The Johns Hopkins University News-Letter, Volume 107, Number 18 (2003 February 27)

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VoLuME CVII, Issug 18 PUBLISHED SINCE 1896 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE JOHNS Hopkins UNIVERSITY FEBRUARY 27, 2003
Undergrad life the
Armed
Women's basketball surpasses Swarthmore
robbers focus of new dean
arrested
BY JEREMIAH CRIM the issue [of improving student life]
| THE JOHNS Hopkins New S-LETTER through the commission,” said
Knapp. “We all have confidence that
Vice Provost Paula Burger is now she’s the right person to do this.”
BY TERESA MATEJOVSKY responsible for overseeing and im- Weiss, who appointed Burger to
THE JoHNS Hopkins News-Letter proving all aspects of undergraduate the new position, was out of town and
life at Hopkins. unavailable for comment.
Two men who were taken into cus- University President William R. The creatiofo tnhi s position comes
todyb y Northern District Police Sat- | Brodyand Provost Steven Knapp told on the heels of last month’s interim
urday evening have been linked to | the News-yeLsteerdaty tthaet Brurg er report of theC ommission on Under-
the armed robbery in the lobby of the would become the University’s first graduate Education (CUE), which
Blackstone Apartments last Thurs- vice dean of undergraduate educa- Burger chairs. Among a number of
day. The suspects were arrested Sat- | tion, a newly created position in the sweeping changes suggested by the
urday for commercial robbery, ac- Krieger School of Arts and Sciences report are proposals to change the
cording to Officer Dennis Rosemary | responsible for integrating studentlife current class schedule, provide four-
of Hopkins Security. and academics. year housing for students and create a
Northern District Police and a Inher newrole, Burger will be “the director of undergraduate studies in
Hopkins Security officer responded | single point of accountability” for each department.
to the Blackstone Apartments, 3215 | imptrhe qoualivty iofu nnderggrad u- Though administrators have said
N. Charles St., at 10:15 p.m. last ate life at Hopkins, said Knapp. As they are unlikely to act on the
Thursday, Feb. 20 for a knifepoint such, she will oversee a variety ofa r- commission’s recommendations un-
robbery. Two females, onea Hopkins | eas that affect students’ undergradu- til a final report is submitted in May,
undergraduate and resident of the ate experience, including housing, Knapp called the new position an im-
Blackstone, and the other her unaf- dining, academic advising, enroll- mediate change that will allow the
filiated guest, permitted two un- | ment and registration. University to “respond quickly and
known malest o enterthelockferodn t “It’s important to have someone expeditiously to the recommenda-
lobby door. | whose job it is to look comprehen- tions [made in the final CUE report].”
One male held the elevator door sively at all these areas,” said Knapp. Burger will be responsible for
open as the girls boarded and dis- Though Burger will officially re- implementing the commission’s rec-
played a knife beneath his jacket. He port to Daniel Weiss, dean of the ommendations concerning student
then demanded and took the guest’s | Krieger school, Brody said that “the life and will lead the Krieger School of
wallet while his partner looked on, | position [will] encompass all under- Arts and Sciences in responding to
according to the Hopkins Security graduates.” In addition to her duties the CUE report.
report from Thursday. The men left | in Arts and Sciences, Burger will also Brody and Knapp declined to dis-
the girls unharmed. There was $115 oversee Homewood Student Affairs cuss which parts of the CUE report
in the wallet, according to Officer and meet with committees from the they thought should be implemented,
Troy Harris of the Northern District Whiting School of Engineering to saying that they would wait for the
ELEKTRA CARRAS/NEWS-LETTER |
Police. Senior guard Ashley Shepler dribbles the ball down the court en route to a Blue Jays home victory over | ensure that their interests are consid- final report.
Beforearhomre,i tvhei ginrlsg h ad Swarthmore. The win gave Hopkins a berth into the Centennial Conference Championships to be played ered. However, Burger said students and
disembarked from a taxi in front of Srey eter page Al2. As vice dean of undergraduate faculty have been “generally support-
Ruby Tuesday’s, at the corner of a education, Burger hopes to create a ive of the thrust of the recommenda-
Charles and 31st Streets, and were sense of community at Hopkins, tions [made by CUE]” and that the
Lax finals to be atR avens stadium
followed home by the two suspects, which she feels is lacking here. She commission’s final report will be very
who had been loitering by the restau- said that students are very satisfied similar to last month’s interim réport.
rant. Thearrested suspects were posi- with research and graduate studies at Burger hopes to tackleanumber of
tively identified as the reported.crimi- Hopkins, and that she wants to “bring problems cited by CUE, including sig-
nals _ one, a white male, wearing a |BY SHRUTI MATHUR the Baltimore Raven Stadium andthe this. There is also lots of potential for other aspects of life at Hopkins to nificant dining and class schedule
puffy black hooded jacket and dark THE JoHNS Hopkins News-Letrer Maryland Stadium Authority. an unbelievable economic impact for [those] same high marks.” changes. i
pants and carray thiin-nblgad e knife; After being held interchangeably the area.” Knapp and Brody said that they “Student satisfaction with food ser-
the otherablack male. Both men were For the first time in its history, the at Rutgers University in New Jersey One of the goals is to break past supported the choice of Burger as vice vice here is, frankly, abysmal,” said
in their early 20's. NCAA Lacrosse Championships are and the University of Maryland, Col- seating records, particularly the 1995 dean for undergraduate education. Burger. Burger also hopes to address
“If the cab driver had dropped | to be played outside ofa college cam- lege Park for the past 15 years, Ernie CONTINUED ON PAGE A2 Burger “has really grabbed hold of CONTINUED ON PAGE A3
them [the two girls] off where they | pus at the Baltimore Raven Stadium, Larossa, Associate Director of Ath-
had needed to go, this wouldn’t have | which will be the host of the 2003 letics and Sports Information Direc- War protesters gather at library
happened,” said Rosemary, who cau- | Final Four for men’s lacrosse during tor at Hopkins, said it is time to bring
tioned students to avoid placing | the Memorial Day weekend. the Final Four to Baltimore.
themselvesin unnecessarily risky situ- The event is a joint venture be- “There is no other area where you
ations. | tween four local universities — Johns have four schools in such close prox-
If a walk is necessary, he advised | Hopkins University, Loyola College, imity that good,” he said. “Baltimore
walking in groups, avoiding alley | Towson University and University of [is proud of] its success at lacrosse, BY JULIANNA FINELLI
CONTINUED ON PAGE A4 Maryland Baltimore County — and and we have gottenalotofsupporton THE JoHNS Hopkins News-Letter
Approximately 70 to 75 students,
Students respond to CUE ideas faculty and staff attended an anti-war
rallyontouthsiedes otf tehe pMislto n
S. Eisenhower (MSE) Library on
Monday afternoon. The rally was
sponsored by JHU for Peace, which
BY LINDSAY SAXE Thursday night in an effort to gain student input, we will produce a final plans to hold a similar rally every
THE JoHNS Hopkins News-LeTTER more student feedback before the report,” said Burger, asshe proceeded Monday.
CUE’s final report is submitted by to go through each set of recommen- Four members of the Hopkins
Months after filling out student May 1. dations included in the interim re- community, includinga graduate stu-
satisfaction surveys, students finally The meeting, which attracted port, then opened the floor to student | dent, undergraduate, faculty mem-
got the chancteo tell theC ommission about 20 Homewood students, saw questions and comments. | ber and staff member, gave speeches
on Undergraduate Education (CUE) an overall positive response to the Initiated in January 2002 by Univer- while JHU for Peace members dis-
what they thought about changes be- recommendations for increased sity President William R. Brody and tributed pamphlets and answered
ing proposed on their behalf. housing, course availability, diversity Provost Steven Knapp, CUE is com- questions. Protesters displayed post-
The results were mixed. and career services. Students did not, posed of students, faculty and affili- ers that read, “Stop the Bush-shit,”
Paula Burger, chair of the com- however, react favorably to the pro- ates of the Universitwyho were asked while organizers passed out slices
missionand vice provost foracademic posed changes in the academic calen- to evaluate the undergraduate expe- from a “cake of peace.”
programs and international affairs, dar or to the proposal for themed rience at Hopkins and to develop spe- According to Neil Hertz, a JHU RAPHAEL SCHWEBER-KOREN/NEWS-LETTER
and Dean of Student Life Susan housing. cific proposals for ameliorating those professor of English and humanities, Students and faculty gathered in front of the MSE Library on Monday to
Boswell, held a town meeting last “On the basis of rethinking and CONTINUED ON Pace A3 the rally was intended to “give people protest a potential war with Iraq.
at Hopkins a chance to express them-
Sarbanes details corporate reform selves ... [and] to ask [listeners] to pending on what happens with the addressed the practicality of a pos-
tune their minds to what the admin- war.” He also described a coordina- sible war on Iraq. He challenged the
istration is planning.” tion with the larger Baltimore com- Bush administration’s stated goals
Greg O'Malley, a graduate student munity for a protest “at the time and gave his opinion of the possible
in the History department, said the bombing starts in Iraq.” consequences of declaring war.
BY JESSICA VALDEZ rallies will be a “weekly event, de- O’ Mallewyas the first to speak and CONTINUED ON PAGE A2
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U.S. Senator Paul S. Sarbanes (D-
MD) recounted his legislative battle
to pass his corporate reform bill to a JHU BLOCKED BY URSINUS ConrTENTS
packed auditorium in Bloomberg Hall In a game that was anything but
Monday, Feb. 24. close in the end, our Men’s Basketball
Calendar
Ina lecture entitled “The Crisis in team was defeated by the little school
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corporate misconduct were triggered treat yourself. Page B4
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crease its profits. In the second quar- Over a month before you can get THE JOHNS HOPKINS
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THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LeTTER FEBRUARY 27, 2003
NEWS
Speakers to discuss international politics Student, faculty
gather for protest
BY JENNA O’STEEN
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€symposium’s 2003 theme, “Psyche abroad. The first halfo f the sympo- Sureshbabu — have worked since Aboutthe newevents, Nikita Japra
of the State: The Commonaliotf Dyis - sium will concentrate on “what are September to put together the lecture said, “I hope this will draw other
content.” This year the symposium the consequences of bad govern- series and the other events with the people to see the symposium. I wasn’t
always drawn, to the [symposium
events], but [we] are all about bring-
ing different events to campus; in- |
2003 Foreign Affairs Symposium Events
corporating other students’ interests | |
and fusing them with international
relations and politics.”
Film: March 5 - Bowling for Columbine dir. DEA Suman Sureshbabuagreed that she
Michael Moore Great Hall, 8 p.m. wanted more people to take an inter-
Shriver Hall, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. est in “understanding why things are |
Film: April 3 - A Place Called Chiapas dir. Nettie happening and what can be done |
Lecture: March 19 - Rising Tides of Democracy: Wild more than just knowing what is hap-
Iran Shaffer 3, 8 p.m. pening.”
Bruce Laingen: Former Hostage and Ambassa- The first event of the symposium |
dor to Iran Lecture: April 9 - International Response: Great is the “kickofoff the first annual film
Glass Pavilion, 8 p.m. Lakes Region ofA frica series,” said Japra. They are showing
French Ambassador Jean David Levitte Michael Moore’s documentary Bowl-
Film: March 20 - Dayereh (The Circle) dir. Jafar Glass Pavilion, 8 p.m. ing for Columbine, to “amplify the
Panahi importance of Americans taking a RAPHAEL SCHWEBER-KOREN/NEWS-LETTER
To Be Announced, 8 p.m. Film: April 10 - Lumumba dir. Raoul Peck step away from our cultural criticisms English and humanities professor Neil Hertz introduces the anti-war
Shaffer 3, 8 p.m. of the rest of the world and to instead protest held in front of the MSE Library last Monday.
Lecture: March 26 - Ethnicity and Globaliza- focus on understanding the flaws
tion Lecture: April 15 - A Citizen’s Perspective on Gov- within our own society before we think CONTINUED FROM PAGE Al potential to peacefully solve” the con-
Steven Dunaway: Senior Advisor Asia Pacific ernment Accountability to address critical situations outside of “If the U.S. invades Iraq and de- flict with Iraq.”
Region (IMF) Photojournalist Steve McCurry ourselves,” said Japra. The event will poses Saddam Hussein, will it really The final speaker was Paul Kramer,
Shriver Hall, 8 p.m. Shriver, 8 p.m. take place on Wednesday, March 5 in make the world a more peaceful assistant professor in the History de-
Shriver Hall, and showings will be both place?” asked O’Malley. “Will it re- partment, who presented a historical
Film: March 27 - Life and Debt dir. Stephanie Film: April 17, Joint Security Area dir. Chan-wook at7 p.m.and 9:30 p.m.; the event will be ally make us safer? In this time of context for the opposition to war.
Black Park free of charge. There will also be a stu- anxiety, I think we have to take seri- According to Kramer, “history
Bloomberg 272, 8 p.m. Shaffer 3, 8 p.m. dent discussion following the viewing ously whatitis that actually threatens may not be with the war mongers.”
in the Clipper Room. our safety. Itis no one bogeyman; itis Kramer quoted various figures in
Event: April 6 - Opening Gala for Photo Exhibit Film: April 24 - One Day in September dir. Kevin This year’s symposium is begin- bigger than that.” American history, including William
Levering Hall, 8 p.m. MacDonald ning later than it has in the past. The O’Malley also addressed interna- James, who addressed “the manipu-
To Be announced, 8 p.m. directors attribute this to the fact that tional opinion, stating that “itis easy for lation of wartime public opinion,”
Lecture: April 2 - Moral Responsibilityo rV ested last year’s staff chose did not choose us to assume our own good intentions Randolph Bourne, who attacked the
Interest: Panel Discussion on Colombia Photo Exhibit: April-May this year’s executive directors until May, ... but we have to be careful about as- American intellectuals who advo-
Featuring Asa Hutchinson, Former Head oft he Levering Hall which prevented them from working suming that other nations will do so.” cated war, Jane Addams, who spoke
withastaffover the 2002 summer. They Suzie Schweigert, a sophomore of the need for “international activ-
also cited the weather as a delay. member of the Student Labor Action ism ... and fellowship,” and Martin
But they feel the late start is more Committee (SLAC), spoke next, read- Luther King, Jr., who saw “war as an
than made up by the “very packed ingaSLAC statement opposing the war enemy of the poor.” Kramer closed
Balto. schools to host Lax finals
month in April,” when there is botha and comparing the war on Iraq with the his speech by suggesting that “we [op-
weekly event and the film series, ac- “war on the poor” in Baltimore. ponents of war] are in good com-
cording to Sureshbabu. Homewood Student Affairs staff pany.”
Both Japra and Sureshbabu ex- member Ann Forno, who spoke next, After speeches were given,
CONTINUED FROM PAGE Al pressed confidence in the activities of also suggested, “The current admin- singer/songwriter David Zee per-
semifinals that were held at The Uni- the symposium. istration is desperate to divert atten- formed a song written by Jim and
versity of Maryland with a crowd of The “theme goes along with a lot tion away from domestic problems.” Sandy Propp-Gubin, a couple he
30,000, since ticket sales will be the of issues on campus and it is a great She stated that Iraq had committed metat the New York protest on Feb.
primary source of funds and revenue. | opportunity for everyone in the com- | “no unprovoked act of aggression P5;
For the championships, the whole munity to bring their thoughts for- against the U.S.,” and that oil was a The song, entitled “Georgie Boy,”
upper deck of the Raven Stadium will ward,” said Japra. chieftfhea Bucshatdmionirstriatinon’ s and was sung to the tune of The
be closed off, so that fans can pur- More information about the sym- consideration of war. Seeker’s “Georgie Girl,” and ridiculed
chase seats only from the lower bowl, posium can be found at its Web site, Forno also stated that the United President George W. Bush and his
which consists of about 32,000 seats, http://www.jhu.edu/~fas/. States “is failing to make use of its policies.
and the club level, which consists of
about 8,000.
Professors offer opinions on Iraq
Larossa said that there are a num-
ber of variables that could affect the
sales and that the aim is to have alarge
advanced sales revenue, but he added
that much depends on a good walk- BY ANITA BHANSALI does, is far more likely to engage in should do a better job of explaining
up crowd that might be around Inner THE JOHNs Hopkins News-Letter nuclear arms selling. the necessity of this war, since “the
Harbor and decide to come based on “The contention that Irag harbors administration has [not] laid out
the weather. As war with Iraq becomes a grow- Al Qaeda operatives is the least per- his case as persuasively as they
_ RAPHAEL SCHWEBER-KOREN/NEWS-LETTER
“However, all four schools have The NCAA Lacrosse Champsionships will be held at Ravens Stadium. ing possibility, Hopkins professors suasive of the administration’s argu- could.”
a significant amount of experience shared a wide range of viewpoints on ments,”h e said. “Ihave no doubtthat David said his hope is that, ulti-
in hosting various NCAA events, in- and contacted Luis Perez, the CFO dium and Inner Harbor means good the potential conflict and the diplo- there are Al Qaeda forces in Iraq. They mately, Iraq could be made into a
cluding soccer, basketball and foot- of the Ravens Stadium, and Ric business,” he said. “Usually one of matic tactics of U.S. President George arealso known to bein 60 other coun- democratic state.
ball, so despite the magnitude of Slossos, the Executive Manager of the complaints is that on the college W. Bush. 3 tries, including this one.” “Td like to see America support-
this particular event and all the dif- the Maryland State Authority, pro- campus there isn’t much to see or From the Classics department, se- In the end, though, Crenson said ing democracy ... and good govern-
ferent aspects involved in its suc- posing to hold the championships much to go to.” It is yet to be deter- nior lecturer Deborah Lyons said that he believes war to be inevitable. ment for a change,” he said. While he
cess, there is a certain comfort level at Raven Stadium. mined the economic impact the Bush lacks a reasonable motivation to Paul Dagdigian, chair ofthe Chem- recognizes the obvious adversities of
felt,” said Larossa. “One of the things I discovered venture will have on the Johns attack Iraq. She points out that the istry Department, agreed with war, David said that “of the bad op-
In the past (1999 and 2002), over time is that a lot of people had Hopkins University. conflict with Afghanistan has hardly Crenson that while the war may not tions available to us, war is the least
Hopkins alone has hosted the Final thought about holding it at the The bid was rewarded quickly, been concluded, and the same can be be justified, it is probable. bad option.”
Four and National Championship Raven Stadium, but that no one had there being no other competition said for the war on terror. He said that the Bush adminis- On the subject of seeking the sup-
Game for women’s lacrosse on taken the next step in creating a due to a general consensus that the “Attacking Iraq will not make us tration has placed an undue focus port of the United Nations, the pro-
Homewood Field, drawing crowds of blueprints,a”id Jordan. Baltimore plan was a much better safer butis likely to stir up even greater on Iraq “to the exclusion of other fessors offered varying views.
between 7,000 to 7,500 people. Since NCAA regulations deemed location and would draw bigger resentment against the U.S., while foreign problems,” including North Dagdigian said that the United States
The games begin on Saturday, sponsorship must be held in con- crowds. adding fuel to the flames of the Is- Korea. He feels that the contain- should have support from the U.N.,
May 24 with the two Division I semi- junction with a college, Jordan then One initial concern when the of- raeli-Palestinian conflict, and setting ment strategy of past years’ kept and that the Bush administration does
finals, after the North and South set out to convince the different ath- ficial planning got underway was the stage for a human and environ- aggression on the part of Saddam indeed seek support from its allies.
quarterfinals take place at Syracuse letic directors of Hopkins (Tom the ability of the four colleges to mental catastrophe of unimaginable Hussein to a minimum. However, David expressed his feeling that,
University and Towson University, Calder), Loyola (Joe Boylan), work together and how'the respon- proportions,” said Lyons. he conceded that “U.N. inspectors although U.N. support “would cer-
respectively. UMBC (Charlie Brown) and sibilities would be shared. Luigi Burzio, chair of the Cogni- would not have been let into Iraq tainly be preferable,” the “United
Sunday afternoon hosts both the Towson (Wayne Edwards) to col- “We basically sat down and com- tive Science department, took a simi- without the buildup of forces States [should not] beheld hostage to
Division II and Division III lacrosse laborate on the project. piled a list of who was to do what — lar stance on the subject of war. Con- around Iraq.” what the French think.”
championship games, while the Di- The team then got together in a Hopkins is in charge of the spon- sidering the moral implications of On the other end of the spectrum While Crenson said he expects the
vision I National Championship is series of meetings to write up a bid sorship, volunteer and legal con- undertaking sucha war, hesaid, “[The is Stephen David, director of the In- war to involve the United States, the
scheduled to commence at 11 a.m. to the NCAA and created a budget tract aspect,” stated Calder. United States] has no authority, moral ternational Relations program and a United Kingdom and several nations
on Memorial Day morning. proposal which included the three There have been monthly meet- or other to override [the] simple rights professor of Security Studies and in Eastern and Southern Europe, he
While all four hosting schools day ticket prices set at $60 for club ings between all the corresponding ... of self-determination ofall nations Comparative Politics, who said that said that Bush has done a poor job as
have hopes of making the Final Four, level and $40 for the lower bowl parties for the past two years and and peoples of the world.” the war on Iraq is justified, although a diplomat and has alienated many of
Larossa said, “We are keeping it in seatings. will step up to biweekly as game While he said he appreciates the it is a close one. allies that have aided in the war on
mind that we may be hosting this The proposal was based on num- weekend approaches. logic of wanting to defend the na- He said that containment and terrorism.
for four totally other teams — we bers involving the statistics at the Uni- Part of the original application tion against a real threat by taking sanctions are temporary, if not suf- “[Bush] seems to have forgotten
care for the sport and want it to’ versity of Maryland with a proposed preparation for the two-year con- the offensive, he cautions that, from ficient, solutions, and that as soon that their cooperation, since Sept. 11,
grow regardless of who plays”. attendance of 21,000, minimum. tract was to have all the directors Iraq’s perspective, the United States as American troops leave, these helped to bring into American cus-
“Having the Final Four here in “We expect a broad range of and local coaches [of all campus poses a similar threat and is there- measures will fall through. If left tody a number of those suspected of
Baltimore should be really exciting people — we have done survey sports] walk across the Ravens field, fore just as worthy of being de- alone, Hussein could acquire compliciitn tyh e attack on the United
for us,” said Bobby Benson, Hopkins analysis on the fans attending in according to Jordan. stroyed. nuclear weapons and use them on States,” he said.
men’s lacrosse team captain. previous years and the numbers and Head Coach of the Hopkins team “(Here is a] simple exercise for neighboring countries, such as Ku- Hes aid he would not support a
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our hard work will earn us a spot in said Hopkins Director of Athletics on the field and not just sitting in Burzio. But he added that Bush can and math, — :
the Final Four anda National Cham- Tom Calder. “About 50 percent of the seats. Matthew Crenson, a professor of
pionship.” i sales comes from the day of the game This year the team consists of American political development in ERRATA J
The idea of having the NCAA — fans usually liking to wait and eight starters including senior cap- the Political Science Departments,
championships in Baltimore was de- see if their teams advance.” tains Adam Doneger and Bobby holds similar views, questioning why
veloped by 1972 Hopkins Alumni Already 8,000 seats have been Benson and four All Americans. the policy of containment has sud-
Sandy Jordan. Jordan, who now pre-sold, with past Maryland pre- “Last year’s team was young but denly been deemed insufficient. a
works at the Baltimore-based invest- sales being at 13,000. still made it to the semis—that can “No administration official has yet Feb. 20,2 003i ssue oft heN ew
ment management firm Allied In- Calder admitted when Jordan only help us in our quest this year” satisfactorily explained why the same
vestment Advisors, has been going first contacted him with the idea he said Larossa. policy of deterrence — conventional credited to Nathan Bates,T
to the NCAA Lacrosse Champion- was a bit skeptical. : In fact all four hosts are in the as well as nuclear — will not restrain »Duca,
ships since their inception in the “I thought it was crazy — but top 15 and Hopkins holds the — Iraq today,” Crenson said. “The fear
year 1971. then he convinced me that it was a NCAA record most consecutive ap- that he may give them to terrorists is.
Jordan said he was disappointed great place — I mean 20,000-30,000 pearances in the NCAA playoffs for not persuasive.”
with the turnout of the 2000 games visitors in Baltimore within walk- any sport — 1971 being the only year Crenson added that North Korea,
held at the University of Maryland ing distance of their hotels, the sta- they didn’t make it. which does not have oil to sell as Iraq
FEBRUARY 27, 2003 THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LeETTER A3
NEWS
Students discuss CUE report proposals Physicians to tell of
personal experiences
mendation will affect the popular de- lems with academic integrity.
partment of Biomedical Engineering Burger contended that, in relation
(BME), which recently approved a to its peer institutions, Hopkins
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tional. The people who came to that ity of the two-hour discussion. | mester through the fifth annual Voy- March 25, also in Hodson 210.
decision within the BME department Boswell acknowledged student age and Discovery lecture series. “She’sa physician anda scientist,”
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decision.” who like to organize their schedule pus to talk about the personal jour- mary appointment in Oncology, she
Burger also addressed academic with no class on Thursdays and Fri- | neys that have paralleled their scien- holds positions in Immunology, Pa-
integrity, commenting that several days, but we think students can do tific careers,” said senior Vinita thology and Cellular and Molecular
upperclassmen had pointed out the the same with a Mon./Wed./Fri. Takiar, who co-chairs the conference Medicine.
lack of “equal access to information” schedule.” with junior Steve McCartney. “She really does counteract a ste-
as a factor that contributed to their Students, however, were not com- The lecture series invites physi- reotype of women in medicine,” said
dissatisfaction with the educational forted by Boswell’s words, express- cians to discuss the personal stories Takiar. In addition to her cutting-
ANS environment at Hopkins. Many stu- ing worries about losing the sought- | behind their research rather than the edge clinical work, she spends “80
iS ie dents at the meeting were quick to after three-day weekend and losing | research itself. percent” of her time in the laboratory
RAPHAEL SCHWE -KOREN/NEWS-LETTER second this opinion, and Student good professors whowouldnolonger | The series is entirely organized by and keeps a family.
Sophomore Richard Aseltine informs Paula Burger about his academic Council President Manish Galaadded be able to commute to Hopkins if the | Hopkins undergraduates. On April 1, Dr. Ronald Fishbein
experiences in response to CUE report recommendations. that this issue had been of utmost changes are indeed put in place. “Tt’s notrun like MSE [the Milton S. will address the audience on the “very
importance to the students on the Berger’sreplyt ot his was, “It’shard Eisenhower Symposium] or Foreign different way [he] used his M.D. de-
CONTINUED FROM PAGE Al rience in the first two years at committee. for me to sympathize, because I’ve Affairs,” said Takiar; rather, the two co- gree.”
areas in need of improvement. Hopkins. Galaalso said that Economics pro- always hada two-day weekend. What chairs and three vice chairs organize Known best on Homewood as a
Burger began by going through Burger stressed that departments fessor Bruce Hamilton had recently students will have to ask themselves the conference independently of pre-med advisor, he began his career
‘the academic recommendations, in will be pushed to provide more of agreed to release 10 years ofo ld tests is if the Thursday night party is a fair Hopkins administrative groups. with training and practice in surgery,
particular the one pertaining to these small group opportunities for to students on the committee, who trade for a good class on Friday.” They do receive funding from ad- shifting ever closer to academics.
“capstone” experiences — small students, thereby opening up popu- are organizing a test archive in the Berger also added that the extra week | ministration, however; “most of our He is now co-chair of the Health
group seminars in which students, lar, upper-level courses to those who MSE library reserves. would probably mean starting classes [financial] support is coming from Professions Evaluation Committee
freshmen through seniors, will be able have an interest. Students also recommended that a week earlier in the fall. the dean of student life, Dean for the Office Pre-Professional Ad-
to learn on a more personal, direct Students complained that they CUEmembersadd specific references Many students were also con- Boswell,” said McCartney. vising. Interested in the humanism of
level with the professor and their could not enroll in courses in which toacademicintegrityin chemistryand cerned, and later Boswell agreed, that All of the lectures will be given at medicine, he regularly runs master
classmates. they took an interest, simply because physics labs. the recommendation for themed | 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday nights. They clinician programs over intersession
Freshmen and sophomores who by the time they were allowed to reg- Another point raised by students housing, which would group students begin in Hodson 110 0n March 4 with terms, “a one-week program to give
attended the meeting concurred that ister, everything was full. was whether or not grade deflation with similar interests, needed to be Dr. Ben Carson, “probably the most students a look at the ethical dilem-
itis “rare” to havea small group expe- Yet when asked how this recom- has played a part in Hopkins’ prob- carefully thought out before imple- famous person that Hopkins has ever mas and personal side of medicine,”
mented. produced in the med school,” said said Takiar.
Burger to occupy new position | Both agreed that too much segre- Takiar. “He’s a philanthropist; he The programs allow students to
gation in themed housing would fur- grew up in the projects.” spend a substantial amount of time
ther detract from Hopkins’ sense of Nowa pediatric neurosurgeon, he with a great number of diverse doc-
community, one oft he major selling opened the first lecture series five tors to gain insight into the field, said
points of CUE’s report. Boswell added years ago to a “standing-room only” Takiar.
CONTINUED FROM Pace Al that student Resident Advisors, crowd, and Takiar expressed pride in “You definitely don’t have to be a
not just food quality, but the overall among others, had raised the same having him return to a student body scientisttob einterestedin whatitmeans
ambiance as it relates to dining. The | objection during meetings. that had not heard him speak. to bea physician and the different chal-
CUE interim report advocates dining Onestudentrecommendatitohna t | On March 18, Dr. Robert Lawrence lenges one has to face,” said Takiar.
be not just about good food, buta time Berger acknowledged should be is to speak in Hodson 210. Dr. The series tries to reach a broader
for students to interact with facultyand added to CUE’s report was for more Lawrence is associate dean for pro- audience then the pre-med students
administrators in an informal setting. | University-sponsored transportation | fessional education and programs at who would be interested in lectures
In terms of the current Monday- | to various resources in the D.C., lower the Bloomberg School of Public about the mostcutting-edge research,
Tuesday-Wednesday schedule, Maryland region. Health. according to Takiar.
Burger said, “faculty don’t assign “Taking advantage of our other re- “Healso teaches public health stu- Said McCartney, “The whole goal
reading they'd like to because they sources such as SAIS [School of Ad- dents here” in Homewood, said of it is to get people to think about
assume students don’t have time [be- vanced International Studies], D.C.and | Takiar. something other than the textbooks
tween classes] to prepare.” affiliated institutionsisimportant,” said Dr. Lawrence is “the founding and the information. Getting the
_ * She added that the schedule Berger. “I'd especially like to see more member of Physicians for Human human side of medicine is in itself a
makes earning a double degree at integration with SAIS.” Rights, and he was a member of their great story.”
‘Peabody very difficult.
' Knapp said the traditional ratio- feat
‘nal for the current schedule was to
allow extended research over a con-
RAPHAEL SCHWEBER-KOREN/NEWS-LETTER
centrated period of time. Paula Burger, whowill serve as vice dean for education, speaks to News-
But Burger’s commission recom- Letter reporters as President William R. Brody looks on. Niwrnr
mends doing away with the current
schedule in an effort to give students While serving as vice dean for un- Knapp said there are currently no
more time to absorb material and dergraduate education, Burger will plans to find a replacement for that
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students absent from campus on chairing the University’s accredita- —Staff writer Mike Spector contrib- Sushi e Teriyaki « Udon e Noodles
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have minimal real estate holding now, dence and called Hopkins Security. Sureshbabu, McCurry’s photogra- $2,000 for photographsb,u t could cut normal guns.” StuCo as a whole.
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dia and Afghanistan, “fits in well with break the event,” said Roecker.
public affairs. “The city is fortunate service or to call for a security patrol
to have the Mount Washington Cor- car when traveling at night. The re- the theme” of this year’s Symposium, The council decided by majority STUDENT COUNCIL ATTENDANCE, FEBRUARY 25, 2002
“Psyche of the State: The Common- vote to. fund $3,000 of the request,
porate Campus available to accom- portalso suggested students cross the
ality of Discontent.” and encouraged the FAS committee
modate the continuing growth of one street to avoid suspicious pedestrians According to Sureshbabu, to approach the individual classes for Executive Officers
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said in the Hopkins news release. “The ened. VP Administration Priti Dali 467-8692 - Present
refugee girl that was featured on the pointment of a new member to the
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Suspect admits to which totaled $4,000, included costs Bouloubasis, a Junior who had been
Class of 2003
for free-standing display walls, an “heavily involved” with the BoE for President Ravi Kavasery 662-4982 Present’
| opening gala, photo shipment, print- the past 3 weeks, according to
Vice President Sarah Cummings 889-4948 Present
ing and framing. Tomkins. Bouloubasis told members
robbery, assault According to Sureshbabu, the that he would “like to see candidates Secretary/Treasurer Tara Feehan Present
framing will cost $100 or more per take a more proactive role in cam- Representative Chris Cunico 243-5987 Present
photo. Fraade-Blanar explained that paigning,” and had ideas for “extend- Representative Catie Pittaway - 662-7815 Present
McCurry designs the frames and mat- ing the campaign period and spon- Representative Omer Taviloglu Present
ting exclusively for the exhibit area, soring more debates.” Bouloubasis
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CONTINUED FROM PaGE Al building, givenits proximity to campus. and thus cannot reuse them. presented his idea for having a President Simone Chen 662-8240 _—~PPresent
ways, remaining alert for suspi- Junior Stephanie Sun referred to the in- “[The frames] are designed spe- candidate’s booth at Spring Fair to
cious characters and changing direc- cident as “nerve-wracking,” but added cifically for use,” said Fraade-Blanar. allow candidates to give speeches, Vice President Lindsay Allen 443-622-5546 Present
Secretary/Treasurer Aaron Ong 499-3714 Present
tion if needed. that “it just goes to show that Baltimore “It’s the same as if [the exhibit] were debate and answer questions before
He added: “If things really look isn’tas safe as you think. Girls shouldn’t for the Guggenheim.” elections. Representative Patience Boudreaux 375-7598 Present
bad, go out in the middle of the street be walking around at night alone.” Sureshbabu emphasized the fact When asked about his views on Representative David Crandall 728-8054 Present
and start screaming bloody murder.” One of the men arrested made a that McCurry’s exhibits are usually online-voting, Bouloubasis explained Representative Anuja Vora 443-418-7138 Present
John Rebstock, property manager statement admitting to several recent only featured in museums, and that that he saw merits in the convenience
Class of 2005
of the Blackstone Apartments, said crimes, including the Blackstone case he only presents a few exhibits per such voting offered students, butalso
Monday that the incident had not and an off-campus assault Friday year. She also said that the exhibit understood the possible technical President Ben Radel 516-6375 Present
been reported to him or the building night in front of the Baltimorean would be open to the public. problems of such a system. Vice President Megan Coe 516-3716 Present
management office. Rebstock said Apartments. He will be charged for According to Treasurer Elise “T have no strong feelings one way Secretary/Treasurer Shannon Chang 691-0159 Present
that the Blackstone uses a key-entry the Blackstone robbery. His friend Roecker, who reminded members or the other,” said Bouloubasis. Representative Monica Lai 516-3700 Present’
system for safety, and he cautioned will be held as a witness. that the StuCo should be used as a Several StuCo members expressed Representative Charles Reyner 516-3756 Present
residents to support it and not to let Local security reports are avail- “Jast resort” for funding requests, the satisfaction with Bouloubasis’ ideas. Representative Manu Sharma 435-4788 Absent
unknown persons enter the building. able daily on the Hopkins Security FAS staff had gone to “well over a “He’s the first candidate with re-
OtherBlackstoneresidentsexpressed Bulletin, online at http:// dozen places” before coming to the ally legitimate ideas,” said Lindsay CPlraesssi doefn t2 0C0h6r istal N: g
concern at the armed robbery in their www.jhu.edu/~security. StuCo for funding. Allen, junior class vice-president. “He 516-5709 Present
actually thought about every aspect.” Vice President Hallie Jackson 516-5624 Present
StuCo unanimously approved Secretary/Treasurer Nina Kumar 516-5646 Present
Crime report for Feb. 19-22 Bouloubasis’ appointment. Representative Rob Freundlich 516-5733 - Present’
StuCo then heard three student Representative Aaron Levy-Forsythe 516-5683 Absent
groups’ requests for inclusion in the Representative Meghan McIntosh 516-5723 Present
Student Activities Commission
Wednesday, February 19 7:59 p.m. — A suspect was caught snatched on the 2900 block of N.
stealing from grocery store on the Charles Street.
10 a.m. ~— A suspect stole a bag of 2400 block of N. Charles Street. 12:45 a.m. — A victim’s home was
peanuts from a grocery store on the 8:20 p.m. - An apartment was burglarized in the 200 block of
2400 block of North Charles Street. robbed on the 3200 block of N. Homewood Terrace.
2:15 p.m. - A chain food store was Charles Street. 2:30 p.m. - A suspect entered a
robbed on the 2400 block of North 10 p.m. — A suspect broke into a store and removed various items on
Charles Street. vehicle on the 3700 block of Elm the 2500 block of North Charles
5:38 p.m. — A victim was assaulted Street. Street.
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Calvert Street. Street. ter color darkroom, 10 rolls of Ektachrome of Johns Hopkins Universi ty and Maryland Institute
‘Thursday, February 20 6:30 p.m. - A church shed was 200 film and processing from Homewood College of Art faculty. Winner s will be announced.on
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Winning photos and honorable mentions
2:15 p.m. - A suspect took a ve-
hicle by unknown means on the 3400 will be exhibited.
Security and Convenience: 5+ bed rooms/ 3 1/2 baths bloc3:k4 5o fp B.eme.c h- AAv ensuusep.e ct entered a Submission deadline: March 6 lteo.g Oranplhye rosn,e aesn twreyl lp ears p Derasiolny. JBolyt
SAFEST house in the area for $2420 plus all utilities, storeand displaag oylde bldad e pock- Entry form: photographers grant
2 year lease, includes: steel bars on doors and etknife on the 3500 block of Roland
windows, siren alarm, motion detectors, flood lights. Avenue. Name: ereperin t asugbmeit tedi s"h otosi. n any form. Photographs
7 p.m. - A victim’s car was stolen
Amenities include: decks on three levels, laundry from in front of his residence in the Address:
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wooden deck, and gas barbecue. | on the 3700 block of N. Charles Street. Phone: . vice Photo Supply and True Color Prrooffeesssisoinoanla l LLaabb......
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in the 600 block of Parkwyrth Av- 410-889-3014
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FEBRUARY 27, 2003 A5
THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LetTTeER
NEWS
AROUND THE COUNTRY
China will Senate bill cracks
hot join US. down on child porn
coalition
| BY JIM ABRAMS said. The bill passed 84-0.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Specifically, the bill prohibits the
pandering or solicitation of anything
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strengthen bans on using minors in requires the government to prove
offiSciEaOlsU Lr,e buSfofuetdha UK.oSr.e ap ro—p osCahli nfeosrea obscene material while dealing with beyondareasonable doubt thata per-
the Supreme Court’s constitutional son intended others to believe the
regional coalition to pressure North
Korea to endits nuclear weapons pro- problems with an earlier version. material was obscene child pornog-
The bill, passed without dissent, raphy.
gram and told U.S. Secretary of State
Colin Powell that direct talks between was in response to a court ruling last The bill, which still requires
the United States and North Korea April that struck down a 1996 law House action, also plugs a loophole
| that specifically prohibited virtual where pornographers could avoid
hold the best hope for resolving the
dispute. child pornography. prosecution by claiming that their
Thecourtsaid banning images that sexually explicit material was com-
Powell has pushed for a multilat-
| only appear to depict real children puter-generated and involved no
eral effort to dismantle Pyongyang’s
engaged in sex was unconstitution- real children.
nuclear weapons program for weeks,
with scant results. ally vague and far-reaching. Under an affirmative defense pro-
Sens. Orrin Hatch and Patrick vision, the defendant would be re-
Atanews conference Monday, the
Leahy, the chairman and top Demo- quired to prove that real children were
American said the North Korean
crat on the Senate Judiciary Commit- not a part of the production.
weapons issue “is a matter for China,
it’s a matter for South Korea, it’s a tee, sponsored the new measure, It narrows the definition of “sexu-
which Hatch said “strikes a necessary ally explicit conduct” for prosecu-
matftore Jarpan , it’sa matter for Rus-
balance” between protecting children tions of computer-created child por-
sia, and it’s a matter for the United
i : ae fe and defending First Amendment free nography and requires people who
Nations.” rapes : FILE PHOTO/LMDC
| Architect Daniel Libeskind's proposed design for the rebuilding of New York's World Trade Center, with offices speech rights. produce sexually explicit material to
He added that the United States
feels strongly that “North Korea’s ac- rising 70 stories and "Gardens of the World" high above office level. Libeskind's designincludes aspire withthe “Tve worked very hard to digest keep more extensive records so that
symbolically significant height of 1,776 feet, but only the first 70 stories of his building would house offices. | the relevant legal issues and make the they can prove that minors were not
tions pose a threat to regional stabil-
ity and to the global nonproliferation Design chosen for WTC site ‘Protect Act’ square with the law,” he used in its making.
regime.”
Ga. Senator opposes
On Monday, North Korea
launched ananti-ship missile into the
sea that lies between the Korean pen-
insula and Japan, a South Korean De- | BY SARA KUGLER The Libeskind design called for and transportation underneath. hillbilly reality show
fense Ministry said, even though Seoul | THE ASSOCIATED PREss 70 stories of offices, with airy “gar- Lee lelpi, whose firefighter son died |
and Tokyo have urged Pyongyang not dens of the world” beckoning tour- in the Sept. 11 attack, praised the design
to conduct missile tests amid rising NEW YORK — A cluster ofs lop- ists above office level. Itincluded five becauseit preserved muchofthesunken
tensions over its nuclear activities. ing, angular buildings with a 1,776- starkly geometrical towers and sev- area within the twin towers’ foundation.
Still, Chinese state television foot spire that would be the tallest in eral smaller cultural buildings around “That land was consecrated by the BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS the prospect ofsuchashow, Moonves
quoted Tang Jiaxuan, the foreign min- the world was chosen Wednesday as the foundations of the fallen towers. blood of the people who were lost that apologized and said the network
ister, as saying that China hopes for the blueprint to redevelop the World The plan, which may undergo re- day,” Ielpi said. A proposed hillbilly reality show meant no offense.
talks on the nuclear issue between the Trade Center site, The Associated visions, also called for a Park of He- The final plan could be altered to has struck a nerve with Sen. Zell On Tuesday, CBS spokesman
United States and North Korea “on | Press has learned. roes, and a memorial encompassing accommodate victims’ relatives who Miller, who hails from the North Chris Ender also stressed the network
an equal basis.” Architect Daniel Libeskind’s de- the footprints of the fallen towers. don’t approve ofp lans to build park- Georgia mountains and contends wasn’t trying to offend anyone and
The Chinese state news agency sign beat a plan by an international The spire was designed to house a ing areas at the base oft he 70-foot pit, poorrural residents are America’s last said it’s not clear when — or even if
Xinhua, meanwhile, reported that design team knownas THINK, which garden all the way to its top, and not the source said. acceptable target of bigotry. — the proposed show, which did of-
Vice President Hu Jintao made the envisioned two 1,665-footlatticework office space, because “gardens are a Libeskind, 57, has said he included Miller lashed out at CBS execu- fend Miller, will air.
same point and said U.S. talks with | towers straddling the footprints of constant affirmation of life,” the sunken space because he was in- tives in a Senate speech Tuesday for “It’s bizarre and unfortunate that
North Korea should begin soon. the original towers, said a source fa- Libeskind said in December. spired by the immense slurry walls their plans to air The Real Beverly he’s formed a conclusion about a
North Korea itself has long advo- miliar with the selection. An official He has estimated the cost obfu ild- that hold back the Hudson River - Hillbillies, which would chronicle a project that doesn’t even exist yet,”
cated direct discussions with Wash- announcementis expected Thursday. ing his design at $330 million. what he says are the most dramatic rural, lower-middle-class family that Ender said. “It’s a program in devel-
ington that would lead to a nonag- The choice of the soaring design, Developer Larry Silverstein, who elements to survive the terrorist at- moves into a luxurious Beverly Hills opment that is being considered but
gression treaty. which payshomagetotheyear America owns the lease on the trade center tack. He wanted visitors to be able to mansion. The program is modeled has not yet been given a production
Powell has said direct talks in 1994 declared its independence, was made site, said earlier this month he was visit the hallowed ground in a quiet, after the hit 1960s sitcom. commitment. Nota stitch of film has
resulted in a promise by Pyongyang byacommittee of representatives from not satisfied with either’ plan. meditative space. The Georgia Democrat, a former been shot.”
to forgo nuclear weapons, which he the Lower Manhattan Development Howard Rubenstein, aspokesman Other revisions to the plan were two-term governor, called the pro- This isn’t the first time Miller — a
said the communist government has Corp., the Port Authority of New York for Silverstein, said Wednesday he not disclosed Wednesday, but posala “minstrel show” and “Cracker self-described hillbilly — has spoken
since violated. Only much broader and New Jersey and the offices of the “has great respect for the architect,” Libeskind’s design as presented in Comedy” at the expense of out when he felt others were using the
international participation has a governor and mayor. and looks forward to working with December called fora museum in that hardworking Americans. term in a disparaging way.
chance of producing a satisfactory Both Gov. George Patakiand Mayor him to “get this project moving.” sunken space, near where he envi- He said he doubted CBS Televi- In July 2001, he fired offa letter to
outcome, he has said. Michael Bloomberg favored the Rubenstein said Silverstein had no sioned a memorial will be placed. sion chief executive Leslie Moonves Defense Secretary Donald H.
U.S. governmentanalysts fear that Libeskind plan, an important factor in commenton the elements ofthe plan. A separate competition for a me- would dare try such a spoof featuring Rumsfeld demanding an explanation
North Korea, left unchecked, could the decision, said the source, who spoke The design competition was morial design will begin this spring. a black or Latino family. for news reports that Rumsfeld or his
have six plutonium-based nuclear on condition of anonymity. launched after an initial set of plans, The LMDC was created by Pataki “T plead with you to call off your aides had used the term “hillbilly” to
weapons in a few months, possibly LMDC Chairman John Whitehead released in July, was derided as boring and former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani hillbilly hunt,” Miller said. “Make describe some members of Congress
leading to a destabilizing regional telephoned Libeskind with the news, and overstuffed with office space. Nine after Sept. 11 to oversee the rebuild- your big bucks some other way. Ap- and their staffs.
arms race. Among countries in the the source said, telling the architect proposals were unveiled Dec. 18. ing of the trade center site and down- peal to the best in America, not the Rumsfeld denied using the term,
area, only Japan has sided with the his “vision has brought hope and in- The two finalists each featured town Manhattan. The Port Authority worst. Give bigotry no sanction.” and Miller said he took him at his
United States in its call for interna- spiration toa city still recovering from buildings surpassing Malaysia’s owns the site. As criticism built in January over word.
tional negotiations. a terrible tragedy.” 1,483-foot Petronas Twin Towers, the
China says it favors a nuclear-free Libeskind, who is based in Berlin, tallest in the world. The World Trade Teens drink 20 percent of U.S. alcohol
Korean Peninsula, but U.S. officials declined comment. The source said he Center towers stood 1,350 feet tall, and
complain that Beijing has done little told the LMDC chairman that being would havehad to be 35 stories taller to
to achieve that objective. selected is “alife-changing experience.” equal Libeskind’s spire. A small num-
After his talks Monday in Beijing, Deciding what to do with the 16- ber of telecommunications towers
Powell flew to South Korea for acre site in Lower Manhattan has been would still be taller than the spire. BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Medical Association. The government agency that con-
Tuesday’s inauguration of President- wrenching at times. Relatives of the After the two finalists were cho- Itincluded data from the 1999 ver- ducts the household survey, the Sub-
elect Roh Moo-hyun, also an advo- nearly 2,800 people who died at sen, both were asked to revise their Underage drinkers account for sion of the household survey, which stance Abuse and Mental Health Ser-
cate of U.S. negotiations with North ground zero called for memorialwist h designs to make them more easily nearly 20 percent of the alcohol con- involved more than 50,000 people vices Administration, has estimated
Korea. Roh, who favors reconcilia- a sense of respect and grace, while realized. Libeskind, whose original sumed in the United States each year, aged 12 andolder questionedathome. the percentage of alcohol consumed
tion with Pyongyang, also says he business officials and others said the design called for a memorial 70 feet a study says. It also included data from two sur- by youngsters at 11.4 percent.
would not support any U.S. plan to city cannot afford to lose too much belowground, reportedly changed that Attempting to correct botched sta- veys of youngsters 12 and older who Califano’s figure is higher because
attack North Korea. office space. to 30 feet, allowing for infrastructure tistics they released a year ago, re- were questioned at school he based it on different sources, and his
searchers from Columbia University’s Representatives of the alcohol in- research seems sound, said Charles
National Center on Addiction and dustry called the new study as faulty Curie, administrator of the agency.
COLLEGES RIEFS Substance Abuse analyzed three sets as the old one, and questioned the “I give them credit that they
of data from 1999 and said underage researchers’ definition of excessive wanted to clarify the figures,” Curie
drinking amounted to 19.7 percent of adult drinking. said.
Hacker substitutes Co- -Systems staff removed it at around quickerand for differentreasons than alcohol consumed that year, or $22.5
5:35 p.m. Visitors found a blank site men do, the report said. billion.
umbia U.Web site for another five to 10 minutes before The study, released by the Na- The previous estimate — now dis- Catholic teacher fired
AcIS restored the normal homepage. tional Center on Addiction and Sub-
credited — was 25 percent.
ith porn site The hacking incidentappeared very stance Abuse at Columbia Univer- “Excessive” drinking by adults —
similar to an occurrence about a week sity, found that most young women consumption of more than two drinks for having abortion
ago. Feb..16, the Columbia homepage begin drinking and smoking to re- daily — amounted to 30.4 percent, or
YY MEGAN GREENWELL displayed a message reading “Free lieve stress or rid themselves of de- $34.4 billion, the researchers said. The
LUMBIA DAILY SPECTATOR (COLUM- Vasiliy Gorshkov,” withalink toanews pression. Young men do it for social researchers’ definition of excessive
1A U.) article about Vasily Gorshkoy, a con- status and the thrill. drinking is anything exceeding gov-
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to find ways to integrate student life with aca- anytime. Students should take her up on that
demic life, two areas that have been nothing offer. By interacting with Burger ona consistent
short of antagonistic toward each other in the basis, students will further enable her to imple-
past. Having an administrator concentrate spe- ment important reforms at this university. LETTERSTOTHEEDITOR
cifically on making all aspects of the University Our enthusiasm is tempered, however, know- |
work together for the benefit of students is a ing that Burger will still retain some of her
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to go out of his way to broadly address under- rently no plans to find a replacement for Burger It was terribly disturbing to read rallyin New Yorko,u r proud Hopkins reason to resent Bloomberg.
graduate satisfaction. as vice provost. Taking nothing away from Jonathan Snow’s recent op-ed, “The contingent sported a crude Dick [recognizeand appreciate thathe’s
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charge makes a lot of sense. As chair of the unnecessarily making her plate too full. We anti-war movement as anti-Semitic. meeting on Feb. 24, one ofth e speak- he should get whatever he wants. But,
Commission of Undergraduate Education, suggest Weiss work closely with Knapp and | Being Jewish myself, as well a strong ers held a protest poster with the req- he does, and that’s the problem. His;
| and active supporter of the anti-war uisite four-letter words that punctu- speech is a reminder that President’
Burger has spenta considerable amount of time President Brody to allow Burger to focus solely movement, I see Snow’s inaccurate ated the serious nature of the event. Brody’s primary concern is money..
discussing and suggesting major changes to on improving student life. Students who are application of such a hateful senti- Come on, these protests are serious, Bloomberg has given us lots of it, so
multiple aspects of the University’s status quo. disenchanted with the old way of doing business ment to what is a very positive move- and adolescentattacks do nothing but when he says jump, Brody pulls out
ment against the impending terrible demean the message. If you still feel his trampoline. Bloomberg bought
She will now have the opportunity and author- at Hopkins now have a new advocate in the ad- and unjustifiable war as short-sighted the need to raise the middle finger as New York, and now he’s bought our,
ity to work with leading administrators to make ministration. In order to allow Burger to accom- and uninformed. I was certainly ap- a means of exerting your indepen- commencement speech. Thisisauni-*
the overall experience for students here better, plish as muchas possible in her new deanship, she pLaelrlneedr wwhaes n prIe vheandt ehde afrrdo mt hastp eRaakbibnig date nac eL,i mdpo Biti zikni tt hec opnrceorpte.r forum, like vsehrosuiltdy, ben ortu nj ulsitk e ao nceo. rpTohraatt iomne.a nsI t
and we expect those administrators to cooper- cannot afford to be stretched too thin. at the San Francisco peace rally, but Also, some of the points of conten- putting education, research, faculty
most in the anti-war movement tion with the last issue include the em- and students ahead of the bottomline. ,
would have expected nothing less barrassing image of the drunken guy in Bloomberg is a symbol of the
BoE changes a good start from International ANSWER, the the “Asian Flush” article, and the un- administration’s misplaced priorities.
front group for the Workers’ World necessary Beirut description. The point That is why we resent his selection as
Party (WWP). is to throw a ping pong ball into beer: our commencement speaker.
Though fervently anti-Zionist, la- why waste the time, just drink the beer Furthermore, solely on the grounds
beling ANSWER as racist is an inaccu- and consider yourselfa winner. Ifyou’ve that the senior class doesn’t want him,
rate and therefore irrelevant criticism played it, then you know what it is. If our class officers are remiss in selecting
Less than 40 percent of the freshman class Campaigning restrictions remain incredibly in comparison to the group’s more se- youhaven't, youhaven’t missed much. him. Our commencement speaker
participated in class elections last fall. Many strict, and with the disqualification of last rious problems. The WWP is an orga- Keep useless articles like these for the should be someone who means some-
nization that extols the Tiananmen frat newsletters. thing to people our age, someone with
students probably didn’t even know about the semester’s winner because of a chalking viola-
Square massacre, the bloody suppres- something relevant to say, and above
chance to select their class officers, thanks to tion, candidates must be extra careful to follow sion of the 1956 Hungarian uprising Charles Na all, someone that we want on the po-
stringent campaigning restrictions and an al- the letter of these ridiculous rules. This already | and the regimes of Kim Jong Il, Ayatol- dium. Personally, I would like to see
lah Khomeini, Fidel Castro, JosefStalin, Bloomberg a bad choice ALF on stage at commencement.
most complete lack of advertising on the part of dismal campaigning situation is worsened by Slobodan Milosevic and Saddam Maybeweshouldraisesomemoney for
the Board of Elections (BoE). the lack of postering locations on campus. Hussein. It even opposes U.N. inspec- him to donate to the school, so he can
The elections were a disaster — and appar- If students are expected to get excited about tions in Iraq. To characterize the entire speak next year.
anti-war movement as anti-Semitic or Like every senior I’ve talked to, I
ently the BoE took notice. elections, they must not onlyb e informed about to be supportive ofanyof t hese oppres- disapprove of the choice of Bloomberg David Morrow
This time around, a student would be hard- when elections will take place but also about siverbeecagusei omfa Setalsini st group
that was one of four organizers, in one
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THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letrer
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.
Election is voice for change Ts anti-war effort anti-Israel?
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fter serving three years Monday’s rally reveals tension for pro-Israel, anti-war supporters
i If this laundry list is not enough to
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In fatchits y,ear ’s Student Coun- Homewood Student Affairs, inter- Clearly, this step in the develop- war” rally was a worthwhile ven- an anti-war rally, shouldn’t that be state and the dismantling ofs ettle-
cil has catalyzed more positive ested students and council members ment of a substantive college town | ture. its focus? ments. Oddly enough, many pro-
change than the efforts of the two ride with Campus Securityt o identify will offer a significant opportunity to | I put “anti-war” in scare quotes, So although I support the publi- Israel supporters desire the same
previous student administrations inadequate lighting on campus and improve student life at Homewood. though, because during the assembly cized cause of the rally, | still felt thing. There is no mutually exclu-
combined. Bringing Spring Fair in the Charles Village community, Already, Student Council has ap- it became clear that while I thought I shunned. I support the majority sive relationship forbidding one
back to the quads, self-financing call the city when street lights go out, proached Struever Brothers and the was denouncing the war, the message causes that our“ radicalsa”r e scream- from being both pro-Israel and pro-
four additional concerts on cam- travel to other universities to evalu- administration to establish a channel being delivered went further. I was ing and shouting about, yet my sup- peace. The Arab-Israeli conflict is
pus, confronting faculty about the ate more successful dining options, of communication. Next year’s Stu- being lectured to about “living wages, port of Israel makes me a “warmon- far more complicated than can be
ethics of reusing old exams and as- regularly meet with Housing & Din- dent Council will be responsible for | not bombs” and when I went to go ger” and a “racist.” Because explained on any one pin, pamphlet
signments, leading the charge for ing to criticize the quality of food, conveying students’ desires and | pick a slice of the “peace cake,” I was supporting Israel is outside of the or protest banner.
the return of meal equivalency in work to develop a substantial Arts needs. Moreover, every indication also able to pick up “End the Occupa- Chomsky-Zinn estimation, support- The occurrence of the “anti-war”
Levering, developing a unified cal- program at Homewood and meet shows that the powers that be will tion” propaganda. What happened ers of Israel become the activists’ nem- rally and the petition signing at the
endar of events'and helping to draft with academic advising to discuss the listen, at the very least out of eco- | to protesting the war? Israel did not esis. same time was a coincidence. But
the pivotal Commission on Under- ethics policy and academic support nomic interests. Students represent | even need to be mentioned — in- During that same rally, in another when CHAI was told that it was inap-
graduate Education Report are all for students. In the area ofso cial pro- the single largest group of active con- | stead it just distracted attention from part of the quad, the Coalition of propriate for them to be on the breeze-
important contributions that Stu- gramming, the Baja Beach Club and sumers in Charles Village. However, the central issue. Hopkins Activists for Israel (CHAI) way, I couldn’t help but wonder why
dent Council has made toward stu- other club nights sponsored by Stu- representative recommendations re- Apparently, in order to be an ac- was having a petition signed that de- someone from the open-minded per-
dent life. Additionally, we will be dent Council have had attendances quire that elected candidates be se- tivist there are certain prescriptions nounces terrorism and supports the suasion would criticize them for us-
happily working with the Academic close to capacity. lected from a representative voter to which you are obligated to ad- U.S.-Israel relationship. The petition- ing freedom of speech; that’s some-
pool. here. Not everyone always believes ers were low-key and quiet. Yet be- thing for which they would
Despite all oft hese efforts, more the same things, yet at an anti-war fore long, some people from the rally presumably fight. Iw as reminded that
Governor Ehrlich’s novel initiatives are always needed rally, being pro-Israel has becomea migrated over to tell CHAI that “The CHAI was saying something outside
and welcome. Student satisfaction crime. At other anti-war protests U.S.-Israel alliance is terrorism” and of their box. They ought to tread
with the undergraduate experience around the country, people have that it was inappropriate to have a lightly; even their saintly Chomsky
schlocky slot plan at Hopkins still remains signifi- cheered, “one, two, three, four, we pro-Israel activity occurring during warns that “One who pays some at-
cantly lower than our peer institu- don’t want you racist war, five, six, an anti-war rally. The shame! tention to history will not be surprised
tions. This dissatisfaction too often seven, eight, Israel is the terrorist Here’s what the drifters forgot: if those who cry most loudly that we
translates into a self-fulfilling state.” And then the participants basic knowledge and communica- must smash and destroy are later
prophecy of apathy and fatalism come home with anti-Israel slogan tion. A person educated about Is- found among the administrators of
about our campus institutions and | pins to add to their collection. “Zi- rael knows that being pro-Israel is some new system of repression.”
activities. Student Council is not | onism is Racism” looks just great not synonymous with being pro-
timorealreadhya s enough ofth ese type
immune from this plague. For sev- next to “No Blood for Oil,” and war. Justasmall amount ofresearch Brooke Neuman can be reached at
of businesses and the additional low-
eral years, voter turnouhtas steadily other anti-SUV, meat industry, will reveal that the pro-Israel camp [email protected].
wage jobs probably will not be incen-
decreased and an increasing num- corporatism, neo-liberalism, sex-
tive enough to getanybodyt o stop deal-
ber of positions have gone unop- | ism, imperirealilgioin,s cmon,sum - es
ing drugs or holding up convenience It's YOUR turn.
posed. However, things are not as | erism, etc. The “anti’s” are endless,
stores. bleak and hopeless as they may ap- | despite many of them being good
In addition, Marylanders already
pear. Calculation errors by the | causes. It worries me that attention
have options if they want to gamble.
Board of Elections have | is being spread thin — no one can
Casinos in bordering Delaware and underreported voter turnout by al- be educated and fight for all ofthem
West Virginia, as wellas Atlantic City,
most 10 to 15 percent for the past in an effective way. Their advocates ~
already satisfy this state’s gambling
several years, suggesting that more are not truly educated enough to
needs. Why not saddle them with the
oa] students than originally believed are support every issue being presented,
CHARLESDONEFER mdeosstti tuctaisoinn oasn di ncsrtiemaed tohaft bsruirnrgoiunngd si t invFoluvnedda mienn ttahel ldye,m ocparratt iocf tphreo cseoslsu.- gmaenrdeal.y repeating skin-deep propa- “My Turn” is an opportunity for faculty
home? tion to these larger problems of apa- Ican’t believe that time was spent and staff of The Johns Hopkins University
WE RELEFT, Given the inadequate revenue pro- thy and student satisfaction willand researching every issue “the-far- to voice their opinions on any topic. Those
jections and opposition from legisla- must come from the students. A left” proudly displays on their knap-
tive leaders, what has Ehrlich done to competition ofi deas and the selec- sacks with metal pins. It really comes interested in writing should contact
THEYR EW RONG convince Marylanders that slots are tion of the best ones can only occur down to a lack of focus, which is a [email protected] for information
the answer to budget woes? He re- when a large segment of the com- reason why incredibly liberal ideas on length and deadlines.
fuses to call them slot machines. The munity evaluates them. Whether lose credibility so quickly. All the
tlantic City is a popular Feb. 22 Sun quotes an e-mail from you will have a say in the student issues are so jumbled that none of
road trip destination for Ehrlich to campaign supporters say- representative body in the upcom- them are given enough attention
college students across ing, “the only way to balance the bud- ing executive board elections is your and everyone adopts them mind-
the mid-Atlantic region. get without huge tax increases or dev- choice. For the betterment of cam- lessly. This is a worse type of indoc-
ess than three hours astating budget cuts is to approve pus, I strongly urge you to spend trination then they would blame
from Baltimore, it offers a weekend of Governor Ehrlich’s VLT [video lot- the five minutes online and exercise other political parties and religions;
nickel slots and all-you-can-eat steak tery terminal] proposal.” your right. it’s another form of fundamental-
buffets for young people, as well as the Sohe’snotproposing slots, he’s pro-
ism. On Monday, the “anti-war”
elderly folk who take buses from New posing VLTs. Just like when the first Manish Gala is Student Council Presi- message got lost between the living
Yorkand Philadelphia to spend the day President Bush tried to pass off tax in- dent. wage advocacy and the anti-occu-
pumping quarters into the one-armed creases as “revenue enhancements,”
bandits. The seniors often don’t bother Ehrlichhaschosen semantic pussyfoot-
to take the frequent-gambler cards off ing over real debate.
of the lanyards when they plug them in Reading this column, you might get Bloomberg’s stories, experiences led to choice
the machines — itlookslikea scene out the impression that I am against gam-
of The Matrix. bling in general. I’m not. I have been to
IfGovernor Robert Ehrlich has his casinos before and I had a good time.
way, all the fun of putting pocket Just like the storage of nuclear waste, I
change into a colorful box and pull- believe that it should be legal, but far, ast Thursday, the Class of RAVIKAVASERY ment to continue shooting for a film. derstands the value of hard work
ing a lever can be yours only 10 min- far away from me. 2003 officially announced Like Rice, Heston had not signed a and civic responsibility. Who bet-
utes from Homewood. Ehrlich, fac- Considering the fact that I'll only be that New York City Mayor Guest COLUMN contract with the University. ter to hear from on your graduation
ing a wide budget gap, has decided living in Baltimore for a few more and Hopkins alumnus With all these considerations in day than a former Hopkins gradu-
that making the decision to raise taxes months, why do I care about slot ma- Michael Bloomberg will mind, why then did we choose to in- ate who is now a prominent busi-
or cut services would betray his chines? I care because gimmicks like deliver the keynote address at this vite Bloomberg? Because we believe nessman, politician and humanitar-
milquetoast centrist credentials. In- gambling are a symptom of our collec- year’s Undergraduate Diploma Cer- speaker. The graduation speaker’s he has an interesting and valuable” ian? He can tell you the true value of
stead of those tough decisions, he has tive inability as a nation to break the emony. Following the publication of audience will not just be a thousand story to share. a Hopkins education.
decided the option that is least pain- boom-and-bust cycle of state budgets. this announcement, we received Hopkins seniors but also their par- _ Sure, most of us already know The only compelling criticism
ful for the suburbanites who elected States collect their money primarily mixed responses from members of ents, friends and extended family. how Bloomberg made his millions I’ve heard for our decision to invite
him — allowing slot machinesatrace- from regressive forms of taxation such the senior class. Therefore, I'd like to Consequently, itis important that our in business and which fraternity he Bloomberg is that it just isn’t that
tracks, including Baltimore’s Pimlico. as sales taxes and use fees. Aside from take this opportunityt oa ddress some guests are familiar with the speaker was in while at Hopkins. But few of exciting. There isan element oftruth
The state would tax the proceeds, falling disproportionately on the poor, of the concerns raised regarding our and his or her accomplishments. As us know much more beyond that. to this statement. You’re right; it’s
which would bring in $600 million in these taxes fluctuate with the vagaries decision to invite Bloomberg. inspiring a graduation speech as Al He was born toa lower middle class not impressive if we’ll be listening
2004, accordingt oE hrlichT.h el egisla- ofthe economic cycle much more than After the Student Council elec- Hunt delivered to the Class of 2001, familyi nM edford, Mass. His father on graduation day from Michael
tivebranch disagrees, claiming that they the progressive federal income tax. tions last spring, the senior class most people in attendance had little died while he was in high school, Bloomberg, Johns Hopkins’ most
will only raise $400 million, according Therefore, when the federal govern- officers met with the President’s idea who he was. leaving him to support his mother famous trustee. But we will be hear-
to the Feb. 5 Baltimore Sun. Some of mentcatchesacold, states get pneumo- Office to secure a graduation Finally, and most importantly, we and finance his Hopkins education ing from Michael Bloomberg, the
this money will be siphoned off to the nia, mono and a broken leg. speaker for the upcoming year. needed to be confident that our by parking cars and taking outloans. mayor of the greatest city in the
cities and towns where the tracks are Since almost all states are required When deciding on which candidates graduation speaker would not cancel Since then, he has strived to be- world and.a former Hopkins un-
locainto erdedrt o coverimprovements to balance their budgets and no state to approach, we kept a few impor- on us at the last minute. You may come one of the most exciting fig- dergraduate. That’s exciting. The
crime con- can simply print money, during thelast tant criteria in mind. First, we tried already know that Johns Hopkins ures in business, philanthropy and reason we hear his name all the time
recession, Governors increased taxes to invite individuals who we be- does not pay the graduation speaker recently, politics. is because he’s done some really
to cover the shortfall. Angry voters lieved would be honored to deliver an honorarium. While there might His business, Bloomberg L.P., wonderful things for the under-
threw them out in large numbers, re- the keynote address. We wanted be compelling reasons to do this, it has grown into a multi-billion dol- graduates at this university, includ-
placing them with governors who got someone who would make the ef- doesn’t make the job of securing one lar company with over 165,000 sub- ing millions of dollars in financial
all ther evenue benefits of the increased fort to learn more about the any easier for us. Aslongas the gradu- scribers worldwide. Michael aid. We shouldn’t hold that against
taxes and an economy that was boom- Hopkins experience, and incorpo- ation speaker is not receiving af ee, he Bloomberg has funded relief pro- him. He’s also accomplished so
ing, without any of the political bag- rate that knowledge into the advice or she is not contractually obligated. grams for victims of domestic vio- much more beyond Hopkins. Ar-
gage. They cut taxes and funded huge they would share with graduates. to show up to speak. In my four years lence in New York City and has guably, he’s the mostinterestingin-
increases in public services and works. After all, nobody wants a speaker at Hopkins, I’ve seen problems arise sponsored the Children’s Health _ dividual we’ve had speak at Com-
Now that the binge is over, governors who only affiliates the name Johns because of this on at least two occa- Fund’s Mobile Medical Unit which mencement in a long time.
face the same challenges that they did Hopkins with a medical school — sions. In 2001, National Security Ad- serves the children of homeless Some students have said that at
the last time around. In many cases, the and you’d be surprised how many visor Condoleeza Rice cancelled as families. He has also served on the any other school, Bloomberg would
problems are much worse. The ques- prominent individuals do exactly graduation speakerat the last minute, boards of the Lincoln Center for the be a great choice, just not at this
tion now is whether states will reform that. We also were not willing to. forcing the senior class officers to se- Performing Arts and the Metropoli- one. On the contrary, at no other
- their taxs ystems ino rder to bem ore select an individual who would give cureanewspeakeorn incredibly short tan Museum of Art. And today, ina university would Bloomberg be a
recession-resistant, or will they make the same cookie-cutter commence- notice. Later that year, the MSE sym-_ world still dealing with the after- better choice than right here at
. the same mistakes? ment address wherever he or she posium was caught in a similar pre- math of the Sept. 11 attacks, Michael Hopkinse 0." a be
| spoke, dicament when actor and former Bloomberg serves as theM ayor of ~ op - vile? :
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Charles Donefer can be reached at Name recognition was the second NRA president Charlton Heston New York City. He has fought to Ravi Kavaseryis thes enior classp resi-
[email protected]. | pivotal factor in our search for a _ abruptly cancelled a speaking engage- live the American dream, and un- dent.
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THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter FesBruary 27, 2003
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
War in Iraq will impact environment
BY FAREED RIYAZ
sideration of the environmental
THE JoHNs Hopxins News-Letrer
degradations related to war, has
produced a report that corroborates
In light of the recent develop-
the findings of BirdLife, as well as
ments and rising tensions between
providing other information related
Iraq and the United States, anumber
to the environmental consequences
of groups have taken it upon them-
in Iraq.
selves to consider the environmental
The report highlighted the imme-
consequences ofa war in Iraq, and to
diate environmental consequences of
make suggestions related to the safety
the 1991 Gulf War, citing figures from
of Iraq’s environment.
a UN mission conducted in March of
BirdLife International, a global
1991. The damage to oil wells was
alliance of non-governmental con-
especially significant, with approxi-
servation agencies, has prepared a
matel6y5 0 of the 1,330 active oil wells
dossier of information, maps, and
ablaze. These led to heavy smoke be-
photographs which explains possible
ing spread for many hundreds of
environmental threats from any mili-
miles, having respiratory and carci-
tary action. The dossier was sent to nogenic effects.
the governments ofI raq and the five
Many other wells had been gush-
permanent members of the United ,C OU“ArR T: ESY OFi HTTP://WWW.Aa RM TECHNOLOGY.COM/PROJEC(ETLGS. /ABRAMS ing oil. Figures estimated that between COURTESY OF HTTP.//WWW.USIP.EDU/PA/IMAGES/
Nations Security Council, as well as Tanks such as this one above blast out uranium-containing shells. 4 and 8 million barrels ofo il entered JHU surgeons will be able to benefit in many ways from the IBM award.
to the United Nations Environment
the sea. Between 35 and 150 million
Program (UNEP), the UN commit- demic species, the Basra reed war- tally obliterating intertidal ecosys- barrels were spread across about 60 JHU center recetves
tee with responsibility for environ- bler, as well as five other endemic or tems.” percof ethen sutrfa ce of Kuwait, caus-
mental issues around the globe. near-endemic marshland subspecies. BirdLife has also reported drastic ing toxins to be evaporated into the
The dossier was based on what Mike Evans visited the Gulf for reductions of the marshlands between air and groundwater to be heavily
evidence exists from the Persian Gulf BirdLife in 1991, and told BBC that 1991 and the present, from approxi- contaminated. funding from IBM
War of 1990 to 1991, and also uti- “Traq is at the northern end of the mately 15,000 sq. km. to about 50 sq. Bombing by the United States and
lized data from the more recent con- Gulf, one of the top five sites in the km. The extinction of the bandicoot her allies destroyed hundreds of
flicts in the Balkans and in Afghani- world for wintering wader birds and rat and a sub-species of otter have square miles of unusual desert ecol-
stan. a key refueling area for hundreds of been identified as a direct result of ogy; the use of landmines also con-
Dr. Michael Rands, the director thousands of migratory waterbirds this and other environmental catas- tributed to this effect. BY ROBERT DAVIS With such detailed models, the re-
of BirdLife International, told BBC during the spring and autumn.” trophes. However, the effects of the war THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LeTTER searchers will be able to get a more
News that “until recently the impact Any military conflict could very Some of the major risks to both were not limited to Iraq and her sur- complete idea of how heart disease is
of war on nature has often been ig- realistically lead to the mass extinc- wildlife and humans that the dos- rounding areas, the Medact report Johns Hopkins University’s new triggered on the molecular level. In
nored or obscured by the conflict tion of these species. Additionally, sier which BirdLife prepared in- shows, but were felt as far away as Center for Cardiovascular many instances the simulations will
itself. the eradication of these key areas clude toxic pollution from oil spills Hawaii and the Himalayas. Clean-up Bioinformatics and Modeling began be studying thousands of genes and
“As the 1990 to 1991 Gulf War could leave the animals without or oil well fires; radiological, chemi- costs ranged anywhere between $150 its work with an IBM Shared Univer- proteins at one time.
showed, such conflicts have devas- homes or grounds to stay on during cal or toxic contamination from the and $200 billion. sity Research (SUR) award. The The new hardware will allow the
tating effects on the environment, their migratory movements. use of weapons ofm ass destruction; The report also considers what award, which provides universities knowledge gained in the research to
biodiversity and the quality of life of BirdLife told BBC News that the and physical destruction of habi- effects a war would have. Most of with hardware and software technolo- be analyzed, catalogued, and avail-
local people long after the cessation 1991 war saw “by far the largest ma- tats caused by refugee movement the consequences of a conflict gies, will aid researchers in a study to able over the Internet to other insti-
of hostilities.” rine oil spills in history, with six to through those areas. would be very similar to those seen discover how genes and proteins can tutions on high-power, high-band-
Analysis of the environment and eight million barrels of crude oil Medact, an organization of in the previous war; however, as influence heart disease on the mo- width networks.
wildlife in Iraq by BirdLife has shown spilled, severely polluting 560 kilo- health professionals that hasanum- the environment of Iraq and the lecular and cellular level. The award package is based
that the country is home to one en- meters (350 miles) of coast, and to- ber off unctions, including the con- surrounding nations has not hada “Johns Hopkins University is clearly around the IBM Life Sciences Frame-
An icy mix in Mars forecast chance to fully recover from the a leader in biomedical research,” said work, with hardware that includes an
previous damage, the effect of the Beth Smith, director of IBM Life Sci- IBM eServer p690 computer
same weaponry may very likely be ences Solutions Development, in a re- equipped with 16 microprocessors
much worse. cent press release. “The creation of the and 64 gigabytes of memory.
As more than a decade has passed new Center for Cardiovascular It is backed by a 7-node IBM
since the initial Gulf War, other dan- Bioinformatics and Modeling will be a eServer xSeries Linux cluster on a fi-
BY TRISTEN CHUN gers have arisen. Especially worri- strong catalyst for cross-disciplinary ber-channel storage area network
THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LeTTeR some are the new threats of non-con- collaboration and will advance the use powered by IBM’s FAStT Storage
ventional weaponry. There has been of information technology in discoy- Server and a robotic Virtual Tape
Does life really exist on Mars? ; ss | a great deal of conjecture surround- ery research. IBM is delighted to be Server subsystem that can store 28
Scientists and astronomers across i etseee e f ing the question of whether or not Johns Hopkins’ technology partner.” terabytes of data. The massive
the world have been looking for | Saddam Hussein posses biological The new Center for Cardiovascu- amount of brute force power is re-
signs of possible life forms on the and chemical weapon capability. In lar Bioinformatics and Modeling was quired to be able to study large num-
Red Planet for many years. Al- the case that he does, they may be created with the sole intent of acting bers of gene expressions in parallel,
though they have not been success- used as a last ditch effort in order to as a conduit for knowledge sharing helping to make quick work of an
ful in this search, they discovered prolong the war, and make it as cum- and collaboration among many important study.
that Mars is the planet most likely bersome as possible for the invading worldwide institutions. The software portion of the award
to support life forms due to its simi- countries. Much of the work is being con- includes IBM’s DB2 Universal Data-
larities to Earth. For instance, the Biological and chemical weap- ducted in coordination with the Whit- baseand IBM DiscoveryLink data inte-
Red Planet has an atmosphere of its ons are much different from con- ing School of Engineering, which cur- gration technology. The DB2 Database
own to maintain a steady tempera- ventional weapons in that their ef- rently conducts research on the heart software, the industry leader of data-
ture and has polar caps that are fects do not immediately disappear and brain using imaging analysis, base solutions, will be used to man-
thought to have abundant subsur- after.an initial blast. The effects of Queens College of Ontario, who was age the mammoth amount of infor-
face water. these weapons can persist fora great also granted a SUR Project award for mation that will be generated by the
Recent images taken from NASA’s deal of time after they are used, af- heart research, and the University of study.
Mars Odyssey and Mars Global Sur- TTT Th im a Vi Lam £3 fecting people for long after they California, San Diego. The DiscoveryLink, which was
veyor are refueling the search for in- 7 C3 OURTESY OF HTTP://SCIENCE.NASA.GOV/HEADLINES/IMAGES/MGM2000/ were used. Thus, the consequences The findings will allow research- designed by IBM specifically for the
telligent life on the planet among sci- Unmanned vehicles equipped with cameras and probes send back a of the use of weapons of these types ers to find new targets for drugs as Life Sciences industry to solve the
entists thanks to a geologist from wealth of previously unknown information about the Red Planet. cannot be enumerated with com- well as get better predictions of the problem of integrating very different
Arizona State University whose plete certainty. effects of new drugs on animal and forms of data into a concise form, will
theory may help scientists and give If war were to occur, Iraq would human test subjects. There is also simplify the various results of the
them clues where to seek signs of pos- course of 100,000 to 1 million years face of the planet, no more than a few very likely not be the only one to hope that the study will give doctors study into a more usable form.
sible life forms. — a process Christensen describes thousand years ago. Other scientists cause consequences as drastic as better tools for diagnosing heart dis- The last portion of the award, the
Philip Christensen claims that gul- as “wobbling.” believe that Mars has possibly been these. The United States has kept ease earlier by identifying the early
IBM WebSphere technology suite,
lies in the middle latitudes of Mars When the planetis tilted toward dry and cold for the more than 1 bil- nuclear weapons an open option, if gene expression changes. With an will facilitate the sharing of informa-
depicted by scientific probes may rep- the sun, the sun’s heat is received lion years. the right conditions were to occur earlier diagnosis more can be done tion with universities and locations
resent recent existence of liquid wa- more intensely than usual. Sub- Previous explanations for the gul- during a war with Iraq. However, ra- for the patient to ensure a long and all around the world.
ter near its surface, which is impor- surface water vaporizes from the lies include water from springs or the diological contamination of the land, happy life. ; Any oneonahigh-bandwidth net-
tant for providing a habitat for life. polar regions and this water vapor melting of subsurface ice. Frozen car- rivers and seas would remain long “In many diseases, there are sig- work will be able to access the infor-
Scientists and astronomers had pre- turns into snow that eventually bon dioxide from the atmosphere was after the weapons were used, affect- nificant changes in gene expression,” mation collected in thestudyand even
viously believed that water existed falls around the equator of Mars. also thought to be responsible for the ing both wildlife and the human said Raimond Winslow, director of aid in competition of the research.
only around the polar caps in ice When the tilting of the axis reaches gullies. populations. the Center for Cardiovascular Thus, scientists from around the globe
forms. its maximum, intense heat melts Two additional robotic rovers are The Medact report closes by urg- Bioinformatics and Modeling. can collaborate in a massive study.
Christensen believes that these the snow and causes trickles of planned to leave for Mars this year, ing those concerned with the issue to “That’s what we need to charac- And when the research is com-
gullies were created from the melt- water to create the gullies on the according to a recent press release. try to search for a peaceful method of terize: which genes are switched on pleted, all of the results will be in an
ing of snow. Mars is unique among surface. These rovers should be able to gather resolving the issue with Iraq, as the or off and which sequences have im- easily searchable location so that
other planets in that its axis tilts by This new theory suggests that liq- enough data to validate Christensen’s consequences of any war would be so portanthealth consequences. Our job the results are available to future re-
more than 20 degrees over the uid water was present near the sur- theory. drastic. is to identify disease mechanics at the search teams.
gene and protein levels, then identify The IBM Shared University Re-
a drug target that might be useful in search program is designed to pro-
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“Taiwan supports rival BY SUPRIA RANADE more commonplace, a routine part
abiomedical resecenaterr dcesihgne d THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letrer of high schools’ student health pro-
China after earthquake to be the centerpiece of a high-tech grams”, says David Shaffer, director
park planned for northeast Indiana. The rate of suicide among the U.S. of the Division of Child and Adoles-
Lawmakers agreed to fund the teenage population is steadily increas- cent Psychiatry at Columbia Univer-
project at the request of the U.S. De- ing, according to a recent study done sity in New York, in a recent inter-
,+ : TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan sent a partment of Health and Human Ser- by the Washington Post. view with the Washington Post. “We
*b riefletter to rival Chinaon Wednes- vices. Accorditnog th e Washington Post, want it to become part of the cul-
*d ay offering assistance and express- Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Souder each year around 8 percent of teens ture.”
: ing concern over Monday’s earth- announced the funding Monday at report making a suicide attempt in Programs such as TeenScreen’s
+ quake in the remote western region the annual meeting of the Northeast the past year, and about 1,600 suc- take a different approach to mental
+ of Xinjiang. Indiana Innovation Center, which last ceed, according to the U.S. Centers health issues because their goal is not
{+ Themessagewassent bythe Straits year started a campaign to raise for Disease Control and Prevention. to bea pedanticassifsotr tlriounbleed
* Exchange Foundation, the semioffi- money for the research facility. In the ages 10 to 24 interval, suicide is kids. Rather, TeenScreen provides an
+ tial Taiwanese body that handles the Legislators representing northeast the third-leading cause of death, fol- environment where the teenager can
+island’s relations with China. Indiana in Congress have predicted lowing auto accidande hnomitcisdes . speak freely about issues and one can
2 “The foundation wants to express the biomedical center could create In response to these alarming sta- identify the youth at highest risk, al-
‘ats deep concern, and it requests that hundreds ofj obs in Fort Wayne. tistics, many programs have been lowing for appropriate treatment.
* sincere condolences be passed on to “Wewantto providejobs with high implemented around the country to According to the Washington Post,
- the victims and their families,” the quality and high payi n industries that assist teenagers in figuring out life- the TeenScreen system is comprised
“Yetter said. are going to be very successful in the altering problems. of four parts: After receiving parental
The SEF sent the letter to its Chi- future,” said Eric Beier, chairman of One such example is the Colum- permission, allkidsina class or group
nese counterpart, the Association for the Northeast Indiana Innovation bia TeenScreen Program, which in- take a simple, 10- to 15-minute writ- |||
Relations Across the Taiwan Strait. Center. volves a series of tests and interviews ten questionnaire asking if they've eS ieee
. The Taiwanese letter also offered The proposed biomedical research designed to sort througha large group thought about or attempted suicide, COURTESY OF HTTP://WWW.CBWINFO.COM/PHARMACEUDICA LS/
any needed assistance. center would beat least 35,000 square of teens and identify the few kids at feel depressed or use drugs or alco- Pills such as these Prozac tablets are prescribed to most teenagers who
Monday’s magnitude 6.8 earth- feet and cost between $4.5 million high risk for depression and suicide. hol. Some oft hese questions include experience symptoms of severe depression and mental problems.
quake, close to China’s border with and $5 million to build. According to the Washington Post, issues that involve past mental health
Kyrgyzstan, killed more than 260 along with the mental health advo- expression. These questions are mit suicide because we talk openly tive director of Parents Against Teen
people and injured more than 2,000, —The Associated Press cacy group Positive Action for Teen geared to help in the recovery. aboutit,” he saidina recent interview Suicide, Inc. which conducts educa-
China’s state-run media reported. Health (PATH), TeenScreen has Because of the National Institute with the Washington Post. tional programs and interventions
Taiwan and China split amid civil launched an ambitious plan to screen of Mental Health 2000 report, which Despite the different views on sui- mainly in North Carolina, ina recent
war in 1949, and relations between Asian oysters to be every teen in America. stated that of the suicide-help pro- cide prevention programs, every interview with the Washington Post.
their governments remain icy. PATH argued that since most teen- grams that were evaluated, none has group agrees that more research is Davis said that Parents Against Teen
put in Chesapeake agers are probed for a wide range of proven to be effective. In fact, they needed to determine the optimal Suicide, Inc. helped get 25,000 people
-—The Associated Press conditions such as amblyopia and argue that some programs have had treatment program. Furthermore, into the mental health care system
hearing problems, scoliosis and tu- unintended negative effects by mak- there is a general consensus within and has gone out to intervene in 2,000
Weeds in lake spark NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Vir- berculosis, mumps and head lice, flat ing at-risk youth more distressed and the scientific community that over- potential suicides, only one of which
ginia officials on Tuesday approved | feetand language delays, measles and less likely to seek help. all, teenagers need better education resulted in a death.
large pesticide usage putting a million Asian oysters in the | myopia, mental health should also be Butscientists like John Kalafat dis- about all mental health issues, espe- Amidst all concerns about suicide
Chesapeake Bay, despite some scien- a top priority. agree. cially depression. and mental health, one thing is for
tists’ concerns the oysters could “We'd like to see screening for “It’s the same old argument, that “We’re outhether freontolinnes, ” certain: Getting treatment early is es-
WAHIAWA, Hawaii — The state spread, with unpredictable ecologi- depression and risk of suicide become somehow kidsare morelikelyt oc om- said Fred Davis, presiadnde enxetcu - sential to the teenager’s well being.
stepped up its effort Tuesday to rida cal results.
Central Oahu lake of an out-of-con- The hatchery-raised oysters, bred
trol weed by spraying herbicides. to be sterile to prevent them from Bush to cut back
About two weeks ago, state crews spreading, will be removed by April | bE
began spraying areas of Lake Wilson 1, 2005. Watermen will tend the
onasmall scale with a 20-gallon spray thumbnail-sized oysters in secured
unit to kill the Salvinia molesta weed. mesh bags and cages while they grow. | E sex education fund
That effort was increased by using a Cynthia Jones, the only commis-
100-gallon gas engine sprayer. sion member to vote against the pro-
The Rodeo herbicide, also known posal, urged the VMRC to proceed
as AquaMaster, moves through the cautiously. She said a nonnative spe-
plant from the point of foliage con- cies can reproduce quickly and be- | BY TRISTEN CHUN about how children are not getting
tact into the root system, eventually come an invader, such as zebra mus- | Tue JoHNns Hopkins News-Letter the proper sex education from the
killing the plant. sels, which cause millions of dollars | school system. It is probably because
4g. Spraying the herbicide Rodeo is in damage by clogging water intake _| It was only a. short while ago that there is no set of rules that governs
_one of the most critical components pipes at power plants and other in- President George W. Bush stirred up how much sex education should be
.of this whole (cleanup),” said Peter stallations. the world of health experts by block- offered to students in schools. _
,Young, director of the state Depart- “If we introduce a nonindigenous ing an international drive to provide The extent to which children are
ment of Land and Natural Resources. organism that is harmful to the envi- sex education for teenagers. His deci- learning about sex is usually left to the
__ Inaddition to AquaMaster, work- ronment, we cannot take it back,” sion was believed to have been based decision of members of the school
onhis strong Christian beliefin chas- panel. However, to be able to provide
‘ers will likely use another herbicide said Jones, an Old Dominion Univer- eo
alled Diquat, said Lyle Wong, ad- sity biology professor. “A bad deci- tity before marriage. effectivesexeducation programtso chil-
He had already spent millions of dren, many feel the need for a govern-
ministrator for the Plant Industry sion here is a decision forever.”
Division of the state Agriculture De- Jones said any experiment with the COURTESY OF HTTP://WWW.MATH.BYU.EDU/~RAC. dollars promoting abstinence out of ing body that can organize matters so
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argued that his approach would critics like Michael J. Fucci, however,
so that we’re not airborning the should be ascientific heart,” she said.
threaten funding to encourage con- defend President Bush’s proposed
spray,” Wong said. She declined to comment after the science of kissing dom use in the Third World coun- idea, arguing that “no matter what
Salvinia molesta weed produces vote. : tries, and it would eventually have a method one uses to ‘protect’ oneself,
as much as 400 tons of new growth Virginia, Maryland and federal devastating impact on many young nothing — aside from abstinence —
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THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LetrTer FEBRUARY 27, 2003
SPORTS
Wrestling finishes strong Women’s Basketball avenges
Blue Jays have high hopes for next season after impressive finish _ mid-season loss to McDaniel
CONTINUED FROM Pace A12 selves to improve as individuals and Two out of three captains will also
He made it to the final match against as a team. be returning, so the leadership will
Drew Reinecker of McDaniel. The Jays made vast improve- stay fairly consistent. Also, the Jays
Reinecker had beaten Gryczynski ments over last year, when none of will look to strong freshman classes
during the regular season by a score the wrestlers made it to the final in the coming years to bolster their
of 1-0. round. lineup.
The championship match was tied Also, Hopkins placed third and Recruitment has improved dras-
2-2 and had to be taken into double proved to be a viable threat in the tically since Coach Salvo took over
overtime. The coin flip determined tournament, something that the the team four years ago.
the starting position for both wres- team was unable to do last year and For his recruitment efforts and
tlers. Reinecker won the flip, allowing in previous years. Even from the contributions to the wrestling pro-
him to choose the bottom position so beginning of this season, many gram at Hopkins, Salvo was nomi- |
that all he needed was an escape to wrestlers have gotten significantly nated for conference coach of the
win the tournament. year.
Gryczynskwias unablet o holdhim Still, in spite of the optimism sur-
for the overtime period, and wound rounding the upcoming season, the
up losing 3-2. We're definitely an up Johns Hopkins wrestling team real-
Three other Hopkins students also izes that its performance next year
finished near the top of their weight and coming team and will be built on rigorous work over
classes. the off-season.
Juniors Tim Wagner, Mike | think next year could Although there are not any man- |
Yuhaniak and Rob Curry (184) each datory practices during the spring or |
finished with 3-1 records on the day summer, the team hopes to meet fre-
very well be our year.
to claim third place in their respective quently to go running or weight lift-
weight classes. —MIKE YUHUNIAK ing.
Tim Wagner won two of his The off-season will provide the
matches by pins. In addition, four opportunity for wrestlers to focus
more wrestlers attained fourth place on improving one of their major | |
in their weight classes: senior 133 stronger. deficiencies this year, which was | ©
Brian Frank, sophomore 141 Jason “We made a step in the right di- size.
Suslavich, freshman 149 Dave rection this year and we hope to In addition to that, the wrestlers
Hopkins and sophomore 157 Reno move forward from here toward our hope to hone in on techniques so ||
Reitmayr. These fourth-place fin- ultimate goal of winning the con- that they will bein mid-season form
ishers all had 2-2 records for the ference championship,” stated by next winter when the season be-
day. Wagner. gins. _ Junior forward Trista Snyder dribbles near the three-point line against Swarthmore in a Blue Jay victory.
The strong performance of the Still, the Jays realized that there Despite keeping one eye to the
wrestling team at the conference meet ismuch room forimprovement. The future, the Blue Jays are proud of CONTINUED FROM PaGE A12 Shepler and Randall both fin- The Blue Jays widened the lead
is a tribute to how hard they have wrestlers hope to only get bettenrex t their achievements this season. two free throws with 2:07 remain- ished with a team-high 16 points to 45-33 at the 17:26 mark of the
worked this season. In a sport that season when they will benefit from “We're definitely an up and coming | ing to give Hopkins the lead for good. for Hopkins. Darling didher part as second half before McDaniel re-
demands an unbelievable amount of another year of experience under team,” remarked Yuhaniak, “and I | Senior guard Ashley Shepler provided well, by recording a double-double sponded with a 14-3 run to cut the
dedication, the Hopkinswrestlers rose their belts and nine out of their ten think next year could very well be the Jays’ final points with two free with 14 points and 11 rebounds. deficit to 48-47 with 12:26 remain-
to the occasion and challenged them- starters returning next season. our year.” | throws. Randall also grabbed eight re- ing.
bounds and collected a team-high Shepler hit a crucial three-pointer
Allen for Payton, is it all its worked up to be? three assists, while Shepler regis- with 9:54 remaining, to give Hopkins
tered four steals. a 56-51. But the Green Terror re-
The trio of Darling, Randall and
Shepler combined to shoot 18-of-29
Analyzing the NBAs biggest trade of the year
from the field, including a four for
five effort by Shepler on three point- The victory was made
ers. Incidentally, this trio also recently
garnered honors for such perfor- so much sweeter by
mances on the court.
t was looking like it was going missed the finals two years ago to NBA player though. Intelligent, bolstering the team’s own defense. The Centennial Conference re- the fact that we had
to be a pretty mediocre trade Iverson’s Sixers amidst a controver- well-spoken and often explosive, leased the 2002-03 women’s Bas-
deadline. Denver and Boston sial series and was off the map since. this two-time all star is an asset to So who wins? ketball All-Conference team Mon-
lost to them in the
traded some trifles, Boston get They missed the playoffs last year any team. Inthe short term, the Bucks. This day afternoon February 24th with
ting big men, Denver getting after alast minute multi-game slide, may be their shot to push ahead the three Johns Hopkins players
past and that it was
cap space. Orlando made some noise and Coach George Karl continually Why was the trade made? | earning honors. Seniors Darling
by trading former rookie-of-the-year madeanass of himself, first by ques- For Seattle, it was a question of and Shepler were named First Team
Mike Miller to Memphis for rookies tioning the ability of black coaches rebuilding. Rookie owner Howard | All-Centennial, while sophomore our last regular season
Drew Gooden and Gordan Giricek. in the NBA, then by suggesting he Schultz was not going to offer His departure might | Randall earned second-team honors.
There was talk ofa big Dallas sign- should get out of town and retract- Payton a contract extension at the The three players have helped lead home game.
ing, of the Knicks making a potential ing the statement and finally lead- end of the year and their relation- soon be imminent, the Blue Jays to first place in the Cen-
—TRISTA SNYDER
move, but the hour came and left, ing Team USA to its sixth-place fin- ship was filled with resentment. tennial Conference West Division
leaving behinda stench ofdisappoint- ish in the World Championships Seattle realized that they prob- especially with a prime | with a 13-1 conference mark.
ment. } this year. ably wouldn’t be able to pull a big Darling was also named to the 2003
Nearly an hour passed before any Oh yeah, he’s also the league’s man free agent next year, and in- coaching job in Verizon Academic All-District II sponded with a 5-0 run and tied the
mention was made of the biggest highest paid coach at $7 million a College Division Women’s Basket- game on two Toby McIntire free
deadline trade since Stephon year. ball First Team on Thursday Febru- throws.
Charlotte opening up
Marbury for Sam Cassel. Hell, it was The team made an off-season ary 20th by the District II College McDaniel got its first lead of the
bigger than that. Seattle trades Gary trade, getting rid of Glen Robinson Sports Information Directors of game with 7:42 left at 58-57 and the
next year.
Payton and Desmond Mason for and bringing in oft injured Toni America (CoSIDA). teams exchanged the lead five times
Ray Allen, Kevin Ollie, Ronald Kukoch. Darling once again proved her before Darling gave the Blue Jays the
Murray and a conditional first- No one really believed the Bucks award winning skills by scoring a lead for good on a lay-up with 5:34
round draft pick. Seattle trades its would compete, especially with Allen game-high 28 points while senior left to play. Hopkins made 6-of-8 free
last son for Milwaukee’s best player on bad ankles and Karl on his way to into the playoffs in a weak confer- guard Ashley Shepler tied her sea- throws in the final two minutes to seal
since Lew Alcindor changed his a bipolar diagnosis. Even so, in a wa- ence. Sure, they don’t have size, but son-high with 16 points to lead the victory.
name. And one by one, questions tered down eastern conference, Mil- they didn’t have size before this Johns Hopkins past McDaniel Col- Darling was an impressive 12-for-
arose... waukee was playoff bound with trade and won’t really need much of lege, 78-73 last Wednesday evening 21 from the field and 4-of-7 from the
Kukoc and backup Michael Redd it in the East. in Centennial Conference women’s line. She also finished with seven re-
Wherewerethetbeefoarem tshi s making a surprising impact on the Allen’s play this year wasn’t ex- Basketball action. bounds, two assists and two steals.
trade? team. actly a return to his all-star form, Prior to the game, McDaniel was Shepler hit 4-of-8 from beyond the
(ea éN
Seattle was on their way to their albeit he was playing with nagging the Jays’ only conference loss, a 76-70 arc, while adding six rebounds and
lottery, as they still are. Surprising What about the financial situa- MAANY PEYVAN injury. If they can develop Mason setback to McDaniel on January25 in three assists.
everyone with their blistering 8-2 tion? ' into a threat, dream up a two- Westminster, Maryland. The Jays Junior guard Trista Snyder and
start, the Sonics hadn’t been the same Payton was in the last year of his PERENNIAL headed point guard offense with were out for revenge. sophomore guard Ashley Felix also
since. Before the February 20th dead- contract. He, along with Kenny Payton and Cassel and get Thomas Junior Trista Snyder stated, managed to reach double figures
line, Seattle was eight games below Anderson, would have come off the to play to his potential, the team has “Beating McDaniel was our goal of with 10 points apiece. Snyder tied
.500 and nearly five games out of a books by the end of the year and kept FAVORITE a shot of challenging the top three the night. The victory was made so Darling for the team-high with
playoff spot. Seattle under the cap. They would in the east: Indiana, Detroitand New much sweeter by the fact that we seven rebounds, while Felix col-
They had benefited by trading Vin have had money to sign a major free Jersey. lected a game-high five assists and
Baker to Boston for Kenny Anderson agent during an off-season that is full In the long run, it’s the Sonics. four steals. Sophomore forward
during the off-season, but after those of major free-agents. stead are setting their sights on Elton The Bucks have no guarantee that Kelly Rumsey added six points and
first few games, the offense never The Bucks on the other hand were Brand in two years. Payton will resign with them and six rebounds. ;
over the cap but riding the luxury tax Allen gives them a dynamic even he does, the Bucks don’t have With the regular season now con-
HOME
barrier. Owner, Minnesota Senator and young nucleus that and with much to look forward to. Franklin & Marshall cluded, Hopkins begins its foray into
ee a SE Herb Kohl is aiming to sell the team two first round picks next season, The Sonics on the opportunity fierce post season competition.
VISITOR
The man has missed in the off-season. The team has some the team is hoping fans stick have the opportunity to test Brent Hopkins Junior Maureen Myersstated, “We
good contacts, among them Michael around. Barry at the one, let Allen give those are coming off some big wins are ex-
all of five games in his Redd and Sam Cassel, as well as bur- Milwaukee tries to gain two ankles the rest and quietly end the tremely ready to excel in the these
dens like Tim Thomas. things. First, they get rid of their season looking for two high lottery post season playoffs.”
13 year career, all with biggest contract by sending Allen picks next season.
Where are the players at in this packing. If Seattle can unload their big
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Seattle. He is entering stage of their careers? Allen was loved by the senator, men, dead-end contracts (Calvin had lost to them in the past and that
Payton is 34 years old but is still and convincing him to part with an Booth, Vitaly Potapenko) and land it was our last regular season home GET THE “bleep” OUT
playing great ball. Last season was Olympian must nothave been an easy Brand or another big man in the game.” OF THE COLD! Mexico/
the winter of his career probably his best as he single task. The new streamlined team future, this becomes a deadly Hopkins showed they were in
Caribbean only $125 one
handedly drove the Sonics into the should be easier to sell in the off- match-up for any team two years charge early and led 16-6 following
but still is one of the playoffs. This year he leads the league season, even if it’s at the expense of down the line. © a jumper from Shepler. McDaniel way, all taxes included!
in defense, and arguably plays the one of their greats. Milwaukee also They have to get better defensively cut the lead to 28-24 with 2:14 left (or you can get to europe
most dynamic and best defense at the 1. looks to make a late run into the play- though. They traded their two best the first half, but back-to-back three for $189 one way). Book
The man has missed all of five | offs this season. defensive players, and defense is head pointers from Shepler gave JHU a
relevant players in the games in his 13 year career, all with Payton, along with high flyer Ma- coach Nate MacMillan’s gospel. His 10-point lead at 34-24. Hopkins on line www.artech.com
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