The Johns Hopkins University News-Letter, Volume 106, Number 04 (2001 September 27)

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J O H N S H O P K
NEWS-LETTER
Vo.ume CVI, Issug 4 PUBLISHED SINCE 1896 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE JOHNS Hopkins UNIVERSITY SEPTEMBER 27, 2001
Rights to Heston cancels
_| WJHU MSE appearance
88.1 sold|
BY JEREMY TULLY
THE JOHNS Hopkins NEws-LeTTER
The Johns Hopkins University
announced Sept. 19 that it had sold
its rights to WJHU, Baltimore’s Na-
tional Public Radio affiliate. The sta-
tion was sold to Maryland Public Ra-
dio Corporation for $5 million.
The sale of WJHU is most likely to
affect Hopkins students in terms of |
internship opportunities. In the past,
students from the Homewood cam-
WEI LIN/NEWS-LETTER pus have been able to intern at WJHU
Both the Homewood Garage and Ivy Hall will be demolished to make way for a new, multi-story bookstore. because of Hopkins’ link to the sta-
JHU plans new bookstore tion. Now that ownership is changing
hands, the availability of internships
in the future is unclear.
When asked whether students
would still have the opportunity to
work at the station, Executive Direc-
BY JESSICA VALDEZ age business development onthe strip halls. tor of Public Affairs Dennis O’Shea
THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter between itand the Homewood Apart- Goutman also said that he hopes said that such a decision would be up
ments, he said. the building will include a student to Maryland Public Radio, the
Class of 2002 President Steven In addition to the destruction of union and social areas such as a station’s new ownership. Maryland
Goutman announced that the Johns the Homewood Garage and Ivy Hall, ballroom, a game room or lounges. Public Radio could not be reached
Hopkins University plans to con- Goutman speculated that Hopkins The new bookstore would be an for comment as to whether or not
struct a new campus bookstore on may demolish the Royal Farms store appropriate place for a union, he Hopkins students would still be able
the corner of N. Charles and 33rd on the corner of 33rd and St. Paul said, because it will be right across to intern at the station. COURTESY OF THE MILTON S. EISENHOWER SYMPOSIUM
Streets. He estimated that the build- Streets. The lease on the property, the street from the Mattin Center. Hopkins has run WJHU, which Heston, who was scheduled to speak at Hopkins, Oct. 4, cancelled his
ing will be seven to eight stories high which hesaidruns out soon, will prob- Before construction begins, broadcasts from 22nd and N. lecture in orderto accept aroleinamovie being filmed in South America.
and the project will be completed in ably not be renewed. Hopkins must first find a bookseller Charles Streets, for the past 15 years.
no less than four years. “The chances of the [Royal Farms to operate the new bookstore. WJHU should not be confused with BY SHANNON SHIN posium.
As part of construction on the lease] being renewed,” he said, “I Goutman said that Barnes and Noble, an ordinary college station run by THE JOHNS Hopkins NEws-LETTER According to John Carter,
new building, both the Homewood think are slim.” who operates the existing bookstore students however. Heston’s public relations contact at
Garage and Ivy Hall will be leveled, He said that the presence of the in the basement of Gilman Hall, and As an NPR affiliate, WJHU is Milton S. Eisenhower (MSE) Sym- the National Rifle Association (NRA),
said Goutman. storeisa “safety consideration,” since Borders are two retailers being con- professionally run. posium chairs Gregor Feige and Heston’s October and September
“Myu nderstanding nowis that ev- so many robberies occur at that loca- sidered. When asked for comment on the Audrey Henderson were notified schedule recently changed as a result
erything will be knocked down,” he tion. Hopkins will then seek out a pri- sale, O’Shea said, “WJHU is not a Tuesday morning that Charlton of him being cast in a new movie that
said. “The living space at Ivy Hall will A committee formed in order to vate developer to erect the building. campus radio stationin the traditional Heston would no longer be able to will be filmed on location in South
be demolished.” determine what students expect from “Tt’s a different type of building sense. While there were some stu- speak Oct. 4, the date he was sched- America.
He added that Hopkins plans to a new bookstore has used the book- CONTINUED ON PAGE A5 CONTINUED ON PAGE A4 | uled to speakas part of theM SE Sym- “The reality of the situation is that
* dind alternative-living space for-stu- store“atthe University of Pennsylva- Mr. Heston is an actor first and the
“«'dents in order to allay the effect of the nia (UPenn) as an example to follow, president of the NRA second, so it is
decrease in housing. said GoutTmhe abuinldi.ng atU Penn Students speak out against unreasonable for us to expect him to
To help alleviate a lack of parking houses clothing stores, coffee shops pass up an acting opportunity to ac-
in the area that will be furthered by and other retail stores, in addition to commodatea speaking engagement,”
the destruction of the Homewood the school’s bookstore. said Feige.
Garage, Goutman said that the build- Executive Director of Business anti-Arab sentiments in U.S . To this, Henderson added, “When
ing will include a number of parking Management Michael Sullivan, who we learned Tuesday that Mr. Heston
spaces. is serving as the committee’s chair, would not be able to keep his com-
A sufficient amount of parking is said that JHU’s newbookstore should mitment to speak on Oct. 4, his staff
essential, he said, because the new have similar venues. was just as disappointed as we
bookstore will not only serve According to Goutman, the new were.”
Hopkins but also the surrounding building will also become home to all Feige and Henderson attempted
community. nonacademic facilities that currently to salvage their event by offering
“There need to be ways for people reside in the basement of Gilman Hall, Heston alternate datesin late Novem-
to access the bookstore,” said including AllFirst bank and the post berandearly December. When Carter
Goutman. office. Once it is vacated, the base- in turn contacted Heston’s sched-
The presence ofa retail center with ment of Gilman will be remodeled to - uler in California, it was determined
a large bookstore could also encour- provide more classrooms and lecture that setting a date immediately fol-
lowing the wrap date would be un-
wise since filming usually tends to
run longer.than expected. Thus, it
North discusses the
was deemed nearly impossible to
confirm a date prior to the Hopkins
winter break.
aftermath of Sept. 11
At this point in time, the Sympo-
sium chairs feel it is unlikely for
Heston to participate atallin the 2001
MSE Symposium. Feige and
Henderson are dedicated to bringing
BY MIKE SPECTOR his peers for their current handling of Heston to Hopkins, so they are cur-
Tue Jouns Hopkins News-Letter the story. rently seeking other campus organi-
“Around Sept. 17, all the networks zations that may be interested in hav-
Lt. Colonel Oliver North spoke in decided that the American peoplehad ing Heston speak. One strong
Shriver Hall last night as part of the had enough,” said North. “They de- LIZ STEINBERG/NEWS-LETTER candidate for Heston’s spring appear-
2001 Milton S. Eisenhower Sympo- cided not to show anymore horrific Hopkins and Goucher students particpated in anti-war demonstrations on Friday and Saturday last week. ance would be the 2002 Symposium
sium. Like previous speaker Bob images and instead bring on so called on Foreign Affairs.
Woodward, North focused his dis- terrorism experts, people I like to call BY DAVID CRANDALL Goucher College, Towson University “We wanted to put together a rally Initially, Heston was scheduled to
cussion on concerns relating to the “Chicken Littles.” Tue Jouns Hopkins News-LeTTER and Loyola College. The Baltimore to talk [about] everything that’s been appear Sept. 13. Soon after confirm-
The former NSA member in the Green Party and All People’s Con- happening,” said Leslie. “[The attacks ing that date, though, he was sched-
Reagan administration argued that Students from the Johns Hopkins gress also had members at the event. and the government’s response are] uled to appear ina playin Chicago for
the media paraded and continues to University and Goucher College ral- Members of the Quaker Friends Con- something that’s on everybody’s two weeks in mid-September. As a
parade guests that know little about lied in front of the Civil War monu- gregation, who helda similar rally on mind.” During the rally, students result, Heston was resched-
terrorism and that the commentary ment on the south end of campus last Friday night, were also present. CONTINUED ON PAGE AS CONTINUED ON Pace A5
ofsuch guests has succeeded in fright- Saturday to protest President George
ening the American public. Bush’s call for a “war on terror.” The
“(A few days ago] I was ona flight rally was held in honor of the victims
from New York to Washington. The of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World
passengers consisted of the captain, Trade Center and Pentagon and at- MEN’S SOCCER DOMINATES ConrTENTS
co-pilot, two flight attendants and tempted to call attention to the pro- Those aren’t just a bunch oflegs to
myself,” said North. “This flight filing Arab-Americans have faced the left — that’s Hopkins kicking
would normally be half or 2/3 full. since the attacks, according to orga- some major ass. With two shut-outs
Where were all the people? The same nizers. this week, Men’s Soccer improved its
_people that rushed into fires to res- “There’s been war rhetoric since overall record to 7-1. Page Al2 Exposure
cue people after the attacks? These the attacks,” said Eric Leslie, a mem- Features
pseudo experts got on the air and ber of the Hopkins Student Labor CENSORSHIP?
scared the Jiving daylights out of Action Committee (SLAC), “but we Just a few weeks ago, you couldn’t
COURTESTY OF 2001 MSE SYMPOSIUM ‘ Americans.” don’t have a clear enemy. It’s not like listen to the radio for more than an
Oliver North spoke in Shiver Hall North went on to say that most Pearl Harbor and the Japanese.” hour or so without hearing a song by
on Wednesday night. media guests claiming to terrorism Students at the rally interviewed Drowning Pool. Now, “Bodies” isn’t
experts have simply written a book by The Baltimore Sun said that they played. What happened? Page B1
terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. on the subject and are attempting to had “concern that efforts to weed out
' North touched ona varietoyf t op- promote themselves. terrorism would impinge on civil A HOME AWAY FROM HOME
ics, including his experiences on Sept. “It’s similar to war profiteering,” rights and unfairly target Muslims” Actually, many different possible
11, what he believes to be a media - said North. and that it is a citizen’s responsibility configurations of a home, all in one
induced fear of flying and what North repeatedly said that to question its government, place. You'll never guess how many
America should expect from the en- America is much safer than it was on Leslie was among the more than differentkinds ofshoe racks exist until
suing war on terrorism. | Sept. 10. 100 Hopkins students that partici- - you visit Ikea, Page BS
North initially praised the media In addition to the networks, he patint ehedr all y. Students from many
for their efforts in coyering the trag- criticized The New York Times, The other colleges and groups attended
edy. However, he quel cendrmnes CONTINUED ON PAGE AS the event, including students from
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NEWS
AROUND THE COUNTRY
College Park tornado Many STDs go undetected
kills two UM students | BY JESSICA HYLAND ...it’s different trying to find a boy- Chlamydia, Herpes and HPV can
Rocky MounraIn COoLLeGIAN (CoLo- friend.” be serious and devastating. Chlamy-
RADO STATE U.) Morris said Chris and Sara’s sto- dia and Herpes are linked to infer-
ries are not uncommon. tility in males and females, espe-
(U-WIRE) FORT COLLINS, “Many say if there is no penetra- cially ifleft untreated. Many women
BY ETAN HOROWITZ ing serious.” Some injuries were “You feel silly crouching undera Colo. — You might have a sexually tion, they’re not having sex,” Morris who have contracted one or more
THE DiaMonpBack (U. MARYLAND) treated at the University Health table just because there’s a loud transmitted disease and not even said. “You don’t have to have pen- of these diseases and decide to have
Center and others were transported wind,” she said. “But it’s clearly know it. etration to transmit an STD.” children later on in life find they are
(U-WIRE) COLLEGE PARK, Md. to Washington Adventist Hospital. what saved my life and my According to a Health Communi- Many people would be surprised infertile due to the disease, Morris
— A fast-moving tornado ripped Calvin Meadows, a meteoro- daughter’s life.” cations Specialiswitt h the Centers for to know how easily STDs can be said.
through College Park Monday, kill- logical technician with the Balti- Toby Wilson, a photocopy spe- Disease Control, one in five Ameri- passed from person to person, she HPV is thought to cause a pre-
ing two University of Maryland stu- more-Washington office of the cialist for the institute, looked out- cans is infected with the Herpes Sim- said. Skin-to-skin contact alone can cancerous condition in many women,
dents, forcing the evacuation of most National Weather Service, said a side the window oft he trailer when plex Virus, two million have Chlamy- transmit STDs. It is also possible to which can later lead to full blown cer-
of North Campus, destroying build- tornado estimated to be traveling he heard the wind. Seconds later, he | dia and 20 million are infected with contract an STD from hand-to-geni- vical cancer.
ings and wreaking havoc throughout at about 40 miles per hour moved was flying through the air, landing Human Papillomavirus (HPV). tal contact and oral-to-genital con- Chlamydia, the most prevalent
the campus. from Stafford County, Va., stunned, but not seriously injured, About half of those people are tact can as well. STD in the United States with 4 mil-
Gov. Parris N. Glendening visited through Washington and into 80 feet away. unaware they even have a sexually These things are things to be care- lion infected each year, is a bacterial
the campus Monday night and de- northern Prince George’s County. “All of a sudden, I felt the whole transmitted disease. ful of considering the effects of infection that can be completely cured
clared a state of emergency in Prince He said the tornado touched down trailer shift and I was on my knees, There is an estimated 15.3 million Chlamydia, Herpes and HPV can be in most cases, if detected early.
George’s County. The campus was in Beltsville at 5:20 p.m., in Col- trying to make heads or tails of what new cases of STDs reported in serious and devastating. Chlamydia Even viruses like Herpes and HPV
open Tuesday, but classes were can- lege Park at 5:24 p.m. and in happened,” he said. America each year, according to the and Herpes are linked to infertility in have a better prognosis if caught
celed. northern Laurel at 5:45 p.m. Davidson said she and her col- CDC Web site (www.cdcnpin.org/ males and females, especially if left quickly, said Director of Health Pro-
Capt. Chauncey Bowers, of the Meadows confirmed the fatalities leagues felt lucky to be alive and she std.common.htm). untreated. Many women who have motions for Colorado State
Prince George’s County Fire and and said there were reports of stressed that the damage could have Sara, a 22-year-old, also a CSU contracted one or more of these dis- University’s Hartshorn Health Cen-
EMS Department, said two female damaged houses, downed poles been much worse. student, contracted Herpes after she eases and decide to have children later ter Debra Morris.
an.” students who were driving on Uni- and overturned cars throughout “Clearly, anyone who went was sexually assaulted a few years on in life find they are infertile due to Morris said anyone who is sexu-
versity Boulevard were killed after Prince George’s County. through this feels extraordinarily ago. the disease. ally active or who has even had a
the tornado picked their vehicle up Meadows said the tornadoes lucky and blessed,” Davidson said. “Tt completely changed my life,” These things are things to be chance ofskin-to-skin contractiono f
and threw it into the rear of Easton were not a surprise and warnings “If it had hit two hours earlier, we’d she said. “I had to adapt myl ife alot careful of considering the effects of a disease, should be tested.
Hall. were issued at about 5:10 p.m. for have had 30 people in there, not just
Forty-seven people, none with Northern Prince George’s County. seven ofu s.”
life-threatening injuries, were taken He said high pressure over the past Damage was widespread through- Hangover pills questioned
to area hospitals, Bowers said. several days has caused moisture out the campus Monday. Shingles
Bowers also said the tornado de- over the Eastern Sea Board. were torn off the roof of University of
stroyed the North Woods Buffet, the That moisture, combined with a Maryland, University College and
tennis bubble on University Boule- cold front, triggers a tornado. wooden beams were flung to the
vard and trailers temporarily hous- The area around Denton Hall ground. Portable restrooms were
ing the Maryland Fire and Rescue In- and the Arts Center looked like a slammed up against fences near Lot BY C. PRICE JONES every three or four hours. Besides, I Since many doctors have notheard
stitute, located behind the Clarice war zone. Guard houses were de- ile MicuicaNn Datty (U. MICHIGAN) think know what works best for me.” about the over-the-counter solution,
Smith Performing Arts Center. The stroyed, trees strewn along the Blair Garcia, the house manager “T tried an orange, ‘buzzer’ drink the pill’s true benefits aren’t certain.
campus day care center also sustained roads, light posts felled, and trucks, for the Arts Center, said people were (U-WIRE) ANN ARBOR, Mich. that helped my headache a little bit, “Even if it works, it promotes fur-
severe damage. cars and other vehicles overturned outside in a tent when an announce- — Rather than suffer the throbbing but I could still feel the hangover,” a ther drinking,” said Dr. Robert
Five people were rescued from the with windows blown out. ment came over the radio system that pain, nausea and loopy detachment Business junior added. “And the pill Winfield, interim director and inter-
debris of the trailers located behind A group of three construction a tornado was coming. Garcia hustled during or after drinking alcohol, tak- did the same thing.” nal medicine specialist at University
the Arts Center, Bowers said. Search trailers, maintained by Turner Con- everyone inside and away from the ing a pill will relieve these hangover These students did not want their Health Services.
dogs and thermal imaging cameras struction, which has been working windows, before the tornado hitabout symptoms, at least according to names used in this article because they “When drinking excessively, the
were used to make sure no one else on the Arts Center, were completely 15 seconds later. manufacturers of “anti-hangover” are under 21. harm to oneselfcan includeliverdam-
was trapped in the rubble. destroyed along with cars parked Windows on the back side oft he pills. Since Chaser is a dietary supple- age.”
At least 2,500 students were dis- alongside them. The trailers nor- building were blown out and glass But students say the pill may not ment, clinical tests to prove its effec- Winfield expressed his concern for
placed Monday when six dorms mally house 45 offices, officials said. was strewn all over the hallways. be the cure-all it’s advertised to be. tiveness were not required of its pro- students’ taking the pills as a means
were evacuated for more than five University of Maryland president The tent also collapsed leaving Categorized as a dietary supple- ducer, which asserts that 15 years of to continue drinking, a habit that Liv-
hours due to damage from the C.D. Mote Jr. said seven people were glasses, wine bottles and other items ment, one pill — dubbed “Chaser” development for the pill confirm its ing Essentials advises against, espe-
storm, campus spokesman George inside the trailers at the time the from the catering company all over — is touted as “completely effective efficacy. cially when taken to excess.
Cathcart said. Students were al- tornado hit but were all accounted the place. on wine, beer, spirits and cocktails.”
lowed to return at about 11 p.m. for. Some of the people suffered in- Garcia said the tornado touched Chaser’s ingredients include cal-
Residents of University Courtyard juries. down on a large hill between the cium carbonate, or chalk, and veg- THE JI oOouHNS HOPKINS ~—
were unable to return to their resi- Mote was sitting in his office when Arts Center and University Boule- | etable carbon, or charcoal, which at- NEWS-LETTER
dences Monday night and the cam- the tornado hit. He said he saw it vard and then hit the trailer com- | tract and bind to the substances that
pus made no contingency plan to move across the President’s resi- plex. produce hangover symptoms.
house them. dence. He then left the building and “The trailers looked like they had The suggested dose is two pills
“We do have damage in probably went over to the Performing Arts been hit by a bomb,” he said. during the first hour of drinking in- PUBLISHED SINCE 1896 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE JOHNS Hopkins UNIVERSITY
six resident life buildings,” Cathcart Center where his wife was. Mote also Considering there were only a creases to two extra pills after six HTTP://WWW.JHUNEWSLETTER.COM
said. “None of it is really serious it toured the area where thetrailers were few seconds of warning, Mote ap- drinks and another two pills after
EDITORIALBOARD
seems at this point — trees on destroyed. plauded the campus for its response three or four hours of drinking.
porches, [roofing materials] pulled “It’s total devastation,” he said. effort. He also said the tornado is __ The makers of Chaser, Living Es-
loose, broken windows.” “[The tornado was] impressive in the latest in a series of dilemmas the sentials of Walled Lake in Oakland Editors-in-Chief Shannon Shin, S. Brendan Short
Bowers reported moderate dam- its voracity.” campus has had to deal with this County, suggest not drinking more
age to the dorms. Rescue workers spent much of month. than six drinks. Business Manager James Lieu
Many dorms lost power Monday, the afternoon searching through the “It’s pretty hard to run a campus Also, the pill must be ingested be- Managing Editors Jeremiah Crim, Charles Donefer
but Cathcart said most power had piles of rubble, trying to free work- right now,” he said. “I can’t wait until fore drinking, so immediate relief for
been returned to the dorms Monday ers who were trapped inside. Atleast September is over.” hangovers isn’t guaranteed by the Advertising Managers Emilie Romeiser, Chun Ye
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PEPCO reported 17,000 customers ers. In the Marketplace at College Park, have been advertising it all summer,” Copy Editor Teresa Matejovsky
in Prince George’s County without Ann Harris Davidson, the man- at the corner of Cherry Hill Rd. and LSA senior Trevor King said.
power. ager of administrative services for the Route 1, the roofs of Home Depot “I was the advocate for it to all my Special Editions/Focus Editors Charbel Barakat, Kathy Cheung
“The damage is really severe,” Maryland Fire and Rescue institute, and Linens.‘N Things were torn off friends, but all the buzz about it News Editor Dave Crandall
PEPCO spokesman Makini Street was trapped inside the trailer with her and windows of the Shopper’s fizzled.”
said. “We’ve got crews working into 12-year-old daughter when the tor- Warehouse were blown out. “Two capsules work for up to six Features Editors Lindsay Saxe, Mike Spector
the night.” nado hit. She and her daughter were Meadows said the next few days drinks. I wouldn’t have a hangover if
Cathcart confirmed the two fa- each under desks in adjoining offices will bring more rain and high pres- I just had six drinks,” one LSA stu- Sports Editors Ron Demeter, David Gonen
talities and said that other campus and were separated for almost half an sure. He said he doesn’t expect any dent said. Arts Editors Natalya Minkovsky, Caroline Saffer
injuries were “mostly cuts and noth- hour. more tornadoes in the near future. “And I wouldn’t want to take pills
Science Editor David Merrick
Experts do not expect draft for war on terror Opinions Editor Michelle Fenster
Events Editor
Pete Goldwine ~
Electronic Editions Editor Andrew Pinzler
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“It is always possible. The presi- World War I and World War II, the When a draft was implemented Graphics Editor
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the United States preparing for a war the types of measures necessary for a “There have been lots of different troversy was raised, he said.
against terrorism, concern among war,” he said. “Given the situation circumstances over the past 200 “People were getting called up, STAFFWRITERS
college students is circulating that the now, [a draft] would be very unlikely. years,” Schmidt said. “We’ve handled fighting and being killed,” Schmidt
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likely there will be a draft any time Wilt said every male must register ing World War II, he said, so the’ believe that the draft was essential.”
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pated to volunteer is too low. calling them to duty. A phone call may people were exempt from combat, he actly when you're going to war.”
1-5 p.m. The deadline for
“Currently, there are only volun- be made as well, he said. The informa- the Thursday of publication.
teers to go,” he said. “But the tion would include a time to report for 5 per semester, $40 for the full
idea ofa draft keeps being brought up.” a physical. If the young man passes the ERRATA (Homewood, Medical School and Hospital Be<pn u ses of Johns Hopkins
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THE Jouns Hopkins News-Letter the country there. Woodward said that wiping out global terrorism is a lines: Politics and the Press.” It is on instead would expect him to be ington Post depicted atriumphantand *
that while Clinton was not able to mammoth task that cannot realisti- display until Oct. 26 on the first and aloof.” smiling Gore, where The Washington *
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Hall this past Thursday to open up stage of good is — wiping out global a shadowy and intangible collection hibit, asa part of the Symposium’s “A said. “His knowledge on sucha wide shown by the two Washington news-
the 2001 MSE Symposium. terrorism. of terrorist cells that are extremely Nation United: Politics and Power in variety of topics was very inspir- papers were striking, since the media
Woodhad worigainalrly pdlan ned After watching Bush’s address to difficult to penetrate. the 21st Century,” emphasizes the in- ing. provides a way to connect to an audi- -
to speak about the role of the media, Congress, Woodward polled the au- Woodward stressed his opinion fluencing power of the media over The photo project startedin March ence that might not have been there .
but in light ofth e terrorist attacks of dience on their reaction to Bush’s on the American response to terror- historic events and the emotional re- when Feige and Henderson decided otherwise.”
Sept. 11, elected to revise the itiner- speech and fielded more questions ism by reciting the words President | actions of Americans throughout to submit their ideas of the exhibit to In addition, Feige and.,,
ary. concerning the President’s address Nixon used after resigning when he | time. the school for approval asa part ofthe Henderson believe that the attacks
“[The recent events] are topic A,” and the recent terrorist attacks. addressed his staff upon leaving the “We chose to feature the role of 2001 MSE Symposium. Once en- of Sept.11 onthe World TradeCen- ,
said Woodward. “You should always Woodward said Bush’s speech was White House for the final time: “Oth- the media in photography because of dorsed, they went through the ar- ter and the Pentagon certainly |
be talking about topic A and never “remarkable,” and that the country ers may hate you, but those who hate all the film media and historical im- chives of The Baltimore Sun and pho- proved the power of the media in
topic B or C. What I had prepared to had “just witnessed the transforma- you don’t win unless you hate them, plications,” Audrey Henderson, co- tos of the Associated Press and picked the everyday lives of the people, .
talk about used to be topic A, but it tion of President Bush.” and then you destroy yourself.” chair of the MSE Symposium, said. out theitems for display. Some events which further attracted people to ,
isn’t anymore.” Woodward went on to relate an Woodward said it is apparent that “For example, the photo of the de- that are featured include Kennedy’s the exhibit. ,
Instead of discussing the role of encounter he had with former Editor those who attacked America hate us. bate with Kennedy and Nixon in 1960 assassination, Nixon’s resignation, “I am very happy with how the
the media, Woodward discussed a Ben Bradley during the Watergate But he worries that if America’s re- brings together the headlines of the the Gulf War and the impeachment photography exhibit turned out
wide array of topics, all ultimately scandal. Reacting to The Washington sponse is simply one of hating back, time and the perspective view of the of former President Clinton. since the timing ofi tc ould not have
relating to the terrorist attacks. In an Post’s criminal accusations against the country will destroy itself. media.” “We tried to pick out main events been better despite the horrific
arrangement created on the day of President Nixon, Bradley said, “What After speaking in Shriver, Wood- Award-winning journalist Bob from Kennedy’s time to the present events that have taken place,”
the speech, Woodward spoke for an the hell do we do now?” ward attended a reception in the Woodward, who spoke on Sept. 20 in that people would immediately rec- Henderson said. “I hope future co- ,
hour and then yielded to Shriver’s Woodward said Bradley’s ques- Mattin Center, where, for a good pe- Shriver Hall, also addressed the theme ognize and beable to empathize with,” chairs will consider having events
movie screen, where he and the audi- tion waas goo d one, and theright one riod of time, he signed autographs of the role of the media in his speech Henderson said. “The pictures and suchas the photography exhibit and
ence viewed a projection of President to ask, and he hoped that the Presi- and chatted with students. entitled, “The Media: News Breakers headlines that we chose have a dra- film series that have not tradition- . ,
George W. Bush’s special address toa dent and senior administration offi- After a lengthy stay at the recep- or News Makers.” Immediately fol- matic air, which we wanted to convey ally been a part of the MSE Sympo- -
jointsession of Congress. After Bush’s cials were asking the same question tion, Woodward posed fora few pho- lowing the speech, the audience was to the viewers.” sium, but add an incredible new di-
speech, Woodward commented on rightafter the terroristattacks. Wood- tographs and made his way to with invited to attend a reception where The role of the press and media mension to intellectual discourseon .
theaddressandcontinueda discourse ward said that he feels that it is of the MSE Symposium staff to a car where they would be able to talk to Wood- had always fascinated Henderson campus.”
with the audience. utmost importance that decisions are he gave his final farewell and departed ward directly or view the exhibit while
Before speaking about the events made on good, accurate, verified in- the University. eating various fruit, veggie and des-
of Sept. 11, Woodward engaged the formation. He said that we must con- “We were really very pleased with sert platters. The response to the re-
audience in a discussion on what fac- tinue to be skeptical and ask our- the turnout, especially because it was ception was positive among the ap-
tors contributed to making former selves if our information is correct raining, “ said MSE Symposium proximately 120 students who
President Bill Clinton a successful before acting rashly. co-Chair Audrey Henderson. attended the event.
politician. After hearing several dif- “T was very impressed with MSE
ferentanswers from various audience in sponsoring and setting up such
members, Woodward went on to an informative reception and exhi-
share an anecdote about a time he bition,” freshmen Yu Kwan Chan
interviewed Clinton in the Oval Of- said. “This is definitely a wonderful
fice. and interesting way of educating
“He had eye contact like a gravita- students.”
tional force,” said Woodward. “He President William Brody and his
drilled his eyes into mine, watching wife were also seen at the reception
to see if he was making a sale.” talking to Woodward. Students were
Woodward went on to say that pleased to learn of Woodward’s cor-
Clinton’s communication skills made diality and willingness to talk to many
Ronald Reagan, “The Great Commu- of the guests who attended.
nicator,” look like an amateur. But “He totally exceeded my expec- LIZ STEINBERG/ NEWS-LETTER ,
Woodward emphasized that the tations. He did not leave until he Students queued up to see the MSE Symposium photography exhibit.
American people need to do their best
to forget about Clinton when listen-
ing to pre earB ush in the future. __
“The job of the Commander-in-
Chiefis not to be the Communicator-
in-Chief,” said Woodward. “It’s one
of the jobs, but we need to focus on
what Bush is saying, and not how he
says it, because what he’s going to say
is important.”
EUGENE YUM/ NEWS-LETTER
Woodward said that the job of a The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward headed off the MSE Symposium.
Glitch delays medical school apps
BY ERIC RIDGE copy of their AMCAS application, floppy disks to AMCAS.
THE JoHNs Hopkins News-LeTTER MCAT results, official college tran- This year, AMCAS began using
scripts and letters of recommenda- the new program, which was aimed at
Applications to the Hopkins tion to the school. centralizing the entire: application
School of Medicine and other medi- School officials say they are ex- process online. While developers in-
cal schools across the nation failed to tremely optimistic that the applica- tended the process to permit appli-
reach their respective destinations af- tion problems have only cause incon- cants to send all vital information
ter the application Website of Ameri- venience and will not interfere with ranging from transcripts to personal
can Medical College Application Ser- actual medical school acceptances. statements through the Internet, stu-
vice (AMCAS) experienced technical “Tmconfidentth e applicants have dents had trouble logging in.
glitches this summer. nothing to worry about as long as The Website was slated to begin op-
Asa result of problems associated they follow our instructions,” says erating on June 1, but errors forced a
with a new online application pro- James L. Weiss, M.D., Associate Dean delay until June 18. When it finally did
cess, medical schools have taken a of Admissions at Johns Hopkins open, the site immediately suffered Now Accepts
number of steps to ensure that the School of Medicine. from numerous problems, including
application process remains fair. The problem stems from the medi- software glitches and site crashes.
In early August, JHU medical cal school application system run by Students reported spending
school officials joined their counter- AMCAS. Typically, potential stu- hours or even longer trying to
parts at other medical schools across dents first complete the generic ap- download an application that
the countryt od evise a solution to the plication created by AMCAS, which should have taken minutes. J-CASH
AMCASproblems. Inaddition, Johns notifies schools of a student’s intent “Onestudenttoldmehe spent days
Hopkins began posting special no- to apply. Next, schools like Hopkins trying to download the application
tices on the school’s Web site advis- send those students a secondary ap- online,” said Weiss.
ing students who had applied to fol- plication more specific to the school. These stories quickly became the
low a number of steps to ensure that This year, however, AMCAS began rule rather than the exception as an
the school receives all information requiring all generic applications to be incrneumbaer sofi pronspegctiv e ap-
vital to admission. The Hopkins site submitted entirely online. Previously, plicants reported encountering diffi-
prompted students to send a printed students sent in their applications on culties. Soon the troubles spiraled out
of control by midsummer and even
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after some students were finally able
to send their applications to AMCAS,
the same company found itself un-
able to transmit those applications to
their respective schools. $7.00
The ensuing dilemma has left
many medical school applicants with
_a feeling of being in limbo.
“I tried to start working on applica-
tions this summer, but I couldn’t get
the Website to work,” says senior Matt
Kleinmaier. “When they first put up
the site it was impossible to get on.”
Some schools have pushed back
application deadlines to accommo-
date beleaguered students.
“We have our wonderful office
staff working overtime,” said Weiss.
“This whole situation is going to work
out fine.”
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NEWS
Steiner purchases WJHU_ Student Council debates
Constitution committee
CONTINUED FROM Pace AI to be a large investment to bring the spend on upgrading the station’s
-dents who interned, it was largely equipment up to speed.” equipment could better be used for
a professional station.” At the same time, O’Shea noted other purposes by the school, citing
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sale was not reached until Sept. 19. campus,n o consultation with student Student Involvementand Leadership Vice-PresideSnarta h Cummings said sive not only to those student needs
While the deal is now pending FCC bring the equipment groups was undertaken prior to sell- Programs and the 12-year advisor of she was equally skeptical, citing an that are expressly brought to its at-
approval, which could take 90 or more ing the station. Student Council, opened the meet-
days, it is unlikely to encounter any up to speed. Aside from any effects on Johns ing with a pep talk on taking action, Eee
significant obstacles. Hopkins itself, the sale of WJHU will saying “It’s my opinion that you [stu-
According to O’Shea, one of the — DENNIS O'SHEA likely alter the programming of the dent leaders] need to have more di- STUDENT COUNCIL ATTENDANCE, SEPTEMBER 25, 2001
chief factors affecting the station itself. WJHU’s programming rect influence on policy and proce-
administration’s decision to sell is likely to be supplemented more dures, rather than just on housing
WJHU was the cost of upgrading its that the University had its own “com- with coverage of local and regional and dining times.” EPrxeesciudteinvte AOnffuijc eMrist tal 338-7569 Present
broadcasting equipment. “When the peting investment needs.” Accord- issues. The talk appeared well-timed, as VP Institutional Relations Katie Dix 516-2567 Present
station opened 15 years ago, it was a ing to O’Shea, the administration de- WJHU can be found on 88.1 on the Council soon moved on to dis- VP Administration Priya Sarin 366-7766 Present
state-of-the-art station. There needs cided that the money the school would the FM dial. cussion at the very foundation of the Secretary Manish Gala 516-2573 Present
L Student Council structure. Treasurer Noel DeSantos 516-2758 Present
Senior Class President Stephen Class of 2002
Goutman led the movement to form President Stephen Goutman 889-3421 Present
a committee to rewrite the current Vice President Shanu Kohli 889-7236 Present
Secretary/Treasurer Camille Fesche 978-2244 Present
Constitution and “restructure Stu-
Representative Vivek lyer 905-3896 Present
dent Council.” He proposed estab- Representative Samantha Kanner 467-5798 Present
lishing a committee that would re- Representative Grey Emmons 243-0499 Present
port back to the Council by
mid-November to allow a vote be- Class of 2003
President Ravi Kavasery 662-4982 Present
fore Intersession. Vice President Sarah Cummings 889-4948 Present
Class of 2004 President Bob Secretary/Treasurer Tara Feehan Present
Alleman led the opposition against Representative Omer Taviloglu 499-7467 ABSENT
the proposition, saying that, espe- Representative Chris Cunico 889-1066 Present
Representative Priti Dalal 467-8692 Present
cially with such a serious decision
at stake, a small committee both Class of 2004
composed of and appointed by President Bob Alleman 467-1110 Present
Council members could not be sure Vice President Simone Chen 516-3576 Present
Secretary/Treasurer Leah Greenfield 516-3607 Present
to represent the needs of the entire Representative Jackie Chan : 516-3756 Present
student body. Representative Benjamin Wang 516-3686 _ Present
Alleman said that he did not feel Representative Ali Fenwick 443-722-8689 Present
the subject itself was valid, either.
“T don’t think the Constitution
needs to be changed,” he said. “The
real reason why this Council is not
effective is [that] we can’t debate here.
We haven’t even tried the full limits
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of the old Constitution.”
Goutman suggested that the com-
FILE PHOTO mittee meetings be held in a room
WJHU 88.1FM, formerly a student-run radio station, is no longer owned by the Johns Hopkins University. like the Garrett Room of the MSE ill-attended meeting of the Rules tention but also to those that re-
Library in order to facilitate outside Committee on Saturday as proof that main unvoiced. Council President
input. small committees are not the bestway Anuj Mittal had asked Smedick to
However, although Goutman felt of drawing outside student response. speak at the meeting. aati
Area crime report for Sept. 13 - 19
Faith-based weight
ternational Studies (SAIS) of Johns plained.
loss more effective Hopkins University, he advocated The findings point to heredity as
military intervention in Bosnia and afactor that contributes toa person’s
Church-based nutrition and exer- Kosovo. He also pressed his argu- body composition, she noted. September 13 Blk. of Maryland Ave. into victim’s pocketbook and took
cise programs can move African- ment that not only was Saddam a “Now we know [which children] purse containing ID, credit cards and
American women to adopt healthier suspected sponsor of terrorism, he need to be targets for intervention,” + 8:30 a.m. — Suspect forced entry September 15 $25 on 3200 Blk. of Barclay St.
habits, according to a study led by was also likely to be a willing supplier Treuth told Reuters Health. to business and removed propertoyn +2:55 p.m. — Suspect stole US flag
Johns Hopkins University research- of weapons of mass destruction ‘ “Treatment and prevention of 4200 Blk. of York Rd. + 2:00 a.m. — Person took 89 valued $150 on 3500 Blk. of Chestnut
ers. In a partnership with 16 Balti- (WMD in Washington parlance). obesity may need to be targeted to *9:15 p.m. — After hitting victim Toyota Camry on 500 BIk. of E. 41st Ave.
more churches that encouraged more From his academic perch, Mr children of overweight or obese par- with a bat, suspect cut victim with a St. * 6:30 p.m. — Suspect stole de-
than 500 participants to lose weight Wolfowitz vigorously argued for the ents in particular, since they will be knife on 600 Blk. of E. 37th St. + 8:00 a.m. — Suspect gined entry odorant, Rembrandt and Reach
and choose healthier foods fora year, arming Iraqi opposition groups and at higher risk of related complica- * 8:00 p.m. — Suspect took 93 to apartment and removed property electric toothbrush valued $79.99
women who participated in on-site even using US troops to carve outand tions of obesity,” she concluded. Mazda on 3900 Blk. of Tudor Arms on 2700 Blk. of N. Calvert St. from business on 3700 Blk. of Falls
exercise, dietary and spiritual activi- protect a mini-state inside Iraq for Copyright 2001, Reuters Limited Ave. + 11:20 a.m. — Suspect reached Road.
tieslostan average of 20 pounds, com- the rebels to operate from.
pared with 7 pounds in a self-help Copyright 2001, Guardian News- Nurses found to help September 14
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Foreign policy specialists who measure of weightin relation to height to anxiety, depression, aggression |
heard those remarks had few doubts - thati su sed to assess obesityi na dults. and being withdrawn. $2.50 rail Tuesdays H
over which state the5 7-year-old mili- In general, the investigators found More than 33 percent of the chil- ‘
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administration, he pressed for US- that of their parents. Girls with over- problems, including defiant behav- www.onewo
led troops to pursue the routed Iraqi weight parents tended to be on the ior, low frustration tolerance, and baltimores own
forces all the way to Baghdad and heavier side of normal body weight aggressive behavior. However, only brewed by chipper city
topple Saddam Hussein. for their age, while girls with leaner 16 percent of the children who re-
-_ During the Clinton years, as the parents were more likely to be on the ceived the home nurse visits reported
Dean of the School of Advanced In- , lighter, side of normal, Treuth ex- these same problems.
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2001
THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letrer
NEWS
North speaks at MSE Heston breaks speaking date
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“It’s time to get a grip, to wake with some of the anti terrorist pro- be really positive and foster more “there was no honorarium for Mr:
up to the fact that we’ve been ma- posals made by Attorney General discussion amongst students.” Heston because he was so excited
nipulated by the media,” said John Ashcroft. North began the evening by hold- about coming.” ie
North. “These stories about people “John Ashcroft is a good friend ing up a boarding pass that he kept SLAC, Quakers protest Instead, the Young America s
bringing in nukes in suitcases are of mine, but I disagree with his pro- from a flight he took on the morning Foundation (YAEF) had agreed to do-
about as likely to happen as a me- posal to blur the lines in regards to of Sept. 11. North’s flight left Detroit, | nate $5,000 towards purchasing
teor striking this auditorium warrants. I don’t want to see the Mich. at approximately 8:35 a.m., en | Heston’s latest book for a book sign-
[Shriver Hall]. In order to put a fourth amendment passed by.” route to Reagan National Airport in | CONTIUNED FROM PAGE Al the Saturday rally. | ing that was to follow his speaking
nuke in a suitcase, you'd need a W- As he concluded his speech, Washington, D.C. In the middle of | meet on 33rd St. and marched to the Noother events have been planned | engagement; the royalties from book
88 warhead, the same warhead the North said Americans should ex- the flight, the captain told passengers | Civil War Moment on the south side to protest the government's actions | sales was to be Heston’s only source
Chinese stole from Los Alamos. The pect tougher enforcement of immi- there wasan emergency on the ground | of the Homewood campus. Several in response to the attacks, although it ofincome from the MSE Symposium
Chinese have a ton of money and gration laws and more surveillance. and they would have to laant Dudlle s | people beat on drums, and many still remains a possibility, said SLAC event.
intelligence and they still can’t fig- “If you have a friend who’s visa International Airport. At this point, | more sang war protests that had been members who planned the march.
ure out how to use it. Do you really has expired, tell him he better get North, a military analyst for Fox | used during the 60s and 70s. The “We're stayingin connectionwith |B ookstore
think bin Laden’s gonna figure it his paper work in order,” said News, looked at his media pager. | march ended at the Civil War monu- Baltimore groups,” said Leslie. “If
out in a tent in Afghanistan?” North. There was an urgent bulletin ment, where on Sept. 12, the day after there’s an outbreak ofw ar then we'll
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“It’s never been safer to fly in questions dealing with civil liber- crashed into the World Trade Cen- | “We wanted to respond directly One concern of participants oft he
America,” said North. ties, actions of the IRA, U.S. influ- ter. » to the [tagging],” said Leslie. “The rally was that their voices are being |
North also said that Americans ence in the middle-easatn d domes- Upon landing, North said, pas- | Arab community has had to deal ignored by a government driven by
are more united than ever and much tic anti-war attitudes. sengers were forced to leave the air- | with so much harassment since the war hawks. Despite polls showing that | CONTINUED FROM PAGE I
stronger than terrorists such as bin North molded Constitutional port without any baggage. North | attacks.” the majority of Americans favor war, than what Hopkins has experienced
Laden could have anticipated. He and moralistic views when discuss- hailed a cab, desperately wanting to At the Quaker Friends Congrega- many people don’t want the U.S. to in the past,” said Goutman. “Instead ,
stressed that Americans can expect ing an anti-war protest scheduled get to downtown Washington to do | tionrallyo n Friday night, people held engage a covert enemy with an attack of Hopkins fundraising, the school |
intelligence to go back to dealing in the nation’s capital this weekend. his radio show. Atfirst the cab driver | siginna sstr ip ofroadi n the middle of meant for conventional wars, accord- is going to lease the land to a devel-
with unsavory people and that while “They have the right to protest as was resistant due to the fact that the Art Museum Drive. While most of ing to Leslie. oper. The developer can puta build-
the public will know about some of much as they want. If this society in- city was shut off and totally evacu- the rally participants came from the “When 250 people showed up, I ing on that property, and in return, |
the operations, they will be kept in fringed on civilliberties, protests such ated. Quaker Hall located across Charles was blown away and encouraged,” Hopkins is going to lease that prop- |
the dark about a good deal. as [the one about to:take place in After forking over a little extra | Street, several Hopkins students also said Leslie. “It was great to see that erty back from the realtor.”
“I think Secretary of Defense Washington] wouldn’thappen. They cash, the cab driver decided to give | joined the demonstration. [the students] weren’t going to stay | “After a period of years,” he }
Donald Rumsfeld put it just right,” absolutely have the right to do it,” it a try. Then the cab driver said Hopkins security estimated that quiet when so many people are plan- added, “Hopkins will then own that ’
said said North. “But if Iw ere the police, something interesting. between 150 and 200 people attended ning for war.” | property.”
North. “He said he would never I'd provide about 50 buses to drive “He said, ‘Osama did this. Iknow |
lie, but there are some things he’s them down to the Pentagon to help he did this,” said North. “I said, Researchers link whales, hippos
just not going to talk about. It’s clean up. Is there no decency? I lost “How do you know?’ He said that
important to keep the public in- two close friends, men with families. he was from Afghanistan and got
formed as much as we can, but we Can’t we wait for the bodies to be out in the 80s with the help of the
cannot reveal information that recovered?” CIA.”
might put lives at risk.” The MSE Symposium co-Chairs, After speaking to police officers | New fossil discoveries add weight relationship to plant-eating artiodac- searcher at the Johns Hopkins Uni-;
North pointed out that if the me- juniors Gregor Feige and Audrey at a diversion point on Interstate to the conclusion that whales are re- tyls, hoofed mammals having an even versity School of Medicine who wrote,
dia were to ever get its hands on clas- Henderson, were very pleased with 66, North was finally able to make it latto laend-dbase d plant-eaters such number of toes: pigs, cows and hip- acommentary accompanying the Sci-
sified documtheey nhavte tshe, co m- the event. into the city. In the course of his as cows and hippopotamuses rather popotamuses, for example. ence article.
plete right to publish them. North “We were able to draw a more discussion, North also praised than to an extinct group of carni- Earlier, those test findings had had With whales’ ancestry being linked
said he didn’t want to see that change diverse crowd tonight,” said President Bush for his recent speech vores, two groups of researchers re- notbeen supported byfo ssil evidence, to plant-eaters, the mystery that re-
because it is a protection against the Henderson. “A lot of ROTC people and the difficult decisions he made port. which pointed more to a link to car- mains is the evolution of modern
government. and fraternity members showed up. during the attack on America. North Scientists have known that whales nivores. Now, authors of two new whales’ eating habits. Toothed whales,
He also touched on the worry It was also really great to get North’s also told the audience that Presi- | evolved from four-legged land ani- studies say their fossil finds, in sepa- like orcas eat fish and other marine
over civil liberties that many have perspective since he’s been in the dent Ronald Reagan would forever mals million of years ago. However, rate areas of Pakistan, have convinced mammals, while others use a mouth
expressed. military, the NSA and is now in the be the best President of his lifetime. which branch of the animal king- them the tests are correct. structure called baleen to filter tiny
North said he believes the war media. He’s seen it from all angles.” “[Reagan] was able to bring dom from which whales splithas been “T have to say when I look at this plankton from the water.
on terrorism will be conducted Feige also was happy with down an evil empire without en- a matter of debate. newevidence, I was initially reluctant
without intruding on civil liberties. North’s speech. gaging the country ina cataclysmic Immunological tests in the 1950s to believe it, but I have convinced Copyright 2001, The Seattle Times
He referred to a pocket copy oft he “He covered a lot ofg reat topics, war,” said North. and recent DNA tests have shown a myself,” said Kenneth Rose, a re- Company
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THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LetrTer
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E. Asian studies program drifting
PUBLISHED SINCE 1896 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE JOHNS Hopkins UNIVERSITY An inside look into the struggle to keep a program in A&S alive
is crude expression search to replace Dr. Berger is in theT vhaec anfcacite stihsa t noant tihnet eorndliys cpirpolbilneamry.
University plan needs scrutinizing c“maTamhneey y ajsi unsa t tsdhuoern p’rtri oseog miv.teo CprhoagSiriremismlsaa.nr”l y,o fP rotfh.e WPiollliitaimca lC onSncoilelnyce, mpsoerunortgcsre as mis ttodh eod erbsai wgn goeftsr to hmha ivneodt rhhaerun cmeda enpt aor rtie-t-s
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Finally, the University is taking its first Second,w e already have ahousing prob- | porting the East Asian Studies pro- ies Department, the program has
Steps towards creating a true student union lem as itis. Forcing a portion of the student agrnadm . t“heYno u haerae dsri ghst,t”a rstaeidd atnoo thneord, THE RIGHT EDGE mmeanntys ptro ofmeaskseor s it isnt rootnhg.e r Itd edpraarwts-
‘for us. After having heard our peers com- population to find housing would only throughout the room. It was a small many teachers from the Political Sci-
plain about Hopkins lack of a centralized create a sense that Hopkins cares more wgaatnhteerdi ngt hiosf cUolnuminivste trom eusmnbdieerrtsst yawnh do iDtes psatargtem eofn tr ecceliaviimnsg, a“pTphlei casteiaorncsh. iWs ein * genucaeg,e Hdisetpoarryt,m eEnctso.n omTihciss iasn dc leLaarnl-y
“hub, it seems the recently-announced in- about its retail opportunities than about the current state of the East Asian [department] hopeto find someone.”
-tent to build a bookstore on the corner of the well-being of its students. Though this Studies, a program in trouble. Connolly also adds that the pro- =eSS S SE)
The East Asian Studies, unlike the cess might be slow because ofa “great For the program to
‘N. Charles and 33rd Streets is a welcome may be true, we would like to think the subjects it studies, is neither ancient [number of] responses from appli-
‘answer to our prayers. number one priority of the University is nor enriched with resources. The pro- cants” that the department must re- improve, it needs to
gram began in 1995 under the direc- view before making a recommenda-
While we appreciate the administration's our well-being, not capitalism. tion of Prof. William Rowe of the tion for appointment. expand, not just
History Department. He formed the However, supporters of East Asian
,attempts to appease its students, it seems Third, to allow Barnes and Noble to run
core of the studies with two other Studies argue that the slow pace of the
replace vacancies.
that there are several inconveniences that a second operation on campus would be professors, Sonia Ryang of Anthro- search has to do with the “unwilling-
pology and Thomas Berger of Politi- ness of A&S deans to support the pro-
willhave to be dealt with before the ground- unfair to us, the students, because it creates
cal Science. Each specialized in dif- gram.” They also charge that “unlike
‘breaking ceremony can be planned. a monopoly. Hopkins should consider al- ferent fields: Rowe, a scholar on Dean Kessler, Dean Richard McCarty
Chinese history; Ryang, an anthro- has been uncooperative and inacces- apparent on p. 207 of this year’s JHU
First, to demolish the Homewood Ga- lowing a rival bookstore chain to take the pologist of Korea and Japan; and sible to students and professors.” Course Catalogue. Compare this to
‘rage would displace many cars and create helm of the newlocation so we,as students, Berger, a political scientist for Japan. Many people feel as if Dean the East Asian Studies on p. 134. One
With support from former A&S McCarty has been canceling meet- third of the program’s courses are
-an even more difficult parking situation would benefit from competition between ings with professors of the program languages, and another third are
in Charles Village. Though the Area 12 the two. since day one of his appointment. “comparative courses,” meaning East
The East Asian Studies, But Associate Dean David refutes Asia will be “discussed” but not be
Parking Permits are cheap and conve- Fourth, having the property doesn’t these charges as being unfounded. the “focus” of the course. Yes, by this
-nient, there is no guarantee that spaces guarantee students will appreciate it and unlike the subjects it “As far as I know,” he says, “Dean logic, astudent of the East Asian Stud-
McCarty has held meetings [with stu- ies can prepare for his B.S. just as well
will be found. The temporary loss oft he gravitate towards it. Administrators need dents and professors].” Moreover, he with a course on “Theories of Social
Studies, is neither cites the appointments of Dr. Kellee Change and Evolution” for itis “com-
, Homewood Garage would only exacer- to create an atmosphere that is inviting
Tsai and Dr. Tobie Meyer-Fong as parable” to courses such as “Society
‘bate that problem. Since garage spaces and relaxing. E-Level no longer exists. But ancient nor enriched examples in which the school hasbeen and Social Change in 18th-century
supportive of the studies. China.”
are open to all car owners, regardless of the new bookstore location should con-
with resources. Here, Rowe says that A&S has been Logically then, for the program to
their affiliation to the University, both sider adding a casual pub or bar to attract more successful at simply “preserv- improve, it needs to expand, not just
ing” the program. Rowe cites the case replace vacancies. At this point
,Charles Village residents and Johns its students. Other schools can handle hav-
in which “Prof. Ryang had an offer to though, there are no plans of ex-
Hopkins students will start battling each ing on-campus pubs, why can’t we? Dean Herbert Kessler, the three teach- leave to another college [for] sub- pansion that students and faculty
ers began to plant the seeds for a pro- stantially hire salary. We [professors are aware of. Connolly of Political
other for street parking. Though there are many wrinkles to be gram. In this connection, Rowe ex- of the program] wrote a letter to Science, has “no plan [of expan-
_ Why not give students the right to park ironed out, it is admirable that the admin- plains that the program started witha McCarty. Somehow, she stayed.” sion] on the books.” The situation
good foundation for “Dean Kessler In addition, supporters charge the is a bit better for the History De-
in the lots on campus during the construc- istration is beginning to hear our cries for was a very strong supporter.” Dean’s office for playing office poli- partment. Rowe states, “We are at-
‘tion period? If that time is spent to build a acentralized student union. Hopefully, this Since then, however, the program tics or “taking unkindly action” to tempting to find post-doctorate ap-
has been drifting. With the departure faculty members who have taken a pointments.”
mulit-tiered parking garage like the ones is not another bark with no supporting of Berger for personal reasons and a critical stance against A&S by threat- Consequently, without any ex-
‘they have at Princeton, students would feel bite. The University owes its students a slow candidate-search process to fill ening their stay at Hopkins. To this pansion in departments which the
his absence, the studies have been Associate Dean David replies, “I am program relies on, East Asian Studies
‘the wait was worth it. firm bite this time. reduced to “favor China,” according not aware of any such case. I can’t will forever be at risk, especially when
to Rowe. In regards, Associate Dean imagine punishment.” a teacher departs from an already
of A&S Steven David, says, “The But hiring new professors to fill small group of professors.
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Difficult times ahead for liberals
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p until very recently, it patriotism confused. A patriot cares ate the way it did back in it’s glory days.
was a good time to bea enough about his or her country to You remember: back when American
liberal in America. The criticize it in an honest attempt to tax dollars helped United Fruit install a
Senate had cut funding improve it. A nationalist thinks that dictatorship that was more to its liking
for missile tests that any criticism, however well-inten- inG uatemala, assisted Agusto Pinochet
-would have been in violation of the in setting up his bloody regime in Chile
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. Guber- CHARLESDONEFER and put kleptocrat Mobutu Sese Seko
natorial races in New Jersey and Vir- into poweri nC ongo because the previ-
ginia were looking good for the ous leader, Patrice Lumumba, dared to
WE RELEFT,
Democrats. Jesse Helms and Strom accept Soviet development assistance
Thurmond, two retrograde, barely- for his desperately poor country when
reformed former segregationissenta - THEYR EW RONG it was offered.
tors announced that they were retir- Some sort of anti-terrorist action
ing. The budget battle had is necessary. An open-ended, loosely-
Republicans in a rhetorical box — tioned, is not patriotic. Thus, a na- defined military action, combined
the tax cut, combined with the slow- tionalist, while giving lip service to with the restriction of our rights do-
ing economy reduced the surplus to democracy, does not believe in its
> the point at which there was not application. eS er ie eas Ss
enough money outside of Social Se- Along with attacks on our patrio- In times ofc risist,h e
TW! curity to pay for lavish military spend- tism, we liberals will also find our-
ing increases or President Bush’s edu- selves losing many political battles on hard line usually wins.
cation initiatives. issues of civil liberties, national de-
It seemed as ifall we liberals had to fense and foreign affairs in the name
do in order to take back the House in of the vague concept of “national se- mestically mayo rm aynotbethe right
y 2002 was to sit back and watch the curity.” solution, but it looks like we’re doing
By ERIC HA Republicans and their Neanderthal Although useiln perevsentsin g the it anyway. Don’t agree with Dubya?
Student hygiene needs improving leader, George W. Bush, squirm. attacks of Sept. 11 and probably also Don’tworrtyo o much. Fight for what
What a difference two weeks useless in defending against even the you believe in, but realize that our
makes. mostelementary missile attacks, mis- new-found willingness as the body
We've lost over 6,000 lives, several sile defense will become more popu- politic to acquiesce to whatever our
buildings, four airplanes and our col- lar, even as ifit makes building a coa- President asks for will go on for a
ne would assume that I’m not asking you to be obses- tation was basically six days of touch- lective sense of security. We’ve also lition to fight terrorism harder to while. Have faith that the courts will
2 ata school thias wtorl d sive-compulsive or to be germ-pho- ing hands and whatever was on them, lost our place in the linear narrative assemble. eventually strike down the worst of
é renowned for its medi- bic, but washing your hands after us- and the hand-to-hand contact still of day-to-day political battles. Many Restraintso n theC .I.A. willbelifted. the intrusions into our freedoms and
- cal programs, the ing the bathroom and before meals continues to run rampant through- times in recent days, politicians and Soon, the C.I.A. willb eallowedt oo per- that we'll get the bad guys.
‘ cleanliness of hands would be a great benefit. Let’s also out this school. When you wash your talking heads have said that “politics
would be a concern for many mem- remember something: very few things hands, you’re not just doing it for is suspended” for the duration of
“bers of the student body. However, at BENDEITCHMAN yourself, but for everybody that you “America’s New War,” as CNN’s
“the Johns Hopkins University, this come into contact with. Part of col- graphics departmentso often reminds
~ does not appear to be the case. Many lege is living with people and respect- us it’s called.
”'people here jeopardize the health of ing them. One easy way to show how Wearthate poltitiocsislsusdpend ed
‘themselves and others and fail to wash Guest EDITORIAL much you care for others is to keep because we all need to unite behind our
“;their hands when they depart the | your hands germ and grease-free. newly gravitas-enhanced president,
‘bathroom facility. This act oflaziness It is also not appealing to the op- shut up about civil liberties and let
is absolutely disgusting and needs to here at Johns Hopkins are free — if posite sex to have filthy hands. Who Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, Ridge and the
“be addressed. you prefer to be technical, replace wants to holda grimy, germ-infested, C.I.A. handle things until we get Osama.
' Obviously, this infraction of good “free” with “included in the cost of urine-stained hand? I’m not saying To do otherwise would be unpatriotic.
hygiene is not the most important tuition.” However, we are lucky that that chicks dig guys with clean hands The hard right believes that drop-
_global issue at this time. It is also true the University supplies us with a vir- or thatall guys want ina girl are sweet- ping a lot of bombs, combined with
that we all sometimes are in a rush or tually unlimited amount of soap and smelling palms, but unwashed hands unleashing a barrage of C.I.A. dirty
-have other things on our mindand do water. My advice to you is to take are unattractive. Ihope that the many tricksters across the globe, will solve
not make it to the sink. I’ll admit, advantage of this and use as much of of you who do wash your hands con- the problem, or at least make us feel
_using the words of California Con- these products as possible. The best tinue to do so and that those of you better. In times of crisis, the hard line
_ gressman Gary Condit, that, “I’venot _ way to use them is by washing your who have not been doing so make it a usually wins. Aside from implement-
_ beenaperfecmatn , and I’ve made my hands often fora prolonged period of habit. However, do not be snide or ing bad policy, this means trouble for
_ share of mistakes... [but] I think it’s time. If you wish to be environmen- obnoxious if you see someone fail to liberals. We will find ourselves in-
- best that I not get into those details.” tally conscious — which is strongly practice good hygiene. Wedon’tneed creasingly attacked for criticizing the
However, experts agree that much of advised, use a lot of soap and not as bathroom police smelling our hands government and lacking in patrio-
the reason for our increased life ex- much water to conserve that valuable © as we walk out a door making sure tism.
_pectancy is because our personal resource. our hands are clean. Just please, for Yes, now is an essential time to be
health habits have improved. Thus, _ It is also important to remember the sake of yourself and others, wash patriotic. But patriotism is like ice
- to prevent illness and prolong our lives that the grime on the hands of stu- your hands. cream — there’s always room for it.
_ here on campus, we need to keep our’ dents spreads like a plague through- In conclusion, PLEASE WASH The problem is that the newly-ascen-
_hands as germ-free asp ossible. x "out the Homewood Campus. Orien- YOUR HANDS! Thank you! dant hard line has nationalism and
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OPINIONS
With the exception ofe ditorials, the
opinions expressed here are those of the
contributors. They are not necessarily
those of The Johns Hopkins News-Letter.
Seniors: Just a lot of hype Dubya’s war on terrorism is_
missing one important target
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Then I find out they’re either juniors did freshyeamr,a wnors e teachersand this is just my particular landlord). international terrorism. But in order rael, Force 17 and the Fatah Tanzim, But Colin Powell’s State Department
or graduate students. now have to worry about fulfilling Living off-campus has made it diffi- to fulfill his pledge, President Bush is groups solely responsible to Arafat, is still trying to force Sharon to allow
Saying “Hi” to everyone is just a graduation requirements. Dammit. cult to be active on campus like when going to have to display even more perpetrated roughly half of the 7,803 a meeting between Israeli Foreign
formality — we sure as hell don’t When did things get so difficult? we lived in dorms in our hey-day. courage than he has to this point. In terrorist attacks against Israel in the Minister Shimon Peres and Arafat.
knowthatmany people. In fact, Ithink We don’t have too many of the Where’s that car you were plan- essence, he shall have to give the last year. This is not to say, however, This would be almost as ridiculous as
I know less people now than in my conveniences we’ve been promised: ning on having here? world, and manyi n his own adminis- that Hamas and Islamic Jihad do not if Powell and one of bin Laden’s
first week as a freshman. All of the Every liberal arts school in the coun- We've exhausted the opportuni- tration, a vertical index finger by con- have their proper place in Arafat’s henchmen were to meet.
classes ahead of us have graduated try has on-line registration, but we ties at Charles Village, and now that sidering the PLO a “hostile nation,” administration. Arafat frequently Arafat and his terrorists enjoy con-
and have been replaced with thou- still wait on Soviet bread lines and get we’re 21, those perfect Maryland fake and acting accordingly. holds council with leaders of these siderable sympathy from many West-
sands of strange, new faces. signatures from advisors and profes- IDs everyone had freshman year are For more than a year now, the so- two radical movements. Hamas and ern nations, particularly from leftist
Sure, we’ve all found our group sors as if our add/drop form were a no fun to use anymore. Orient Ex- called “intifada” has raged in Israel Islamic Jihad are most convenient for elements. President Bush would face
of friends, but over the years we’ve living wage petition. And finally, press is still my favorite place, but $8 and the Palestinian territories, semi- Arafat: they are both allies and scape- great opposition were he to declare
gained a few other types ofr elation- when it looks like they might just get is just a little too much to pay for autonomous zones ruled by Yassar goats; whichever is necessary at a Arafat’s Palestinian Authority a
ships. Walking through campus, the system up and running, we won’t General Tso’s dinner special and sit- Arafat’s Palestinian Authority. On given time. ; “hostile regime,” but this would be
one encounters all of those past getto use it. Whatkind ofc ruel jokeis ting on the porcelain throne for six Monday, Palestinian students cel- For months, the world has stood atruly principled stance against ter-
hook-ups, those ex-girlfriends/boy- this? hours. Xando’s and Donna’s have al- ebrated a year oft he intifada - or an horrified while Israeli Prime Minis- rorism, and would signal to the
friends, those people you’ve never I think we’re all just a little bit ways been overpriced and trendy — uprising against Israel - by demon- ter Ariel Sharon has conducted a world that Bush means business.
said “Hi” to once but have seen over fatter, balder and older than three they'll always be great places to go to. strating in front of a replica of the limited policy of assassinating Pal- Instead of talking about including
a thousand times. There are the stu- years ago. Many of us guys use We seniors are not nearly as cool Jerusalem Sbarro destroyed by a Pal- estinian terrorist leaders before they Arafat in a coalition against terror,
dents you're just sick of seeing, a Rogaine — and the ones that do will as we once thought we'd be. estinian suicide-bomber, who killed are capable of perpetrating attacks the Bush administration should cut
thousand underclassmen you’ve laugh a few years down the road at the Older? Yes. And maybe a touch 15 Israelis and himself. These stu- against Israel. Secretary of State the vast amouofn funtdin g America
never met and friends from fresh- ones who don’t. Girls are starting to wiser — for instance, we know where dents are by no means atypical, as Colin Powell denounced these pre- still gives to the Palestinian Author-
man year youv e stopped talking to. look like their mothers. I can feel my the best bathrooms on campus are. recent polls indicate that over 80% of emptive strikes as “provocative,” ity and stand by America’s Israeli
Fraternity guys surely have gaineda metabolism grinding to a halt. And But cooler? ’'dhave to say we most Palestinians support suicide bomb- and the reaction of Europe was even allies by actively combating the ter-
few enemies at rival fraternities by maybe I'd play some ball — oh wait certainly are not — unless ofc ourse, ings against Israel. more hostile. rorist groups that support Arafat’s
_now. — there’s no gym. you're in an a cappella group. Most everyone saw footage of Pal- Yet the Israeli government, far regime.
After these past few years, allt he Seniors never show their faces at
new campus additions seem toolittle, frat partieNso,. w eh ave our ownlittle
too late. We don’t have the E-Level get-togethers that are way more fun. The“symbols” of America under attack
we knew and loved. We paid for the Drinking and smoking is the same
Master Plan by spending two of our old for everyone involved — it just
undergraduate years navigating takes a little more to get your fill with
through a map maker’s nightmare. your liver of steel. Are the Pentagon and World Trade Center the true embodiments of American spirit?
And now that the bricks look great, And 40 wwe honestly think we’re
we barely have tim- “~ en?~~ = »i2u,uv0 smarter? How long will it
Aa nthisnewage ofsymbols, ritual band of outlaws that rallies behind tinian Authority leader Yassar Arafat, lision course with the Capitol build-
too often obscures meaning, him, fundamentally opposes the very who Israeli Prime Minister Ariel ing, intending to blow up our pin-
Variety on JHU campus and the symbolic act is inten- fiber of our system; they are willing to Sharon calls “Our bin Laden,” they nacle of democracy, the heroic pas-
tionally ambiguous. Today, the stop at nothing to impose their “new disregard the sanctity of human life. sengers on the plane took a vote to
symbols of strength, democ- world order.” Unlike the PA leader, though, bin decide to strike against the terrorists.
racy and lifestyle — whose meaning Laden acts without pretense. This was more than rote ritual, more
he world isa great and di- notonous enough. Vice versa, my Americans have taken for granted — Meanwhile, Arafat publicly main-
verse place. Beyond this friends on the Upper Quad appreci- are broadcast around the world with- DAVIDL tains his support of peace on the world
truism, I must admit, ate the elements of analytical abso- out explanation. Oftentimes, our stage. But his is a hollow gesture, and
They hate our ability
though, it seems to be an lutism that balances with the gray ar- symbols are misinterpreted and they SINE QuA Non one without history. He audaciously
empirical fact that we of- eas they discuss so fervently. In a are used as targets for local purpose. poses for pictures while donating
ten accept much like the fact that at- sense, itis outstanding and beneficial What makes the events of two blood, all the while implicitly back- to control our own
oms make up the universe. For a vast for students that the academic regi- weeks ago uniquely different from ing his own terror campaign against
ae. f men maintains other acts ofanti-Americanism, how- This opposition, though, is not Israel. destiny.
: Sm ele +3 as equity amongits merely an objection, but a deep- The symbolism of this act — an
earth, the worldis M.0.HART soe Bret #6 rooted hatred that has turned to war. unabashed one of cynical and ironic
merely a corner The terrorist hijackings Bin Laden and others like him in the guerrilla theater — was supposed to than symbolic courage; it was a defi-
that they live in GUEST EDITORIAL cusing on be- Muslim world begrudge that for ameliorate the ghastly images of his ant act of democracy in the face of
and maintain a coming centrist which we stand and are willing to kill constituents’ joyful “dance macabre,” extreme peril. As the President has
constancy that is in one pursuit. and attacks were more us all to take it down. in which they exhibited the same un- stated, we are entering “A war of the
only marginally Subsequently, it Bin Laden and his ilk oppose our controlled joy as when they literally will and mind.”
affected by exter- ze is the charge of than symbolic acts to democracy. In fact, there are more tore two Israeli soldiers limb from What Americans have relearned
nal factors. Even in our great cities, the charter, which I equally admon- dictators in the Middle East than any- limb. But symbols without sincerity in the past two weeks is that our sym-
density does not always substitute for ish, for us students to leverage the send us a message. where else in the world. The rulers of are contemptible. bols — our flag and anthem among
diversity. However, at universities fulcrum of opportunity we have to Afghanistan, the country harboring Arafat’s appearance at the Camp others — are notall we areasa people.
and institutions of learning around fully and truly experience the diver- There were no bin Laden, openly denies all of its David talks last year was symbolic. Wearemorethan thevulnerableicons
the country and planet we have a sity before us. The window of oppor- populations fundamental human But as he later proved, meant noth- we have erected. We are the Ameri-
unique difference from theeveryman. tunity will soon close on our open demands. No rights, while forbidding women from ing. Despite being offered nearly ey- can idea of democracy and freedom
At the Johns Hopkins University, mindsand passionate hearts and thus getting an education and subjecting erything he had ever demanded, he — the life force — of those vessels.
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THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LetTTer
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Huge advances in technology allow
SCIENCEBRIE
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS robotic surery to occur via modem
United States is not say the riskis being taken much more
seriously. The government has twice
ready for bio-attack grounded crop dusters because of fear
they could be used to spray germs or | BY MELISSA HUANG tients on the battlefields, different lo- fiber optic link developed by the image was high-definition television,
chemicals over large areas. While THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LetrTer cations around the world, and even France Telecom that let signals ar- and | had no perception of delay,”
Stashed in secure government some experts maintain that relatively | space. rive with an average delay of 150 Marescaux said. “We were sure we
warehouses around the country are advanced technology would be Doctors recently announced the Currently, robotic surgiesra vyail - milliseconds. Computer Motion were able to do something very safe
400 tons of antibiotics and other needed to make and release large completion of the first successful able in 100 hospitals around the Inc. of Goleta, Calif. produced Zeus, for the patient.”
medical supplies ready for what batches of germs, others say resource- long-distance robotic surgery, which world. Telecommunication is ex- the surgical robot system. The details of the procedure will
seemed until two weeks ago to be an ful terrorists can almost certainly find | involved surgeons in New York re- tremely vital to robotic operations. be published in the September 27
unimaginable catastrophe — a ter- ways to do it on a shoestring. moving the gallbladder ofa 68-year- In robotic surgery, the “hands” at the EARL TEATS FES ST issue of the journal Nature and are
rorist germ attack. Dr. Michael Osterholm of the old woman in Strasbourg, France. end of the surgical instruments are “The barriers of space available online at http://
The stockpile is already packed in University of Minnesota, author of | The French-American medical robotic motors operated by the sur- www.nature.com
hundreds of air freight containers, “Living Terrors,” argues that launch- team performed the gallbladder op- geon from a control panel. Previ- and distance have The procedure is the successful
which can be shipped on 12 hours inga smallpox epidemic, for instance, eration with a remote control that ously, such operations would have combination of two recent develop-
notice. There are enough pills, IV so- could beaseasyaslevelingWtohreld | sends fast signals to robotic surgi- endangered patients because of com- collapseda,n y surgeon ments in medicine: laparoscopic or
lution and other supplies to fill eight Trade Center using planes hijacked | cal tools. munications delays. minimally invasive surgery, first used
747s, enough to treat thousands of with box cutters: Intentionally give | On September 7th, 2001, Dr. The holdup between a surgeon’s in 1988, and robotic surgery, which
could feasibly take
victims of an intentional release of the virus to 40 or 50 suicidal terror- | Jacques Marescaux of the Research command for the robot to move and was first used in 1996.
anthrax or plague or other germ. ists, wait a few days until they are | Institute Against Cancers of the Di- the robot’s response should be kept In laparoscopic surgery, medical
The medicines are the most tan- highly infectious and then send them gestive tract (IRCAD) in France per- less than a fifth of as econd. A fifth of part in any operation procedures involve insertion of thin
gible centerpiece of federal prepara- out to walk through airports, ride | formed the gallbladder operation a second manoyt se em much, butitis instruments and a television camera
tions for a bioterrorist attack on the subways or go to ballgames. | froman office in Manhattthaat cnon - “enough to be noticed by surgeons,” anywhere in the through three small openings in the
United States. But reassuring as they Thousands of people would catch | tained telecommunications equip- said Dr. Michael Gagner, who sat at abdomen. The major advantage to
are, many health experts fear the it and pass it on. Scientists say the | ment and tools linked to sensors. Dr. the controls. “You can have bleeding world.” this method is the drastically reduced
country has hardly begun to getready protection many people had from Marescaux along with Dr. Michel during that time or an instrument recovery time for the patients because
for such a disaster. their childhood smallpox vaccine has Gagchinef oeflapraro,scop ic surgery touching the wrong organ.” — DR. JACQUES smaller wounds have less bleeding
“Howpreparedarewe? Wearemore largely worn off. at Mount Sinai Hospital, and other Clear and accurate images of the MARESCAUX and diminished pain.
prepared than wewere two yearsago. A Osterholm doubts the country | members of the medical team had operation are also important for doc- Minimally invasive surgery is
lot of efforts are under way. But we are could competently deal with a medi- previously performed the same pro- tors to perform well. widely adapted for a range of proce-
woefully unprepared,” says Bruce cal disaster of that scope or even one cedure on pigs. The success of the gallbladder That’s a “huge advance,” said Dr. dures. The IRCAD team chose gall-
Clements, associate directoor fS t. Louis less catastrophic. “We are just not The patient in Strasbourg, whose operation was the culmination of Thomas Jarrett of the Johns Hopkins bladder removal, formally known as
University’s Center for the Study of ready for even a moderate-size | name has notbeen revealed, was fully two-and-a-hayleafr s of research by University Medical School, who had cholecystectomy, for its firstattempt.
Bioterrorismand Emerging Infections. event,” he says. informed about the nature of the pro- French telecommunications group previously assisted remotely on akid- Dr. Gagner refers to the minimally
_ The possibility — or probability The CDC leads government plan- | cedure beforehand and readily France Telecom. The telecommu- ney operation performed in Rome. invasive surgery as the “gold stan-
— ofa bioterrorist attack was already ning for the medical effects of such agreed, said Marescaux. The patient nication problem was solved by a “Tn my monitor, the quality of the dard” for gallbladder removal.
near the top of some experts’ worry terrorism. Over the past two years, was released in 48 hours with no com-
lists long before Sept. 11. The Centers besides stockpiling drugs, it has un- plications and was happy to be part of
New law may halt research
for Disease Control and Prevention derwritten state and _ local a technological advancement.
published its strategic plan for deal- bioterrorism planning and educa- “The barriers of space and distance
ing with one last year. tion, strengthened communications have collapsed,” said Dr. Jacques
“Many experts believe that it is no among health officials and improved Marescaux, one of the surgeons who
longer a matter of ifb ut ‘when’ such labs’ ability to identify unusual bugs. performed the operation. Using the that poses any possible risk
an attack will<o cc ur,” said Dr. James However, many experts say that on new technique, “any surgeon could
M. Hughes, the CDC’s chief of infec- the local level, preparation has been feasibly take part in any operation
tious diseases, in congressional testi- scattershot, and doctors, nurses and anywhere in the world.”
mony seven weeks before the attacks hospitals are simply untrained and un- The45-minute surgery proves that
in New York and Washington. prepared to deal with tens of thou- robotic surgery makes it possible for
- Afterthoseattacks, however, many CONTINUED ON Pace AO doctors to operate remotely on pa- JONATHAN GROVER the Kennedy Krieger Institute, de- ward, “underscores whatis at stake,
THE JOHNS Hopkins NEws-LETTER fended the institution saying, “There not simply for the research com-
Dr. Hardwick speaks about the has been much misunderstanding, munity but, more importantly, for
A recent decision by the Maryland misinformation and distortion sur- the health ofour children,” and that,
Court of Appeals could jeopardize rounding this study, which was de- “the Court needs to reconsider parts
ongoing medical research and signed to confirm what experts have ofitsruling.” -
proteins involved in cell death threaten the loss of millions of re- long known about how to prevent If the phrase “any risk” in the
search dollars to out-of-state institu- lead poisamoongn ininer ncitgy ch il- court’s rulingi s taken literally re?
tions. dren and to demonstrate how well search studies into vaccines for dis+
According to the Aug. 16 rulingin various methods of lead abatement eases like the measles and HIV
the case of Grimesv. Kennedy Krieger work.” would be put on hold and many
DAVID MERRICK Institute, Inc., research that poses He further explained, “Every child millions of dollars in research could
THE JOHNS Hopkins NEws-LETTER “any risk of injury or damage to the who participated in this project was be lost.
health” of a child and does not di- given regular blood tests and check- The brief filed by the AAMC, the
Dr. Marie Hardwick from the JHU rectly benefit that subject would be ups. Every home visit was accompa- AAU, the University of Maryland
Bloomberg School of Public Health prohibited. nied by clean-up and education. Vis- Medical System and the Johns
spoke this Thursday, as part of the In response to the ruling the Asso- ible lead paint was removed in every Hopkins University, asks that the
Biology department seminar series, ciation of Américan Medical Colleges house.” According to the Kennedy ruling be changed so that the Mary-
about the reversible functions of the (AAMC), along with the Association Krieger brief, the homes involved in land law is in-line with the rules
proteins involved in cell death. of American Universities (AAU), the the studies had a minimum of 80 per- governing all federally sponsored
Hardwick explained that these University of Maryland Medical Sys- cent less lead paint than other homes and conducted research, as well as
proteins, called cell death regulators, tem, and the Johns Hopkins Univer- in the neighborhoods. with rules and laws governing re-
are responsible for a process called sity, filed an amicus brief asking the Nonetheless, proponent of the search in the remainder of the 49
apoptosis, or cell death. Several pro- court to reconsider its ruling. The court decision, and president of the states.
teins with similar structure, called a brief states that the ramifications of Alliance for Human Research pro- Allofthe 125 accredited U.S. medi-
protein family, are involved in the the courts decision “would cripple tection, Vera Sharav said, “The court cal schools, the 16 accredited Cana-
apoptosis process. Specifically the pursuit of critical medical and public opinion is a powerful reaffirmation dian medical schools, 400 of the ma-
Bcl-2, Bak, and Bax proteins are be- health research”. of the rights of children not to be jor teaching hospitals, over 100,000
lieved to be the some of the chiefcom- The court’s decision stems from a exploited as laboratory animals.” faculty members and the 67,000
ponents of the cell’s apoptosis regu- study conducted by the Kennedy The court decision, however, American medical students and
latory mechanism. Krieger Institute that studied the ef- “could have enormously broad im- 102,000 residents are represented by
Hardwick’s research has centered fects on children of varying levels of plications, because almost all stud- the Association of American Medical
on expanding the knowledge base of lead abatement in their houses. The ies involve risk,” warned Dr. Will- Colleges.
these and other proteins involved in parents of the children involved in iam R. Brody, President of Johns The Association of American Uni-
‘cell death. Knowledge of these pro- EUGENE YUM/NEWS-LETTER STAFF the study claim that the lead resulted Hopkins University. He stressed versities consists of 61 American uni-
teins is important to science because Dr. Hardwick explains the importance of function reversability to the in lead poisoning. that the support of the academic versities and two Canadian universi-
‘cancer and many other diseases re- proteins involved in cell death, a process related to cancer. Dr. Gary Goldstein, President of organizations which have come for- ties.
sult from problems that arise with
these proteins. “Tt appeared to be a cell-type-spe-
_ Cancer results when cells lose con- cific phenomena,” Hardwick con- UpcominG LEcTuRES AT HOMEWOOD AND JHMI
trol of the mechanism that regulate cell cluded, “there is something in cells,
death. Thus they continue to grow, out specific to the death stimuli, which is
of control, and form a tumor. However altering the function of these pro- ‘Thursday, September 27 Monday, October 1
counterintuitive it may seem, the pro- teins.” “Bipolar Frogs: Wnt Signaling and Lithium Action” “Mictrotubule Dynamics and Polarity”
teins thatare responsible for protecting Hardwick found that cleavage of PDeetpearr tS.m eKnletisn , oMf. MDe.d,i cPihn.eD . and Cell and Developmental Biology, MToanxy PHlaynmcakn ,I nsMt.itDu.t e of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
cells are major contributors to the for- only one reside, which corresponds
mation of cancer. to only a very small change in the University of Pennsylvania PCTB 517, 3:30 pm
“ “Whatwearetryingto understand protein’s chemical makeup, resulted Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg, 12:00 pm
Monday, October 1
is how cells make the commitment to
Thursday, September 27 “Tethering of ER-derived Vesicles to the Golgi”
die and the tools that they use to fa-
“What we are trying to “Transcription Initiation: Structure and Mechanism” Susan Ferro-Novick, M.D. iy
cilitate that eppunitan ext to cell Richard H. Ebright, M.D. Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine Yale School of Medicine ¥
deatShh.e” explained thatthep roteinsare understand is how HHMI Waksman Institute 517, PCTB, 3:30 pm
East Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, WBSB, 3:30 pm
divided into two categories, those that Wednesday, October 3
work to kill the cell, pro-death, and cells make the Friday, September 28 “Vitamin A and Human Disease: Who needs Trials?”
those that keep the cell alive, pro-life.
“Targeting FLT3 as a Novel, Specific Therapy for AML” Alfred Sommer, M.D,, M.H.S.
These proteins are specifically inter- commitment to die Donald Small, M.D., Ph.D. Dean, Bloomberg School of Public Health, wit
estitnogt h es cientificcommunitdyu e
Associate Professor, Oncology, Pediatrics, Cellular & The Johns Hopkins University
to the duality of their functions. and the tools that they Molecular Medicine, Room W2030, Bloomberg School of Public Health, 8:15am
~ Hardwick’s research has shown
JHU School of Medicine
eis proteins can reverse their use to facilitate that Weinberg Auditorium, Wednesday, October 3
on, either becoming pro-sur- “The Women’s and Children’s Health Policy Center”
v' ivaIln froormd eprr ot-od eautnhd eorrs tthaen dre vewrhsea.t commitment to cell FPrriedHaeya,l tShe: ptMeomcbke r In2t8e,r 2v0i0e1w s HDiorlelcyt oGrr,a sWoonm, enM.’As. , &A sCshoiclidarteen ’sP ubHleiacl tHhe aPlotlhi cPyr oCfeenstseorr PFHS,. |
caused thisremarkable phenomenon, Mary Catherine Savage/Dr. Ronald Fishbein Room W2030, BSPH, 12:15 pm
Hardwick injected Bak, whiicsh nor - death.”
Interview Rooms, Career Center
miantlol yaa m opurso-ed emaotdhe lp roatnedi nf oiunnhdu mtahnast, it — DR. MARIE HARDWICK G(aSriglnaunpd rHealqlu,i r3erdd iFnl oPoyre,p c1e0t:e0s0 tiao.mn.s lt oA d3v:i0s0i npg. m.o ffice, “WeDdNnAe sdMaiys,m atOccht obReerp ai3r : From Structure to Mechanism”
‘became pro-survival. She furthered
3rd Floor Garland Hall) Wei Yang, Ph.D. Frth s he
‘the study by applying Bak to several in the reversal of the cells function. Senior Investigator and Section Chief, National Instietute ae : " -
different types ohfu man cell cultures These relatively small changes can be Monday, October 1 517 PCTB, 1:30 pm 1 PR Sie .
and found that it was protective in
artificially introduced to a protein in “Active Life Expectancy and Health Care Spending
some cases, but caused cell death in the laboratory. N nates from the MCBS” Wednesday, October 3
undifferentiated neurons. Undiffer-- “One of our goalsi s to take a pro- Ellen k marow, Ph.D. “Fibrous Dysplasia as a Model oonB one Cell Disease”
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THe JOHNS Hopkins News-LeTTER
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
The science behind brewing Guinness
SCIENCE
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Malt, flour, barley, sugar, hops and a dash of old sour beer gives Guinness its distinctive taste
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creamy Guinness at your favorite pub, Oatmeal has also thought to be good for you,” was once used in ad- antibiotics? Who wouldcountoutand were displayed at a news conference.
but few know of the ingenuity and contained in all stout beers, but this A fraction of the beer vertising, health agencies today have distribute the pills? And where would The three jets of dust are thought
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Irish have every right to be proud of have a very distinct flavor, but un- quite true. Since the alcohol content such questions have no answers yet. sions in the nucleus. ,
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quite a few stages. First, the malt is sour Guinness to the brew has also duce a mild laxative effect. Too many Southwestern Medical Center, medical All of the space probe’s science
milled so as to keep the barley husk come into question. The answer is vats contain lactic acid bottles, however, can have an adverse director of Dallas’ metropolitan medi- instruments collected data during the
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barleyi sm ixed with hot water to con- Guinness. been seen in many countries as an ing that a germ attack has even taken hear the atmosphere of the cometary
vert the starches into fermentable A fraction of the beer is still taken beer. This soured beer aphrodisiac, but research since this place. Bugs could be sprayed, invisible environment,” said Marc Rayman,
natural sugars which are extractedand from old oaken vats used a century or claim has classified aphrodisiac ef- and odorless, through buildings, into the mission’s project manager.
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add the characteristic bitterness and the desired Guinness brew we know states that, “Guinness is not notably days later, when unusual numbers of oth- the time. ;
aroma of Guinness, for about 90 and love. modern vats to high in calories,” due to the fact that erwise healthy people turn up at emer- It was only the second close-up
minutes. Another distinguishing attribute the draught, draught-flow and bottle gency rooms with aches and fever. scientists have had of a comet's
This mixture, now cooled and from other beers is the “draught- produce the desired conditioned products have relatively Most doctors have never seena case nucleus. The other came in 1986when
settled, is transported to the Fermen- flow system,” patented by the low alcohol content. of anthrax, smallpox or plague. The the European Space Agency’s Giotto
tation and processing plant where Guinness Corporation, found inthe Guinness brew. Since the alcohol content and re- early signs ofmany bioterror infections spacecraft flew past the comet Halley,
yeast is added to speed the fermenta- bottom of a can of Pub Draught sidual sugars directly affect the could easily be mistaken for the flu. but Yeomans said Deep Space’s im-
tion process. The finished result is Guinness. Dispensing Guinness amount of calories, the higher the Identifayni atntagck quicklyis criti- ages have higher resolution than those
than sent to be packaged, in kegs, from the tab requires the use of a alcohol content, the higher the calo- cal. Once symptoms start, the outlook acquired by Giotto. :
bottles, or cans. mixture of nitrogen and carbon di- can. The liquid nitrogen warms and ries. is grim, even with plenty of medicine. The encounter was a bonus for the
There are several different types of oxide gases. creates a pressure inside the can, In England, post-operative pa- But prompt doses of antibiotics can $164 million Deep Space 1 mission.
Guinness recognizable around the Other beers simply require car- which forces a small amount ofb eer tients undergoing stomach or intes- keep outwardly wellbutinfected people The probe is nearly out of fuel and
world. Draught Guinness and the bon dioxide, which is absorbed into and nitrogen into the plastic cavity. tinal surgery and blood donors used from falling ill. Most of the bacterial NASA plans to turn it offlater this year.
canned Pub Draught Guinness are the beer, creating many bubbles. This When the can is opened, this pres- to be given Guinness since itis high in threats, suchasanthraxand plague, can The location of the comet’s nucleus
pasteurized and have a rich, creamy is what makes a beer carbonated. The sure is released and the contents of iron content. In Ireland, this is still betreated with ordinary antibioticslike within its surrounding cloud of
texture. rich, creamy consistency of Guinness the “smoothifier” are strongly forced being done. Cipro and doxycycline. charged particles was unexpected,
Bottle-conditioned Guinness, on is attributed to the fact that the nitro- But who will get treated first when said David Young, a University of
the other hand, has a much different gen creates very fine bubbles that do Protein study opens demand will far outstrip hospital sup- Michigan scientist and leader of the
taste. Yeast gives a spicier and drier not become absorbed in the beer. The plies? Probably hospital personnel, mission’s space physics team.
taste to the bottled version and in foamy, creamy head on a draft since they need to stay healthy for Scientists had éxpected the nucleus
England it is pasteurized as well. The Guinness is caused bya special faucet everyone’s sake, as well as police, to be within the center of the cloud,
Extra Stout Guinness has much more pubs use. new doors of research firefighters and ambulance crews. formed when the solar wind interacts
bite and is about 1.5 percent stronger The same consistency as what can Many will demand it for their fami- with the dust and gas given off by the
in alcohol content than the canned be found on tap is achieved in cans. lies, too. City officials will argue they comet. Instead, the nucleus was lo-
Guinness. The draught-flow system, which is also deserve protection. cated to one side.
There exist several myths about termed a “smoothifier” by the CONTINUED FROM PAGE A8& hole in the membrane, effectively “Where will it end?” ask Rinnert. “It’s in the wrong place, period.
the ingredients in brewing, one being Guinness Corporation, is actually a could do that we would have a much killing the mitochondria and al- “Are there enough doses to even take And we have to ‘figure out why,”
that Guinness contains oysters. This small plastic, hollow sphere, open to better understanding of these pro- lowing the chemical cytochrome- care of the responders?” Young said.
is not true in the modern brewing. the atmosphere by a tiny hole on its teins,” said Hardwick. c to escape into the rest oft he cell, Stockpiled drugs couldarrivea day Comets are believed to contain
Centuries ago, oyster shell was surface. Function reversibility is not lim- which than activates the cell death or two later, depending on how long pristine examples of the materials that
used as a fining so as to rid the beer of The 16.9 ounce can is evacuated of ited to Bak. In fact, Hardwick says, mechanisms. it takes the CDC to acknowledge the coal4.5e billsionc yeears dago to form °
“we have a new theory that all the “We can isolate mitochondria, and crisis and get moving. But distribut- the solar system.
proteins are pro-life but can be con- add our protein [Bcl-2] and we see ing them will be a herculean job. “We're just scratching the surface,”
verted to pro-death.” the same thing,” said Hardwick. The medicines are divided around project scientist Robert Nelson said. °
Hardwickis research shows that Research concerning the cell death the country into eight lots, called push Comets typically spend most of
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the Bcl-2 family of proteins, which regulatory proteins has applications packages. One or more would be sent, their time in the far reaches of the
are pro-survival ion their normal to virology. As Hardwick explains, depending onthesituation. Eachweighs solar system. It they swing deeper into
state, form ion channels in the mem- “Most viruses activate cell death in- 50 tons and takes up more than 100 air the system, the sun’s radiation boils
FLUENT DUTCH SPEAKER branes of mitochondria. Ion chan- advertently because they barrow all cargo containers. They include more off dust and ice to form the coma and
nels are groups ofp roteins that form these cell pieces and set off all the than 900 cases of pills and 2,500 cases of tail, which usually shine brightly.
a hole in a membrane, allowing the internal burglar alarms in the cell, but intravenous medicines, as well as cath- Deep Space 1 was launched in
needed for translation work contents of the cell to spill out. Ion they have mechanisms to keep the eters, breathing equipment, intrave- October 1998 and completed its mis-
channels ofd ifferent shape and size cell alive long enough for them to nous fluid and bandages. sion to test a dozen new technologies
on Van Gogh project allow specific molecules to leave or finish their life cycles. Than they can Most of the antibiotics — 432,000 a year later. It then lost use of its
enter the cell through the mem- reverse these mechanisms to kill the Cipro tablets and 5 million doxycy- navigational camera, but engineers
brane. cell when they are ready to escape.” cline — would be in bulk bottles. reprogrammed the science camera to
Contact Stephen Broening Normal Bcl-2 allows only avery Research such as Hardwickis has Somehow they would have to be take over the job.
small amount of molecules to opened an exciting new door into the sorted into handfuls of individual i
at 410-435-3592 leave the mitochondria. However, study of protein function reversibility, doses in plastic bags. And these would Crude tools found in
when Bcl-2 is cleaved it changes which has widespread application to somehow have to be distributed to
function and punches a very large many medical problems. hundreds ofthousands of people fran- China indicate life
tic that they are infected.
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Osterholm says the stockpile is
useless without the manpower and Archaeologists say crude stone
plans to distribute the drugs quickly, tools indicate that humans lived in
and “those plans are not in place north China as early as 1.36 million
throughout most of the country.” years ago.
“The concern is there won’t be The tools found buried in the arti-
enough ventilators and enough anti- fact-rich Nihewan Basin of north-
biotics, so we will have to decide who central China represent the earliest
gets treated and who doesn’t,” says known occupation in east Asia as far
emergency physician Nicki Pesik of north as 40 degrees latitude, thesame
Emory University in Atlanta. as present-day Beijing.
to the protection of Andafteradecadeofdownsizinhgo,s - The study by archaeologists at the
or advanced degree can pitals wouldn’t have room for all the pa- Chinese Academy of Sciences, as well as
tients,n orwouldtheyhaveenoughnurses. the Smithsonian Institution and Califor-
Whatifthe infection is highly con- nia Polytechnic State University, appears
tagious, like smallpox? In the entire in the latest issue of the journal Nature. |
Washington-Baltimore area, by one The researchers conclude that the
count, there are just 100 beds in rooms tools were used by hunters who were
equipped with air flow systems that following game migration routes.
keep germs from escaping. Bones of gazelle and horse-like crea-
And finally, those who think about tures, among other extinct species,
the unthinkable ponder this: What if were found with the tools at the an-
the strain of anthrax or plague re- cient game processing site. ;
leased by terrorists has been geneti- They said the dig’s northerly loca-
cally altered? What ifit is resistant to tion suggests that hunters were
common antibiotics? Then those 400 broadly distributed across Asia, and
tons of government medicines could that they reacted flexibly to periodic
be worthless. droughts and other climate changes.
The earliest known human site in
A Deep Space probe China is located in a cave in the east-
ern province of Anhui. Last year, ani-
encounters Comet mal bones and possible stone tools
dated that site to 2.2 million year's
old.
Detailed images of a comet taken The tools in the new study include
by NASA’s Deep Space 1 probe reveal hand-sized scrapers made of fine-
anunexpectedly complex object with grained chert and volcanic rock with
a surface of rugged terrain, rolling sharp, flaked edges. The tools had been
plains, deep fractures and very dark discovered 20 years ago ins edimentary
material, scientists said Tuesday. rock south of Mongolia.
The spacecraft, nearing the end of The researchers recently re- exam-
its useful life, flew within 1,340 miles - ined the tools and used new tests to
of comet Borrelly’s bowling pin- more precisely date them, including
shaped nucleus on Saturday and measurements of chaning tehe sma g-
: snapped two dozen pictures. netic properties of the surrounding
The images of the 2 1/2 -by-5-mile rock layers.
nucleus revealed it was spewing three In 2000, highly refined stone tools
distinct columns of dust. . found in south China were dated at
Theyalso showed that the nucleus’ 800,000 years. That discovery helped
frozen core of dust and ice is coated to disprove a long-held assumption
with a pitch black material, thought that early Asian cultures were less
to be a mix of organic molecules. advanced than those in Africa.
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Al0 THE JoHNS Hopkins News-Letrer SEPTEMBER 27, 2001
SPORTS
Student Athlete of the week: Field Hockey is set back twice
Field Hockey’s Kelly Hewitt
| BY SAGAR THAKER
THE JOHNS Hopkins NEWS-LETTER
BY JENNY FARRELY
The Johns Hopkins Field Hockey
THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LetTer team suffered two back-to-backlosses
this past week, against the College of
It’s 2:35 a.m. on Monday morn- New Jersey and Mary Washington
ing, and sophomore Kelly Hewitt is College. The losses came at a critical
wide awake putting the final touches time after the rescheduling of games
on a project for her oral presenta- } | and also dropped the JHU Field
tions class. Still wearing her prac- Hockey team record below the 500
tice gear from the afternoon session | mark bya slim margin of one game,
that ended almost eight hours ago, as their record now stands at 2-3.
she craves sleep, yet manages to stay The No. 6 College of New Jersey
awake and alert long enough to fin- Lionswerefasttoactin Thursdaynight’s
ish her work. Before finally settling game, as they sped to an early lead of2 -
into bed, she carries out the nightly 0 about seven minutes into the game.
tradition of checking her appoint- But this did not deter the Blue Jays, who
ment book to remind herseolf fth e instead responded by dictating posses-
hours ofc lasses and acitivities that | sion and controlling shots taken, leav-
will occupy her time the next day. ing with an 18-8 shot advantage in the
Although most would cringe at end.
the site of Hewitt’s packed sched- Attaining a penalty shot, senior de-
ule, Kelly is confident and happy — fender Camille Fesche was able to de-
she looks forward to busy days. liver the first goal allowed by the Lions
As a Field Hockey player and a this season against their star goalkeeper.
biology major at Hopkins, every- Sophomore Jenny Farrelly; who was
day is a busy day for Hewitt. Hewitt, || sidelined by an injury, saw the Blue Jay
a two-year starter, is one ofthe most intensity change. She explains “The
valuable players on the 2001 Field
Hockey squad. But she is far from FILE PHOTO
just an athlete. Field Hockey lost two in a row to arrive at their current record, 2-3.
Then our coach took a
Aside from her athletic achieve-
ments, Kelly is a top student in the one and the momentum shifted to Eagles to finish with a 6-0 shutout.
‘| time out, and we
Biology Department and a member their side. However, the Blue Jays were “It was a very frustrating game,
of Homewood Student Affairs unable to capitalize. Instead, the Li- especially because we have beat them
| regroupeda,nd after
Committee. She has also partici- ons regained their two goal lead with for the past few seasons. But they are
Sa
pated in the Circle K Service Orga- EARL CALLAWAY/NEWS-LETTER a tipped rebound off of Blue Jay goal- a great team, they are ranked fifth in
nization and the Inter-Varsity Sophomore Kelly Hewitt stays busy both on and off the hockey field. that, we dominated keeper Amanda Buchanan, who fin- the nation and never stopped hus-
Christian Fellowship. ished with three saves in her first game tling all game,” says Farrelly. “Even
She says, “I have always been in- and her great attitude. She states, charity event benefitting cancer re- the entire game. It this season. when they were up by five goals, they
volved in a lot of stuff at school, “Last year, Kelly stepped up as a search. Kelly, along with a group of The opposing keeper was a brick still worked so hard to get one more.”
whether I was in sixth grade or a freshman for us and provided a other Hopkins students, will be really was one of our wall finishing with 14 saves and secur- Buchanan had started her first
spark to our forward line. Since then travelling cross-country from Bal- ing the Lions win. Yet, this loss truly felt game and finished with 11 saves, yet
she has been such an important as- timore to California, making stops best played games all like one of the Blue Jays best-played this ended up being not enough. Af-
Both on and off the pect to our game. Both on and off all over the United States promot- games, according to Farrelly. ter such a loss, though, the Blue Jays
the field, Kelly is such an unselfish ing cancer awareness. “We truly played up to their level, will be even more focused, and even
field, Kelly is such an player and person. Her positive at- “Tm really looking forward to Season. and they have a legacy as being the though they have a 2-3 record over-
titude is infectious and, although this summer. It’s going to be amaz- strongest Div. III hockey team in the all, they are still undefeated in the
—JENNY FARRELLY
she’s justa sophomore, she is clearly ing to travel cross-country with a | nation. We out-hustled them to the Centennial Conference.
unselfish player and
a leader on the field.” group of other college kids, espe- ballandmadesmartpassing decisions,” Their next game on the road,
Although she plays field hockey cially since it will be on bike. ’'m College of New Jersey came outincred- says Farelly. “We really frustrated them against Franklin and Marshall, is a
person. Her positive year-round to maintain her skills going to return to preseason in the | iblystrongright away. Theyhitus quick with our individual defense and shut Centennial Conference match, a per-
and her conditioning, the off-sea- best shape of myl ife!” Although she with twoamazinggoals. Thenourcoach down their style of play.” fect chance to end their two-game
attitude is infectious son offers Hewitt a chance to get is looking forward to the summer, took a time out, and we regrouped, Mary Washington College proved losing streak, and prepare them for
more involved in other interests. Hewit is really enjoying the fall sea- and, after that, we dominated the entire a much more difficult adversary this Thursday then they will play No. 1-
... she is clearly a Hewitt is employed asa student ath- son. game. Itreally was oneofourbestplayed year, as they rolled past the Blue Jays ranked Salisbury.
letic trainer at the Athletic Center. When asked to comment on the games all season.” 6-0 in what can be called their worst With a good Conference record,
leader on the field. She describes this job as “perfect” 2001 team she says, “I think we have Yet with remarkable defensive loss this year. The Blue Jays got off and the Blue Jays do havea history of
because it is both educational and a really great group of seniors this games by Fesche and senior defender only five shots to the Eagles 20 and one, Johns Hopkins Field Hockey
—HEAD COACH MEGAN fun. year. They are all starters and are all Kim Burton, the lead narrowed to this resulted in two more goals by the may have their ticket to the NCAAs.
With her aspirations to become very important players. With their
CALLAHAN
a orthopedic surgeon, Hewitt says leadership, we have the capability
“the training room is the perfect to go so far this year.”
freshman in college. I like having a hangout for someone like me. I get Hewitt reminicses about her
bunch of different things to do with paid to gain valuable experience and team’s participation in the NCAA
different groups of people. I just to hang out with the other teams. I tournament last year and states
like being busy!” love it!” that, “Although it was a let down
‘When asked what she likes most This past summer, Hewitt was when we lost, it was awesome to
about being part of the field hockey. able to gain further insight into the be in the tournment. It has given
team, Kelly’s eyes light up, as you field of orthopedic surgery through us something to aspire to and to
can tell that 50 thoughts are run- an internship with a Hopkins sur- work towards every year now.
ning through her head. She cites her geon. Now that we know what it feels
love for the sport and for her team- Kelly explains “I would follow like, we are dying to get back so
mates as her favorite aspects. him around once a week and would that we can have another
‘Hewitt states, “I love being able get to observe all of the daily events chance.”
to play everyday. I had so much fun that orthopedic surgeons go Although the Blue Jays are 2-4
playing and succeeding with sports through such as developing patient so far this season, they are still
through middle school and high histories and performing exams and still the favorite to win the Cen-
school that it is amazing to think surgeries. It was amazing to get di- tennial Conference. With the
that I still have that opportunity to rect experience.” Conference cup comes a guaran-
continue that fun in college.” For the summer of 2002, Kelly teed bid to the NCAA tournament
‘Megan Callahan, head coach of will not be found interning at a hos- anda chance for Kelly Hewitt and
the the field hockey team, is eager pital but will be found on her bike her teammates to return to the
to talk about Kelly’s athletic ability participating in the Hopkins 4K, a national stage.
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Sophomore Steven Chu and junior Hillary Knipe lead the way
BY MIKE MASTRANGELO For the Lady Jays, junior Hillary In regard to upcoming races, Chu
THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LeTTER Knipe took 69th place with a time of stated, “Everyone is getting back in
21:05:34 to lead Hopkins, while shape pretty quickly and the fresh-
‘In the Big Apple this past Satur- freshman Tiffany Miceli finished menare really coming along. I think
day, the Blue Jay Cross-Country right on the heels of Knipe just four we'll really show our true potential
team competed in the NYU Invita- seconds behind in 70th place. In in the Conference races.” _
tional. The men’s team placed 20th The George Washington Invita-
out of 36 teams with a total of 530 tional in Manassas, Va. this Satur-
points, while the Lady Jays, battling Everyone is getting day will be the Blue Jay’s next chal-
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