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BY SARA PERKINSThe Brown Muslim Students’ Association’s annualEid dinner drew over 200 people to AndrewsDining Hall to celebrate the holiday and raiseawareness of the diversity and unity within theMuslim community.

The Muslim holiday Eid-ul-Adha, the “Festivalof Sacrifice,” is celebrated at the conclusion of thehaj, the annual pilgrimage to the holy city of Meccain Saudi Arabia. The festival commemoratesIbrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael ascommanded by God.

The Eid dinner is held “to welcome the Muslimcommunity and to help them feel at home, and toshare the experience with the rest of campus, …explaining the significance of the event,” saidBMSA Co-President Noura Alturki ’05.

The dinner raised approximately $1,200 forIslamic Relief, an international relief and develop-ment organization working for the long-termdevelopment of the world’s poorest nations, Alturki

The number of first-year units will be reduced next yearin an attempt to balance out the workloads of the coun-selors, Assistant Dean of Student Life Amy Graham toldThe Herald.

The counselor-to-student ratio this year ranges from1:8 to 1:26 depending on the unit, Graham said.Complaints from current peer counselors about thevariation in workload led the Office of Student Life to re-evaluate the system, Graham said.

By restructuring the units, the counselor-to-studentratio will be between 1:16 and 1:19 for all units, which is“much more of a middle ground,” she said. Brown’scounselor-to-student ratio will still be much smallerthan the national average of 1:40, she said.

Graham did not know the exact numbers, but esti-

mated that there would be 10 fewer counselors overall.Money that would have been spent on the additionalsalaries will go toward programming funds or salaryincreases for peer counselors, Graham said.

Basirat Ottun ’05, a minority peer counselor for unit24, said that even with four counselors for the 60 first-years in her unit, “I feel like I don’t really get to knoweveryone. It’s really hard to have a good relationship witheverybody.”

Graham said she hopes the changes will “even out thecounselors’ experiences more than affect first-years.”

“It’s sad that there might not be a unit 26 next year,”said Eddie Chacon ’06, “but that means we have to goout with a bang.”

—By Lisa Mandle

BY SCHUYLER VON OEYENA report suggests several leading universities — includingBrown — are deficient in courses on weapons of massdestruction and methods of combatting their prolifera-tion.

The report, sponsored by the Center forNonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute inWashington, D.C., and released late last year inNonproliferation Review, found only a handful of thenation’s top universities offer any specialized courses onweapons of mass destruction.

The journal points out that America’s top colleges anduniversities could and should be doing a better job ofexpanding their course offerings on WMD. Only 10 uni-versities, including Stanford University, HarvardUniversity, Princeton University and Yale University —offered more than one focused course on WMD.

In a comparative study of the top 25 universities select-ed in the most recent U.S. News and World Report, thereport found that Brown did not offer any courses spe-cializing in weapons of mass destruction, and offeredonly a few undergraduate courses that had units on WMD.

“This issue has received a lot less attention in the peri-od after the Cold War,” said Professor Terrence Hopmann,director of the Global Security program at the WatsonInstitute for International Studies.

Hopmann said he has taught a number of courses withunits on weapons of mass destruction and nonprolifera-tion efforts.

Among the courses at Brown that include WMD as partof their focus are PS40: “Conflict and Cooperation inInternational Politics;” PS147: “International Negotiationand Conflict Resolution;” and PS182, Sec. 30: “GlobalSecurity after the Cold War,” a senior seminar taught thissemester by Hopmann.

“What few upper-level classes offer even small units onweapons of mass destruction are usually horribly over-subscribed,” Hopmann said.

“It is crucial for students pursuing careers in interna-tional security to have knowledge-based access to thesecritical issues that face us today and will continue to con-front us for years ahead,” said William Huntington ’05, aninternational relations concentrator focusing on globalsecurity.

Huntington said he could not get into a number of IRclasses and added that Hopmann’s senior seminar wasespecially difficult to get into.

Yet the number of courses dealing with weapons ofmass destruction could soon increase. Assistant ProfessorNina Tannenwald, who is currently on leave doingresearch at the Stanford Center for International Securityand Arms Control, is expected to return to Brown nextyear. Most of her research is on nuclear nonproliferation,Hopmann said.

BY MOMOKO HIROSEEncouraging increased unity among Asian-Americanleaders on campus and urging more Asians and AsianAmericans to join University faculty, the Asian-American Community Retreat brought alumni, staff andundergraduates together Saturday morning.

Ten alumni discussed their experiences at Brown. Mary-Kim Arnold ’95, assistant director of Alumni

Relations, said as an adoptee of a Caucasian family, shefelt alienated from the Asian-American community.

“I didn’t have the sense of bloodline or continuitythat others had,” Arnold said. “But it’s not just having anAsian-American family; it’s also about understandingwhat an Asian-American family (is) about.”

Arnold described her troubles at Brown, whichincluded overwhelming alienation and family issues.

“I’m not here to place blame, but somewhere alongthe line, something should have happened with allthese mentors, counselors and advisors,” Arnold said.“We need infrastructure, underlying resources that real-ly give support, not just to put out the major fires.”

Joanne Suh ’05 also raised the issue of having manyleaders but not being able to connect.

“People get burnt out so quickly with all the samecore people involved in Third World activism,” Suhsaid. “How do you keep it going? How do you deal withit?”

John Eng-Wong ’62, director of the Foreign Students,Faculty and Staff Services Office, presented an overallhistory of Asians and Asian Americans at Brown.

“When I went to Brown, it was before people reallythought of themselves as Asian American,” Wong said.“The people who ran restaurants and laundries werethe spectrum of my experience.”

“I was (at Brown) just when the notion of ‘AsiaAmerica’ (and the) Asian-American movement start-ed,” said Robert Lee ’80, associate professor ofAmerican Civilization, about his undergraduate experi-ence.

Splitting up into discussion groups, undergraduates,alumni and staff worked together to develop concreteaction plans.

Delphine Huang ’05, a member of the AsianAmerican Students Association, presented the idea ofhaving representatives from all Asian/Asian-Americanaffiliated groups to come together and discuss plans ofcoalition building.

Other ideas included encouraging more Asians andAsian Americans to take faculty positions in the futureto build the community.

Hannah Rodriguez-Farrar ’87 said students oftentalk about wanting more Asian/Asian-American facultybut fail to realize that they can become faculty them-selves.

“We need to talk to students about getting Ph.D.s andthinking about becoming part of the faculty as a careerchoice,” Rodriguez-Farrar said.

Huang said, the conference was “an opportunity for(alumni) to get together and connect … while allowingundergraduates the chance to get advice on coalitionbuilding across the community, especially with divi-sions between ethnic groups.”

“I thought (the retreat) was a really positive experi-ence,” Harold Lee ’06 said. “It was great talking withyounger alumni who were active at Brown to hear thesame things they went through. … I would have liked tosee more South Asians (and) Southeast Asians repre-sented though.”

Herald staff writer Momoko Hirose ’06 covers the ThirdWorld community. She can be reached atmhirose@browndailyherald.com.

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BY STEFAN TALMANThe RISD Museum’s new show, “On theWall: Wallpaper by Contemporary Artists,”is as stunning visually as it is conceptually.

Visitors walk into the museum to besurrounded by color, facing at first a floor-to-ceiling “mural” depicting a space-shut-tle launch, adjacent to a gleaming silverwall, dotted with matte obelisks. Brightcolors, muted tones and elaborate, simplepatterns stretch the eye, spilling throughthree rooms.

“On the Wall” addresses wallpaper’sunusual aesthetic position. While it hasoccupied houses in varying degrees forcenturies, it rarely has been bestowed thesame privilege as traditional fine arts or

crafts. Still, many artists have used thedesign opportunity put forth by the medi-um. This supposed binary between func-tional and non-functional forms, betweendesign and art, has been a topic of con-tention for artists and critics for centuries,and this show confronts the issue head-on.

The show’s broader context gainsgreater relevance by citing RISD’s ownprivileged place in the confrontationbetween high and low art. As the catalogpoints out, this binary emerges even inRISD’s mission statement — to train stu-dents in “drawing, painting, modeling, anddesigning, that they may successfullyapply the principles of art to the require-ments of trade and manufacture.”

Composed of 23 artists’ wallpapers,varying from the work of Andy Warhol toinstallations created specifically for theshow, “On the Wall” presents a variety oftechniques and contents.

Adam Cvijanovic created the mural

“Space Park” for the show. Hand-paintedon Tyvek, making possible the future useor modification of the work, Cvijanovicwalks the line between traditional anddecorative art. In contrast, Virgil Marti’sdazzling installation, a checkerboard ofpink lotus blossoms screen-printed on sil-ver mylar, scattered with bonsai and exot-ic-flower elements, encompasses an entireroom. Here, the wallpaper envelopes thespectator in a shiny futuristic aura, explor-ing “issues of taste, class distinctions andthe psychology of decorating,” accordingto the catalog.

The show includes a wide variety ofcontent as well as technique, with worksranging from the simply decorative to thesocio-political statement. Andy Warhol’snow-classic 1966 cow pattern, created foran installation of his own work, consti-tutes “a deadpan attack on the sacredcows of high art and taste,” for which pop-ular and utilitarian wallpaper served asthe perfect medium. Jorge Pardo’s plaid,

scattered with amorphous shapes, simplyand subtly pushes the intersection of artand design. And General Idea’s “AIDSWallpaper,” playing on Robert Indiana’sLOVE logo, addresses the prevalence ofthe disease and its ubiquity in everydaylife.

From the clash of High and Low — of artand design — radiates a vibrant tension.This introduction of the utilitarian into aclassically nonfunctional space makes theshow accessible to a wider audience,allowing visitors to relate to the works on avariety of levels. In questioning the classi-cal high/low dichotomy, “On the Wall,”provokes thought across a wide spectrum,and thus is infinitely more relevant andgroundbreaking than so many showsoccupying the space of high art today.

The exhibit is showing through April 20.

Herald staff writer Stefan Talman ’05 canbe reached at stalman@browndailyher-ald.com.

New RISD exhibit showcases contemporary wallpaper

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“On the Wall: Wallpaper byContemporary Artists”includes work by GeneralIdea and Andy Warhol

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believe me, it’s not as bad as it looks.

back in the game. By halftime, the crowd emo-

tionally intensified and was cer-tainly a factor as the Bears puttogether a 53-point second halfin which they went 15-22 fromthe field, 5-5 from beyond the arcand 18-22 from the line.

Historic Sweep = NIT?While the Bears are not mathe-matically eliminated from the IvyLeague title, it will take a hugeupset of Penn by either Cornell orColumbia and a Princeton victo-ry over Penn for Brown to getanother shot at the Quakers andan NCAA berth. However, withtheir dominating victory onSaturday and their first ever-sweep of the Tigers, Brown, ifthey close out the year with twomore victories, would be the onlylogical choice from the IvyLeague for an invite to the NIT.

While the Tigers have a superi-or Ratings Percentage Index toBrown due to the two schools’non-conference records, onewould think that the NIT com-mittee would note the Bears areclearly an improved team fromthe one that took the court before

winter break. The NIT is playedsimultaneously with the NCAAtournament and the games aretelevised on ESPN.

Lay-ups:Before the game on Saturday,Hunt, Alai Nuualiitia ’03 andJames Augustine ’03 were hon-ored in their final home appear-ances… Harold Bailey ’04 com-pleted a rare four-point play inthe second half against Princetonthat helped break the game openfor Brown…

During his pre-game introduc-tions, Berman very appropriatelyacknowledged the contributionsthis season of injured guard MikeMartin ’04… In Martin’s place,Luke Ruscoe ’06 made the firstIvy League starts of his career…The first 25 students in line forFriday’s game received freeBrown jerseys… The Bears’ 7-0run in the second half of the Penngame was highlighted by fourconsecutive Quaker possessionsending in steals by Brown… OnSaturday, Forte joined Hunt andPowers as the only Brown playersthis season to reach the 30-pointplateau in a single game.

Senior Sports Editor Nick Gourevitch’03 can be reached atngourevitch@browndailyherald.com.

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Additionally, Larry Sheinman,a retired professor from CornellUniversity who served as thechief non-proliferation expert informer president Bill Clinton’sadministration, is expected toteach a course at Brown nextspring, Hopmann said.Sheinman would split time withBrown and the CNS at theMonterey Institute inWashington, D.C.

Although Brown did not rankas low as a handful of top univer-sities such as California Instituteof Technology, which accordingto the survey does not offer anycourses on WMD at any level offocus, experts say that Brownwould significantly benefit fromadditional upper-level courseson WMD. “The main issue is thatwe need to find staff to teach it,”Hopmann said.

Still, the need for staff to teachcourses on WMD may be agreater reflection on the nuancesof Brown’s decentralized systemof course creation than seriousdialogue about the need for suchclasses.

William Crossgrove, associatedean of faculty, described theprocess as “open,” yet contingentupon several factors in commit-tees. “Courses over the yearsdevelop from different sources.(Group Independent StudyProjects), for example, are oftenused as a gauge to sample stu-dent interest. If that interest isfound to be recurring over anumber of years, then the com-mittee is more likely to act on it,”he said.

Proposals for new faculty andcourses are also often largelycontingent on the lobbying workof various departments,Crossgrove said. Student interest,faculty interest, staffing anddepartment endorsement withappropriate funding must all bein place for new courses special-izing in areas like WMD to actual-ly materialize.

“A few years back, Brownsponsored a University Courseon weapons of mass destructiontaught by physicist George Seidel,who is now retired,” Crossgrovesaid.

“It was fairly popular for awhile, but then student interestdropped around the time of theend of the Cold War and thecourse had to be cancelled,” hesaid. “In the process of courseaddition, the faculty must askthemselves, ‘Is this course goingto be a student fad, or will inter-est continue for a number ofyears?’ This University cannotafford to hire new faculty toaccommodate the needs of fluc-tuating student interest.”

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said. Charity is one of the fivepillars of Islam, and all Muslimsare expected to give 2.5 percentof their accumulated wealth oras much as they can afford, saidQadira Abdul-Ali ’06, BMSA sec-retary.

BMSA chose to donate thisyear’s proceeds to Islamic Reliefbecause the international relieforganization “has a policy oftailoring its services to theneeds of the region and not giv-ing cookie-cutter aid,” Abdul-Ali said.

The event featured readingsfrom the Quran in Arabic andEnglish, as well as a poetryreading, slide show and a clip ofthe 1992 film “Malcolm X,”which depicted the rituals of thehaj and the diversity of the pil-grims. Attendees were also chal-lenged to identify flags belong-ing to nations with Muslim pop-ulations.

Sehreen Ali ’03 and TahaMohamedali ’03 spoke togetherabout their first experiences inBMSA and with each other.Mohamedali, who grew up inKenya, said the religious com-

munity there is large and divid-ed into “small, close-knit socialand religious groups … (that)impeded my ability to thinkindependently.”

At Brown, he said, heencountered people from manydifferent sects, allowing him to“integrate the beliefs I grew upwith with others and create anew personal interpretation ofIslam.”

Ali said she grew up in aclose-knit religious communityand “felt the void” upon arrivingat Brown, where she was forcedto explain her values and beliefs.Although the members of BMSAare from multiple sects with

varying levels of observance andconservatism, she found theyshared “core humanistic values.”

“We see evidence of ourspecificity and of our unity,”Sarah Shabbir ’03 said. “We havestudents from Kuala Lampur toRiyadh to Marion, Ind., andeverywhere in between. We takedelight in sharing our variedperspectives, but most of all wehold close to our hearts anunshakable sense of unity.

“The universal nature ofIslam ties these distant and var-ied people together — above all— through a common belief inand prayer to one God, througha call for charity, and through

the world event of haj,” Shabbirsaid. “It is in these basic founda-tions of Islam that the world-wide Muslim community canfind unity.”

The dinner was co-sponsoredby the Brown InternationalOrganization, the Office ofEqual Opportunity, the Office ofStudent Life, the PakistaniSociety at Brown, the ThirdWorld Center and the WatsonInstitute for InternationalStudies.

Herald staff writer Sara Perkins’06 covers the Third World com-munity. She can be reached atsperkins@browndailyherald.com.

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Eid BMSA chose to donate this year’s proceeds to Islamic Relief

because the international relief organization “has a policy of tailor-

ing its services to the needs of the region and not giving cookie-

cutter aid,” Abdul-Ali said. The event featured readings from the

Quran in Arabic and English, as well as a poetry reading, slide show

and a clip of the 1992 film “Malcolm X,” which depicted the rituals

of the haj and the diversity of the pilgrims.

simply dazzling!

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Here we go BrunoAs Brown students, we’re often chastised for our lack of schoolspirit. When David Zucconi ’55 was a student at Brown, heonce told The Herald, pep rallies were held every weekendand everyone went to football games on Saturdays. Obviously,times have changed. And because turnout at sporting eventsis minimal throughout much of the year — except, of course,when the Bears are winning — we’re branded self-centeredpseudo-intellectuals.

But really, is school spirit synonymous with athletics? True,many students have no idea what’s going on in the world ofBrown sports, but members of athletic teams aren’t the onlystellar performers on campus. Our love for Bruno can beshown in a variety of ways, from participation in performancegroups and academic clubs to attendance at the annual Eiddinner. These activities also strengthen bonds between stu-dents and across campus groups. And, taken as a whole, thesum of students’ involvement in campus activities — includ-ing athletics — shows that Brown is just as spirited a school asDuke or Nebraska.

The use of sports attendance as the sole barometer of cam-pus sentiment raises questions about the nature of schoolspirit itself. Sure, we like showing our Brown pride. But on amore cynical level, school spirit is about money. Spiritedalums are generous alums, and nothing gets the blood pump-ing like a strong sports program. So while athletics at non-scholarship institutions like Brown barely break even, sportsdepartments remain major cash cows, making the need forathletic spirit even greater.

This isn’t to say that all school sports fans are blindly beingmanipulated by the institutions they support. Most people inthe stands just like sports, and rooting for the Bears may bethe only time in a basketball fan’s life to see such a high levelof play for free — and perhaps a squash or water polo enthu-siast’s only chance to become invested in a local team at all.

But sports are one opportunity to support our peers andour institution. Don’t let them be the only one.

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LETTERS write them.

Colla’s warningsconcerning transferare sensationalistic

To the Editor:

Colla suggests that Israel favors a U.S. war onIraq because it “would give Israel more freedom inhow they dealt with Palestine, including measuresas extreme as ethnic cleansing.” (“Colla scrutinizeswar with Iraq,” Feb. 26). By ethnic cleansing, Collasuggests that Israel may use a war on Iraq as a coverto expel several hundred thousand Palestinians intoneighboring countries.

Colla’s accusation is sensationalistic and exces-sively irresponsible, though unoriginal. The sameaccusation can be found online in many vitriolicArab news sources, but no credible media outlethas stated any sound source for such a suspicion,and spokespeople for the Israeli government con-sider this accusation too silly to address. Logically,one would wonder how Israel plans to “transfer”several hundred thousand without anyone notic-ing.

In a December lecture at Brown, former Israeliprime minister Ehud Barak — known for havingmade historic concessions to the Palestinians —has claimed the Iraq war is necessary to combat ter-rorism and requires an “unflinching political will.” Irespect Barak’s opinion over Colla’s, as it comesfrom one who is qualified to make such observa-tions concerning the Middle East, and who is notprone to inflammatory rhetoric.

Lee-Ad Gottlieb ’02Feb. 26

Transfer is serious

threat to Palestinianpopulation

To the Editor:

Re: “Colla’s arguments on Iraq War reveal anti-Israel bias,” Feb. 28:

Unfortunately, Israeli calls for the ethnic cleans-ing of Palestinians, euphemistically termed “trans-fer,” are becoming more acceptable in the main-stream, going beyond Rabbi Kahane’s Kach party orZe’evi’s Molodet.

Currently, there are three parties that explicitlycall for the “transfer” of the Palestinian population:Israel Beitenu, Tkuma and Molodet. Israeli revision-ist historian Ilan Pappe says “the discourse of trans-fer and expulsion which had been employed by theextreme right, is now the bon ton of the center.”Around 100 Israeli academics recently wrote a letterwarning that talk of “transfer” is increasing withinIsrael’s mainstream political discourse.

Ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian populationhas also gained in popularity in the United States.House majority leader Dick Armey said on MSNBClast May that he is content to have Israel grab theentire West Bank, simply believing that “thePalestinians should leave.”

If progressives have an anti-Israel bias it is forgood reason. Zionism, liberal Zionism included, isdiscriminatory by definition, and is used as a tool ofcolonialism and imperialism. It is, therefore,incompatible with progressive politics.

Sarah McDermott ’01.5March 1

OPINIONSTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD

MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2003 · PAGE 7

THOSE WHO SUPPORT THE COMINGinvasion of Iraq fall into two schools. Thefirst is the school of the cynics. Thesepeople do not really care about the Iraqipeople; they are simply interested in fur-thering U.S. “interests” regardless of thehuman toll. I find this posi-tion to be morally, spirituallyand ethically bankrupt. It isso bankrupt, in fact, that thephilosophies of this school ofthought cannot be stated inpublic. Therefore, I am moreinterested in the secondschool of thought — thehumanitarian school. Thisschool argues that the warwill have humanitarian bene-fits for the people of Iraq. Itwill get rid of a dictator andwill make life better for Iraqipeople — after we bomb thehell out of them. The apostles of this phi-losophy are prevalent at Brown, and oftenspread their gospel on the commentarypages of this newspaper. However, theconclusions of this school are based onthin air, run in stark contrast to historicalprecedent and face logistical problems.

Historical precedent shows that ourgovernment does not care about the Iraqipeople. That Saddam Hussein was armedand supported by the United Statesthroughout the 1980s is common knowl-edge. Evidence that he was supplied with

biological and chemical pathogens by theUnited States even after it was well-known that he “gassed his own people” isavailable for all to see. A SenateCommittee on Banking, Housing andUrban Affairs report, also known as the

Reigle report, shows that theUnited States shippedpathogens to Iraq until Nov.28, 1989.

But Hussein’s control ofKuwaiti oil would have puthim in a position of powerthat was uncomfortable forthe United States, so our gov-ernment (and the “coalition”that it bribed and cajoled)rained death and destructionon the people of Iraq. A June23, 1991, article in theWashington Post tells the sadstory: “Damage to civilian

structures and interests, invariablydescribed by briefers during the war as‘collateral’ and unintended, was some-times neither. ... The worst civilian suffer-ing, senior officers say, has resulted notfrom bombs that went astray, but fromprecision-guided weapons that hit exact-ly where they were aimed — at electricalplants, oil refineries and transportationnetworks.”

And policy officials made very clearthat this civilian suffering was deliberate.The Post article continues, “Among thejustifications offered by the Air Force inrecent briefings is that Iraqi civilians werenot blameless for Saddam’s invasion ofKuwait.” An Air Force planner put it morebluntly: “We wanted to let people know,‘Get rid of this guy and we’ll be more than

happy to allow people to come in and fixyour electricity.’ It gives us long-termleverage.” This is, of course, in violationof the Geneva Conventions and showsthat the popular notion that the militarydoes not purposely target civilians isfalse.

And yet, remarkably, DivineProvidence gave the administration ofGeorge Bush Sr. an opportunity, in theaftermath of his inhumane destruction,to do something relatively positive. Therewas a popular uprising. The tired, worn-out, bombed-out Iraqi people were get-ting ready to squash the dictator that hadoppressed them for so long. It was a mir-acle! Tragically, this miracle didn’t jivewith U.S. foreign policy. The abandon-ment of this uprising was not the result ofa lack of resolve, but a calculated policydecision.

“Quite frankly, I wished (the uprising)hadn’t happened,” lamented BrentScrowcroft, who was the NationalSecurity Advisor in 1991. “I envisioned apostwar government being a militarygovernment,” he added, showing clearlythat the Bush Sr. Administration wanted amilitary coup to topple Hussein andinstall a United States-friendly militarydictator. This is a shame because, “theuprising almost succeeded,” asserted(now-exiled) General Wafic Samarii of theIraqi Army in a Feb. 9, 1998, interviewwith Peter Jennings. “I will tell you asecret. At the very end, we had only twodays of Kilishnakov bullets left over in thewarehouses of the Iraqi army,” he contin-ued.

The actions of our government towardIraq for the last 20 years have shown a

contempt for the Iraqi people, yet thehumanitarian school would have usbelieve that this time is different. Thistime, the Bush Administration, whichconsists of many architects of the firstGulf War, has the best interests of theIraqi people at heart. Yet, they offer noevidence, save their own imaginationwhich consists of romantic, Pollyannishfantasies about a post-Saddam Iraq.

When one takes into account the num-bers, it becomes clear that the humani-tarian school’s case is patently absurd.The quixotic fantasies of the humanitari-an school would require trillions of dol-lars of investment in Iraq. In every coun-try that the United States has bombed,the amount spent on humanitarian aidand reconstruction after the war wasludicrous — especially when comparedto the amount spent to destroy. FromYugoslavia, the holy cow of the humani-tarian school, to Afghanistan, the moneyspent to bomb was spoken of in terms ofbillions whereas money spent to rebuildwas spoken of in terms of millions.Furthermore, the humanitarian camp hasnot explained how the United States willspend the trillions required to do all ofthis humanitarian work they envision,while simultaneously spending trillionson its military. One of the forgotten les-sons of Vietnam was that one cannotwage war and have social programs at thesame time.

If the United States could not have a“Great Society” within its own borderswhile simultaneously waging war, thenotion that the United States can create“great societies” outside its borders whilewaging war becomes downright silly.

Proponents of pluses and minuses miss the point

RECENTLY, THE COLLEGE CURRICULUMCouncil held its last of three discussionsconcerning the possible addition of plusesand minuses to Brown’s grading system.While the debate surrounding intermedi-ate grading has been useful in that it hasgiven rise to positive discussionon the nature and purpose ofeducation, the limited perspec-tive of those arguing for theaddition of intermediategrades is alarming.

The education systems mostof us have participated in sincebirth are based on the conceptof outside validation.Educators attempt to quantifythe success of their studentsusing grading, and as a resultstudents are taught to work forthe grade rather than for theknowledge. For many studentsas well as their parents, the acquisition ofknowledge and skill becomes secondary togetting the A or the 1600. The rewards ofeducation seem to lie not in gaining under-standing or preparedness for the world,but in impressing a teacher enough toreceive a certain letter. The preeminence ofgrading as a measure of education in manycases stifles both the confidence and theintellectual curiosity of students.

Brown’s system is designed differently.Here, students are pressured to learn forthe sake of learning; to educate themselves

because they want to, not because they aretold to. Grades as we have them areretained merely as one of several resourcesa student can use to gauge his or herprogress. Comments, conversations withteachers and real-world experiences are a

few examples of otherresources that are available forthe same purpose. The ulti-mate reward lies not in a gradeon a page, but in the knowl-edge acquired.

It is very difficult to breakout of the traditional mindsetof putting undue emphasis ongrading. If your professordeems you to have done B+work, of course it is not fairthat you receive the samecredit as someone with a B-.But so what? In the grandscheme of things, the impor-

tance of what happens in the classroomlies not in what letter grade you have beenawarded, much less the grade someoneelse has been awarded.

With the freedom of Brown’s system,there comes a measure of responsibility.There are those who seek to milk the sys-tem and coast through without significantacademic engagement. But it is the job ofthe Admission Office to find students whowill take advantage of intellectual freedom,and it is the job of the advising system tohelp guide students to this end.

Other perceived problems with the cur-rent grading format are either exaggeratedor irrelevant. Experience has shown thatBrown’s unique system does not hurt its

students in seeking employment or accept-ance to graduate schools. Professors andTAs who feel the grades they give to certainstudents are not truly representative oftheir progress and wish to send a moreaccurate message can accomplish just asmuch or more with an e-mail to these stu-dents or a quick meeting. Grade inflation isnot as bad at Brown as at some otherschools that do incorporate pluses andminuses, and even if this were not the case,the occurrence of grade inflation is largelya non-issue in a school where grades arejust one of several rough indicators ofprogress.

The truth is that adding intermediategrades to Brown’s grading system will nothave a horrible effect on its students orcompromise its unique system. What isalarming, however, is the fact that so manyarguments in favor of intermediate gradeshave neglected to acknowledge the impor-tance of seeing the larger picture. Gradesshould not be the major motivation orreward for educational endeavors, and allarguments for intermediate grades haveput an undue emphasis on grading that isall too prevalent in most other academic

settings. True achievement is not reflected in

another person’s assessment of you,whether that assessment contains plusesand minuses or not. Each student shoulddetermine what he or she wishes to acquirefrom his or her time at Brown, and shoulduse a combination of self-determinedmeasures to ascertain if those goals havebeen reached. Grading can be a validmethod of determining achievement, butthere are many such methods, and studentsshould avoid paying the excessive attentionto grading that has plagued much of acade-mia elsewhere. Brown is gifted with anamazing faculty, and we must take advan-tage of their wisdom, but in the end noprofessor is the ultimate authority on whatit takes to succeed and find happiness inlife. To find true validation, a true grade,each student must constantly look inward.

I hope each of you will take advantage ofthe considerable resources Brown has tooffer. And when you leave this place, I hopeyou will do so knowing that you are confi-dent and able to succeed in the world. Andnot just because someone else told you so.Seth Magaziner ’06 is happy to be at

Brown.

SETH MAGAZINERDON’T STOP ‘TILL

YOU GET ENOUGH

Intermediate grades will take focus off the true purpose of an education at Brown

Grades should not be the major motivation or reward

for educational endeavors, and all arguments for inter-

mediate grades have put an undue emphasis on grad-

ing that is all too prevalent in most other academic

settings.

Fans of U.S. interventionism should keep history of America’s past atrocities in mind

BRIAN RAINEY‘TILL JUSTICE

FLOWS DOWN LIKEWATER

Dismissing the humanitarian argument for war

Brian Rainey ‘04 is an Ancient studies con-centrator who often wears a toga. He fig-ures if we’re going to act like the Romans,we might as well dress like them.

BY ADAM STERNAs the sellout crowd of 2,800 began toleave the Pizzitola Sports Center onFriday night after a crippling loss tothe still undefeated University ofPennsylvania, only one word couldsummarize the effort given by theBears: heart. Bruno gave every ounceof hustle and determination it couldmuster to try to regain first place in theIvy League this weekend. They willcome away only with the mathemati-cally possible but realistically improb-able chance to tie the Quakers by theend of the season. Despite the devas-tating loss to Penn, Brown (15-11 over-all, 10-2 Ivy) managed to maintain itscomposure on Saturday to completeits first-ever sweep of the PrincetonTigers to bring their Ivy League recordto an impressive 10-2.

The game against Penn on Fridaynight was an exciting game, will longbe remembered by players and fansalike. Missing Mike Martin ’04 due to atorn ACL, Bruno knew it had to comeout strong early. The Bears built a 13-8lead in the opening minutes, but Pennbounced back, scoring 11 straightpoints to gain the lead. Brown coun-tered as Harold Bailey ’04 was able toconnect on two three-pointers to keepthem in the game. A solid run as theclock wound down allowed Bruno tocome within two points by intermis-sion.

Out of the locker room, the Quakersquickly regained the momentum,scoring 10 straight points in the first4:27 of the half. Penn was able tomaintain this lead for much of the sec-ond half.

“We picked up our defensive inten-sity in the second half,” said HeadCoach Glen Miller. “I think it reallygave them trouble.”

In the closing minutes, however,Brown cultivated a 16-7 run thatbrought them back into the game.With under two minutes to play, JasonForte ’05 connected on one of two freethrows to bring Brown within three.After Penn missed a three-pointattempt with 24 seconds left, Millerdevised three-point strategies thatwould hopefully send the game toovertime.

The first play unfolded with PatrickPowers ’04 finding himself open for athree pointer which rattled in and out.The crowd, never having left their feet,waving their rally towels constantly,yearned for that shot to sink throughthe net, but to no avail.

“It felt great leaving my hand,” saidPowers. “I was ready to run down thecourt and play defense.”

Miraculously, Bailey came awaywith the offensive rebound. After talk-ing it over again, the Bears put togeth-er a play which would get the ball toEarl Hunt ’03 who led the team with 26points in the game. Despite whatseemed like obvious contact from hisdefenders, no call was made on Hunt’smissed three-point attempt.

When Penn came away with therebound, Brown’s loss was sealed. The69-65 victory allowed Penn to retainsole possession of first place in the IvyLeague, providing them with a rela-tively easy route to the NCAA tourna-ment in March.

“Physically and emotionally wegave a great effort,” Miller said. “But towin championships, you need to exe-cute, too, and I was very disappointed

with our execution at the end of thegame. As good as they are, we think wewere good enough to beat them.”

Inspired by the loyal fans who werespectators on Saturday’s game againstPrinceton, the Bears bounced back tocomplete the first-ever sweep of theTigers in Brown history. Forte led theteam with a career-high 30 points. On“Senior Night,” Hunt contributed asolid 21 points, which puts him justshy of 2,000 for his Brown career. Heundoubtedly will cross that milestonenext weekend.

“Eight-eight against Princetondoesn’t happen too often,” Miller said.“We beat them twice and have twotough games coming up, but if a sec-ond team goes (to the postseason)from our league, I hope it would beus.”

Despite trailing Princeton in thefirst half, Bruno came out strong in thesecond taking over the game andnever looking back. Despite animpressive 54.9 percent field goal per-centage from Princeton, Brown out-played the Tigers, taking advantage ofpoints from the charity stripe.Converting on 30 of 34 free throwsthroughout the game, Bruno ensuredthe victory on the line. They hit 11straight down the stretch, sendingthree Tigers to the bench on accountof fouling out.

“It’s just good to be out there doingwhat I’m doing and send our greatseniors off with a win over Princeton,”Forte said

Despite the loss on Friday night,anyone who watched the games lastweekend will tell you that Brunoplayed with heart and deserves recog-nition for the impressive season it hasput together. They will conclude theirseason away next weekend playingDartmouth and Harvard at theirrespective sites.

“We would love to get to postseasonplay and are excited about the oppor-tunity,” Hunt said.

—With contributions from sports edi-tor Joshua Troy ’04.

SPORTS MONDAYTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD

MARCH 3, 2003 · PAGE 8

dspics.com

The Men’s basketball team hopes to earnan NIT berth with road wins over bothDartmouth and Harvard.

W. basketball lossgives Harvard IvyLeague title

M.hoops drops thriller vs.Penn,sweeps Princeton

S C O R E B O A R D

M. bball bringsout fans, NIThype & BermanBY NICK GOUREVITCHFan SupportThe atmosphere inside the Pizzitola SportsCenter for Friday night’s contest againstPenn was simply electric. Once the gatesopened at 5:30 p.m., the student sectionsbehind each basket were immediatelyfilled with raucous groups of towel-wavingBrunonians rearing to make some noise.Outside, numerous students were turnedaway at the door as a line of excited fansran from the ticket window to the SmithSwim Center.

While the crowd taunted the Quakersand cheered on the Bears during warm-ups, the energy level was taken to anentirely new level when ESPN’s ChrisBerman ’77, glad to be “back, back, back,at my alma mater,” announced the start-ing line-ups just before tip-off. His spiritedintroduction was cause for even a fewQuaker players to crack a smile as theywere jeered during the introduction oftheir starting five.

Earl’s Big Second HalfOver the past four years, Earl Hunt ’03 hasput together one of the most storiedcareers in the history of Brown athletics.When he exploded for 20 points in the sec-ond half against Penn, he certainlyreminded fans why that is so. In onesequence in the second half, Hunt scored12 straight points for the Bears, six of themcoming in the midst of a 7-0 run that cutthe Quaker lead to two. One of those bas-kets sent the crowd into a frenzy whenHunt stole the inbounds pass and convert-ed an easy lay-up after a Penn timeout.

Killed by KokoWhile much of the pre-game chatter onFriday centered on whether the Bearswould be able to contain Penn’s candidatefor Ivy League Player of the Year, UgonnaOnyekwe, it was really fellow senior KokoArchibong who was the thorn in Bruno’sside. Archibong was a perfect seven forseven from the field, including two frombeyond the arc. Both of his threes came atcritical times, thwarting two Brown ralliesto give the Quakers leads of 11 and ninepoints.

A Tale of Two RunsUltimately, two Quaker runs were the dif-ference on Friday. After the Bears took anearly 13-8 lead, Penn rattled off 11 straightpoints. Brown responded, however, as theyclawed their way back in the first half andalmost took the lead going into half whenPatrick Powers ’04 stole the inbounds passwith seconds remaining and tossed it overto Jason Forte ’05, whose NBA-range threehit off the back of the iron.

The second half could not have startedoff worse for Bruno as Penn went on a 10-0 run to take a 12-point lead. While Bearswould later cut the lead to two, they neverquite recovered from that early letdownafter halftime.

Fan Support – Part IIAfter Friday’s loss, a smaller crowd, as ifrecovering from a bad hangover, passivelycheered on Bruno in the opening minutesagainst the Tigers. The lack of energy fromthe crowd seemed to rub off on the playersas Princeton jumped out to an early 11-4lead. However, a combination of solid playfrom the Bears on the court, the news fromNew Haven that Yale was keeping up withPenn and a few late-comers filling out thestudent sections got the fans immediately

BY SHARA HEGDEThe Brown women’s basketball team

faced stiff competition this weekend againstthe University of Pennsylvania andPrinceton. The Bears fell to Penn, butrebounded with a strong win againstPrinceton.

Against the Quakers, the Bears fellbehind early and never recovered. Brunofaced some early foul trouble that kept keyplayers out of the lineup for an extendedperiod of time. Penn had four players scor-ing in double figures, led by Jewel Clark andKatie Kilker, who both scored 17 points.

The Bears’ Achilles heel was reboundingin this game, as they were beat on theboards 52-39. Captain Miranda Craigwell’04 felt this was one of the big reasons for theloss.

“We were not rebounding well and therewas a period in the second half when we justcouldn’t make any defensive stops,”Craigwell said.

With 9:12 left in the game, Penn extendedits advantage to 22 and would not allow theirlead to fall under 20 points the rest of thegame. They cruised to an easy 82-58 victory.

Craigwell led the Bears with 12 points,hitting six out of seven shots. HollyRobertson ’05 and Colleen Kelly ’06 alsoplayed well for the Bears, scoring 11 pointseach.

The following night, the Bears came outdetermined to avenge the loss to Penn.Strong play throughout the first half helpedBrown enter halftime with a nine-pointlead.

“Our focus was on defense, especiallyafter the Penn game,” said Craigwell. “Ourpost defense really stepped up and commu-nicated with one another to stop them.”

The Bears held Princeton to 28 percentshooting for the night while receivingsome outstanding performances fromtheir own players.

Sarah Hayes ’06, fresh off her fourth IvyLeague Rookie of the Week honor, poured in26 points and pulled down nine rebounds tolead the Bears. She was helped by TanaraGolston ’04 and Kelly, who scored 15 and 14points, respectively. Kelly also chipped inseven rebounds and three steals.

The front court played well withCraigwell and Jackie Vocell ’06 each scoringsix points. Nyema Mitchell ’04 collectedseven rebounds, while Craigwell pulleddown six. Brown cruised to a 68-50 win,bringing their record to 14-11 overall and 8-4 in the Ivy League.

The Bears host Dartmouth and Harvardthis coming weekend. Brown will celebrateNational Womens and Girls in Sports Dayon Saturday as they try to break the atten-dance record for a women’s game at thePizzitola Sports Center.

Sports staff writer Shara Hegde ’05 covers thewomen’s basketball team. She can be reachedat shegde@browndailyherald.com.

Men’s basketballPennsylvania 69, BROWN 65BROWN 88, Princeton 74

Women’s basketballPenn 82, BROWN 58BROWN 68. Princeton 50

Men’s ice hockeyBROWN 4, St. Lawrence 4 (OT)BROWN 3, Clarkson 3 (OT)

Women’s ice hockeyBROWN 4, Colgate 0BROWN 9, Cornell 1

Men’s track and fieldFinished fifth at Heptagonal

Championship

Women’s track and fieldFinished sixth at HeptagonalChampionship

Men’s lacrosseBROWN 7, Vermont 6 (3 OT)

Women’s lacrosseNorthwestern 11, BROWN 10

Women’s tennisBROWN 6, Rutgers 1

Women’s swimmingFinished third at Ivy LeagueChampionship

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