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BROWN A L U M N MONTHLY Under the Elms io The Campaign ends with a laser Old Believers 20 blast . unearthing the history Far from their spiritual homeland m Siberia, a group of religious of the spice trade ... a student . expatriates celebrates . Providence . inflation finds itself at a crossroads in Oregon. Text by Eileen M. beats sex . the Great Chicago Kane 'p./, photography by Manuel Cuotemoc Malle '94 Fire on the Web . presidential mockery. Since Last Time . and more. Third Rock from DEPARTMENTS a Failed Sun 2 8 Ganymede is the biggest moon in our solar system, but, as a Here & Now 2 group of studems is discovering, taking pictures of it from 500 Carrying the Mail 3 million miles away isn't easy. By Chad Gaits Sports 15 Women warriors on the ice Q&A 16 History's Storyteller 32 Political theorist John Tomasi James Patterson once covered traffic court for the Hartford Studentside 17 Conrant. Now a history professor, he has written a book that may Living Light change the way you think about America. By Norman Boucher By Rachel Widome 'p/ Books 18 Rctliiiikiii^ Race: Fram Boas and Portrait: Up From the Underground His Contemporaries, ^^ by Vernon J. Williams '73 '77 Jr. A.M., Ph.D. ReaUty doesn't bite for Lisa Loeb '90. The smger-songwriter in Reviewed by Rhett Jones '76 Ph.D. cat's-eye specs has rocketed into pop's top echelon. By Sliea Dean The Classes 38 Obituaries 54 cover: Two Old Believer sisters in a Volume 97 • Number 3/ November 1996 Finally. 56 photograph taken during a lull in their Candidate Mom exodus from Russia to China, Man- By Elise Sprunt Sheffield '84 churia, Brazil, and - finally - Oregon. " Here & Now Believer clearly elated, yet his happiness had a tiny, True bitter edge. The previous week, some stu- dents had written to the Brown Daily Her- ald criticizing the Joukowsky tamily's undisclosed expenditure for the show, Vartan Gregorian was holding forth pointing out ways the money could have one recent Saturday on philan- been better spent, implying that the show history, from his birth to Russian expatri- thropy, particularly the unique loyalty was an indulgence. One student had even ates in China, through the family's immi- Americans have to their alma maters. It is e-mailed Martha Joukowsky to complain. gration to the United States (where he a phenomenon not found, Gregorian It seemed to me that the critics, while was viewed suspiciously as "the blue-eyed emphasized, elsewhere in the world. well-intentioned, had missed a point. To Chinese boy"), to his Brown education. "Alexis de Tocqueville wrote that in wit: raising enough money to get a major He described his early roots as "air roots - America, chanty is part and parcel of our university sately into the next century is fully formed but never planted in one society," Gregorian said. "Here, you care desperately hard work. Hundreds of stafl country or any one culture." because you have invested." and thousands of alumni and parent vol- Now Artie's roots are firmly planted These thoughts caused me to glance unteers knocked themselves out for five in America and in the culture of Brown. at the smallish man standing alertly in the years to meet an unprecedented dollar In the late 19S0S, after his retirement from rear of Salomon Hall. Artemis A.W. goal, which they exceeded by more than the international insurance business and Joukowsky '55 —"Artie" to his friends - is 18 percent. Joukowsky himself traveled, being named Brown's vice chancellor, he Brown's vice chancellor and one ot its literally, the entire world to meet with and Martha pulled up stakes m New York most generous benefactors. He and his donors, racking up 97,378 documented air City, bought a house two blocks from "bride," as Artie genteelly refers to Pro- and surface miles in the process. campus, and proceedeci to devote them- fessor of Archaeology Martha Sharp No one in my acquaintance is better selves full-time to the University. Joukowsky '55, have given millions upon at combining passion, hard work, and "Only America," Artie said in 1988, in millions of dollars to Browns hbranes, sheer enjoyment than Artie Joukowsky. In words uncannily similar to Gregorian's academic ficilities, athletic programs, and the ten years I've knovv'n him, I've come last month, "has a historic tradition of the beautification ot its public spaces. He to expect words such as these: "Wonder- individual responsibility' for independent is also, I freely disclose, my triend, so what ful." "Just great!" "Fabulous." "Splendid." institutions like Brown. Without the you're about to read is not unbiased. If ever the man has known a discouraging acceptance of such responsibility, private The evening before, many ot us had word, he has put it quickly behind him. education could eventually disappear. gathered on the Green to receive another And Brown has been the principal bene- We're all the richer when an Art of Artie's gifts, one he had conceived and ficiary of this true-believer /oif. loukowsky emerges to give, and give, and seen to fruition: a professionally produced So Artie threw a major-league party give to Brown - not "till it hurts." as the outdoor "sound and light show" that on the Green last month. Perhaps we can late chancellor Richard Salomon '32 used brought to life the University's history all learn to applaud such catholic generos- to say, only half-joking, but until it feels, and Its heritage. This spectacular display ity and to see each gift, whether it sup- well, iiviideifiil. Splcfidid.Jiisr '^rcat. aptly concluded Brown's successful com- ports a professorship or financial aid or a prehensive campaign (see page 10). Hght show, for what it is: an act of love. The ne.xt morning I ran into Artie In his speech upon accepting the New- near Faunce House and congratulated York Brown Club's Independent Award him. "Wasn't it great?" he beamed. He was in 1988, Artie outlined his colorful family Editor: Anne Hmman DifFily '73 Board of Editors Local Advertising L 1996 by Btou'ii Aluiuiii Montlily. Managing Editor: Norman Boucher Sprague Publishing Published monthly, except January. June, Chair: John Monaghan '53 294-1238 and August, by Brown University, Provi- Art Director: Rathryn de Boer (401) Chair: B. Cowin "82 dence, R,l. Printed by The Lane Press. Vice Hana (401) 294-1239 FAX Assistant Editor: Jennifer Sutton BROWN P.O.Box 130, Burlington, Vt. 05403. Send '75. Tom Bodkin Anne Azzi changes ofaddress to Alunuii Records. ALUMNI MONTHLV Editorial Associate: Chad Gaits National Advertising r.)avenport '85, Rose E. RO. Box 1908, Providence, R.I. 02912; Business IVIanager: Pamela M. P.irker Representative [401) S63 -2307; alum '^brownvm. brown Engelland '78, Eric Gertler '8s. Sports: Peter Mandel 'Si A.M. Ed Antos, lv7 edu. Send editorial correspondence to November 1996 Edward Marecki '6s. Martha BAM, Box 1S54, Providence. R.I, 02912, Contributors: Shea Dean '92, League Magazine K. Matzke '66, Carolyn Cardall Volume No. (401) .Sf.3-2873:rAX {401) 863-9595: 97, 3 Kmiberly French Network Newsom '62, Stacy Palmer '82. e-ni.iil DAMwbrownvm. brown. edu, Web Ware Street, 7 \vww.brown.edu./Administr.Uioii Photography: John Foraste Eric Schrier '73, Ava L. p.ij;e; Cambridge, Mass. BR'>wn_Aluinni_Monchiy/ Design: Sandra Helany Seave '77, Lisa Singhania '94, 02138 Address correction requested Administrative Assistant: Sheila Benjamin Weiser '76, Bill (617) 496-7207 Cournover Wooten '68 Ph.D. I'BINThll IN THE VS. A. NOVEMBER I 996 Carrying the Mail An impassioned voice situation here, where "we" are the people ot European descent and " I was pleased to read the article by Mane "they are the remaining people of Ci. Lee \S6 on the Asian-American expe- the world, who have no name, no rience at Brown titled "Findnig Their identuy of their own, and can be Voice" (April). The last article BAM ded- characterized completelv by their icated to this significant coininuiiity was nationalities? in November 1989 ("To Be Asian-Amer- .ishim Gaig 'g2 Sc.M., \)6 ican"). Now that the Asian community Ph.D. has grown significantly at Brown, so too C Campus has the need to support who we are. The ii'riter is a postdoctoral research I was honored to speak last No\ember associate in the Department oj Com- during Asian Heritage Month. As a psy- puter Science. - Editor chotherapist, director of mental-health we are, equal to others.