The Johns Hopkins University News-Letter, Volume 105, Number 23 (2001 April 12)

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Pace eean We Ic O 5a NESS H O P K
NEWS-LETTER
Vo ume CV, Issue 23 PUBLISHED SINCE 1896 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE JOHNS HopkINs UNIVERSITY Apri 12, 2001
Gilmars vision Johnson
prevents
probably didn’t realize
hisschool would define
the modern American funding
university. Today, as
the Johns Hopkins
University celebrates
the 125th anniversary
recall
of its official opening,
it remains among the
elite, with the ability to
shape higher education
during the next cen-
tury. BH Administration:
Whatthe University
would become, how- Johnson blocks Council
ever, was entirely un- from recovering money
known when Hopkins
revealed his intentions allocated to CultureFest.
to found it. He gave al-
Pies ’ most no direction re- BY LIZ STEINBERG
Johns Hopkins willed $3.5 million to both the garding his vision of THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letrer
- University and the Hospital in 1867. higher education to the
University’s original 12 trust- Associate Dean of Students Ralph
ANA ZAMPINO/NEWS-LETTER
This three-part News-Letter se- ees. But that ambiguity turned out to Johnson blocked Student Council’s A student was mugged in the parking lot behind the Inter-Faith Center. There is a security phone nearby.
ries examines three defining peri- bethe institution’s first strength, and attempt to recall $758.14 allocated to
ods in the Hopkins history. First, it was exploited to great success by Cultfuor rthee InsFanitey dsancte l ast Student robbed at gunpoint
we discuss the University’s found- Daniel Coit Gilman, who was inau- October. Council members claimed
ing, focusing on Johns Hopkins gurated as the first president of the that this move undermines the Stu-
_and Daniel Coit Gilman. Second, Johns Hopkins University on Feb, dent Activities Committee’s (SAC)
we will look at the Depression and 22, 1876. authorityt od etermine how fundsare |
World War II eras, a time of THE BENEFACTOR used. BY WILL ADAMS Inter-Faith Center. ing and called Security.
mounting deficits. Third, we will After CultureFest chairs refused THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LETTER One man walked quickly to her “Twas pretty calm,” the junior Arts
scrutinize Hopkins today and its Johns Hopkins was born on May to submit receipts detailing their ex- | and brandished a handgun. The stu- and Sciences major said. “It was just
plans for the future. 19,1795, onhis father’s tobacco plan- penses for an SAC audit, Council A female Johns Hopkins under- dent, who spoke on the condition of afterwards that I was freaking out.”
tation in Anne Arundel County. His voted on April 4 to recall the funds graduate left her apartment last Fri- anonymity, said she immediately gave Security responded to the scene,
BY TOM GUTTING childhood on the 500-acre farm was allocated to the group. day night at about 2 a.m. to drop her wallet to the second man. the student said, and also notified the
Tue JoHNs Hopxins News-Letter comfortable. All the work was done But when Council Assistant Trea- some mail in the postal box at the “You can go as long as you prom- Baltimore Police Department.
byslaves, which gave Johns — named surer Elise Roecker submitted a re- | corner of E. University Parkway and ise not to tell nobody,” the second “T don’t care where [the foot of-
When Baltimore merchant Johns for his great grandmother, Margaret quest to recall the funds, James Al- St. Paul Street. After she deposited man warned her. ficer] is,” said Sgt. Richard LeBrun of
Hopkins incorporated the univer- Johns — ample time to pursue his mond, budget student services the letters and walked back home, The two men fled with the Hopkins Security, “response time to
sity that bears his name-in 1867, he CONTINUED ON Pace AS coordinator, said he had received in two men approached her in the dark student’s keys and wallet, reported that type of incident is one to two
CONTINUED ON PAGE A3 parkliotn ogf t he Bunting-Meyerhoff Hopkins Security. The student minutes.”
sprinted back to her apartment build- CONTINUED ON PAGE A4
2001 SAC
Roberts discusses Real World
Dyson talks about
budget
BY JULIE TREMAINE Martin Luther King
THE JoHNs Hopkins News-LeTTER
approved Danny Roberts of MTV’s Real
World: New Orleans discussed his
experiences as “the token gay guy” BY MEGAN HIORTH
on the Real World as part of the Di- THE JOHNS HOPKINS
verse Sexuality and Gender Alliance News-LetTer
BY CHARLES DONEFER (DSAGA) Awareness Days.
THE JoHNs Hopkins News-LeTTER Roberts said he was disappointed The author and
that Real World producers put sucha scholar Dr. Michael Eric
The Student Activities Commis- strong emphasis on his sexual orien- Dyson spoke about the
distortion of Dr. Martin
sion (SAC) budget was passed unani- tation.
mously at Wednesday’s Student “Tt was disappointing to see [the Luther King, Jr.’s image
Council meeting. The $395,000 bud- producers] make such an issue out through commercialism
get was not open to amendment, only of being gay,” said Roberts. “I made and about the meaning
approval or disapproval, and was it very clear to them that I did not of King’s “dream” in
today’s society at the
passed unanimously by the SAC Gen- want to be just the gay guy on the
eighth annual Dr. Mar-
eral Assembly last week. show.”
Council President Anuj Mittal dis- According to Roberts, being gay tin Luther King Jr. con-
vocation on Tues., April
cussed the decision of Assistant Dean “(is] not that big of an issue, it’s not
of Students Ralph Johnson to refuse everything that I am.” 10.
Dyson said _ that
to allow a recall of CultureFest funds “Being gay does not have to be an
“[King’s] dream was
by Council. issue every single day,” he added. NOCK UBOL/NEWS-LETTER
Class of 2001 Representative Mar- “Some people forget that.” Danny Roberts objected to being the “token gay guy” onthe Real World. rooted in the American Michael Dyson authorCeHdU Na Gb ioLEgEr/aNpEhWyS -o fL EKTiTnEgR.
dream but was obscured
garet Richards questioned the alloca- He said that, since the show aired,
twihoinc h fowra s thaeb oCuotl l1e0g ep erRceepnutb loifc awnhsa,t hceo mhmausn ibteyc.o me an icon for the gay eatntjeonytsi ohne lpwiansg sottrheessrfsu lb, e bmuotr et hacto mh-e hinaspppiyre wpietohp lteh eitro lciovemse. ” out and to be by cKionmgm,e rcsaiiadl isDmy.s”o n, has come to cause of his political beliefs, said
the club requested. “T get a lot of letters and e-mails fortable with themselves. Being on the Real World, Roberts stand for “the very people that he Dyson.
VadSiAmC SCchhaiicrk aenxdp lCaoiunnecdi l thTarte atshuer earl- yaobouu th e‘lYpoeud’ vem e beceonm em y ouitns,p”i rahtei oenx,- to b“eI d[ia]d pfeerefl ectthi s[ riolmem emnosdee l]p refosrs uerve- shaeildp,e dw ahsi m a tog odoedv eleoxpp ear ineenwc et hetohrayt oppDoysesdo.n” contested the image of King portD ytshoen wasrai di nt hVati eKtinnagm ,d ida nndo t msaunpy-
location was smaller than the request plained. erybody,” hesaid. “It’stoo much pres- on life. as a “nice, safe Negro.” people called him “unpatriotic.” King
CONTINUED ON PAGE A4 Roberts said that this newfound sure ... [but] I do like the fact that I “To me, the key to happiness in “He was a challenging black man wasalso criticized for opposing Presi-
life is to relax,” he said. “Life is a hell who called upon his ... brothers and dent Johnson, he said.
Dale relates fight with Boy Scouts ofaloteasierand alot more fun ifyou sisters to fight against oppression,” “LBJ did more for African-
just relax, people.” said Dyson. American people since Lincoln,”
Roberts said that the show pro- According to Dyson, King was said Dyson. “For King to stand
vided him with a chance to reflect on threatened constantly and sacrificed against him was called political sui-
himself, but it was not an experience his personal safety for his beliefs. cide and took a lot ofp olitical cour-
with the Boy Dale said that he considers the Boy that he would repeat. “He was threatened every day of age.”
Scoaundt asbou t Scouts’ open disaffirmation policy “In the end it was a good experi- hislife,” said Dyson. “He puthis body Dyson said that people often for-
the state of gay dangerous because it encourages ence,” he said, “[{but] I still have the where his beliefs were.” get the beginning of King’s famous “I -
rights within young men to discriminate against feeling that I’m being watched.” Near the end of his life, King’s have a dream” speech, which criti-
America. ays. Roberts also-talked about his rela- popularity plummeted, and even the cized American society.
“Even today I Last April the Boy Scouts said CONTINUED ON PaGE A5 FBI turned bitterly against him be- CONTINUED ON PaGE A4
haven’t spoken being anti-gay is what they’re all
to the Boy Scouts about,” he said. “WheIn wa s eight, I INSIDE THIS ISS Ut
officially in 12 know! wasn’t goingt o Boy Scouts for
years,” he said. the conservative agenda.”
“It was a very According to Dale, the American HIDEO NOMO AT JHU? CONTENTS
lonely time. It people support gays more than in the Nope, but the Hopkins Baseball
was like a ma- past, but gays still do not get much team tossed a no-hitter last week.
chine kicked into support in politics. They’re now ranked No. 22 in the
gear.” “Many people are left feeling be- country. See how their opponents are
He described trayed by the Supreme Court, by the shaping up. Page Al2 Exposure
his struggles in political system [and] by a president Features
fighting against that signed in the two worst pieces of THE BIG HOUSE
the Boy Scouts legislation against the gay community It’s someplace that you probably
CHUNG LEE/NEWS-LETTER and said that it —theSame Sex Marriage Actanddon’t want to avoid: Baltimore’s Central
eh said the Court treated hisc ase appropriately. had beenhardon ask, don’t tell policy,” said Dale. Booking and Intake Center. You
him. Although gay rights have a long know what happens in prison, right?
BY DAVID CRANDALL “The truthis, this case hasw ornalot _ way to go, popular support for gay Yeah, steer clear. Page B1
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cussed “How the Boy Scouts Taught “To their credit, the Supreme Supreme Court, whehreel os this case place that you wouldn’t want to take
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Free course notes Students abroad face to
posted on Web
| BY LISA MACABASCO they told him, “Keep it down, students going overseas are warned “They should emphasize more’
| Datty CALIFORNIAN mates” or “Turn down the music.” about the dangers of consuming al- that drugs are so much more avail-
| (U. CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY) Steinberg was fortunate. cohol and using, selling and trans- able, and that one should be careful
Other students studying abroad porting drugs. if you have an addictive personal~{
(U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. — may not be so blessed when they are Although Kieling is concerned ity,” Thomas-Drake says. ny
. BY BRET HAYS their College of Letters and Science. | While studying in England, Jon penalized for their behavior which about students who get into trouble She admits, however, that it igs!
Daly PENNSYLVANIAN “We felt, back in 1997, that the | Steinberg was never arrested for could be considered customary in abroad, she considers the UC Ber- ultimately up to the student to de;
(U. PENNSYLVANIA) only effective way to really make a smoking pot, but other students the United States, but still, remains keley program fortunate for its in- cide how to behave. v4
step forward with respect to incorpo- | studying abroad are not always as illegal. frequent drug-related cases. “You can tell a child a stove isj)
(U-WIRE) PHILADELPHIA — rating the Web as a supplemental ba- lucky. “Students needt o remember that “In my 26 years with the pro- hot, but it’s up to them whether on
The Massachusetts Institute of Tech- sis for courses was to do it on a man- The University of California at they are not made of Teflon just gram, there have been feiwn cidents not they want to touch it,” she says,
nology last week announced an am- datorybasis, acrosstheboard,” UCLA | Berkeley senior frequently smoked because they carry a U.S. passport overseas with Berkeley Education Despite past problems with in-zy,
bitious 10-year plan to make most Director of College Information Ser- mariwjhilue laivinng ain t he Sussex and insurance,” says Joel Epstein, Abroad Program students getting ternational laws, some students feeh¢
course materials available for free on vices Eric Splaver said. University dorms in Brighton, En- an authority on alcohol and drug caught with drugs,” Kieling says. that foreign authorities are quite)
the Internet. “It was very clear to us that just to gland last year as part of UC use among American college stu- “We have been lucky here at Berke- lenient. dt
“MIT OpenCourseWare” will expect faculty to develop Web sites Berkeley’s Education Abroad Pro- dents abroad. ley.” Steinberg says school authorities}
publish lecture notes, assignments on their own, with their own re- gram. UC Berkeley students are no ex- Kieling has only encounteretdw o in England, for example, “basicallys;
and other information for every class. sources, was not going to be a very When police interrupted these ception. drug-related cases in her time with turned a blind eye” to student drug,
While professors will not be required effective means of making any ad- smoking sessions, instead of clamp- Jan Kieling, assistant director of the program. use, which he says is “rampant” inw
to post the materials, they will be vancement,” he added. ing down on him and his friends, the University’s program, says all She recalls an incident in whicha the country.
“strongly encouraged” to do so. student on the now-discontinued “I didn’t ever see anyone busted," 5
“We're doing everything that we Online sale of Plan B pill debated | Peru program was caught with co- Steinberg says. “You'd have to bes
can to ensure that people here will caine. The student spent time in jail really destructive or out-of-line tag
have the support they'll need to do before authorities deported him be arrested. Weed isn’t a drug, as
it,” said Patricia Richards of MIT’s back to the United States. far as they’re concerned.” For thoselJ
Lab for Computer Science. Police arrested another student who do get caught, however, them;
In a statement, MIT President _ BY TAMARA RIDDLE that it is another form of abortion. medical community as a whole. in Japan when officials intercepted consequences can land students imjj
Charles Vest described the project as THE DaiLy Couacar (U. Houston) According to Planned Parenthood, Pro-life activists argue that ift he pill a package sent to him from Thai- hot water. 9}
“a natural marriage of American it will not effect an existing pregnancy, were made widely available, teenage land that contained hashish, Kieling Japah, for example, comes down
higher education and the capabilities (U-WIRE) HOUSTON — AI- nor will it cause an abortion. girls would be able to buy it without says. hard on drug offenders. Suspectsy!
of the World Wide Web.” though the “morning-after pill” can Late last year, the American Medi- parental involvement, even in states He was eventually released with are held without bail and are not
The project is expected to cost the now be purchased online, patients cal Association asked the Federal where parents must be notified when a warning, but Kieling suspects that allowed to see visitors or correspond,y
Cambridge, Mass. institution about | who acquire the pill may not be get- Drug Administration to consider their daughters are having abortions. the officials were lenient because with anyone besides al awyer or cons
$100 million over 10 years. | ting the straight facts, said the chief making the contraceptive available “Selling things over the counter is the end of the program was ap- sular officer until after indictment,
While the University of Pennsyl- | nurse of the University of Houston over the counter, arguing the pill is only as honest as the place selling it,” proaching. Officials barred the stu- which can take several weeks. i
vania has not initiated a formal plan | Health Center. ’ considered safe and effective by the Hoffmeister said. dent from ever returning to Japan. Singapore has a mandatory
for online course materialslMiIkT’es , | Pamella Hoffmeister said patients Kelli Thomas-Drake, a UC Ber- death penalty for many narcotics,
Penn’s Student Committee on Un- | need to be educated about the medi- U. Hawaii faculty wage keley senior who studied at Kent cases, and the death penalty cari
dergraduate Education recently pro- cation. Universityi n England last year, feels also be imposed for drug convic-
posed such a plan in its 2001 White “Talking face to face is always bet- university officials are not doing tions in Iran, Algeria, Malaysia andyj
Paper on Undergraduate Education. | ter,” she said. ss e ks enough. Turkey. ‘ol
“Every department and course | The emergency contraceptive | sled
taught at the University should have | Previn, commonly called the “morn- SCUSSION conti A mes THE JOHNS HOP KIN S aw
a Web page and should be subject to ing-after pill” or Plan B, is available NEWS-LETTER -
minimum standards,” the document on the Web sites for Planned Parent-
said. hood Georgia and Illinois, as well as BY JENNIFER HUMPHREY Yuen said he is confused because
Some Penn professors have al- |o n the medical site http:// | Ka Leo O Hawan some oft he faculty are not teaching ‘ : ; 1 2
ready launched sites similarto MIT’s. | www. VirtualMedicalGroup.com. class, but still want the students to PUBLISHED SINCE 1896 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE JOHNS Hopkins UNIVERSITY le
Lyle Unga aprofress,or in the School The pill prevents ovulation or, if (U-WIRE) HONOLULU -— do the work on time, and that is EDITORIALBOA 2p
of Engineering and Applied Science, | that has occurred, it will block the |T houghsunburnedwithachingfeet, contradictory. peat atc) ha
posts the lecture notes, lab notes, fertilized egg from implantation. The University of Hawaii faculty “Right now, they are breaking
Editors-in-Chief Tom Gutting, Chris Langbein®?
homeworks, announcements and drug must be taken within 72 hours avoided the classroom for a second their responsibilities to the stu-
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grades for his courses on the Internet. of sexual intercourse to work. day on Friday, as they continued to dents,” he said. Business Manager Patrick Deem, Jrab
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“At some level, the value we pro- | dents at the Health Center is routine, | some faculty staying for longer pe- have the supporto ft hecommunity, | Classifieds Editor Jack Li
vide at Penn or at MIT is not just the | she said. riods of time. as well. é — 3 7
slides we produce; that’s the unim- If a student requests the contra- “I’d rather be teaching,” read a Despain and Fischer both said Photography Editors Chung Lee, Ana Zampino
portant part,” Ungar said. “The im- | ceptive, she is required to have an | sign held by one faculty member communitymembers have dropped Copy Editors Sabina Rogers, Julia Schiesel
portant part is the interaction.” office visit with a physician, where a walking the picket line. off food and water for the faculty.
“Putting the material online costs pregnancy test will be administered “Lecturers cannot live on bread She said faculty members remain ' Special Editions/Focus Editors Charles Donefer, Natalya Minkovsky |
no money. Preparing the material, if and a prescription may be written. alone” was painted onto the top of positive while on the picket lines,
you count all the time everyone at The cost for the procedure isless than Don Dugal’s umbrella. Dugal is a despite no one wanting to be there. News Editors Jeremiah Crim, Liz Steinberg
Penn spends preparing our class ma- $45. A follow-up visit is always en- lecturer in the art department. In addition to the faculty, com-
Features Editors Shannon Shin, Michael Spector
terials ... that’s the hard, expensive couraged, she said. Overall, faculty seemed moti- munity and students also have lined
part,” Ungar said. The center also has other forms of | vated and in good spirits while they _ the streets, showing their support | Sports Editors David Gonen, David Pollack
Richards said the majority of | birth control available, and does not | walked the line, but that will not for the faculty. i Te ;
MIT’s costs would come from sup- | recommentdh e “morning-aftpeirll ” | last, said Joel Fischer, from the Lt. Gov. Mazie Hirono visited eos Matt O’Brien, Caroline Saffer |
port services for the project. as a routine method of birth control. School of Social Work. the faculty on Thursday, and Rich- | Science Editor Brian Kim
“Both the technical support and Currently, the Web site for Planned The lines have been cordial so ard Port, the former chairman of :
the production support, you can | Parenthood Houston isn’t providing | far, he said, but felt that things will the democratic partyi nH awaii,wa s | Opinions Editor Kathy Cheung
imagine that it’s a huge project, and | the drug online, though patients:can | get worse the longer the strike lasts. on the lines Friday. Rvents Editor i chelle Fenster
nothing else,” she said. obtain it through the clinic. Fisher said he is disappointed “I’m here to show support for Michelle Fenste
The idea of putting information Any patient requesting the con- that all other unions have received university professors,” he said. “I | Electronic Editions Editor Andrew Pinzler
-~- onevery course onlineisnothingnew | traceptive online is required to fill higher increases than the state is think they’re asking for a reason-
re oa higher education. The UCLA’sIn- | outan application that asr eveNes by | offering the peeps He said the goy- ps eae Systems Manager Jason Gordon
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‘idea periments but wishes students He called the strike symbolic, and
would not cross. said he is frustrated with the politi- Gy, Rs.» STAFFWRITERS
He said that Ka Leo employees cal regime that hasn’t supported _. Ashita Batavia, Eric Bein, Sharon Braune, Adrian Breeman, Jeff
BY DREW M. HARMON with the new bill. crossing the line to publish the pa- education. Chang; Zainab Cheema, David Choi, Mahnu Davar, Robert Davies, Etti
THE STATE NEWS “DNA is very precise,” per weaken the effect of the strike, Irene Jacinto, a student major- Eckstein, Dave Fishman, Richard J. Hagerman, Aaron Glazer, Barkha
~~. (Micuican State U.) Wriggelsworth said. “I believe that as they are non-essential workers. ing in business management sup- Gurbani, Sheryl Kane, Erin Kilian, Jessica Kronish, Matt Kroot, Yong
this will help keep as many innocents LaRene Despain, a professor in ports the strike and the professors. Kwon, Antonia Lee, Marcus Leung-Shea, Chris Lui, Daniel MacNeil,
(U-WIRE) MASON, Mich. — out of jail as it does put guilty people the English department, said that “I support the professors and Jorden Manasse, Robin Mohapatra, Andy Moskowitz, Jessica Myers;
State legislators and Ingham County into them.” overall the students have been very hope they get what they deserve,” -Brandom Nielsen, Jeff Novich, Armand Oei, Jane Park, Margo Pietras,
law officials revealed a new bill Mon- Wriggelsworth, Dunnings and supportive of the strike, but knows Jacinto said. Lindsey Saxe, Jason 1SS hahinfar, Natalie Shapero, Lauren Shevchik,
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. Michigan. criminal records prior to.a rape or At least one student is already and works on campus.
The bill, written by state murder conviction. They all hope if worried andq uestiwohny tshi s hap- Exercise sports science student H eae HOTOGRAPHERS
e4t4 444R8e prestentative VirgBernero,D-Lan- approved, the bill would help stop | pened. Melanie Migita also supports the ony Martin, Nock Ubol
sing, would change a state law that criminals from moving into more “T think they deserve a raise, I professors but attended her classes - COPYSTAFF
collects DNA samples from certain dangerous violations after being con- just don’t like the strike,” Derek during the strike. WEBSTAFF
categories of offenders, such as con- victed of a lesser crime. “Cap” Yuen said. “I felt guilty coming to school, so |D aisy Bang, Teresa Matejovsky Max Smolens
victed murderers and rapists. “Those guilty of predatory crimes Yuen crossed the picket line, and I snuck around the picketers,”
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THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter A3
NEWS
Alleyne talks about | Council, Johnson dispute funding recall
mental illness, U.N.
CONTINUED FROM Pace Al opposed the recall, he did not indicate ing recall first came up, and Execu- say that they are hoping that
structions from Johnson notto process that he would stop it. tive Treasurer and SAC Chair Vadim CultureFest will settle the issue by
_i t. “I don’t think that was very profes- Schick initially requested to see presenting receipts from Insanity.
BTHYE JJEOSHSNIsC AH opKkRiOnsN INSeHw s-LeTTER are]I ns icakd.d”i tion, he said that men- | wCiutlht“ uLrwae aFsre esqttuo]el ds tt thoar te rcieaffl e[lriC nogut nhcfeiumln ]d sbc aac[mkfe r otimon soiounJatlo htnosfheoinml tcloo nigtorn aadobgifovtcueit mesedp, r”ao Mtsihotactioeadll ’Masiw tdittaahc l--. atChueul tduSrAieCFot efs stwtah’ ses Clcoeoudnngcdeiurlcs tgiirnn ogJu apnssu yaasrntyde mwafhtueinncd c{aClull“itSnutgru edFemenostnt e yCo,oru” n cOisMla SidAd o]e Rsone’cctok uellrdi. k e jur“seI-tf
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said Roecker. not foresee taking [the recalled funds} Charles St. into the Student Arts Cen- trying to hide,” he said.
(J}HUMUNC) opening
ceremonies. Johnson, who declined to attend out of my budget, so where [are they] ter, Franco claimed. “Some Council members felt the
the April 4 Council meeting to discuss going to come from?” Johnson said he “Eventually, it became really obvi- issue had not been dealt with in a fair
Alleyne argued that
mental health should the issue, refused to comply with felt that Mittal should have interpreted ous that they weren’t giving it to us,” manner by Johnson.
become a focus of the Council’s request, claiming that they his intent from this statement. she said. “They were being really, really “It’s just really a shame that the
did not have the jurisdiction to con- Mittal said he did notinterpret what difficult about it.” special circumstances of OMSA al-
United Nations, saying
duct the audit of CultureFest, which is Johnson said as a threat to stop the Rahman declined to comment for low that office to stop [the] transac-
that the greatest chal-
not an SAC group. recall. thisarticle. Herco-chair, Krishan, could tion,” said Mittal.
lenge for the U.N. af-
He maintained that once the funds “If there’s an action that’s going to not be reached. Franco added, “|Johnson] lets
ter the Cold Waris cre- were allocated to CultureFest, they be- be taken as definitive as [this], itshould Johnson became involved once [some student groups] bend the
ating a “healthier
came partof the Office of Multicultural be stated and not insinuated,” he said. Mittal and Schick came to his office to rules.”
world.” Student Affairs’ (OMSA)budget, which request to see CultureFest’s budget. Both Franco and Mittal expressed
“(The U.N.] should ONGOING PROBLEM
isunder his direction, and that Council dismay regarding Johnson’s treat-
see the health struggle RESOLUTION?
lost all claims to them. He would not let Jamie Franco, who was assistant ment of the issue and student groups
as within its mandate,”
the transaction proceed. treasurer when thep ossibiolfia ftuynd - At this point, members of Council in general.
he said.
Johnson said that because Council
Alleyne said that the did not issue CultureFest the full YOUR HEALTH eT RICELESS.
U. N. should focus
amount needed to fund Insanity, the
more on mental stabil- LIZ STEINBERG/NEWS-LETTER
Alleyne spoke at Shriver Hall last Thursday. Council does not have the right to see
ity after natural disas- the group’s ledgers. EAT RIGHT.
ters. Student Council President Anuj
Citing the recent earthquake in the role of “confessor” should direct Mittal maintained that if CultureFest
India as an example, he said that them to treatment, he said. did not spend the full $1,658 that had
mental stability of citizens hadt o be People must also “pay attention to been budgeted for Insanity, the group
ensured before the country could advertisements,” he said. should return to Council the funds that
be rebuilt. Alleyne explained that aspects of weren’t spent.
“You have to mentally rehabilitate mental illness such as alcoholism Johnson said that Council’s doubts
first,” he said. and addiction are often glamorized should have been satisfied because he
Alleyne also discussed the stigma in advertisements. told Mittal that Insanity had cost much
attached to mental illness, as well as He said that, to ensure mental more than the amount allocated by
solutions for coping with it. health, people must realize that these Council. Johnson did not remember,
He explained that people once felt problems are symptomatic of mental however, how much had been spent.
that there was “no biochemical basis” illness and must pay more attention Mittal argued that the amount allo-
for mental disorders and instead to them. cated by Council was contingent on the
blamed the sufferers. Mental illness Alleyne added that he would like total cost of the dance. He said that SATISEY VOR SOUL.
was viewed as an “act of God for the mental health treatmentt o focus more Council did not allocate the $758.14 to
evil,” he said. on addiction, especially youth addic- pay for any specific items but to cover BREAKFAST « LUNCH ¢« DINNER
Despite the disabling effects of tion. the difference between the funding that
mental illness, Alleyne argued that Neil Bhayani, secretary-general of CultureFest already had and what they 6)S CATNN Om O10) oho d= to PaO) ACTA NN | ORO) 0)( 0) => e\ Otto) 1OBOalR at om
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of society.” speech. “If only $1,300 was spent on the
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He added that families can cope “He was a phenomenal speaker event then it would be logical to assume
with illness if they seek appropriate and hadaloto fv ery interesting points that our moneys were not used as in- OFFICE MEETINGS, PRIVATE PARTIES
counseling and refuted the myth that of view on a lot of pressing issues,” tended,” Mittal explained.
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THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LeETTER April 12, 2001
NEWS
SAC may be running a deficit
NEWSBRIEFS
re i Tt - - er
Urban experts issue
really hard,” Elaine Freeman, a contto rthe ionsebtanud intitieal p ro- |
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Jill Bloom, a Sinai spokeswoman, ceedings of the National Academy of asked for money to pay for three records. was the state of the Hopkins Organi
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to get this settled.” bizarre physical behavior. Changes in lieved was not appropriate to ing the $758.14 requested from be located by Saturday, that a new
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The report wasa result of five days’ the three hospitals. Its contracts ex- Copyright 2001 The New York Times quest to see CultureFest’s financial to Schick, there are $9,000 in loans and the Programming Board, an ac
worth of study by more than 50 ex- pired Dec. 1. Company records. Mittal said that he wrote a payable to the SAC currently out- tion that would require a change to
perts from 24 countries. All at one Key issues in the bargaining are standing. The SAC balance is cur- the Council’s bylaws. Copies of the
time had been fellows at the Johns wages, pensions and ground rules for Suspects unknown rently $6,000. proposed changes were circulated by
Hopkins University Institute for union efforts to represent additional Schick also said about the Mittal.
Policy Studies, according to Sandra J. departments. CultureFest funds controversy, “I Class of 2004 President Rob
Newman, the institute’s director. The union is seeking pay for all thinkit’s absolutely ridiculous what’s ert Alleman said that, his peti-
The assembled experts reviewed
workers of at least $10 an hour. happening now.” tion drive to restore the volley-
topics including redevelopment of The lowest-paid workers are cur- | CONTINUED FROM PAGE Al near the center was a few weeks ago Council approved Ashita Batavia ball court to the freshman quad
the city’s housing stock, industrial
rently paid $7.52. Hopkins said it BPD, the student said, took 30 when 11 teenage boysaskedastudent | forthe Ethics Boardand Dorit Radzin was not going as smoothly as
_ areas and west side of downtown,a s has offered an across-the-board | minutes to arrive, leaving little hope for money and then, “smacked the | for Curriculum Committee. Council planned.
well as stabilization of vulnerable raise of 3 percepluns tlar,ge r raises that the suspects will be appre- guy in the face,” said LeBrun. also approved Virginia Lee and Ja- “A lot of people like the grass,”
neighborhoods and promotion of for the lowest-paid workers. Un- hended. The area is secured by a security son Shahinhar as Chairs of the Film said Alleman.
entertainment and leisure develop-
der the Hopkins offers, the lowest The student dropped her mail in officer on patrol in Charles Village
ment.
pay would be $8.20 for new em- | the box. As she walked the half-block between 5 p.m. and 1 a.m. In addi- eT TE ES VAL REN SET SE
They then lookedat the 16-month-
ployees, rising to $8.70 after a year back to her residence, she said, the tion, Security has an emergency
old administration of Mayor Martin on the job. two men approached her. phone station in the vicinity, said STUDENT COUNCIL ATTENDANCE, APRIL 11, 2001
O'Malley to see ifi ts policies address
Moore said the issue goes beyond The two suspects are reportedly LeBrun.
what they believe needs to be done.
the workers involved. “You’ve got a black males and dressed in black The student said that she feels bet-
see “Itth’es ihnitgrhi gudienggr eea ndo f grcaotnigfryuinegn ceto very poor city,” he said. “You’ve clothes. The one who displayed the ter every day after the incident, but || EPrxeesciudteinvte AOnffuijc eMrist tal 662-4992 Present
got a world-class institution that gun is approximately 5°10” and has a will seek help from University coun- | VP Institutional Relations Greg Wu 516-2595 ABSENT
between their views and current city
appears to do much for the rest of | thin build. The second suspect, who selors. VP Administration Haroon Chaudhry 467-3775 ABSENT
policy and practice,” Newman said. the world. What it does here is im- stands about 5’7”, was heavyset. “I believe it was an isolated inci- Secretary Manish Gala 516-3229 Present
In all the areas, the experts said, city portant.” As a large employer, he LeBrun said that the area around dent,” she said. “Ishouldn’thave been Treasurer Vadim Schick 662-9733 Present
policies should — and often do —
said, Hopkins “helps set a standard the Interfaith center tends to be safe. outlate. Ic ould have been more care- Class of 2001
capitalize on Baltimore’s unique at- that other employers can work to- The only recent crime reported ful.” President Margaret Richards 235-6813 Present
tributes, such as its waterfront, in ward.” Vice President Kristin Marconi 662-9555 ABSENT
steering development. Copyright 2001 The Baltimore Sun. Secretary/Tresurer Ramesh Singa 443-831-3657 ABSENT
Copyright 2001 The Baltimore Sun Dyson, biographer, Representative Steven Chang 243-4894 Present
Representative Nakul Kapoor 662-7513 Present
Virus may contribute
Representative Eva Chen 235-2143 Present
Number ofj obs in
to cases of Class of 2002
nonprofit sector rise describes life of MLK President Stephen Goutman 889-3421 Present
schizophrenia Vice President Shanu Kohli 889-7236 Present
Secretary/Treasurer Olivia Elee 889-8802 » Present
Representative Katherine Dix 516-2567 _oPresent
More than 55,000 people — Representative Henry Huang 516-2251 Present
nearly triple the amount who work Bioft gesnet ic code resemblinvgi - CONTINUED FROM Pace Al ulty and Staff Association. Representative Priya Sarin 366-7766 ABSENT
in the chemical industry and more ral genes were found in the cere- “Before he got to the dream, he This event was organized by the
Class of 2003
than double the number of coal min- brospinal fluid and brain tissue of articulated the nightmare,” said Office of Multicultural Student Af- President Andy Woo 516-3501 Present,
ers — worked for a private non- schizophrenics ina study released on Dyson. “He said, ‘We’reona maroon fairs and the Black Faculty and Staff Vice President Andy Gettens 516-3664 ABSENT |
profit organization in West Virginia Monday that provides compelling island of poverty in the midst ... ofa Association. Secretary/Treasurer Lili Daniali 261-1842 Present? |
. in 1999, a report to be released to- evidence a virus may contribute to sea of material prosperity.” Dyson published a biography on Representative Priti Dalal 516-3754 Present ©» |
| day says. some cases of the devastating mental Dyson also said that King spent King in January 2000 entitled I May RReepprreesseennttaattiivvee SYaogtaarm ThGaokreern 541463--3622714- 4609 APrBeSseEnNtT. .
. Researchers from Johns Hopkins illness. the last three years of his life speaking Not Get There With You: The True
« University found that 8.2 percent of A research team led by a Johns about radical redistribution. Martin Luther King, Jr. Class of 2004 haadt
« the state’s work force, or nearly one Hopkins School of Medicine scien- “[King] felt we should side with An African-American, religious President Bob Alleman 516-5927 Present’
¢. in every 12 employees, works in the tist examined a group of 35 Ger- the poor in America,” he said. “The and cultural studies scholar, Dyso . Vice President Simone: Chen 516-5660 PPrreesseenntt. .«
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Those figures mirror those in a-retrovirus in the cerebrospinal example-of critiquing American-so- Oprah. if S; FU OG ; OF f
Maryland, home of Johns Hopkins fluid of 29 percent of subjects with ciety.
andthe first state studied by the group. newly diagnosed acute schizophre- “View [American society] through
“The findings were pretty amaz- nia. It also was found in 7 percent of skepticism,” he said. “We as critical
ing” in Maryland, Dewees said. those with a chronic form of the African-Americans must acknowl-
“Nonprofits make up about 8.5 per- disease. edge that leaders do not have to be
cent of the total employees and it’s In contrast, the retroviral genes perfect to be useful. We must realize
growing faster than the private sec- were not presin tehen brtain s or cere- that we’re not perfect.”
tor. We think that’s happening na- brospinal fluid of healthy people ex- Maintaining a skeptical attitude
tionally.” amined or people with other types of allows people to understand that
Dewees said she presented neurological illnesses. King’s dream “is the vision toward
Maryland’s nonprofit figures at a “Tt certainly suggests that viruses which we look,” said Dyson. “Many
conference last year and asked are involved in the process,” lead re- believe it’s already here.”
_ other states to provide data. West searcher Dr. Robert Yolken saidin an Dyson also discussed some of the
_Virginia, in particular Ed interview. “At this point, whether the negative aspects of King’s character
' Merrifield of the state Bureau of Em- virus is causing some of the cases of and defended the inclusion of this
. ployment Programs, was the first to schizophrenia or whether it’s acti- information in his publications.
* respond. vated during the process, we don’t “There is evidence of King’s pla-
' Among the findings of the West actually know.” giarism and promiscuity,” he said. “I
: Virginia study: Essentially, scientists found the can’t leave those details out of my
_ Nonprofit employment is spread virus at the scene oft he crime, but book. I can’t putin the good stuffand
_ across the state, not just in urban ar- are struggling to figure out leave out what I don’t like.”
. eas. whether it is the perpetrator or an This evidence does not make
More than half the jobs are in innocent bystander. If viruses are King’s dream any less valuable, said
_ health services — hospitals, nursing found to bea cause of schizophre- Dyson.
' and personal care homes and clinics. nia, Yolken said antiviral thera- “Even a great figure who is flawed Thi ier ma aa eae TL. May 2%=Tuly a, 200)
: About a quarter of the jobs are in pies could prove effective in treat- is still a great figure,” he said. “All of
» legal and social services. ing a disorder that condemns us have some moral ethical flaw.”
» Nonprofit wages are similar to about 1 percent of people to a Those in attendance seemed to summer Scomiog Ll: fuly S<Auguar 17. 2001
: those in for-profit jobs in fields where world of delusions. enjoy the speech.
‘ nonprofits and for-profits compete, The researchers said the greater “{Dyson] has one manner of en- Treyeiseractom hepirrs Aredt a, ma
‘ such as hospitals. frequency of retroviral genes found couraging you to consider your posi-
: Copyright 2001 The Charleston Ga- in patients with newly diagnosed in- tion in a world that still does not live
* zette steofac hrdoni c schizophrenia hinted up to the dream,” said Martha
that the activation of these genes may Egerton, president of the Black Fac-
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and nonunion workers from other
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Apri 12, 2001 THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LetTTER A5
NEWS
In the beginning,
there was Gilman Roberts describes
life on “Real World”
CONTINUED FROM Pace Al Whathis vision ofa university was, European schools, particularly teach, and the careful bestowal of aca-
Studies.
and how he envisioned the Johns those in Germany, were attracting demic honors are always understood
The Quaker family’s easy life came Hopkins University, is completely American scholars and students pre- to beamong the university functions.
to a halt, though, once their church unknown. And the instructions in his cisely because they tried to achieve The pupils are supposed to be wise CONTINUED FROM PAGE Al received enough public attention in
banned slavery in 1807. By 1812, at will for setting the school up are sur- more advanced study. enough to select and mature enough | tionship with amemboefr th e United the past.
age 17, Johns went to work for his prisingly vague. The second development was that to follow the courses they pursue.” | States military. “T come across people all the time
uncle, Gerard Hopkins, a Baltimore The only specific directions Daniel Coit Gilman, then-president For 125 years, generations of fac- “Paul and I have to be very careful that have no clue that [don’t ask,
merchant. Hopkins left was to provide schol- of the University of California, ulty and students have pursued when we go out in public,” he said, don’t tell] is the military’s stanceo n
A few years later, after a failed arships to poor children from Vir- emerged as the man to lead the new Gilman’s ideal. stressing that, if anyone discovered [homosexuals],” Roberts said.
courtship of his cousin, Elizabeth, ginia, Maryland and North Caro- institution. Eliot, White and Angell | that his friend is gay, he would be “These are very intelligent people
and a business disagreement with lina — the three states from which all independently named him as the Books used to research this article | dishonorably discharged from the that should know that just don’t
his uncle, Johns undertook his first he had amassed most of his money; best candidate, and the trustees include: military. know. This is a forum to talk about
independent enterprise. For three he also forbade using the donation agreed. * Daniel Coit Gilman by Abraham Roberts said that he still has a posi- things like that.”
years, he and partner Jonathan to pay for buildings or current ex- While Gilman was happy with his Flexner | tive outlook on their relationshiapn d Roberts spoke at the Johns
Moore, a fellow Quaker, ran the penses. situation in California, he couldn’t * Histoorfy th e University Founded noted thatall relationshahvei psosm e Hopkins University as part of a col-
Hopkins and Moore wholesale com- Johns Hopkins died on Christmas resist the temptation to form an en- by Johns Hopkins by John C. French | problems. lege tour thathe describeda“sa n open
pany. Eve in 1873. His will left $3.5 million tirely new university. The situation * Pioneer: A History of the Johns “People expect relationships to be forum to talk about issues.”
The partnership dissolved after each to the new Johns Hopkins Uni- was perfect, as Gilman biographer Hopkins University, 1874-1889 by | perfect,” he said, “but we watch too “Real World” is a show that
Moore claimed Johns had too great a versity and Johns Hopkins Hospital. Abraham Flexner wrote, “He had no Hugh Hawkins | much TV.” documents the lives of seven strang-
love for money, and Hopkins re- The University’gsif tc onsistofe Bdk O opposition to overcome, no vested + Johns Hopkins: Portrait of aU ni- The issue of gays in the military, ers who are selected to live together
formed his company into Hopkins Railroad stock and Clifton, Hopkins’ interest to combat, no tradition to versity by John C. Schmidt | said Roberts, is one that has not in a house.
Brothers. Soon, with the help of summer estate. It was the single larg- defy.”
three brothers he had recruited as est philanthropic donation everat that Gilman’s most important job was
salesmen, Johns had a booming time. to attract faculty. The University, he Experience Boston University’s excellence this summer
business, and his fortune began to But what the University would wrote, needed to “give instruction of with our more than 550 classes ranging from the traditional
grow. become was completely unknown. a superior character in mathematics,
to the innovative. Join us to explore a new
Early in the company’s history, sciences and language, should be the
GILMAN TAKES OVER
Johns would gladly accept moonshine first object of our care. To this de- interest, earn course credit, or accelerate your studies.
in exchange for goods. He would The original 12 trustees of the partmentwe hoped that studentwsh o
rebottle it and sell it under the label University met only once — in 1870 had already been taught in other col-
SESSION 1: May 22 — June 30
“Hopkins’ Best.” — before Johns Hopkins’ death in leges, would be drawn by the emi-
As his wealth mounted, the usu- 1873. Because of the limited guidance nence oft he professors and the excel- SESSION 2: July 3— August 11
ally cautious Hopkins made his most provided in Hopkins’ will, the trust- lent opportunities for advanced study 12-WEEK SESSION: May 22 - August 11
bold investment: He bought large ees had broad power to shape the face to be afforded in Baltimore.”
amounts of stock in the Baltimore of the new university. Seafror fcacuhlty iwasna tegdio us,
Summerat ,
and Ohio Railroad and shortly be- They moved cautiously before often frustrating process, but it
came its largest shareholder. making major decisions. Buildings yielded a strong, mostly young group
The gamble paid off, and by 1847, along Howard Street in downtown of professors from around the world
Hopkins was one of the company’s Baltimore were purchased to serve as that propelled the University through Boston
directors. In 1855, he became chair- the first campus. its first 25 years.
man of B&O’s finance committee, a The trustees conferred at length Among the early faculty were now-
position he held until his death. with presidents of other universities familiar names: physicist Henry &
By 1867, Hopkins was a rich man, — most notably Charles Eliot of Rowland, classicist Basil Gildersleeve,
with a fortune estimated at about $7 Harvard, Andrew White of Cornell chemist Ira Remsen and mathemati-
million. That year, after the dedica- and James Angell of the University of cian J.J. Sylvester, who, at 62, was the
tion of the Peabody Institute, Johns Michigan. elder statesman of the bunch.
drew up his will. It called for the foun- Two things quickly became clear. Gilman had successfully brought
dation of a university and hospital. First, The Universitwyas not focused group of professors that would shape
Public health was an obvious con- on a college, that is, undergraduate Johns Hopkins as a university, not a
cern to Hopkins. Baltimore had been education. It was designed to pro- college focusing on undergraduates.
plagued by epidemics throughoutthe mote faculty research and graduate It was a special problem that he ac-
course of his life. He left specific in- study. That made the European uni- knowledged in his inaugural address
structions regarding how to develop versity model desirable for the trust- on Feb. 22, 1876, the University’s of- 617/353-6000 |B bLO K Rw ON
the hospital, keeping public health in ees. ficial opening.
mind at all times. “Tbelieve myself that itis the inter- “The University is a place for the [email protected] UNIVERSITY
But Hopkins’ motivations for est of the country to breed men thor- advanced special education of youth
www.bu.edu/summer SUMMERT A
founding a university are clouded in oughly instructed in something,” who have been prepared for its free-
mystery, though some speculate that Eliot told the trustees on a visit to dom by the discipline of a lower
he wanted to follow his close friend Baltimore in June 1874. “That our school,” Gilman said. “But while
BOSTON UNIVERSITY is BOSTON’S UNIVERSITY
George Peabody’s example of estab- institutions... confine themselves too forms and methods vary, the free-
lishing a institute of higher learning. much to producing an average man.” dom to investigate, the obligation to —
Hopkins Thanks
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THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter
LNies Etu 5 WySO G-HENLES EHT O TP EK 1R SEIU fights for basic equality
PUBLISHED SINCE 1896 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE JOHNS HopKINs UNIVERSITY
critical matter in Balti- more, the Hospital projects a profit of partially built on the backs of their ser-
EDITORIAL more requires that we $13 million this year, so the requested vice workers? Rather than exploit the
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Johnson should let student marked the d33ertd aainlni.vWeersdanrye sodfa tyhe csaasntiet atsiyosnt ewmo rokeftrh ses trSuogugtlhe:d aTghaeiyn stw etrhee iotn beer amceo re— bienn Eeafsitc iBala lttiom opruet, aw oliutltlden ’btit
death of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. all low-income African-American more into household incomes there?
groups handle disagreements cOanl lyA pkirlilel4d ,w 1h9i6l8e, hRee vw.a s Khelipiwnnag s tgsrtargi ik-- service workers, while the power of JMoohrneso vHeorp,k inthse opfufibcliiacls ,s tlaiktee mtehnotsse
of Hospital VP for Human Resources.
ing sanitation workers in Memphis NIKOLEBENDERS&
Pamela Paulk are disturbing. At the
win a fair contract. For King, the
struggle for civil rights was inextrica- March 15strike, when Rev. Jesse Jack-
VIKRAMKAMBAMPATI son came to invoke the spirit of the
bly bound to the struggle for labor
rights and economic justice. Today, civil rights movement and to offer to
For once, we agree with Student Council. ministrator, especially one who operates King’s legacy compels us to call at- Guest EDITORIAL mediate, Ms. Paulk told him that the
Their request to examine receipts from under the auspices of Homewood Student tention to the situation of the Johns wpolrokyemresn to ugath tJ otho nbse gHroaptkeifunls ,f ors ienmc-e :
Hopkins Hospital workers.
CultureFest’s Insanity eventis perfectly jus- Affairs. Last December 1, the contract be- structure was mostly wealthy and most of them have no more than an_
tified. It makes sense that, after giving tween the Service Employees Inter- white. Today, the similarities are un- eighth-grade education. Isn’t this race.
Since Johnson oversees the Office of national Union (SEIU) and the hos- deniable. Over 95 perceonftt h e strik- and class-based elitism symptomatic
money to another student organization for Multicultural Student Affairs (OMSA), pital expired. After decades of ing service workers are African- of the administration’s attitude —
a specific purpose, Council would want to which directs CultureFest, he is clearly dis- stagnating sub-poverty wages for di- American. Two-thirds of Johns tHhoaptk ithnes wodrekciedress dtehseeyr vgee tw? hOavte rJ oh10n0s. ,
rect patient care and critical support Hopkins Hospital service workers live
make sure that the funds were used appro- playing a conflict of interest and a prefer- services, these hospital workers called in poor neighborhoods, as defined by years ago the legal manifestations of ,
priately. ence towards an organization in his own for anew contract that includes a $10 the U.S. Census Bureau, and halflive in this attitude were supposed to have
living wage, a pension they can afford the East Baltimore neighborhoods sur- ended. Over 30 years ago Rev. King
So when CultureFest refused to provide charge. This is a serious breach of profes- to live on and a fair process in which rounding the hospital campus. Sixty- fought against its remnants in the
receipts for Insanity, it also makes sense sional conduct. wciot-hwoourtk ermsa ncaagn emdeecnitd e itnot jeorifenrae nucnei.o n tehnroeue gphe rtcoe nqtu aloiff ty hfeomr feoaordn sitnacmopmse. lBoew- Suogultyh .h eBaudt awgea ifni.n dP ethrahtaipt si s trheea rrienag liittsy.
that Council wanted to recall the money. Even more fundamentally, Johnson's ac- tween 1997 and 1999 thehospital’scom- of this attitude is why City Council- ,
pensation to workers increased only man Norman Handy once declared_
After all, that’s what StuCo procedure dic- tivities have displayed a lack of trust in the
Isn't this race and class- 3.7 percent, whereas Hospital Presi- that Johns Hopkins operates like a*
tates. abilities of student groups and their leaders dent Ronald Peterson’s increased 17.5 plantation. '
What doesn’t make sense, however, is the to resolve simple disputes themselves. Cer- based elitism percent to $689,180. Moreover, Johns That is a very serious charge. We ,
Hopkins Hospital ranks 37th out of 48 want to be part of an institution that .
behavior of Associate Dean Ralph Johnson. tainly, if CultureFest could have reacted symptomatic of the Maryland hospitals in compensation has the higher ideals and progressive |
to such workers as these. practices that our times call for, not
By stepping in and preventing the recall according to University policy, Johnson
Last fall, University President and one with a shameful human relations_
administration’ attitude —
of funds, Johnson usurped the authority of would never have needed to become in- Hospital Board Member William Brody record. On this occasion, commemo- °
James Almond. As a result, he prevented volved. that the workers deserve tthoaltd Jtohhe nsB alHtoipmkoirnes ,S u“na n (eNcovo.n om9,i c2 00e0n)- rKaitnign,g Jtrh.e, ldeetautshe nosfu Rreev .t hMaatr htiisn s tLruutghgelre, ”
student groups from interacting effectively If Johnson's job as Associate Dean of Stu- gine,” deserves praise for its job cre- for the civil rights of low-wage work-..
What Johns Hopkins ation in the city and the Hospital’s in- ers was not in vain. Also, let us not
and operating according to their own and dents is to facilitate, improve and promote vestment in East Baltimore. Hopkins’ forget that the recently widowed),
the University’s financial policies. student life, he has clearly violated all three decides they get? economic poweriscertainly significant, Coretta Scott King helped organize,
but we are troubled by the fact that some of these very same hospital”
Why would Johnson want to prevent the of these directives in this case.
many ofthejobs Johns Hopkins creates workers at Johns Hospital in keeping,
recall of funds if it was in reaction to a We hope that Student Council will con- still leave workers and their families in with her husband’s legacy. We will .
possible violation of Council policy by tinue to investigate how their funds were For the last four months, Johns poverty. Hasn’t the financial success continue to support the workers on
Hopkins has rejected the latter two de- that Johns Hopkins boasts about been the Homewood campus.
CultureFest, a policy that CultureFest spent. They have every right to ensure that, mands outright, and offered the same —
miniscule raises they have in the past. It
should have been aware of before request- when they donate money fora specific pur- Speedy access to stress
was this recalcitrance that forced the
ing money? Perhaps moreimportantlyw,h y pose, itis spent responsiblAfyt.er all,a small workers to vote overwhelmingly to
strike, despite the hardship it prom-
would CultureFest refuse to turn over their part of every student's tuition is involved in
ised. We don’t think the contract the
finally understand the down going out of business in three weeks, }
receipts? We don’t mean to make idle specu- this transaction. workers are asking for is outrageous.
fall of the DSL companies, pur- and we’re cutting off your service un-
Recently, the Johns Hopkins Hospital
lation, but we cant help but wonder: Do We don't expect much from administra- veyors of the dream of speedy less you switch to another provider be- ,
has been asking for a 3.5 percent “cost
and hassle-free Internet access. fore we disable your line. Have a nice~
- jonnsc on 1 and CultureFehsatve something_ _to rs these days, butt hiiss completely absurd. | © ”»
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Simply put, we expect more from an ad _ bureaucracy of Homewood student life. why not give one to their staff? Further- of powering the Internet revolution With my Internet lifeline about to be
with their designated service lines, yanked, I turned to the Web to find a <
Internet connections that let you all new company. After about 10 phone _
LETTERSTOTHEEDITOR but hardwire your very brain cells to calls, I had received a variety of an-''
the World Wide swers, ranging
Web. Well, those SHERYLKANE from “New ser-
DSL companies vice will cost at~
April Fool’s article and Mr Jackson himself. The article is were “barely-attended events” that tion. may have caused least $60 per,
nothumorous, itisratherasad attempt “served little but to draw valuable funds Second, any eventual change in a revolution, but monthandwecan
disgusting; Fire totwistrecentnewspaper headlinesinto away.” Several hundred students at- WJHU’s ownership or management not the kind they RAND OM RAN TS only support one ~
atwisted, pornographic fable depicting tended each of these events in the fall will not constitute a threat to the intended. They computer, not
responsible parties Jackson as a blatant and public child semester. In fact, the bell hooks event station’s focus on Baltimore. Again, have sent me on two” to “Are you
molestor, a mother so blinded by her was so crowded we unfortunately had exactly the opposite is true. a rampage, a one-woman attack sure that’s the right address for your
admiration of Jackson she doesn’t no- to turn people away at the door! Also, The station now finds itselif n posi- against Verizon, Flashcom, ToadNet building?” to “Well, we'll switch you to,
To the Editors: tice the obvious abuse, and a child ma- all of these events were free: John tion to increase the local news coverage and anyone and anything that hap- our company, butnotdirectly. Wewant'
This is regarding the offensive ar- nipulated against his will. Sweeney and Martin O’Malley did not and otherlocally focused programming pens to get in the way of my high- you to sign up like a new customer, leta .
ticle by Kurlman and Gross of April Shame on you for considering this chargeanything tospeakandbellhooks’ that would make it even more valuable speed Internet connection. your old line die, have us install a new
1, 2001. I want to express shock and funny enough to share with John Q. honoraria was provided for by a grant to Baltimore. [H owever, ]t hecombined By all principles of logic and capi- one, and we'll sell you another $200 _
_disappointment that this disgusting Public who find this site by browsing from the Diversity Leadership Coun- cost of new local programming and talism, these companies should be modem, plus $50 installation fee, of.’
-_ April Fools “article” was published the Internet ... and shame on you for cil. If you had chosen to contact the capital upgrades would require a mil- earning enormous fortunes as I type. course.” However, the pinnacle of my
_ onaJHUwebsite. My personal opin- advertising the caliber of students MSE Symposium before last week’s lion dollar-plusinvestment, nottomen- Instead, they go out of business as frustration came when Covad.net’s so-,.
ion is that the person(s) who are re- your e turning out into the world. editorial, we would have been happy to tion ongoingo peratciostns g wellabove often as I hit return. This seeming called service representative simply an-
~~ sponsible for this should be fired. give you this information. the subsidy Johns Hopkins provides paradox boils down to the fact that nounced, “Oh, no, we don’t do Macs.”
Sincerely, You should also be aware of the fact the station. It would be irresponsible they cannotkeep their promise. Sure, Excuse me? You don’t do Macs? Is
-- Sincerely, Janet Lowe that SAC does not give money to the for the university to ignore approaches they most certainly do offer glori- Microsoft secretly paying you off?
~ Katherine Baldwin Symposium anymore. The MSE Sym- from two respected public broadcast- ously fast Internet connections, but Unsurprisingly, I chose not. \
Symposium success posium now receives $35,000 set aside ing organizations that might have the forget about hassle-free service — Covad.net but ToadNet, a small DSi
April Fool’s Jesse by the Deans so that it does not detract resources to make these investments. orget about any service at all, if my provider with a local Baltimore num-_
due to appropriate from other student groups. Further- The university has made it clear to track record is standard for the in- ber and a representative who assured |
Jackson article more, MSE is not “responsible” just to these two organizations that [they] dustry... me thateverything would go smoothly, c
spending the school but to the dozens of outside would have to guarantee continuation Here’s the lowdown. Itis the sum- they would simply switch my service a
depraved donors who gave cash and in-kind do- of WJHU’s mission of community ser- mer of 2000, and Verizon workers from Flashcom to ToadNet, before the
se ’ nations to the Symposium and who vice to Baltimore. But without an infu- have gone on strike, seemingly with deadline, without making me buy a4
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Pi/ t_y_ ; I found the April 1st “not news” fact that your editorial last week, “Big- Most people on the Homewood run, let alone produce the additional require the installation of new phone tion feesatall. It seemed to be too good
edition of the News-Letter highly in- ger bang for our buck,” contained campus would agree that the 2000 local public radio programming that lines (its beauty lies in this very fact), to be true, and it was. ‘
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~~ _ Jesse Jackson article, which I find de- You referred to three events that of the student body and from the en- Sincerely, tively shuts down all new DSL instal- com connection, I never did get ,:;
_g rading to black women, children, the MSE Symposiuhemld saying these tire Baltimore community and fur- Dennis O’Shea lations everywhere that it is the local onethrough Toadnet, despite theinsis-
thermore that the funding given by Executive Director, Communications phone carrier. Thanks to the federal tence of their tech support genuises, ,
ae Johns Hopkins was appropriate and and Public Affairs government of the 1960s, this means thatt heir computers showed my non- iT
6 spent purposefully. that a good chunk of the Northeast, existent connection to be functional.
A, Gutting’s Top 10 including Baltimore, loses a month After a slough of angry phone calls, Ty
Sincerely, of installation time and gains eight- finally made an appointment to have ve
Dorit Radzin Bands of All Time to 10-week waiting periods. Oops. them come tomy apartmentacnhedc k ,
oon e 2000 MSE Symposium Co-Chair Being furious with Verizon, which out the problem. Unfortunately, they K:
G‘Mth d off-key refuses to turn on even the pre-in- never came, and they subsequently de- .._
Changes in WJHU stalled regular phone line in my new nied ever even making the appoint-,
apartment, I choose another com- ment. At that point, having survived.) _
for sake of local To the Editors: ! “pany, Flashcom. Well-rated by re- nearly three weeks without DSL and,
Rx L How embarrassing for Tom Gut- viewers in Consumer Reports, and with no sign that this would change, I,
7 community ting to have gotten wrong som anyo f (unlike a startling number of provid- told the latest representative that I si Mo
the Top 10 Bands of All-Time. As ev- ers) capable oflocating my apartment ply didn’t want ToadNet’s lack of ser- lw a
c¥‘ aeii t eryone knows, the correct answer is: building on the map, Flashcom vice anymore, and to please cancel my.
To Ytohue rE dsittoorrs:yo nW JHU-FM (“WJHU 5-190,. N Cirrveaantd esRe e sseoruvnidcse apnerdf etchte:y Ip sriogvni duep mfeor wai yteha rt woof woradse rw haennd “noCthbairllle nmey” chreudnitg cuapr.d . That r|)o al ;
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; 7.The Smiths on: Rate x dem, and freei nstallation, for $54.95 with DSL for
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THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter
OPINIONS
With the exception of editorials, the
opinions expressed here are those of the
contributors. They are not necessarily
those of The Johns Hopkins News-Letter.
Drug legalization: Would society’s goals be reached?
Just say “No” to legalizing drugs U.S. drug policy overly stringent
ccording to the Marine crease the number of marijuana, support for legalizing marijuana is n 1983, Adrian Wilson, an Af- After all, they account for far more Yet we don’t outlaw hate speech just
Corps manual, “While cocaine and heroin addicts to a de- not particularly different from what rican-American male from deaths anda strain on tax dollars than because it is offensive; instead, we
the defense is the stron- gree that they will equal current we normally expect. Overall only 31 New York was convicted of any illegal drug. recognize that everyone hasa right to
ger form of combat, the numbers of cigarette smokers and percent of the “baby boomers” sup- posse4 osuncses iofn cocgain e. The real reason that marijuana is say what he or she wants. Marijuana
; offense is the preferred alcoholics. port the general legalization of mari- His rather disproportionsaeln - illegal has nothing to do with how might be deemed as socially unac-
form, for only through the offense Moreover, legalization would not juana, compared with 38 percent of | tence under the infamous Rockefeller harmful it is (to society or the indi- ceptable, but that can hardly serve as
can one truly pursue a positive aim.” those who are younger. | druglaws was 15 years tolifein prison. a sufficient justification to curtail its
This could not be true for the war on Failing to see that drug legaliza- This account was reported by The use.
drugs. Despite numerous attemptsb y STEVEPARK tion is a mistake, many people still Nation in its April issue. While not JEREMYTULLY To this point, I have focused on
the U.S. Government, it has been too clitnog th e classic argument that now | everyone who argues against the le- marijuana. What of more hardcore
long since the drug war hasbeen stuck THE NARC we'll have to regulate fatty foods like | galizatofi dornug s needs supportsuch THE DEALER drugs such as cocaine and heroin? It
ina defensive impasse, losing ground SPAM seeing as how they are just as | harsh punishmsucehan sttorsy s,um s is possible that these substances are
to those who wish to legalize drugs. unhealthy as illegal drugs. | upina powerful fashion the nature of so dangthaet threy aoctuaully spo sea
Their challenge is based on the However, there is a disparity, and America’s drug laws. U.drSug .poli cy threat to society as a whole. If this
widely held belief among Ameri- lead to a decrease in drug-related it exists precisely because a reason- is more frequently determined by the vidual),o r what kind ofstraini tm ight were the case, then there would be a
cans today that legalizing drugs violence. If anything, there is a able human being can see the differ- hysteria of the suburban middle class put on the health care industry. More good justification for trying to limit
could do no harm. It is the concept chance that it would increase crime, ence between eating a Big Mac and | and a gross misunderstanding of the often than not, illicit drugs are illegal their use as much as possible. At the
that legalization would somehowrid when consitdhaet drruig-rnelgate d smoking crack. Simply put, before | true nature of the drug problem than because of associations with minor- very least, though, laws pertaining to
this country of all drug-related violence is not necessarily related the waiter serves you, the bus driver | itis bya rational weighing oft he risks ity groups in society. Cocaine was the use of these substances need to be
problems, whether they be death, to the drug trade. Even if legaliza- picks you up, or the stock broker | involved. feared because it was thought to make changed.
crime or treatment. Theirs is the tion decreases drug trade and eco- trades your stocks, would you prefer Let’s start with marijuana. By all African-Americans more likely to Having a large population of
hope that legalization would save nomic violthee lenvelc ofe vio,len ce that he consumed a cheeseburger, a measures, marijuana is considerably rebel against white society; opium was heroin junkies may pose a threat to
those lives ruined by drugs. Legal- committed by those under the in- cigarette or marijuana’ Afterall, drugs | less of a health risk than either to- outlawed because of its association
ized drugs. What could be wrong fluence of drugs would be more fre- like heroin and cocaine are not dan- bacco or alcohol. This is not to sug- with Chinese laborers on the West eSET a
with that? quent. gerous because they are illegal, they | gest that it is a good thing; while it Coast. While not all these associa- U.S. drug policy is more
It takes time to explain. First, le- To this some legalizers argue that are illegal because they are danger- may have some medicinal use in pain tions remain today (although some
galizing illegal drugs will cause the heavy taxes on drugs should be ous. relief, itis an addictive substance with undoubtedly persist), these sub- frequently determined
same problems the U.S. has with legal enough to keep the addiction level But still, let’s grant the drug carcinogenic properties. Neverthe- stances have nevertheless carried the
drugs (e.g. alcohol, tobacco), but pos- down. But this thought requires a legalizers a grain of salt. Let’s give less, it causes far fewer deaths per stigma of being somehow especially by the hysteria of the
sibly worse. Most obviously, legal reality check. Heavy taxes would them their statistics and philosophi- capita than either tobacco or alcohol, dirty or sinister.
drugs willincrease the number of drug naturally cause a black market for cal arguments: Assume alcohol and and is not an appreciably more ad- Can the degree to which a sub-
suburban middle class
addicts. There are already reports by drugs. In other words, taxing legal- cigarettes create addictions, ruin dictive substance (it may even be less stance is socially acceptable serve asa
the Drug EnforcAegemncey n(DtEA ) ized drugs would put America back families, cause depression, count- addictive, although we'll let that go legitimate basis for deciding its legal
that illustrate the connection of his- to square one: overall increase in less traffic fatalities and increase the for now). standing? It is sometimes suggested _ and a gross
torical crack epidemics to low-priced the level of drug-related violence, incidence of homicide and suicide. Proponents of laws that ban mari- that even if from a moral standpoint
doses and how it increases drug use. rising level of addicts, legalized How is this supposed to be an juana rightly point out that we this cannotbe reconciledw,e still must misunderstanding of
Logically then, legalization would in- drugs. Even in-the so called, argument for legalizing another shouldn’t necessarily legalize one sub- be pragmatic. Maybe we would out-
“Smoker’s Eden,” the Netherlands, drug like them? For the advocates stance just because there are legal law tobacco and alcohol if we could, the true nature of the
drug legalization has increased the of drug legalization, this paradox is drugs that are just as bad. After all, but they’re too much a part of our
number of drug addicts and have unanswerable. They will never es- | why should we want another drug to society, so, we won't. drug problem than it is
Despite numerous escalated drug-related problems cape the fact that even with the best contribuetveen furthert o the nation’s Thisisahighly specious argument.
and costs. of intentions, their recommenda- | health care burden? Fair enough; but The popular perception is that Prohi- by a rational weighing
attempts by the U.S. The reaction of the drug tion is not of compassion but of by the same reasoning, shouldn’t we bition in the United States was com-
legalizers to such predictions are inevitable damnation. then outlaw alcohol and tobacco? pletely ineffective. This is wholly in-
of the risks involved.
Government, it has telling. They argue that the end of The threat which drugs pose to the accurate; alcohol consumption
Alcohol Prohibition in the 1930s is U.S. today does not require an iron declined dramatically during Prohi-
been too long since a precedent for a case ofd rug legal- will. We do not face that level of risk Can the degree to bition. So if we can reduce the use of
ization, a model to be followed. But or require the same resolve as the these substances by outlawing them,
how they cite this example is mis- 1970s. Buitt do es requirea clearhead, then why don’t we do it? society, but the actions of someone
~ the drug, war has.been which a substance is
leading. By the early 1930s, the pub- the abilityt o see througthhe illusions Perhaps;\the most important who shoots up in an attempt to es-
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set against allowing illegal drug use. against drugs. freedom is meaningless if we are only robbery or premeditated murder. It
impasse, losing According to the 1999 Gallup Poll, serve as a legitimate free to do that which society deems is both cruel and counterproductive
just 29 percent of Americans sup- Sources for the article include the appropriate. That is the true meaning to leave the U.S. drug laws in place as
ground to those who port general legalization of mari- Center on Addiction and Substance basis for deciding its of liberty — the ability to say things they are. The nation’s laws against
juana, while 69 percent oppose it. Prevention (CASA), The Gallup Or- most people find repugnant, or to do marijuana should be repealed out-
wish to legalize drugs. Even among those in the “baby ganization, Zogby Poll, Newsweek, legal standing? things that might offend others. Le- right, while hardcore drug addicts
boomer” generation (35-53 years of Drug Enforcement Agency, Free Re- galization of marijuana might not be should be treated and cured, rather
age), which is often associated with public, The Washington Post and popular with the American public as than have draconian punishments
youthful recreational drug use, the The New Republic. a whole, but then neither is the KKK. exacted against them.
Matzo farfel good on soup, but not much else Writing papers kills
students’ creativity
Original significance of Passover lost amid archaic traditions and modernized food
ay, it’s Passover once God’s forgiveness rather than think think they satisfy the basic tenets of the
again. This is the Jewish about food.) holiday; they are just examples of how henever I have to finish up their work early and kiss up
holiday that prohibits I appreciate the traditional and cul- even the most fervent Jew doesn’t “eat think about writ- to the professor or TA, but on a real-
eating anything from the tural aspects of Judaism, and it is for like a slave.” There is very little signifi- ing another paper istic level how many of those people
five major grains that these reasons that I faston Yom Kippur cance anymore in only eating unleay- in college I get this are out there. By this point, a lot of
hasn’t been completely cooked within and keep kosher for Passover, even ened bread, since sucha wide variety of gigantic headache. you are probably questioning my in-
18 minutes of coming into contact when I haven’t been convinced of their “imitation” breads are available. The I wonder how much easier school telligence and aptitude in attending
with water. (Who thought that one significance. But instead of following original intentions of Passover laws that would be if we didn’t have to perform this prestigious university. Tell you
up?) There are two Seders back to rules for the sake of following rules, were set up, before Matzo bagels, have such strenuous tasks every couple of what, you are probably right in hav-
back (the Jewish equivalent to why not actually find something that is been compromised. months. Some of us even get back- ing that question. And then again you
Thanksgiving), where we go through significanotr self-depriving that would I bet for some, giving up meat for logged to the point where we are look- can probably write a five-page paper
awhole set of prayers and remember actually lead one to reflect on the issues a week would demonstrate greater ing to do more on the merits of
how God freed the Jews from Egypt the holiday stands for? restraint and probably be more sig- than few of these ERICSZETO that as well.
My father has been running in nificant on more personal levels than in a very short I’m not here
way back in the day.
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likea slave” to fully appreciate what it BiTcHES BREW. behind Jewish rules. “Train for a understanding of the course mate- professors are doing is notright. [just
was like and remember how it once marathon. Spend nine months out of when | went to Super rial. The question then poses itself, want to challenge the inflexibility in
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Apri 12, 2001
THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LetrTerR
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
New drug may cure the flu NASA explains that Moon
hoax accusations are false
‘BY BRIAN SO body’s defenses. all flu variants. Noting the character-
THE JoHNs Hopkins News-LeTTER Knowing that the influenza virus istics of amino acids lining the clefts
cancreatesuch devastating hybridsand of neuramitnhei ddruga zsaneami,vi r
In this century, three influenza also knowing how it occurs, the ques- was created in 1993 by Glaxo
_Pandemics have swept our world, the tion still remains, what can be done to Wellcome in Stevenage, England. BY NELSON YANG
most devastating of which was the stop it? From the time the virus is first Zanamivir seemingly prevented the THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LeTTeR
Spanish flu of 1918, killing 30 million identified, it takes six months to be able presence of flu symptoms to those
people. Since then, thehars ebee n the to distribute a vaccine. To put that into who took the drug and were subse- Today, 32 years after Apollo 11
Asian flu of 1957 and the Hong Kong perspective, six months can be long quently infected with flu and also re- | was launched and successfully re-
‘flu of 1968 (killing 36,000 people). enough to infect every person on earth; duced symptoms to those who took turned to earth, there are still ques-
Public health experts have predicted the vaccine would come out too late to the drug after already being infected tions being raised if the moon land-
that another pandemic on the lethal do any good. with the flu. ing was filmed on a Hollywood set.
scale of the 1918 Spanish flu can strike Although antidru-gs flikle auma n- Zanamivir can only be taken by | Did National Aeronautics and
at any time. From this, two:serious tadine and rimantadine are already inhalation. Since then, a pill version Space Administration (NASA) land
questions have been posed. How do onthe markteheyt c,aus e serious neu- of an euraminidase inhibitor named men on the moon? “A recent [Fox]
these deadly flus originate and what rological side effects and are not ef- GS 4104 was also created by Gilead TV program resurfaced old ques-
canbedoneto protecthumaniftryom fective to all classes of flu viruses. More Sciences in Foster City, CA and F., tions about whether NASA really
them? importantly, the flu virus can become sent astronauts to the moon be-
Only a few years ago in 1997 did resistant to the drug fairly quickly, tween 1969 and 1972. We did,” the
such a potentially devastating influ- creating new drug-resistant strains of Zanamivir seemingly agency said on its home page.
enza strain appear. In Hong Kong, a the virus. The pro-hoax theorists point to COURTESY (OF H TTP: 7IWWW. NASA.G OV
lethal influenza variant inflicted 18 In 1983, the ‘structure. of prevented the supposed oddities in NASA moon Could it be that this moon landing was just a government conspiracy?
people. The source of the new strain neuraminidase was determined. In shotot bsoos t their claim. Among the
was found in the Hong Kong poultry conjunction with earlier discoveries, most prominent: The U.S. flag should evidence and same explanations, of- away a few centimeters of dust, that’s
presence of flu
market. Tests were done to see if this researchers realized that the not be waving. Camera crosshairs ten based on the photographs. why the pictures show no dustaround
‘avian virus, designated H5N1, mu- neuraminidase protein was’ the should not be behind lunar features Commonarguments madby epro - the lunar module.
symptoms to those
tated into a form that accepted hu- lynchpin of all influenza strains. A in the distance. Stars should be in the hoax supporters have been that an Most conspiracy theorists ask why
mans as a host. new drug accountfiorn tghi s uniform background. average day’s temperature on the no stars are visible in any of the pho-
More terrifying was the new belief trait among flu viruses might be able who took the drug Most scientists dismiss such no- moon is too hot. The film would tographs.
that the H5N1 virus combined with a to exploit this weakness. Unlike vac- tions. Flags can ripple in a vacuum, crinkle up into a ball. To take pictures and have the
human virus to create a new strain of cines, which prepare the immune sys- and were and the U. S. one is doing so because Another argument was that about stars visible, you need long expo-
virus that was an offspring of both. tem for certain viruses, these new an astronaut is moving the pole to 20 miles above the Earth, there is a sure time and complete darkness.
Before the tests could be completed, drugs can directly attack the influ- subsequently infected which it is attached. radiation belt named the Van Allen Onearth, if you tried to photograph
the country’s government made the enza Virus by crippling neuramini- Camera crosshairs appear to be belt. No human can get through this the stars while near a street light, it
decision to quickly subdue the prob- dase, an essential enzyme. with flu and also behind white objects in some im- belt. would be impossible. This is what
‘lemby destroying every chicken, duck For an influenza virus to attack a ages bectahe uimasgese bl ed slightly If astronauts tried they would get happened on the moon because the
and goose in the country. Were we host cell, the hemagglutinin mol- reduced symptoms to during development, like overex- hit with over 300 rads of radiation; sun was so bright it made the pho-
lucky enough to escape a deadly pan- ecules studded on the surface of the posed film. And why are the stars unless they were surrounded on each tographs appear as if there were no
demic or did paranoia sweep the sci- virus bind to sugary molecules, sialic absent? They are too faint for the side by four feet of lead, they would stars.
entific community? Some argue that acid, of the surface of the host cells. those who took the camera to pick up,a ccordingt o one not survive. Theorist also argued that Finally, many conspiracy theorists
if this virus had really adapted to hu- The host cell then engulfs the virus. scientist. there were millions of micro-meteors question how NASA got the lunar
mans, half the population ofthe world Once inside the cell nucleviurasl p,ro - drug after already However, there remains a pro- travelinga ts peeds of up to 6,000 miles rover on the moon. There has been
could already be dead. teins begin replicating the viral RNA, hoax community that strongly be- per hour, which would tear the ship reference to some documents from
All flu viruses use single-stranded eventually making proteins and form- being infected with lieves that NASA has fooled millions to pieces. NASA, that the lunar rover was folded
RNA for their genetic material. When ing newviral particles. After copies of of people around the world. Most of When the LEM set down on the and this enabled it to fit into the lunar
the influenza virus makes copies of new Viruses are made, they begin to the flu. pro-hoax evidence is based on pho- Lunar surface, it gave out 3,000 module.
itself, sloppy mistakes are made in the emerge from the surface of the host tographs that NASA released after the pounds worth oft hrust. This would NASA, while for the most part
Teplication process, changing the vi- cell membrane, coated with sialic acid success of the Apollo 11 mission to have created a massive hole under- ignoring the pro-hoax theorists,
rus “4 little bit with each successive from ‘the host ¢ell membrane. This the moon. neath the lunar module, but, in pic- have added another line of defense.
‘generation — a genetic “drift”. When causes a problem. Hemagglutinin Hoffman-La Roche in Basel, Switzer- These photographs have been tures of the lunar module, the The program never raised the issue
changes are made to one or both of molecules on the newly created viral land. GS 4104 is just as potent as its analyzed, and many supposed “in- ground underneath is apparently of more than 800 pounds (363 kg)
pee pati viral surface proteins, particle begin to bind to the sialic precursor, zanamivir. consistencies” have been discov- untouched. of lunar rocks that astronauts
slutinin (H) and1 n euramini- acid, causing the particles to clump Recent trials of zanamivir and GS ered. These inconsistencies have ConsD Ea. theorists’ claim that brought back to Earth. “Geologists
4104 hum ns Hs lead t th crea tion oft heories sug:h nieeu mod ules decenten inched porldwide, sbave been, examining
onclus Peinestipebie erock
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“SPG alW erho e sigchadestAlyseramns aa to abe3l! ut A batawen tomé andt he time that people feel ill. There isd ii assortinent of web ule has a ferent oivaniy3 with a maxi- could — have been collected or
‘of iiitfuétiza’éa ré‘ being produced, one eons Seeploegn HU PA "Abghing +a Another finding was that these drugs sites created’in Support of the pro- mum thrust of 10,000 pounds. When manufactured on Earth,” the NASA
‘must look to the virus itself. In the late drug that would be specific to the also reduce the risk of secondary bacte- hoax theories but most have the same the lunar module landed it cleared site said.
‘1960s, researchers began to realize that influenza virus (as opposed to a drug rial infections by more than half.
a reassortment of genetic informa- affecting all célls, including the In 1999, Glaxo Wellcome re- Hopkins students lack sleep.
tion was the cause of pandemics. Flu healthy host cell) and also be useful quested approval to market zanamivir
viruses belong to one of three classes: for all variants of the virus. The an- in Europe, Canada, Australia and the
A, Band: The most deadly flus (those swer was found when the structtire of," U; S:G ilead and F,H offiman-La Roche
of a‘pandemic nature) are members’ neuraminidase was determined. “has also: réquested approval to sell
of the type A class. Neuraminidase consists of four their GS 4104 in the U. Sand Europe. These helpful pointers can help students catch up on shut eye
Type A viruses are unique in that monomers, each with a deep cleft. Although excitement has been gen-
their RNA genome is grouped into Although amino acid sequence of erated by neuraminidase “plugging”
eight segments. If two viruses of ‘type these molecules differ among differ- drugs, whether these drugs will actu- s we all know, the rec- ask yourself to determine if you’re warm, sunny day after eating lunch
A infect the same cell, their respective ent flu variants, the amino acids that ally save lives is not yet known. ommended amount of suffering from sleep deprivation. Do (my body also deserves some recoy-
eight segments can intermix with each line the cleft are conserved, implying _ Inthe United.States, 10 to 20 per- sleep for each night is you crave naps during the day or find ery time after eating Wolman food).
other — a genetic “shift”. The pro- that the sequence is essential to func- cent of the population is afflicted ev- eighthours. Much to our yourself dozing off at inappropriate For Hopkins students, exercising is
duction of a hybrid virus creates a tion. The cleft forms the active site, ery year with the flu. Complications ismay, students here at times? Do you feel anxious or groggy almost last on their priority list, not
combination of genes that make this allowing neuraminidase: ‘fo cleave from these infections lead to 20,000 Hopkins are unable to sleep eight especially when youre less active? Are to mention the miserable quality of
new viral offspring code for new H ‘sialic acid. * Cem oR “ ideaths annually. Whether flu hours every night for many reasons. you coming down with more colds our squash courts, wait, I mean the
and N proteins, making it unrecog+ * A drug that eal ae this‘ac- pandemics will be wiped out is still So hereare some questions and guide- and flu bugs than normal? Do you weight rooms.
nizable to the human immune sys- tive site cleft would prevent the virus left to seen, but with these drugs it lines to detect and prevent sleep dep- suffer from other medical or emo- We drink coffee around bedtime
tem. It could potentially infect our from travelling from cell. to cell an seems, that humanity-may gain the rivation. tional conditions that could be keep- because that’s when you really need
cells without being detected by our soniaa lsou niversally be used among’ °Cu bpertadnd ipt he fight; ' There are few questions you can to stay up to study for exams; and
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night? No offense to those of you who
CHONG'S THEORY - follow these rules as if they were the
Ten Commandments, more power
"Tiea an Dies to you. 7
ing you awake?
‘ Of the four questions, the first The optimum hours of
NASA releases new Mars Global Brveror was flight. Baturin served as an aide to ‘sue and aborted fetuses and frozen question is usually a good indicator
launched on Nov. 7, 1996, and ar- former President Boris Yeltsin before embryos — a practice opposed by for me in determining sleep depriva- Sleep vary for different.
Marsimages. rived at Mars on Sept. 12, 1997. Ithas joining |R ussia’ s manned space pro- many anti-abortion groups. The use tion. Although dozing off in the
j i! since completed about 11,000 orbits” grain. of fat as a source could end such con- middle of chemistry or craving naps people, but I'ma firm -
f 4 ; of the Red Planet. ’ Their mission isto dock their fresh troversy. rightafter eatinglunchis nothing new,
. NASA has made available 10,230 Soyuz vehicle to the station and then __ The study was published Monday I can definitely feel my circadian
believer that eight >»
M/ newii mages of the planet Mars. Russia OKs space — flya used one back to Earth. The Rus- in the journal Tissue Engineering. clock, the internal body clock, telling
7) 7 e latest release boosts to more sian-made Soyuz serves as escape Researchers predict the first prac- me that I had an insufficient amount
i 67,500 the total number of ee flight by tourist “* "> pods for'the station’s crew, and one ‘tical use oflaboratory-engineered tis- of sleep. hours of sleep is ideal _
IFr24722FP F e eFY.iifer F e yie y sw f tures taken by cameras aboard must be docked to the outpost at all sue could come within five years. Here are a few ways to get more
Gocanion obasureieaek times. But. the three-man ship can Eventually, scientists hope to use a sleep if you are having problems fall- for only a few ae
craftand released to the public. Russian officials gave thee e only rr emain safely iin space for about patient’s own fat to supply the tissue ing asleep. Create a comfortable sleep d
PI » NASA success! ly— light Wednesday to California mil- “six months. The Soyuz currently required to treat disease or repair in- environment (such as a good mat- individuals.
hee other Martian sa e, the lionaire Dennis Tito to become the docked at the station carried up the juries. tress, good air circulationand nolight ao
fé s yssey, on Saturday. The probe.w ill first tourist in space despite reserva- first crew in November. ' Dr.J. William Futrell, aplasticsur- | or noise). Don’t fall asleep ona full or
ign Surveyor in“ orbita round Mars tions from NASA. “StuFadt mya:yb e geon at the University of Pittsburgh empty stomach and cut back on flu- Vs»
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theN ational Aeronautics and Space day by practicing maneuvers in a stem cellss ource quality of stem cells from fat will com- cal activity promotes sleep. Don’t garding sleep deprivation. Sohere’s.
inistration’s lone operational Russian Soyuz capsule simulator out- pare to those from embryonic cells, drink alcohol or caffeinated drinks Chong’s Theory on sleep depriva- zr e;
spacecraft at Mars, a title it has held side Moscow. On Wednesday, a gov- ehtahg, ‘ Reee eA However, the fact that fat cells are before bedtime. And go to bed at the tion. First of all, we don’t need ei
since the Pathfinder mission endedin _erniment committee approvedthere- »» :A team Che teats .says it has ‘soabundant couldmal cethemaready same time each night. hours of sleep every night; we o
ber 1997. iy, eee dye ne grown everything from human source of material for a biotechii n - _ After observing the living pat- need four, or better yet three, 1
NASA’s Mars ClimateO rbiterand _ "The Interdepartmental Commit- - muscle to bone from stem cells taken ‘dustry interested in engineeritg. new terns of college students for almost you’ re really tired, eight hours
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_ Tito in the primary crews et tol aunch tal cells in the quest to mend dam- because it’s adding to our knowled; ge oe of these rules, but I have seen weekend.
April 28 on a mission to the Interna- aged, missing or dead tissue. base of the potential of adult callat o y who violatea llf ive rules, my- _ The optimum hours of slee}
_ tional Space Station. Tito will Aas Researchers at the University ofh a provide a stem cell population,” said cih d PvE tt. - for different people, but I’m a
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Upcomine Lectures at HoMEwoop AND JHMI SCIENCEBRIEFS
Thursday ‘, April 12, 2001 Wednesday, April 25, 2001 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dr. Angelika Amon
Dr. Bruce Trapp
Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Cleveland Clinic Foundation CONTINUED FROM PAGE AS degree, travel the world and write a
“Control of the budding yeast cell cycle” Department of Neurosciences ies that use embryonic or fetal cells. book, a science fiction novel for young
4:00 p.m., Homewood, Mudd Hall Room 100 “Myelination disorders” He wants scientists to focus on adult people called home. Bs
12:00 p.m., Wood Basic Science Building, stem cells, which until now have been “She personified human spirit and
Thursday, April 12, 2001 West Lecture Hall more difficult to harvest. desire to live in spite of the odds. She
Peter Devreotes, Ph.D. There are drawbacks to harvesting never looked at me and said, ‘I’m not
Department of Cell Biology Thursday, April 26, 2001 stem cells from a patient’s own body. going to make it,” said Dr. Bartley
“JorLhhene s cceHelllol’ sp ks ic¢ nosm paUsnsi:v e. rHsoiwt y do cells know where to crawl?” RDoenpaalrdt meA.n tB utofo wM,o lePhc.uDl.a r Biology largIen asmeovuenrtelsy oifl lt ipsastuiee nrtesp lawcheod, ndeoecd- aGtr ifUfPitMh,C noPwr escbhyiteefr oifa nc,a rdwihaoc shueragdeerdy
1192-:0000 +p .m., TJ ohns Hopkinb s S« chool of 5 Medicine, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center tors may not be able to grow suffi- Fuller’s transplant team.
Bodian Conference Center “The inheritance of mitochondrial DNA” cient stem cells quickly enough, ac- “She fought the really tough fight
12:00 p.m., Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, cording to the National Institutes of and lived every moment of life. She
fuesday, April 17, 2001 Bodian Conference Center Health’s guidelines on human stem was a wonderful, wonderful young
Professor Jik Chin cell research. lady,” he said. “The world’s a worse
University of Toronto Thursday, April 26, 2001 And in any disorders caused by ge- place without her.”
F4 stBOeiroeionssppOeicriefdi c mroelceocgunliatri onr ecaongdn itsiyontnh easinsd ocfa taalmyisinso: afcriodms DFro.x ACnhnaes e SkCaalnkcae r Center pnerteisce ndte ifenct t,h et chuel tguerneedt isct eemr rcoerl lsc,o umladk ibneg Meteorites from
to hydrolytic cleavage of nucleic acids” “Role of host DNA repair functions is retroviral DNA intergration” them i iate for i
4:15 pI .m. , Homewood, Remsen Hall 233 4:00 p.m., Homewood, Still, scientists look to stem cell Moon, Mars found
Mudd Hall Room 100 research and its promise as a poten-
Wednesday, April 18, 2001 tial cure for Alzheimer’s disease, dia-
= Dr. Ed Dennis Monday, April 30, 2001 betes, cancer, Parkinson’s disease, Researchers have discovered two
~ University of California, San Diego Stephen M. Miller, Ph.D. heart disease and spinal cord injuries. newexamples of the rarest space rocks
Structure and Function of PLA2” Department of Biological Sciences found on Earth: meteorites from the
Heart-lung
¢ ]1 2:00 p.m., Wood Basic Science Building, University of Maryland, Balto. Co. moon and Mars.
West Lecture Hall “Chaperoning cell-fate determination in VOLVOX” The two rocks are the 15th and
12:15 p.m., Carnegie Institute of Washington tra nsplant recipient 17th meteorites to be found from the
Thursday, April 19, 2001 Department of Embryology moon and Mars, respectively, mak-
Michael DiPersio, Ph.D. ing them the least common among
, Center for Cell Biology & Cancer Research Tuesday, May 1, 2001 the estimated 22,000 meteorites dis-
Albany Medical College Professor Emily Carter covered on this planet.
“Integrin a3b1 regulates MMP-9 expression in epidermal University of California, Los Angeles A young woman who received a News of the discoveries was an-
keratinocytes; Implications for extracellular matrix remodeling “Simulations of metals in extreme environments” heart-lung transplant in 1985 when nounced this month and will be re-
_ during epithelial cell invasion” 4:15 p.m., Homewood, she was nine, becoming one of the ported in the July 2001 bulletin of the
12:00 p.m., Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Remsen 233 youngest persons to undergo the life- Meteoritical Society, an international
Bodian Conference Center saving operation, has died. organization devoted to the study of
Wednesday, May 2, 2001 Kimberly Fuller was 25. She died extraterrestrial material.
Thursday, April 19, 2001 Dr. Joseph Mindrell Sunday in her home in Yukon, Okla., The Mars meteorite, dubbed
_ A. Keith Dunker, Ph.D. Howard Hughes Medical Institute outside of Oklahoma City. Northwest Africa 480, was found in
School of Molecular Biosciences Brandeis University She underwent the surgery at November in Morocco. Thetiny stone
Washington State University “Projection structure of CIC-type chloride channel Pittsburgh’s Children’s Hospital in weighed a single ounce.
“The protein trinity: structure/function for the new millenium” at 6.5 angstrom resolution” November 1985 after waiting on a The far heftier lunar example is the
12:00 p.m., Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 12:00 p.m., Wood Basic Science Building; |,transplalnits t for 18 months. The second largest moon meteorite ever
.. 202 Physiology West Lecture Hall * ‘cause of death was not immediately found, weighing in at 2.2 pounds. The
known, but doctors had worried that meteorite, known as Northwest Africa
; Thursday, April 19, 2001 Wednesday, May 2, 2001 4 the arteries in her heart were becom- 482, was bought in Januaryin Morocco
. John Eppig Dr. Peter Privalov : "ae baw ao ing blocked and they hoped to list her but is thought to have been found last
Jackson Laboratories “Climbing the hierarchy of protein structure” for another heart transplant. She had year in neighboring Algeria.
« In vitro development ofo varian follicles” 5:00 p.m., Homewood, already received a second lung trans- Ofall Martian meteorites, the most
4:00 p.m., School of Hygiene and Public Health, Mudd Lecture Hall plant, in 1994. famous is a potato-shaped rock
Woodruff Room (Phipps 240) She suffered from fibrosing pul- known as ALH84001.
Thursday, May 3, 2001 monary alveolitis, a rare degenera- Researchers at the Johnson Space
Thursday, April 19, 2001 Leland Chung tive condition that destroyed herheart Center in Houston announced in
Dr. Wendall Lim Department of Urology and lungs, and weighed only 35 1996 that the meteorite contained mi-
. University of California San Francisco University of Virginia Medical School pounds when she came to the hospi- croscopic evidence of life - an asser-
, “Taking apart modular signaling proteins” “Prostate Cancer” tal in 1985. tion that has since been debated.
4:00 p.m., School of Hygiene and Public Health, But even though her own situa- The National Aeronautics and
4:00 p.m., Homewood,
Woodruff Room (Phipps 240) tion was grave, she faced reporters Space Administration hopes to
oom 100
Q+o clutching a teddy bear and wearing a robotically retrieve more samples
Tuesday, April,24, 2001 Thursday, May3 , 2001 Lk j ies tice darts ite pty tne | pink flowered nightgown. from Mars, possibly by 2011, for re-
Professor Veronica Vaida Professor Robert Moss ey ' “If don’t get the transplant, then tutro Enart h. The American Apollo
University of Colorado Rutgers University “td like to donate my organs to an- and Soviet Luna\ missions returned
“Atmospheric aerosols as prebiotic reactors” “The fragmentation of carbenes” i Hood! ly other child,” she said at the time. hundreds of pounds of moon rocks
— 4:15 p.m., Homewood, Remsen Hall 233 4:15 p.m., Homewood, Remsen ‘Hall 233 =» ~*. Fuller went onto earn a college “to Earth between 1969 and 1976.
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SPORTS
W. Tennis aces Dickinson
MEN’S LACROSSE RANKINGS
Men’s team double faults against Washington College, 7-0 All rankings taken from hetp://www.360lacrosse.com
:B Y DAVID POLLACK their undefeated conference marks deficit in the second to earn a 6-2, 7-
THE JoHNs Hopkins News-1 ETTER come to a close with losses at No. 3 5 win at No. 5 singles, and clinched a
and No. 5 singles, respectively. 5-4 victory for the Blue Jays over 1. Princeton 7. Loyola 13. Hofstra
In Chestertown Maryland last Chu lost the first set, but rallied to Dickinson in women’s tennis action
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Women’s Tennis rebounded. as impressive. The victory gives JHU its second 3. Syracuse 9. Georgetown 15. Cornell
Ina battle of unbeaten Centennial After getting shut out in the first Centennial Conference win of the sea-
- Conference foes, eight-time defend set, Kreeger bounced back with a 6-2 son and itst hird victory overall as the 4. U. Mass. 10. Towson L5EN, Carolina
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team’s record to 13-1 overall and 5-0 in action on Thursday versus CC foe ponent, who was serving for the
in conference play. Franklin & Marshall at 3:30 p.m. match, to make it 5-3. She then won
The Blue Jays’ winning streak ends On the women’s side, Liz Crowe the next game on her serve to trim the
at three games as the squad falls to 8 urged on a Hopkins comeback vic- advantage to 5-4.
6 overall (5-1 CC), Although taking _ tory over Dickinson. In the 10th game, the two combat-
their opponents to three sets, seniors Atterwinnintghe first set, Hopkins ants played nine deuce points. Crowe
Andrew Chu and Dan Kreeger saw freshman Crowe rallied from a 5-2 managed to fight off six of her
opponent’s match points and finally
won the game on her third break point
to even the match at 5-5.
Crowe would win the next two
games, giving JHU a 5-3 lead in the
contest. Crowe’s win keeps her unde-
feated match streak alive at 4-0.
Other JHU singles winners in-
cluded junior Augusta Whitney at No.
2 and freshman Cara Loeys at No. 4.
The Blue Jays claimed two of doubles
matches, winning bouts at the No. 1
and No. 2 positions.
you know that little voice
Junior captain Emily Petersen and
freshman Lauren Shevchik teamed for
inside that says "I can't"?
a 9-7 victory at No. 1, while Whitney
and Loeys posted an 8-3 win at No. 2.
The women are home again on this summer,
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The W. Tennis team earned their second centennial conference win. Notre Dame at 3:3 0 p.m.
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