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BY ANNA ABRAMSONTechnical theater artists at Brown mightnot be visible on stage, but the finalproduct of their labor is anything butinvisible. These students are responsible

for sets, sound,design, costume,props, lighting,

stage managing and much more.Technical artists say it is logical that theirwork should occur in the background,because they aim not to highlight theirown technical work but to use that workto illuminate the director’s vision for theshow.

Adam Immerwahr ’05, who has beeninvolved in numerous projects, includingdirecting, stage managing and acting,said that the better behind-the-sceneswork is, the less the audience will noticeit.

“If we do this great, no one is ever

going to think about how we did all this,”he said. “They’re going to think, wow, youcouldn’t have done that any other way.Our goal is transparency, to make every-thing seem natural.”

There are many different types of tech-nical artist — each show typically has alighting designer, costume designer,sound designer, set designer, scenicartists, stage managers and productionmanagers. Production managers havemore of an administrative job thatrequires them to attend meetings andmonitor the budget, among other tasks.As a show nears its opening, more crewmembers are needed to put into effectwhat other artists have worked on formonths.

In the months leading up to a show,technical artists are an indispensible part

Behind the scenes, technicalartists make shows happen

Ethan Ris ’05 doesn’tbelieve in gaymarriage — at leastnot the type that thegovernment regulatescolumn, page 7

GTech is the future ofdowntown Providence,modern design and all,writes AlexanderBernstein ’07 column, page 7

Women’s basketballreturns multipleplayers, looks ahead tostrong season withsenior leadershipsports, page 8

With only one juniorand one senior on theteam, men’s basketballis relying on newrecruitssports, page 8

Two senior runnersreach the NCAA cham-pionships and the endof their Brown crosscountry careerssports, page 8

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Nick Neely / HeraldBackstage crew member Natalie Hirsch ’08 checks lighting from center stage before aperformance of “Fucking A” in Leeds Theater Thursday night.

AmeriCorp out of funding crisis,but City Year still faces cutsBY SUCHI MATHURAmeriCorps and its affiliated programsare continuing to recover from last year’sfunding crisis with a bigger budgetnationwide, but membership in RhodeIsland remains stagnant.

Nationally, AmeriCorps membershiphas grown to 75,000, a record high sincethe program’s inception in 1993, saidSandy Scott, spokesman for AmeriCorps.Bipartisan support in Congress led to alarge funding increase this year, Scott said.

AmeriCorps is a network of nationalservice programs that focus on meetingcritical needs in areas including educa-tion, public safety, health and the environ-ment. Its main purpose is to provide man-power to existing non-profit and commu-nity service organizations. After success-fully completing a term of service, mem-bers enrolled in the National Service Trustare eligible to receive an education awardwhich can be used at qualified institu-tions. One year of full-time service corre-sponds to an education award of $4,725,while shorter terms correspond to smallerawards, according to the AmeriCorps Website.

Prior to 2003, Rhode Island Americorpsreceived about $3 million in federal fundsand supported 12 programs, said RickBenjamin, acting co-executive director ofthe Rhode Island Service Alliance. Butbudget cuts in Washington, D.C., meantthat during 2003, the state’s AmeriCorpsfunding could support only three pro-grams, Benjamin said. AmeriCorps inRhode Island currently has approximately$2.3 million in federal money, which sup-ports eight programs, he said.

The Rhode Island chapter of CampusCompact administers all AmeriCorpspositions for students currently enrolledat Brown who want to work in the pro-gram part-time. Brown had 20 slots thisyear and last year for students wishing toserve as corps members, said ClaudiaDeCesare, assistant director of health pro-grams at the Swearer Center.

DeCesare, who also coordinates off-campus work-study and AmeriCorps forthe University, said she has had to turninterested students down in the past.“There was a time last year when it was

Local TV reporter Taricani convicted of contempt for not revealing sourceBY DANIELLE CERNYLocal television reporter Jim Taricaniwas found guilty of criminal contemptThursday for refusing to name thesource of a secret FBI videotape used inthe 2002 “Operation Plunder Dome”trial of former Mayor Vincent Cianci andassociates.

Taricani, a reporter for WJAR Channel10, NBC’s Providence affiliate, will facesentencing Dec. 9 and could receive upto six months in prison. Chief U.S.District Judge Ernest Torres said therewas no way of knowing exactly what thesentence would be until he hadreviewed all of the evidence, butTaricani “ought to be prepared for anyeventuality at the time of sentencing.”

Yesterday’s ruling was the end of athree-year attempt by the court to learnthe source of the secret tape, which wasgiven to Taricani in violation of a courtorder. WJAR aired the videotape, whichshowed Cianci associate Frank Correnteaccepting a bribe from an undercoverFBI agent, before Corrente and threecodefendants were tried on corruptioncharges. The trials resulted from a four-year-long public corruption investiga-tion nicknamed “Operation PlunderDome.”

Taricani was found in civil contemptlast March for refusing to reveal thetape’s source and was fined $1,000 a dayas a result. WJAR, which coveredTaricani’s fines, paid a total of $85,000before the court ruled on Nov. 4 that thefines were not sufficient to forceTaricani’s compliance with the courtorder. Torres then gave Taricani one lastchance to reveal his source before beingfound to be in criminal contempt.Yesterday, Taricani’s chances ran out.

Before the ruling, Taricani’s lawyer,Martin Murphy, made a final attempt to

avoid a criminal contempt ruling.Murphy argued that criminal prosecu-tions of this nature had a chilling affecton the “ability of reporters to gathernews.”

Murphy also argued that Taricanishould not be found guilty because hehad been acting on good faith and abelief that his conduct was protected bythe law.

But Torres emphasized that Taricaniwas not on trial for airing the video. Thecrime was instead his refusal to revealthe tape’s source — a direct violation ofa court order. Moreover, Torres said thatgood faith and a misunderstanding ofthe law was not a defense against acriminal contempt charge.

“The issue is a very simple one,”Torres said. There was a lawful courtorder of reasonable specificity, whichTaricani willfully violated. The evidenceis “clear, overwhelming and undisput-ed,” Torres said.

Torres pointed out that Taricani wasgiven numerous opportunities to com-ply with the court order and the courthad attempted to reason with Taricanion several occasions.

Taricani, who received a heart trans-plant several years ago, was given a weekto submit medical information to thecourt, which will be used to place him inthe appropriate facility upon sentenc-ing.

After the ruling, Taricani read from awritten statement: “When I became areporter 30 years ago, I never imaginedthat I would be put on trial and face theprospect of going to jail simply for doingmy job.

“Although I am willing to go to jail, Ithink it is wrong that journalists should

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WRITING BEYOND BROWN: ANALUMNI SYMPOSIUM1-4 p.m. (Crystal Room, Alumni Hall) Recent graduates of BrownUniversity who participated in theWriting Fellows Program as under-graduates return to campus to speakabout ways in which their writingskills have had an impact on theircareers. After a panel presentation,audience members will have anopportunity to meet in small work-shop groups with the speakers.

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face this type of threat simply for doing their jobs,”Taricani continued.

In response to questions from reporters, Taricanisaid his biggest personal concerns about jail were hishealth issues.

While Taricani said he was “anxious and nervous”about the possibility of going to jail, he said he had“no regrets whatsoever.”

Yesterday’s ruling, and the proceedings leading upto it, have garnered a great deal of media attentionbecause of their implications regarding the conflictbetween journalists’ rights to inform the public anddefendants’ rights to a fair trial. Several other casesaround the country also involve the leaking of infor-mation to journalists in direct violation of the law;those cases have yet to go to trial.

“I wish all of my sources could be on the record, butwhen people are afraid, a promise of confidentialitymay be the only way to get the information to thepublic, and in some cases, to protect the well-being ofthe source,” Taricani read from his statement.

After the ruling, WJAR released a statementexpressing the station’s profound disappointmentwith the conviction and said it stands by Taricani andsupports his decisions not to disclose the tape’ssource.

“No reporter should have to pay such a terriblyhigh price for honestly and legally reporting thenews,” the statement read.

Herald staff writer Danielle Cerny ’06 edits the CampusWatch section. She can be reached atherald@browndailyherald.com.

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of the process. Todd Lipcon ’07, the light designer forBrownbrokers’ upcoming production of “Psyche” andsound designer for the mainstage production of“Measure for Measure,” has an elaborate computerizedlighting plan detailing the roughly 150 lights that heplans to hang next week for “Psyche,” which opens Dec.2.

The light plan includes an image representing eachindividual light with its own unit number, its size, colorand position. In addition to sample light colors, Lipconhas a board of costume samples to guide him in hischoices.

He explained that it is essential to coordinate theseaspects of the production because lighting is “aresponse to the scene. … It’s artsy.” He said lightingrequires plenty of trial and error before the lights cancomplement and enhance what is on stage. Lipcon alsosaid that for “Psyche,” which requires a challenging setdesign, “we don’t have the budget to make an entireunderworld, so it’s pretty much up to the lighting tochange it from Olympus to the underworld to Athens.”

Erica Rotstein ’06, who is currently serving as co-stage manager for “Psyche,” spends six days a week,four hours each day at rehearsals, a time commitmentnot even required of all actors. In addition to thatrehearsal time, the stage manager is also responsible forcoming early to set up, locking up at night, attendingmeetings and handling any unforeseen problems thatarise. In the week before a show goes up, Rotstein said,“I basically live in the theater.”

For a director, Rotstein said, the time commitmentcannot be quantified because the “director is literallythinking about this 24 hours a day.”

Immerwahr said that as a stage manager, he wouldexpect to be at rehearsal from 7 to 11 p.m. every nightexcept Saturday and put in an additional hour of workoutside of that scheduled time.

Rebecca Mintz ’08, who has been helping out withthe set and lights for “Psyche,” estimated that shespends 6-8 hours a week on the work.

The artists don’t seem to mind the time commitment,though. “I love being at rehearsal every night,” Rotsteinsaid, adding, “It is stressful — I never know what’s goingto come at me on a given evening.” Rotstein said sheparticularly enjoys the opportunity to see the evolutionand “ins and outs” of a production. “I love watching ithappen from this end,” she said.

Students involved in technical theater said shows arealways in need of more technical staff — even thosewith no experience. “It’s so easy to get involved,”Immerwahr said. “People are begging you.” He pointedto the “sheer amount of shows” each year — estimatesrange from 40 to 80, including productions by Sock andBuskin, Production Workshop, Musical Forum andother groups. In many cases, students with no priorexperience can be trained as they go along, he said.Production Workshop offers support in the form ofassistant positions, apprenticeships and mentors, headded.

Technical theater artists at Brown appreciate theopportunity to shift back and forth between differentpositions, experiencing time both on stage and behindit. “Brown is extraordinary at teaching people how tobecome well-rounded theater artists, not just actors,”Immerwahr said.

He said actors with experience in technical theaterhave an advantage when they enter the theater worldoutside Brown — when working as actors, they are ableto communicate more effectively with crew members,and when not acting, they still have a wide range ofoptions for careers in theater.

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through a process of trial anderror.

“It’s easier as a coach to pullsomeone back than to have to dragthem along,” Gregorek said. “It’s allpart of that drive you need to suc-ceed.”

In that sense, Gaudette andTarpy do have more in common —they have the same competitivedrive.

“I think that they even tend tocompete in workouts,” Gregoreksaid. “But they help each other outand feed off each other, even if it’sunspoken.”

Due to his ability to balance allfacets of collegiate life and still putthe team first, Tarpy was voted asthis year’s captain by his team-mates, and he takes it all in stride.

His trademark is a worn, tie-dyed Maine t-shirt that he wearson runs almost daily. Even ininclement weather, the bright-green pattern is proudly on displayover warmer clothes. Its presenceat practice is standard, and there issomething lacking when it is not apart of the pack. And, much likeTarpy, it has consistently broughtenergy to the team through the

years.Despite his loud shirt, Tarpy

chooses to lead the team by exam-ple rather than fiery speeches. Hetries to pass down what he haslearned from the runners beforehim.

“The team is the most impor-tant part of my life here at Brown,”Tarpy said. “It is about all of theupperclassmen passing down atti-tudes of dedication to the youngerguys.”

He’s known to be good-natured,which is a necessity in order to livein an apartment with three othermale distance runners.Housemate Eamonn O’Connor ’05explains that Tarpy’s casual atti-tude makes him easier to live with.

“He’s not exactly one to volun-teer to do the dishes, and heshould probably stay out of thekitchen,” said O’Connor. “But justlike in running, when things needto be done, he gets them done.”

And Tarpy and Gaudette knewhow to get things done this fall.The last time Brown had two indi-vidual qualifiers for the NCAANational meet was 1987.

“They’ve gone back and forthall season,” Gregorek said. “But Iexpect them both to come out ofnationals as All-Americans.”

Gregorek knows that both havegiven everything to the team and

that this week will be their reward. “It would be selling us short to

say that Jeff thinks of nothing buthis running and that I don’t care,”Tarpy said. “We’re more than that.We care too much about the teamto be just that. Because I know Ican go on 14-milers and think ofnothing but cross country and thatthere is much more to Jeff thanrunning.”

Twenty teammates will anx-iously wait in Providence to hearnews of Gaudette and Tarpy’s race.It will be thoughts of those menthat are in the front of their mindswhen the gun goes off.

“Running at Brown is not aboutrunning for yourself,” Gaudettesaid. “It’s about running for yourcoach and your teammates, peo-ple I consider family. Pat and Ihave the honor to represent them,so we will do our best to makethem proud.”

So on Monday they will raceone last time as cross countryteammates. They began these lastfour years at the same point, andnow they will fittingly end ittogether. Sometimes they just tookdifferent roads along the way.

Herald staff writer Jilane Rodgers’06 covers men’s cross country. Shecan be reached atherald@browndailyherald.com

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questionable — we weren’t reallysure if the programs were going tobe able to continue,” she said.

“I don’t publicize it far andwide, because I like to make itavailable first to students who areeligible for work study, so they canuse their hours to put toward their300-hour obligation toAmeriCorps,” DeCesare added.“This is for off-campus work-study only.”

Maggie Grove, executive direc-tor of Rhode Island CampusCompact, runs Scholarships forService, a part-time AmeriCorpsprogram accessible for studentsenrolled in college. Grove saidbecause the program’s currentgrant was awarded under theadministration of PresidentGeorge W. Bush, she expects thelevel of funding to remain stable.Campus Compact is a collabora-tion of more than 900 universitiesand college presidents dedicatedto advocating the civic duties ofhigher education. President Ruth

Simmons is a member of CampusCompact.

Last year, AmeriCorps mem-bership was capped at 50,000,Scott said. “We had a difficult yearin 2003, and we were very gratefulto turn around very quickly with arecord budget,” he said. “Webelieve that was a sign of thegrowing recognition of the valueof AmeriCorps to communitiesand to our nation.”

City Year, an affiliated programfocused on sending volunteers tourban environments, has sufferedhuge setbacks after the budgetcuts in the summer of 2003, saidElizabeth Winangun, recruitmentdirector of Rhode Island City Year.The organization had only 40positions funded in 2004 and2003, a sharp decrease from theprevious number of 69, Winangunsaid.

Despite overall AmeriCorpsgrowth, Winangun said shebelieves City Year will suffer in thelong term because of Bush’semphasis on channeling federalfunds to faith-based groups.“Bush prefers funding faith-basedorganizations, so that takes awayfrom organizations that may havebeen funded for a long time, but

aren’t faith-based,” she said. “I find that a lot of faith-based

organizations have AmeriCorpsfunding which they didn’t havebefore, which is taking away fromorganizations who have a recordof success, and may instead begoing to some programs whodon’t have experience runningAmeriCorps programs,”Winangun said.

Benjamin acknowledged thatthe emphasis of national commu-nity service has changed, but hepointed out that the one faith-based AmeriCorps program run-ning in Rhode Island ended thisyear. The Bush administrationfavors programs that mirror itspriorities, he said, not specificallyfaith-based programs.

“After the pause, when fundingwas restored, it was tied to thingslike homeland security,”Benjamin said.

Nationally, Scott said,AmeriCorps is one of the largestemployers of college graduates.“Since Sept. 11 we’ve seen a surgeof interest in AmeriCorps on col-lege campuses,” he said. “We’regrateful so many college gradu-ates have answered the call toservice.”

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Bears’ sixth man at the GuardiansClassic, chipping in with 11points against Missouri. TheBears will carry six other fresh-men, all of whom Forte describedas very talented. “Once the fresh-men realize how good they canbe, we should have a very goodseason,” Forte said.

Miller returns to the Bears’

bench for his sixth season. Hisresume at Brown includes fourconsecutive winning seasons anda National InvitationalTournament appearance in 2003,the Bears’ second postseasonappearance ever. He was alsonamed the insider.com IvyLeague Coach of the Year in 2003after the Bears posted a 12-2record in Ivy games.

As is typically the case,Princeton and Penn are the pre-season favorites in the IvyLeague. Those two teams took

the top two spots in the presea-son Ivy League media poll, inwhich Brown was ranked fourth,just behind Yale. To have a shot atknocking off the “two P’s,”Brown’s underclassmen will needto develop quickly.

Brown takes a short road triptonight to play the University ofRhode Island at 7:30 p.m. Thesquad’s home opener is sched-uled for Dec. 3 at 7 p.m., when theBears play defending AmericaEast Conference championBinghamton University.

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respectively. She is also a three-point threat, having hit 19 last year.

“(She) must be really consistentas a rebounder,” Burr said. “Shemust have a big year for us.”

Perhaps the biggest unknownfor the Bears is that of co-captainAndrea Conrad ’05, who appearsto be fully recovered from a seriesof injuries that forced her to missall of last season. A forward whoscored over 1,000 points in highschool, Conrad has yet to have aninjury-free season, but if she stayshealthy this season, she could becapable of producing someimpressive numbers.

“It is great to have her back,”Hayes said. “She helps (Robertson)out a lot on the boards. She is agreat leader, and her spirit andenergy are needed.”

With an established interiorgame, the Bears will rely onColleen Kelly ’06 to be their mainthreat from behind the arc. Kelly,whom Burr calls the team’sunsung hero, was Brown’s bestlong-range option last year, sink-ing 22 of her 78 attempts. Thisyear, the Bears hope to add anadditional three-point threat inadidas All-American AmyHunckler ’08, who set the record ather high school for most three-pointers in a year, with 67.

With defense being the maincreed of Burr’s style of coaching, itcomes as little surprise that theBears were the stingiest team in

the Ivies in terms of both oppo-nents’ field goal percentage andscoring. Given that past success,the Bears will continue to focus onshutting down opponents withtheir active and physical defense.

“What gives us confidence isour defense,” Burr said. “We havethe depth to pressure the ball. Thisteam believes in defense, andwhen you believe in something, itis going to happen.”

The Bears also like to confusetheir opponents by changingschemes constantly throughoutthe game.

“We do that so teams don’tknow what we are going to throwat them,” Hayes said. “We canmatch up with any team very well.We play good one-versus-onedefense as well as excellent helpdefense.”

To complement the returningveterans, Burr has brought in afirst-year class with a great deal ofpotential. In addition to Hunckler,Bruno welcomes guard AnneO’Neal ’08. An accomplished scor-er who averaged over 20 points pergame in high school, O’Neal wasnamed the Georgia Gatorade HighSchool Player of the year for bas-ketball her junior year and for soft-ball in her senior year.

With such a deep and experi-enced roster, Burr has put togethera tough schedule for this team,beginning with tonight’s gameagainst the defending Atlantic-10champion Temple University. TheOwls, who are coming off an NCAAtournament bid, will tip off againstthe Bears at 7 p.m. at the PizzitolaSports Center.

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tain Edward Young ’05, one ofthe factors that has enabledBrown to enjoy its success thisseason is the team chemistry.

“Our team is meshing reallywell,” Young said. “There are alot of people who are goodenough to sail, but the fact isthat we are all there as a team.It’s so easy on so many teams tocompete against each other, tosee who gets to sail on the bigregatta, but we are all about put-ting that past us and it’s workingout great.”

And of course, it helps thatthe team has a throng of skilledsailors.

“Everyone can go out thereand perform, not just two orthree boats,” Young said.

The team has seen muchimprovement over the past fewyears, which can be traced to thearrival of Head Coach JohnMollicone. In 1999, Molliconecame to Brown to coach boththe co-ed and women’s teams.

“Before John, the previouscoach didn’t really take thingsseriously. John has upped the

level of intensity,” Ward said.“When he started we were luckyto have four or five boats in thewater for practice, and now wehave 18 or 19. And every sailoron the team has been recruitedby him.”

For years before Mollicone’sarrival, the team rarely brokeinto the top 20 in national rank-ings.

“We wouldn’t be anywhere ifit weren’t for what John did forthe team,” Hale said. “He notonly put us back on the map, butback on the top of the pile.”

Last year the sailing team sawequal success, with the co-edteam finishing the fall seasonranked third in the nation andthe women’s team finishingranked first.

This year, the women’s teamcontinued its excellence andfinished ranked third amidheavy competition.

In the final fall regatta, thewomen’s team competed at theAtlantic Coast Championships.After a third-place finish,behind host College ofCharleston and Yale, thewomen’s team dropped from itsprevious No. 2 ranking to No. 3.

With only four team mem-bers, the women’s team does not

have the same personnel luxuryafforded to the co-ed squad, atleast not in competition.

“We all practice together,”said Annie Davidson ’05 of theco-ed and women’s team. “Asour co-ed team is getting betterthey push us at practice, so (ourperformances) are an entire-team effort.”

During the season, the teamspractice four days a week at theEdgewood Yacht Club inCranston.

Last weekend’s action markedthe end of the fall season, andthe teams will be back in actionin mid-February, or as soon asthe water thaws.

With talent spread out acrossthe classes, the team hopes to beable to stay on top for a while,but the competition will not getany easier — the co-ed team willhave the most difficult schedulein college sailing for the nextyear.

Herald sports editor Ian Cropp’05 can be reached atherald@browndailyherald.com.

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D A N I E L L A W L O R

Diamonds and coalA diamond to biology professor Ken Miller ’70 for defendingevolution to the citizens of Cobb County, Ga., who appear to bestuck in Dayton, Tenn., circa 1925. But a sticker to creation sci-ence, because students should really be allowed to hear bothsides of the contentious debate on the “theory.”

Speaking of the reality-based community, a diamond to localreporter Jim Taricani, who was found guilty Thursday of con-tempt for refusing to reveal a source for stories relating to thePlunder Dome scandal. We bet Buddy could have kept you outof prison — too bad your journalistic integrity helped put himthere.

Coal to living under pyramids on the East Side — after all, someof our buildings were built by slaves. But a diamond to the LifeSciences Building, which resembles not pyramids but Legoland,which was built by Danes.

Coal to the Public Theater of New York City for stealing awayOskar Eustis, artistic director of the Trinity Repertory Companyand professor of English. But a diamond to the theater’s serviceto New York, which will only be enhanced by the arrival of thegreatest facial hair not to appear on Name That Beard.

A diamond to the 15,000 bunnies that took over the ConventionCenter this week for the American Rabbit Breeders AssociationNational Convention. Another diamond to the poor soul whohas to clean up after those wascally wabbits.

Ask President Ruth Simmons to tell you about the time she gotstuck in a boat in the middle of a lake. Man, that story will beworth a thousand diamonds.

A cubic zirconium to Undergraduate Council of StudentsPresident Joel Payne ’05. By securing concessions for studentgroups from Brown First, he came through on one of his twomajor campaign promises. But “Mission 50 percent accom-plished” just doesn’t have that presidential ring to it.

Diamonds to students who play poker on campus and runnaked through the libraries. You’re what make Brown the 61st-best university in the world.

Ultimately, a diamond to penultimania.

Transfers also lose out in housing, advisingTo the Editor:

As has been illustrated by the numerious articlesand letters, financial aid for transfer and ResumedUndergraduate Education students is a blemish onthe University’s record (“Shah clarifies his opinion ontransfer aid,” Nov. 18). However, it should be notedthat the designation of second-class student extendsbeyond financial aid.

Sophomore transfer students are routinely placedin freshmen dorms. I personally was placed in a triplelounge in Andrews. Moreover, I didn’t know where Iwas living or who I was living with until the day Iarrived on campus.

Furthermore, transfers are not privileged to thesame advising system that first-years are. Transfersdo not have Meiklejohns or Curricular AdvisingProgram advisors. Some transfers are not assigned asingle advisor, period.

Finally, transfer students are given a makeshift ori-entation program. Through no fault of the coordina-tors, the transfer orientation program is just notbacked by the same resources that the freshmen ori-entation is.

All of the above aspects speak to a systemic prob-lem rooted deep in many university structures. Thislack of attention and resources for transfer studentssubstantially hampers transfer students’ ability tointegrate academically and socially. So when youcannot recoup $36,000 in lost aid, are given a meagerorientation program, are placed in a triple in a fresh-men dorm and have no supporting advising struc-ture, it’s hard to get excited about the “Brown experi-ence.”

Sachin Shah ’05Nov. 18

To the Editor:

Sarah Bowman’s ’05 apprehension toward JohnAshcroft’s successor, Alberto Gonzales, is wellfounded based on his history of selective enforce-ment of law, as well as his support of tactics thatblur the line between torture and interrogation(“Maintaining the status quo,” Nov. 18).

Some Democrats, including Sen. CharlesSchumer, D-N.Y., have expressed relief thatGonzales doesn't seem to be as radical as his pred-ecessor. Schumer said: “It’s encouraging the presi-dent has chosen someone less polarizing. We willhave to review his record very carefully, but I can

tell you already he’s a better candidate than JohnAshcroft.”

It’d be extremely dangerous to the best interestsof America for Democratic congressional leader-ship to rubber-stamp Gonzales’ nomination with-out a full investigation of his record. Gonzales maynot be as openly radical as Ashcroft, but his recordraises serious questions about his commitment toAmerican ideals of law and justice.

Tristan Freeman ’07Nov. 17

Column about Gonzales on the mark

C O R R E C T I O N S

A photograph accompanying an article on the men’s hockey team in Wednesday’s paper was erroneouslyattributed. It was taken by Herald staff photographer Ashley Hess.

An article in Thursday’s paper (“Awareness of crimes is up, but crime rate same as last year”) incorrectlyreported that the Department of Public Safety would hold a safety presentation on Nov. 25. That presen-tation actually occurred on Nov. 15.

OPINIONSTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2004 · PAGE 7

I am against gay marriage. To be fair, I am againstmarriage in general, when we’re talking about a gov-ernment-sanctioned institution. The governmentdoesn’t do christenings. I don’t recall having to fill outa form at a county office before my bar mitzvah. Therehas never been a funeral approved by a state official.

Today, 217 years after the U.S. government was for-bidden from enacting any law “respecting an estab-lishment of religion,” the state is still overseeing a reli-gious rite. In the passionate debate over the definitionof marriage, Americans must ask themselves if theirgovernment should be in the marriage business at all.

The time is right for a compromise. As homosexual-ity rapidly becomes acceptable within mainstreamvalues, the push to specifically deny rights to gay andlesbian Americans is increasingly limited to religiousfundamentalists who treat every word of the Bible asunquestionable truth.

While these fundamentalists must not be underes-timated in either numbers or loudness, they areunquestionably on the margins.

Vice President Dick Cheney has long supportedequal rights for homosexual couples who wish to forma legal union. Recently, even President Bush, the mostconservative president in three generations,announced, “I don’t think we should deny peoplerights to a civil union, a legal arrangement.”

So what is holding up the equal protection for allcitizens guaranteed by the 14th Amendment, a guar-antee which would surely apply to gay Americans asmuch as it does to African-Americans?

The government’s job is to uphold individual rights,

not religious institutions. State governments shouldleave the practice of marriage and all its baggage tochurches, synagogues and mosques. Instead, theyshould simply issue the same basic guarantee of rights— call it a civil union or any other name — to everycouple that applies for one. For most Americans, themarriage process would be very much the same as it istoday: a stop to fill out a civil contract and then a cer-emony at the religious institution of one’s choice.

Religions that don’t want to recognize the unionswould be under no obligation to do so.

The idea would be controversial at first, simplybecause it would require a change in citizens’ com-prehension of government’s place in their lives. Butsuch changes have been made before, as recently asthe 1980s, with the large-scale deregulation of indus-try.

If Americans can deal with airline overexpansionand power grid failures, they can deal with a govern-ment that no longer meddles with religion.

This process starts, of course, right here in theOcean State. Roger Williams, Rhode Island’s founder,didn’t just practice freedom of religion. He invented it.

With Vermont and Massachusetts already guaran-teeing equal protection to all their citizens andConnecticut poised to do the same, Rhode Islandcould become an island of intolerance in the midst ofprogress.

Instead, we should grab the mantle of moderationand start a movement that fulfills the promise of equalrights while actually providing bonuses for both trueconservatives and religious fundamentalists. The con-servatives would see a smaller government, and thefundamentalists would see more moral authorityceded directly to churches.

The best way to prevent government from tamper-ing with religion is to thoroughly separate the two.The colonists of Roger Williams’ Rhode Island weren’tanti-religion; in fact, in many cases they were muchmore religious than their counterparts elsewhere.They simply understood that the state should nottamper with the affairs of the church. Religious insti-tutions should be responsible for the moral implica-tions of human actions; government should beresponsible for the implementation of human rights.

Ethan Ris ’05 is a political science concentrator.

Last week the Brown Real Estate Investment Cluband the Entrepreneurship Program co-hosted a paneldiscussion about the planned GTech headquarters tobe built in the heart of downtown Providence. GTechrecently agreed to move its world headquarters fromWest Greenwich to Providence in exchange for a gen-erous package of tax breaks as well as a 20-year exclu-sive contract to operate the state’s lottery.

The GTech project will be the largest and most sig-nificant development in the downtown area in morethan a decade. The proposed 12-story building willoccupy a parcel on the corner of Francis Street andMemorial Boulevard, part of the Capital CenterSpecial Development District, a 77-acre developmentzone located in front of Providence Place Mall anddown the street from the State House.

The building itself, designed by Spagnolo, Gisnessand Associates, will be a sleek structure made of glassand metal designed to integrate with the surroundingpedestrian area as well as create a new retail corridor.

Last week’s event brought key players in the GTechdevelopment to campus for a discussion about theproject and its impact on the Providence community.The panel itself included Dick Galvin, president andfounder of Commonwealth Ventures; Al Spagnolo,principal and co-founder of Spagnolo, Gisness andAssociates, Inc.; John Gilroy, project executive forGilbane Building Co.; and Erik Dyson, senior directorof real estate at GTech.

Dyson began the discussion by explaining how theproject was conceived. When GTech Holdings Corp,an international gaming and lottery corporation,decided to relocate its world headquarters, it nar-rowed its list of cities down to Boston and Providence.Ultimately, the state of Rhode Island and the city ofProvidence offered a more attractive deal, includingstate and city tax breaks topping $8 million in addi-tion to a 20-year no-bid lottery contract (about fourtimes longer than the typical contract). Once the dealto bring GTech to Providence was finalized, the next

step was finding and assembling all the pieces neces-sary to construct and operate a building large enoughto accommodate its needs. GTech expressed no inter-est in owning the building, because real estate is out-side of its core business. Therefore, it foundCommonwealth Ventures LLC, which, in associationwith USAA Real Estate Co., agreed to finance andmanage the building.

The panel described the complicated process of

getting approval for the planned building from boththe Capital Center Commission and a myriad of otherstate and local agencies.

Architect Al Spagnolo described how the approvalprocess altered the design of the building by takinginto account the various concerns of committeemembers and Providence residents.

Yet despite the developers’ willingness to alter theirplan to meet the demands of the community, not allProvidence residents are pleased with the design ofthe GTech headquarters. Some have criticized thebuilding’s design for its use of materials that seem outof place in historic downtown Providence.

Some residents, most notably the father of MayorDavid Cicilline ’83, have complained that the modernaesthetic of the building will not fit in with the moretraditional architecture in downtown Providence.

However, the building’s design was received warm-ly by most Brown students in attendance. JoshuaKoplewicz ’05 likened the design of the new GTechheadquarters to other architectural landmarks: “Thebuilding’s design is evocative of the great office build-ings of the international style, such as the LeverHouse. It’s distinctly different from anything thatexists in Providence, and thusly I think it’s a welcomeaddition to the community.”

Despite departing from Providence’s architecturaltradition, GTech’s development will positively affectthe downtown landscape. Robert Reichley, a memberof the design committee and previously an executivevice president of public affairs and external relationsat Brown, points out, “We should have the courage todesign and build buildings that have the language ofour time — a modern language.”

Reichley is right. The city and residents ofProvidence should learn to embrace the virtues ofmodernity while simultaneously respecting and pre-serving the traditions of its past.

By all accounts, the panel was a tremendous suc-cess. In addition to the explanation of real estatedevelopment logistics, the panel offered bits of indus-try wisdom, such as when Galvin noted: “The realmoney is made in filling up the last 10 percent (of thebuilding’s occupancy).”

After the formal presentation, the featured guestsfielded questions about the design, the obstacles theyencountered while soliciting the approval of numer-ous committees and the intended use of the retailspace and the two commercial floors not being occu-pied by GTech.

The panel received thunderous applause andpromised to keep the best interests of Providence andBrown in mind throughout the construction of thecity’s newest $80 million skyscraper.

Alex Bernstein ’05 is on the executive board of theBrown Real Estate Club.

Leave marriage to the church

The company’s

new headquarters

will help both Brown

and greater Providence.

Prevent government

from interfering

with religion by

separating the two.

GTech’s investment in Providence

ETHAN RIS

GUEST COLUMN BY ALEX BERNSTEIN

BY JILANE RODGERSBrown’s top two distance runnersappear strikingly similar onpaper.

Jeff Gaudette ’05 and captainPatrick Tarpy ’05 enrolled atBrown after being recruitedbecause of their successful highschool careers in small towns inMaine. On their resumes, eachlists the honor of making first-team All-Ivy twice in cross coun-try and concentrations in histori-cal fields, though Tarpy prefersmodern Europea to Gaudette’sancient Egypt and Greece. Bothsport the clean-cut look mandat-ed by Head Cross Country CoachJohn Gregorek. Most recently,they qualified as individuals tocompete at the NCAA Nationalrace Monday in Terre Haute, Ind.

That may be where the similar-ities end.

While both have dedicated thepast four years of their lives to thecross country and track teams,they have taken differentapproaches to achieving theirgoals. “They’re different in someof their personality traits,”Gregorek said. “Jeff is sort of strictwith his routines, and Pat tends tobe a little more relaxed.”

Gaudette admits he tends to beintroverted and a little on theobsessive side when it comes torunning. He follows a daily sched-ule so precise that it rivals that ofmost correctional facilities, andhis post-run training room rou-tines would cause most psycholo-

gists to diagnose him with obses-sive-compulsive disorder.Spending up to two hours in theweight and training rooms doinghis now infamous ritual can betime-consuming, but for him, therewards outweigh any negatives.

“I know where people are com-ing from when they think I’mover-the-top, because not every-one understands the competitivenature and drive I have for run-

ning,” Gaudette said. “But thenthey also can’t understand how Ifeel after a good race. There’s nogreater joy for me than givingeverything I have to this team.”

Gaudette said he was forcedinto running when his highschool basketball coach cut himfrom the team in order to makehim join the track team. While heinitially fought the decision, sevenyears later, he cannot imagine life

without it.“After graduation I want to run

for an elite development club andtrain for the 2008 Olympics,”Gaudette said.

With Gaudette always lookingto improve, it has been a lesson inpatience for both him andGregorek. Over the years theyhave learned how to compromise

SPORTS FRIDAYTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD

NOVEMBER 19, 2004 · PAGE 8

BY IAN CROPPNot many teams at Brown canclaim they are the best in thenation. After the club co-ed sail-ing team finished in first placeat the Atlantic Coast DinghyChampionship last weekend atMIT, it can lay stake to this claimas the team garnered the num-ber-one ranking in SailingWorld’s College SailingRankings. The women’s teamfinished an impressive third.

“We were really excited, to saythe least,” said Richard Hale ’06.“It’s the sort of thing we all knewwe could do, and we were wait-ing for the opportunity to do it.”

Prior to the recent top billing,the team had been ranked No. 4,but it dominated just aboutevery competition this fall.

One week before the AtlanticChampionship, the team wonthe Thames River Race at theUniversity of Connecticut andwent on to win the Shell Trophyat MIT.

“It took a while for us to getstarted this fall,” Hale said. “Wehad to shake some of the bugsout in September, but after thesecond week in October, wehaven’t lost an event.”

At the AtlanticChampionships, the Bears racedthree 420-class boats with afemale and male team memberin each boat. According to cap-

BY BEN MILLERAfter losing three highly toutedseniors, the women’s basketballteam has some big holes to fillcoming into this season.However, with a continuedemphasis on defense, coupledwith an effective inside-outsidegame, the Bears are looking toimprove on last year’s 16-11record and finish in the top twoof the Ivy League for the thirdconsecutive year.

The look of this year’s teamwill be very different withoutNyema Mitchell ’04, TanaraGolston ’04 and MirandaCraigwell ’04 on the court forthe Bears. The team leader inscoring and blocked shots,Mitchell was one of only fourplayers in Brown’s history toscore 1,000 points and grab 700rebounds. Golston was a prolif-ic floor leader, breaking the Ivyrecord for most assists in a sea-son with 188. Craigwell provid-ed the intangibles, leading theBears as a captain for three sea-sons, and always provided thedefensive stop when needed.

“It was a very athletic classwith a lot of experience,” saidHead Coach Jean Marie Burr.“They combined well onassists, rebounds and defense.Now we have players that need

to step up in roles that are moreresults-oriented.”

Two players who havealready produced for the Bearsin the past but will need to takean increased load this year areSarah Hayes ’06 and HollyRobertson ’05. A quick andtenacious defender andrebounder, Hayes excels at driv-ing to the basket and finishingin the lane. She earned honor-able mention All-Ivy last year,leading the Bears in reboundsand steals, and was fourth inscoring. The former Ivy LeagueRookie of the Year is becoming abigger leader on and off thecourt as she takes on pointguard and captain’s duties.

“Being the floor general isimportant,” Hayes said.“Communicating and makingsure everyone knows what isgoing on at all times is my mainjob.”

At 6’5”, Robertson towersover many opposing centers.She uses her size to her advan-tage on defense to clog the lane,and she arcs baby hooks farabove defenders on offense.Robertson was second on theteam in rebounds and third inscoring per game at 6.6 and 11,

Sailing earnsnumber-oneranking

Men’s cagers among youngest in country

Nick Neely / Herald

Jeff Gaudette ’05 and Patrick Tarpy ’05 (bottom far right) have paced the men’s cross country team allseason.They will compete as individuals at the NCAA Championships on Monday on Terre Haute, Ind.

Tarpy ’05 and Gaudette ’05 could not bemore different despite same success

Success for w. basketballwill ride on new leaders

see CROSS COUNTRY, page 4

see W. B-BALL, page 5

BY SHAUN MCNAMARAComing off of two consecutivesecond-place finishes in the IvyLeague, the men’s basketballteam is looking to raise a champi-onship banner at the PizzitolaCenter for the first time since1986. But to capture that elusiveIvy title, the Bears are counting onthe fast development of one of theyoungest teams in NCAA DivisionI basketball.

Head Coach Glen Miller’s teamhas just two upperclassmen in co-captains Jason Forte ’05 and LukeRuscoe ’06, and six sophomoresand seven first-years fill out theroster. The team graduatedstarters Jamie Kilburn ’04, PatrickPowers ’04 and Mike Martin ’04,leaving a large load on the shoul-ders of a group of mostlyunproven underclassmen.

Forte will direct the Bears’offense when he returns from asuspension stemming from analtercation in a preseason prac-tice. Last season’s Ivy LeaguePlayer of the Year led the leaguewith 21.4 points and 5.8 assistsduring Ivy play, becoming the firstplayer to do so in the Ivy League.

Forte also has a shot at anotherpiece of Ivy history. With 10 winsthis season, other than Princetonand Penn, Brown will be the onlyteam to win 40 games in a four-year span since Columbia did soin 1968-1971; Forte has been theonly member of the team for all

four years. For Brown to be suc-cessful this season, Forte needs tobe on top of his game.

“This is my fourth year in theprogram, so I know the physicaldemands of the season,” Fortesaid. “The key to another success-ful season for me will be stayingfocused.”

While Ruscoe started all 27games last year, his role will bemore significant this season, as heis expected to be one of the topscorers and rebounders on theteam. If the first two games of theseason are any indication,Ruscoe is up to the challenge. Hescored 14 points and grabbed 10rebounds in the team’s seasonopener against the University ofMissouri and followed up with acareer-high 25 points againstSam Houston State University.

Ruscoe is also strong ondefense — he was fourth in theIvies with 1.6 steals per game lastseason. “I’m still expecting tocontribute in all aspects of thegame, but on the offensive endI’ll be more aggressive,” Ruscoesaid.

A strong supporting cast ofunderclassmen will aid Ruscoeand Forte. Sam Manhanga ’07and P.J. Flaherty ’07 are expectedto be regular fixtures in the start-ing lineup. Manhanga earnednine starts last season andrecorded a career-high 20 pointsagainst Maine Fort-Kent on his

way to being named the IvyLeague Rookie of the Week for theweek of December 1, 2003.Flaherty contributed in manycrucial Ivy League games last sea-son.

“P.J. and I have both improveda lot since last year. We’re startingto play very well together,”Manhanga said.

Marcus Becker ’07 has startedat point guard in Forte’s absenceand will still see plenty of min-utes when Forte returns. Becker,a tremendous athlete, saw actionin all 27 games last year andlogged nearly 20 minutes pergame.

Miller will also rely on a talent-ed class of seven first-years. “I’mconfident that our first-year play-ers will be able to pick up our sys-tem and make significant contri-butions throughout the season,”Miller said.

Several first-years have alreadycontributed to the Bears’ attack.In his collegiate debut, DamonHuffman ’08 earned a spot in thestarting five and scored 16 pointsagainst Missouri, converting fiveof his seven attempts frombehind the arc. Huffman’s broth-er Trevor led Kent StateUniversity to the Elite Eight in2001 and is currently playingoverseas.

Adolphe Coulibaly ’08 was the

see M. B-BALL, page 4

see SAILING, page 5