The Johns Hopkins University News-Letter, Volume 107, Number 20 (2003 March 20)

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VWOLUMEA CVII,R Issue 20 ON IRAQ P BUBLISEHED SGINCE I1896 NBY TSHE ST,UDENT S OF HTHE UJOHNS SHopkISNs UNEIVERSIITY N TARGETEMarcDu 20, 2003
Protestors plan
emergency rally
BY JULIANNA FINELLI “not in our name.” With enough dis-
| THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LetTer senting voices, Harrow feels “policy
might be reversed.”
With the news of President George Chris Powers, one oft he speakers
W. Bush’s order to attack Iraq at Monday’s rally, said the planned
Wednesday night, Hopkins’ anti-war demonstration is “clearly not going
| coalition prepared to implement its to stop the bombs from falling, but
plans for an emergency demonstra- can prevent them from falling with-
tion Thursday in front of the Milton out protest.”
S. Eisenhower Library, followed by a “We hope to add our voices to the
march to the War Memorial on North millions worldwide who want to reg-
Gay Street for a citywide protest. ister their opposition to an unjust
Joe Harrow, a member oft he coa- war,” said Powers.
lition, reported Wednesday night that Powers also suggested that pro-
phone calls were going out to protest tests might “raise the political cost of
organizers confirming that the emer- war.”
gency protest would take place Thurs- In his speech on Monday, Powers
day. The coalition, along with any read the poem “The New Colossus”
other interested students, faculty and by Jewish immigrant Emma Lazarus,
staff, will convene at3 p.m. in front of which described the Statue of Liberty
the MSE Library. They will depart at as “a mighty woman with a torch”
4 p.m. and march to the War Memo- from whose “beacon-hand glows
rial, located at 101 N. Gay St., where a world-wide welcome.” According to
protest is scheduled for 6 p.m. Powers, Lazarus was contrasting the
Erica Schoenberg, a professor in Colossus of Rhodes, “which [she]
| the Humanities department who read as a symbol ofm ilitarism,” with
ee by se emceed last Monday’s anti-war the Statue of Liberty, which she saw
STEVE HELBER/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS rally, announced that if war began as “a symbol of American anti-impe-
Ordnance specialists load an AIM-120 AMRAAM missile onto a rack next toa set of JDAM bombs, at right, which will be loaded on an F/A-18 hornet, before noon on any given day, the rialism.”
on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk in the Gulf.
‘We will accept no outcome but victory protest events would take place that Powers wrote another poem, en-
day. If war was not declared until titled “Take Back the Statue of Lib-
after noon, the scheduled events erty: A satire for the new
would take place at the same times Francophobes.”
the following day. “My satirical point is to say we
Since the first strike against Iraq don’t deserve such a symbol, so we
BY RON FOURNIER cials said. There was no indication He spoke as a U.S.-led force of Iraq except to remove a threat. Our took place late Wednesday night, the should give it back,” said Powers.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS whether the attack was successful. 300,000 troops ringed Iraq, ready to forces willbe coming homeas soonas coalition decided to protest Thurs- The poem read, “Take back your
The strikes used Tomahawk cruise launch a ferocious assault to topple their work is done.” day. statue, France, she’s obsolete/We
U.S. ferces launched a strike missiles and precision-guided bombs the Iragi dictator and capture any White House spokesman Ari Harrow said the group will be us- want one with a sword and shield in
against “targets of military opportu- dropped from F-117 Nighthawks, the weapons ofm ass destruction. FleischerhadannouncedBush’s plans | ing the same standards as the larger hand.”
nity” in Iraq, President George W. Air Force’s stealth fighter-bombers, “On my order, coalition forces to speak on short notice. citywide protest. The goal of the pro- Neil Hertz, a professor in the Hu-
Bush said Wednesday night. He de- military officials said. have begun targeting selected targets Fleischer spoke as anti-aircraft fire test, according to Harrow, is to show manities department who spoke at
scribed the action as the opening salvo Bush addressed the nation about of military importance to undermine ConTINUED on Pace A3 dissent and declare that the war is CONTINUED ON PAGE A2
in an operation to “disarm Iraq and two hours after his 8 p.m. EST ulti- Saddam Hussein’s ability to wage
to free its people.” matum for Saddam Hussein to give war,” the president said. “These are JHU finalizes dining changes
Bush spoke after the U.S. military up power. the opening stages of what will be a
struck with cruise missiles and preci- “Now that conflict has come, the broad and concerted campaign.”
sion-guided bombs againsta site near only way to limit its duration is to As he has many times in the run-
Baghdad, where Iraqi leaders were apply decisive force,” Bush said. “We up to war, Bush declared that the
thought to be, U.S. government offi- will accept no outcome but victory.” United States has “no ambition in
BY CLAIRE KOEHLER
Hopkins state funding at risk THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter
The University has finalized plans
for the new dining plan that will be
based on a block and point system
and will be implemented Sept. 2003.
BY JESSICA VALDEZ the fiscal year of 2002 to 2003, setting The governor’s office could not be There will no longer be a 14 or 19
THE JoHNS Hopkins News-LETTER the program back to 1985 levels when reached for comment. meal plan. Instead, students will pick
inflation is considered, said Univer- The House of Delegates has pro- from a variety of options based ona
Johns Hopkins University could sity President William R. Brody. poseda lower 37 percent reduction to block and point system. One block
suffer a loss of up to $9 million if While the governor has not offi- the program, and the final cuts willbe will equal one meal while one point
Governor Robert Ehrlich passes his cially announced his proposed 50 announced after the House adjourns will equal one dollar.
proposed cut of 50 percent to the Jo- percent reduction, it became public in approximately three weeks, said Theblocks, which can only beused
seph A. Sellinger Program, astate pro- several weeks ago andis being treated Brody. | for residential dining, will expire at
gram that provides public funds to by the University as a legitimate pro- According to Provost Steven the end of a semester as opposed to
private colleges and universities. posal, said Linda Robertson, vice Knapp, the University has already every week, and the points will expire
This cut would be on top of the president of government communi- absorbed the anticipated one third at the end oft he school year.
program’s 13 percent reduction for cations and public affairs. CONTINUED ON AGE A4 As opposed to J-Cash, the points
can onlyb e used like cash to purchase
Levering Market to have makeover meals at Sodexho retail venues, such
GRAPHIC BY RAPHAEL SCHWEBER-KOREN/NEWS-LETTER
as the Depot, The Marketplace at Le-
vering and MegaBYTES. The J-Store feedback made available by surveys ues,” she added.
will be closing due toa lack of student and focus groups. This information Under the former meal plan, 19
BY MIKE SPECTOR longer. May, bringing new furniture and five patronage. gave insight into student usage of re- meals per week cost $3,776 dollars
THE Jouns Hopkins News-LetTER The popular destination for lunch new food venues, administrators said. As a result, “the Depot and tail venues and board halls as well as per year and the 14 meal plan
is about to get a makeover. Senior Director of Housing and MegaBYTES will now have more what factors matter to students. amounted to $3,372. Now there are
Students longing for a more excit- Plans to revamp the building’s Dining, Sodexho General Manager items available for students, and with Flexibility and a range of options five plans from which to choose.
ing Levering Hall with better dining lobby and The Marketplace at Lever- Richard Roldan and Dean of Student the new point system students will be were found to be most important fac- Three of these are tailored to fresh-
options won’t have to wait much ing will be put to action sometime in Life Susan Boswell presented the able to spend as much or as little as tors, said Carol Mohr, senior director man: a constant pass and 200 points
planned renovation to the Student they want, instead ofa certain amount of housing and dining services. plan which costs $3,900, a Block 200
Council (StuCo) Tuesday night, and per meal,” said Susan Boswell, Dean “Freshmen tend to choose more tra- meals and 400 points plan which costs
Baseball hits home run off of Widener said the changes would be finished in of Student Life. ditional meal plans, while sopho- $3,700 per year, anda Block 150 meals
time for the start of the fall semester. The new plan is based on student mores make use of more retail ven- CONTINUED ON Pace A2
Levering will be closed over the
summer, while the renovations oc- INSIDE THI SL SOE
cur.
Mohr and Boswell said in inter-
views the project would cost around WHAT? WE’RE NOT INVINCIBLE? CONTENTS
$1 million, though an exact cost has The Men’s Lacrosse team travelled
yet to be determined. to climactically inhospitable and gen-
The University plans to install erally boring Syracuse, New York over
Pete’s Arena Pizza, Salsa Rico and break and they didn’t come back with
Sub Connection in the Marketplace a win. What a waste. Page Al2 Exposure
and coffee shop Jazzman’s Café in the Features
upstairs lobby. Among the venues’ GOT IVY ENVY?
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_ quesadillas at Salsa Rico; and fresh see how to look as preppy as this
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NEWS
Doctor discusses human rights, ethics Oil leak spills into
Wolmandorm |.
a professor at the Bloomberg School need to improve human health in
of Public Health and one ofs ix doc- Baltimore. >
tors to found the humanitarian activ- In regard to PHR, Lawrence said,
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ist group Physicians for Human “We [the medical professionals of BY JESSICA VALDEZ A line of oil dribbled from the
Rights (PHR), discussed his career PHR] were thinking for the first time THE JouNns Hopkins News-LetTTER ceiling onto the room’s bunk béd,
journey from Harvard Medical about what it means to have obliga- |
School to human rights activist in his tions that lie beyond the people we | Students were evacuated from the he said. Then other leaks seeped
talk, “Health and Human Rights: The can touch with our own stetho- seventh floor of Wolman Hall’s east through the ceiling, and the puddle
Struggle for Medical Equity.” scopes.” wing on March 15 after a malfunc- began to leak into the common area
“Tm one of the people who thinks PHR works to enforce human tioning generator caused oil to leak oft he suite. “
Maintenance workers gutted the
that Saddam Hussein is a thug,” rights, ethical standards and equity into room 709B.
Lawrence saidas he discushsies dow n inhealthcareas defined bythe United | “It was a big orange puddle about entireroom, removing the carpet, the
experiences asa medical professional Nations Universal Declaration of 10 feet long and two feet wide,” that drywall and much of the ceiling in the
interviewing war crime victims. “Yet Human Rights of 1948. | extended from the room into the suite room, said Angel. The furniture was
it is with a heavy heart that I watch Lawrence definedhumanrightsas | common area and even leaked alittle moved into either the suite hallwayor
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seventh floor, and several mainte
Kathy Williams, who co-chaired the medical mission statement of enth floor.
the 2002 Voyage and Discovery Lec- PHR, he added that one oft he great- The Housing Office suspects that nance and housing office employees
ture Series and is nowa graduate stu- est debates right now is making the a generator on the roof of Wolman were sent in to evaluate the damage.
dent in the Biotechnology Depart- United States view health care as a overflowed, causing excess oil to leak “A safety officer was brought ip
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BY TERESA MATEJOVSKY “Given the current events today their speakers for the season are re- Lawrence as a candidate for the lec- refilled with oil, said Angel, but in fumes. “
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Unexpectedly falling on the brink junior Stephen McCartney, who co- Trained as an internist, Lawrence Health class during Intersession 2002. | The pipes are located in the ceiling onnade and Homewood for stu-
of President Bush’s order for military chairs this year’s lecture series with was drafted in the Vietnam War to do Habtemariam is also involved with above student rooms, said Angel, dents evacuated from the floor for
action on Iraq, the 2003 Voyage and senior Vinita Takiar. Introducing epidemiological work in El Salvador. the Johns Hopkins Medical School which permitted the leaking oil to the night.
Discovery Lecture series presented a Lawrence, McCartney noted that, “It His humanitarian career as a medical branch of PHR. seep into the seventh floor room. All students were permitted to re-
timely second talk Tuesday night by is important to know where doctors professional began upon returnto the Two lectures remain in the 2003 Sophomore Travis Snow, a resi- turn to their rooms March 16, except
Dr. Robert S. Lawrence. Speaking fit in the scheme [of worldwide United States, when he was recruited Voyage and Discovery Lecture Se- dent of 709B, found the leak at ap- for the residents of 709B, who will be
during President George W. Bush’s eventansd ]whe,re their responsibili- to investigate the disappearance of 15 ries. As is tradition, the series invites proximately 1:30 p.m. when he en- put up in the Hopkins Inn fora week,
final 48-hour warning to Iraqi dicta- ties fall at the international level.” doctors and medical students in the distinguished physicians and scien- | tered his room. “It’s going to take about a week to
tor Saddam Hussein, Lawrence ad- The lecture series openlaest dwe ek civil war-ridden El Salvador of the tists to speak about their personal | “Initially it was just a long line reconstruct the room,” said Angel.
dressed about 40 people in Hodson with a highly-attended talk by re- 1980s. journeys in life and in medicine. Dr. dropping from the corner of the ceil- “A lot of it depends on the diagnosis
Hall on medical ethics and interna- nowned neurosurgeon Dr. Benjamin A similar request to do research in Elizabeth Jaffee, one of few tenured ing, but it got progressively worse,” of the problem.”
tional human rights. Carson. This week, Lawrence, who is the Philippines led to the establish- women professors at the Johns he said. None of the residents’ belongings
ment of PHR in 1986. The commit- Hopkins School of Medicine, will He repeatedly notified Hopkins were damaged from the leak, but
tee, having noted widespread inter- present “From Miceto Menandother Security and maintenance before they Angel said the University plans to
national war crimes, as revealed by Stories” on March 25. Dr. Ronald finally came to his room. reimburse the students for any costs
Student vandalizes torture testimony and interviews of Fishbein, a pre-professional advisor “I was a little surprised that they accrued in washing the oil-contami-
victims’ families, devoted itself to in- at the University, will present “This I didn’t get up here more quickly nated clothes.
| vesting and preventing violations of Have Learned” on April 1. All lec- when I said it was an emergency, In the meantime, Snow is enjoy-
Eddie's Liquors store | international human rights. Since tures are Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. in but I don’t want to make any impli- ing his weeklong sojourn in Hopkins
| then, Lawrence has given Congres- Hodson 210. Additionalinformation, cations on the adequacy oft he sys- Inn.
sional testimony on war crimes and including short biographies of each tem,” said Snow. Whereas the freshmen are house
most recently was awarded the 2002 featured speaker, is available at the Arti came to room 709B when he on the top two floors in Hopkins Inn,
| Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humani- lecture series Web site, http:// heard Snow shouting for help. Snow said he has a real hotel suite
tarianism. He also created the Center www.jhu.edu/~voyage. “[Snow] was trying to catch the with cable and a free breakfast.
BY JULIANNA FINELLI information was written down about | fora Livable Future at the Bloomberg News-Letter staff writer Shruti diesel in his pillow,” said Arti. “I saw “Tt’s not that bad,” he said. “I want
THE JOHNS Hopkins NEws-LETTER Givens himself, nothing was written | School, which addresses the urgent Mathur contributed to this article. it leaking out of the ceiling and called to throw a party here this weekend.”
down about the student who caused |
A Hopkins undergraduate kicked the damage.
in a front window at Eddie’s Liquors According to Officer Dennis Rose- Former Iranian hostage discusses diplomacy .
on Saturday, March 8, causing ap- mary of Hopkins Security, the owner
proximately $300 in damage, accord- of the store had gotten the student’s
ing to store employee Chris Givens. name, and the student “had already
A Hopkins Security officer arrived made arrangements to pay for the
at the store, which is located at 3109 window” when the responding of-
St. Paul St., but the Baltimore City ficer arrived. BY CLAIRE KOEHLER people, Laingen was given no rights
Police Departmenwtas not contacted. Givens said that while the student THE JoHNs Hopkins News-LeTTER as an American citizen.
The Office of the Dean ofS tudent Life did agree to pay for damages, he did | Laingen refered to this time pe-
has yet to make a decision regarding not stop by the store until Wednes- | Former hostage and ambassador riod as his “experience in Terrorism
possible disciplinary action, accord- day, 11 days after the damage oc- to Iran Bruce Laingen spoke on “Ris- 101.”
ing to Associate Dean of Students curred. His full name was not deter- ing Tides of Democracy: Iran” dur- He said the hostages were “pawns
Dorothy Sheppard. . mined until two days after the ing the first lecture of the 2003 The in the political process. It was wrong,
Givens, who was inside the incident. Symposium on Foreign Affairs, but it was done. To this day, Iran has
Charles Village Pub when the inci- The student, who agreed to speak Wednesday. refused to admit any responsibility
dent occurred around 1 a.m., was on the condition of anonymity, said Laingen is currently President of or to render an apology.”
made aware of the situation by an- he had been drinking before the inci- the American Academy of Diplo- Laingen has never been back to
other individual and immediately dent occurred, and “got a little up- macy, which aims to improve Ameri- Iran since 1981 because none of the
attended to the scene. A couple of Sets can diplomacy. He said he supports former hostages are welcome by the
students outside Eddie’s Market “T don’t think I meant to kick the Secretaryo fS tate Colin Powell’s state- government. Since that time, Iran has
pointed out the student who caused window,” said the student. “It was ment, “Diplomacy is our first line of not had any contact with the U.S.;
the damage, and Givens confronted sporadic.” offense.” there have been sanctions between
him. He said the security officer who Diplomacy, according to Laingen, the two countries.
According to Givens, the student responded told him, “We know your is “an instrument of government with Ambassador Laingen strongly
apologized and explained that he was name,” and thenallowedhim to leave. three components.” These compo- believes that this must change: “It
drunk. Givens said he replied to the Thestudentsaid the employee “got nents are “traditional diplomacy, ef- makes no sense for either party in WW ECEE T Y
student, “I’m drunk, and!’mnotkick- alittle [angry] and confrontational.” fective intelligence and military my view. We should be talking.”
ing windows out.” “T would’ve liked to punch him in force.” Laingen said the countries should LIZ STEINBERG/NEWS-LETTER
At this point, a Hopkins Security the face,” said the student. Laingen served in the U.S. Navyin discuss the topics of terrorism, mili- Former Iranian hostage Bruce Laingen called the hostages of the Iran
officer pulled up in front of the store. The student reported that there WWII and in the U.S. Foreign Ser- tary weapons, Afghanistan —“both hostage crisis from 1979 to 1981 “pawns in the political process.”
Givens said he then left it up to the was no physical violence involved, vice from 1949 to 1987. In mid-1979, countries have an interest in this
officer to take care of the situation, however. he returned to Iran for a second tour country”— and the hostages of 1979 The Symposium on Foreign Af- Japraadds: “The relationship between
but noted that the officer did not take Sheppard said the Office of the as Charge d’ Affaires of the American to 1981. fairs is an entirely student-run forum the U.S. and Iran plays a role in our
down the student’s name. Dean of Student Life is still following Embassy before being held hostage in Khatami, the current president of that invites distinguished individuals perception of the Middle East.”
Givens said his bossl ater contacted up on the incident, and that she has the Iran hostage crisis from Novem- Iran, is a reformist. However, 60 per- to speak on issues of global impor- The next Symposium lecture will
Hopkins Security to inquire about not yet spoken with the student re- ber 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981. Dur- centofyoung peopleare disappointed tance to the Hopkins community and be given by Steven Dunaway, senior
the incident, but was told that while sponsible. ing these 444 days with 53 other with the state of affairs in Iran and interested citizens. advisor to the Asia-Pacific region of
they are “tired of revolution, which The 2003 Symposium is celebrat- the International Monetary Fund
New dining plan to begin in Sept. lIantsetleya dh,a s ltihttelye adpepseiarle, ” cshaaidn gLea infgreonm. itnhge meit s “fPifstyh chaen niovfe rtshaer yS tawtiet:h Tthhee (IMIFn) .h is March 26 speech, “Indo-
within the government. Commonality of Discontent.” The nesia: The IMF Investment, he will
The Iranians, according to Symposium will address some of the discuss the effectiveness of the IMF
Laingen, “are a vibrant people who consequences of growing discon- initiative and the future role of the
CONTINUED FROM PAGE Al pus because of financial reasons. All located in Levering Market. desire freedom or expression and tent with unaccountable govern- IMF in the Asia-Pacific region, fo-
and 500 points which costs $3,500. ofthe plans, except the Block 50s have Tobe placed in the lobby of Lever- opportunity. Until that comes, 70 ments and will look critically at the cusing on the broader issue of
The Constant pass, the most in- a certain number of guest passes in- ing is Jazzman’s Cafe, which offers million well educated, resourceful quality and character of individual implementing the IMF’s program
novative of the plans, allows unlim- cluded per semester. This will allow such items as Seattle’s Best Coffee, people are being denied free expres- governments. in regions with ethnic and religious
ited access to Terrace and Wolman “students to bring someone with fresh baked gourmet muffins, biscotti sion.” Co-Executive Director Nikita tensions.
Station. them, such asa professor or friend, to and cookies, garden fresh salads and
Under the new dining plan, Ter- the dining halls,” states Carol Mohr. hearty Soups. Anti-war speech discusses media |
race will be open on a continuous Levering Market will be com- Thereisalso talk ofhavaiC nhigck -
basis, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. so stu- pletelyrevamped this summer in time Fil-a in Levering Market. However,
dents can eat their meal when it is for a reopening for the fall semester. there are “philosophical issues to be
convenient for them. Several new venues will be put in discussed,” said Boswell. This is be-
“Basic items such as soups, salads place, run by Sodexho. ‘ cause the restaurant is not open on CONTINUED FROM PAGE AI ber of Veterans for Peace, who dis- are all guilty of hoisting hell on hu-
and sandwiches will be available Recently Sodexho bought The Sundays as a result of the religious the rally, discussed the suppression cussed America’s responsibility not to mankind,” and that “weapons are an
through the day,” said Boswell. Wood Company, another food ser- convictions of the president. of dissentand “cultural bullying” that abandon Afghanistan. Undergraduate evil deterrent to economic and social
The cost of the constant pass rep- vice company. In the case that the community he says still takes place in the United Berrak Karahoda read from Talat growth.” Sociology professor Beverly
resents an increase of 3.7 percent over “These venues all have their own finds this to be offensive, a Sky Ranch States. Hertz also discussed the Halman’sspeeUcnihtaedt Ntathioen’ s Silver discussed weapons of mass de-
the 19 meal plan from this year; this identity and product line,” said Grill will be opened in place of Chick- media’s short attention span, which 56th anniversary celebration. struction, including the Massive Or-
einxcpreeraiseen ciesd thbey ahomuosuinntg . that will be tBhoastw eal ls,t uadnedn t thcea n gegnoe rtaol apnuyr pcooslele gies Fil-Wa.o lman Station will become a la haen dt wehrimcehd ctahues e“s A“DsDto rioefs tchoe mmee dtioa l,i”fe In his speech, Halman said “we dinance Air Blast.
Three other meal plans will also across the country and get the same carte, with later operating hours, pos- ... then disappear.”
be made available: Block 125 meals cup of coffee or muffin. sibly until 2 a.m., and two new ven- Healso warneda gainmsedti a mis-
and 600 Points at $3,300 per year, a They strive for “consistency and ues: Pandinis, a brick-oven type res- information.
Block 50 meals and 200 Points at high-quality,” said Mohr. These new taurant and Main Bowanl As,ia n food Hertz encouraged the audience,
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The Block 50 plans are only avail- of Maryland Baltimore County. venues Levering will not have. Reno- [themselves] asinformedas possible”
able to students who live off-cam- Salsa Rico, a Fresh Mexican Grill, vations for Wolman will not begin and to keep reading relevant mate-
pus or in Bradford or the Sub ConnecatS iubowayn s,ty le venue until Levering and Terrace are com- rial,
which offers specialty subs and Pete’s pleted. “Keep reading things ... join the
Homewood.
Carol Mohr said the idea was to Arena Pizza, which offers not only The entire dining plan, from meal people who are finding it easier to
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THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter
NEWS
McCarthy advocates nonviolent solutions Security measures
remain heightened
to him by Mother Teresa: “Don’t the United States has dealt with.
worry about being successful - worry As an example ofa legal solution,
about being faithful.” McCarthy described the fall of
McCarthy stressed the idea that a Slobadan Milosevic.
commitment to nonviolence must be “He was the last dictator to fall ... BY LINDSAY SAXE entrances early last month and are
consistent and absolute, encompass- [and] he was brought down by stu- THE JOHNS Hopkins NEws-LETTER manned by contract security person-
ing broad international conflicts, so- dents who organized for two years,” nel.
cietal issues and everyday individual said McCarthy. “Nowhe’s getting due In anticipation of war with Iraq, as “The Hopkins security officers are
conflicts. process ... at the tribunal for war | well as a still ominous terror alert dedicated to their primary function
According to McCarthy, the crimes.” level, Hopkins securitaynd transpor- of campus security,” said Kibler, and
“D.C.” in Washington, D.C. stands A moral solution requires forgive- tation administrators have not are therefore not involved in this par-
for “Death Capitol,” where “politics ness, according to McCarthy. The stepped down preventative measures ticular facet of campus protection.
are about who decides where the Lord’s Prayer, or “Our Father,” speaks or officer patrols, and they continue Kibler described the checkpoints
money goes.” He reported that 49 “the most ignored words in history: | to check trucks entering campus and as basically “courtesy stops,” adding
percent of every dollar in discretion- ‘forgive us our trespasses as we forgive restrict parking on 34th Street, be- that they neither include extensive
ary funding goes to the Pentagon, a those who trespass against us’,” said tween the Wolman and McCoy dor- searches nor substantial inspections.
statistic that works out to $972 mil- McCarthy. He criticized the Catholic mitories. “Wedonotsearch the trucks [and]
lion per day. Church’s idea of“ just war,” saying he | “Because oft he uncertainty of the we do notconduct physical searches,”
McCarthy spoke of Martin Luther preferred to use the word “slaughter.” Iraq situation we did not decrease said Kibler, this policy stemming from
King, Jr.’s often-criticized “Beyond McCarthyadvisedaudiencemem- | our security from the heightened level what he cited as sensitivity towards
Vietnam” speech, delivered at River- bers to make a moral commitmentto | we put in place in response to threat “feelings on campus [of] the right to
VADIM GRETCHOUCHKIN/NEWS-LETTER side Church in 1967, in which he de- oppose notonly “hotviolence,” which level Orange,” said Director of Cam- privacy.”
Peace activist Colman McCarthy spoke to a Shriver audience on the
values of prayer, service and true commitment to nonviolence. scribed the U.S. government as “the includes blatant and visceral violence, pus Security Ronald J. Mullen, “ex- Thus, the courtesy stops consist ofa
greatest purveyor ofv iolence today.” but also “cold violence,” which in- cept for allowing parking around the number of questions, such as the name
BY JULIANNA FINELLI being asked what they want to be when McCarthy said the solution is not cludes more subtle violence, which is Homewood Apartments.” of thec ompany the driver is associated
THE Jounns Hopkins News-Letter they grow up, children should be in blaming the military, but in look- often ignored by the media. Mullen pointed to the with, a look at the list of what the truck
asked, “How do you want to serve ing inward. “Weare short-term people against Homewood’s off-campus location, as iscarryingand subjective evidence cor-
Peace educator and former Wash- society when you’re ready?” “T blame nobody in the military or long-term problseaimd MscC,art”hy . | well as its relatively inconspicuous roborating that the truck is attempting
ington Post columnist Colman McCarthy further emphasized the funding the military,” said McCarthy. “Do not be overwhelmed ... don’t go | appearance as a student dormitory, in acredible visit. Kibler described the
McCarthy spoke in Shriver Hall on need for experiential learning. “I blame myself. I have to figure out out and change the world; keep the | as the reasons for opening parking on check as “an evolving set of circum-
Tuesday about the principles of non- “We're so busy making bright how to be a better father, husband world from changing you. One word the short stretch of North Charles stances” that relies upon the security
violent conflict resolution in both ev- folks, packingideas into theirminds,” and teacher.” matters — one simple, sacred, one- Street. Hopkins Security did, how- personnel’s impression of the “behav-
etyday life and international matters. said McCarthy. “They come out idea- McCarthy described what he saw syllable word: ‘start’.> » ever, request an extension oft he clos- ior of the driver [and] a routine dia-
The speech was part of the JHU Sea- rich, but experience-poor. Get out of as the four possible solutions to Sept. McCarthy urged Hopkins stu- | ing permit for the 34th Street area logue between the driver and security.”
son for Non-violence, which willcon- the classroom ... experiential knowl- 11 and to the conflict with Iraq: mili- dents to “agitate and cogitate, but do from the city of Baltimore. The truck stops attempt to protect
tinue until April 4. edge stays with you longer.” tary, political, legaland moralsolutions. not vegetate.” “We'll monitotrh e terrorist threat areas such as on-campus dorms and
McCarthy opened his speech by McCarthy, who teaches courses in A political solution would involve ne- “Simplify your lives by figuring | reactiont o the warandits aftermath,” main, busy areas of the Homewood
welcoming “good, lively debate” and nonviolence at various Washington, gotiation, a strategy that has worked out the difference between what you said Mullen, “and use that informa- campus. However, thereare currently
disagreement from the audience. D.C.-area high-schools, explained in resolving conflict with both China need and what you want ... support | tion in deciding when it might be fea- no stops being made in the areas of
“Even though we can’t always see that he doesn’t give his students andthe Soviets, according to McCarthy. the small presses ... [and] organize sible to reopen 34th Street.” Wolman and McCoy as Kibler said,
eye to eye, we can always talk heart to homework, tests or exams, jokingly He described Saddam Hussein as “a the Hopkins campus fora peace stud- | Mullen also said that Hopkins Se- “we are trying not to disrupt student
heart,” he said. calling such methods “forms of aca- mosquito” compared to other leaders ies degree program,” said McCarthy. curity would be ready, in case of an daily life.”
. McCarthy explained that after hav- demic violence.” increased terror threat level — up to In order to maintain the truck
ing spoken with various Nobel Peace McCarthy is also a professor at the | red — to put Hopkins Security per- stops, said Kibler, the school hashired
Prize winners and other, more obscure Georgetown University Law Center, ‘Bush announces strikes sonnel on longer, 12-hour shifts. sevenextra shifts of contractand non-
peacemakers, he had come to the con- where he teaches a course entitled Stepped up security patrols have contract security personnel and has
clusion that effectiveness as a peace- “Law, Consciencea,n d Nonviolence.” | remained so since the increases made rented an additional four vehicles to
maker comes through commitment to He described an experience in which | CONTINUED FROM Pace Al he was poised to launch the largest in early February, and truck check- augment campus patrols.
prayer, service and nonviolence. he and his law students spoke with a and explosions were heard across pre-emptive attack in U.S. history. points continue to operate at all cam- The truck stops Kibler described
True prayer, according to poor woman receiving charity froma | Baghdad after air raid sirens went off After meeting yet again with Pen- pus entrances, even while the terror as cumulative: “Any effort that we do
McCarthy, is “a prayer of coopera- group of Carmelite nuns in D.C. The | at the capital at dawn. tagon officials, including Defense alert was decreasedt o yellow until the here is an increase in [something]
tion, not a prayer of asking.” students were “radicalized” by the AUS. official declined to identify Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, President’s speech Tuesday night. we've already done.”
“Ttisnot gimmie-ized prayer — ‘Oh experience, according to McCarthy, which leaders were targeted or to say Bush had just finished dinner Lt. George Kibler of Parking and They serve mainly as a preventa-
God, gimmie this, gimmie that,” he and many have since “converted” to | whether the attack was successful. Wednesday night and was in the Transportation Services said that tive tool, which Kibler feels may prove
said. “It asks God, ‘What do you want poverty law or public interest law. However, a second official said livrioomn ogf t he White House resi- truck checks are one way in which worthwhile in the event of an attack.
from me? Am I using myg ifts well?” “That is where we need our law- the plan for targeting Iraqi leader- dence with first lady Laura Bush administration is trying to heighten “We continue to maintain open
McCarthy said that service, the yers,” he said. ship included using F-117 stealth when his chief of staff, Andrew the comfort level of people on cam- lines of communicwaitth itheo vnar i-
goal of which is to “decrease pain and McCarthy said he tells his law stu- ' bombers and a handful of cruise Card, called. pus, as well as prevent potential ter- ous federal, state and local law en-
increase peace,” should be encour- dents that grades don’t matter, since missiles. Card informed the president that rorists from, as Kibbler said, “think- forcement agencies and the federal
aged at a young age and incorporated “you can make all A’s and still flunk | The president scrutinized final intelligence officials had no informa- ing they can get away with it.” Truck and state Homeland Security offices,”
into the education system. Instead of life.” He relateda piece ofadvice given battle plans and told Congress why tion that Saddam had left Iraq. checkpoints were installed at campus said Mullen.
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New program offers semester in D.C.
BY ISHAI MOOREVILLE Building, located across the street taining their own internships in “T think it will be an extraordinary
THE JouNs Hopkins News-Letter from the School of Advanced Inter- Washington, though Ginsberg said it opportunity for students to be im-
national Studies (SAIS) on Massa- is usually very easy to do so during mersed in the life of Washington,”
A new residential program will chusetts Avenue. the fall. Internshipcsa n bein any field, said Weiss.
start next fall in which students will Formerly the East German em- and the possibiliintcliudee st heW hite Hopkins isn’t the only school to
spend the semester living and taking bassy, it is now home to several mas- House, Senatorial offices, public in- offer a semester program in Wash-
classes in Washington, D.C. An in- ters programs for part-time students. terest groups, private foundations, ington. Among the other colleges with
ternship and research seminar coor- Though the classes are only for museums or the media. facilities in Washinton are Stanford,
dinated by Political Science Professor Hopkins students, people from all of In the past, Ginsberg has spon- Boston Universitaynd Cornell, whose
Ben Ginsberg will complement class- the UC campuses (such as Berkeley sored internships with U.S. Senator program has about 50 participants Ahi so
room work. and UCLA) and the University of Hillary Clinton, the Carnegie Institu- each semester.
“We're extremely excited about Pennsylvania will also be living in the tionand CBS News. Studenwiltl sal so As for a residence program in VADIM GRETCHOUCHKIN/NEWS-LETTER
this program,” said Dean of the School dormitory, which consists of double be able to attend guest lectures held Washington during the spring, Weiss | Dean of Student Life Susan Boswell, Senior Director of Housing and
of Arts and Sciences Daniel Weiss. “It roomsand housaeboust 3 00 students. frequently at the Washington Cen- is hoping to offer a similar program Dining Carol Mohr and Sodexho General Manager Richard Roldan
will be a great way to extend the Thereare several eating options avail- ter. with a focus in the Humanities. It will Ldisecussv pleannerd rienonvatigons to MLevearinrg Makrkeetplatce. to
Hopkins scope into Washington.” able with a cafeteria located in the In the researck§seminar, students draw from the resources ofo ther mas-
The program is designed for 16 dorm building and a myriad ofl ocal will come up with ap aper topic which ters programs atthe Washington Cen-
peopleand will consiofs thtre e classes restaurants. will somehow relate to knowledge ter in such disciplines as communi-
in government, an outside internship “Socially, it’s an opportunity to obtained through the classes or the cations, liberal arts and writing. undergo renovations
and a research seminar culminating meet kids from other campuses,” said internship. The deadline for application is
inalong paper. Participating students Ginsberg. Ginsberg and Weiss decided to April 4 and requires a faculty recom-
will receive 15 credits for their work The classes that will be taught in start the program after a number of mendation, transcript and one-page
and pay Hopkins tuition and similar the fall are Politics and Movies, The discussions about its feasibility. statement of interest in public ser- |
room and board. To offset the in- Morality of War, and The Politics of Ginsberg currently offers an intern- vice. ConTINUED FROM Pace Al that administrators could get student
creased cost of living in Washington, Public Policy. All will be taught by ship program in the spring in which Admission selections willbe based though Boswell says she doesn’t want feedback. In response, several StuCo
each person will also receive $800 professors from the Johns Hopkins students commute between Balti- on those documentthsou,gh nop ref- to turn the entire lobby into a café. members said they had reservations
through the Atchison Public Service Government program in Washing- more and Washington. erence will be given to any major. It is | She indicated there are plans to add about the restaurant. Chick-Fil-A’s
Fellowship, named for alumna ton, which normally offers only mas- Thenewresidence program, how- only open to students who will be more relaxing furniture to thelibrary, Website says the restaurant exists “to
Beatrice Aitchison, Phd. ters degrees to graduate students, ever, will offer much more conve- juniors or seniors in the fall. An in- for students to hang out or meet and glorify God by being a faithful stew-
Students in the program will be though these classesare designed spe- nience for students working in the formation session will be held for also said there is talk of adding ports ard ofall that is entrusted to us andto
housed in dorms recently constructed cifically for undergraduates. The city. those who are interested on March 26 | for computersand that the large greet- have a positive influence on all who
by the University of California that program isaseparate entity from SAIS Both Weiss and Ginsbheopre gth e at in Levering Hall. Applications are ing desk is likely to go. come in contact with Chick-fil-A. ”
will be leased by Hopkins. Classes will and the two are not connected except program will be culturally engaging available in the Political Science De- All the venues are owned by StuCo members also said they'd
be held down the street at the Johns by proximity. and provide students with plenty of partmentt,h e advising office oronline | Sodexho, the company that provides just prefer another brand.
Hopkins owned Bernstein-Offit Students are responsible for ob- social opportunities. at http://www.jhu.edu/advanced. food for the University’s dining halls, McDonald’sand Wendy’s were men-
but administrators are confident that tioned as the most popular alterna-
JHU grapples with cuts in state funding students will see consistent quality tives. Roldan said McDonald’s is an
from the new venues. Boswell said unlikely option due to contractual
she is “very impressed” with the issues, but Mohr says Roldan plansto
Sodexho venues. Along with stu- contact Wendy’s today. As an alter-
dents, she sampled food from vari- native to anational brand, Roldan sug-
ous venues at Lehigh University and gested Sodexho’s Sky Ranch Grill to
CONTINUED FROM PAGE AI will have a greater proportional im- accurate measure of proper cuts to Sellinger Program, said Knapp. But the Universityo fM aryland, Baltimore StuCo, a fresh, made to order ham-
cut into the budget, but a greater re- pact since the Sellinger funds provide private institutions. instead of administering the reduc- County and found the quality to be burger venue comparable to the suc-
duction would strain University re- a substantial amount of the He said that while the University tion equally for each student, the de- consistent between schools. cessful Fuddruckers chain. Council
sources to a dangerous extent. University’s unrestricted money, said of Maryland College Park is under- partmentrecommended thata greater “Each one is run just like a chain memberswere supportive of Sky Ranch
Reductions to the Sellinger Pro- Knapp. going a sizeable cut in funding, the reduction beimposed for out-of-state would be,” Boswell said. “You can as a viable alternative. Sodexho could
gram would affect the eight divisions “Four-fifths of the revenue that amount is less than 10 percent ofi ts students. count on a quality product.” also bring in Burger King, according to
of the University to different degrees Hopkins gets is restricted money,” overall state funds. The cut to “In this case at Hopkins, that Administrators also plan to put a Boswell, though administrators are not
since the program works on a per- said Knapp. Hopkins’ aid could be up to 50 per- would have had a more damaging national brand name restaurant in strongly considering that venue.
student basis. While Hopkins receives sizable cent and has a proportionally greater effect because we have a lot of stu- the Marketplace, but have yet to fi- Students willbeallowuseed potiont s
According to Robertson, there are donations, the funds are often tied to impact on the University than the dents from out of the state,” said nalize their selection. Data from other — a feature of the new forthcoming
two components in the formula that a specific research or construction reductions to UMD. Knapp. universities shows Chick-Fil-A to be meal plan — at Levering venues. One
determines the amount each private project, limiting the University’s us- The governor’s proposal of a 50 While the University helped to || immensely popular and it was the point is equivalent to $1 and students
institution receives from the Sellinger age of the money. percent reduction originated from a eliminate this proposal, administra- leading contender as administrators may purchase different amounts of
Program. “That doesn’t help us exist as an similar proposal that was originally tors are equally worried about the headed into Tuesday night’s StuCo points depeonn thde meial nplagn th ey
“The formula is based on the institution,” Knapp said, but instead put forth by the Department of Legis- new cut proposed by the governor. meeting. But they are now reconsid- choose. Additionally, the Marketplace
amount of money given to the public limits the funds for the administra- lative Services, said Knapp. After the final cut is put forth, ering after several Council members will extend its hours to be open 7 a.m.
higher education system and also a tive costs that keep the University Similar to the governor’s subse- Knapp said administrators will meet raised objections to the franchise. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday.
per-student calculation,” she said. running. quent reduction, the Department of with deans of the different divisions At issue is Chick-Fil-A’s religious Boswell indicated that Jazzman’s could
Thus, the reduction’s impact on The only unrestricted funds other Legislative Services suggested a 50 to determine how the cuts will be ab- ideology, a concern Boswell immedi- be open later in Levering’s lobby, if
the divisions will be in proportion to than the Sellinger Program include percent reduction in the overall sorbed into the budget. ately raised at Tuesday’s meeting, so there is enough demand.
the number of students. tuition and endowments.
“The School of Medicine doesn’t To minimize the negative finan- Hip-hop bands to perform at Spring Fair ’03
have as many students,” said Knapp. cial impact, the University is hoping
“But there are schools that are tu- for a cut of less than one third and is
ition-dependent, and they have a lot urging the state to follow revenue-
of students relative to the faculty.” raising tactics as opposed to sizable
Schools that concentrate on stu- budget cuts, said Knapp. BY ERIN SILVERMAN Nothnagel. life. Their style is at times lyrical and your everyday top-40 entertain-
dents rather than research, such as “Tm hoping the legislature will THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Lerrer This year, Spring Fair worked with bluesy, and the group is not afraid to ment,” he said.
the School of Nursing, the Whiting realize there has to be revenue en- the HOP to find ways to improve the poke fun at themselves in their lyrics. Tickets will be available next Mon-
Schofo Engoinelerin g and the Krieger hancement,” said Brody. The hip-hop groups Pharcyde and sound quality fortheconcert, aftercom- Blackalicious is a duo comprised of day, March 24, through Friday, March
School of Arts and Sciences, will suf- He has urged students, faculty, Blackalwiillcbe ithoisu yesar ’s headlin- plaints that the sound quality was poor MC Tim “Gift of Gab” Parker and DJ 28 from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Spring Fair
fer more from the reductions. staffand alumni to write state legisla- ers for Spring Fair. The groups will per- during last year’s concertby The Roots. Xavier “Chief Xcel” Mosley. Their al- office in the Mattin Center. Tickets
“Some of the divisions may not tors urging them not to cut the form on Friday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Both Blackalicious and Pharcyde bums include A2g Ep (1999), NIA will be $1 with the Hopkins Enter-
have the flexibility to absorb those Sellinger program. He recently e- the RalphS.O’Connor Recreation Cen- are based on the West Coast, and were (2000) and Blazing Arrows (2002), their tainment Pass, $5 for all other
cuts without raising tuition or de- mailed a form letter for students to ter, and doors will open at 6:30 p.m. formed in the early 1990s. Three of first release on a major label. The two Hopkins students and $10 if pur-
creasing financial aid,” said Brody. - sign and send to the state legislature. These groups were chosen after the current members of Pharcyde — members met in high school in Sacra- chased through Ticketmaster. There
“Tf it’s anything near what the gover- This is the first time the University careful consideration, according to Romye “Bootie Brown” Robinson, mento, and they formally formed the are a limited number of student tick-
nor is proposing, it’s going to have a has made a direct appeal to affiliates Dan Coleman, Sp#ing Fair co-chair. Tre “Slim Kid” Hardson and Imani group known as Blackalicious in 1991. ets, and when theyare exhausted, stu-
huge negative impact.” for help, said Knapp. “Wetry to getaband thathas broad Wilcox — started out as dancers and Like Pharcyde, their music denounces dents may purchase additional tick-
The University will not develop “We are trying to educate the leg- appeal for both Hopkins students and choreographers, appearing on the the gun, drug and sexculture of gangsta ets through Ticketmaster.
definite strategies to deal with the re- islators,” said Knapp. “We won't the surrounding community,” he said. television series In Living Color. rap and instead attempts to address Students who are knowledgeable
ductions until the cut is finalized at think the legislators realize how much This year, the staff was “looking Pharcyde’s albums include Soul urban problems in a conscience-rais- about the chosen groups are equally
the end of the House’s sessioinn three damage they’re doing.” for something dynamic. We wanteda Flower (1992), Bizarre Ride II (1992), ing, thought-provoking fashion. Real- enthusiastic about the upcoming con-
weeks, said Brody. But cuts from stu- The Marylandlegislators are justi- group that’s on the way up,” said LabCabinCalifornia (1995) and Plain ism, self-improvement and spirituality cert.
dent financial aid, administrative fying the large cut to the Sellinger nighttime entertainment co-chair Rap (2000). They have also had songs are all recurrent themes in the Blazing Sophomore Maha Jafri said, “I’m
costs and external programs are be- Program by similar aid reductions to Chris Gregg. “We wanted a high-en- on the soundtrack for the film Street Arrows album. really excited that Blackaliciousis com-
ing considered before reductions to public institutions of higher learn- ergy act [that would] bring balance to Fighter and on the compilations “Red Their musicis more “organic” than ing; I’ve heard they put ona great show.
student services. ing, such as the University of Mary- the entertainment, since the campus Hot and Cool” and “State of Emer- mainstream hip-hop, according to My friend saw them at Wesleyan, and
“We need to look at our non-core land College Park. has seen a lot of rock recently,” said gency.” Pharcyde’s music often deals Nothnagel. “This group is very tal- said it was one of the best shows she’s
academic expenditures,” said James But Knapp insists this is not an ‘nighttime entertainment co-chair Eric with the universal themes of love and ented and up-and-coming, not just ever been to.”
McGill, senior vice president of fi-
nance and administration. “We need INSPIRED BY HOT RODS, SUVs AND DARWIN.
to look hard at administrative expen-
dituresand broad expenditures across
the University.”
Non-core expenditures include re-
search collaboration, technology tran-
sition programs and clinical services.
The University will try to protect
student services and financial aid
packages, but no commitments can
be made while the proposal is still ee trae
under consideration by the state, said
Brody.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Senate but the 2003 legislative session Is set
Budget and Taxation Committee is to end in three weeks.
working on proposed changes to slot Representatives of the racing in-
machine legislation that would pro- dustry rallied at the State House Mon-
vide a bigger share of revenues for day, lobbying for passage of a slot
education and local governments but machine bill they said they must have
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS reduce licensing fees for racetrack to compete with nearby states.
owners. “We are the third-largest job pro-
WASHINGTON — Republicans Senate President Thomas V. Mike vider in Maryland,” Kelly Rogers, an
. denounced Senate Democraticleader : | Miller, D-Calvert, said after a meet- owner who races his horses at
* Tom Daschle on Tuesday for his criti- ing of the committee Monday that Rosecroft Raceway in Prince George’s
cism of President Bush with the na- | publicschoolsand local governments County. “All we are asking for is an
tiononthebrink ofwar. Daschlestood | must get a bigger share of gambling equal opportunity to compete.”
by his remarks. proceeds than Gov. Robert Ehrlich The rally attracted more than 150
House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R- | proposed March 5. people representing various segments
“Ill., said the comments “may not give | But Miller also predicted that the of the industry — horse owners and
comfort to our adversaries, but they Senate will substantially reduce the breeders, jockeys, farmers and tellers
‘come mighty close.” Senate Armed $120 million in licensing fees Ehrlich who workat the pari-mutuel windows
Services Chairman John Warner, R- wants to charge the tracks for the right at the tracks. Four horses were brought
’ Va., said “I was stunned into disbe- to operate 3,500 machines each at down for the rally and were paraded
lief.” Laurel, Pimlico and Rosecroft race- around State Circle after police re-
In a speech Monday, Daschle, of | tracks. fused to let bring them onto Lawyer’s
South Dakota, said he was “saddened Mall outside the State House, where
‘ that this president failed so miserably | legiWsalartrureen’ s topD esficshcaeln aeuxxpe,r t, ttohled the rally was held.
‘at diplomacy that we’re now forced committee members that track own- Miller predicted after the commit-
*to war.” He spoke shortly after the ers probably could make money with tee meeting that the Senate will passa
Bush administration stopped pursu- Geronimo Garcia of San Francisco is hauled away by several unidentified SanH ASFArIaNn ciRsAcSoH EPEoDli/cAeS SoOfCfiIcAeTrEs Dd uPrRiEnSgS a 39 percent share of the revenues slot machine bill to make sure the
ing a new U.N. resolution authoriz- an antiwar protest that disrupted traffic in San Francisco last Monday. With war in Iraq having commenced, | instead oft he 43.6 percent proposed state has the money to implement a
‘ing a war against Iraq and hours be- more protests are planned for the coming days. by Gov. Robert Ehrlich. $1.2 billion increase in school aid ap-
fore Bush set a 48-hour deadline for A| ctivists prepare war protests That would reduce the estimated proved last year.
“Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to proceeds to the track when all ma- “The issue is education. The issue
leave the country. chines are in operation from about isnotmore gambling,” he said. Ehrlich
Other Democrats also have criti- | $665 million a year to $595 million. would veto increases in the income
tized Bush’s handling of the situa-
“Obviously they [track owners] are tax or sales tax even if there were votes
‘tion. Sen. John Kerry of Massachu- | BY JEFF DONN the point that the war actually begins, tional lawin order to kill thousands of not real happy,” Miller said. to pass them, and that leaves slot ma-
‘setts, a presidential candidate, said THE ASSOCIATED PRESS that’s a point when many ... feel they people for the sake of superpower sta- But the deal would be financially chine revenues as the only alternative
the administration “could not possi- have to take the strongest action they tus,” Smith said. more attractive if track owners do not to funding the school aid law, the Sen-
bly have been more inept or self-de- They call it Day X, Trigger Day, can personally take,” he said. In Baltimore, anti-war protesters have to shell out $120 million up front ate president said.
‘feating. President Bush has clumsily The Day Of, or The Day After. Anti- With President Bush signaling that say they will wash off an American | for the right to operate slot machines. But most House Democratic lead-
and arrogantly squandered the post war activists are using varying short- war could be imminent, some anti- flag splashed with red paint and oil to The Senate committee worked on ers oppose slot machines and do not
Sept. 11 support and goodwill of the hand for an outbreak of war with Iraq war groups were pressing supporters symbolize the blood and oil of aw ar the slot machine legislation Saturday plan to take up the issue unless the
entire civilized world.” | —andtheyaredesigningawide menu Monday to begin civil disobedience with Iraq. and again Monday. Miller, who is Senate passes a bill.
Rep. David Obey of Wisconsin of protest strategies, from provoca- immediately.
said the war’s “long-term aftermath | tion to prayer. Eight opponents ofa war were ar- Spain outlaws Basque party
“will leave us more isolated than we Having had months to focus on rested Monday in Traverse City,
“have been in the last two centuries by the buildup toward conflict, Mich., when they tried to block an
’ abandoning our long-standing posi- America’s anti-war activists say they Army Reserve convoy headed to a
‘fion against striking first unless we are ready to mark the first days of war training area. One handcuffed him-
are immediately and directly threat- with protests in dozens ofc ities coast self to a truck and the other seven | BY DANIEL WOOLLS attacks claimed by orblamedonETA. The most immediate effect of the
éned.” to coast. locked arms in front of the vehicle, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS “Let the Supreme Court say what- ban is that Batasuna will be barred
At a news conference Tuesday, They vow to block federal build- police said. ever it wants. We-are legal in this from fielding candidates in munici-
Daschle compared Bush’s diplomatic ings, military compounds and streets In San Francisco, anti-war pro--. MADRID, Spain — The Supreme: country because we derive legitimacy pal elections scheduled for May 25.
—efforts with those of Bush’s father in in a rash of peaceful civil disobedi- testers shrouded themselves in body Court on Monday outlawed a mili- from its citizens,” said Batasuna The verdict simply dissolves the
the 1991 Persian Gulf War, when U.S. ence. They say they will walk out of bags Monday in front of the British tant Basque nationalist party accused leader Arnaldo Otegi, speaking in the party. Batasuna’s nearly 1,000 elected
allies provided many troopsand paid college classes, picket outside city consulate, chanting “no killing civil- of terrorism through links with the Basque city of San Sebastian. officials — seven in 75-seat regional
for most of the costs. halls and state capitols, and recite iansinourname.” Someblockedtraf- armed separatist group ETA. Otegi added that he was not sur- parliamentand the resttown council-
“T don’t know that anyone in this prayers of mourning at interfaith ser- fic in the city’s financial district. Po- Chief Justice Francisco Hernando prised by the ruling because the Span- ors — are not subject to arrest and
country could view what we have seen vices. lice in riot gear cleared an released the unanimous verdict by a ish government “is constantly declar- willbe allowed to serve out their terms.
so far as a diplomatic success,” said “Tt is sort of an acknowledgment intersection, and at least 40 arrests 16-judge panel ruling against the ing war on the Basque people,” the There was no immediate reaction
Daschle, who voted for the congres- that we are probably not going to be were made. Batasuna party, six months after the national news agency Efe reported. from Batasuna, which was suspended
sional resolution last year authoriz- able to stop the war,” said Joe Flood, San Francisco anti-war groups government filed suit. The judges’ Otegi said lawyers for Batasuna over the summer by Judge Baltasar
“ing war if necessary. whois helping to plana student walk- have laid out similar plans onalarger arguments will be released in a few were considering taking their fight to Garzon in a separate legal action that
Daschle said he would continue to out from classes at Harvard Univer- scale for the outbreak of war, includ- days, Hernando said. Spain’s highest court, the Constitu- closed down its offices, unplugged its
speak out. “I think to do anythingless sity, in Cambridge, Mass. He said ing an effort to shut down the Pacific It was the first time since democ- tional Court, but such an appeal phones and seized its bank accounts.
is unpatriotic.” more than 1,000 people have pledged Stock Exchange and some high-pro- racy returned to Spain following the would not freeze Monday’s verdict. A minister of the Basque regional
' But Senate Majority Leader Bill to participate. file commercial buildings. 1975 death of longtime dictator Gen. ETA, which stands for Basque government, run by a moderate na-
Frist said, “Our men and women lit- Some plans for the first day or two “The bare bones of the plan is to Francisco Franco thata political party Homeland and Freedom, has killed tionalist party that says it wants inde-
erally areinacountdown before fight- of war are writ large, like paralyzing basically shut down the financial dis- was banned. more than 800 people in a 34-year pendence but opposes ETA’s violent
ing is initiated, and any remarks that traffic with bicycles and cars and dis- tricto fS an Francisco. The wayw e see “Terrorists won't be able to mark campaign of bombings and methods, criticized the ruling. Justice
‘their lives in some way have been rupting commerce in San Francisco’s it is that we basically unplug the sys- the rules ofthe game either in Spain or shootings aimed at carving out an Minister Joseba Azkarraga called it
‘compromised by the president of the financial district. Others are small, tem that creates war,” said Patrick out of Spain,” Prime Minister Jose independent Basque homeland in “an unprecedented setback for de-
United States is irresponsible.” like showing a single lit candle on a Reinsborough, one of the organiz- Maria Aznar said shortly after the rul- lands straddling northern Spain and mocracy.”
' House Majority Leader Tom Web site of the United Church of ers. ing was made public. southwest France. Azkarraga’s government argues
“DeLay of Texas criticized the “sec- Christ. Tim Kingston, a spokesman for The government sued Batasuna in ETA is considered a terrorist or- that Batasuna needs to be part of the
'ond-guessing of our commander in Some are meant to be noisy, like a the San Francisco-based Global Ex- August, arguing that the group is a ganization by Spain, the United States dialogue needed to end the Basque
chief on the eve of war with Iraq.” march in Portsmouth, N.H., with change, says his anti-war group has key part of ETA’s shadowy network and the European Union. conflict.
White House spokesman Ari clanging pots and pans. Others will kept away from organizing civil dis- of commandos, fund-raising and re- Batasuna, which means “together” Court sources said that Batasuna
‘Fleischer said Daschle’s remarks were be quiet and solemn, like a vigil in obedience, though some members cruitment. in the Basque language, was formed can appeal the ruling in the next few
“inconsistent given past statements Ann Arbor, Mich., with Christian, expect to take part on their own. He Batasuna denies it is the political in the early years of renewed democ- days to Spain’s Constitutional
’D aschle had made about the inevita- Jewish and Muslim prayers. ° said some worry about stirring more wing of ETA but refuses to condemn racy after Franco’s death. Court.
bility of using force and about “not Many groups intend to carry out resentment than sympathy with such
politicizing the rhetoric.” die-ins, where activists lie on the disruptive tactics.
COLLEGEBRIEFS
'7* Democrats backed Daschle. Sen. ground to symbolize war victims and But he added, “What else are we
», Harry Reid of Nevada, the No. 2 to block passers-by. Some students at supposed to do? Sit and say nothing
+ Democrat, said Daschle “simply said Swarthmore College, in Pennsylva- .. and be silent? That’s not very Penn State employee his job properly, Mahon said. whom were students, the university
+ that he thought diplomacy did not nia, intend:to lower campus flags to American.” “He dida nice job according to the said.
t. work and I think there are others say- half-staff. It was not clear how many sup- arrested for Iraq ties people he worked for,” Mahonadded. School officials are hoping to
*: ing that. People who are saying that However, in Columbia, S.C., ac- porters would follow through with The university became aware that avoid those problems when the Terps
+i certainly aren’t unpatriotic. They are tivists hope to serve up satire, making illegal actions, faced with possible ar- Jarwan was a former employee when open the tournament Friday night
'j ust expressing an opinion.” fun of the government’s anti-terror- rest. However, in Philadelphia, orga- BY JENNIFER BROOKS someoneihni s former departmentrec- against Colonial Athletic Association
House Democratic Leader Nancy ismadvice to homeowners. They want nizer Robert Smith said at least 50 DatLy CoLLecIAN (PENNSYLVANIA ognized his name on the news and no- champion UNC-Wilmington (24-6)
: Pelosi of California said Daschle has to plaster a federal building with duct activists, both young and middle- StatTE U.) tified university officials, Mahon said. in Nashville, Tenn.
served his country both in Congress tape and plastic sheeting. aged, were ready to block entrances The university is not reviewing any “Yes, we know it’s coming, and
‘and as an Air Force officer. Gordon Clark, the national coordi- of a federal building. (U-WIRE) UNIVERSITY PARK, records of Jarwan’s work but has noti- yes, we know what happened last
' “In expressing his views, Tom nator of the Iraq Pledge of Resistance, “The statement we’re conveying Pa. — A former Pennsylvania State fied local officials from the Federal Bu- year,” University Police Capt. John
‘ Daschle is being patriotic, she said. said acts of civil disobedience — with is that there can be no business as University employee was arrested last reau of Investigation, Mahon said. Brandt said. “We always learn from
‘“The Republican leaders are being the risk of arrest — have been set up at usual for a government that would month for allegedly funneling money experience, and we try to fix things
: partisan.” more than 50 cities. “When you get to ‘trample on democracy and interna- to Iraq. U.Md. police prepare that went bad and learn from what
Ayman Jarwan, 33, was arrested in went well.”
Bill renewing executions defeated February in Syracuse, N.Y., where he for Terrapins game One lesson learned is that the
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or both, the bombs are finally falling. Given the talk of resisting appeasement is moot considering |
fact that we are already at war —asilladvisedand we did stop Saddam in Kuwait and his previous
counterproductive as it may be considering our invasion, of Iran, was with our full blessing. Frankly, |
lack of popular support around the world and the the more imminent danger comes from Saudi |
dubious nature of the claims of imminent danger Arabia, home to most of the Sept. 11 hijackers and
from Iraq — some might get the idea that protests a much larger source of funding for terrorists.
and editorials are worthless when such stubborn Still, despite the protests, resolutions and
people are in power in the United States. Still, the speeches ofw orld leaders, we are at war and are |
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ing the run-up to war should be examined and we minimize the damage and maximize the po-
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learned from, lestwe makeabad situation farworse. tential good of this unfortunate situation.
First and foremost, removing Saddam Hussein First and foremost, we need to make sure that
from power is a noble goal, although he is far from a post-war Iraq does not follow the path of Af- | }
the only murderous dictator in the world stage and ghanistan. After much talk of rebuilding that
we should not lose sight of the fact that there are shattered nation, our leaders “forgot” the $300 S| ex column disgraces Why wasn’t it mentioned that some women under anesthesia without
millions of oppressed people around the world we million budget allocation for Afghanistan, a paltry candidates unable to campaign still their consent. I cannot comprehend
have been ignoring in our pursuit of Saddam. The sum as it is. Vicious warlords rule the country and Johns Hopkins name received 70 percent of the vote? what would possibly make the medi-
problem is the way in which our presidenthas gone President Harmid Karzai rules onlyi n Kabul under Why didn’t the News-Letetmephra - cal profession think that this is an
size the fact that students could ac- acceptable practice. Itis unethical and
about achieving the goal of removing Saddam. the protection ofa small number of foreign troops. cess the Web sites ofa ll candidates, a violation of patients’ rights.
One ofo ur main criticisms oft he president’s Therefore, we need to muster the collective I am ashamed to see Johns including those barred form cam- What gives the medical profes-
yearlong push to war is that he decided to ignore will to say no to tax cuts and other goodies Bush Hopkins’ noble name on the News- paigning, during voting? And where sion the right to reduce patients to
Letter that allows Sarah Gibson to were the comments on the exten- mere guinea pigs without their con-
the United Nations. Demanding a resolution will dangle in front of voters in the upcoming write and print her despicable por- sive changes that the BoE discussed sent? I work in clinical research
while at the same time saying that we won’t be election year until Iraq becomes stabilized and | nography. I cannot believe that you in its presentation to Student Council? where the informed consent proce-
deterred from war if we don’t get one is not we have proven to the rest of the world that for | would evenallow this. This is nothing The BoE is far from perfect—we dure is taken very seriously. It as-
less than pornography and if Sarah are the first to admit this. But last tounds me to think that there are a
international consultation; it is searching for a once, we will follow through. Considering the | Gibson wants to give out sex-tips, she week’s articles on the elections didn’t multitude of laws, regulations, and
yes-man and it undermines the United Nations fact that we still have troops in Japan and Ger- ought to start her own porno maga- fault the BoE; why should the edito- guidelines that researchers must fol-
as an institution. We denied every other alter- many, that may take longer than Bush mightlike, zine without blemishing the good rial page? Let’s givesome credit where lowensuring that study participants
name of Johns Hopkins. credit is due. This was the best-run know exactly what will be done to
nate timetable offered by other nations in the but with audacious maneuvers must come re-
election that Hopkins has seen in a them and the data collected, but that
United Nations, refusing to listen to the other sponsible management afterwards. Lisa Wetzelberger long time, and for once, the contro- medical students and residents are
countries that Bush is supposedly convinced are Speaking of responsibility, we also need to pay versy surrounding it was due to the allowed to do whatever they deem
BoE critics expected,
candidates, not the Board. necessary for their education even
also threatened by Iraq. The “aura of inevitabil- attention to the United Nations. This war can be
if it violates the rights (and bodies)
ity” strategy that works so well with the U.S. Senate either an aberration or the beginning of the end but where is praise? Judy Tomkins of the patients.
simply doesn’t fly in Paris, Moscow or Riyadh. of what passes for an international order. Bush, BoE Co-Chair Perhaps it is a perfectly legitimate
way for students? to get the skills they
Through his actions, President Bush has done very obviously a veteran of fraternity initiation,
Patients deserve fair need and perhaps the practice is of
great damage to our relations with many other has to realize thatjust because he has the power to Another election, another News- little or no risk to the patient. But if
countries. The sporadic outbursts of hatred do anything he wants, it doesn’t mean thatit is in Letter editorial. The Board of Elec- Ob/gyn treatment that is the case, why not obtain in-
tions (BoE) has come to expect the
against France (egged on by the president) are the nation’s best interest to do so. The United triennial criticism published after formed consent ahead of time?
Perhaps the practice is so institu-
comically jingoistic. But they are a sad commen- States needs to work with the United Nations to each round of voting. This election’s
tionalized that you don’t realize how
tary on how Americans’ views of international co- craft a plan for the development of the rest of the editorial, however, highlighted the I read with great concern yester- horrific it sounds to the rest of us. In
operation have been damaged and oversimplified region in order to create the civil institutions and wrong issues. day an article in the Chicago Tribune fact, performing medical procedures
Where was the editorial about detailing the practice, allegedly un- on patients without their knowledge
by Bush’s “with us or against us” mentality. broad-based economies that can support mod- StuCo members who didn’t vote and dertaken at Johns Hopkins Medical sounds like something out of Nazi
Ofcourse, there should be leeway to act against erate democracies. | didn’t attend the Candidates’ Fo- Center as well as others around the Germany!
| rum? Where was the editorial about country, of medical students per-
the will of the United Nations in the case of We did not ask for this war at this time, but
the petty, hostile campaigns run by forming gynecological exams on Tabitha Metreger
imminent danger, but that is a hard sell, consid- now that it is upon us, we must be proactive in Jon Groce and Ben Wardlow?
ering that Saddam has shown his first priority is insuring the success of its larger mission. Where was the call for candidates to
follow rules and campaign fairly, |L ETTERS PPOOLLIICCYY |
instead of attempting victory-solely
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THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letrer
OPINIONS
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opinions expressed here are those of the
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Amazon deforestation threat to all Symposium offers
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DAVIDLEwaIt MAN the forest itself.” To this end, the har- port them, there may be no hope for also simultaneously sending messages
vesting of Brazil nuts for exports and the continued existence of the Ama- to developing nations like Brazil that
It’s Not THAT rubber for tires and condoms in this zon basin. As a developing country the only way to economic viability is
area is predicted to have generated with tremendous amounts of re- through pollution and unsound en- |
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has it lead with a similar example in ning fire-prone forests. They also ap- | along with it — but also came away opted to find speakers who would
its own forestry policy. proved money for “pre-drilling” in friot wimth t he capacityt o deliberate provide insight through their direct
The Amazon Rainforest, cover- Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Ref- director Michael Moore’s divisive experiences with the regions of in-
ing an astounding two million uge despite oil exploration in thatarea views on gun violence and the culture terest. We selected the preeminent
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these changes wouldalso affect neigh- mentE al groups ; have cautioned‘G | despite the high level of expertise cite examples of discontent that
boring countries as well as parts of against this, arguing that economic |
and eloquence of the symposiums’ have gone “under-noticed’ without
North America resulting in potential rial loss that it would be past the point nations to cut greenhouse emissions, development does not require an speakers. We are aware that this can prescribing any sort of political
crop production decreases. from which it could no longer be re- mainly carbon dioxide from burning exchange of one’s natural resources | be attributed in part to the hectic agenda to the symposium — our
Recent Brazilian policy has repre- juvenated. Instead of previous esti- fossil fuels, to below 1990 levels by has become increasingly harder to schedules of our undergraduates; efforts have been labeled as the re-
sented a greater understanding of the mates that reported the rainforest was 2012. Greenhouse gasses are main do given our country’s own poli- | however it is also largely the result sult of laziness when in fact the at-
‘importance and potential that a con- still 75 to 100 years away from de- byproducts from industrial processes cies. Neither Americans nor coun- | of a failure on the part of the sym- tention given to balancing our
tinually viable rainforest allows. Gov- struction, models by professor Bud that characterize developed nations tries like Brazil should tolerate this posiums to properly engage the theme has been blatantly ignored in
ernment supported programslike the Alcock at Penn State University pre- like the United States. Bush cited eco- double-talk. It is incumbent upon evolving college student. favor of sensationalized criticisms.
-onein Acre demonstrate the capacity dict that “ifthere isno immediate and nomic fears as the drawback to ac- nations like the United States to en- Hopkins students have interests Propagated and excused igno-
for economic benefits that rainforest aggressive action to change agricul- cepting the Kyoto agreement saying sure that Brazil and others can in- beyond strict political academia, rance has a lot to do with the dis-
‘management has to offer. Working tural, mining and logging practices, that he will “notaccepta plan that will dustrialize, without doing so at the and as a growing organization on connect between popular opinions
‘in conjunction with groups like the the rainforest could pass the point of harm our economy and hurt Ameri- expense ofb illions ofa cres of irre- campus our decision to branch into of the foreign policy positions of
-Word Wildlife Fund, the secretary of no return in 10 to 15 years.” Accord- can workers.” placeable rainforest that the rest of other types of mediai s notintended America; this is an historic truth.
forestry in Brazil has proclaimed that ing to this model, the rainforest could By making comments like this, the world cannot live without. to fill out a lacking line-up but to The theme of our Symposium —
“the forest can be a source of wealth if completely disappear within 40 to 50 Bush is creating two problems. Not encourage students of other disci- addressintgh e decreasing account-
used wisely [and] that the success of years. only is he committing the United
plinest oc oncern themselwviteh sth e ability of governments in critical
economic activities based on the for- Without the use of creative land States to an imprudent ofn ot reduc- David Leiman can be reached at world beyond this campus. Our films situations worldwide — resonates
estis directly linked to the viability of use policies and incentives that sup- ing greenhouse production, but he is [email protected]. . are directly linked to our lectures.’ in the ears of those abroad watching
Award-winning photojournalist the U.S.’s actions with mistrust to-
Steven McCurry has been reported day. Our theme is intended to puta
We'll need them later: why alienation isbad
dead in the media twice due to his thinking cap back on the minds of
perilous work in regions of conflict, students at Johns Hopkins Univer-
and is best known for his 1985 Na- sity, students who will leave the Uni--
tional Geographic cover photo of a versityt ob ecome policy makers and
against Saddam, Bush’s strategy has green-eyed “Afghan girl” who lost active citizens of the world in the
ead this carefully, Mr. base like his father did.
President. France is not Unity and politics don’t mix well sacrificed world unity, which the United both of her parents to war. In addi- future. In order to improve pros-
States traditionally canachievethrough tion to his lecture on April 15, the pects for American diplomacy, we
the Democratic Party. on the domestic stage, as opposed to
humility at the beginning of the pro- photography exhibit to be held in need to take multiple perspectives
For the past few months the world stage, where they are essen- cess. Make the French happy by giving Levering Hall, comprised ofhis work, into account whether “big names”
President Bush has been tial partners. In the United States, THE New DEALER themaboneunder the table, and they'll throws light on the art of foreign choose to discuss them or not, and
attempting to use his domestic strat- unity often comes witha price, where strut their stuff and then give us what policy, and puts a face to the ravages address the issues in our lineup with
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trick of figuring out what the base leader reliably, and act as a political suspects, they won’t cooperate withour relevance. And while many disagree one point of view on each lecture topic closed-minded attitude of policy
wants, and setting up ademonagainst army rather than a political problem security services, they won’t provide with the French, recently, they have by coming at the audience through a makers — both in the United States
the base, does not work at the United during the grind of the daily agenda. intelligence, and they won’t respond to become quiterelevant. Americadoesn’t different medium at each event. and abroad. This is at the heart of
Nations, or any other world forum. As designed by the Founders, and requests for aid by our government. It’s need anyone in Iraq, but, in the war on While the Hopkins community our theme, and we stand behind the
Advisor Karl Rove’s strategy has described in Federalist 10, the federal the same attitude many Democrats terror that continues, we need every- winlotl hav e the opportunthiist yyea r line up we have organized.
two parts: mobilize the base, and cap- government clogs the movementsand whom the President campaigned one. toaska sitting Senator about Iraq, the
ture those swing voters. At this game, actions of factions, allowing and en- against in the fall have, but here, those speakers selected for this year have
the Bush White House excels. Bush visioning hardship on the road to ac- attitudes have real consequences for dedicated their lives to the improve- Hadi Husain is a co-chair offi nance
maintains the base by his actions and tion. Though American parties have, the security of the world. RaphaelSchweber-Korencanbereached ment of foreign affairs; a Senator may for the Johns Hopkins Foreign Affairs
the Sspwiinn gc asveo teirns pboiyn ts:p int.h e new envi- wash aGte ourngiet eWda swhhiant gwtaosn swuaprpnoesd,e ds otmo eb-e Regardless of the merits of a war at [email protected]. be willing to refer to vague details on Symposium.
ronmental regulations Bush’s EPA divided, the designs of the Founders
proposed. These new regulations have been largely successful. Response to Israel's, Dean David's ‘fatal choices’
regulate storm water runoff. Under The more people become involved
the old rules, all sites larger than five in a faction, the harder it becomes to
‘acres had to provide for a safe way to unite their disparate interests. Small
‘dispose of chemical-laden runoff. differences within the group become ast September Dean Steven ment building in Gaza City, killing at FEROZESIDWHA nousacts of murder, humiliation and
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great? Large exemption: all oil and with their own, unbending agendas. af per entitled “Fatal Choices: mitted, the Israeli Army knew ahead of die while punishing the guilty, that is
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* ‘The other essential element to the
keeps battering the fear-the-demon raeli publica sense of revenge,” it visits avoidable in military actions. Onestill like Shehada prevents further attacks We have reached moral equivalency.
: ‘sttlrya tseagysy iist,a bduetm oitn’.s alBwuasyhs ntehveerre . exSpolmice- imnegs sfaogr eu sa,t iUf. wSe. vdootne’rts . stTohpe yt’hreem ,c oemt-c. roeft mruirbudteiro n anond itsh “et hpee rlpeeatsrt abtaodr so potfi aocnt”s cfoaunrntoht mcolsatim ptohwaet rfwuhle n artmhey wofirrleds’ sa abgaatiannstt PIaslraeesltiisn,i iarnr ecsapseucatlitviee so.f nAso nDcaovmi-d do Cnloetasrulpyp oDratvsiudi’csi dleo gbico mibsi nflgasw,e db.u tI
Beubslic and amsoluetnh pliaeccei euW seu naeleldcy a Rneb e- If you watched Bush’s news confer- in responding to Palestinian terrorism. one-ton anti-tank missile at an apart- admits, this is not the case. One cannot Ialso do not support Israel’s actions
* publicans because they won't “be vot- ence, the answer to every question _Ifone divorces from personal biases ment building in one of the most claim that the Israeli Army believes its and policies in Palestine. When Israel
| ‘agwith TedKe nnedy,’asNewMexico inevitably came back to the Saddam- and focuses on the logic espoused by crowded cities in the world that the own propaganda: after the attack it im- leaves Palestine, when she withdraws
must-go talking points we’ve all seen both sides of the Israel-Palestine con- resultant deaths are “unintentional.” mediately decided that Hamas would. her troops, removes her settlements,
on display. That approach works well flict for their respective major military Those who ordered the bombing make every effort to strike back, as dismantles her infrastructure of
cShoaliorchmeakn ofW ethse HSetronwa ndo Ti: mes dur- for mobilizing the choir: those who oper-I saraelti tarigetoed knillisngsa nd knew exactly where Shehada was: with Hamas indeed did. The Israeli Army apartheid and releases her control
already support Bush. It might win a Palestinian suicide bombings — one his family. They foresaw their deaths, knewin advance that this killing would overP alestine’s borders, water, land,
ae5 an “us vs. them” ” motimotivatevs atesa a b ase few converts. Mostly though, the arrivesat thed isturbingconclusitohant , performed some sort of mental cal- in fact increase the number of Israelis air and people, then, and only then,
vea r fectively,with thweh ipsliRkues h - strategy serves tok eep thel ines drawn in keeping with David’s logic, suicide culus to decide that their deaths were killed by suicide bombers. will she have the benefits that David ©
ing aroount nhed lo w- right where theyare. Linesin the sand bombings are as justified as targeted acceptable, and then went ahead with The only possible explanation re- insists targeted killings offer her. In
become trenches on the diplomatic killin Bs. pe the operation. The claim that Shehada maining, and the one that David capi- short, Israel will have her security
front; these later turn into a lack of The policy of targeted killing rests spending time with his family was talizes on, is that the killings are re- when the Palestinians have their free- _
aid in the fight against terror. © on the same moral foundation as that actually an insidious ploy to get his tributive and offer the Israeli publica dom, and nota moment sooner. —
‘Unlike the “If your not with us, of suicide bombings; whether or not entire family killed in order to expose sense of revenge. This is exactly the te
_ you're with the terrorists” pronounce- one can call ee ae ony. Israel’s military tactics to the worldi s justification Hamas uses for suicide
nent of two years ago, these countries able” is highly questionable. On July laughable, if not overtly racist. bombings. They say the adults killed Feroze Sidwha is a junior majoring in
Ghd ctsawon det ect theyl jlo atb e 23, 2002 the IDF destroyed an apart- Allow Ari Fleischer, Chief White by suicide bombers perpetrate hei- public health and political science,
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
‘Hydrogen fuel research to expand Study shows stem
cells can help heart
BY ROBERT DAVIS
products.
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The MIT study found that ifmore
money were given to producing
In Bush’s recent State ofthe Union
higher efficiency hybrid engines, then -|
address, he stated that there would be hybrid engines could prove to be
a $1.2 billion in research funding in-
“greener” than hydrogen fuel-cell |
Crease for the development hydro- power sources.
gen-powered automobiles. This in-
As the most viable option for green
crease, according to the Washington
automobiles in the next 20 years,
Post, willc ontribute toa viable reality
hybrid cars are a far safer bet for
for less.fossil fuel emissions.
investors and auto manufactures.
A newreport from MIT, however,
Hybrid automobiles couple an elec-
reveals many of the problems sur-
tric engine with a standard gasoline
rounding Bush’s plan to produce hy-
engine turbine. ’
drogen fuel-cell powered automo-
The new hybrids exhibit impres-
biles in the next 20 years. The report sive fuel efficiency and far lower
states that there are far too many lim- greenhouse gas emissions. They
iting factors in how quickly the auto- create the green requirements that
motive industry could adapt to the® |
current regulations require, while |
new technology.
not requiring any infrastructure |
For example, the most obvious
change.
‘limitation is the massive infrastruc- America’s historical resistance |
ture change required for fueling all of
to “Green Technologies” is also a |
the automobiles on the road. Until major limitation of the Bush plan.
the infrastructure is in place, no auto The first fuel-cell powered cars pro-
maker will produce a fuel-cell pow- duced will be more expensive then
ered car. After all who is going to buy their petroleum powered
a car if they cannot drive it because competitors. Americans have along
there is no fuel available?
standing pattern of buying the
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tion and refitting current gas stations environment. | Research done in Paris, France shows that stem cell applications can
with capacity for hydrogen if there American auto manufacturers are help cure human heart (pictured above) ailments and various injuries.
are no customers to buy his product? ther of the pressurized tanks was to incredibly low to current petroleum unwilling to use R&D funding to pro-
~The ultimate catch-22 of modern rupture, then the possibility for loss based systems. This makes them an duce more efficient engines. This is BY FAREED RIYAZ heart attack a few days after the
. capitalism will require another party, ofli fe would be severe. To eliminate unsuitable candidate for green pow- most notably exhibited by the fact THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter removal.
the Federal Government, to subsi- this risk companies have had to de- ered cars. Diamler-Chrystler recently that the only two hybrid vehicles Bonnville’s heart continued to de-
.. dize the cost ofbuildintgh e necessary velop other options for hydrogen released a new method of storage in available (Honda Insight, and the Stem cells are reemerging on the teriorate, and two days later, Dr.
infrastructure. storage. Each of these other storage the Natrium minivan. Toyota Prius) are manufactured by medical horizon, this time as an in- Steven Timmis, acardiologistandone
Add to this the inherent problems options robs power from the reac- The Natrium uses a sodium boro- Japanese auto makers. | novate way to treat damage done to of the doctors also involved in the cell
»ofahydrogen fuel source, and the full tion in the fuel cell. hydride powder, borax soap, to store Another limiting factor is the the human heart. The new research infusion, performed a balloon
‘scale of the problemis realized. While Instead of using compressed lig- hydrogen for use. The by-products of growing trend of SUV sales. With focuses on injecting stem cells into angioplasty, a procedure performed
hydrogen is a very abundant gas, in uid gas most prototypes have used - the reaction are soapy water. This is there high horsepower require- the damaged areas, which has a to open. blocked arteries.
‘has several safety concerns for con- another substance to store hydrogen unfortunately notaclean materialand ments, SUVs prove to be an ineffi- | healing effect on the tissue. Trials have Unfortunately, positron emission
» sumer use. The first use of hydrogen before use. Recent convention show- would need to have waste recovery in cient means of transportation no been conducted and are underway, tomography (PET) scans later
gas for transportation was in hot air ings from Toshiba use menthol over the infrastructure. matter what fuel source is used. As both in the United States and around showed that a major portion of
_balloons and dirigibles. In addition, sure hydrogen as a power source for The Natrium, despite the new long as SUV sales are strong, it is the globe. Bonnville’s heart was not pumping,
‘_if hydrogen fueled cars were to be- consumer products, such as laptops storage material, is also plagued doubtful Americans would choose The first definitive evidence that and appeared to be dead.
come a commodity, petrol gas com- and cell phones. with weight problems. The current a smaller more efficient fuel-cell this procedure can cause any im- Physicians atthe hospital had been
“panies would loose business. This has proven to be a far safer model weighs in at 700 pounds more powered car. provement in the overall condition of preparing to begin a series of trials to
Most notably was the Hindenburg. and lighter choice of power. But the than the standard gasoline powered And while the 20 year time line the heart comes from a study con- test a related cell transplant
“In 1937; the German airship exploded added safety comes at a cost to bat- Town and Country minivan. seems improbable for fuel-cell tech- ducted at the Hépital Européen procedure, when Bonnville’s case
‘in a fiery disaster killing 35 passen- tery power. The menthol powered The other misconception is that nology, MIT Professor John Georges Pompidou, in Paris, France. unexpectedly arose. Considering that
-egers and onlookers as the ship pre- fuel cells actually have aboutone sixth hydrogen based fuel cells are an en- Heywood, one of the publication’s The study followed 10 patients who . the boy’s condition would only
pared to land. The explosion was the power output of pure hydrogen. tirely “green” method of energy pro- authors, stated to the Washington had suffered heart attacks, and was continue to deteriorate, doctors were
caused bya small spark ofs tatic elec- In larger fuel-cells, like those re- duction. Most of the hydrogen used Post, “If auto systems with signifi- | conducted in order to investigate the given approval to perform’ the
tricity. If hydrogen technology were quired in automobiles, metallic hy- for fuel cells actually comes from pe- cantly lower greenhouse gas emis- safety of such’a procedure. technique on an emergency basis.
to be ported to the automotive indus- drides are used as the storage me- troleum and natural gasses. But the sions are required in say 30 to 50 In one case, researchers injected Dr. William O’Neil told The
try the same risks would apply. dium. These prototypes are far too refining process that yields hydrogen years, hydrogen is the only major | the heart of a 72-year-old man with Baltimore Sun that “this treatment
If two cars were to collide and ei- heavy. The power to weight ratio is creates other greenhouse gas by- fuel option identified to date.” | muscle stem cells, called myoblasts, was Dimitri’s only option, aside from
which were taken from his thigh. The a heart transplant.” Bonnville’s
functioning of the man’s heart was parents were hesitant to have him
Upcominc Events aT JHMI Anp Homewoop shown to be stronger following the undergo a transplant, because of the
procedure. lifelong medical care that accompa-
Only after the man died 18 months nies such treatment.
later could the researchers prove that Doctors administered a drug
Thursday, March 20 Processing in Fish and Ma.m.mals the injected myoblasts had mutated called Neupogen to Bonnville, which
7:45 a.m. Pathology Grand Rounds: CD1d-restricted iNKT Cells Wei-Li Diana Ma, Ph.D. into cells useful to the heart, and thus caused his bone marrow to produce
The Good, the Bad, and the Immunoregulatory Research Associate, Boston University, Hearing Research Center were in some way responsible for the large numbers ofstem cells. After four
Brian Wilson, M.D., Ph.D. Talbot Library, Traylor 709 improvements observed. This was days of treatment, the doctors used a
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Sponsored by: Department of Biomedical Engineering achieved by examining the injected procedure called leukopheresis to
West Lecture Hall, Wood Basic Science Building cells for myosin, a major muscle harvest the stem cells out of
Sponsored by: Department of Pathology 4p.m. Impact of Genomics and Genetics on the Biomedical Sciences protein that exists in two forms. Bonnville’s circulating blood. The
Arno Motulsky, M.D. Cells usually only produce one cells were injected directly into
12 p.m. Chemical Approaches to Sorting Out Protein Professor of Medicine and Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle form of myosin. The “fast” form of Bonnville’s heart on Feb. 21 ina five-
Phosphorylation and Acetylation Wood Basic Science Auditorium myosin is found mainly in skeletal minute procedure, and doctors
Philip A. Cole, M.D., Ph.D. Sponsored by: McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine muscle, while the “slow” form is expressed hope thatthe cells will grow
Professor and Director of Pharmacology & Molecular Sciences predominant in heart muscle. Thus, into normal heart cells.
1830 E. Monument St., Suite 2-200. 4 p.m. Soma-germline Interaction and Sexual Dimorphism in the the injected cells, having been taken During the deterioration, the
Sponsored by: Department of Cell Biology Drosophila Gonad from the muscle of the thigh, would proportion of blood pumped out
Mark Van Doren, Ph.D. have contained mostly the “fast” form from the heart, a value known as the
4p.m. Avoiding b cell autoimmunity: Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University of myosin. ejection fraction, had fallen from a
The Importance of iNKT Cells and Dendritic Cells in Peripheral Tolerance Room W2030, BSPH Examining the cells after the man’s normal value in the range of 55 to 65
S. Brian Wilson, M.D., Ph.D. Sponsored by: Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology death, the researchers found that the percent to only2 5 percent. However,
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard and the Dana Farber injected cells, while still having the in the five days following the injection
Cancer Institute Tuesday, March 25 appearance of typical skeletal muscle procedure, the ejection fraction rose
CRB 3M42 9 a.m. Rodent Handling cells, now contained a great deal of from 25 to 35 percent.
Sponsored by: Hematopoiesis & Immunology Society Kinta Diven and Patricia Matos “slow” myosin. It was likely that the Dr. Timmis told The Sun that the
Training and Compliance Coordinator environment of the heart was the doctors were “incredibly encouraged
Friday, March 21 Ross 403 determining factor that transformed that we have already begun to see
10 a.m. Human Genetics Thesis Seminar: Creation Sponsored by: Animal Care and Use Committee the myoblasts. improvementof heart function.” He
and use of Mouse Models to Understand Gene Action in Down Syndrome Overall, the findings showed useful also added that full recovery “would
Lisa Olson 12 p.m. Gene Expression Profiles of Distinctive Cellular Phenotypes: improvements in heart function inall be overly optimistic, but he should
517 PCTB Corneal Keratocytes, Fibroblass and Myofibroblasts 10 of the participants. Albert Hagége, beable tolivea relatively normallife.”
Sponsored by: HumangSenetics, Institute of Genetic Medicine Dr. Shukti Chakravarti one of the researchers involved in the “This is not by any means a cure,
Johns Hopkins University, Department of Medicine, Cell Biology ° study, told the New Scientist news but it does represent a new avenue of
1 p.m. WBMEI Friday Seminar Series: Modeling and Manipulating and Ophthalmology service that “this is the first treatment,” Dr. O’Neill told The Sun.
EGFR-mediated Cell Communiction in Develop.m.ent The M. Daniel Lane Conference Center, 612 Physiology Bldg. demonstration of the concept in He added that Bonnville’s
Stas Y. Shvartsman, Ph.D. Sponsored by: Department of Biology Chemistry humans and confirms animal improvement “should plateau about
Assistant Professor, Princeton University findings.” three months after the treatment,” at
Traylor 709 1 p.m. The Discovery of a Water-Soubule Anti-cancer Agent . The findings demonstrated in this which point doctors are planning to
Sponsored by: Department of Biomedical Engineering Ernest B. Izevbigie, Ph.D. research will be published in the take another PET scan.
_ Assistant Professor of Biology, Jackson State University, MS March issue of the Journal of the There is still a great deal to be
3:30 p.m. Developing aS tem Cell Gene Therapy for Hemoglobin Disorders Room 322, 1830 E. Monument Street, American College of Cardiology. The understood about stem cells and how
David M. Bodine, IV, Ph.D. Sponsored by: Johns Hopkins Complementary and Alternative Medicine researchers have also been planninga best to put them to clinical use. Dr,
CBhiioelfo,g yH eBmraatnocpho, ieNsaitiso nSaelc tHiounm a~ nG enGeetnicosm ea ndRe sMeoalrecc ular, 3 p.m. History of Genetic Medicine Lecture Series: Interaction ymeuacrsh, laanrdge rw istthu dy3,0 0s pianntneirnnga titohnraele tMhaer kC hiSludsresnm’asn ,H oas phietaarlt arneds eaRrecsheearr chat
CRB 3M42 Arno Moltulsky, M.D. patients. Foundation in Cincinnati, told The
Sponsored by: Hematopoiesis & Immunology Society Professor, Medicine and Genome Sciences, University of Washington Inarelated event, the condition of Times that stem cell treatments “are
Suite 2-108, 1830 Bldg. a 16-year-old Michigan boy has ’ clearly beneficial in the short run but
5 p.m. Dean’s Lecture III: Synapses and Memory Sponsored by: Institute of the History of Medicine greatly improved after he was givena it’s premature to start treating every-
Richard L. Huganir, Ph.D. similar experimental stem cell oneintheclinic.” Hesaidheknewofno
Professor, Department of Neuroscience, HHI, JHU School of Medicine Wednesday, March 26 treatment. The boy, Dimitri cases where stem cells had not worked,
Hurd Hall 4 p.m. Trying to Show Causality in a 2x3 Factorial Randomized Bonnville, was at his part-time The current thinking is that the
Sponsored by: Dean’s Office, Johns Hopkins Medicine Trial with Longitudinal Binary Outcomes and Adherence construction job on Feb, 1, where he stem cells stimulate cells in the heart
~ Thomas R. Ten Have, Ph.D. was playing with his boss’s son, when or in other parts of the body to carry
Saturday, March 22 . University of Pennsylvania the nail gun they were playing with out the observed repairs, since the
~ 8:30 a.m. Surgical Grand Rounds; The Fourth Annual MGH W2030, BSPH accidentally fired; this hurt him very stem cells can rarely be found in the
Johns Hopkins Lecture Ship — Surgical Treatment of Barrett’s Sponsored by: Department of Biostatistics badly. hearta few weeks after theiri njection,
Attila Csendes, M.D., F.A.C.S. Bonnville was taken to Beaumont However, no one knows wh
Chairman, Department of Surgery, Clinical Hospital University of Chile 4 p.m. Endocrine Grand Rounds: Management of Hypertriglyceridemia Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., where injection of the stem cells is required
Hurd Hall Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. cardiac surgeons removed the nail an for the repairs to take place, Dr.
Sponsored by: Department of Surgery Professor of Medicine and Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins hour later. However, because of swell- Sussman told The Times that “the
| f Marburg 1 Conference Room ing that pushed down on the coronary million dollar question is why doesn’
| Monday, March 24 Sponsored by: Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism artery, the boy suffered a massive _ the heart do it spontanconsiy > bi
fees Conte for Hearin and Balance Seminar: Auditory Information Department of Biolo aiKmey
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BY MATT KELLEY Depleted uranium is the hard,
ASSOCIATED Press WRITER heavy metal created asa byproduct of
enriching uranium for nuclear reac-
WASHINGTON (AP) Depleted tor fuel or nuclear weapons material.
uranium containedi n some weapons It’s about 40 percent less radioactive
the United States would use in a war than natural uranium, according to
with Iraq is not in itself dangerous to Dr. Michael Kilpatrick, a top Penta-
human health or the environment, gon health official.
Defense Department officials said The U.S. military uses depleted Mark 15 Mod 3
Friday. uranium in rounds fired by M1 Thermonuclear Weapon
Col. James Naughton of the Abrams tanks and A-10 attack jets
Army’s supply service said Iraqi offi- because it’s the best substance known
cials are blaming depleted uranium for penetrating tank armor,
rounds fired during the 1991 Gulf Naughton said. Unlike other heavy COURTESY OF HTTP://WWW.GEE-DEE.CO.UK/HOBY TECH
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seventh anniv ersary of the D.C. Welfare conference held on March 3. “There’s no doubt that DU gave us actually sharpens itself, he said. health problems, including cancer kidney damage would actually hap-
JHU, NWU take a | aN ahuugghet oand vasnatida gea t oav ePre ntthaeigro nt annkesw,s” due Irfarqio mo ffdiecpilalest edh avuer asnaiidu mt harto urnedsis- asonudt hbeirrnth Irdaeqf.e cStesv earamlo nEgu rocpiveialnia ngso vi-n penT.h e U.S. government has a pro-
conference. used during the Gulf War caused ernments have called for intensive gram to compensate Cold War-era
studies of depleted uranium’s envi- uranium miners for cancer and other
ronmental and health effects because ailments blamed on their work with
look into welfare JHU publishes wind of its use during wars in the Balkans natural uranium. Kilpatrick said the
during the 1990s. miners’ health problems come from
Such studies, including those by radon, a radioactive gas present
and ocean analysis the World Health Organization and around uranium deposits but that is
the United Nations, have found no not given off by depleted uranium.
link between depleted uranium and Kilpatrick said Iraqi claims. of
BY NICK SZUFLITA rect assessomf ceognnittiv e achieve-
health or environmental damage, health effects from depleted uranium
THE JoHNs Hopkins News-Letter ment through a test administered to
Kilpatrick said. Although studies have were suspect because the tank battles
the children by trained interviewers.
A new study, assessed in part by “Direct assessments of such skills as proven that uranium shells used by of the 1991 war were fougouth itnth e
BY TRISTEN CHUN isinagwirthe thee ‘cmriteicanl-ltaye r’ | the U.S. during the Gulf War did in- desert, well away from any citieso‘ r
Hopkins researchers, is to be pub- children’s reading and math skills THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LetTTER theory — a theory originally | deed afflict the citizens of Iraq, the towns. N
lished in the March 7 issue ofS cience may be more valid and reliable than
proposed by John Miles in 1957. depleted uranium was shown not to Because depleted uranium is:so
offers a significant boost to the mod- teacher or mother reports of school
In their recent publication in Na- “Incomplete understanding of the be a significant threat. heavy, even tiny particles quickly fall
est body of research about the ways progress employed in the other stud- ture, researchers from Johns Hopkins air-sea interaction reduces the pre- He said military doctors studying to the ground and stay there. Tests in
children have fared since their moth- ies,” Chase-Lansdale said ina recent University and University ofCa lifor- dictive power of climate models as about 90 American soldiers exposed Kuwait found no increase in radia-
ers moved off of welfare and into the press release.
nia at Irvine revealed their theories wellas of weather and wave forecasts,” to depleted uranium during friendly- tion on the ground near the shells of
workforce following the sweeping Also utilized in the study was a about how overlying airflow can pro- says Hristov in his publication. Fur- fire accidents in the Gulf War found destroyed Iraqi tanks, he said.
welfare reforms of the 1990s. child behavior checkthlati insclutde s duce waves ofd ifferent heights in the ther research in this wind-to-wave no uranium-related health effects, Iraq’s government rejected a
The study suggests that, at least in a 100-item mother-report measure, ocean. In this study scientists began interaction will not only enhance | even among about 20 who have de- WHO offer to study whether depleted
the short run and during good eco- used to assess emotion and behavior | toexpound upon the complex mecha- weather forecasts, but it will also re- | pleted uranium shrapnel still embed- uranium caused any health problems,
nomic times, children in low-income problems, such as depression, anxi- nism in which ocean waves are gener- fine current theories about the ex- | ded in their bodies. Kilpatrick said. ’
families are not harmed, on average, ety, aggression and delinquency. ated by the wind. change of energy between the atmo- | “The bottom line is, there’s going The United States used 320 tons
when their mothers leave welfare or Children were also asked to report How the wind transfers its ener- sphere and the ocean. to benoimpactontheheoaf lpetophl e (291 metric tons) of depleted ura-
move to work. It is noteworthy on their own behaviors. gies to ocean waves has been a topic Oceans cover about 70 percent of in the environment or people who nium in the Gulf War. That would
though, that this study was conducted The study also found some evi- of interest among scientists since the the Earth’s surface, and they contain were there at the time,” Kilpatrick be enough for a cube about 8 feet
at the height of the economic boom. dence that mothers’ exits from the 19th century. A British scientist Lord roughly 97 percent ofthe Earth’s water | said. (2.4 meters) on each side, Kilpatrick
While statistically significant, the welfare system were related to im- Kelvin, who is well known for his es- supply. Many scientists, like Hristov, | A British study released last year said.
positive findings for adolescents, were proved cognitive achievement anda | tablishment of the Kelvin tempera- are trying hard to solve their myster- found, however, that some of those Depleted uranium is such anef-
slight, while preschoolers were nei- decreased drug and alcohol use | ture scale in 1800's, tried to study ies. Their research will help improve American soldiers had ingested or fective weapon for anti-tank rounds
ther helped nor hurt, emphasizes among adolescents. Entrances onto such transfer of energy, but only with weather forecasts and the study of | inhaled enough depleted uranium that during close-range battles be-
Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, a professor welfare showed the opposite pattern. limited success. wave activity, in order to understand | to theoretically have kidney dam- tween U.S. and Iraqi tanks in 1991,
of developmental psychology in The study draws upon data from The Kelvin absolute temperature such processes such as El Nifio, and age. The study by The Royal Soci- the reswuasl “Itraq i tanks destroyed
Northwestern’s School of Education a longitudinal survey of 2,402 low- scale, as it is now known, was pre- the consequent environmental and ety, Britain’s academy ofs cientists, and U.S. tanks with scrape marks,”
and Social Policy and research fellow income children and their mothers cisely defined much later after con- human health affects such climate said it was unclear whether such Naughton said. Ao
at Northwestern’s Institute for Policy in poor neighborhoods of Boston, servation of energy had become bet- changes have.
Research (IPR). Chicago and San Antonio. The fami- ter understood as this theory applies [
“One argumentis that the positive lies were chosen to reflect different to many fields of environmental sci-
and negative aspects of going off wel- regions of the country and a diverse ence.
fare or getting a job may cancel each mix of racial and ethnic groups. Up until recent years, simulations
other out,” Chase-Lansdale, North- About 46 percent of the children of wind-to-wave energy transfer in
western University professor who is were African-American, 48 percent laboratories have been difficult to W2 V IA: TALA
the lead author of the study with co- were Hispanic and 6 percent were achieve, and field-tests virtually im-
authors from Northwestern, Johns non-Hispanic white and other possible.
Hopkins University and other insti- ethnicities. At the first interview, “There’s a parameter that’s in-
tutions, said in a recent press release. most of the families were poor, with volved in the calculations for study- "LA+Ms A Car > Korean € using
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THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter
SPORTS
Lady ish break 3-] Women’s Swimming garners
Jays
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BY ERIC RIDGE to an inauspicious start on the first answered the call.
THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LeTTER day of competition as the Jays fin- The team, comprised of freshmen
ished tied for 10th place with 37 Sida Liu, Jessica Chang, and Abiona
The Women’s Swimming team points. Redwood and sophomore Diana
placed an impressive ninth at the Among the standouts for the Jays Smirnova finished an impressive
2003 NCAA Women’s Division III onthe first day was senior Stephanie fifth-placjeu,s to ne-tenth ofa second
Swimming and Diving Champion- Harbewsho ofinnis,he d ninitnh th e behind the fourth place finisher.
ships, held last weekend in Atlanta, 500 meter freestyle with a time of They finished the day tied with
Ga. 5:01.54. But she was the lone Blue Washington University for 10th
The Jays notched a top 10 finish in Jay who placed on the first day, put- place.
the tournafomrthee nfoturt h straight ting much pressure on the relay On the second day of the tourna-
year. teams to secure a good finish for ment, the Jays were golden, pulling
But the weekend did not seem des- Hopkins. ahead of Washington.
tined to go quite as well after it got off The 400-meter medley relay team The Jays were potent early, as they
posted an impressive fifth place fin-
ish in the 200-meter medley relay.
‘Track competes at the
The team, comprised of Liu, Kristin
Stepaniak, Smimova and Redwood
notched a time ofj ust 1:47.89.
ECAC tournament Another team, the 800-meter free
relay comprised of Smimova,
Harbeson, freshman Carly Benner
| andjunior Liz Schlicher earneda 10th
| BY MELISSA O’BERG a great way to wrap up my indoor | place finish with a time of 7:48.14.
| THE Jouns Hopkins News-Letter career.” Individually, some of the same
Senior distance runner, John swimmers helped carry the team.
The Hopkins’ indoor track and Onofrey finished 10th in the 3k run- Both Stepaniak and Smimova
field team sent five athletes who had ning 8:53.47. He beat the next fin- earned valuable points for their
NATHAN BATES/NEWS-LETTE | qualified during the season to the isher, Randy Wetzel ofR ichard Stock- team by placing in the top ten indi-
Junior Midfielder Kate Barcomb and a William & Mary player go for a ball in the air. The Lady Jays won 12-7. Eastern College Athletic Conference ton College by almost three seconds. vidual times in both events.
Tournament held at Tufts University The event was won by Nick Ricco Stepaniak finished eighth in the 100-
CONTINUED FROM Pace A12 just3 7 seconds later Whitney Horton After both teams went scoreless in Boston, Mass. over this past week- from The College of New Jersey who meter breaststroke with a time of
Putnam scored a free position goal to put Penn on the board with an unas- over the next 12 minutes, Pearce | end, finished ina time of 8:21.37. He came 1:06.75 while Smimova finished sev-
putthe Blue Jays ahead by two. Pearce sisted goal to cut the lead to 5-1. How- scored an unassisted goal with 6:24 to | “As far as ECAC’s go, we had 5 in over 18 seconds ahead of the next | enth with a time of 57.39.
then scored offan assist from Burnett ever, Burnett again made it a five- play. She then found the back of the | people competing. [Senior] Quinlan finisher, Ted Turner of SUNY- Harbeson and Chang also had
with 7:10 to play, and Putman ended goal game byscoonarfreie pnosgiti on net off a pass from Barcomb just 47 | [Amos] accomplished an amazing Geneseo. strong finishes in their events.
the run by scoring off a feed from shot at the 2:23 mark of the period, seconds later to give Hopkins a 5-1 feat by winning the 200-meter dash While the Hopkins women didn’t | Harbeson earned sixteenth place in
sophomore attacker Erin Riordan and Hopkins tooka 6-1 lead into half- lead. Morgan Watkins cut the Blue | there in a time of 22.47 seconds. I score any points in the meet, their | the 200 meter freestyle with a time
with 5:16 remaining. Ohio scored time. Jay advantage to three, a minute later | would think that is very deserving of presence didnotgo unnoticed. Fresh- | of 1:56.03 while Chang scoreda time
three late goals, the last ofw hich came Blue Jay freshman attacker when she scored off a feed from | being publicized well when the ECAC man Ilolochika Emuh finished ninth | of 1:07.82 in the 100 meter breast-
with only nine seconds left in regula- Lauren Dean opened the second half Laurice Rutledge. Pearce retaliated is composed of as many schools as it in the 55 meters hurdles. Her time of stroke, good enough to earn a 15th
tion. Fortunately, for the Blue Jays, scoring with a goal offan assist from for the Blue Jays by scoring offa pass | is,” commented head coach Bobby 8.74seconds broke the school record, place.
Ohio could not get off another shot. Pearce with 21:19 remaining, and from Burnett. Pearce thenintercepted | Van Allen. which she set earlier in the season. Finally, freshman Stephanie
Senior goalkeeper Jen McDonald after Chelsea Kaden answered for apass, raced down the field, and found Amos beat runners Eric Green and The women’s division was won by Leaman finished 10th in the 1650-
made nine saves for the Blue Jays. the Quakers at the 19:42 mark, freshman attack Sarah Walsh for her Bernie Carey from the College of New Wheaton College, followed by Colby meter freestyle with a time of 17:25.17
The Jays were not so lucky against Crisafulli scored her second goal of first career goal with just two seconds Jersey and Union College, respectively. Collegein second, The College of New while Stepaniak earned 13th place in
the No. 18 Ohio State Women’s La- the game with 13:28 left when her left in the half to give the Blue Jays a7- He also finished 11th in the 55 meter Jersey in third, SUNY Geneseo in } the 200-meter breaststroke with a
crosse team. Ohio State held off a pass intended for Pearce went 2 lead at the break. dash with a time of 6.61 seconds. forth and Tufts University in fifth. time of2 :23.68.
second half rally by Johns Hopkins to straight into the cage. Hopkins then put the game out of Amos said of the championship The Hopkins men’s team placed The finish culminateda season full
defeat the No. 15 Blue Jays, 9-6, Fri- Crissy Book scored just 14 sec- reach by scoring four consecutive meet, “it was certainly fun, and Iam 27 out of 43 schools who scored points of ups and downs for the women’s
day night, March 14, at Jesse Owens onds later to cut Penn’s deficit to 8-3, goals in the first 11:32 of the second very happy that I finally won it, after at the meet, tying with Lehman Col- team. A rash of injuries proved piv-
Memorial Stadium in Ohio. and Lindsey Cassidy concluded the half. Walsh opened the scoring with four years. Icamein seventh place my lege. The College of New Jersey won otal early in the year, forcing under-
Ohio State tookan earlyleadand scoring at the 12:26 mark with a free an unassisted goal at the 26:42 mark, freshman year and as my coach said, the men’s portion of the meet, fol- classmen to step up earlier than
never looked back. They led position goal. Penn out-shot and just 26 seconds later Holland in essence, records come and go, but lowed by Rensselear, St. Lawrence coaches had planned.
Hopkins 5-1 at halftime and tooka Hopkins, 22-20, including 15-8 int he scored an unassisted goal to make ita you will always have your champion- University, Bates College, Tufts Uni- Still, the team managed to over-
6-1 advantage with 26:27 remain- second half, but senior goalkeeper Jen 9-2 game. After Walsh found Burnett ship. He was referring to my con- versity. come the odds and even late in the
ing when Noemi Hites scored offan McDonald made eight saves to hold for a goal with 22:56 remaining, Den- stantly resetting my record, butnowI ‘The Blue Jays will kick off their out- season they set their goal as finishing
assist from Tracey Bounds before off the Quakers. The Blue Jay defense nis scored offa feed from Pearce to finally got the ECAC championship, door season as they compete in the in the top grouping this year at the
the Blue Jays made a run. Senior was led by junior Rachel Krom, who give Hopkins a nine-goal lead with | so all is well for indoor track. [It was] Goucher Invitational on March 23. | NCAA Tournament.
midfielder Erinn Dennis opened the collected a game-high nine of 18:28 to play.
spurt by scoring a free position goal Hopkins’ 43 ground balls, while The Tribe made a run, as Work,
with 25:53 to play, and sophomore sophomore Lacey Hentz picked up Morgan Long and Julie Scurachio
attacker Erin Riordan made it a 6-3 five ground balls and caused five turn- scored unanswered goals to cut the GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS
game when she scored off aD ennis overs. Hopkins lead to 11-5 with 7:08 to
AT THE VILLA SPELMAN, FLORENCE, ITALY
pass with 22:24 remaining. Blue Jay March 8 was the Jays’s first game play. However, Blue Jay freshman
junior midfielder Kate Barcomb cut of the break against William & Mary. midfielder Meagan Voight scored FALL SEMESTER, 2003
the Ohio State lead to two with an Pearce scored three goals and added off a feed from Crisafulli to put
unassisted goal at 20:02, and senior two assists while senior attack Liz Hopkins up seven with four min-
attacker Liz Holland scored off a Holland also scored three times to utes remaining. Work concluded
pass from senior attacker Meghan lead the No. 15 Blue Jays to a 12 -7 the scoring with an unassisted goal Applications are invited from graduate student who want to partici-
Burnett three minutes later to pull win. at the 3:48 mark and a free position
Hopkins within one. The Blue Jays scored first just 2:22 goal with 1:47 left. McDonald made pate in the Program in Social Theory and Historical Inquiry at the
The Buckeyes responded follow- into the contest when Dennis scored three saves for Hopkins. Charles S. Singleton Center for Italian Studies at the Villa Spelman,
ing a timeout, as Carolina Weatherill on a free position shot, and just 14 “All in all it was a productive
scored an unassisted goal with 12:10 seconds later Dennis found Holland week. Welearneda lot about what it Florence, in the fall 2003 semester.
to play, and Alexia Vogler added an for a goal to give Hopkins an early 2- takes for us to play wellas a team, as
unassisted goal at the 7:37 mark to 0 lead. Holland added an unassisted well as how easy it is to lose mo-
make it an 8-5 game. Pearce cut the goal at the 25:35 mark to put the Blue mentum and play poorly,” said Many graduate students have benefited from this special opportunity
deficit to two just 13 seconds later, Jays up by three before Lauren Work Burnett. to work with colleagues in other fields, and to present their work for
but Bounds put the game away with put the Tribe on the board with a free The Jays will play their next game
an unassisted goal with 5:12 remain- position goal with 18:25 left in the on Friday when they host Davidson criticismT.he experience has also helped many students to make
ing. Vogler opened the scoring with half. at 7 p.m. swifter progress in completing the dissertation.
an unassisted goal 7:03 into the con-
test, and Regina Oliver put the Buck- Aitchison Public Service Undergraduate
eyes up 2-0 with an unassisted goal at Fellowship in Washington, D.C. This year, Peter Jelavich of the Department of History will convene the
the 17:48 mark. seminar, Culture and Theory in the Age of Fascism. Students from all de-
Hopkins cut the deficit to one as
Crisafulli scored off an assist from A5 RABS: PIomlmiteircss e ofY otuhre seNlaft ioinn’ st heC apLiiftea l.a nd partments in the humanities and the social sciences are welcome to
BSuhrannentto,n bWuitl sOolni vearn,s wKeCr edC awrtietrh, goaanlds The Aitchison Public Service apply, providing they can demonstrate a need to spend a period of
to give Ohio State a four-goal lead at Undergraduate Fellowship gives Johns residence in Italy for successful completion of the Ph.D. They should
t~ he Sberneiaokr. goalkeeper Jen McDonald Hopkins rising juniors and seniors the also have completed all requirements except for the dissertation by
had a strong performance in goal, oinpgp orretauln-iwtoyr ldt o eexaprenr i1e5n ccer eddiutrs inwgh ilteh e gfaailnl- the time they arrive in Florence in September and are expected to re-
making 15 saves for the Blue Jays. semester in Washington, D.C. main until the end of December. Several students will receive a Villa
Junior captain Kate Gilland com-
mented, “This wasa very disappoint- Aitchison fellows will: Spelman fellowship and travel allowance, but tuition is not covered by
ing loss for us as a team. Ohio State is * take three academic courses taught by Villa Spelman. Students who do not qualify for a Singleton fellowship
a very strong team, but we did not
play up to our potential and that was Hopkins faculty; may still attend if their projects are approved and their home depart-
+ intern with elected officials, lobbyists, or
what was most upsetting for us.” ments provide fellowship and travel support.
Fellow captain Heidi Pearce civil servants;
added, “Not taking away from our + develop an individual research project
own responsibility as a team, it was based on your internship; Eligible students should apply to Mary McDonough in the Villa
also a tough loss because a lot of calls + attend symposiums featuring White Spelman Office, 407 Gilman Hall, by Friday, April 4. A one-
were made favoring Ohio State. When House consultants, ambassadors, and Page state-
aounrd tOehaimo iosn dloyw hna s asa bhoauvti n1g0 ,3 0it floouolkss, + jhoauvren atlhiest so;p tion of taking a related grad- smheonutl df rboem ptrhoev isdteudd.e nAt bdreiesfc rliebtitnerg otfh er escuobmjemcetn doaf thiios no r fhreo mr rtehsee arch
rather suspicious. ” uate course;
Tuesday afternoon, March 11, the « receive $800 towards housing at the student's dissertation supervisor testifying to the completion, or
Jteoahmn s juHomppkeidn so utW otmo ean ’7s-1 lLeaacdr oassned + eUxnpilvoerres itthye osfo cCiaalli faonrdni ac uldtourrmasl; reasnodu rces plans for completion, of other requirements should also be included
finalized an 8-4 win over Pennsylva- of Washington. The final piece of the application is a letter from the chair of the
sneiaa,l eda t thHeo vmicetwooryo de arFileoylnd ,. taHkoipnkg ian5s- For an application, call the Advanced student's department, stating that the student has the permission of
Olead in the first 15:34 of the contest. Academic Programs at 410-516-6057 or the chair to attend the seminar, and specifying whethe r the depart-
Crisafulli scored the first ofher game- visit www.jhu.edu/advanced. To ment will provide fellowship and travel support, Successful applicants
high two goalsonly 2:51 into thegame, learn more about the fellowship, call
and just 35 seconds later Pearce made Professor Benjamin Ginsberg at will be notified as soon as possible.
it a2 -0 game when she scored off an 410-516-5568 or attend the information
assist from Burnett. Senior midfielder session on March 26 at 3 p.m. in the
Erinn Dennis gave Hopkins a three- Clipper Room. The Villa Spelman Office is located in 407 Gilman Hall. Mary
gtohae l2 1l:e0a5d mwairtkh , ana ndun aosnsliys t3e0d segcooanl dast This program is offered fall semester only. McDonough may be reached at mmcd 3 [email protected] or 410-516-
later freshman attacker Sarah Walsh Applications are due by April 4. Osis ROU AING 5133.
increased the lead to 4-0 with an un-.
assisted tally. Junior midfielder Kate Rayey eg | Es eh es em
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