after a Turkish determined Wednesday if they were represented by attorneys. Cabinet meeting ended with no deci- sion, and a top Turkish leader said there were no plans for parliament to take up the issue until at least next Jury in Spy Case week. The dispute does not alter a deci- sion by NATO on Wednesday to Continues Deliberations deploy AWACS radar aircraft, u.s. military vehicles are seen at tbe port of Iseendemn, sounem Turkey, where a large U.s. vessel unloaded military Humoees, beavy work Patriot missiles and chemical-bio- machinery and other military vehicles. Turkish parliament earlier this month agreed to allow the United States to renovate bases and ports, ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - ty. logical response units to protect including Ishenderun.for use during a possible miWary offenstie against Iraq. (APPhotolDunnus Ali Baskanl Anatolia) Jurors in the trial of spy suspect If Regan is not convicted of a ~ Turkey. NATO also ordered experts Brian Patrick Regan flnished a third death penalty offense, the judge, to report on how the alliance could decisions must be made, and cannot analysts say could lead to a serious Turkish foot-dragging could full day of deliberations Wednesday rather than the jury, will impose a assist Turkish civilians if there were stretch on indefinitely." rift between Washington and encourage Saddam into believing without reaching a verdict. sentence. an Iraqi attack, such as by repairing Asked if Turkey had been given NATO's only Muslim member. ' that he is not surrounded, U.S. offi- Before leaving for the day, the Regan, 40, of Bowie, Md., has damaged water and power networks. a deadline, Powell said: "Time is The Turkish rebuff came as five cials say. jury asked U.S. District Judge pleaded innocent to the charges. He But Turkish support for an Iraq moving, but I don't have a deadline U.S. ships filled with tanks and other The high-stakes U.S.-Turkish Gerald Bruce Lee additional ques- worked for the National I vehicles for the U.S. 4th Infantry operation was in question, held up I'd like to announce right now.... We talks reportedly centered on tions about how to reach a verdict. Reconnaissance Office, a govern- Division waited off the coast of the over demands for a reported $30 bil- are waiting to hear back from the Turkey's demands for some $10 bil- The questions were not read in court. ment spy agency, first for the Air southern Turkish port of Iskenderun lion in loans and aid before Turkey Turks." lion in grants and up to $20 billion in Deliberations resume Thursday. Force and then for TRW lnc., a Many analysts say the U.S.- in the hopes of unloading their wijl let U.S. soldiers deploy against long-term loans. Jurors earlier were told that they defense contractor. Turkish talks are part of a delaying armor, a U.S. defense official said. Washington had originally neighboring Iraq. could find Regan guilty of attempted He is accused of offering to sell strategy by a Turkish government. Another 35 supply ships are on their offered $4 billion to $15 billion espionage for Libya, Iraq and China < Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the classified information for $13 mil· that feels trapped between the way to the area. depending on tbe scope of the war, leader of Turkey's ruling party, Said even if they did not find that he lion. If sentenced to death, Regan desires of its strongest ally and the Washington is demanding to and has now reportedly raised the after a Cabinet meeting that there offered information about military could be the first American executed wishes of the Turkish public, which know whether the ships should offer to a minimum of $7 billion in had been "no positive" outcome in sateUites, war plans or major for espionage since the Rosenbergs is overwhelmingly against war. approach Turkey or tum south and grants and debt forgiveness with negotiations with the United States. weapons systems - counts that could in 1953, who were found guiltY of Analysts have said that in the head for the Persian Gulf. additional money in loans. At a Pentagon news conference make the retired Air Force master conspiring to steal U.S. atomic end, Turkey is almost certain to Without access to more bases in When asked whether the U.S. sergeant eligible for the death penal- Wednesday, Defense Secretary secrets for the former Soviet Union. agree to at least some U.S. demands Turkey, the U.S. military would have proposal was a "final offer," Donald H. Rumsfeld said he expects to preserve its friendship with the to abandon a \=enj:ralfeature of its Fleischer said: "I think that's a pret- Tur'kish cooperation in the end. United States, whose support for strategy for war against Iraq: using ty good way to describe it." - hI suspect that in one way or SPRING BREAK with Turkey in the European Union and armored forces to open a northern Turkey's leaders brushed aside an0ther _ a variety' of ways probably . . Ihe the International Monetary Fund front. the offer. - they'l! end up cooperattng tn . have been critical for Ankara. U.S. leaders say there still would Turkey's "demands have to be STS to Cancun, event that force has to be used 10 But Erdogan appeared to bring be plenty of U.S. firepower in the met," Erdogan said. "Only then can Iraq, he said. T k Y that into question. Although not a region to defeat Iraq's military. we put the authorization on the The negotiations with ur e Acapulco, Jam~ica, . . . of ground member of parliament, Erdogan is "It's doable," Rumsfeld said. agenda. These demands are not mvolve the staUomng . I regarded as the power behind the "There are work-arounds." He e wlde Y being met, and Turkey is constantly forces. War planes ar scenes in Turkey's ruling party. declined to discuss any specifics. being expected to make compromis- d· Turkey as Bahamas and Florida expected to be base 111 Vol "There are many countries But abandoning the Turkish es." they were during the 1991 Gulf I ar. which do not support the United option could have huge conse- NATO's decision to deploy Some 50 U.S. aircraft have liang America's # 1 student alfO tng States but which are friends" of the quences. AWACS radar aircraft, Patriot mis- been in southern Turk eyP Ir rthem aq. United StaleS, Erdogan said. "Will U.S. generals were hoping to sile systems and chemical-biological the "no-fly" zone over nO Ari (Washington) also cut relations with send 80,000 troops to Turkey who response units to Turkey came two Tour Operator. White House spokesm;nfor a France, China, Russia as well?" would storm into Iraq, dividing days after the end of a stalemate in Fleischer stressed the nee That raised the prospect that Saddam Hussein's army between the the alliance over planning in case of Groups save up to $120 quick decision by Ankara. . left" Turkey might be trying to push the , I t fume ' north and the south. That, U.S. and war with Iraq. 'There's not a 0 a a United Statq,s to abandon plans to Turkish gellerals agree, would likely FI . ·d "Th~re comes per room. el cher sal . be made, use Turkish bases, a move many shorten any war. moment when plans ust _ b *£ Q WE 5 W Q Q (cetl'! ,$ V & 2

I. II 12 • FEBRUARY 21, 2003 • THE COU.EGi! VOICE THE WALLS THAT SEPARATE Us CamUJlsSafetyJncident Lot: Ii I MARiE LAFRANCE • VIEWPOINT '1 .. I,~2~/1'f'lrn~~1::::::Fi'=iA::':Mi=::::;M'7e=dT.i=ca::;l=e=m=e=r=g=e=n=cy======!In the center of Harkness common room, surrounded an individual: this time, for her fai ures or successes. But by fifty students hunched on the floor, a white chair certain groups in our society are given clear advantages 2/11/03 4:21 AM Contraband stood empty for a full ninety minutes. On the far left side over others. Take, for example, the idea of comfort on 2/11/03 12:09 PM Vandalism - Harkness of the stage in Palmer auditorium, an unoccupied chair this campus. A white student does not have to worry 2/11/03 6:00 PM Larceny stared defiantly at an audience of over J 500 people, about whether she will be the only person of her race in 2/13/03 5:55 AM Vandalism - College Center some of whom were squeezed in doorways and seated in a class, or in a hallway. She does not have to worry about sticking out or being asked to represent her face when 2/13/03 11:10 PM Contraband aisles. Those chairs were not vacant because tbere was an abundance of seating space; they remained empty the topics of diversity arise. Add these frustrations to a 2:/t5/03 1:49 AM Threatening/Failure to comply because certain members of OUf community chose not to new environment and a full courseload, and it becomes 2/15/03 1:30 PM Vandalism - parking lot sit in them. Certain students, faculty, staff, board mem- clear that one population in our community is forced to 2/16/03 9:18 PM Harassing phone call bers and trustees did not think that it was worth their grapple with issues that another is given the privilege 9£ II 2/16/03 12:43 AM Breach of peace time to show solidarity with the rest of our campus. ignoring. We can only solve the problem of inequality I 2/16/03 1:30 AM Breach of peace I do not believe we should light OUI torches and go when we are no longer afraid to identify it, and turning after the people who didn't corne to Tuesday's events. In a blind eye is as productive as blame. 2/16/03 4:18 PM Vandalism - Addams fact, it is this preoccupation with blame that detracts So while it may feel uncomfortable at first, I urge 2/16/03 7:21 PM Vandalism - parking lot from our main goals as a diverse community. Just as you to examine the walls which separate us. Study the spending hours talking about caller ill and catching the blood and the deliberate work that went into building active bigots doesn't do a thing to fix the deeply solidi- them. Figure out which side you have been forced \9: " fied inequalities on this campus, blaming those who inhabit, and ask questions of both sides. Walk along Wha t' s better than chose not to attend the meetings is counter-productive. those walls until you fully understand their weaknesses But these empty chairs serve as a striking reminder that and their history; then get in the dirt with the rest of us: gaining fame, fortune there are many of us, in this community and in this who are trying to demolish them. A lot of work must be world, who choose to tum their backs on racism. done to level this playing field before we can forget that and the attention of As Peggy McIntosh said in her now legendary arti- walls ever existed, and skipping a step in the process of cle, White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, deconstruction is a privilege that no one has. the opposite sex "I was taught to see racism only in individual acts of I must admit that, after Tuesday's events, sitting through deceit and meanness, not in invisible systems conferring domi- down to write this article feels a little repetitive. But, nance on my group." While a notable few chose to be before we become numb to talking about racism on this sleaze? absent from Tuesday's meetings, many students' "bub- campus, I urge you to remember the empty chairs. If you ble" has been burst. Some now see that the actions of a stop questioning racial inequalities and privileges, you few can have an impact on many. Some now realize that, will have wast.ed all the efforts that went into Tuesday's while their skin may not be slate white, their privileges events, including your own. Remember the empty chairs Nothing. and their history most certainly are. Some now know when your friend says he's sick of hearing about diver- that they have more support from the student body than sity. Do not judge those people who did not participate they ever could have imagined. And some have been left in the forum; but when you feel walls being torn down. But writing for The confused, angry, and vulnerable, remember the empty chairs and know that there is still sq I feel I must respond to those students who expressed much work to be done. College Voice is cool... discontent with the language and discourse used when Once again, I would like to extend an open invitation; we discuss racism. They seem to believe that words that to any student who wishes to respond to something ('ye denote skin color only serve to intensify the problem. said, or something they've heard over the past week, b,y However, the "problem" of which they speak is that sending an email addressed to me at ccvoicetscon-, , Call x2812 or email there are walls separating us by our skin color. It would ncolI.edu, or dropping a note in box 4970. J can't imag- be irresponsible to ignore the very issue that brought us ine that we'll be having another all-campus forum any [email protected] together on Tuesday by skirting around words of color. time soon, so instead of complaining to your friends, for more information By using terms like "white" and "black," we are please contact me and utilize this space. acknowledging that these concepts already exist. If we say we are a colorblind society, we again place blame on Next week: Representations

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Woodward's playbeok, and recap my exciting week leading up to the Daytona 500. I had ey';,us ' Someone once said, "Basketball doesn't build character, it reveals it." planned for each of the eight days leading up to the main event, starting two": These words are some of the best to describe our men's basketball team. To Saturdays ago with the running of the Budweiser Shootout and conchlding the average fan. their season was short, and was sweet only at times. But, if this past Sunday with my annual trip home for ~he..· you watched them closely, they showed extreme heart, drive, determination, Great American Race. I I' 4 and character this winter. Their record of 7-16, 1-8 in NESCAC, may not Ever since the Super Bowl ended four weeks~9, : reflect this, but it must be taken into account that this year, the guys adapt- my sporting life had been reduced to Thursday Night- ed ~o a new coach, a new system of play, and changes to the squad. It takes Hockey, SportsCenter four times a day, and scouring': a ~ot for a losing team to hit the court day in and day out, never quitting. Nf-ll.xom for score updates every 90 seconds of n . Tiley did so, and unfortunately have little to show for it. Bruins" game. Not a pad existence by any means, but The scoreboard this weekend reveals just that. The Camels finished out their still lacking a little something. This is why when season on Friday at Amherst, and then ending at home on Saturday against February 8 rolled around, I became giddy, as my Tnmty. They couldn't chalk up a victory in either game as they fell to #11 weekends would have a purpose once again. ranked Amherst 79-62, and then to Trinity (15-8, 5-4) 82-71. Presto's Perspective I was so pumped for the week. Not only was it Kevin Herrington '03 led the Camels with 16 points, against Amherst. going to be a great week to kick-off the 2003 Winston', Joe Tremblay '03 added 14 points, knocking down 3-of-5 three-point Cup season, but I was also gearing up for what I thought was going to be my attempts. Mike Strangfeld '03 scored five points and grabbed nine rebounds best column to date. for'the Camels. On Saturday afternoon, Herrington paced the way, again Saturday the 8th went off without a hitch. I made it back from a class trip wilh 16 points. Tremblay helped out with 12 points, all from threes. Travis to New York City in plenty of time for the beginning of the Budweiser; Reid '03 and Andrew Walker '06 each tallied 10 points apiece for the Shootout- the 19-car, 70-lap exhibition race that began Speed Week. Despite: Camels. - the fact that I was met with heavy criticism from my friends for wanting to : The 2002-03 season was characterized by the frustrating losses, but will stay in on a Saturday night to watch a meaningless contest of cars going left, : be remembered for three-point shooting. The Camels buried 259 triples this I was able to grab sometime 011 the smaller of the two televisions in ' winter, an average of 11 trifectas per game. As a team, they attempted 734 Senior Kevin Harrington lead the way in Conn'sfinal game oJtbe season, as he has done all Windham 312. season, scoring a team bigb 16points. Harrington also managed two assists ill tbe 71-82 threes to their opponents' 445. Only 162 threes were scored against them. Those 70 laps were enough to get my hopes up for what was to come in : loss 10 Trinity. (Hoit) Tremblay and Bryan Gregg '06 led the team with three point shooting per- the next few days. Not only was the Big One now just a week away, but Dale' centages over 40 percent. Seven players finished the year with 20 threes or Herrington finished the year playing an average of 27 minutes per game, Earnhardt Jr., my driver of choice, looked untouchable, coming all the..,way . more. Prior to this season, the club record was 181 three-pointers in a sea- while scoring 341 total points, and average of 14.8 per game. He averaged from the final starting spot to blow the doors off of the competition in' the son. "We relied on threes so much because we're a very good shooting 6.3 rebounds per game and had 44 steals. Reid played an average of 29.8 preseason exhibition. lo team," said guard Danny Melzer '05. "We don't have much size so it's dif- minutes per game shooting 46.3 percent from the field. He scored 256 points Then things went awry. ficult to establish a post game against the bigger teams. When some of our on the season, averaging 1]'.1 per game. Tremblay drained 48 three pointers I woke up Sunday, went to Harris, and carne back in just enough time to I shooters get hot, we can be a dangerous team." The danger didn't come quite this year giving him 40 percent shooting from behind the arc. He averaged find that the Qualifying Trials, which I had planned to spend my time before as often as the team, the fans, and especially the seniors would have liked. 27.8 minutes a game and 11.2 points. Strangfeld shot 77.8 percent from the the Club Hockey game watching, had been postponed due to rain. Thlp;, I It was a tough way to end the season for the four graduating seniors, but free throw line, had 29 blocked shots and 25 steals. He averaged 6.5 had to spend the hours between 1:00 and 4:00 watching the commentators both weekend games were well-fought battles, in large part due to their con- rebounds per game. try and fill dead air by interviewing whomever they could find, and translat- tributions. "Playing in our last game, honestly, was very sad. I have been part As illustrated by their superior stats, the seniors led by example this year. ing a little Greek instead. • of the program for fours years and 1will most miss just being with the guys," "We just worked hard from day one," Reid stated. "We went to work every- Monday was a wash, as Qualifying was now being broadcast on a stlltibn Joe Tremblay said. "Nothing compares to the bond between teammates. I day with a positive attitude." that Conn does not get. Junior led the way again, and 1 was forced to get got here four years ago and found 15 new best friends, and while some of And there really was a positive attitude reflected throughout the season. updates on NASCAR.com between classes. Not the way 1 wanted to do : them have graduated, new friends have not replaced them, but have come "The most positive aspect of our s~ason was that we got to watch a lot of the things, but at least we got the rain out of the way so L wouldn't have to"p.JJt-1 i~to my life as well. I feel so blessed to have spent so much time with my younger players improve and start to feel more comfortable," Tremblay said. up with it this weekend. Or so I thought. • ... 1 best friends, my teammates." , "11is always an adjustment moving from high school to college basketball. Tuesday was no better than the two previous days. Ihad planned to spend: Prior to Saturday's game, Coach Tom Satran honored his seniors. The specifics for example, are especially important whether it is how to the day writing my column previewing the race as well as the upcoming sea-: Captain Travis Reid, Kevin Herrington, Joe Tremblay, Mike Strangfeld, defend a flare or a staggered screen, or any variety of things, but the younger son. I had spent the previous two days compiling other NASCAR fans', along with team manager Sean Duke-Crocker, commemorating Senior Day guys made great steps toward becoming good players." thoughts on the event (because we all know how well I do with making my 2003. Each senior received an introduction that included his career high- The rest of the squad really should go on to bigger and better things tak- own predictions). Yet, with Men's Hockey fighting for their playoff life and lights on the court as well as in the classroom. They then received a plaque ing with them the lessons and the legacy left by Tremblay and the three oth- a shortage of staff writers, that column had to wait, but a great thanks to all, marking their effort for and dedication to the long tradition of Connecticut ers who leave them. Master of basketball quotes Scott Sieling put it best those who contributed' anyway. q:ollege Basketball. They each took the floor accompanied by the din of when he said, "Tradition never graduates." For the men's basketball team, all Wednesday is the day that I do my layout work for the Voice, so I had cheering in Luce Fieldhouse. They shook their coach's hand and hugged the character is here to stay. nothing planned for the hump day. But Thursday was the second biggest day.. their families. It was a bittersweet finale for the boys. of the week, as the Twin 125 Qualifying Races were held. Again, coverage, was on FX, Fox's other network, so no Camels short of those with Direct TV'" Illness Forces Woodward were watching. For some reason, I decided that classes were more important, than accepting my mother's boyfriend's offer of blowing off my Thursday- Camel Hockey's Playoff Hopes Die Friday classes to go home and watch the qualifying races. More Junior dom- into Early Retirement ination, and more searching the Internet for recaps. continued from page 14 I was bummin', and my excitement for Speed Week was all but dead. All4 home game of his 24-year career. The Continentals quickly showed that they continued from page 14 refused to acknowledge, is finally the anticipation I had for those four boring weeks was a waste of time. I were going to be more physical than Amherst had been, putting pressure on upon us. In departure, however, ] couldn't wait for Sunday to get here, just to give me something to do. the Camels' defense early and often. for my dermatologist, who is an avid must again reiterate that if I do suc- My grand plan for Friday was to take in the premier of "DareDevil". "Hamilton's style of play was a lot different than Amherst's," said fresh- reader, as I must unfortunately retire cessfully battle through Featurialilis, True, it has nothing to do with either sports or auto racing, but it is what I man defenseman Tim Doherty. "Hamilton is a high-flying, hard-hitting from my position here on the left- T will be back. Jordan did it. So did had planned to do since there was 3 break in NASCAR action. But, in accor- team, and they played very aggressively." wing of the back page of the Lemieux. Why can't Woodward? dance with this column, even that was disappointing. not even coming close. In the face of a consistent Hamilton attack, Oven continued his stellar Connecticut College Voice. It has Perhaps I will be back again some- to living up to the hype that I had given it since seeing the previews mid~ play, making more great stops. With 9:21 remaining in the first period, most certainly been a wonderful day to reclaim my ·title of College January, another common theme to the week. Camel defenders Doherty and Bryan Jaeger '05 were called for roughing and ride, and perhaps if I were more Voice Sports Writer of the Year. Saturday was going to be my busiest day in terms of the work 1 had interference, respectively, giving Hamilton a five on three advantage for two articulate l'd be able to better Perhaps not." planned for this column. My grand plan was to spend the day previewing the' minutes. Conn's penalty kill unit played inspired defense, finding a way to describe my feelings to you. But I With the ambiguity of my speech Daytona 500 on the PS2 with my buddy Luke. This was going to be the tru Hold off the Continentals for the full two minutes. However, with the penal- can't. And sentences that start with reaching its high point my test as we were set to race all 640 miles that went along with Speed Week, a ty killed and two players rushing onto the ice, the defense broke down and conjunctions are all that I am left Featurilitis takes over; T lose my feat that neither of us had ever attempted. Needless to say, the day fell well, Hamilton's Craig Kennedy scored an easy goal, flicking the puck past Oven with. words, and my focus, and my finger short of what we had hoped for. After leading 25 of the first 29 laps, I was, to give the Continentals a 1-0 lead. "So this is it. The saddest hurts. Iknow it's time. blown away on a restart following a caution finishing our 125 in a distan~ Less than three minutes later, Kennedy struck again, this time in a four moment I have ever written about: I tip my cap and walk away. third place. Luke finished right behind me in fourth. The 500 was even: on four situation. At the end of 20 minutes, the Camels found themselves The End. The day that we all knew worse, as both of our cars consistently lost speed throughout Ihe race, ren-' down 2-0 after, being out shot 23-2. eventually bad to come, but always dering us unable to keep up with the rest of the pack, Both Luke and I fin- The start of the second period saw the momentum shift to the Camels' ished a lap down, in 12th and lOth place, respectively. side. A minute and a half into the period, Augsberger got a shot past Women's Basketball Finishes Strong Finally, Sunday was upon us, and I was headed home for the biggest Ilamilton goalie Rob MacNeil. With the deficit cut in half, things looked to "white-trash holiday" of the year. My excitement level was rising once again be going Conn's way for the first time all afternoon. However, with six min- continued from page 14 The women know that the road as Daytona was now just a few hours away. utes left in the period, the Continentals provided the straw that broke the to success is a long one, and it is one Yet, just as they had been all week, threatening rain in Daytona flattened Camels' back. Needing only 11 seconds to score after an interference penal- program. "Last year we won two that requires drive, determination, my hopes for an exciting race, which was now the only cure to my otherwise ty on sophomore defender Tad O'Had, Hamilton came back nine seconds games, we won five this year," and dedication. The final game of dreary week. Only an uneventful 109 of the 200 laps were run, as NASCAR later to score another goal. The back-to-back goals by Rob Gordon and· Bushnell, who had 14 points, three the season, as well as the women's officials decided to call the Great American Race early, as it was being, Kevin Audit seemed to take all the wind out of the Camels' sails. assists, and five steals in Tuesday ability to remain strong and positive reported that the rain was not to let up until Monday morning. And to make. The 'third period saw continued dominance from Hamilton, as Tom night's game, explained. "It is great throughout a season filled with loss- matters worse, after dominating every event of the week, Earnhardt's battery Ditzer added a shorthanded goal for insurance with 4:27 left to go. to improve on our wins, though it es and hardships indicate that these died while leading, and was forced to pit under green to get more power in "Shorthanded goals are inexcusable," said Oven. "For a goalie, a power would have been nice to have some women have what it takes to endure his car, putting him two laps down (though I still believe he would have won play is exciting. You're waiting for a goal. You expect to be able to have a NESCAC wins in there. Hopefully the journey down the long road. In if all 200 laps were run). two minute breather." next season we'll get some more fact, they have what it takes to enjoy Eight days that were hyped for almost a month were a virtual wash With the score at 5-1, Conn played out the rest of the game without conference wins." the ride. thanks to a bad weather system and a dead battery. My great column was mounting a threat. Suffering a string of frustration penalties, the Camels now out of the question, and I was bitter. The only good things to come out seemed to want nothing more than to forget this game and move on. of Speed Week was the knowledge that I would now have something to do Incurring consecutive roughing, boarding, tripping and high sticking penal- on Sunday afternoons until the NFL returned in September, and all the ties, Conn spent most of the end of the game shorthanded. shrimp I was able to eat at Mom's Daytona Party. Speed Week was not even Unfortunately, despite Oven's season-high 51 saves and great play over- Are you getting close to what I hoped for, and the 43rd Daytona 500 wasn't much better. At all, the Camels lacked an offense, which left the defense scrapping to keep least NASCAR is back. I know you are excited as I am. the team in the game. It was a disappointing result for the seniors play.jng their final game in Dayton Arena. Hamilton dominated from start to fimsh, ending up out shooting the Camels by the wide margin of 56-15. the College Voice Too Young to Die Oven summed it up best, saying "They scored on the power play, and we ..~-"'.."" " ... didn't. That's what decides hockey games." continued from page 14 , .. Now out of the playoff picture, the plummeting Camels look to salvage delivered to your there, and continually increase ."•• •• .. SOmethingfrom their disappointing season with games at Trinity College on and college athletes alike are just We sports fans are finding ~= Friday night and at Wesleyan University on Saturday afternoon. beginning to understand this with our heroes sometimes JUSl ct.'= "We really want to get these next two games," Vealitzek said. "Trini.ty every new tragic case in the news. meet the expectations we pl~ and Wesleyan are our biggest rivals. We hate them. We want to play spoil- door? If not, let us However, I know for a fact that on upon them on their own. SaO~ '" campuses and in ballparks across once the athletes themselves real!( et and ruin their last weekend." Oven agreed, saying "We want to get some respect back. I think people America, players continue to the quick fix isn't always the ijesl: think we're a joke right now, and that's upsetting. If we can go out and get know. call x2812 experiment with any possible way fix, it is already to late. S¢. four points this weekend, it will give us a lift going into next year." to get ahead of the competition. It Bechler is just the latest, but~ •• , Conn trails Wesleyan by one point for ninth place in the NESCAC, so is the nature of the beast; the pres- last, example of t~iS. ~:: . 100" 'or the Camels to tght hard to dump the Cardiplls into the basement at sure to perfo~ will always be -p. . ;y . the close of the season. I, t.~.._ ~;- --.------c------TilE COLl.~GE VOICE· FEBRUARY 21, 2003 • 14 SPORTS Illness Women's Basketball's Dismal Season Ends Well Forces By BoNNIE PROKESCH The overtime play proved even more STAFF WRITER exciting than regulation play, for the score remained fairly close throughout the five Woodward After a rough stretch of New England minutes of play. Ultimately, the Camels Small College Athletic Conference proved victorious by two points. The final (NESCAC) losses, the Connecticut College score of 78-76 reflected determined Camel to Early Women's basketball team finished up their play. In overtime, Shields proved instrumen- 2002-2003 season with a bang last Tuesday tal for the Camels scoring seven out of the 10 night in the Luce Fieldhouse. Despite a 4-17 points put on the board during the extra ses- Retirement record going into the game against Albertus sion. Magnus, who had a 14-5 record up until last Guernsey, who scored a game high of 23 Tuesday night and was ranked third in the points and had 10 rebounds, giving her third Itear up my prepared speech and Great Northeast Athletic Conference double double in the last four games, corn- speak from the heart: "Today... I (GNAC), the Lady Camels left the fieldhouse merited, "The first half of the game was a lit- consider myself... the luckiest with the horne court victory, a victory that tle sloppy, but second half we came out as a man ... at Connecticut College." carries hope for the future of the program and united team and dug our way out of the hole. I use long pauses to allow my gives the seniors on the team a fond farewell. Once we were in overtime we took the lead words to reverberate around the large While the win was wel1-deserved, it did and ran with it. With the lead we stepped up stadium and, of course, for dramatic not come easily for the Camels, who strug- our defense and offense to ensure that we effect, as I make my departing gled to stay in the game during the first half would win the game. It was great to see how speech. of play. At half time, the lady Camels trailed intense we could be for the last game and pull "And it is you, the fans, the some- 41-29. Coming out of the locker room after off a win," what-avid readers, who I must thank halftime, the women knew that they had to Commenting on the significance of the first and fore- focus and playa strong half in order to get win, Sarah Huntington '04 explained, "Its most. You were back into the game. If they wanted to win such a good win because we beat a team that there to provide their last game of the season, they were going is third in the GNAC. It truly shows how me with a feel- to have to fight for it. strong NESCAC teams are. Bowdoin, ing that I was And they did. Middlebury, Bates, and Colby should all be reaching some- With 15:18 left in the game, Albertus going to the NCAA's. This win showed that one, and that Magnus led 50-35, but the Camels were not we are not as weak as people think we are." my work here wi11ing to back down. Instead, the women They didn't win many games in 2002~2003, but the Women's Basketball saved their best for fast, ending the sea- The win makes the team's final record 5- son with a comefrom behind overtime win (Pace). really mattered. went on a 14-to-3 run reducing their oppo- 17. While the record may not look impressive To say that I nent's lead to a mere three points (56-53) play. Yet, the game was far from done. within the final minute of play reduced the to the average Camel, it signifies a growth in did it for you with less than six minutes remaining. Margaret Guernsey '03 and Erin Shields lead to two. With eight seconds left in the the Connecticut Col1ege Women's Basketball RYAN WOODWARD and only you, Albertus Magnus stretched their lead to '04 both scored three-pointers cutting the game, Mary Bushnell '05 scored two free Reading the Break however, would seven, however, with less than two minutes to lead to four, and Guernsey's second basket throws, forcing the game into overtime. conttnued on page 13 probably be a lie. But' will say it anyway: I did it for you and only you, and for the small high that you provided me as, Too Young to Die for a little over a year now, Y

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