The Johns Hopkins University News-Letter, Volume 105, Number 16 (2001 February 15)

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VoLumE CV, Issue 15 PUBLISHED SINCE 1896 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE JOHNS HopKINS UNIVERSITY Fesruary 15, 2001
English dept. chair
Male, 30,
accepts job at UIC
arrested
inAMRs BY TOM GUTTING
THE JOHNS HopkKINs
News-LetTER
After 13 years at the
W Johns Hopkins University,
BY WILL ADAMS
| English department Profes-
THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LetrTER
sor and Chairman Walter
Benn Michaels has ac-
A man wasarrested in the Alumni
cepted a position at the
Memorial Residences (AMRs) for
|. University ofIl linois at Chi-
trespassing after following a student
cago (UIC). His departure
into Sylvester House early Saturday
has led to conflicting views
morning. Marvin Lee Gilmore, a six-
about the future of the de-
foot, 30-year-old African-American,
| partment, a controversy
was arrested shortly after he entered
that will be further fueled
the building when the student whom
by an article in the Feb. 16
he followed in reported his presence
edition of The Chronicle of
to Johns Hopkins University Secu-
Higher Education.
rity.
RAPHAEL SCHWEBER-KOREN/NEWS-LETTER | While his exit surprised
According to a Baltimore City | Garland Field was selected as the location for the Class of 2001’s Commencement within the past month. some members of the de- Prof. Michaels hCaHsR ISb eeLnA NGatB EJIHNU/ NsEiWnSc-e LE1T9T8E8.R
Police Department report, JHU Se- G| raduation speaker unknown partment, Michaels and
curity Officer Lt. John Rorke ques-
| several colleagues don’t think it sig- to the News-Letter.
tioned the suspect for approximately
nals that the English Departmentis in The Chronicle said that Michaels
15 minutes before making the arrest.
| decline. Those statements contradict joined a “flock” of English professors
Gilmore defended himself by saying |
| the report in the Chronicle. leaving Hopkins.
that he was trying to find a student, | BY RJ HAGERMAN ation because they weren’t avail- “very optimistic” about the remain- | “Tactually think the department is Michaels disputed that claim and
“John,” who he claimed he have met |T HE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter able on Commencement day, said ing prospects, | in good shape,” Michaels, who came voiced his opinion in a letter to the
at a bar that night. Class of 2001 President Margaret Richards said that she hoped to to Hopkins in 1988, said. “I’m confi- Chronicle’s editors. In it, he said that
Gilmore was thenarrested fortres- | Thereis stillno graduation speaker Richards. know who the speaker will be shortly dent they'll find somebody who’s only three professors have left the
passing. There “no trespassing/no scheduled for this year’s Commence- Both Richards and Marconi de- but was hesitant to set any particular | good [to replace me].” department over the past few years,
soliciting” sign postaetd t hee ntrance | ment, which will be held on Garland clined to comment on which speak- timetable. In the Chronicle, English Profes- while five have been added during
to the building. Field. ers they are still considering. “I don’t want to say that we'll have sor Dennis Paulson called Michaels’ that time.
The student defended his action Class of 2001 Vice President “Right now we don’t have any- a speaker by some particular day,” | loss a “catastrophe” and lamented “The real story of the Department
of letting Gilmore into the build- Kristin Marconi said that the search body who has said [that if invited said Richards. | that “the department is totally wiped over the last few years has actually
ing. for a speaker began early last semes- they will definitely come],” said Marconi speculated that an an- |o ut. » been its success at recruiting people
“You hold the door open ... I ter and that, by the time she became Richards, but she added that she is CONTINUED ON PAGE A3 Paulson did not wish to comment at least as interesting as the ones
wasn’t going to slam the door in his vice president, “there were already - who left,” Michaels wrote, “and 1
face,” said the student, who spoke on four names very seriously being dis- Abortion legality, pills debated. am confident that success will con-
the condition of anonymity. cussed.” tinue.”
Sylvester House Resident Adviser Since then, two of the names Fellow English Professor
CONTINUED ON PAGE A3 have been dropped from consider- Amanda Anderson admitted that
Prof. discusses privacy Michaels is a “significant loss,” but
BY aBSSIGA KRONISH agreed that the
THE JOHNs Hopkins News-LetTTeER CONTINUED ON Pace A4
Students and professionals de- New Web
BY BHUVAN bated the legality of abortion, the
SRINIVASAN safety of abortion pills, and whether
Tue Jonns Hopkins or not life begins at conception on
page helps
News-Letter Feb. 9. The debate, hosted by Stu-
dents for Choice (SEC) and Voices
Jeffrey Rosen, associ- for Life (VFL) had four speakers for
ate professor of law at each side, witha student panelist from alumni to
Georgetown University, each group, as well as three experts.
discussed “The Destruc- The panelists argued about the
tion of Privacy in specific point at which life begins. network
America: The Human “There is no question that a new
Side of Information Se- being begins at conception,” said Dr.
curity” on Feb. 12. The Hannah Klaus, an obstetrician/gyne-
lecture was the second in cologist and executive director of the BY DAVID CRANDALL
-a series of seminars on Washington, D.C.-based National THE JoHNS Hopkins News-Letrer
“Privacy and Protecting Family Planning Center.
Your Rights in the Digital Father Joe Howard, director of the JULIA WU/NEWS-LETTER The Johns’ Hopkins University
Age” organized by the American Bioethics Advisory Com- Two student groups addressed abortion in the Garrett Room Thursday. Alumni Association announced on
2 ‘Johns Hopkins Univer- mission, agreed that life begins at fer- Feb, 1 the creation of HopkinsNet,a n
sity Information Security HOLLY MARTIN/NEWS-LETTER tilization. He cited in yitro fertiliza- The use of methopristone (RU- World Life League Director Mark online database for students thatcon- ~
Institute. Jeffrey Rosen is a professor at Georgetown. tion studiesas proofthatanewhuman 486), an abortion-inducing drug se- de Young said that mifoprex, the first tains contact information for more
Rosen said that people being is made with the creation of a ries that can be taken at any point drug in the series, was also unsafe and than 90,000 Hopkins alumni. Devel-
“increasingly care about their privacy purchased a book on phone sex. unique zygote. during the first seven weeks of preg- that five in 100 women who take it opers hope that the site will serve as a
- - because it “prevents us from being “T had the great honor of meeting SFC panelist Kelsey Brodsho ar- nancy, was also discussed. It was ap- bleed and have to be hospitalized af- networking tool for students and
judged out of context in a world of [Lewinsky], and she felt that these gued that, though a unique zygote proved for use in the United States by terwards. alumni, and said that it will help stu-
.- short attention spans.” facts were taken out of context,” said can be created via in vitro fertiliza- the Food and Drug Administration “This is not a safe, effective or dents gather information on finding
He called Monica Lewinsky “his Rosen. “For example, no one knew tion, the zygote will not survive with- last year. simple means [to an abortion],” said internships and pursuing career fields.
heroine,” saying that she was shocked that she had also bought the whole out the environment of the womb. Nancy Lineman, director of the de Young. The database’ allows students to
when deleted e-mail was resurrected collection of Dickens’ works. She felt “Whether atseven, 10 or 12 weeks, Maryland National Abortion Rights Lineman argued that the letter al- search foralumniby name, company,
from her hard drive and when law- very objectified.” the [baby’s] life [exists] because of Action League, called RU-486 “safe leging the unsafe nature of career field, industry, location or
yers disclosed the fact that she had CONTINUED ON Pace A3 the woman’s life,” said Brodsho. and effective.” She said that it has misoprostol was inaccurate. major.
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in other countries. professor at the University ofB alti- American Express,” said Alumni As-
Daniel Tobin, the student panelist more and the University of Mary- sociation Assistant Director Debbie
Rights shares experiences abroad from VEL, argued that RU-486, was land, said that the lengthy testing Kennison. “You can also search by
“unsafe for patients.” period by the FDA makes it unlikely field.” i
Tobin said that a letter to the FDA that an unsafe drug would have been HopkinsNet also provides infor:
from the company that produces approved, mation on networking etiquette and
_BY MEGAN HIORTH misoprostol, one of the drugs in the The.effects of overturning Roe v. offers suggestions about what infor?
Tue Jouns Hopkins News-Letter series, described it as unsafe for use as Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court deci- mation to ask alumni for and how té
a “step two” drug. CONTINUED ON PAGE A4 ConTINUED ON Pace A3 ‘
Orthopedic surgeon James Cobey
ISSUE
and Physicians for Human Rights
NWSD eat
(PHR) founder Robert Lawrence dis-
cussed their involvement with the
PHR, an international organization
that studies human rights abuses, on MEN’S HOOPS ON THE ROPES
The Men’s Basketball team is on
Feb. 12.
. Cobey, a Johns Hopkins Univer- the verge of being eliminated from
playoff contention. A 1-1 record this
sityalumnus, addressed the problems Cartoons wink Vere BeB 10
week didn’thelp their chances, Check
with international human rights or- Classifieds
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the tools, skills‘ and knowledge of
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Lawrence also spoke about the Massacres, Death sentences.
rights that we have as humans. He Valentine’s Day isn’t as loving as it’s
claimed that we all have to honor our cracked up to be. Listen to our own
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A2 FEBRUARY 15, 200]°
THE JoHNS Hopkins News-LettTer
NEWS
AROUND THE COUNTRY
Napster defense suffers 24-hour period may now be.
required for abortions in VA.
setback in appeals court
BY LAURA KIERST nancy by providing a list of profes- more qualified to make a rational
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(U-WIRE) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. keep Napster operating,” he said. “We The court declined to state an (U-WIRE) BLACKSBURG, Va. Planned Parenthood and Crisis cation studies major, said he dis-
~The popular music-sharing Internet have been saying all along that we opinion on the applicability of — After more than 20 years, a bill Pregnancy Centers,” Baker said. agrees with the bill.
service, Napster, received a heavy seek an industry-supported solution Napster’s argument that it is an passed by the Virginia Senate may David Nova, president and CEO “T think the bill is unnecessary,”
blow to its struggle to stay alive Mon- that makes payments to artists, “Internet service provider,” a type of have far-reaching effects not only of Planned Parenthood’s Blue Ridge Mirra said. “It’s a woman’s body
day, as a court ruling indicated the songwriters and other rights-holders organization that is shielded from for Virginia women but also as a Clinics, said the bill would hurt the and she should be able to do what!
service is likelyt ob e shut down pend- while preserving the Napster file- copyright infringement suits by stat- precedent-setting law throughout women ofV irginia. she wants with it. Ifshe doesn’t want
ing a final ruling on the matter. sharing community experience.” utes of the Digital Millennium Copy- the United States. “This bill isan attemptt o restrict to wait 24 hours, she shouldn’t have
The pre-trial injunction requiring Napster attorney David Boies is- right Act. Bill SB 1211 will require women and create another hurdle for to. » .
Napster to shut down—issued last sued a statement saying Napster will “We instead fecognize that this to wait 24 hours before having an women,” Nova said. “Some women While some students strongly
July by the District Court of North- appeal Monday’s decision. issue will be more fully developed at abortion. will trip and not be able to get an oppose or support the bill, others
ern California and then stayed by the Those at Napster are not the only trial,” the opinion read. The bill will become law Oct. 1 if abortion procedure.” believe the law should offer women
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in ones disappointed by yesterday’s de- The courtalso justified the injunc- it is passed by the House of Del- Nova’s biggest objection to the education when faced with an abor-
August — waseffectively sent back to cision. Many Harvard University stu- tion by anticipating that users would egates and signed by Gov. Jim bill is the requirement for doctors tion.
the district court yesterday for modi- dents who use Napster were upset by rush to download songs before trial if Gilmore. The House passed the bill and nurses to counsel women be- “Personally, I feel that any
fication. the prospect of losing access to the the service were to remain open. in previous years and Gilmore vo- fore one makes a decision to go measure that can be passed to
Although Napster remains acces- « music-sharing database. Indeed, according to cally supports the bill. through with terminating a preg- protect both women and unborn
sible for the moment, when the dis- “Tm definitely going to miss it Webnoize.com statistics cited by It was introduced in the legisla- nancy. children is a fair law,” said Chris
trict court rewords its decision the when it’s gone,” Phyllis G. Maloney CNN, an estimated 250 million songs ture in 1979 and passed Feb. 6. “My concern is that a woman Williams, a junior finance major.
service will be unavailable — only 04 said. were downloaded through Napster Schiffert Health Center’s quality im- faced with the decision to have an “While I may be pro-life, I re-
reopening if Napster should emerge John E. Friberg ’02 said he felt the this weekend alone. provement coordinator, Jeannie abortion will be forced to council spect the law and the legal defini-
victorious from its final trial. ruling is in some ways opposed to the Harvard students contributedt ot he Baker, said the bill will not affect by telephone—a means which is tion of choice. I think that it is
The three-judge appeals court concept of freedom ofs peech. Napster frenzy, seiwhzat itheny fgear ed the health center or women’s ser- completely deficient,” Nova said. important that we not infringe
panel that delivered Monday’s ruling “Napster is a good thing,” he said. would be their last opportunity to take vices provided at Virginia Tech., Tabatha Crostic, asenior English upon that legal right, but also take
explained that the original injunction “T think the college community will advantage of the free program. “Whatw e do here att he Schiffert major, said the bill’ will enable steps to protect unborn children
expected too much ofN apster. be hurt if it’s forced to shut down.” “I was downloading a lot of songs Health Center is provide students women to make wiser decisions be- and their mothers.”
The opinion stated that although Those in the recording industry, this weekend, and the server was with information to assist them in fore having an abortion. Matt Pierce, ajunior political sci-
it is Napster’s responsibilityt o police on the other hand, are viewing the pretty slow,” Friberg said. making informed decisions with re- “By granting women a 24-hour ence major and president of the
its system to the best ofit s ability, the decision as only the beginning of With the recent publicity and gard to pregnancy,” Baker said. period of time in which they are Young Democrats at Tech, said the
burden is on the plaintiffs to notify righting the wrongs created by seemingly imminent shutdown, traf- Baker said SHC aids students given information covering all of 24-hour wait is unnecessary.
Napster of copyrighted works on its Napster. fic is likely to increase. who choose to terminate a preg- the many risks of abortion, the ac- “Abortion is obviously a huge
system. “A business model built on in- tual status of the fetus and the ben- decision in a woman’s life,” Pierce.
' The panelalso advised the district fringement is not only morally and LSAC looks into efits of having the child, they are said.
court to take into account the diffi- legally wrong, but it is also a threat to
culties facing Napster in gaining ac- the develoof tphe lmegietimnatet o n- NEWS-LETTER
cess to users’ MP3 files, given the fact line music market,” said Hilary THE JOuHN §S HOP KIN S
that most files are user-named. Rosen, CEO oft he Recording Indus- alternative testing
- However, the panel made it very try Association of America (RIAA),
clear that Napster users infringe on in a statement. RIAA is the trade
copyrights, and that “Napster mate- group thatrepresents the U.S. record-
rially contributes to the infringing ing industry organization. PUBLISHED SINCE 1896 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE JOHNS HopKINs UNIVERSITY
activity.” “The Court’s decisive and unani- BY CARI HAMMERSTROM school. EDITORIALBOARD
* In a statement released Monday, mous ruling today is a victory for all DaiLy Texan (U. Texas-AustTIN) Christine Powers, president of
Napster CEO Hank Barry acknowl- creators. The Ninth Circuit Court af- Beta Alpha Rho, a pre-law frater- Editors-in-Chief Tom Gutting, Chris Langbein
edged that the service could be shut firmed our legal position on every (U-WIRE) AUSTIN, Texas — nity, said she was glad that the LSAT
down before trial. ; point,” Rosen said. ‘Lawschool administrators, students will be less of af actor in the decision Business Manager Patrick Deem, Jr.
__?* “While we respect the Court’s de- Despite the court’s ruling to the and professionals have mixed feel- for admission.
cision, we believe, contrary to the contrary, Napster is still maintainin ings about a recent announcement “I consider it an obstacle and Managing Editors Charbel Barakat, S. Brendan Short
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structure of AIDS Law School Admission Test, has de- Powers, a public relations jun- Copy Editors Sabina Rogers, Julia Schiesel
cided that law schools are putting ior, said this decision by LSAC
too much emphasis on LSAT scores would definitely increase minority Special Editions/Focus Editors Charles Donefer, Natalya Minkovsky
and will use the money to look into enrollment because many oft he stu-
alternative methods of evaluating dents that perform welonl th e LSAT News Editors _ Jeremiah Crim, Liz Steinberg.
BY MATTHEW PENIX Tsang earned her graduate degree students, according to an article in have taken preparation courses, Features Editors Shannon Shin, Michael Spector.
Tue News Recorp (U. CINCINNATI) at the University of Pennsylvania. She the Chronicle of Higher Education. which can cost up to $1,000.
later worked at Scripps Research, a “[The LSAT] is certainly a valu- Economically-disadvantaged Sports Editors David Gonen, David Pollack
(U-WIRE) CINCINNATI — Dis- research institute in California, be- able toolin the admissions process,” students can’t take these courses
covering that a protein found within fore coming to UC. said Shelli Soto, dean of admissions and are disadvantaged from the very Arts Editors ' Matt O’Brien, Caroline Saffer.
the AIDS infection process does not Tsang is mainly interested in how at the University of Texas School of beginning, she added. Science Editor Brian Kim
have a concrete structure came as a viruses interact with other cells in Law. Not everyone feels that reducing
surprise to a University of Cincinnati the body. “Tn all cases though, law schools the weight that the LSAT carries isa Opinions Editor Kathy Cheung -
-biochemist last month. The AIDS system is a particularly are looking to bring in a class with . good idea though.
“The region of this protein appears interesting field, according to Tsang broad experience and backgrounds Brian Walters, an Austin divorce Events Editor Michelle Tonite
to be structurally flexible. That has because it happens to fall under this and the LSAT doesn’t tell us that,” attorney, said those trying to re- Electronic Editions Editor _ Andrew Pinzler _
astounded a lot of people,” said Pearl category. The government backs Said Soto. duce the test’s importance are try-
Tsang, an assistant professor of chem- many credible research programs ~ The proposal could increase mi- ing to find subjective admissions Systems Manager Jason Gordon
istry for 10 years at UC. such as Tsang’s. nority law school enrollment and criteria that can be used as loop- Graphics Editor Jeffrey Freiling
Tsang analyzed the V3 Loop, a However, Tsang said the federal put less emphasis on the test, said holes to. the Hopwood decision,
strand of 15 amino acids, attached to government cannot waste money. David White, director of Testing for which effectively banned affirma- <
the gp120 protein, an essential pro- “There is a very selective process in the Public, adding that lessening tive action in Texas higher educa- NEWSASSISTANTS
tein in the infection process. the federal government for choos- emphasis on what he called a race- tion institutions. Will Adams, David Crandall Sai
“That region is critical to infec- ing funding,” Tsang said. “They biased test would be for the best. “[The LSAT] is the only objec- ‘ STAFFWRITERS
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can understand howit interacts with search is still in its infancy. “If you can’t take into account will drop because higher achieve- Johnson, Sheryl Kane, Erin Kilian, Jessica Kronish, Matt Kroot, *
the receptor on these immune cells, “TJ don’t think we have much the race of a student, you can’t ment on the LSAT will not be _ Yong Kwon, Antonia Lee, Virginia Lee, Marcus Leung-Shea, *
that would allow drug companies done. I don’t want to puta limit on evaluate them,” White said. stressed as much as before, Walters Chris Lui, Daniel MacNeil, Jorden Manasse, David Merrick, Jane’
to design drugs to block that inter- it. People are working very hard, He said he believes LSAT scores said, adding that the move could MillerRobin Mohapatra, Andy Moskowitz, Jessica Myers, '
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WASHINGTON SQUARE NEWS wished to remain anonymous. sity Spokesman John Beckman said. - Holly Martin
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two weeks ago, narrowly missing a The toilet and sink in the bathroom with the computer because “it was
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FEBRUARY 15, 2001 THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Le&TTER A3,
NEWS
Garland chosen for graduation
Job Fair draws more than 65
employers to Homewood
CONTINUED FROM Pace Al not offer more than one official invi- ment for the Class of 2001 on Garland
nouncement might come by the end tation at a time “because of the risk Field. ¢
of the month. that [both potential speakers] might Graduation has been held on the
| Customarily, the class secures a accept.” Upper Quadrangle for all but two
graduation speaker between Novem- This delays communication and years since 1947. :
BY ROBERT DAVIES ber and February, according to’ Di- has prevented the class from negoti- Pankey-Mebane said that the ad=
THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter rector of Special Events Deborah ating with two speakers simulta- ministration chose Garland Field be*
| Pankey-Mebane. neously, said Richards. cause of its central location.
Recruiters came to the Johns “Tt varies with each class. Last year Richards said that finances have Homewood Field was the othe
Hopkins University from more than the class was very good and they also beena problem becatuhes Joehn s leading option. 1
65 companies andinstitutions to meet started early,” Pankey-Mebane said. Hopkins University does not com- “We took into consideration ev-
students interested in full-time and Pankey-Mebane noted that the pensate graduation speakers. erything that we have to deal with —
internship positions at the fourth an- process off inding a speaker becomes “Money is a huge issue,” said the comfort level for students [and]
nual winter Job and Internship Fair. more difficult at this time ofy ear. Richards. “Even if we spent our en- the comfort level for parents,” said
The fair, which took place in Lever- } | “Now, if you try to go and secure tire [class] budget on a commence- Pankley-Mebane. “(Garland] would:
ing Hall and the Glass Pavilion on | some oft hese speakers, you can’t be- ment speaker, we still wouldn’t be work out better because we have the.
Wednesday, Feb. 14, was targeted at | cause they’ve been taken or someone able to get anyone.” buildings nearby,” out of which fac;,
both juniors and seniors. | else already has them lined up to Richards claimed that Hopkins’ ulty and students can march. ;
Employers at the job fair included speak,” she explained. practice of not offering speakers fund- Jerry Schnydman, assistant to
consulting and financial firms, non- Nevertheless, Richards and ing “cuts the list of potential speakers Johns Hopkins University President
profitand government organizations, | Marconi maintained that they are on to either contacts of alumni or stu- William Brody, said that Garland,
technology companies, contractors | schedule for finding a speaker. dents, alumni themselves or those in Field was also selected because it “al,
and research laboratories. According JULIA WU/NEWS-ALNES TTER Richards refuted charges that in- government, who are not allowed to lows us more room than any other
to employers, many companies re- Recruiters offered students internships as well as full-time positions. stability in the office of the senior receive compensation.” place on campus — it’s much bigger.
cruited for internship and part-time class president this year has left the “The strategy in recent years is than Gilman Quad.” f
positions at the winter job fair, as attracted 51 employers. tech companies in Arlington, Vir- class behind schedule in securing a to tryt o select someone who mayb e In the past, Schnydman said that
opposed to the fall job fair which was The increase in employers from ginia, where Cambridge is located, speaker. eligible for an honorary degree,” many parents complained that
almost exclusively focused on gradu- previous years comes in spite of the have been significantly affected. “I “T don’t see [the presidency] as a said Dean of Students Susan Gilman Quad was too small, and he
ating seniors. slowing economy, which recruiters think it’s really affected the dot-coms factor at all,” said Richards. Boswell, who noted that several hoped that the new location would,
Students still expressed that there said has affected the number of new the most,” said Ben-Zvi. Marconilater conceded, “it might years ago the graduating class occa- alleviate this concern. “es
was a lack of interest in underclass- hires. Some employers claimed to have | have had a slight impact, possibly on sionally paid speakers an hono- “We'll be able to get everyone un;,
men, particularly freshmen and “[Atthis poiwen hatve d]efi,nite ly benefited from the slowdown. a time schedule.” rarium of approximately $3-5000. der the tent and [they'll] be closer ta
sophomores. hired significantly less employees “Actually, the [job market slow- Richards claimed that one of the Theadministration decided within the stage [this year],” said
“Sophomores were seen as kind of [than] last year,” said Janet Lahr, a down] has affected us in a positive problems is that the senior class can- the past-month to hold Commence- Schnydman.
a last resort,” said Khalid Nadiri, a recruiter from Legg Mason. Lahr cited’ way,” said Teresa Haenn, a recruiter Planning graduation ceremonies
sophomore international relations a variety of reasons, including the from Advertising.com. Haenn stated AMR intruder caught will be more difficult at the new loca-
major. Nadirisaid that some employ- slowing job market and uncertainty that her firm has gained clients and tion because there is no precedent to
ers told him to apply on-line or just due to a new president in office, but business because firms look to adver- follow, said Pankey-Mebane, who has,
hand in a resume when they found stated that she did not expect either tising to stimulate their slowing busi- been coordinating Commencement,
out he was a sophomore. of these to affect hiring for formal ness. CONTINUED FROM Pace Al dents or construction workers. since the graduation of the Class of
Chris Hubert, a sophomore bio- programs, such as summer intern- Although the number of partici- Michael Sauer disagreed. According to Rosemary, Gilmore 1998. ,
medical engineering major, agreed. ships. pating employers is up, students still “It is his responsibility as well as was the second suspect arrested for Pankey-Mebane added that she
“Places seemed to be happy to get Jonathan Ben-Zvi, arecruiter from found a lack of opportunities in spe- everyone’s to make sure the dorm is trespassing in the past year. The other does not know if Garland Field will
[sophomores and freshmen], but it Cambridge Associates, said that the cific areas. safe,” said Sauer. Sauer reported that trespasser had stolen items from a permanently replace the Upper Quad
was not their focus,” said Hubert. slow-down has not affected his com- “TI would’ve liked to see some of there have been some problems with dorm and was arrested after a foot as a site for graduation. -
“Most of them seemed to be out for pany, but that he has noticed its effect the bigger name [biomedical compa- people wandering into AMR I, “but chase. Because the Master Plan calls for,
juniors and seniors.” at other firms. nies],” said Hubert. the problem has gotten a lot better In order to curb leaving the doors the construction of a fourth quady,
The number of employers was “We're doing really, really well. It Sophomore biomedical engineer- since the start of the year.” open in the AMRs, residents will be rangle on Garland Field after the
down from the fall job fair but up hasn’t really affected us,” said Ben-Zvi. ing major Neilesh Patel alsosawroom Julia Karwowski, another resident charged $100 when the door to their completion of Clark Hall, the Class of
from last year’s wintejrob fair, which Ben-Zvisaid that many ofthe high- for improvement. “The job fair was of Sylvester, also complained about hall is found to propped open. 2002 may also have to find a new,
pretty [disappointing],” said Patel, people loitering in the dorm after fol- Sauer claimed that one of the se- graduation location. ‘
Rosen discusses Web who added that there were empty lowing students through the door. curity problems in Sylvester is the Schnydman said that the commit-,
spaces in the Glass Pavilion. “{Students] don’t check ... they door locks. tee that decided where graduation
Patel also complained that most just let people in,” said Karwowski, “The doors in the AMRs, in my would be held this year did not ad-,
and telephone privacy firms were only hiring in the Balti- who said that $120 was stolen from opinion, are the worst made,” said dress the location of graduation in,
more and New York areas and that her room earlier this semester. Sauer. future years. f,
there were not very many opportuni- Only six other incidents of tres- Sauer said that tall residents can Richards acknowledged that
ties for students seeking jobs in other passers in the dorms have been re- brush by the latch on the doors and members of her class have a wide va-_
regions, ported during the last year, said set them off, causintghe hall door not riety of opinions on holding gradua-
CONTINUED FROM PAGE A I against Doubleclick and Sprint PCS is ° | Hopkins Security, Officer Dennis to lock. Sauer said he called security tion on Garland Field, but she said”
Rosen said that people also fear just one way to ensure privacy, said HopkinsNet Rosemary. Half of the six reported e“mnsu mewroiust tcimhesa” b ecause of rob- athatt FshSe has Tno eRaIsAyD a the« ar?
that their online activities are going Rosen. He claimed that there are legal, trespassers turned out to be JHU stu-/
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"~ He discussed the controversy that According to Rosen, Congress has MonpayNIcHT, ¢
arose when Doubleclick, a company been discussing this issue for quite
that sends users online advertise-. some time, and one possible legisla-
ments tailored to match their past tive measure is the “opt in, opt out” CONTINUED FROM Pace Al
web-browsing history, announced scheme. Web surfers would be re- use that information.
that it was going to connect its data- quired to grant their permission be- Kennison called HopkinsNet
base of online identities to the names fore personal data is collected and (http://hopkinsnet.jhu.edu/) the real- — 5pm Tit LAM! |
and addresses of people in the data- would have the option of preventing ization of the association’s goal to cre-
base of one of the largest mail order intrusive and personal data from be- ate a networking tool for Hopkins
catalogue companies in America. ing collected, said Rosen. alumni.
* Sprint PCS also came under fire Technological solutions discussed She said the projechtad stalled due
for disclosing the cell phone numbers by Rosen included tools like the to financial reasonsand concernsabout
of customers who used the Wireless “Anonymizer,” which hides informa- security, but a donation of more than
Webservice to Websites that the cus- tion about the web surfer from the $100,000 by Lucille McBritty, a Hopkins
tomers visited, said Rosen. sites that he/she is surfing, and Krem- alumnus, made the site possible. Wings just 25¢!
Rosen said that the examples of lin, a security site that prevents data “The Alumni Council has been
Doubleclick and Sprint PCS prove collection and “cookie” distribution. wanting to have an online directory
that there arealarge number of groups Rosen also discussed the advan- for a long time, but the security of a
that protect the rights of consumers tages of increased surveillance. [non-JHU server] wasn’t tight
by exerting economic pressure on “Having camerasatevery redlight enough,” said Kennison.
- companies, causing them to stop in- ensures that there is no racial or other Toensure privacy, HopkinsNetin-
vasive data collection. discrimination by the police or other cludes a form that allows alumni to
“I am involved in an organization human agencies,” said Rosen. “Low choose which information about them
called the Privacy foundation that level forms of surveillance are an an- is displayed.
tries to uncover the attempts to col- swer to the segregation of society.” “One of the great features about
lect data about people on the Students seemed to enjoy the lec- this is [alumni] can block informa-
Internet,” said Rosen. “Groups like Nites: ; tion, or bits of information, so they
the Privacy Foundation can apply “T had never really thought about can be excluded if they want to just by
political and economics pressure on privacy,” said one audience member. checking a box,” said Kennison.
companies and stop the data collec- “T used to think thataslongas Id idn’t However, she added that “99.9 per-
tors in their tracks.” do anything wrong, I was safe, but cent [of the alumni] haven’t checked
Economic pressure like that used this has made me question that.” that box.”
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Michaels accepts UIC offer Student Council approves new
Programming Board chairs
CONTINUED FROM PAGE Al ment position, Fish has tabbed Because of what she called the
department remains strong. Michaels to start a new center at UIC “principle of selective excellence,”
“In large part because of Professor that examines questions of race, iden- Ferguson said that the loss ofasingle | «
Michaels’ leadership,” she said, “we tity and culture. person in a small department such | BY DAVID CRANDALL expand upperclassman student hous- Alleman mentioned the frustration
continue to be in a strong position to Michaels said that one of the pri- as Hopkins’ is much more notice- | THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LetTer ing. his class has had recently with twof
make the kind of excellent appoint- mary models for the new center will able than at other, larger schools | “We're looking at expanding up- fund-raisers.
ments for which this department is so be the program in Comparative with which the department com- | Student Council approved Ashley perclassman housing,” said Steve “We're very enthusiastic about
well known.” American Cultures at Hopkins. petes. Oland and Jamie Franco as the new Goutman, president of the Class of Buy-a-Freshman- Virgin,” Alleman,
Professor Michael Moon con- “There will be lots of discussion,” Nevertheless, she added, it is co-chairs of the Programming Board 2002. “We have room for 80 rising said. Alleman said that the Class oft
curred. Fish added. “Much of our curricu- widely believed that there are many | last Feb. 14. Oland and Franco said sophomores, but the demandis much 2004 is selling virgin daiquiris, but,
“We shall miss Walter,” he said, lum is focused on American iden- Opportunities to build up the English that they have organized several more than that.” they have met only limited success,”
“put he will continue to have our tity.” That makes Michaeals pesci,al - department. | events in the past few months, in- Class of 2003 Secretary/Treasurer Alleman has also been trying to self
gratitude for all his very construc- ist in 20th-century American While no candidhaavet emeersge d cluding the upcoming Fever dance, Lily Daniali suggested a program tickets to an upcoming dance.
tive efforts on behaolff no t only the literature and critical theory, a great to replace Michaels, Ferguson said | and that they have been offering ad- through which alumni would mentor “T’ve been trying to sell tickets at,
English epartmentb,ut also the pro- hire, he said. meetings will be held “in the near vice to students seeking to set up or Hopkins students. Terrace for the last two days, butJ ,
grams in Comparative American Now Hopkins is looking for anew future.” modify student groups. “We want to set up a mentoring haven’t sold one,” said Alleman, “Te
Cultures, Film and Media and the English professor, as well as a chair- Michaels added that a new chair- “Ashley and Jamie have already program between alumni and stu- doesn’tlook good. Peoplearen’ teven,
new Writing Program — in all of man. man will mostlcoimek freoml wiyth in donea good job onthe programmer’s dents,” said Daniali. “We'd likteo s ee giving me excuses like “?m going to.
which he’s been a mainstay and Michaels pointed out, however, the department. | board,” said Executive Treasurer long-term relationships form be- buy one after I get my wallet.’ At this!
guiding force.” that his departure coincides with Richard McCarty, dean of the Vadim Schick. tween [them].” rate we'll have sold the tickets when},
- The Chronicle maintained that the end of his three-year term as School of Arts and Sciences, saidhe | “T lived with Ashley my freshman Class of 2004 President Bob the Master Plan is finished.”
Michaels’ exit was no surprise, chair. could not comment on the process year, and she’s been on RAB
claiming that “departmental dy- “They were going to [search for a for selecting a new head of the de- | [Resident’s Advisory Board] since,
namics became awkward, at best, new chairman] anyway,” he said. partment, but added, “I am very | like, the first day she’s been here,”
after [Michaels’] marriage to “Their job is to replace one of their sorry that Professor Michaels is said Class of 2001 President Margaret STUDENT COUNCIL ATTENDANCE, FEBRUARY 14, 2001 i
Frances Ferguson ended a few years senior Americanists.” leaving Hopkins. He has been a Richards. “She knows how to pro-
ago.” In addition, the department has major player in the humanifies and gram.”
Ferguson switched her primary been conducting a currently ongo- a terrific chair.” Several council members brought Executive Officers aLwaee
appointmetno tth eH umanities Cen- ing search to find a senior Renais- The professorship, on the other PVrPe sIindsetnitt utAinounja l MiRtetlaalt ions Greg Wu 656126--42959925 APrBeSseEnNtT );
ter more than a year ago, though she sance scholar. hand, will be advertised in profes- VP Administration Haroon Chaudhry 467-3775 Present {
still holds a secondary appointment Department faculty are confi- sional publications. A short list will At this rate we'll have Secretary Manish Gala 516-3229 Present 4
in English. dent that both new appointments be drawn up, and those candidates Treasurer Vadim Schick 662-9733 Present i
' Michaels told the Chronicle that will measure up to professors past will be invited to give lectures, 4H
sold the tickets when | — Class of 2001
“there’s no reason in principle why and present. Michaels said. After that, department President Harish Manyam 366-7202 Present 4
wecouldn’t continue to be colleagues “Not only have there been a num- members will cast their votes for the Vice President Kobie Bowles 889-8216 Present i
even though we weren’t married.” ber of very strong hires in recent strongest candidate. the Master Plan is Secretary/Tresurer Ramesh Singa 443-831-3657 Present 5
He said he had no further com- years,” Ferguson said, “there is also a RReepprreesseennttaattiivvee SNtaekvueln KCahpaonogr 266423--74581934 PPrreesseenntt i‘)
ment for the News-Letter. tremendous sense of energy [in the — Liz Steinberg also contributed to finished. Representative Margaret Richards 235-6813 Present i
Ferguson, who came to Hopkins department].” this report.
with Michaels in 1988 from the Uni- . — CLASS OF 2004 Class of 2002
versity of California at Berkeley, said -PHR members talk PRESIDENT BOB ALLEMAN President Stephen Goutman 889-3421 Present j
Vice President Shanu Kohli 889-7236 Present i
Michaels’ departure was a personal Secretary/Treasurer Olivia Elee 889-8802 Present
decision. Representative Katherine Dix 516-2567 Present H
about human rights
“Obviously people are very sorry up concerns over the fact that both Representative Henry Huang 516-225] Present 4)
that Walter Michaels is leaving,” she Oland and Franco are seniors. Both Representative Priya Sarin 366-7766 Present 1j H7
said. “[He] had a life change that candidates admitted to having their Class of 2003 1 9
became much more important than academic drive decrease in the past President Andy Woo 516-3501 Present —
any institutional incentives” CONTINUED FROM Pace Al of the JHU student chapter of PHR, term, but they explained that they Vice President Andy Gettens 516-3664 Present’ 4
Hopkins could use to entice him to | zens, the prevention of circumstances said that there are a lot of pre-med care too much about helping the stu- Secretary/Treasurer Lili Daniali 261-1842 Present {
Representative Priti Dalal 516-3754 Present 4
Stay. that lead to poor health and research students at Hopkins who have a nar- dent body to lets enioritis effectthem. Representative Yotam Goren 443-621-4609 Present :
+ Michaels willbe going to UIC with into the causes of diseases. row concept of medicine. “This orga- “T’ve been doing too much these Representative Sagar Thaker 516-3274 Present j
Jennifer Ashton, one of his former In addition, Lawrence addressed nization is about looking out for the past few years to let it go to waste,” 2
Class of 2004
graduate students who is currently at public health issues in the United well-being of people, and showing said Franco.
President Bob Alleman 516-5634 Present ‘
Gornell University. States. pre-med students that there is more “T really love this opportunity to Vice President Simone Chen 516-5660 Present
_ “Jennifer Ashton and I are in- “We realize that PHR’s reputation out there than just beinga physician,” help these groups along and help new Secretary/Treasurer Emily Chow 516-3135 Present
volved with each other,” Michaels told as a responsible organization is vul- said Daniali. groups start,” added Oland. Representative Steve Blank 516-5891 Present
the Chronicle, “anditwould have been nerable if we don’t take care of issues “Peoplearesecureintheirown world Councilapproved both Olandand Representative Rachel Killeen 516-5823 Present #|
Representative Ali Fenwick 516-5901 Present |
much harder to get one of us to go in our own country,” said Lawrence. and they don’t want to think about Franco.
where the other one wasn’t going to Lawrence said that there are many {healthissues],” said Daniali.“Wewant SOnocL also discussed the need to
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Michaels about UIC. While he had | Cold War, including racism and its Sophomore Solmaz Pirzadeh, co-
heen offered a full professorship at part in health problems and access to President of Amnesty International,
Rice University in Houston and a health aid. These issues have local said that bringing physicians to speak
visitor’ s post at Cornell, he said that application and importance, said is an effective method because they
the presence of Stanley Fish, dean of Lawrence, and require as much help are distinguished members ofs ociety Tl
UIC’s College of Liberal Arts and Sci- as possible. and people will listen to them.
ences, made the new position attrac- Lawrence commended the JHU Cobey served in the Middle East
tive. Public Health School and School of during the Israeli-Palestinian con-
“A lot of my motivation in leaving Medicine for starting a student chap- flicts, where his job was to determine
was just sort of general restlessness,” ter of PHR, and offered assistance to whether or not human rights were
he said. “UIC is a different kind of help the Homewood students do the abused in specific cases.
school. One of the attractions is work- same. In addition to working in the
ing for Stanley.” The Hopkins chapters of PHRand Middle East, Cobey has done past
Fish and Michaels, a junior pro- Amnesty International co-sponsored work in Gaza, Cambodia and
fessor at the time, worked together at this event in order to broaden stu- Mozambique.
Hopkins from 1974 until 1977 and dents’ viewpoints on medicine. Lawrence has worked in El Salva- —
became good friends. Sophomoreand publichealth ma- | dor and the Philippines as well as in
3. In addition to his English depart- jor Lily Daniali, one of the founders the Soviet Union. 2
Panelists discuss abortion issues
‘4 ConTINUED FROM Pace Al issue of abortion would not go back the debate as °“r ewarding,” saying—
gion that legalized abortion, were to the states. that there were “good points
also discussed. “This is not a states’ rights is- - brought up.”
‘\ Rose Thurman, a member of the sue,” said de Young. “[Babies] de- “lm definitely happy I at-_
Religious Coalition for Reproduc- serve to be protected on a federal tended,” said sophomore David
tive Choice, argued that if Roe were level.” Young, though he felt the debate
@verturned, abortion would again Both sides also clashed over Roe’s “could have used more audience
ltecome a class issue. place in the American legal system. involvement.”
« “Women with money can. al- “Roe v. Wade is the law of the land,” SFC, VFL and Pugwash spon-
“ways get an abortion,” argued stated Rosenberg. sored the debate, which was mod-
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Jhurman. Roe is a “court precedent,” but erated by Pugwash President Ben-
She said that the number of ille- “abortion is not the law of the land,” jamin Silverman and member
gal abortions would increase and countered de Young. Feroze Sidhwa.
dlaimed that 200,000 women died Both sides agreed that the debate SFC also gives out condoms twice APARNA
in Mexico last year from illegal abor- was a success. a year, on Halloween and
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we
’ people aware that it’s atopic on our film If These Walls Could Talk last
| campus,” said Aneesha Kumar, semester. Kumar said the group is
Abortion] isnota president of SFC. considering a booth at Spring Fair
“The debate did a good job of and more movie nights.
tates’ rights issue. portraying what our group be- Tobin said that VEL is currently
i lieves,” said Brodsho. working with the Health and
{Babies] deserve to be “We got our] major points Wellness Center to promote absti-
across,” agreed Tobin. nence and alternatives to abortion.
protected on a federal Students who attended the de- VFL members also attended the
bate seemed to enjoy it. March for Life on Jan. 22 in Wash-
‘ Sophomore Ben Kibel described ington, D.C.
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NEWS
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English academy Ministers said the dayso f the one- Researchers find high the other did not. They were given Research community patients’ groups that fear Bush may
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words of the Prime Ministers official nine or 10 times a month. Over time, embryos and aborted fetuses.
spokesman — abortion standpoint Such researchi s one of the thorni-
An academy for the brightest Blair told a sweemrien arO veorf. head teach- A study of heterosexual couples in 38 pEaerolpileer bdeacatmea fitnrhfeeco tsemadm.e research est, most controversial areaofs medi-
youngsters in England is to be cre ers and other leading educationalists Africa concludes that the chance of team showed that the risk of people cine. Ononehand, relyinogn aborted’
ated as part of a radical shake-up of at Downing Street that diversity “must catching the HIV virus, which causes transmitting HIV was slight if the In President Bush’s first week in fetuses and embryos, it is caught in.
secondary schools, the Government become the norm, notthe exception.” AIDS, from asingle sexual encounter amouof nvirtus in their bloodstream office, he plunged into the politically the crossfire of the heated abortion”
announced today. \s part of that modernization the with an infected person is one in 588. was low. Those findings have encour- turbulent abortion debate from sev- debate and presents a moral and ethi-
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Hopkins University. running of weak schools, as well as Earlier estimates from North will slow the spread of the disease. eight years. jor vaccine and has shown promisien ”
The proposal was one of several get involved with successful schools. America and Europe vary but have The latest figures were presented by But Bush’s statementasnd actions fighting diseases such as Parkinson’s,”
included in a Green Paper setting out The second part of the plan will generally placed the risk at about one Dr. Ronald H. Gray of Johns Hopkins have not only raised the ire of the Alzheimer’s and diabetes, as well as”
a five-year, four-point plan for mod involve a drive to raise standards of in 1,000 for heterosexuals. In this University at the eighth annual abortion rights community, which spinal cord injuries.
ernizing secondary schools unveiled achievement among 11- to 14-year- study, researchers followed 174 mo- Retrovirus Conference in Chicago. expected his opposition to its cause. Research into stem cells, the mas-"
by Prime Minister Tony Blair and olds nogamous couples in Rakai, Uganda, Copyright 2001 Philadelphia News- They have also sent alarm bells ring- ter cells that are the building blocks of
Education Secretary David Blunkett. ( opyri ight 22 001 Press Association in which one partner had HIV and papers, Inc. ing through scientific research and the body’s tissue and organs, has es-,
pecially excited the scientific com-
munity in recent years.
Verizon Wireless “If the funding is pulled back, I
think it would be devastating for the,
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engineering at the university. “There
will bea great deal of disappointment:
and suffering from these diseases and’
injuries.”
Copyright 2001 The Baltimore Sun
Prosecutor apologizes
for WJHU remarks
The prosecutor who handles po-’
lice misconduct cases apologized yeo s
terday to her boss, State’s Attorney
Patricia C. Jessamy, for attacking po-
lice on a radio show using a pseud-
onym, an incident that prompted Po"
lice Commissioner Edward T. Norris?
to call for the lawyer’s removal from
those duties. 1
messages one on one, or to a group of friends—whether the Assistant State’s Attorney Eliza-*
beth A. Ritter said she was “very sorry
and regrets making comments” us?!
across the room or across the country. So noi nothing ing her middle name, Ann, ina tele2
phone call to “The Marc Steiner’
Show” on WJHU, according toastate-
can keep you fram staying connected .
ment released by Jessamy. ,
Ritter, who heads the economié!
crimes and police misconduct unit}
did not apologize inher statement for!
simple. Afforda
able. Natio nal. what she said, only for notidentifying’
herself. It was not clear whether she
is SUGLUNT RTA: platis to apblogize'to police.” A
oin in. PPD D; ia CNT SRS ° Rittet,’ who ‘identified evelt as’
“Ann in Baltimore” before launching!
an attack on police legal counsel Sean!
Malone for the backlog of depart’
ment disciplinary cases, said her ac+’
tion was “an error in judgment,” ae
statement said.
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Keeping up to date on the latest res
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_A6 THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LeTTER
Nic, tEime WJSou-HNL S EHTy OTCP5E K IRN S When and how to show you care
PUBLISHED SINCE 1896 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE JOHNS Hopkins UNIVERSITY they have to do is come up with
had a great column topic in cheesy poems and sayings to make
EDITORIAL mind over intersession. Actu- money. They all get eight hours of
ally, I had two. However, I’ve sleep every night, too. (I’m SjOe al-
been unable to write for the last
Reports of English dept?s ous.) All this and they’re rolling in
couple of weeks because ofs o-
the big bucks because we all buy
rority recruitment, and now it is the
their product. Just like the goudllitie
week of Valentine’s Day. Therefore, I
sheep we are.
decided to postpone my wonderful
death greatly exaggerated topics until next week and instead Halloween, Thanksgiving,
Christmas, Hanukkah, Valentine’s
write about greeting card holidaysand
Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter,
other such nonsense.
Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, birth-
Everyone is most likely aware of
days, graduation ceremonies, wed-
the story behind V-Day (or as my
dings. You name it, they’ ve got a
friends call it: SAD, Singles Aware-
The coming departure of Department of English creasingly esoteric world. ness Day.) There was some guy who card for it. There are “just for
“professor Walter Michaels for the University of Illinois What we, as undergraduates, are qualified to discuss broke the law and married people laughs” cards. There are “we haven’t
spoken ina while” cards. There are
“at Chicago has left some people, both inside and out- are the courses we take, the papers we write, and the in secret. He was found out and put MICHELLEFENSTER
“from the group” cards. It’s ridicu-
side the University, questioning the status, ability and professors with whom we interact throughout our ca- to death. Blah, blah, blah. Who
lous. All audiences are targeted,
_ strength of JHU’s English department. reers at Johns Hopkins. Asa result of such experiences, cares? If you want to get technical, DELIBERATELY There are religion- specific cards,
Christmas is about the birth of Jesus
+f These arguments are based primarily on the fact that we are forced to take a position in contrast to Professor and not about decorating trees and ethnic-specific cards and gender-
ithree professors have left the department in the term of Paulson’s claim in the Chronicle that “the departmentis spoiling greedy, little kids. Easter is RANDOM specific cards. Cards for friends,
@Michaels’ chairmanship, making him the fourth. totally wiped out.” about Christ’s resurrection and Cards for family. I once even sawa
-e! At the same time, however, as Professor Michaels The number of courses the department makes avail- doesn’t have a whole lot to do with card for your pet. It’s gotten out of
~pointed out in a letter to The Chronicle of Higher Educa- able to undergraduates has increased, albeit in small decorating eggs and eating a lot of my mom that we definitely did NOT hand.
,_t ion, five professors have come to the department during increments, and further increases are needed. More candBuyt. who really cares about tradi- get Tthhee dgaryee tofifn.g) card companies are tingD otnh’ots eg emt umseh yw ro“nbge.c auIs leo veI lgoevte-
__the same period. Michaels added that the newcomers are importantly, approximately one-third of the course tion or culture in the 21st century? I smart, though. They prey on people’s you” type cards. Hanukkah and
5 at least as interesting as the ones who left.” offerings in the English department and two courses in sure don’t have much sense ofi t. For sense of guilt for working too much birthday cards are also definitely
It is difficult for undergraduates to determine the the Film and Media Studies Department this semester example, Monday was Lincoln’s and not being home enough, espe- encouraged. But I would be just
Ssstanding of such professors within a world of academia are taught by professors who have arrived in the past cially here in the United States. They as happy with a short letter or
2far outside its comprehension. Wearesimnopt lquayli - three years. make it easy. “Buy the man/woman poem that the sender made up on
"fied. And, as a result, we cannot attempt to engage the Considering that the breadth and number of course Don't wait for of your dreams flowers and take him/ his/her own and scribbled on a
her to dinner and s/he’ll love you! random piece of paper. There is
subject of the department’s reputation within that in- offerings areamong the most problematic issues for under-
And don’t forget to buy the mushy no need for money to be spent to
- graduates who are close to JHU’s English Valentine's Day to take
card that proves your love for him/ show someone you love or care
department, theserecentimprovementsshow her!” for him/her. Don’t wait for
your significant other
only that, where undergraduates are con- The real problem with our society Valentine’s Day to take your sig-
cerned at least, things are most improving. is that we let this happen. More than nificant other out for a romantic
In the end, though, the departure of out for a romantic that, we encourage it. Take Mother’s evening. It will mean a lot more if
any professor that can be called a “catas- Day or Father’s Day, for example. you do it onarandom night when
evening. It will mean a Thereisno religious backing on where you just decide to “get away” for
trophe” cannot be a good thing. Of
they came from. They just sort of ap- a while. And romantic is not, I
course, any undergraduate who has taken
lot more if you do it on peared. And with them came the repeat, NOT equal to expensive.
a course with Professor Michaels knows added clause: “You moved out when One of the best dates I ever had
that already. He will certainly leave big you were 18 and haven’t called home was a picnic of homemade sand-
a random night when
- shoes to fill. since. Show your mom/dad how wiches at the park at sunset. Add
But, as Professor Ferguson pointed out, you just decide to “get much you love him/her by buying a in a blanket to sit on and jackets
in a department as small as JHU’s English nice card and scribbling on your sig- in case it gets cold, and you’re
nature!” talking an awesome evening for
department, the loss of one quality teacher away” for a while. To me, it seems like the greeting under $10.
is magnified. Of course, that also means
card company CEO’s have perfect If you love or care for someone
The Engl ish that adding new, quality professors is lives and are simply trying to teach even remotely, lethim/her know. Pop
equally magnified. the rest of the world to live similarly. them an e-mail or stick a card in the
Department
Still, though wewish Professor Michaels birthday. The only reason I knew this They have time to hang out with their snail-mail. Even better, pick up the
Ry ies On rer the best, we are confident that the depart- was because my mom asked me if we families, both immediate and ex- phone. It will make the person happy
ment will continue to improve. They have got the day off. (Days off? At Hopkins? tended. All birthdays, anniversaries, to know youare thinking about them
Last year a tree fell into my building graduations, illnesses, whatever are and will meanalotmore coming from
a good track record in their favor.
during a hurricane and school didn’t spent at the side of the oo they out of the blue than it will when they
“dose until after t:0 0 p.m .T informed i| “s lovie klc are.f orr.a nd betai ge al expeJB1c LO C VOGRMIMLE»
NInd tae tpant sannte erLoa ie)s hoauy alpd 5e n dnFe’at tR O bNaento n taken away RQATTISS errs WO 9Hp eat fe
A cynics true view of romance
“By MICHONNE L. OMO any lag in album or ticket sales since
7“u T,H)E STATE News (MICHIGAN STATE Napster hit, nor have I heard reports Once upon atime, alentine’s Day. Ick. Iran stellations or other similarly ‘shiny Get with the times, boys. Wewon’t
that Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich into a friend at the objects. fall for old-school romance. It’s time
and company have had to sell their when cassette tapes florist’s on V-day. “I Movies and TV really ruins it for to be sincerely sensitive to our
(U-WIRE) EAST LANSING, mansions to live ina two-room shack HAVE to buy roses,” he the guys. The endless permutations thoughts and our desires, especially
fJ tM ich. — College students and free because they can’t pay the bills. were the new said fearfully before of what could have been sweet noth- when we're violently projecting them
music junkies everywhereareinastate Can Metallica even give aconcrete hurrying away. Poor guy. ings have turned them into cliches. A at you telepathically.
,of panic. Napster’s days seem num- amount of money it’s supposedly Thing is, if you’re going to get a girl hears something nice come out of We don’t need you to be psychic,
technologyt,h e record
ered after Monday’s court ruling. losing because of Napster? Even if it girl flowers, why choose the day when but we'd like you to try. Just try. That
The Ninth Circuit Court of Ap- could, I have to ask myself: Is that everyone else is getting them, too? KATHYCHEUNG would be just so gosh darn touching.
_p eals ruled the service must prevent really hurting its massive income? industry had a Long lines at the florists, inflated Communication at its best is im-
gqusers from accessing copyrighted And if it is, why should I care? prices—you broughtit on yourselves. plicit. It’s nota dance, nora game, but
_ material. Napster officials have said a Metallica brings in more each year conniption because it I bought flowers for myself this year FRANKWEILER’S a feeling of mutual understanding —
ing like this could shut them down. than I'll probably make in a lifetime because I wanted them, not because I the feeling of a shared secret, even.
The service will be allowed to stay as a journalist. If it loses a million or was worried the easy had to. And they were too pretty for FILES It’s great to voice them once in awhile,
business until the judge rewrites two, I’m not going to cry for it. me to wait around for a guy to buy but for the most part, how a person
_her decision, but that doesn’t leave I also don’t see how the mix CDs recordability of tapes them for me. acts around you even when you're
) much time. Let the mourning begin. I’ve made from MP3s are much dif- Gosh, it’s just a holidatyha t some- aguy’s mouth and she thinks, “Where not discussing the relationship is very
I’m not a particularly die-hard ferent from the copying and taping one somewhere said wasa day oflove. have I heard that before?” Chances much indicative ofhowhe feels about
would increase piracy.
apster user, but I’ve downloaded from the radio that has gone on for I mean, c’mon, we don’t even get the are, it was from some mushy roman- you.
Site acollection through the service. years. Maybe copying in the past was day off, how the heck is he supposed tic comedy he watched on the sly. We'd like you to tell us how you
,,And although I got along fine before justified by knowing someone bought to have time to be elaborately roman- Romance has become so much feel and to know howwe feel. To hold
Jeven knew Napster existed, now that it at one point. Still, with Napster, tic? more complex. Suddenly communi- us when we're feeling hurt but don’t
have it, I’m not so_ willing to live most of the songs on the network college student who will defend al- Romance is dead anyway. It’s re- cation isn’tjust limited to whatis said. want to admit it to you. And to laugh
_ Without it. were paid for by a user somewhere. most any form of free music, [ really ally not worth mourning over, The factors and the variables are end- at us when we get mushy, because
_ Napster is my previewing service, Manysongs thatare downloaded have don’t see why the industry is bother- frankly. All we’re missing out on is less, and so is the probability that then we just get silly and we need you
my access to the rarities [can t always already been released on the radio. ing. It’s fighting a losing battle. For just a bunch of gestures that monkeys you're likely to screw up, whether or to set us right. *smile*
vgfind at the music stores or hear on the The industry has already put it out every Napster it shuts down, there’sa could do with equal sincerity—maybe not you know it. The invention of The point is, the new focus of ro-
adio. I’m not one to download an there for me to listen to for free. handful of copycat services waiting even more. psychology has produced a crop of mance is on multi-t asking. Multi-
; entire album to burn onto a CD. To Why should I pay to download it? for those left without an MP3 fix. It’s not that guys have lost the abil- over-analytical monsters in both the taskers are sexy. We’re looking for
ame, nothing beats having the real _ Once upon a time, when cassette Instoef waastdin g moneyo n court ity to be chivalrous. It’s really not that male and female species. We look for guys who can interpret both verbal
,thing. I take too much pleasure in tapes were the new technology, the battles, the industry could better hard, after all, as long as they follow infinite and minute signs that show and nonverbal communication, not
“studying the liner notes for pictures, record industry had a conniption be- spend its time figuring out a way to one pattern of behavior—act like they care about us as much as we just give us flowers when they know
sages appearances, thank-yous and cause it was worried the easy work with on-line services like women are helpless. It really all boils care about them — and yet, we don’t they’re done something wrong. I’ve
Jyrics. It’s just not the same when you recordability of tapes would increase Napster. down to the fact that women have want them to tell us flat out they heard guys like that oop t exist, but
rint out a song list and put it in a piracy. All the copies I made of And all those free music junkies gotten much smarter. We don’t care, but we also want them to show I’m hoping I’m wrong.
Aewel case yourself. friends’ CDs and the radio barely won’t have to go through withdraw- swoon anymore over ambiguous it. Being thoughtful needs to be Sorry for making ghittons o hard
- But Napster is a great way for me made a dent in the record industry’s als. analogies between our eyes and con- eee for you, guys. But deal. }
_.,t0 get those one-hit wonders I would revenue. What makes itt hink Napster
. «probably never buy the entire album will do any more damage? Sure,
‘for. It’s also a great place to get that Napster allows for a wider distribu- LETTERSTOTHEEDITOR
= te live acoustic appearance tion, but not every user is going to
om my favorite band no one’s ever download every song. There’s too
eard of. It’s a way for me to listen to much out there to make a difference.
Daas ofa band’s work to decide ifmy _ Has the record industry stopped | Arts Center an toppedbysilver-- gray paneled top sto-
i budget cans are $15 foraCD to think it may be losing money by ries with ventilation slats — it looks
Ca going - listen to more shutting down Napster? The market- eyesore that ruins like a suburban industrial park rather
once. _ing capabilities of something like than part of a major university. The
Where else could I have gotten Napster are incomprehensible. Sure, image of Hopkins placement of the now pathetic
alkin’R oundin Women ’s Under- the radio serves the same purpose, Hopkins Memorial amidst this mess
ear,” Our Lady Peace’s “Thief” live but there is more to artists than what looks bizarre as one approaches up
age Much Music tion and Jonny their record company deems a | To the Editors: 31st. From the MSEL east exit the top
s cover of the Rolling Stones’ “asei ngle.” _ The campus at the intersection of stories of the plaza look like old farmer
ua aintI tB lack”i n such a convenient Many times the best songs on an 31st and Charles used to be graced by Bob’s prefab hog sheds — no one had
album are never released as a single. _ The Wood, the last untended patch the sense to color the top stories a less
er?
;“ T think what upsets me the most If the singles can’t sell the album, of forest on Charles south of Loyola. obtrusive dark gray. e only thing
{about the whole Napster debacle is _ maybe those other songs could. Of- When the University decided to re- that can be done is to hide this gro- | LETTERS POLICY
”p atai ae ih able to_ tenrecord buyersareso disappointed place the last of this remnant of na- tesque disaster behind as many trees —
the people who are whin- with a one-hit wonder’s album they ture with the Student Arts Center it and bushes as possible as soon as pos-
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aP ees don’t see chance. The record industry could _ since they would be so close to the only serves to Satara tt he peas of
be passing alot of sales by cutting Homewoodcommunity. Whatwegot _J HU?
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contributors. They are not necessarily
those of The Johns Hopkins News-Letter.
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_ful, but that the practice itself is a accept a world where children are because I could not have predicted cheer when “the tribe” has spoken, cause none of the producers were cre-
made to order, with good looks, the color.of their eyes? Respect for and our favorite guy stays on the is- Or is it to hook up with the mod- ative enough to come up with the idea.
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lf we can change our smarts and Aryan features to boot? others’ lives and well-being is too land. We’re pathetic. els? Obviously that’s why we would Likelybecause the idea of “reality” based
Some have responded to this fundamentalt ob e groundedi n sur- [had the honor of watching a few watch the show—to see soft-core porn TV reeked so bad of lame people trying
child's genes, we will question by citing a child’s right to prise; the argument has nothing to oft hese shows because either friends on mainstream television. But people to be something they’re not, that the
an “open future,” a right that is do with the morality of genetic en- or family were interested. For some go on the show supposedly to test their idea was dropped early on.
frustrated once parents exercise gineering and everything to do with reason my mother found it necessary relationship, which might lead you to Thankfully, public taste is fickle
have a responsibility genetic control. To have their how other people (presumably be- that we watch the two-hour final epi- question the real motivations behind and there is a constant need to invent
health, looks and perhaps even per- reft of Will’s keen moral sense) will sode of “Survivor” last year. Some of the decision to go on the show. new shows to satiate the drooling
“to choose traits that sonalities decided before birth sup- react. my male friends are addicted to the Although the people on these masses. And that’s why we have stu-
posedly reduces our children’s free- In the end, no better argument is models in “Temptation Island.” The showsare definitely notactors, theyr e pid reality shows. Luckily, you can
“will make our child’s dom — it violates their identity, provided for the immorality of ge- five singers in “Making the Band” are not as “real” as the shows portray find some quality “reality” without
changing what our children truly netic engineering than the revul- them to be. They are “rewarded” in looking too far. Turn to page B9 for
- life better, whatever are. But to speak of genetic engi- sion it inspires. Kass, indeed, titles money to do certain things — whether the good stuff.
neering as restricting a child’s free- his essay “The Wisdom of Repug- We like to see people
we may believe the dom is contradictory: there is no nance” and attacks genetic engi-
ghostly pre-conception “potential neering as evil because it is unset- cheat on their Miracles or disasters?
child” whose free will to exist must tling. But moral theory should be
»good life to be.I tm ay
be respected. Basing identity on more than a summation oft he cir-
significant others.
genes would represent the worst cumstances under which one gets
involve being kind of identity politics — identi- the willies. Genetic engineering is BY BENJAMIN THOMPSON prevent likely heart attacks and iden-
We cheer when “the
ties should not be protected above indeed “inhumane” if we think BADGER HERALD (U. WISCONSIN) tify the risk of countless other dis-
“exceptional; it may people, and eliminating only of those things to which hu- eases, could also be used as a way to
Parkinson’s disise difafersent efr om mans have historically been ac- tribe” has spoken, (U-WIRE) MADISON, Wis. — discriminate in hiring, promotions
‘involve being average; eliminating those who suffer from customed — but then so is the rail- Welcome to the 21st century, an era or insurance.
it. road, wearing clothes and and our favorite guy when things aren’t that much differ- Such discrimination is already tak-
Deciding which modifications refraining from killing one an- ent, but people are. No longer is stan- ing place. One ofB ritain’s biggest in-
rit may involve being a
are appropriate is merely a new other. Reasons are required to de- stays on the island. dard procreation the accepted way to surance companies was forced to ad-
form of the question, “What is the cide which new practices are ac- reproduce. It’s a future in which chil- mit last week that it had been using
shappy pig oran good?” If we can change our ceptable and which beyond the We're pathetic. dren are genetically programmed for experimental genetic tests for breast
child’s genes, we will have a re- pale. | perfection, and those unfortunate and ovarian cancer and for
“unhappy Socrates. sponsibility to choose traits that None of this is to, dismiss con- | enough to have been conceived the Alzheimer’s disease when underwrit-
will make our child’s life better, cerns about genetic engineering. | | old-fashioned way — called “in- ing some insurance applications.
whatever we may believe the good Should” the techniques be devel- appealingt o my little sister,"even valids” 6r “faith births” — are rel- © Herein the United States, the Equal
life to be. It may involve being oped, as now appears likely, there ough their interactions are strik- egated to second-class citizenship. Employment Opportunity Commis-
e.
moral evil. The question that must exceptional; it may involve being will be significant potential for ingly similar to cat fights between six- Conceiving a child is like picking sion filed its first lawsuit challenging
be asked in response is, “Why?” average; it may involve being a accidents and abuse, serious is- year-old girls. outa new car. The basic equipment is genetic testing last week in U.S. Dis-
The first consideration is happy pig or an unhappy Socrates. sues of distribution and social Television programming in a given, half from mom, half from trict Court in the Northern Districtof
whether, even ifwe agreed ona good But these decisions .are no more stratification, questions of homo- America has stooped to an all-time dad. But the options are a matter of Iowa. Burlington Northern Santa Fe
‘thing genetic engineering could ac- (and no less) complex than a thou- geneity, and further repercus- low. “The Real World” was at least choice. Violent tendencies and a dis- Railroad was charged in the suit with
,.complish (say, preyenting cystic sand other ethical concerns. To sions, perhaps as wide-ranging as somewhat respectable. Now shows position for certain fatal illnesses can conducting genetic testing on em-
_ fibrosis), it would still be wrong in refrain from them simply because those of industrialization, that we try to copy the theme but rely heavily be wiped out. So can nuisances like ployees without their permission. At
all cases to use it. Unless there’s the buzzword “genetic engineer- cannot yet predict. Perhaps, in the on contrived techniques to get de- myopia, baldness and obesity. “The least one worker was threatened with
-something purposeful about the ing” is involved does not guaran- end, genetic engineering will need sired reactions. On “Temptation Is- child is still you, but the best of you.” dismissal unless he agreed to the test,
particular assortment of genes we’re tee a child an “open future” but to be banned. But there is nothing land,” I still am not sure what the This is the premise of Gattica, a the agency charges.
born with, there seems no reason rather a random future, a Russian uniquely apocalyptic about ge- object of the showis. Is it to resist the sci-fi film released in 1997. But unlike While these examples are currently
»snot to change them. We interfere roulette future. No child is made netic engineering, and we must temptation? If that’s the case, the most sci-fi films, the premise is en- the exception — a survey of 2,133 em-
‘»with natural biological processes more “free” if his or her hair color, confront it in the same way we show gets really boring, really fast. If tirely feasible, and after Monday, ployers this yeabry t heA merican Man-
_nevery time we take an antibiotic, number of limbs or even sexual should confront every new devel- all the girls put on blinders when they much nearer than you might think. agement Association found that seven
iyand only a very few religious sects orientation is chosen by chance opment: with our ethics clear and go on their dates, and “try not to have Monday, Feb. 12, will go down as a are using genetic testing for either job
maintain that curing disease goes rather than design. our eyes open. fun,” what is left to watch? landmark day in science, for this day applicants or employees — Monday’s
~<a saw the publication of the first descrip- announcementand subsequent discov-
tion of the human genome, an advance eries are sure to increase this number.
“am< 4H ow do I love thee? Let me show you the ways likely to revolutionize the understand- Employers and insurers could save
ing and treatment of disease. Dr. millions of dollars if they could use
Michael Dexter, director of the predictive genetics to identify in ad-
3 Wellcome Trust, which funded the Brit- vance, then reject, workers or policy
hat does their whole lives and never discover most guys, I’m sure that some girl think of it this way — not every guy ish part ofthe Human Genome Project, applicants who are predisposed to de-
the great power of love, a very sad has complained to you that you you meet walks on four legs. Word of has said before that mapping the hu- velop chronic disease.
NG Valentine’s Day
bl mean? This is a notion to me. There are others who don’t talk enough. It’s just because caution to the hormonally-enflamed man genome “hasbeen compared with This dangerous possibility has
get to learn what love is, who learn they want to probe your brains and population out there — respect the putting a man on the moon, but I be- resonated with the American public.
Yo day thatcanmean
*ip< things to a lot of diffae rleontt opfe odpilfef.e rBeuntt how to love and who do fall in love. I s(ejeu stw hkoi ddelisneg )y.o u are thinking about la agdiyr’ls’ sb coluontdhaersi easn.d Wyhoue ns eey otuh atta kseh eo fifs loiuetvse taint diisn mgo raec hitehavne methnatt . nTohti so nilsy t hoef tAh aTti m75e /pCeNrNce npto llolfa s1t, 2s1u8 mmAemrer ifcoaunnsd
ERICSZETO And because I am a guy, I have to wearing a chastity belt, you obviously our lifetime but perhaps in the history surveyed did not wantinsurance com-
' tItohlionokk, aitn tehsisse ndcaey,. tFhoerr et haorse et wwoh ow aayrse explain our point-of-view. We like know that you got no chance in hell, of mankind.” . panies to know their genetic code,
~°lucky enough to have someone spe- Mg, MysELF AND I to use a tool termed “non-verbal Two separate groups—Celera and 84 percent wanted that informa-
~“¢ial to spend it with, it’s a time to communication,” or body language. Genomics, a private company based tion withheld from the government.
‘cherish the relatiothnats yhouihapve . Girls have to realize that most guys I'm sure that some girl in Maryland, and a public interna- These concerns have also reached
's\And for those who don’t have some- believe these are some of the great- don’t like to talk about deep topics ‘tional effort, led by the United the U.S. Senate. Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN)
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°’that when you do havea special some- gone through and felt such emo- we keep talking about it, we’re prob- you that you don't talk doctors find disease and illness. “I tential for improving health care in
‘one, cherish every moment with tions must know what I’m talking ably gonna fall asleep anyhow. Have think it means that we'll be able to America, but to fully utilize this new
about. But with love comes respon- girls ever thought that we just sim- track down the actual causes of dis- science, we must eliminate patients”
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would like to bet reated.” This is some- have you ever been called insensitive identifying the human genome is ex- quickly to forbid genetic discrimina-
that most guys don't thing which shouldbe held very close (or oblivious, depending on the girl’s pected to be on drug development, tion in all arenas, not just insurance.
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for who they are. If there’s no mutual isn’t exactly the worst thing in the happens to have pink lace under- disease, Cancer research should re- nome and Human Rights, made
>“ topics owing to the respect in a relationship, it then be- world. Could it be that you’re just wear on, you might have a little lee- ceive a tremendous boost, since “All the United Nations Education, Sci-
comes impossible to communicate really dense? (I mean, it is a great way. Take things slow, ask her what _ cancers are caused by abnormalities entific and Cultural Organization.
:t ewef actt hat, 1) we don't since the two people are not on the excuse)T.h e female population might she likes. If she says stop, it means in DNA sequence,” according to Dr. The declaration states, “No one shall
same wavelength. not wantt o admit the fact that guys stop. So what if things don’t go as Michael Stratton, the head ofBr itain’s be subjected to discrimination based
Treally want to think — No matter if it’s with the person are simply built differently. There far as you want them to, ifshe knows Cancer Genome project. A mapping on genetic characteristics that is in-
you are in love with or anyone else, are times when we really care, but that you care for her feelings and of the human genome will allow sci- tended to infringe or has the effect of
we all know that communication is we don’t know what to say in order the way she thinks, I’m sure that entists to begin the daunting task of infringing human rights, fundamen-
about it,or 2) ifwe essential to any relationship. The ob- to show the way we feel, Please ex- next time will go much more finding the approxima2t0 ceanlcyer - tal freedoms and human dignity.”
cuse us, with a lil’ patience you smoothly, ’ causing abnormal genes, The ex- _ The unveiling of the human ge-
| bese talking about it, visi obuys t aalnkdi ngb etsot ewaacyh ottoh ecro.m mWuhneinc aotnee might find that your relationship That has been more than ehou amples of benefits go on and on, nome presents the opportunity for
talks heis able to express his thoughts has a bright light at the end of the on my views regarding Valentine’s But like most things in life, tre- both tremendous advances and tre-
vele probably gonna: and beliefs, providing a chance for tunnel. eee Day, love and relationship, I hope all mendous benefitasr e accompanied mendous abuses. The United States
asleep anyhow. Konthoewris ntgo getth ae gliinmnpesre iwnotrok hiinsg msi ndo.f sensAinti viistsyu eo fofatmeann a scsoomceiastiend twhiet hf otrhme ~ omfy yloiul’ choaudsi na’ sw obn-ddearyf,u ll uc2k/y1 4h/i0m1) .( iAt’ss bnoyl togrye mtehnadto umasy e rivskes. nThteu saaalmlleo wl tdeycohc -- wseh oureladl izmeo vthee fqourimcekrl,y wthoi leen stuhree latthtaetr
someone’s mind is a great way ofg et- of physical intimacy. Yes, 1 admit for me, I stayed home and cried. Ta tors to customize treatments, discover remains with Gattica in the realm of
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Fepruary 15, 2001
A8 THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LeTTER
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
NEAR-Shoemaker spacecraft makes a
|| UpcoMING LECTURES AT HOMEWOOD AND
first-ever landing on the Eros asteroid | JHMI
Thursday, February 15, 2001
Dr. Nancy Weigel 2y.
Department of Cell Biology Baylor College of Medicine
BY BRIAN KIM ated asteroid with homogeneous trolled descent was to practice ma- gave detailed pictures of Eros’ sur- “Androgen receptor mutations in prostate cancer
THE JoHNS Hopkins News-Letter structure, that never separated into a neuvers that would lead to the cre- face features. The last image snapped 4:00 p.m., School of Hygiene and Public Health,
distinct crust, mantle and core,” says ation of a flight plan for future small by NEAR-Shoemaker was a mere 394 Woodruff Room (Phipps 240)
On Feb. 12 NASA’s NEAR-Shoe- NEAR Project Scientist Dr. Andrew feet from the asteroid’s surface
maker spacecraft ended its historic F. Cheng of the Johns Hopkins Uni- and covered a 20-foot area. Monday, February 19, 2001
journey by gently landing on the as- versity Applied Physics Laboratory. After the landing, NEAR Chi Van Dang, M.D., Ph.D.
teroid Eros. The spacecraft success- “We have definitive mass and density mission operators tracked the Professor of Medicine
fully completed its first-ever con- measurements plus spectacular im- spacecraft with laser range find- Professor of Oncology
trolled descent to an asteroid. ages and movies showing ridges, pits, ers and altitude data to learn Professor of Pathology, and
“NEAR-Shoemaker has set a high troughs and grothoat vproevides f as- where the spacecraft touched Joint appointment in Molecular Biology and Genetics
standard for low-cost planetary ex- cinating clues about its history.” down. “Odyssey of the C-MYC oncogene through shifting pradigms
ploration,” said Dr. Edward Weiler, Data from the spacecraft includea When the NEAR-Shoe- 5:00 p.m., Johns Hopkins Hospital, Hurd Hall
associate administrator for Space Sci- detailed shape model of Eros com- maker landed, it began send-
ence at NASA Headquarters, Wash- posed of more than 11 million laser ing a beacon to inform the mis- Tuesday, February 20, 2001
ington, D.C. “This mission has pro- pulses. Other radar, X-ray, gamma- sion operators oft he successful Karen Guillemin, Ph.D.
vided answers to a range of ray and infrared readings reveal prop- landing. About an hour later, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
fundamental science questions, and erties of Eros’ weak gravity, solid in- locked onto the signals by Stanford University School of Medicine
it has excited the public with its ex- terior, composition and spectral NASA’s Deep Space Network “Insights into bacterial pathogenesis: micro array
ploration and great images.” properties. antennae, which will monitor analysis of helicobacter pylori — host cell interactions”
_Mission controllers at the Johns About 160,000 images covering all the spacecraft until February 12:00 p.m., Wood Basic Science Building,
Hopkins University Applied Physics of the asteroid’s surface reveal boul- 14-exactly one year since the Abel Library 303
Laboratory in Laurel, MD, as well as ders, craters and other formations. i Empire State beginning of its orbit around
its many partner institutions and col- Dr. Cheng states, “We have an- Building Eros. Tuesday, February 20, 2001
laborators, have great reasons to cel- swered the questions we had when HTTP://NEAR.JHUAPL.EDU The controlled descent of Professor Gary Molander
ebrate. the orbit began. We now know that The NEAR spacecraft completed all ofits NEAR-Shoemaker was a University of Pennsylvania
Since the beginning of this NASA Eros is a solid body of uniform com- goals of observing and landing on Eros. sweet victory for NASA and “Application of group 3 and Lanthanide complexes
mission, the NEAR-Shoemaker position, made of material probably the Johns Hopkins University to selective organic synthesis”
spacecraft has accomplished all ofi ts older than the Earth.” body landings. Applied Physics Laboratory. The 4:15 p.m., Homewood, Remsen Hall 233
scientific goals primarily consisting However, there are still many un- NEAR-Shoemaker’s final descent whole sequence of engine burns and
of gathering data and images of the answered questions, as well as new began with an engine burn about 16 braking maneuvers had to be pre- Wednesday, February 21, 2001
asteroid Eros. For a year the space- questions, from the unexpected dis- miles away from the asteroid. Then cisely orchestrated ort he spacecraft Dr. Peter Aronson
cfaft was orbiting around Eros. This coveries. “Scientists will be looking for a four-hour period, a series of might not have had a very soft Department of Medicine, Section of Nephrology
algo is the first time a spacecraft has at these data for years,” claims more engine burns and four braking touchdown. Yale School of Medicine
e¥er orbited around an asteroid. Cheng. maneuvers brought the spacecraft to Due to the unpredictable terrain “Characterization of Na-H exchanger isoform NHE3
@ Eros is more than 196 miles away The descent ofN EAR-Shoemaker a gentle four miles per hour, allowing of the asteroid, it was hard to predict and its role in renal tubular transport”
fxdm Earth and it took the NEAR onto Eros should illuminate some of ittoland safjuest loutysid e the saddle- what would happen. Furthermore, 12:00 p.m., Wood Basic Science Building,
spacecraft five years to complete its 2 these mysteries. The primary goal of shaped depression. NEAR-Shoemaker was not even de- West Lecture Hall
billion mile journey before it began the descent was to get closer images The landing was a milestone for signed to be a landing spacecraft,
its orbit. of Eros. The spacecraft landed near space exploration as NEAR-Shoe- which made the success that much Monday, February 26, 2001
| It started to orbit Eros on Feb. 14, what is called the “saddle” area of the maker became the first spacecraft ever sweeter. A. Keith Dunker, Ph.D.
2000. Since then, it has collected 10 asteroid named Himeros—a six mile to land on (or even attempt to land For more information about the School of Molecular Biosciences
times more data of the 21-mile-long wide depression with intriguing fea- on) an asteroid. NEAR-Shoemaker and the Eros aster- Washington State University
asteroid than originally planned. tures such as boulder patches, a rela- During the descent, its outward- oid (as well as some otfh e images cap- “The protein trinity: structure/function for the new millenium”
: The asteroid possesses many in- tively craterless surface and patterns facing camera pointing down tured by the spacecraft) check out the 12:00 p.m., Johns Hopkins Medical Institution,
triguing structural features. “We can of grooves and ridges. snappeda photo every minute. These Applied Physics Laboratory Web site 202 Physiology
now say that Eros is an undifferenti- The secondary aim of the cosnI-d s pictures frfom other tel escophic ceameraa rat thtstp :/u/nearr.jhguapl.eedu.r y’
Tuesday, February 27, 2001
Professor Edward Schlag
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z harge transport in proteins” |” os gaibios2A..sisietodisem sdb to,
4:15 p.m., Homewood, Remsen Hall 233
Wednesday, February 28, 2001
| BY MARGO PIETRAS undifferentiated stem cells asa means also going to change the way we edu- advice. These possibilities avoid the Dr. Nir Ben-Tal
| THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LeETTER of injecting a cell to create a new cate residents and take care of pa- risk of human error, making a more Department of Biochemistry
muscle. He describes his research as tients in the future. Dr. Baumgartner’s efficient doctor and allowing for George S. Wise Fac Life Science, Israel
The Pre-Health Professions an extremely cooperative collabora- contribution to this area is CTSNet, much more patient contact. “Electrostatics of membrane bilayers”
‘| monthlylecture series entitled “What tion of all types of scientists, from an online curriculum useful to any Dr. Baumgartner says there is in- 12:00 p.m., Wood Basic Science Building,
the Future Holds” continued on clinicians to molecular biologists. medical student or doctor as a virtual stant gratification in cardiac surgery. West Lecture Hall
| Tuesday, February 13as Dr. Fishbein, Without this cooperation, wayo flearning, researching, and con- _ “In regards to knowing a patient will
» the director of the Pre-Health pro- Baumgartner says, “I would never be sulting. This web-based teaching as- get up and walk around within five Tuesday, March 6, 2001
» gram at Hopkins, presented Dr. Wil- able to run my lab.” sistant allows students to do anything days of having surgery and will tell Professor Mark Barteau
\ liam A. Baumgartner of the Johns In regard to heart assist devices, from looking up a specific disease to . you he’s never felt better... There are University of Delaware Chemical Engineering
iH opkins Medical Institute to talk Baumgartner believes that our future diagnosing a patient by filling out a very few things in life [from which] “From surface science to new catalysis — examples
| about the future of cardiac surgery. lies in the development of newer and module of symptoms and demo- one can get that good of a feeling.” from ketene and epoxide synthesis”
' Among the dozens of titles Dr. better technological advances. As graphics. The advances that are in store for 4:15 p.m., Homewood, Remsen Hall 233 )
' Baumgartner holds, some of his bet- Congestive Heart Failure is the num- Wireless devices such as Palm Pi- medicine are both exciting and prom-
' ter-known positions include the ber one diagnosis for Americans age lots and other platforms will also ising. The improvements in Thursday, March 8, 2001
‘|C hief of Cardiovascular Surgery at 65 and older, there is a need for find- change the way we operate as well. informatics and robotics will make Dr. Tom Ducibella
| Johns Hopkins and the Vice-Dean of ing better pharmaceutical drugs, Doctors will be able to access case clinicians do their jobs far better. “No Department of Ob/Gyn
| Clinical Studies. transplantation methods, and more management from anywhere in the machine will ever take the place of the Tufts University Medical School
| Dr. Fishbein introduced Dr. practical heart assist devices. world, print dictation from improve- doctor, just allow him for more pa- “Egg activation/release of cortical granules”
|| Baumgartner by explaining that he Currently, the HeartMate is the ments in voice recognition, and pre- tient contact and make him more ef- 4:00 p.m., School of Hygiene and Public Health,
‘ completed his undergraduate stud- predominant device in out society as scribe medicwiath tcomipuoternize d ficient,” concluded Baumgartner. Woodruff Room (Phipps 240)
‘ies at Xavier College in Ohio, going it pumps blood in the heart to the
‘ on to do his graduate studies at the aorta and essentially bypasses the left
| University of Kentucky School of ventricle. The device is amazingly SCIENCEBRIEFS
|M edicine and post-graduate studies small and runs on the battery power
‘ at Stanford University in general sur- of a beeper, allowing for patients to THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ulg ery and thoracic surgery. carry on fairly normal lives.
» Dr. Baumgartner has been at There is plenty of room for im-
' Johns Hopkins for over twenty years provement in the future as problems Adolescent lovers viewed twice, about a year apart, about nota piece ofequipment that’s needed aging, “ said Russell C. Pate, associate
‘|n ow and has served as a professor of involving the blood surface interface a wide variety of things. The kids were in the short term.” dean for research at the University of
surgery at the Medical School. caused inflammation and even blood studied ages 12 to 17 at the first interview. The problem did not spoil flight South Carolina’s School of Public’
| Baumgartner describes his major in- clots. “These [dangerous risks] will The results were a surprise, because controllers’ thrill in seeing the space Health. “This class of patient already |
‘‘t erests to be cardiac transplant and be worked out within the next ten studies of adults have shown married station’s American-made gyroscopes has atherosclerotic disease. It’s im- |
the education of surgeons. years,” says Baumgartner. Another The most famous youthful ro- people tend to be less depressed than take control. eo) portant to do everything possible to |
' Dr. Baumgartner briefly ex- obstacle to overcome is the battery- mancine th e English-speaking world, singles, Joyner said. So why would love On Mission Control’s cue, com- slow or stop the progression of that |
plained the amazing advancements pack patients must wear on their sides. that star-crossed love of Romeo and lower adolescent mood? puters inside Destiny sent commands disease.” !
ii n his field over the past fifty years. Baumgartner also is optimistic that Juliet, was a tragedy. Now research- By analyzing the adolescents’ an- to four gyroscopes that were deliv- The study found walking boosted |
‘ With the heart-lung machine (mak- this concern will be addressed. ers have published a huge study of swers to other questions, Joyner and ered by shuttle astronauts last fall. levels of a natural clot-dissolving
i' ing basically everything in cardiac As far as robotics have come pres- real-life adolescents in love. Udry found evidence for three pos- The gyroscopes, in turn, took over chemical called tissue plasminogen
‘‘ isurgery possible) invented in the ently, Dr. Baumgartner believes that It’s also no comedy. sible factors: deteriorating relation- the steering of the space station from activator, known as TPA. The body
'‘ 1950’s, the history of the field is rela- they will take over the process of mini- The results suggest that on bal- ships with parents, poorer perfor- fuel-guzzling Russian thrusters. makes TPA, and genetically engi-
|t ively short, yet extremely revolu- mally invasive surgery. This concept ance, falling in love makes adoles- mance in school and breakups of The computers — and the gyro- neered versions are used as drugs to
|,t ionary to medicine. of virtual surgery as described in de- cents more depressed, and more relationships. scope motors — were powered by treat heart attack and stroke.
|| Dr. Baumgartner addressed his tail by Dr. Kauffman at a previous prone to delinquency and alcohol electricity from giant solar wings that The study examined people with
‘audience by saying “You are on the pre-health lecture in this series, has abuse than they would have been if Americans guide were installed in December. The gy- peripheral arterial disease, a condi-
‘|c usp ofsome of the most exiting times already revolutionized such proce- they'd avoided romance. roscopes help the space station save tion similar to the narrowed vessels
jin medicine.” Especially with the dures as gallbladder surgery with the The reported effect on depression is space station rocket thruster fuel, which is costly in coronary artery disease. In either
| human genome being described and innovative means by which doctors small, but it’s bigger for girls than boys. and burdensome to deliver. case, blood clots can develop in the
‘mapped out, some of the most im- sit at a remote workstation while a The researchers suggest it couldb eo ne When the gyroscopes were in con- constricted arteries. Ifa clot travels to
‘portant insights of medicine are be- robot carries out the surgery on the reason teen girls show higher rates of For the first time in its two-year trol, so was NASA’s Mission Control the heart, the result is a heart attack. If
_ itindg iscovered. - physical patient. As the doctor per- depression than teen boys do, a differ- lifetime, the international space sta- in Houston, Until thatmoment, flight it travels to the brain, the result is a
‘| Dr. Baumgartner gavea slide pre- forms surgery by operating with his ence that persists into adulthood. tion sped around Earth on Tuesday controllers in Russia had always been stroke.
‘|sentation entitled “Cardiac Surgery hands inside a set of gloves at acom- This is not exactly the view of ro- guided by solar rather than rocket in charge. The findings were strong enough
‘lin 2010” to give an idea as to what puter workstation on which he views mance that prevailsaround Valentine’s power — and by Americans rather Atlantis’ astronauts have one more potentially to reduce the risk of an|
‘future medical students and physi- the terrific three-dimensional optics, Day. Researchers who’ve studied teen- than Russians, spacewalk, on Wednesday, to put the artery blockage, and this study adds |
so ‘cians can expect. The four major top- the robotic hands carry out the actual age love say that smaller studies had _ There was only one problem in finishing touchoen tsh e $1.4 billion © to evidence that should encourage |
__tlics he addressed were gene therapy, procedure. shown teen romance can cause emo- setting up the Destiny laboratory, laboratory before leaving on Friday. people with peripheral arterial dis-
i|heart assist devices, robotics, and This type of surgery has “tremen- tional trouble, but that the new work delivered and installed by space ease to be physically active, Womack
‘linformatics. All of these new con- dous potential for the future,” be- overlooked some good things, shuttle Atlantis’ visiting astronauts Exercise may help said.
cepts to medicine and medical in- lieves Baumgartner. The study was done by sociolo- over the weekend: Destiny’s carbon clot-dissolving =
The list ofit s advantages is exten- gists Kara Joyner of Cornell Univer- dioxide-removal system was not More genome |
sive, from its ability to take away the sity and J. Richard Udry of the Uni- working because of a bad pump.
natural tremor of the human hands versity of North Carolina at Chapel The eight astronauts and cosmo-—
to the facts that there is less pain and "Hill. They presentetdh e results in the — nauts ino rbit had to rely instead on the Ahalfhour’sstroll cana e people
less risk of failure. He also believes December issue of the Journal of airp urifiers aboard Atlantis and the with hardofet hen artieriens ign th eir _
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| Conservation Department in Beijing are also there to educate the public
| affirms. The two pandas Mei Xiang about their endangermenthte iwinld . *
influential to the future of web designing T(itraann sTliaatned (““bmeoarutei fualn d frmaogrrea’n)c e”a)r e anred- dTahse rel efat rei no nClhyi naab’osu t ba1,m0b0o0 ow ilfdo repsatns-,
placements for Hsing-Hsinagnd Ling- with 120 in captivity in China and
Ling who were given to the U.S. in 1972 zoos worldwide. They are in danger
to commemorate President Nixon’s of extinction because their natural
monumental trip to China. These pan- habitat is quickly disappearing.
hen I found out
than candidates for a merger. This is installed on the system, it automati- das will undoubtedly renew the panda These two “bamboo vacuum” *
about the pro
where the apprehension sets in: after cally adds support for editing in the fanatacism that came with the arrival of beeaatr abosut 40 pouonf dbamsboo . ,
posed merger be
tween Allaire and Pop TECH it has acquired Allaire, will superior layout program. (This op- Hsing-Hsinangd Ling-Lingin theearly a day. To monitor them, 20 video |
Macromedia pull its support from tion can be configured later if | 70s. cameras are trained on them at any
Macromedia, |
the Allaire line, and just use the tech- HomeSite has been installed prior to In addition to the two pandas, the timandea W,orl d Wide Web “panda-
didn’treally knowhowto feel. Allaire: Macromedia, Flash content pervades nology in its own products? But, on your Dreamweaver _ install.) Chinese delegation gave the National cam” has also been implemented.
anincrerliaebled coimpbanyl, ayt o p- more than ninety-five percent of the a closer look, you can see that these HomeSite’s layout editor simply Zoo a landscape painting from the Now if you don’t call this panda fa- ©
notch designer of coding tools and Web. companies fit together much more sucks, and Allaire knows it. The pro- Wolong Area in Sichuan province naticism, then] don’t know whatis. If
servers, about to be swallowed up by Allaire has its own strong points. cohesively than one might originally gram wasn’t built with that as the fo- where the two pandas were born. Per- you have the time, I recommend you _
Macrothme poewedrhoiusea b,ehi nd Its HTML editor, HomeSite, just re- think. cus. But Dreamweaver was, and haps the pandas could look into this take a quick trip down to D.C. to see
Flash technology on the Web. Isit the corded the sale of its one-millionth Case in point: Dreamweaver vs. there’s no reason why the two painting to remember their former these delightful creatures for your-, |
case of one web design company just product on February 5th. HomeSite HomeSite. This should really be shouldn’t be-made compatible with homes whentehevy ebecram e home- self.
taking down another? is by far the best code-based Web site Dreamweaver and HomeSite, be- each other if they’re striving for dif-
Acquisitiolniske this tend to scare editor. And then there’s ColdFusion, cause the two programs work per- ferent ideals. Columbia
me, especially when I use the prod- a cross-platform Web applications fectly together. When you ask Web With this merger, we can expect
ucts of both companies. Program- server. This program is very powerful developers what their major issues more oft he same inter-product line
mers who want to deliver high-pow- and very useful. Youhavealready seen with Dreamweaver are, the majority support, and this will only bolster the
ered Web sites know that they it in action if you’ve used any of a will make some mention to the bare effectiveness of the programs of both
eventually have to turn to number of services on the revamped bones nature of theH TML code-ed- companies. I can’t wait to see what
Macromedia’s line of products. jhu.edu Web site, including the new iting window. happens if Macromedia Director (for
From Shockwave and Flash for Weather and Emergency Notices Sure, it’s fine for little tweaks when creation of Shockwave web pro-
designing multimedia content, to pages, or the Registrar’s Directory of you're laying out design, but you grams) starts adding in full
Freehand and Fireworks for vector Registered Students. ColdFusion don’t look to Macromedia for many ColdFusion support.
graphics and _ beyond, to leads the marketin its category. Allaire HTML hard-coding options. And The visual I’m going for here is the THIS SUMMER, study at Columbia
Dreamforw laeyinag ovut tehe rwho le is also responsible for JRun, a Java Dreamweaver acknowledges this most powerful front-end meeting the with our world-class faculty in the
design, Macromedia delivers the en- applications server, also incredibly flaw: It provides a button to access an most powerful back-end. most exciting city in the world!
tire spectrum of Web design tools. useful for implementing web design. external HTML editor (whichever Macromedia’s acquisition of Allaire
Dreamweaver is the number one Web With this multitude of popular one you want). will not be a bad thing. Rather, it will REQUEST A BULLETIN im
layout and design tool used by pro- Web design tools, it would seem rea- HomeSite goesas tep further. Dur- be a turning point for web develop-
[phone]
fessionals with over seventy percent sonable that Macromediaand Allaire ing installation, if HomeSite detects ment, and for the future face of the
cesp-infoS @columbia.edu
of the market share. According to would be natural competitors, rather that Dreamweayer has already. been . Lnternet.
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Al0 THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LeETTER Fepruary 15, 2001,
SPORTS
Youre lucky youre white, Mark
Track breaks three
records on the road
Mark Chmura experienced the benefits of the racial hierarchy in America
oralong time, Reggie White April post-prom party and soon be- something more natural, more inher- how scary it was for Chmura to have BY RON DEMETER Stephanie Black’s second- place fin-
was the self-proclaimed re- coming an intoxicated mess, had ent: his skin color. policemen storm into his home to THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letrer ish senior Cheryl Werner, juniof
ligious conscience of the somehow ended up in the bathroom As a white man, Chmura had a arrest him. It contibyn deusceribsin g Mary Stahley, sophomore Hilary
Green Bay Packers. He with her. distinct advantage not shared by an the intense depression that Chmura Last Saturday the Johns Hopkins Knipe and sophomore Sarah Pesek
touted his minister status “He raped me,” she said. African-American in the same posi- felt, the medication he took and the Men and Women’s Indoor Track rounded out the fourth through sev-
and espoused his controversial (anti- Chmura, for his part, just barely tion. friends who broke into his house to | teams competed in a non-scoring enth-place finishes.
gay) political and ethical views with- denied the accusation. He didn’t No matter what people say about take his gun for fear that he would meet at Swarthmore College where In the 3000 meters, Sophomore
out hesitation. (and still refuses to) put forth his how long ago overt racism ended in commit suicide. three women matched or set school Jenn Schutz finished in second place
Yet, Mark Chmura, a devout own account of the night and did America, no one can convince me Readers are expected to feel for records. with a time of 11 minutes and 35.4
Catholic and three-time Pro Bowl not even take the stand at the case. that white Americans want to believe Chmura for having to tell his kids Sophomore Tricia Quartey, jun- seconds.
tight end for the Packers, was right Being deliberately vague, Chmura thata white man couldbe guilty ofthe that he had been arrested. The pho- ior Stephanie Black and sophomore Freshman Anna, Stargwoht fin-
behind him. Chmura refused to at- sought sympathy, claiming, “Ifyou same heinous crimes of which we are tographers are also helpful in snap- NikkiGrseot sschsoo l recorind thsei r ished in fourth place in the 1500
tend the White House reception after can go to jail for being stupid, | taught (implicitly or explicitly) that ping two shots (including a front- | respective events. However, all of meters with a time of 5m inutes and
belong in jail.” blacks are guilty. page photo), showing Chmura these new records are the results of 37.4 seconds, close behind runner
Well, fortunately for Chmura Now, I know exactly what you are holding hands or arm-in-arm with | second or third place finishes. Heather Blair.
(and unfortunately for our society), thinking: Ray Lewis; he was acquit- his wife. Quartey set the school record in The men’s indoor track team
being stupid (or being wrong) has ted, too. You could almost cry out of dis- the long jump, registering a tremen- proved to be just as successful in the
little influence over whether you go This is true. And certainly, much gust. There was no mention of how dous 14-foot-9-inch jump, good invitational with high finishes in al-
to jail when you are accused of a of Lewis’ acquittal had to do with his difficult this must have been for enough for a second-place finish. most every event.
crime. This week, Chmura heard wealth and his lawyer, just as it had in Chmura’s wife, who had already dealt Quartey matched a Hopkins record There were two first-place finish-
what Sports Illustrated writers S. L. the case of Chmura. Yet, what is so with problems of his womanizing in | in the highjuwelml, pclaearsing ab ar ers, and overall 10 athletes finished in
Price and Lester Munson called “the strikingly different about the Lewis the past. The writers didn’t ever con- set at 4 feet , 10 inches high, resulting the top ten in their events.
two kindest words in American ju- case from that of Chmura is the coy- sider the life of the girl (probably no in a third-place finish. In the high jump, sophomore
risprudence.” The verdict proved erage of the two by the national sports angel, but nevertheless the victim) Quartey competed in two other Rajeev Mahajan cleareda remarkable
once again that the most important whose life Chmura had indelibly im- | events, the 55-meter dash and 200- 6 feet 1 inch en route to a first- place
factor in court is not the truth, but pacted. Instead, Chmura was put for- meter dash, where she finished in finish. The other first place finisher
whether you havea good lawyer and [W]e must not forget ward as just a regular guy who hap- fourth and fifth respectively. was Sophomore Brian Nichols who,
whether you can convince a jury pened to come across a rough spot. won the pole vault with a height of 13,
that you’re not a guy they want to that Chmura also had Show me any similar journalism re- feet 6 inches, which is an astounding
put behind bars. garding the Ray Lewis or Rae Carruth We had a lot of people four feet higher than the second-place
THE SPORTSMAN
Well, Chmura certainly had the something else in his cases and I'll hand you five bucks on finisher.
money for a good lawyer. Defense the spot. set personal records, In the 3000-meter run, Senior
attorney Gerald Boywasl abele to con- By far the most disturbing part of Drew Kitchen took second place with
.the team won the Super Bowl way vince the jury that because the ac- favor, invaluable to a the article, however, was the empha- and we're building up a time of9 minutes, 4.8 seconds. Se-
back in January of 1997 due to the cuser, known only as Allison M., be- sis on the religious awakening nior Mike Wortley took third place
president’s alleged promiscuity. longed toa group whose initials stood defendant in any court Chmura had. Having bumped into a a lot of confidence. with a time of 9 minutes, 14.3 sec-
“Iknewitallalong,”h es aid smugly for “sexy bitches,” she really wanted priest from his hometown, Chmura onds.
to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in Chmura to take her in the bathroom in America...his skin apparently took the incident to be an — SENIOR CAPTAIN The first-place finisher was appar-
early 1997, regarding the Lewinsky that night. omen. ently unattached to any school so
HEATHER RELYEA
scandal. “It doesn’t really say much Boyle was also successful in con- color. According to Price and Munson, Kitchen and Wortley were the top
for society and the morals [Clinton] vincing the jury that Chmura’s hang- the event “convinced him that the finishers from any college participat- |
sets forth for children.” ing out with a bunch of high school accusations were a trial God meant Black annihilated the old record ing in the meet.
Well, it’s hard to argue with him girls in a hot-tub at 3:30 a.m., in his him to endure.” He even began to in the 5000 meters by more than 17 Quinlan Amos had two second-
on that one. Someone who is such a underwear, after along night of drink- media. smell roses, the writers continue, “a seconds. Her time of 18 minutes, 40 place finishes in the meet. Amos
public figure will be used as a role ing on the same night, was really ir- While Lewis is constantly at- sign among some Catholics that one seconds was good fora second- place jumped 19 feet 6.5 inches in the long
model, regardless of whether he or relevant testimony. tacked (certainly deservedly in my is in the presence of the Virgin Mary” finish, nine seconds behind the first- jump and ran a time of2 3.4 seconds
she chooses to accept that distinc- While Boyle was helpful, however, opinion), Chmura is coddled. In (my emphasis). place finisher but 20 seconds ahead in the 200-meter dash.
tion. But like all bad politicians, we must not forget that Chmura also their four page article in SI, sub- The allusion is almost too obvious oft he next best runner. Shaun Liu finished a close third in |
Chmura’s words don’t reflect his ac- had something else in his favor, in- titled “Can Mark Chmura, acquit- to bear analysis. Chmura, a man Gross finished third in the 400 the long jump with an 18-foot 7-inch
tions. valuable to a defendant in any court ted of sexual assault, rebuild his whose life was stained, was now go- meters with a time of 1 minute, 2.5 jump, while Ben Stopper earned a’
On May 15 of last year, Chmura in America (especially out in the Mid- reputation?” Price and Munson ing to purify himself by accepting the seconds. Her time set a new Johns fourth-place finish withajump onlya ,
was charged with the sexual molesta- west). In fact, this powerful agent bring up just about every excuse in spirit of the Virgin. Well, what a nice Hopkins record in the 400-meter half inch shorter than Liu’s jump. |
tion ofa 17-year-old girl who used to helped Chmura even before he the book for why Chmura deserves and simple solution. dash. Freshman Dana Clark finished In the 1500-meter run, John
babysit for him and his wife. The girl opened his mouth. No, I’m not talk- our sympathy. I wonder why no one suggested it in 1 minute, 7.6 seconds. Onofrey finished in third place with a'
testified that Chmura, entering her ing about God—I’m talking about The article begins by explaining for O.J.? “We had a lot of people set per- time of 4 minutes, 19.2 seconds. Fin-
sonal records, and we’r e building up| sincotore JaneP ar ind eat
+ a lot of confidence,”’s2 iorCap- ~ sophomore Jaime Parks and fresh-
tain Heather nelyea™ man Jim Packard.
Sophomore Jackie Evans onceagain Freshman Steven Chu and sopho-#
finished first in the shot put, in what is more Dave Courson placed third and
| now becoming a weekly occurrence. fourth in the 5000-meter run. Chu»
Her best throwlanded 35 feet 9.5 inches finished with a time of1 6 minutes, 52+
away, over a foot longer than the sec- seconds while Courson finished 13.
BY BRIDGET METZLER 2000-2001 UAA Male and Female
ond place competitor. Hopkins also seconds behind him. ‘
THE JoHNs Hopkins News-LeTTER Diver of the Meet awards for their
had sixth- and eighth-place finishers in In the 800-meter run, Junior Jeff.
fantastic performances.
senior Marty Milton and freshman Jes- Bailey finished a mere 2.5 seconds.
Seniors Lindsay Collins, Sabina These awards are voted on by all
sica Albrecht. behind the first-place finisher with?
Rogers and Kris Lewis led the Hop- coaches in the conference at the
In the pole vault, two of the three atime of 2m inutes and 5.4 seconds,”
kins’ Women’s and Men’s Diving completion of the meet.
vaulters who finished in first place good enough for a third-place fing
teams to several impressive finishes With regard to the team’s perfor-
were from Hopkins. Senior Ashley ish.
this past weekend at the UAA Cham- mance, Collins said, “I was very hon-
Waters and freshman Megan Carr In the shot put, Hopkins eamnedl
pionships held at Emory University ored to receive this award, and I’m
shared first-place honors by clearing fourth and sixth place finishes thanks |“|
in Atlanta, Georgia. glad that the entire team had great
8 feet. Carr added to her accomplish- to junior Ryan Holak and freshman.P|
Along with great diving from — success.”
ments by finishing eighth in the 200- Eric Simone. a
sophomore Keo Feuerstein, Hopkins Head Diving Coach Sue Braid has
meter dash. -Holak launched a 37-foot shot,»
turned in an award-wining perfor- had much experience in upper-level
Freshman Heather Blair finished which was 2 feetlonger than Senne) oe
mance at the team’s last appearance diving.
second in the 1500-meter run with a best throw. 4
in the UAA conference meet. She dove for a Division I team
Collins finished first and qualified and coached for many years after time of 4 minutes and 55.1. Last week “We don’t have official team!
Blair finished first in the 800-meter scores, but I think we showed our*
for NCAAs on both the 1- and 3- college. She had many positive
meter boards scoring 393.1 and things to say about the team’s per- run. [Centennial Conference] rivals that‘
Johns Hopkins dominated in the we are ready for our championship :
456.15, respectively. formance. spe
5000-meter run. In addition to meet,” added Relyea.
This is Collins’s fourth year as a “Without a question, Hopkins
conference finalist and third year asa Diving is the best diving team in the
national qualifier. conference. Coaches from other
Rogers placed third on the 1-meter teams lauded the Hopkins divers for
board by a mere .35 (out of 358.55) never diving so well as a team before The Wilmer
and second on the 3-meter board. than they did this weekend.”
Her score of 413.5 on the 3-meter KEO FEUERSTEIN/NEWS-LETTER The NCAA Championships for rE
in finals also qualifies her for the Male and Female Divers of the Meet, 2001, Kris Lewis andLindsay Collins. women will be March 8-10 while ye Institutel#=2
NCAA meet for the second year in a the men will compete March 15-17.
row. In this meet he was also looking to berth on Hopkins’ national team. Both teams will travel to Buffalo, at Joh ns Hopkins
- Rogers pulled offa front 3.5 on the qualify for nationals to secure his Both Lewis and Collins earned the New York.
3-meter to earn her spot on the Hop-
kins national team and wow the |i s repeatedly ranked the nation’s
judges.
According to the judge from Wash- | #1 eye center in surveys of
ington University at St. Louis only
one other female diver in Division III SENIORS: | doctors by U.S.News
history has completed this dive for
2001 Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts Rey World Keport.
the high marks that she earned.
Feuerstein also turned in great per-
-formances on both boards, narrowly « |
The deadline for the Sudler Prize, which carries a $1,500 cash award, is
missing NCAA cuts but scoring valu- FRIDAY, MARCH 2.
able points for her team. ee if youre
meteFeru earnsdt efiifnt h woans thsee v3e-nmteht ero n botahred s1,- ° The Sudler Prize is awarded to recognize excellence in performance, lcokingtac alaS I K
The UAA Championships were to _ execour ctompiosiotionn i,n o ne of the arts. These include, but are not limited
be the last chance for the Hopkins to, music, theater, dance, fiction, poetry, painting, drawing, sculpture,
divers to qualify for NCAAs. photography, film, or videotape. — Ore:f a entrust your
“In this meet we were looking not
| eyes to Wilmer.
to peak but to haveaclean meet where
To be eligible, you must be a senior in good academic standing and with
we could get people qualified and
sufficient credits to receive a degree at commencement in May 2001.
show our stuff,” said Rogers.
Lewis, the sole Hopkins male diver, itt
continued the strong Hopkins diving To compete for the Sudler Prize, submit the following to Ms. Julia Morgan,
tradition by placing first on both Sudler Prize Committee Coordinator, President’s Office, 242 Garland Hall: »
boards. His scores of 468.15 (1-meter) (1) a completed application form; (2) a letter of recommendation from a Seminars by Dr. Weinberg
Orme Sea,
and 484.4 (3-meter) also Gigs him Hopkins faculty member familiar with your work; (3) at least two examples of Weinberg. February 22,2 001
_ for NCAAs. work dong while you were a Hopkins student. You may also submit additional - 12:00- Wyman Park Medical Center, Room 302
His closest opponent on either evidence of artistic achievement, such as critiques or reviews of your work. 4:00- Homewood Campus, Sherwood Room
board was at least 10 points behind in
Call toll-free 1-888-945-6374 ext. 399
the final tally.
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