The Johns Hopkins University News-Letter, Volume 105, Number 14 (2001 February 1)

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SNewtS GingSrich agreSeSsSt o SS|S see
speak as part of 2001 FAS
BY MEGAN HIORTH date, but he said that he hopes that likes to compare what is going on
THE JoHNs Hopkins News-Letter Gingrich will come in mid-April. The today to the Industrial Revolution.
event will be co-sponsored by the It’s a topic he’s spent a lot of time on
Former Speaker of the House College Republicans. since he’s left office.”
Newt Gingrich has agreed to speak Gingrich is expected to speak “Gingrich is a very interesting |
as part of the 2001 Foreign Affairs about “The Age of Transitions,” speaker,” said Gregor Feige, Fund-
Symposium (FAS), organizers con- Ahmed said. raising Chair of the FAS. “He’s been
firmed. “He’s going to talk about technol- there on the front lines with foreign
Mustafa Ahmed, executive direc- ogy and how technology is changing affairs in the U.S.”
tor of the FAS, said that the Sympo- commerce and the way business Feige said he thought Gingrich has
sium is awaiting confirmation of a works today,” Ahmedexplained. “He a unique view on the subject of for-
eign affairs, too.
“He is a former insider who is now
on the outside and talking about it,”
he said. CHUNG L :E/NEWS- LETTER’
Feige also said that he wonders Student groups moved out of the building at 3505 N. Charles St. and into the Arts Center last Wednesday.
how students will react to Gingrich, Student groups move offices
who is more conservative than other
FAS speakers.
“There was a more liberal ideol-
ogy being proposed,” he said. “It
from 3505 to new Arts Center.
will be interesting to see how the
students respond to the different
rhetoric.”
Ahmed said that he would rather
not discuss how much money the i Campus: Cognitive at 3505 N. Charles St. on Jan. 24. offices.
FAS offered. Gingrich, but he Though the Arts Center is not yet Some. student groups expressed
claimed that the cost was lowered Science Department will completed and is not scheduled to concern about this change. Accord-
“substantially by procuring several take over offices at 3505 open until March 1, Mary Ellen Por- ing to 2001 Milton S. Eisenhower
off-campus sponsors particularly ter, Director of Special Projects for Symposium (MSE) co-Chair Gregor
for Newt Gingrich. We were able to N. Charles St. Homewood Student Affairs, ex- Feige, privacy is essential for groups
negotiate the price of the hono- plained that there were no problems such as the MSE and the Foreign Af-
rarium down, and the sponsors re- BY JESSICA KRONISH because the northeastern wing is a fairs Symposium.
ally helped out.” THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LeTTER “building unto itself.” Feige explained that the MSE
“We paid a fair price for him,” Associate Dean of Students Dr. does not want the names of poten-
agreed Feige. °‘ We didaverygoodjob | Student groups moved into the Ralph Johnson said that, though the tial or upcoming speakers known
COURTESY OF HTTP://WWW.DENNISDESILVA.COM of securing a great speaker atavery | northeastern wing of the new Stu- building will have an “emphasis on in advance and that “it would be a
FAS organizers hope that Gingrich will speak at Hopkins in mid-April. CONTINUED ON Pace A4 dent Arts Center from their offices the creative and performing arts,” it lot nicer if we [the symposium] had
was never intended to be used exclu- an office.”
Juveniles. Hospital workers go on strike.
| sively for that purpose. MSE co-Chair Audrey Henderson
Porter emphasized that the pres- also exprconecersn asboute thde l ack
ence ofo ffices in the Arts Center will of a private space, but she said that
not place a strain on space, explain- “(the planners] tried to accommo-
~ arrested ing that there was “space for student date student ‘groups *needs within ths
organizations” in the center’s origi- given space.” he
nal design. Other students felt that the re
The student organizations were change provides a more positive at-
for series each allocated space at work carrels
in the Arts Center instead of private CONTINUED ON PAGE A3
of assaults Graduate student
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Dirk Gross, 26, dies
BY BHUVAN SRINIVASAN
Tue JOHNS Hopkins News-LetTer
Two juveniles were arrested for
suspected involvement in. four as- BY SHERYL KANE evidence of foul play, Gross’ death
saults that took place on campus be- THE JoHNs Hopkins News-LetTer was Classified as a suicide. He added
that “investigation conducted by the
tween Jan. 12 and 15. According to
Materials Science and Engineer- detectives indicated the victim was
Johns Hopkins University Security
ing graduate student Dirk Henry upset over a possible breakup with
Officer Dennis Rosemary, the series
Gross died after falling from the his girlfriend.”
of assaults were all committed by the
window of his 11th-floor Mary- Gross’ death startled his friends
same group of youths.
lander apartment on Dec. 21. Ac- and acquaintances.
On Jan. 15, a group of six males
cording to Martin Bartness, an agent “He was very kind and hada good
approached an undergraduate out-
with the Baltimore City Police De- personality,” said Material Science
side the Krieger Hall loading dock
and demanded cash. When he re- SHANNON SHIN/NEWS- LETTER partment, police responding to a and Engineering graduate student,
fused, one of the males struck the Striking hospital workers claimed that they do not receive a “Living Wage” or sufficient health benefits. 911 call froma resident pronounced Xianming Bai, a close friend of
Gross dead when they arrived on. Gross and one of the other two
student in the face, and the group fled
off-campus toward Wyman Park BY WILL ADAMS Hospital. 6a.m., with an estimated 200 protest- the scene at 10:07 p.m. members of his research team, = ==
Drive. THE JoHNs Hopkins News-Letrer “It wasmore thanacity block filled ers in attendance. The picketers Bartness said that after the BPD “T think everybody was shockéd-
Hopkins Security officers pursued with people,” said Evelyn Sommers, CONTINUED ON Pace A5 Homicide Department found no Continue on PaGEAS ~~ >
the group on foot and arrested two Over 1,500 Johns Hopkins Hospi- Executive Director of the Washing- Terrace Court undergoes changes
juveniles, ages 10 and 13, who were tal workers went on a one-day strike ton, D.C., Nurses Association.
- taken into custody by Northern Dis- yesterday, the Service Employees In- Sommers confirmed that the protest-
* trict Police Officers and charged with ternational Union (SEIU) and ers had gotten the permits necessary
assault and attempted robbery. Hopkins representatives confirmed. to legally conduct the rally and the PdPeMd PM
-“The detectives in the Northern The strike, aimed at furthering the march to the Inner Harbor. BY LIZ STEINBERG
District Police are actively iin vestigat- workers’ case for higher wages and Speakersat therallyincluded Anna THE Jouns Hopkins News-Letrer
“ing these assaults,” said Rosemary. better benefits, was organized by the Berger, International Vice President
~- They might have received informa- SEIU and included another 1,000 of SEIU, and Ernie Grecco, president Sodexho-Marriott changed menu
tion about the suspects at-large from workers from Sinai Hospital and the of the AFL-CIO in Baltimore. After options during Intersession and re-
the boys that were arrested, but no Greater Baltimore Medical Center. the march, strikers were bussed to the modeled the Terrace Court Cafe
further arrests have taken place yet.” More labor unions — 119 in total, Hopkins medical campus. kitchen in response to student input
Rosemary said that, at this point, said organizers —joinedtheprotesters . Picketing started in front of the and complaints.
ConTINUED ON Pace AS for a rally across the street from Mercy Myer building at the JHMI campusat New managers regionally and for
the Homewood staff are responsible
INSIDE THIS LS Asie for the improvements, according to
Jean DeVito, director of Dining Ser-
vices.
MEN’S HOOPSTERS SPLIT A PAIR ConTENTS Although Sodexho’s contract with
The Johns Hopkins Men’s Basket- the University expires at the end of
ball team won one and lost one in a the school year, at which point the
pair of tough Centennial Conference company will be one of five bidding
games recently. Read up all the for a new five-year contract, DeVito
roundball details. Page A12 EXPOSULE o.psessesessesserereees said she did not think this was the sole
Features ......c.s000 wpeperis reason for the improvements.
THE NEXT COURTNEY LOVE? “Certainly going out to bid can S tudents seemed pleased with the new options at Terrace this semeniet
Maybe not. But Mary Prankster make people a lot more responsive,”
and her band are bold and crude she conceded. “They wantto stay here greasy foods, said Richard Roldan, new loading dock located behind Sie
enough to be men. You like tits? You and they want to do a good job.” who has been General Manager for Alumni Memorial Residences and
like whiskey? This band’s big song DeVito added that the contract Sodexho-Marriotton the Homewood Building B. In addition, new ceilings
might be for you. Page B1 could be cancelled at the end of an campus since November. and lighting were installed. ~ ie
academic year if the service were not Vegan options are now available This created a “much more work-
MARUCHAN OR NISSIN? satisfactory. at both lunch and dinner, along with able kitchen,” according to DeVito,
Pick your poison. It'll all kill you’ Sodexho hired an executive chef, other menu changes. _ who said that the Terrace kitchen had
in the world of ramen noodles, But it Kimberly Triplett, in November to The new menus will feature more not been renovated since 1986. ~~
isas taple ofc ollegelife. ar, create new menus in order to “imple- “wholesome” foods, and more items “It’s been a phenomenal response
though, that there’ Maseceret behind ment more popular and current food are being prepared “in-house,” ex- on the positive side,” stated Roldan.
oo ibesaac peat elie trends into the dining program,a”c - plained Roldan. - “We've been gettinga n average of 10.
cording to a Sodexho publication. Thid-eetrigeretion and atoragenitilts . to 12comment aria ease
Survey results showed that stu- of Terrace Court were refurbished as
dents wanted mete veges art well, following the completion of the Conrinvep ON Play A3 |
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FEBRUARY 1, 200"
THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter
NEWS .
AROUND THE COUNTRY
Princeton replaces Two Dartmouth professors murdered»
loans with grants
BY MARK BUBRISKI deceased. Verona said that she had not deny that students may or have daughter returned from the Zantops’
THE DARTMOUTH been invited to the house for dinner. been contacted for information. after approximately an hour. i
Verona herself confirmed for The Police began investigating the McCollum said her husband and
(U-WIRE) HANOVER, N.H. — Dartmouth that she was the first to deaths of the Zantops early Saturday daughter looked “shell-shocked”
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(U. PENNSYLVANIA) pected to be $33,613 next year, an shock waves through the College and she said the police told her it could miles from the center of campus. lice.
increase of almost 3 percent from last the local community as law enforce- compromise the investigation. Hanover police were called to the She said that the Hanover Police »
(U-WIRE) PHILADELPHIA — year. ment officials continued their inves- Thisis the first murder in Hanover scene early Saturday night by the Department almost immediately
A Princeton University education is According to Betterton, the new tigation, releasing few details about in almost a decade, and only the sec- Zantops’ neighbor, Audrey turned the investigation over to the
about to become a lot cheaper. On policy was not intended to draw stu- the tragedy. ond in more than 50 years. McCollum, wife of retired dean of the state police, who told her they be- -
Friday the Ivy League university de- dents away from other competing Autopsies performed Sunday by McLaughlin assured local residents Dartmouth Medical School, Dr. Bob lieved the McCollums were safe in
cided that it would no longer require universities. the state’s chief medical examiner on and friends of the Zantops present at McCollum. their home. i
undergraduates to take out loans to “We've not said ‘OK, let’s get stu- the bodies of Susanne and Half the conference that the investigation Audrey McCollum told The Another neighbor, who asked to
help pay for their education. Instead, dents from Yale, Harvard or what- Zantop confirmed homicide as the was in “experienced” hands. Dartmouth that her family wasalerted remain anonymous, told The
Princeton will replace all loans with ever,” he said, explaining that he be- cause of death, New Hampshire At- McLaughlin declined to say by the knocking of a distressed fe- Dartmouth that the state police noti-
grants and scholarships — an initia- lieves competing institutions would torney General Philip McLaughlin whether the Zantops were targeted or male member of the Dartmouth fac- fied neighbors that there was “noth-
tive that could make the school more probably try and match the aid that said. were victims of random violence. ulty, later identified as Verona, on ing to worry about.” .
accessible to low-and middle-income Princeton gave on a case-by-case ba- In a 4 p.m. news conference held McLaughlin said that at this time the door sometime around 6 p.m. As patrol cars lined the street and
students. sis. Sunday at the Hanover police sta- he had no basis for alerting the public Saturday. state police investigators continued,
The decision, estimated to affect Yesterday, Rodin pledged that tion, McLaughlin said the state cur- to possible risk, but he added he could Verona told the McCollums that to document the crime scene Sunday
25 percent of Princeton’s current un- Penn would continue to analyze its rently has no one in custody, and he not rule out the possibility of poten- she had just come from the Zantops’ afternoon, just yards from the Zantop
dergraduate population, will take ef- financial aid system. would not comment on any possible tial danger. home, where she had been invited for residence, children were sledding and
fect this fall. “We will continue our aggressive motives for the murders. “At the present time, we simply do dinner. She entered the home through it seemed neighbors were out doing
The funding for these grants will efforts for Penn’s financial aid en- McLaughlin also declined to not have specific information,” the unlocked front door. business as usual. ‘
come from the university’s endow- dowment and expect to continue our comment on any details of the ho- McLaughlin said. Officialwsil li nform Inthe Zantops’ study, Verona saw McCollum said she and her hus,
ment, which posted double-digit competitive financial aid program for micides or how the bodies were the community ifa riskis determined, Susanne Zantop “lying on the floor in bandhad become close to the Zantops
gains in the past fiscal year, reaching years to come,” she said. found for fear of compromising the he said. a pool of blood,” Audrey McCollum in the seven years that the couple had
over $8 billion. However, Penn’s currentsituation ongoing investigation, which is be- After the news conference, said. lived next door to them. ,
.At a meeting on Friday the may not allow for a change as drastic ing led by the state police’s major Hanover Police Chief Nick Giaccone At that point, Verona went to the “The only thing that’s occurred to,
Princeton Board of Trustees ap- as Princeton’s. Rodin admitted that crimes unit. told The Dartmouth thathe couldnot McCollums’ home. Audrey me is that there may have been a
proved a plan to add $57 million of the rival Ivy simply has more money McLaughlin said the person who say whether students were involved McCollum called 911 while Bob troubled person or student that Half
the university’s endowment income in the bank. found the bodies had a “perfectly in the homicides or the investigation. McCollum and their daughter ran to was trying to help” when things went
to its operating budget — with $16 “On a per student basis, good reason” to beat the Zantop resi- But College President James the neighboring house where they wrong, Audrey McCollum, a retired
million of thisamount earmarked for Princeton’s endowment beats every- dence, but would not identify that Wright said’in a BlitzMail message found Halfand Susanne Zantop dead psychotherapist, conjectured.
undergraduate financial aid. one,” said Rodin. “That’s a fact.” person. The police were alerted of the sent to the campus Sunday after- on the floor of their study. “IT could envision Half, out of his
According to Princeton Director University Treasurer Craig deaths by 6:48 p.m., according to the noon, “The Attorney General’s Of- “Tt was very clear that they had kindness, telling someone ... much
of Financial Aid Don Betterton, the Carnaroli projected that as of now, attorney general. fice will likely need to talk to stu- been dead a long time — hours not more troubled than he realized to
decision to end loan requirements is Penn probably can’t implement the Three independent sources con- dents and faculty, and I hope that minutes,” Audrey McCollum said her come on out to his home and talk,”
the latest and boldest step in four same change as Princeton. firmed for The Dartmouth that the you can provide them with your full husband told her when he and their she said.
years of changes to the aid system. “The short answer is no,” he ex- bodies were discovered Saturday cooperation.” :
. “This is the fourth year of changes plained. “Pm sure we'll take a close around 6 p.m. by Roxana Verona, an McLaughlin said the investigation
that we’ve made to relieve the pres- look at it, but we’re not in the same associate professoro fF rench and Ital- will respect the “privacy” and “guilt- THE JIOuHuNS HOP KIN S
NEWS-LETTER |
sure [on students] that we felt was financial aid situation as Princeton.” ian languages and close friend of the lessness” of the student body, but did '
becoming too great,” Betterton said.
College campus crime is increasing
- Princeton, whose endowmenwta s
up 36 percent at the end of Fiscal
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Year 2000, was one of several univer-
sities that cashed in on the bull mar- EDITORIALBOARD
ket of the late 1990s. BY ALEX KINGSBURY public uses “the information to as- dropped dramatically from 24 in 1998
‘= {Andthough the now-cooling mar- DC Bureau sess the institution’s security policies to 11 in 1999, a 54 percent decrease. Editors-in-Chief Tom Gutting, Chris Langbein
kethas caused some speculationas to and the level and nature of crime on Hate crimes increased from 1,374
the wments, (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON — its campus.” in 1998 to 2,067 in 1999. The report Business Manager Patrick Deem, Jr.
,, The report showeda slight overall attributesthis increase to the increase Managing Editors Charbel Barakat, S. Brendan Short
increase, inr eported pageant | of two-yearfor-profitinstitutio. t
~Tth eve 2 rding | crime in 1999 from 1998 an “gener athe! hea oA
Advertising Managers. , ov wpe Sophia Choi, JamesiLieu:
down,” said Betterton. r | Education report. in murders and aggravated assaults. rity officers.”
‘ In an e-mail statement, Univer- Hate crimes, robberieasn d sexual Increases fell iri several areas, includ- “It is important to collect these |: ClaseiRecs Mateo ‘ i Jack Li
sity President Judith Rodin offered offenses are among the 250,000 re- ing drinking-related incidents. data at an institutional level because
‘congratulations to Princeton, calling ported crimes highlighted in “The “There are different factors that are violence motivated by hate or bias Photography Editors Chung Lee, Ana casing
the end of loan requirements “an- Incidence of Crime on the Campuses faced in colleges rather than in com- seriously threatens the values of the Copy Editors Sabina Rogers, Julia Schiesel
other step towards diversifying their of U.S. Postsecondary Education In- munities,” Carter told U-WIRE. “First school and the larger community,”
‘student population.” stitutions.” is a concentrated use of high amounts the report said. Special Editions/Focus Editors Charles Donefer, Natalya Minkovsa
' Rodin noted creating diversity The Department of Education un- of alcohol and drugs that the normal Despite increases in certain crimes,
‘among the student body has been a der former Secretary of Education community doesn’t deal with because the report said students are safer on News Editors Jeremiah Crim, Liz Steinberg ~ .
‘problem for Princeton in the past. Richard Riley prepared the Jan. 18 normal communities couldn’t with campus. Only 19 percent ofthe crimes Features Editor Shannon Shin
| “They have had difficulty doing report to Congress. . those amounts of alcohol.” reported occurred on campuses,
‘so over the last several years,” Rodin “The purpose of the report is two- Many American universities while 72 percent occurred off or Sports Editor David Pollack
‘said. fold,” said S. Daniel Carter, vice presi- struggle with binge drinking — the nearby institutional grounds.
Princeton officials claim that the dent of the non-profit watchdog excessive consumption of alcohol by The report is a result of two con- Arts Editors Matt O’Brien, Caroline Saffer
decision to replace loans with grants group Security on Campus, Inc. “First studentsT.h e implications go beyond gressional acts requiring such data to Science Editor Brian Kim
‘is a dramatic deviation from most is to inform students and parents of drinking, Carter added. be reported. :
‘financial aid policies. prospective students as to the dan- “Alcohol and violence have a di- The 1990 Student Right to Know Opinions Editor Kathy Cheung
'- “In eliminating required loans, gers faced on college campuses. Sec- rect correlation,” he said. . and Campus Security Act is now Events Editor Michelle Fenster ‘
Princeton is acting against a national ond itis to convince schools that they The report cites some 108,846 in- known as the Clery Actin memory of
trend in which loans make up an in- need to make changes in the way they cidents ofalcohol-related referrals for Jeanne Clery, a student, at Lehigh Electronic Editions Editor Andrew Pinzler |
‘creasing portion of student aid pack- train their officers, get better tech- disciplinary action in addition to the University, who was sexually as-
‘ages,” school officials said in a state- nology, better lighting, electronic 25,933 alcohol-related arrests in 1999. saulted and murdered by a classmate ‘Systems Manager Jason Gordon ~
‘ment, adding that 60 percent of locks, better policing.” Drug abuse increased 6 percent na- in 1986. The Higher Education Graphics Editors \Jaimee Hills - ;
studentaid int he nation is accounted In a letter to college presidents, tionally. Amendment of 1998 also required a
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Oklahoma State students killed in plane crash
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- |B Y CASSIE DELOZIER, Weiberg, Broadcast Engineer Kendall walked away from media members In a statement from the office of Jeff Chang, David Choi, David Crandall, Robert Davies, Etti
- |J USTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS, ’ Durfey, Oklahoma City Broadcaster for a moment of solitude. University of Oklahoma President Eckstein, Dave Fishman, Aaron Glazer, David Gonen, Sara | -
-- RYAN MCNEILL & GREG ELWELL Bill Teegins and pilots Denver Mills OSU Athletic Director Terry Don David Boren, Boren wrote, “The en- Goode, Barkha Gurbani, Nara Han, Jennifer Johnson, Sheryl
~{ Datty O’COLLEGIAN and Bjorn Falistrom were on the Phillips also was visibly shaken when tire University of Oklahoma family Kane, Erin Kilian, Jessica Kronish, Matt Kroot, Yong Kwon, |
~ >= 4 (OxtaHoma State U.) plane, said Steve Buzzard, OSU sports he offered condolences to the players extends its deepest sympathies to the Antonia Lee, Marcus Leung-Shea, Chris Lui, Daniel MacNeil, ‘‘4as O5eetas5 d l sS S = s
information director, atalate evening and their families. families and friends of those who have Jorden Manasse, David Merrick, Jane Miller, Robin Mohapatra, eG
- (U-WIRE) STILLWATER, Okla. press conference Saturday. “Our thoughts and prayers are been lost in the tragedy.” Andy Moskowitz, Jessica Myers, Brandom Nielsen, Jeff Novich, , 3
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THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LetTer A3
NEWS
Offices in Arts Center open
JHU introduces new pre-med
program for non-science majors
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mosphere in which student groups
can work.
Publications Liaison Erin Skelly
said that she feels the design will “im- || BY WILL ADAMS plained. bac medical programs in the coun-
prove communication between [stu- | THE JouNs Hopkins News-Letrer Usually applicants will either try, including others in the region
dent] groups” and lead to more stu- have had non-science majors as un- at Goucher, Bryn Mawr, University
dent group interaction in the future. | | The Johns Hopkins University dergraduates, made a late decision of Pennsylvania, Columbia, Tufts
She also noted that the cubicles in | announced the creation of a post- to attend medical school or have and Harvard.
the Arts Center are larger than the of- | baccalaureate pre-medical (post- been working in fields outside of Advertisements on television in
fices at 3505 N. Charles St. and felt that, | bac) program that will allow stu- medicTheisen steud.ent s will range Baltimore and Washington, D.C.,
because the Arts Center is “more cen-
| dents with a bachelor’s degree to in age from direouct tofl colyleg e to
tral to campus,” more students would
| complete requirements for medical their mid-40s, according to EF TFS TE RS FEE
come and interact with the groups than 8 | school that they did not finish dur- Trabilsy. He also said that the pro- We make it clear we
they did at the old offices.
ing their undergraduate career. gram is not meant to bea refresher
Henderson agreed, describing the
According to the program’s Web for older students or a chance for do not guarantee
design asa “really good concept” that
| site, the curriculum will include basic people to boost their grade point
would “facilitate interaction.”
biology, chemistry, organic chemis- average in courses that they have admission to medical
Director of Student Activities Dr.
oof try and physics labs. Participants will already taken.
William Smedick added that the stu-
also receive pre-med advising and be He added that he expects to have
dent groups had always intended to school.
given the chance to attend MCAT 12 spots open fora pplicathnist ysea r,
move into the Arts Center. He ex-
workshops. All classes will be taken but he said that there are plans to —DAVID TRABILSY,
plained that the building at 3505 N. r eb.) We with regular Homewood under- expand the numobf setudrent s in the
Charles St. had been considered EUGENE YUM/NEWS-LETTER DIRECTOR OF THE POST-
Student groups moved to offices in the Arts Center last Wednesday. graduate students. program in coming years.
“swing space,” to be used only until The program lasts 14 months and According to Trabilsy, Hopkins BAC PROGRAM
the new building opened.
is followed by a “glide year,” in will make arrangements for both on-
Dr. Robert Frank and Dr. Michael mer, though she emphasized that the “I don’t expect students to have which students can work on their and off-campus living, despite
McCloskey, two professors in the dates for Frank and McCloskey to any difficulty reaching me,” said medical school applications with Homewood’s housing shortage. as well as print ads in regional and
Cognitive Science department, return to Krieger are not yet final. McCloskey. help from the program’s staff. He claimed, however, that post- national newspapers, have been
moved into the space at 3505 N. Though Frank and McCloskey After the renovation of the Cogni- While the program will assist in bac students will not be given the used to attract applicants.
Charles St. that was vacated by the were the only Cognitive Science pro- tive Science departmentis completed, the medical school application pro- first choice of housing. “It is very difficult to get the pro-
student groups on Tuesday. fessors to move on Tuesday, they pre- the next occupanoft 3s50 5 N.C harles cess, David Trabilsy, director of the “Undergrads and students en- gram known,” said Trabilsy. “There
The entire department, based on dicted that others will join them at will most likely be members of the post-bac program and a former as- rolled in grad programs will have are very few places where I would
the second floor of Krieger Hall, is some point. History of Science, Medicine and sociate director of admissions at the preference [for housing],” said have taken up this opportunity. But,
undergoing renovation, and “There will also be space at 3505 Technology department, according Johns Hopkins Medical Institu- Trabilsy. with Hopkins’ name and its re-
“[Frank’sand McCloskey’s] areas will for other members of the depart- to Associate Dean for Finance and tions, said that the program does There are approximately7 5 post- sources, it was an easy decision.”
bemost heavily renovated,” explained mentt o use ona temporbaasirs,y a s Administration Katie Lauer. not make guarantees, something
to Bernadette Butler, Department Ad- construction moves into the areas Lauer said that this move willalso be common at other schools.
ministrator for Cognitive Science. where they work,” explained temporary and emphasized that “there Some schools with post-bac pro-
Asaresult, the two professors have McCloskey. “We expect to have isno firm dateyet” forthe department’s grams, such as Goucher College, of-
been temporarily relocated to the company at 3505.” move. She also said that the move is not fer students special admissions op-
building at 3505. McCloskey said that he has no yet final, though there is a “very good” portunities to select medical
Butler said that she expects the concerns about moving his office chance that the department will tem- schools, but Hopkins will not.
relocation to last through the sum- off campus. porarily occupy the building. “We maikt cleear we do not guar-
antee admission to medical school,”
Marriott unveils new
See an article said Trabilsy.
Students also have the option to
seek employment, research or other
_ that’s exciting?
kitchen, menu options graduate studies opportunities dur-
ing that year.
- annoying? “Weare very interested in seeing
these students from beginning to
disturbing? end,” said Trabilsy. “Doing the work
CONTINUED FROM Pace Al rent performance. in 14 months is a very intensive pe-
all been positive.” “They're going to have to prove | riod. We will work them very hard,
DeVito credited Roldan with be- that” they'll continue keeping up a but we will prepare them very well.”
ing “instrumental” in the changes. high quality of service, Goutman said. With sucha limited time to com-
Tell us what's
“The quality of the food in the din- At this point, the contract deci- plete their studies, students will be
ing hall has improved lately,” DeVito sion will be made at the end of May, | allowed little flexibility in terms of
said. “I thinkit’s on Sodexho’s part. We he added. _ on your mind. class choice. Only those students
told them that student complaints was Students had mixed thoughts on willing to make a “serious commit; CHUNG LEE/NEWS-LETTER
that the quality of food wasn’t as good _ changes in Terrace. Seyeral took no- 25 GR BIRE NSS ment” should apply, Trabilsy ex- David Trabilsy and Candice Kidwell coordinate the post-bac program:
~ 4s it should be.” tice of the new vegan options. cee nwt pore
|S hare your ae
“It’s alot better than it was. Idon’t
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really eat vegan food, butI really sup-
Terrace is just one port the larger selection,” said fresh- opinions with
man Sara Martin. ; Monpay NIGHT,
hundred percent Freshman Natalie Shapero con- the campus.
curred, saying that “it’s better that
they have more than just cucumbers
= better.
for the vegans.” 5PM TIL LAM!
—JEAN DEVITO, DIRECTOR Not all students thought that the E-mail Op/ed:
food had improved, however.
OF DINING SERVICES
“The meat still tastes like card-
board, and the eggplant was awful,” [email protected]_
According to DeVito, student in- said freshman Erick Chuang.
put came from two surveys, one of “MegaBITES is still better.”
which was conducted by the Univer- The menu at Wolman Station has SPRING BREAK 2001
sity and the other by Sodexho. undergone similar changes to that of ARE YOU READY? Wings just 25¢!
Many of the improvements re- Terrace, said Roldan.
flected recommendations made by ,
the Dining Service Committee, said Staff writer David Crandall contrib-
Stephen Goutman, who formerly uted to this report.
- headed up the group.
The committee, which was formed Lookinitg oP ARTY for |
- last spring following the shutdown of Spring:Bteok 2001? |
Terrace by the Baltimore City Health
Department, has been reorganized as
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THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letrer
NEWS
FAS adds Gingrich |
NEWSBRIEFS
Engineers invent 3-D NEAR spacecraft Optimism over AIDS to speaker lineup
were best left alone to keep the
capable motor approaches asteroid treatments blamed peace, said Crenson, 57, a Baltimore
native.
“It took me 50 years to figure this
for rise of STD rate
Engimeers at Johns Hopkins After orbiting the asteroid Eros out,” said Crenson, noting that racial
have invented a globe-shaped mo- for nearly a year, the Hopkins-built politics are more confrontational in ConTINUED FROM Pace Al Events this year are
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about because the new spherical The NASA-sponsored mission has tion, and they’d waste away. At first be ... very successful,
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there’s a ball inside, and we can features. patients had at least a crack at a re- Health warns of | Nader, Gingrich and Soros are three Congress for 20 years, representing
rotate it in any direction we want.” A landing, even at the hoped-for sponse. It was one of the most dra- highly qualified speakers who will Georgia for the Republican party,
Magnetic forces and complex jogging speed or slower, will almost matic changes I’ve ever seen with an environmental woes help build the reputation of He was named Time magazine’s
computer software make the de-’ certainly silence the spacecraft for- infection.” What drove it was the in- Man of the Year in 1995.
theSymposium.
vice work. For their prototype, ever. troduction, in late 1995, ofanew class Feige added thatit“viersy gaoo d Gingrich has authored five
Chirikjian and doctoral student But the ditching would still count of drugs called protease inhibitors, A new report from the Johns thing for the reputation of books, including Contract with
David Stein mounted 80 perma- as the first landing on an asteroid, which prevent the virus from being Hopkins School of Public Health theSymposium” to have Gingrich America and To Renew America,
nent magnets inside a hollow and it would add Eros to the short released from infected cells. In 1996, warns that we are running out of time on the 2001 schedule of speakers. Gingrich is currently the CEO of
sphere, arranging them in a pre- list of landing sites for NEAR, which for the first time ever, deaths from to protect the environment. He said that “both Nader and the Gingrich Group, an Atlanta-
cise pattern. currently includes the moon, Venus AIDS in the United States dropped, The latest issue of “Population | Gingrich speaking here shows the based communications and con-
The magnet-laden sphere was and Mars. by 25 percent. They’ve continued to Reports, Population and the Envi- strides the Symposium has made.” sulting firm.
then placed into a tapered base It would also provide a dramatic fall, by an additional 18 percent in ronment: The Global Challenge,” According to Ahmed, “We’re still He currently resides in McLean,
atop a “saddle” made of 16 circu- end to the five-year, $224 million 1998 and 9 percent more in 1999, published by the Johns Hopkins In- negotiating with some [speakers], but Virginia.
lar electromagnets, each marked NEAR mission. Yet no one at the front lines is formation Program, warns that as we hope to have eight to speak in the
with a number. By activating two “I think we'll have some fun,” said celebrating. The Centers for Disease populations increase, natural re- spring.”
or-more of these electromagnets, astronomer Joseph Veverka, leader of Control and Prevention reports that sources are placed under increasing FAS organizers said that they
the operator causes them to attract the NEAR imaging team. sexually transmitted diseases are on pressure. This threatens publichealth | should know within the next two
certain permanent magnets inside Copyright 2001 by The Baltimore the rise among somet eenagerass ,ig n as well as social and economic devel- weeks who will speak.
the ‘sphere. This attraction pulls Sun. that they are taking sexual risks. And opment. “Events this year are going to be
the ball into a new position. a 1999 study of 416 gay men found According to the report, the rate really interesting. There are a lot of
Copyright 2001 Webmagnetics.com Hopkins scientists that the more optimistic they were of global consumption is the major different perspectives, from
NASA camera gets develop gene therapy athbeoyu tw enreew tot rperaatcmteinctes ,s afteh e selxe.s s “lTihkeelyy tshorueracte s toa ret heb eienngv ircoonnmseunmte.d Rfea-r Wolfowitz, who was a member of
’ ‘| the Bush administration, to Nader,
pictures of Jupiter think you just go and get some pills, faster than they can regeneratTeh.is | who is more liberal,” said Feige. “We
and it’s no big deal,” says Valerie leads to water shortages, soil ex- think it will bea very successful Sym-
Approximately one in 100 Ameri- Stone, director of the AIDS clinic at haustion, deforestation, air and posium.”
cans suffers from _ cardiac Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket, R.I. water pollution and the degrada- Gingrich served as Speakoef rth e
“A new batch of Jupiter images arrhythmias of one sort or another. Copyright 2000 U.S.News & World tion of coastlines. U.S. House of Representatives from
from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft While some heart-rhythm distur- Report, Inc. The signs of degradation are ev- 1995-1999, where he helped form
was released Tuesday, revealing bances are relatively benign, others erywhere in the world. Unclean the Republican Contract with COURTESY OF HTTP://THEAGE.COM
various close-ups, including a crisp are an immediate cause of collapse Applied Physics Lab
water kills more than 12 million America. He resigned from Con- Ralph Nader will also speak at this
sihnogtl y offl tohaet inJgo vicalno’s em otoo nt heI o gsaese mg-i - andN odwea,t h.sc ientists at Johns Hopkins uses plastic to build people every year, and air pollution gress when the Republican party lost * year’s Foreign Affairs Symposium.
claims the lives ‘of another 3 mil-
ant. University have developed a gene lion. Nearly half ofthe world’s origi-
The Galilean satellite Io floats therapy that, within a week, quells new test missiles
nal forest cover has been lost. Every
above the cloud tops of Jupiter. The abnormal rhythms in pig hearts, the
image is deceiving: there are 217,000 animal hearts most similar to hu- year, nearly 40 million acres are cut, STUDENT COUNCIL ATTENDANCE, JANUARY 31, 2001
bulldozed or burned.
miles (350,000 kilometers) — mans. Two aeronautical engineers at the Two out of every three living spe- |
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of our Moon, and dwarfed by Jupi- Medicine, their work is believed to way to build better missiles, save tax- “Without practicing sustainable VP Administration Haroon Chaudhry 467-3775 ABSENT
ter. } be the first use of gene therapy for payer dollars and bring new business development, humanity faces a dete- Secretary Manish Gala 516-3229 ABSENT
Researchers are using the Jupiter cardiac arrhythmias and one with a to the lab in one simple idea: use plas- riorating environment and may even | Treasurer Vadim Schick 662-9733 ABSENT ,
fly-by as an opportunity to try out strong possibility of eventual use in tic. invite ecological disaster,” note Don Class of 2001
some of Cassini’s advanced instru- the treatment of human heart dis- As part ofan independent research Hinrichsen and Bryant Robey, au- President Margaret Richards 235-6813. ABSENT ~* |
mentation. ease. project Richard R. Heisler and thors ofthe report. _ Vice President Kristin Marconi 662-9555 ABSENT
“Every new spacecraft carries in- An arrhythmia is any irregularity Clifford L. Ratliff designed a way to Sustainable developmheans tbe - Secretary/Tresurer Ramesh Singa 443-831-3657 ABSENT
struments that expand our ability to * or abnormality in your heart’s make plastic models for use in wind come the mantra of the environ- RReepprreesseennttaattiivvee NStaekvueln KCahpaonogr 266423--74581934 AABBSSEENNTT
see things,” said Stamatios Krimigis, rhythm, causing it to pump less ef- tunnel tests that keep their integrity, mental movement since the release Representative Eva Chen ABSENT
space department head at the Johns fectively. provide quality data during the tests of the Bruntland Commission re-
Hopkins University Applied Phys- Virtually all heart cells can start a and shave tens of thousands of dol- port, “Our Common Future,” in Class of 2002
ics Laboratory (APL) and principal heartbeat. If another part of the heart lars off the cost of a typical wind tun- 1987. It was the focus ofd iscussions VPircees idPernets idSetnetp hSehna nGuo uKtomhalin 888899--37422316 ’ AABBSSEENNTT
investigator for the Magnetospheric becomes the “pacemaker,” . nel experiment, as well as months of at the Earth Summit in Rio de Secretary/Treasurer Olivia Elee 889-8802 ABSENT
Imaging Instrument (MIMI) aboard arrhythmias can occur. time. Janeiro in 1992. Despite this, the Representative Katherine Dix 516-2567 ABSENT
Cassini. Common triggers of arrhythmias The models have proven to work environment continues to suffer Representative Henry Huang 516-2251 ABSENT
“With MIMI, we’re able to visu- ‘include too much caffeine, smoking, well in Mach 1 (the speed of sound) from overconsumption. Representative Priya Sarin 366-7766 ABSENT
alize the invisible,” said Krimigis. certain medications, alcohol and conditions. They will be tested in The Johns Hopkins report main- Class of 2003
The MIMI instrument includes stress. the next few months under two to tained that stabilizing population President Andy Woo 516-3501 ABSENT
an Ion and Neutral Camera devel- Many arrhythmias, however, de- five times the wind pressure of Mach growth is the major key to halting Vice President Andy Gettens 516-3664 ABSENT
oped by the APL. velop for unknown reasons. I. the wholesale destruction of the SReepcrreesteanrtya/tTirveea suPrrietri DLiallia lD aniali 256116--13874524 AABBSSEENNTT
Copyright 2001 SPACE.com, inc. Copyright 2001 NYP Holdings, Inc. If all goes well, the lab may have a planet. Representative Yotam Goren 443-621-4609. ABSENT
product that creates more cost-effec- Slowing population growth Representative Sagar Thaker : 516-3274 ABSENT
On-Campus crime tive opportunities for defense agen- would buy time to protect natural Class of 2004
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costly mistakes. their standard of living, the report Secretary/Treasurer Emily Chow 516-3135 ABSENT
report for Jan.’01 “This machine and these materi- notes. Representative Steve Blank _ 516-5891 ABSENT
als are possibly the next step,” in Copyright 2001 Environmental News RReepprreesseennttaattiivvee ARlaic hFeeln wKiiclkl een 516-5823 ABSENT
missile design, said Heisler, a sec- Network 516-5901 ABSENT
tion supervisor in APL’s applied
aerodynamics department.
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‘Jan. 1, 4:00 p.m. — 100 Blk. of W. ‘Jan. 16 4:30 p.m. — Athletic Cen-
Sun.
39th St. A man exposed himself to ter locker room. A wallet was stolen
a female student and her friend. from a student’s gym bag.
Crenson discusses
‘Jan. 3, 5:30 p.m. — 3200 Blk. of N. ‘Jan. 17, 6:24 p.m. — Lower Quad.
Charles St. Victim’s VCR and CDs Three males with skateboards were Prayer.
Balto. race relations
were stolen from residence. arrested for causing a disturbance
‘Jan. 4, 12:45 a.m. — Charles & Ea- outside Latrobe Hall. All three sus-
ger Sts. Alumnus and two students pects had received earlier trespass
Conversations aboutrace relations
assaulted by male suspect. Assail- warnings. in Baltimore have been much too
ant demanded money. ‘Jan. 18, 4:28 p.m. — Gilman Hall, polite over the years, Johns Hopkins
‘Jan. 5, 6:30 a.m. — Rear of Wyman third floor. Two male suspects re- University political science professor
Park Medical Center. Maintenance moved from campus for unautho- Matthew A. Crenson said at a Uni- On-line
truck with snowplow was stolen. rized solicitation. The suspects re- versity of Maryland session attended
‘Jan. 12, 7:15 p.m. — P-Lot south- ceived a trespass warning. byadiverse array ofabout 100 people,
west of Shriver. Graduate student ‘Jan. 22, 3:07 p.m. — Upper Quad. mostly nonprofit workers.
and friend assaulted by three male Hopkins Officers arrested a man for | Because Baltimore is a meeting Evangelical Lutheran
suspects. Assailants demanded stealing tires from two secured;
point between Northern and South-
money. bikes, following a foot persuit. All ern culture, ithas produced “a perva- Church in America
«Jan. 13, 7:10 p.m. — Upper end of property returned. sive culture ofavoidance” toward race with God
BMA Path between Shriver and ‘Jan. 25, 12:15a.m.— Outside AMR
News-Letter Gatehouse. Five male II. Male former student reported emrast tefress,t erwihnegr ew oouuntdwsa,r dC rceinvislointy ctoovl-d ,
suspects surrounded two’ students. looking into dorm rooms. He was the conference sponsored by Balti- Lutheran Campus Ministries
Two suspects assaulted the students. escorted off campus. more Neighborhoods, Inc, and, the
‘Jan. 13, 7:49 p.m. — Upper end of ‘Jan. 27, 2:34 a.m. — Royal Farms, UM Schoolof Social Work, site of the & First English Lutheran Church
BMA Path between Shriver and 33rd and St. Paul St. Two juveniles forum. =,
News-Letter Gatehouse. Graduate punched an undergraduate after Inthe 19th century, Philadelphia
student robbed by five male sus- ‘telling him to get out of their way. Quaker merchants who migrated
pects. ‘Jan. 27, 10:00 p.m. — Wolman. south, white Southerners who went Weekly Bible Study Thursdays at noon in Levering
‘Jan. 15, 5:45 p.m. — Outside Fire extinguisher discharged. Stu-’ north and the largest free black Worship services Sundays at8& llamat
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-- Fepruary 1, 2001
THE JoHNS Hopkins News-Letter
NEWS
Series of assaults ends after Workers demand more pay
i ~ ew
arrests of two male youths
CONTINUED FROM PAGE Al proceed quickly. Health Services Cost Review Com: “q
dwindled to about 100 by 2 p.m. “This is a fight. But it’s not going mission.
Seven Baltimore City police offic- to end tomorrow. And it’s not go- Because that commission allowed‘
ers and two JHMI security managers ing to end the next day,” said onlya2 5 percent increase in health '
CONTINUED FROM Pace Al monitored the protest in front of Crosby. care rates last year, the hospital be-§
x tahdedreed htahvaet , bbeeecna unsoe ctohnev iscutsipoencst.s aHree MyeMra. jor E. Moye said that the dem- maiInft athien esdt rikteh atd oeits ics ornetaidnuye ,t o JcHoMnI- wlioervkees rst habt y iot fifse rbienign gt hgeemn ear o3u sp ert-o't«
- juveniles and no weapons were used
onstrations remained peaceful. How- tinue normal hospital operations cent raise.
aind utlhtes .a ssaulthtesy w,i ll not be trieda s esvoemre, d$r2i0v ercsit awthioo nsh onwkeered whhainlde edpa sst-o with“oWuet atrhee sfturlilky inpgr ewpoarrkeedrs .t o oper- traiInniandgd iftuionnd, sto het hhaots pietmalp lohyaese sa wocarnk: c
According to Rosemary, Hopkins ing the picket line. ate all of our patient services if there learn the necessary skills in order to
officers have suggested that the Balti- Mama Mia’s, a 30-year old Ital- is an extended job action,” said move up the wage scale, probit.
more Museum of Art (BMA) add ian restaurant located near the site Joann Rodgers, Director of Media Rodgers. iy
more lighting to the path through the of the protest, shut down its dining Relations for Johns Hopkins Medi- Strikers maintained that their tera
Sfocuurl pattutraec ksG artodoekn , plwachee.r e two of the atrheeay wheben praoltleoswteerds detom anudseed tthhaet cineN.e gotiations between the two sides man“dWse adreo nmootd ewsatn.t to run the hospi: '
Because the path is on property restaurant’s restrooms. halted on Monday night following a tal ... we’re asking for a living wage,”
owned by the BMA, not by Hopkins, According to employees at Mama temporary extension of the workers’ said Crosby.
Rosemary said that the University Mia’s, a line of about 20 strikers ran old contract, which ran out on Jan. “Our argumentis that when wages 1
cannot add lighting on its own. through the restaurant. After the co- 16. The administration and union are that low you can’t build a career
“We have asked the BMA to put owner oft he restaurant told protest- spokespersons claimed that they are here,” said Jim McNeill, SEIU on
up more lights in the past,” he ex-
ers that they could not use the facili- eager to begin negotiations after the member.
plained. “We can’t do anything be- ties, a union leader asserted that it strike. “They have.forgotten who helpedi
cause it is not under our jurisdic- was illegal to restrict access. The co- thembecomenumberone,’ said Pearlie»
tionR.”o semary emphasized that the se- Two of the assaults took place onthe path throuEgUhG EtNhEe sYcUuMl/pNtuErWeS -g aLrEdTeTnE.R wohwneerre tthheen rsehsuttr odoomwsn twheer ed inbiuntg kaerepat NUMBER OF DEMANDS JohnJsoohnn,s oan cohoaks wato rtkhee dh osapti ttahle. hospi-
ries of assaults were isolated events the walk-up counter in service for the tal since 1986. In that time, her pay.
and not part of a larger increase in ted the assaults knew it was more events like this,” he said. “Stu- rest of the day. PLAGUE NEGOTIATIONS has increased from about $7.50 Lop
campus crime. Intersession, dents should travel in groups and hour to $11.66 per hour.
“Since the arrests, the attacks have “They were young kids,” said Rose- avoid suspicious characters or areas” The SEIU has called for a $10 per
stopped, leading us to believe that the mary. “They don’t know when we are to protect themselves. UNDERGRADS JOIN hour starting salary or “living wage”. HOSPITAL QUESTIONS ~~ .
svoalmvee d,g”r osuapid Roof sejumvaernyi.l es were in- in sResossieomn aarnyd walhseon swaei d arteh anto t.o”f ficers just“ Itfu ryno ua roseuen da naynbdo dwyal ks uaswpaiyc,i”o ush,e WORKERS IN PROTEST Alacbcoorr duinnigo n,t o tah ep resstsa rtrienlge assea lbaryy thoef UNION’S MOTIVATION
He added that he feels the assaults now patrol more frequently in the added. He also suggested that stu- $7.52 that the hospital offers mini-
had nothing to do with the fact that it areas where the assaults took place. dents should keep away from tall Homewood students organized by mally skilled workers is not enough
was Intersession, because he doesn’t “Increasing uniformed presence in hedges in dark areas where people the Student Labor Action Committee to keep a family of four above the A press release from the hospital,
believe that the group that commit- the area will generally discourage could be hiding. (SLAC) joined the picket line as a federal poverty line. on Tuesday charged that the union,
Materials Science and Engineering show of solidarity. The hospital administration had notbeen fully interested in rea¢h--
“J think it is really important that claimed that $7.52 is only the starting ing a deal. {3
the administrators know the students wage and that the actual average wage “We suspect that the agenda is for,
are behind them,” said Ariston for all service and maintenance em- the national union to grow its mem-1,
student Dirk Gross found dead Anderson, a picketer and member of ployees is $10.50 per hour. bership ... in inappropriate ways,”
SLAC. Although the hospital would not said Rodgers. 50D)
In addition to picketing, SLAC discuss any of the specifics of the Rodgers claimed that “the union
helda discussion group on Tuesday negotiations, Rodgers said that “the leadership has not even allowed fitss
CONTINUED FROM Pace Al of everyone in the department. Though Gross was classified as a night with two SEIU staffers to dis- base rate for the lowest paid work- membership to vote on the most Fé:§
and had no indication that this was Li declined to comment on first-year graduate student, he had cuss the strike. ers would be brought up substan- cent plan” and that the union is dé»
going to happen,” added Dean of Gross’ death. spent more than two years at SEIU staff member James Crosby tially.” manding a “gag order,” which woult’+
Students Susan Boswell. According to Bai, Gross was al- Hopkins doing research. challenged the 11 students in atten- Union members and hospital allow SEIU to discuss unionization
Materials Science chairman Peter ways willing to help. He said that Heearnedhis master’s degree from dance to view the strike as an oppor- spokespersons have said that the hos- with the nearly half of the workérs
Searson remarked that Gross was Gross helped him adjust when he the University of Saarlandes in Ger- tunity to change the world. pital has suggested around a 3 per- who are not unionized and ro é
“certainly well-liked ... [and] his re- first arrived in the United States. many while doing work at Hopkins. “Are you in [Johns Hopkins Uni- cent wage increase. Union members the hospital from doing so.
search was going very, well, He gave.a “When we wanted to solve a His research interests included versity] to write a thesis.paper, or are maintained that this may be below Also, the administration Eee
really -good.talk at the.fall graduate problem about physics [or] about nano-crystalline materials, me- you here to ‘change how“the world inflation. At the same time, adminis- thatthe union nan ureditsmemberse
seminar, and Professor [Jing] Li [his other things, he’d always look up chanical and magnetic properties works?” asked Grosby:: trators say-that ‘the ~hospital-is in a into pre-maturely taking astrikevotei:
advisor] felt.he was doing outstand-. some reference and find a clear an- of nano-scaled materials, grain wag te difficult financial position bedatise of Union members didnot agree with
__ ing work and expected him to go on swer,” Bai recalled. growth, hard sphere glass ttansi- STRIKE MAY. doNINUE regulationsom how much 'it can © thistcldim:! stiliete> weslilers sop
-. to bea truly outstanding scientist.” He called Gross “an optimistic tion and computational methods. charge patients. “Weare the damn union,’ rere
-_ + Searson added that he felt both person ... [but] maybe he was too A memorial for Gross willb e held According to Rodgers, Maryland SEIU member Wanda Motley.“
Boswell’s office and the Counseling serious. I still can’t understand why later this semester at a time and date The SEIU threatened another, is one of only two states that has heavy tell them what to do. That’s why we
Center have been “very supportive” he did this.” to be determined. longer strike if negotiations do not price regulations enforced by the pay dues.” i
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THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter
NreE BWe SOL- HANLYS ETHOTPEKI N S The misconceptions about Satan
PUBLISHED SINCE 1896 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE JoHNs Hopkins UNIVERSITY
kay, so this isn’t going doesn’t mean that one of the two é
EDITORIAL to be as controversial BECKYBULGER people was sitting around hatching a
as one would expect plan to ruin the other’s life.
One of McCoy’s firm believers of
with such a title; 1 am
The Arts Center looks pretty in the world. nToot ambaokuet tao dleofnegn ds teovriyl MonTHiy MADNESS at hfei r“mw obmeleine vearr e thSaatt a“nn”i cet hegouryys ifsi nailssho
short, P'll just summarize by saying last.” Of course, heis a nice guy andjs
that many of the males of McCoy 1 extent, it’s not often what theyr el ook- currently single, which probably aids 4
good, but do we need it? East believe all women to be malevo- ing for. Granted, some girls do date him in maintaining this position, +
lent. The particular theorem goes jerks, but those who do usually fall However, after spending 10 minutes :
something like this: Satan is manipu- under two different categories. The with him, any girl would realize that ‘
lative, women manipulate, and there- first category is of those who don’t he is charming, kind, intelligent,
fore, women are Satan. (The actual know any better when getting into ‘grounded, handsome and funny,
We thought the Arts Center would ity. Would undergraduates and the cnraemaetloers s,o f ast hiIs e ntjhoey ohriesm p rewisleln cree, maainnd tmhaek erse ltahtei ohnesahdip ,d o bsetcuapuisde thtihneg s.h eTahret fTihnedr ea iwso nnod edrofuublt gtihralt wheh ow ilils onneei thdeary
never be finished. Since the University have been better served would feel responsible were he to be other group is of those who do know, manipulative nor Satan, andlive hap- *
wished harm by any feminists out and maybe they’re the sort of girls pily ever after with her. But maybe ‘
groundbreaking during the fall of by a building that addressed major there.) Now, with this statement being that nice guys shouldn’t be dating he’s not meant to meet her just yet,
commonly accepted on the floor, it is anyway. The fact is that the coin has Maybe nice people everywhere are ‘
1998, construction appeared to campus needs and cost less? understandable that conversations of- two sides in this topic as well, because destined for a happy ending, but it
ten turn into mini battles of the sexes. many nice girls believe that guys date takes a while for it to develop. The’
progress leisurely, to put it nicely. Some of these issues we've ad- The most recurring argument is the wrong type. There certainly are trick in finding someone to be with jg ‘“
Butas the project nears completion, dressed before. But having seen the the idea that girls want to date jerks. I manipulative girls out there— that’s not locating people with good char- ’”
will admit that there is some reason indisputable. But it is a common no- acteristics, for those people aren’ttoo |
we can admit that we're pleasantly inside of the Arts Center, we can con- for guys to believe this to be true. But tion among girls that it’s the manipu- hard to find. The real challenge is
while most girls find the “James Dean- lative females who are getting most of finding one of those people, and to
surprised by Homewood’s newest fidently say that progress has been bad boy-rebel without a cause” im- the action in the first place. So if the have some sort ofchemistrywiththem “
age intriguing and appealing to an male perspective is influenced by this as well. This is certainly a difficult
building. made when it comes to student group
manipulation in the realm of dating, process, but in the end, it’s good forit 4
While we aren't crazy about the ex- resources. With so many meeting and ee itis hardly fair to the rest of the female to be so difficult — it’s what keeps us ,
gender to suffer the consequences of from being with the wrong person °
terior design of the place, the interior practice rooms and office spaces, there The particular the Satan-like behavior ofa select few. indefinitely. i
Maybe this is the reality though — But until all these nice guys find ©
of the building shows thought and an is no doubt that student organizations theorem goes that nice people are either off in the girls who are really good for them, | %
wings waiting for something to hap- would encourage them not to lose
attention to detail. Especially when it will be better able to enrich the under- something like this: pen, or are somehow involved with complete faith in all females because ™
comes to form and function, the ad- graduate experience at Hopkins. somebody who isn’t any good for of a few unfortunate incidents. There _)
Satan is manipulative, them. But it should be noted that are manipulative people in the world,
ministration — Mary Ellen Porter in That makes the Arts Center an im- “good” couples do happen. Andeven both male and female. And there are 4
when decent people are with each nice people in the world, also ofboth ~
particular — went the extra mile to portant — though deceptively small “women manipulate, other, it doesn’t mean that things will genders. You'll just have to believe .,
always work out. Relationships are me that most females don’tsitaround |
attempt to meet students’ needs. — initial step in addressing under- and therefore, women
difficult under almost any circum- plotting on which soul they'll collect _
We still question the necessity for graduate life. It has its highlights and stances (I can just hear my male next. Some of us are Satan for sure, but ”
are Satan. friends saying, “Only because girls not all. P’'d just advise everybody to
the theater’s backstage showers, and gives us hope that future projects will make them difficult”). But just be- watch their step, and they'll probably
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cause something doesn’t work out, it stay safe from the clutches of evil.
we're not sure whether we should be do more for undergraduates at
impressed or alarmed by the dance Homewood. Republicans misinterpret Alan
studio (and its costly mirrored walls) But we also can't help comparing
and the floors’ Chinese marble. These the building’s construction to an at- Greenspan’s remarks toSenate
are things most students will never tempt by an estranged parent to buy
USE-OFNOWER Xs 2'r5y0qx0! oi. 18 .s eddw eu aliss »backtheirneglectedchildren’slove:They
‘At the same time, we're also con Xaotr get them somethingreallyniceforwhich SMTiAnFneFs oEtaD IDaTttOy R(UI. AMLIN NESlOlTiwA )s ig_ os4“ aptrée tB' eud dhgiest R Ceomemi ttete9e,0 e9s Vtt8oa5 tt ihnn2gég8 0 1Sf eAneS-3 e 1 ltahregByee r,kd o t hLnioaotng tf- uh4le8l6 ey a rciloLinueosrai,bdl eipdrra ojgteihceot inoe ncosvi-,t 0D.)¢};
cerned about the building’s practical- the children, ironically, have no use. he was indeed in favor of President nomic turmoil of the past year —and ,.
(U-WIRE) MINNEAPOLIS — Bush’s proposal. However, ithas been especially the past few months. Even ;.
... And another thing Perhaps the most fundamental com- widely known for many years that Greenspan expressed concerns that q
ponent of President Bush’s political Greenspan — originally appointed the surpluses are “subject to a rela-
agenda has been his proposal for a by President Reagan — is conserva- tively wide range of error.” He also
$1.6 trillion tax cut to be applied over tive on many social as well as eco- warned that the nation’s recent :,
We applaud the attention to detail the quads that has forced Commencement and the next 10 years. Many congressional nomic issues, and in general favors growth is unique, and that even the -;
Democrats have expressed their con- tax reduction to new spending pro- Budget Office does not project “pro- «;
University showed when constructing the Spring Fair from their traditional loca- cern with the proposal, arguing that grams. In the remarks he gave to the ductivity to continue to improve at ;(;
Arts Center, but we can'tsay the same about tions? That doesn’t work so wellin the rain, the urgent opportunity to finally pay budget committee, he again restated the stepped-up pace of the past few
down the national debt should pre- this preference, and that perhaps some years.” t
the brick work on the quads. We’ve been. either. The brown patches of grass are still cede any need for large tax reduc- degree of tax cut was warranted. He did While of course tax reductions are |}
- critical of that all year. like swamps. tions. Republicans, of course, have not, however, state that he favored the universally appealing, implementing , 4
been quite enthusiastic about enact- amount of Bush’s proposal. the tax cut now would be inappropri- 5»
But did anyone else notice the puddles Shame on you, administration, for being ing the proposal as soon as possible, President Bush’s tax cut proposal ate. As the economy has remained
that were everywhere on the new walk- socallousand inattentive during your plan- and in the 50-50 Senate, they have would return the $1.6 trillion over the healthy and there is little public de-
been aggressively attempting to gain next 10 years. The amount is a por- mand for newtax cuts, President Bush
ways last week after it rained? The old ning of this misguided construction. How enough support to pass the legislation. tion of the recent estimates for the should understand the importance f
asphalt paths weren't even this bad. can wep retend to bea top-notch engineer- tHaoxwese,v emra,n yi n htahvies cmiasmsptaaitgend tthoe riendtuecne- pneartiioodn,a l albutdhgoeutg hs utrhpelsues oevsetri mtahtee ss aamree ofifr spta tyiimneg soifnfc et hteh nea etairolnya l1 9dtehb tc efnotru rtyh.e 5.
And the supposedly new, high tech ing school when we can’t even design a tions of the chairman of the Federal not the current projections. While When the national deficit is finally_
drainage and irrigation system on the water run-off system? ReseMravne yB oRaerpdu,b lAilcaann sG rheaevnes pmains.i nter- tnahteisoen ’sc ufrirsecanlt hepalrtohj eacrte iaocntsu alfloyr evtehne wpialild tohfefn, bsieg npiofsisciabnltel.y larger tax cuts
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that nothing resembled Dresden at
Letter article “borrows” 87 percent paper (past or present) and I de- sports to coach ath NCAA men’s bas-
that time or anyplace or time, ex- of the words from the Times. mand that it be removed from the ketball team (Kingsborough College).
cept perhaps Hiroshima, Japan sev- Any form of plagiarism, much less archives! I will be starting a petition No matter what happens, we'll al-
eral months later. A trip to Dresden something this obvious, should have for this at all Brickfoot shows. If ways be Hopkins basketball fans. We
_for all JHU students and writers no place in a publication which al- you guys wanted a war with have such great memories of rooting
would be a wonderful project for ready has a hard tinie being taken Brickfoot you will have to go for the Jays in a loud, packed gym.
all. The primary responsibility of a seriously. This article is an indication through all of their fans first! We'll never forget the time we played |
grand institution like our admired of the complete lack of fact checking a tournament, game on the road at
Johns Hopkins is to speak and tell during the editorial process at the Sincerely, Franklin & Marshall. Nearly 100 miles
the truth as best it can. Dresden News-Letter and reflects very badly Laura Redken 5 from campus and we still had over
would be a good place to reflect on on the integrity of this school and its 1,000 screaming Hopkins fans on
ms truth, students. Lack of school spirit hand. Youcanimagine what the party
Sincerely, at basketball games was like when we won. We feel fortu-
a Sincerely, nate to have been part of such great
_ CFlraasnsk oWf h1i9t5e4 felt, _ Amar Joshi disappointing _ times. Don’t you feel you deserve the
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vertently aid in the allure of profani- curse the same way they express implies character, the flaws of which dencies, and he’ll probably make it are against it, too. Yet the real prob- made great efforts to protect them-
ties. What motivates them to teach shock over the hint of elementary are subjective. Stupidity is a far through this one. He doesn’t live in lem is that our technology isn’t even selves, and accordingly would not \-
children to avoid certain words and school romances. They react with worse, far more binding insult— fearof t he United States or any coun- functional, at even the most optimal benefit from any collective security
not others? It seems to me that simply the same mixture of awe and dis- it’s somewhat harder to disprove, try attacking him. Yet our great coun- conditions. alliances. Then, in the ultimate
not drawing attention to those words gust over a profanitya s they do over even with the best rhetorical skills. try, the most powerful in the world, is So, we'll be offending our allies; irony, the Germans just went
would be enough to curb their usage. “Kiwan likes Nicole!” Maybe they Yet, a kid calling another kid stupid afraid of some rogue state striking us we can do that periodically. We have around it anyway.
have a point there—the boy-girl is chided merely for not being with a nuclear missile? lots of nuclear weapons. - Basically, we'll be looking at the :)
i Se eS SS SES] thing is a pain in the ass sometimes. “nice.” Seems a little too weak to be Something’s wrong here. Don’t get Most troubling is that the only same thing. The fact is if you’re an
Come to think of it, But their reactions are merely re- much of a deterrent against such a me wrong. I’m not complaining about nations who aren’t protesting our Iraqi and want to commit terrorist’ ’
flections of their fascination with serious attack. Bush. We have a good reason to be missile defense system are the nations acts, you don’t waste your time with.
every swear word has the mysterious. Up until middle Come to think ofi t, every swear afraid of other countries attacking that we see posing a threat to us. missiles anyway. Missiles are too
school, the word “sex” to me was word has its juvenile, innocent us—though not with missiles. Saddam Hussein has nothing bad to expensive. Smuggling a few canis--
its juvenile, innocent one of those “bad words,” never counterpart—you know, like butt, However, I do have to question say about the national missile defense ters of anthrax into the countryina
uttered without a twinge of guilt. Or poop, or weewee. Golly, wouldn’t our motivation to construct an illegal system. In fact, he’s probably in one diplomatic pouch and then releas=} 7
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using them. ing is more for our own discomfort sile treaty with Russia —hat prohib- Castro isn’t worried either. He point. j
know, like butt, or Breaking them down, they are over witnessing the ruination ofi n- its construction of sucha system. But knows nothing’s going to change our I feel bad for Bush. His party is
nothing but parts of speech in an nocence than it is for their own worse than that, we don’t have work- view of Cuba until he dies, and he has pushing the Missile Defense System,~ )
poop, or weewee. evolving language. Classifying them good. The words themselves are in- ing technology for it anyway. But like no such plans, Basically, looking at and Clinton passed the buck on this -
as nouns and verbs and adjectives nocent enough, actually. Reagan, Clinton and Bush the elder, the scorecard, we will be offending one, forcing him to make the deci=\/
Golly, wouldn't it be are easy enoughb,ut relegating them It’s not that we should advocate Western Europe, Russia, China and sion. No matter what choice he makes,
into the category of “vulgar slang” regular use of cursing in the raising of Canada. On the plus side, we will not it will be the wrong one, through no t
fun if we could return r(aast hetrh e adricchtaioinca—rcyl odsoee-sm)i nsdeeedm,s dthrea wn expta rgaelnleerlsa tiwoint.h Itnhae Waabys,t iwnee nccaen So, we'll be offending bKeo roefaf eonrd iCnugb aI.r aWn,h eIwra.q , TLhiobsyea, rNoogrutehs faulBt uto fe hviesn oiwfn y.o u do want a National’ +9
even. A “vulgarity” is literally de- campaign of the ’80s. When they probably appreciate it now since they Missile Defense, I’ve got a great idea., ~
to that? fined as tasteless as well as vernacu- realized that people were going to our allies; we can do don’t have to waste money develop- Make it work before you build it. I
lar. have sex anyway, they switched tac- ing missile technologies. think I read that somewhere. I
In fact, these words and their tics from “no sex” to “safe sex.” that periodically, We. It’s not surprising, either. Just a This is alchemyo f the modernage,
Convincing children that “golly” is a meanings have been around for ages. People will forever find reasons to glance at world history tells us what at the taxpayer’s expense: It needs to
bad word would probably promote Purely on the principle of seniority, curse. have lotsof-nuclear:'! happens when countries try to create stop. All it will defend us against is a
it. An expression like that one is it’s about time they get around to What next, then? Safe, responsible isolationist defense systems; France budgét siirplus. ~ sme
avoided nowadays based on sheer being accepted as normal language. cursing? Well, in a sense, yes. Instead weapons, ee ¥ +f wy : =, bg ire Mes Ls tes ee 192
aversion to idiocy, but with enough On TV, nowadays, the use of cursing of distinguishing between a curse and
psychological manipulation, that has seeped into dialogue and gradu- a word that is “not nice,” let children Adefenseofthe
word could conceivably make its ally becoming less sensational. Clas- learn for themselves the right time
way into hardcore rap. Imagine it sification itself is a rather subjective and the right place to for their usage. Dubya is willing to violate a treaty
uttered with the same ferocity as process. So, then, what makes these We called each other retarded when and throw up a non-working system MSE Symposium
insults. It’s simply a matter of play- curse words so bad to parents and to we were kids, and even now, as ma- to protect us from missile attack.
ing on a child’s innate attraction to teachers? ture college students, but that word Well, here’s where the disagree-
-~ the forbidden. Maybe it’s the concept behind would hardly find a place in a board- ment between myself and the presi-
In that sense, control devices on them. Take “fuck,” for example. It’s room meeting and we realize that. dent comes in. In fact, it’s not so
TVs seems futile, even counterpro- actually more versatile than most Certain uses of the language is some- much a disagreement as it is a dif- or /\
ductive. What the children don’t other word — it could be a verb, an thing we all grow out of, and so will ference of knowledge, because I *m not quite sure where to be- who didn’t care where labor stood in. ,
hear on TV will be heard in daily adjective, an expression of surprise kids, as soon as we stop making a big have the ultimate missile defense gin. Numerous times, the our politics; someone who wasn’t —
._-context anyhow. These words are or disgust or even wonderment. Nor- deal about it. system in mind. News-Letter has badmouthed upset by the false imprisonment of! >
this year’s MSE Symposium. To another fellow American based on
badmouth the Symposium in- racial discrimination; etc., etc. That
Europe: Where the streets are paved with beer volves one of two flaws: stupidity and is to say, if you take issue with this”
ignorance. The first is attributed to a year’s theme of the MSE Symposium, _
fallacy in reasoning and the second is say so, and, more importantly, tell us °
due, somewhat, to Hopkins, the in- why because I can’t see howone could: *
stitution as a whole. so easily dismiss the entire parade of
ey, or two weeks over the win- European cinema. There are two egre- start for another 30 minutes, why on Letustake the first flaw mentioned names as unimportant. I personally
ter break, I visited Europe gious differences between the Ameri- God’s green earth would you show above into consideration: stupidity. don’t care whether or not Tyra Banks,,
for the first time with a can and the European film experi- up on time just to sit through TV It seems to me that if you don’t like Britney Spears or Lisa Kudrow shows h+ y
friend from home. We ence. First, all films begin with 30 without the show? Chalk this enigma one speaker of this year’s Symposium, up to a MSE Symposium down the
: backpacked through minutes of commercials — we’re not up to the European Union. Wierdos. you're not go- road,
--Munich, Innsbruck, Vienna, talking previews here, we’re talking And then there’s the communica- ing to like any
Let us return
_ Budapest and Prague, and I made a straight-out-of-TY commercials. So tion barrier. Turns out, people in Eu- of them. That’s STEVENPORTER now to the other
- few noteworthy observations along we're sitting there, thinking, damn ropean countries all speak different because this flaw in one’s rea-
the way. this is so dull, should we complain? languages. Who knew? All ofthem do VRC Hawt ates Guest EDIrorIAL soning against the- ,
One of the most memorable events But of course this happens every- it, which made things somewhat dif- Symposium’s Symposium this~’
during the trip was New Year’s in where, so who are we to bitch? (One ficult to communicate various things. theme is “Un- _ year: ignorance, |
Munich. Nothing could have pre- of the more noteworthy commercials I quickly found a common ground, finished Busi- : This,. as one *
' pared me for it. We were out around showed some rugged cowboy riding however, in the pastry shops, where I ness: Race, Class, and Gender at the shouldbe able to tell byn ow, is closely ,
the city checking things out during around on a horse in a snowy coun- could grunt and point at something, Turn of the Millennium.” Leslie and tied in to the idea of stupidity dis-‘’
the day, and found ourselves at the tryside while some other guy made a and then pay the cashier whatever it Radzin found those names on the cussed above. However, it goes deeper
main square near our hostel by nine leather saddle back at the barn. I’m said on the register. Only a clever forefront of the above issues and got oT
o'clock. Apparently, Europeans be- JEFFNOVICH saying to myself, “Man, where is this American could come up sucha clever them to come here. That counts for 2S y
come pyros come New Year's Eve. place? Iw anna go.” Thena deep voice scheme. f something. To badmouth the Viel
_ Everyone came prepared with back- BITCHES BREW booms — “Come to where the flavor What of transportation? It turns On race, we began the year with a any
packs filled with explosives. When I is. Come to Marlborocountry.” Oops, out, European subway systems are speech by Lee Mun Wah, whose Ps
was young, I used to do fireworks so they haven’t banned those ads there the best in the world. Interestingly, “Color of Fear” video is taught every- Symposium involves
_ I knew a bit about what types they there are hundreds of children light- Cs you don’t have to pay to get in — no where from massive corporations to
- were using. Blockbusters are a quar- ing off thousands of tons of explo- y Then there are the movie tickets. turnstiles, no security watching you the heads of the U.S. armed forces to one of two flaws: os
_ terofasoftd yinacmikte ; that was the sives, one might assume there will When you go to buy them, you are go in, just walk right in. The catch is, college campuses nationwide. We
_ choice explosive. also be injury. given a choice of places to sit — there you have to stamp your ticket on moved on to Spike Lee, director stupidity and raed
But no one seemed content with Fortunately, we didn’t witness any are assigned seats. They offered us board or there’s a hefty fine if the extraordinaire, and big-time Knicks “$3
_ just throwing them into the street. casualties, but ambulances came the front center, or the back left. ticket checkers catch you. fan. We also had the falsely impris- IONOLaNC e aaa
&oe No, they threw them into crowds, into through the streets every half hour or Damn. In Prague, wethought we’dbe slick oned Rubin Carter and presidential ber
- subway stations, at cars, at people. so in the 21-century equivalent of the Now what I couldn’t understand and buy the cheapest tickets they of- candidate Alan Keyes, hot off of his’
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The elderly, parents with small where the ambulance would stop to being ignorant Americans, we found Phyllis Schlafly and Eleanor Smeal, the real world, grades won’t matter,‘ —
_ children in strollers, and lots of teen- pick you up. It was very comforting you presumably had out later it was just a luggage pass. It the two feminist/anti-feminist names hours studied for a test won’t matter,’”
_ agers all participated piety bo to know this. cost us about ten cents each. So our of our time. On class, we had the and recommendations won’t matter.”
probably the most Interestingly, I saw a small fight to crawl out to the new scheme was to speak rapid fire mayor of our fair city, Mayor The real world does not favor an A-
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THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LeTTER Fesruary 1, 2001
Hopkins interns learn to The world’s largest Internet >
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online marketplace: eBay_
succeed at VMT tech firm
Since its beginning it has exploded to an online phenomenon
Student interns help clients such as NBC4 and Greenery Florist
ardly an introduction by eBay until the auction is over to SafeHarbor is another protective
BY BRIAN KIM staffed out seven Hopkins students tional, publicly traded Srporation is necessary for the ensure that the seller won’t bid him- measure which “springs into action”
THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter to NBC4 to perform a total Web site called Terex. Zimmermanand Mike world’s fastest growing selft o force the maximum bid by the whenever there is the threat of mis-
conversion and upgrade the NBC4 Hickin, another Hopkins senior, are internet auction com- buyer. use, fraud or trading offenses. There
A group of Johns Hopkins interns are content management system. The developing a business-to-business munity, eBay. Coined There is automatic notification via is evena dispute resolution service to
working ata local firm called Vision Mul- Web site conversion was completed equipment exchange application for “the world’s largest online market- e-mail to the buyer that he has placed settle any differences between buyers
timedia Technologies, LLC(VMT), which in mid-December (http: // Terex: place,” eBay has become practically a a bid, with information listed as to and sellers.
provides services including Web design, www.nbc4.com). “There were issues The beta site launched on Tues- household name. whether he has the high bid, the time The company does make some
database development, custom software that had to be ironed out but the day, * ‘but they are continuing on- Started in 1995 by engineer Pierre and date the auction closesand URLs profit from their auctions, however;
solutions, e-commerce site development, launch went smoothly,” Razzaque going work,” explained Razzaque. Omidyar, curiously enough, eBay’s linking the page on which the buyer in charging sellers a small fraction of
dot-comincubationandmultimediapro- said. The interns will be going to Con- first function served as a site for can check the auction’s status. their commissions, unlike Yahoo,
duction. Now Lindsey Gibson, a Hopkins necticut on a week-long trip to de- Omidyar’s girlfriend on which she There is also instant notification if whose services are free, but without
The Baltimore-basteedc h consult- graduate, is at VMT full-time to take ploy the application to Terex’s pro- could trade PEZ dispensers. a buyer has been outbid. (The com- the wide variety in selection.
ing firm has established close ties with care of NBC4’s content management. duction servers. Needless to say, eBay turned into a Any way you look at it, eBay is per-
the Johns Hopkins University to suc- Jeremy Geiman and Joe Zimmerman Inadditiont ot he company’s presi- huge company for buying, trading and MARGOPIET! fect for buyers and sellers alike in mak-
cessfully help their clients and give are two Hopkins seniors in charge of dent, VMT currently employs 10 selling thousands of different items. ing money, finding sought-after items
Hopkins students real world experi- site maintenance, as well as any addi- Hopkins interns, as well as two The company has come quite a and making people happy. Use cauz
ence in programming, graphic de- tional programming necessary to Hopkins graduates. Some other long way since 1995. Listing 500,000 WEBSITE OF THE tion, though, because I am living proof
sign and marketing. keep the site up andrunning. Geiman, Hopkins interns not mentioned in- items for sale just a few years ago, that it can get addictive in all its good
Brian Razzaque, the owner and who was also responsible for inte- clude sophomores Kris Stokking, eBay nowlists over five million items, WEEK ness.
president oft he firm (and a Hopkins grating the Weathernet program for Svetlana Minina and Ben Meyer, jun- from the newest technological equip- I have made numerous purchases,
graduate) hires many Hopkins un- NBC4, is now a key person in rolling ior Kevin Shue, and seniors Andrew mentto vintage records and clothing, using every method of paymentimag-
dergraduate students both to give it out to Hartford Station and other Chu and Adriane Russo. from ski trips and vacations to real petitive part comes into play when inable, without ever experiencing 4
back to his alma mater and to take NBC affiliates. Most of the interns ate computer estate. If you can think of something experienced eBuyers place their bids problem with the people or the merz!
advantage of their talent and creativ- As part of another project, The science majors and all the senior in- you need, I could probably tell you just seconds before the auction ends.) chandise.
ity. VMT’s college internship pro- Greenery Florist wanted a Web site terns who will be graduating this year there’s a 98 percent chance ofactually One oft he convenient features of One of the most significant items:
gram has proved to bea huge success. that allowed customers to visually have been offered full-time, senior finding it on eBay. eBay is the ability to check a seller’s
“They all are getting phenomenal ex- customize a bouquetof flowers. VMT level positions in the firm, “because EBay works as an online auction, or buyer’s credibility by checking his
perience,” said Razzaque. While employed a program called “drag and they have been working here solong,” wherein sellers are required to log feedback forum posted by past Needless to say, eBay
VMT recruits at many local universi- drop purchasing” for this Web site stated Razzaque. onto the site with secure e-mail and eBayers regarding their interactions
ties, Hopkins student interns are still (http://www.myiflorist.com), which VMT is continually looking for contact information, post a brief and with the buyer or seller. turned into a huge
in the majority. nowallows shoppers to clickand drag undergraduate programmers to join truthful description of the product Another of the many features is
_ The VMT interns work closely flowers into a vase to make a custom- the firm and gain hands-on experi- up for sale and give clearly defined the ability to search locally for items company for buying,
with the company’s clients, such as ized arrangement, while calculating ence in a tech consulting firm. For price and shipping quotations, along costly to ship, such as large appli-
NBC4 Washington and the Greenery the price as items are added or re- more information on VMT contact with accepted methods of payment. ances,o r anythinga buyer might want
Florist. moved. Isabella Maldonado at A picture also helps in selling, and to see before buying. A friend of mine tradingan,d selling
Over the summer of 2000, VMT VMT is also helping a multina- [email protected]. some registered sellers on eBay, known actually even bought a car (a Saab at
as eSellers, have very elaborate pre- that) after going tosee it at the seller’s thousands ofd ifferent +
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Hopkins students have had mat does come with some caveats. riencing the next wonderful evolu- particular item), which is protected scribed. days of my life for just $147.45.
some contact with DVDs. The Probably the most annoying is the tion of optical technology.
number of households using introduction of copy protection and
DVD players is increasing ex- regional protection. The first is self-
ponentially and many new comput- explanatory, but the secondisa really Upcomine Lecrures At HoMEwoop AND JHMI
ers are shipping with DVD drives in- new concept. Imagine your dismay if
cluded in their standard your new expensive import CD failed
‘Onfigurations. to play in your Discman. This is the Thursday, February 1, 2001 Wednesday, March 21, 2001
= When you walk into a Block- Dr. Marvin Meistrich Dr. Suresh Joseph
ster or Suncoast these days, it DAVEFISHMAN Departmento f Experimental Radiation Oncology Department of Pathology & Cell Biology
ks as if DVDs dominate about MD Anderson Cancer Thomas Jefferson University
e-third to one-half of their stock “Regulation of spermatogonial differentiation” “IP3 Receptor”
ce. Yet how much does the com- Pop TECH 4:00 p.m., School of Hygiene and Public Health, 12:00 p.m., Wood Basic Science Building, 4
n cinema enthusiast really know Woodruff Room (Phipps 240) West Lecture Hall
ut the technology that runs these
ittle movie miracles? standard practice for the DVD for- Wednesday, February 7, 2001 Wednesday, March 28, 2001 i
Depending on whom you ask, mat and, while there are simple com- Dr. Stuart Kim Dr. Jacob Israelachvili ;
D stands for either Digital Versa- puter programs designed to fool your Department of Developmental Biology Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Disc or Digital Video Disc. Before DVD drive into playing imports, Stanford University University of California iG
a Movie is encoded onto it, a DVD home theater players must be mod- “C elegans development” “Subtleties and differences in the interactions itt
io Ifis ajust new kind of optical stor- chipped. It’s a really bad idea to pop 12:00 p.m., Wood Basic Science Building, of biological and non-biological molecules and surfaces” af
medium it’s basically an evolved open something with such a sensitive West Lecture Hall 12:00 p.m., Wood Basic Science Building, ite
,and hence the first name. Due to optical laser. And, oh yeah, both West Lecture Hall
the DVD format’s strong association methods of fighting regional protec- Wednesday, February 14, 2001
th home video, the latter name has Dr. Juan Bonifacino Wednesday, April 4, 2001
come much more common. For Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch Dr. John Nagle
the rest of this article, any mention of While a DVD's end National Institute of Health Department of Physics and Biological Sciences
will refer to this definition. “Adaptor family and friends: components Carnegie Mellon University.
While a DVD’s end result is some- result is something like _ of the lysosome biogenesis machinery” “X-ray diffraction studies of lipid bilayers”
g like a cross between a video tape 12:00 p.m., Wood Basic Science Building, 12:00 p.m., Wood Basic Science Building,—
nd a CD, its format is actually very a cross between a West Lecture Hall West Lecture Hall
different from either of these. A true
ss between these two might be the video tape and a CD, Thursday, February 15, 2001 Wednesday, April 11, 2001
D, an optical disc whose video and Dr. Nancy Weigel Dr. Marc Ekker
io run side-by-side within the same its format is actually Department of Cell Biology University of Ottawa
. Anyone who has watched non- Baylor College of Medicine “Patterning events in zebrafish development”
videoonacomputer, oranyvideo very different from “Androgen receptor mutations in prostate cancer” 12:00 p.m., Wood Basic Science Building,
for that matter, has witnessed this 4:00 p.m., School of Hygiene and Public Health, West Lecture Hall
of presentation. Woodruff Room (Phipps 240)
~ ADVD, on the other hand, main- both of these. Wednesday, April 18, 2001
eAetteehateAiaete e es e rs
tains a separation of its audio and Wednesday, February 21, 2001 Dr. Ed Dennis
deo tracks. This aspect of the DVD Dr. Peter Aronson University of California, San Diego _
nat is what allows for audio tracks Department of Medicine “Structure and Function of PLA2”
abe swaonp thep flye, asdw el las the ~ tion are totally illegal. Section of Nephrology 12:00 p.m., Wood Basic Science Building,
many language options that DVDs As an avid movie-aholic, I have Yale School of Medicine West paeeate Hall
afford. Witthihs seoparautiont, e ach fully embraced the DVD format. In “Characterization of Na-H exchanger |is oform NHE3
different dubbing would require the order to promote the new medium, and its role in renal tubular transport” Thursday, April 19, 2001
same video packwiath git;e thids u n- the discs are being burned with de- 12:00 p.m., Wood Basic Science Building, John Eppig
essary repetition of video infor- leted scenes, backstage information West Lecture Hall Jackson Laboratories
ation would easily exceed the and loads of other extras, and con- “In vitro.development of ovarian follicles”
gemory space on the disc. sumers are reaping the benefits. But Wednesday, February 28, 2001 4:00 p.m., School of Hygiene and Public Health,
Speaking of memory, how much you really need to watch out when -Dr. Nir Ben-Tal Woodruff Room (Phipps 240)
these things hold anyway? Well, you're buying them, because you Department of Biocheinistry
andard DVD can hold about two could end up paying $10 or $15 more George S. Wise Fac Life Science, Israel Thursday, May 3, 2001
hours of high-quality video. If the than youhave to. That makae disffe r- “Electrostatics of membrane bilayers” Leland Chung
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SCIENCEBRIEFS The legendary tale of Loch Ness
Tue ASSOCIATED PRESS
This big monster is said to be a Plesiosaurus of prehistoric times
(ell-like shapes may said Tuesday. could be done with proper scientific |
form in space Tito, 60, had concluded am ultimil- controls.” hen the Romans ARMAND cold lakes, like Loch Ness. Such a
lion-dollar deal with Russian space of- Baltimore’s Hopkins announced a , first came to wave might push debris to the surface
ficials to visit the Mir space station, and Tuesday it had received a $58.5 mil- \ / northern Scotland that might look like a strange animal.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists has been in training for months with lion anonymous donation for a new BY in the first century, ARMIES ANIMALS Personally, I think that if the leg-
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posed theory that some of the ele- nauts. His trip is expected to last for FDA approved use of the device in swimming elephtahe nPicttish, be ast way to visit a Pictish king when he lot of murky water in
ments essential for life. could have about 10 days, Kreidenko said. five patients, all of them too sick for is the earliest known evidence for an stopped abruptly along the shore of
formed in space and been delivered heart transplants. idea that has been passed down for Loch Ness. Seeing a large beast about which a gargantuan
to the early Earth by comets, meteor- Stem cell stance The grapefruit-sized artificial generations in the Scottish Highlands to attacka man who was swimmingi n
i-t. es“ Sacnide nitinsttesr plbaenlieetvaer y thdeu stm.o lecules ‘alarms scientists whieatrht a isr eicnhsaerrgteeadb lien btahtet ebroy dyth ata locanng | fNeosrs at is lehaostm e1 ,5to0 0a myeyasrtse r—i ousth aat quLaotcihc tihnev olkaikneg, tChoel unmambea orfa iGsoedd ahinsd hcaonmd-, swimming
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over space,” said Louis Allamandola, WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists through the skin. have often been associated with many swimmer was saved.
aNASA scientist at the Ames Re- and universities are increasingly wor- The patient can also wear an ex- bodies of water, from small streams So what exactly is the Loch Ness hide.
search Center in Moffett Field, Calif. ried because the Bush administra- ternal battery pack that can last for to the largest lakes, often labeled monster? It can’t be one of those
“This impltiheats li fec ouldb e every- tion apparently will block federal fi- several hours. The mechanical heart, Loch-na-Beistie on old maps. lion-fihsh ebeaastsd ase seden on age-
where in the universe.” nancing of promising medical called the AbioCor, is expected to These water-kelpies, are said to old maps oft he sea. Rather, the Loch If the Loch Ness monster really
The research isthe latest of along research using certain master cells. enable patients to participate innor- have magical powers and evil inten- Ness monster is said to be a did exist, then the only way that any
line of laboratory experiments that “It would be tragic for many pa- mal activities, including light sports. tions. Accordingt o one version of the Plesiosaurus, somewhat like a car- animal with its characteristics could
have shown that simple chemicals, tients who now are looking to this Earlier versions of an artificial legend, the water-horse lures small nivorous flippered brontosaurus. be living today would be ift he ani-
when exposed to natural forms of area of work to supply some type of heart, including the Jarvik-7, were children into the water by offering Skeptics argue that the water in mal had a mate and produced an
energy, such as ultraviolet radiation therapy so their lives can be vastly powered outside the body. The latest them a ride on its back, the Loch is too cold for a reptile like ongoing line of sexually active off-
or heat, can form into complex mol- improved,” Dr. John Gearhart of device, which has been tested on Once the children are aboard, they the Plesiosaur. Some scientists be- spring. Whatever the truth is isn’t it
écules that have implications for the Johns Hopkins University, a co-dis- calves, is designed as a permanent become stuck to the beast and they lieve, however, that the dinosaursa,n d still entertaining to keep the legend
formation ofl ife. coverer of some of the cells, told re- replacementtoahearttransplant. The are dragged to a watery death, their perhaps the Plesiosaur, were warm- alive?
The authors noted that earlier ex- porters Tuesday. “If the funding is AbioCor will sell initially for $75,000 livers to wash ashore the following blooded. They also
periments demonstrated that organic pulled back, I think it would be dev- to $100,000, analysts projected, mak- | day argue an air-breath-
compounds removed from meteorites astating for the patients.” ing it comparable to the cost of open | Loch Nessis part of the Great Glen, ing animal, like a
couldbe promptedin the laboratoryt o Stem cells are building blocks for heart surgery, butless than the cost of || an enormous fissurei n the earth that whale or seal, would
produce a variety of self-assembled all human tissue, and scientists say heart transplant surgery. just about splits Scotland into two. spend much more
structures similar to the membranes research with them could lead to An estimated 100,000 Americans | There are a series ofl ochs, rivers and time on the surface
made in the new experiments. revolutionary therapies for diseases suffer from end-stage heart failure canals that link the Atlantic with the than the creature
Life is thought to have arisen on from Alzheimer’s to diabetes. They each year, but only about 2,000 hu- North Sea. Loch Ness is the eastern seems to and would
Earth within about 200 million years can be derived from aborted fetuses, man hearts are available for trans- most of these. be spotted more of-
after the planet formed some 4.6 bil- fertility clinics’ discarded embryos plants. “The medical system desper- | It is the largest freshwater lake in ten.
lion years ago. The planet is thought or adults. All are under study, but ately needs something to fill in that | the Britain. It is2 4 miles long and 1/ Some scientists
to have been pounded by asteroids embryonic stem cells generate the very big gap,sa”i d Phillip E. Nalbone, | 5 miles wide in some places. have wondered if the
and comets for millions of years. The most excitement because they appear an industry analyst with Salomon | Its maximum depth is around 750 sightings might be
new experiment supports the theory the most flexible. Smith Barney in San Diego. feet ¢ ts average depth 450 feet. caused by an under- Adahse ll eode ¥ Pie tase
thabatsict inghredeien ts forlife could Anti-abortion groups oppose fetal Tests on the device were to be Because. the waters are-very cold and water wave which. is © COURTESY HTTP://W WW.SIMEAN.COM
been brought to Earth during this and embryonic stem cell research. Fri- conducted on patients at Hahnemann CciOUCY is difficult to see underwa- known to sometimes Although this photograph was just a hoax, the
space bombardment. day, President Bush said he prefers University Hospital in Philadelphia; ter more than a few feet. So there is a occur in deep, long, legend of the elusive Loch Ness monster lives on.
Astronomers using telescopes adult stem cell research, signaling he Jewish Heart Lung Hospital in Louis-
have detected around distant stars may move to block the other types. ville, Ky.; the Texas Heart Institute in ASEATESR SEIEL-EESI LENT ALVISCES
the presence of complex hydrocar- Federally funded scientists can’t Houston; and Massachusetts General
bonsand other compounds regarded touch human embryos, but privately Hospital and Brigham and Women’s
as essential for the formation of life. funded scientists have multiplied Hospital in Boston.
Microbe-like shapes also were embryonic stem cells in laboratories. The implantation procedure
found in a meteorite thought to have The National Institutes of Health is would have to be reviewed and ap-
come from Mars. NASA scientists in prepared to award this spring the first proved by the hospital’s institutional
1996 hailed the discovery as possible federal grants for studies with just review board, which goes over ex- |
evidence that primitive bacteria once those lab-grown stem cells. perimental procedures to make sure |
existed on Mars, but other research- Universities awaiting that money they’re safe.
ershave disputed that interpretation. say blocking it could force research- The AbioCor is expected to be
ers to work abroad or to find private much more advanced than the Jarvik-
Russia to send tourist sources of financing, which would 7, which kept several people, includ-
remove government oversight. ing retired Seattle dentist Barney
into space “Some of the most promising ar- Clark, alive for several days in the
eas ofresearch may suddenly become early 1980s.
out of bounds,” said Terry Hartle, a The Jarvik-7 was considereda fail-
MOSCOW (AP) - U.S. million- lobbyist for the American Council ure because Clark suffered strokes
aire Dennis Tito, who hopes to be the on Education, a coalition of univer- and severe depression while he was
first “space tourist,” will fly to the sities. “Given the huge federal invest- tethered to a power source the size of
International Space Station atthe end mentinbiomedical research, itwould a washing machine. That device was
of April, the Russian space agency be a terrible mistake to restrict what eventually recalled.
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SPORTS
Ravens success linked to
pro football salary cap
JHU Invitational Naval Academ UMBC
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Kris Lewis
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1 Meter: 439.95 (1st) 1 Meter 235.875 (1st)
ell, as I write this But with football it’s different. At turna winner (justlook atthe Ravens’
article amid the the game I went to at PSI Net, the fans closest rival to the south for another 3 Meter: 442.5 (1st) 3 Meter 207 (2nd)
gratuitous horn were pumped. They cheered on their example of a team that has a high
honking and team, and they did it with bravado. payroll but can’t win).
shrill yelling of But let’s step back for a second. But I still think that financial par- Women
sketchy Baltimoreans this sad (Su- Are football fans and baseball fans in ity around the league has helped Bal- Women Women
per) Sunday night, I havefinally come Baltimore different people? I have to timore, and, indeed, any team that 1 Meter 1 Meter 1 Meter
t2o0 0t1e rfmoso tbwailtlh stehaes ofna cti st thratu lyt hoev e2r.0 00- btehle ieRvaev etnhsat dtohne’ tp edoipslaep pwehaor isnu pbpaosret- witissehlfe s betttoe r.p utW itanh etfhfeo rotw nienrtso mshaakriinngg Lindsay Collins: 367.2 (1st) Lindsay Collins: 240.15 (1st) Sabina Rogers 229.05 (2nd)
The Cinderella ride that my be- ball season. So why do the Orioles TV revenue andsalaries not yet reach- Sabina Rogers: 361.05 (2nd) Sabina Rogers: 233.25 (3rd) Lindsay Collins 216.6 (3rd)
loved Jints have been on since week have such shitty (in terms of quality, ing the astronomical peaks of Major
12, when Jim Fassel guaranteed a post- League Baseball, a team is far more Keo Feuerstein: 325.2 (3rd) Keo Feuerstein: 183.82 (5th) Keo Feuerstein 177.75 (4th)
season berth, has finally come to a able (and likely) to go out and sign
Jennie Larsen (6th)
screeching- halt, as the Ravens some decent players. Jennie Larsen: 278.625 (4th) Jennie Larsen: 168.07 (6th)
outscored them by 27 points in the Besides, look at some of the cities
final game of the season. No one gave that can brag of Super Bowl teams in
the Giants any respect all year and yet the recent past: St. Louis, Tennessee, 3 Meter 3 Meter 3 Meter
they battled past everyone in their Denver, Green Bay — all teams in Lindsay Collins 229.725 (2nd)
Lindsay Collins: 411.9 (1st) Sabina Rogers: 239.02 (2nd)
path until tonight. relsamaltl mairkevts ethalt woyuld n’t
But I don’t want this to be a sob stand a chance in the baseball world Keo Feuerstein: 382.27 (2nd) Lindsay Collins: 216.3 (3rd) Sabina Rogers 209.175 (3rd)
story. And I don’t want to rain on (with baseball-crazed St. Louis being
Baltpiaramde.o Thris ceity’ desserv es the exception that proves the rule). In Sabina Rogers: 373.425 (3rd) Jennie Larsen: 187.42 (6th) Keo Feuerstein 205.65 (4th)
a winner. The fans, from what I’ve football, however, these teams have Jennie Larsen: 307.425 (4th) Keo Feuerstein: 180.68 (7th) Jennie Larsen 141.375 (5th)
seen (as muchas I hate to admitit) are the money to go out and get the play-
die-hard. ers they need. Even teams like the
They seem to have maintained the Panthers and the Steelers can build
enththuat tshe Cioltas esngenmder ed solid teams, despite their little mar- | Track team sets records at
in them years ago, even after their DAVIDPOLLAC kets.
hearts were ripped out when the team Before this diatribe becomesarant,
ran off to Indianapolis (of all places). THE SPORTSMAN Pll sum up my point. Baseball needs
I was at Sam’s Bagels one day last an effective salary cap and a better Newport Indoor Classic
week and experienced the wrath of a revenue-sharing plan so that it can
Ravens fan first hand. I mentioned bring teams from small cities the eu-
something about how the Giantwser e phoria that football has brought to
not quantity) fan support while the
going to kick ass on Sunday and I was Baltimore these past weeks.
Ravens fan base is enviable?
immedengiagead itna en alrguymen t. True, such changes might end the
Well, that should not be much ofa
“Do you know she knows Tony era of dynasty teams that possesses BY RON DEMETER
Siragusa?” the woman behind the brainteaser. The Orioles fans haven’t the weaponry of All-Pro teams and | THE JOHNS Hopkins: UNIVERSITY more Dave Courson finished in sixth and pushing each other to train
counter asked me pointintgo her fel- had anything to get excited about awe the casual onlookers. (I certainly | place in the same race. Kitchen also harder,” said Blair, “we are looking
low employee. I told her that I did not since Jeffrey Maier stole a home run never expected Trent Dilfer to be the This past weektehen Jdohn s Hop- came in ninth-placien the 1,500 meter toward doing well in the champion-
know that and didn’t mention any- for the Yankees in the 1997 American quarterback who prevented my team kins Men’s and Women’s Indoor run. ships.”
thing else, thinking I was in the clear. League Divisional Series. Since then, from going all the way.) But this is a Track teams competed in the Chris- On the women’s side, freshman In the women’s distance medley
But when I got to the front oft he line Baltimore baseball has just been plain small sacrifice to make compared to topher Newport Indoor Classic.. For Heather Blair led the women with a Blair, sophomores Jenn Schutz and
I realized I was still being toyed with. depressing. You don’t get upset or the more importeaffenctt ofincreased the men, senior Drew Kitchen re- fourth-place finish in the 1,500 meter Nikki Gross, and senior Heather
“What kind of bagel you want?” even angry when your team consis- competition and greater variety of corded the only first-place finish of run with a time of4 :52.06. Although Relyea combined for a fourth-place
tently performs poorly; you just get teams contending for the champion- the day for JHU in the 5,000 meter she finished in fourth place, her time finish with a time of 12:57.40.
bored. ship. run. His time of 15:45 was a confer- wasa school-record as well as the top The time was a new school-record
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the fact that the Ravens sparked to life looming large, hopefully the players He sat in second-place until there has qualified for the ECACs and is forming well was senior Ashley Wa-"
knows Tony Siragusa?” this year. and owners will recognize the pattern was only a half mile left to go where he only seven seconds off of the national ters who pole vaulted 8’6" to finish
Riding the back of a truly incred- that has become a mainstay in foot- stormed out to a big lead, eventually qualifying time. third and tie her personal best.
the woman behind the ible defensive unit, which allowed a ball and attempt to duplicate it. winning by a mere second. Sopho- “Asateam we are coming together Next meet: Feb. 3 at F&M.
total of 23 points in four postseason
counter asked me games, the Ravens surged to conten- Me Ae} = E eee Cfh6i soley STH oh ADAG.L B
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BY CLAIREGADEN with an assist by Magannis.
AND DAVID POLLACK Nathasingh in turn assisted sopho- Wachovia Corporation, Wallace...and more!
THE Jouns Hopkins News-Letter more Dave Albright’s goal at 5:46.
By the end of the game, Hopkins
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