The Johns Hopkins University News-Letter, Volume 107, Number 21 (2003 March 27)

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VOLUME CVII, Issug 21 PUBLISHED SINCE 1896 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE JOHNS Hopkins UNIVERSITY Marcu 27, 2003
Protesters rally
against Bush, war generates
1,000 new
BY JULIANNA FINELLI they're bombing people who are not
THE JouNs Hopkins News-Letter white.”
Protest organizer Maha Jafri said
jobs a year
About 35 to 40 protesters, armed the style of protest, which featured
with umbrellas and rain-soaked, sag- collective chants and song, offered a
ging placards, gathered on the steps sense ofu nity.
of the Milton S. Eisenhower Library “Sometimes the simplest forms of
at 3 p.m. last Thursday to express articulation are more appropriate,”
their opposition to the then-recent said Jafri. “It was the mode ofp rotest | BY LINDSAY SAXE
commencement of bombing in Iraq. to which the atmosphere was most Tue Johns Hopkins News-LetTTer
The emergency rally, which pro- conducive.”
testors planned to initiate as soon as Some participants and observers More THAN $7 billion is contrib-
bombing began, was more aggressive huddled under thelibrary’s overhang, uted to the Maryland economy by
than previous demonstrations, ac- attempting to escape the persistent | Johns Hopkins Institutions (JHI), a
cording to protest organizer Morgan downpour. One such participant was recent report by the Bay Area Eco-
MacDonald. He felt there was “still a Malte Meyer, a guest from Germany, nomics (BAE) research group re-
good presence,” despite the heavy who said he decided to attend the vealed, amounting to a figure of $1
rain. protest after receiving an e-mail from | out of every $28 and one out of every
“The weather was unfortunate ... protest organizers. | 29 jobs in the state generated by the
it probably deterred some,” said “It’s an expression oft he majority University and its affiliates.
MacDonald. “But we made our point of the world’s opinion,” said Meyer. The report, which was released in
heard.” Director Ronald Mullen and Lt. | January 2003, also declared Johns
MacDonald, equipped with a Steven Ossmus, along with other | Hopkins the largest private employer
megaphone and sporting an “Uncle Hopkins security guards, were in Maryland, creating an average of
Sam” hatled, t he protesters in chants, present at the protest. Mullen said more than 1,000 jobs per year since
adding commentary along the way. security presence was intended to 1999.
“Don’t talk to me about collateral ensure that nothing interfered with The report outlined the various
damage!” yelled MacDonald. “Col- the protesters’ demonstration. sources of the $7 billion economic
lateral damage is murder!” “We try not to interfere with their impact, including money spent by
Protestors chanted, “George Bush, free movement ... and expression,” JHU andits employees, students, visi-
we know you — your father was a said Mullen. “We stay in the back- tors, students’ families, patients and
killer, too.” Signs read, “How many ground, but still visible ... and ever- RAPHAEL SCHWEBER- N/NEWS-LETTER retirees. The figure has doubled in the
lies per gallon?” and “All weapons are vigilant.” Morgan MacDonald leads protesters in chants outside the MSE Library last Thursday, where an emergency | past decade and grew almost 36 per-
boomerangs.” After the hour-long demonstra- anti-war rally was held. The protesters later marched to downtown Baltimore for a citywide demonstration. cent from just four years ago.
Chris Powers, a graduate student tion in front of MSE, the protesters “Most oft he growth over the past
in the humanities, led the protesters marched to the War Memorial in Security plans for possible crises three years has been in jobs ... The
in satirical songs he wrote, and sopho- downtown Baltimore to join approxi- | Johns Hopkins Health System has
more Joseph Harrow, costumed in mately 700 other protestors from the grown a little, but the bulk of the em-
American-flag boxing gloves and a area, according to MacDonald. ployment growthhas been atthe Uni-
shirt that said “White Bomber,” Harrow said the group initially versity,” said University spokesman
chased MacDonald around the patio. decided to take a shuttle part of the BY JESSICA VALDEZ Hopkins from becoming a soft target The University will be cautious to Dennis O’Shea.
“Tt was to satirize the ridiculous- way, but missed it by three minutes. THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LeTTER for terrorists. . limit information about evacuation | BAE found that a total of 85,410
ness of the bully state,” said Harrow, Rather than wait for the next shuttle, | “(We are working on] plans on plans to Johns Hopkins affiliates. new jobs were directly and indirectly
who also wore a camouflaged scarf they decided to walk over three miles | The University is developing a how to evacuate the entire campus,” “We'll put it on the internal Web supported by JHI in 2002 alone.
over his face. “The “Brown Bomber’ is to the War Memorial on Gay Street, | campus-wide evacuation plan and said James Zeller, assistant provost site so it’s not open to outsiders,” A vast chunk oft his new employ-
Mohammed Ali ... I was the ‘White he said. | response to possible threats of small- for budget and planning and chair of Zeller said and added that Susan ment was facilitated by $1.4 billion in
Bomber.’ The majority of people in Others joined the group during pox outbreaks in Baltimoreas part of the crisis response team. He said the Boswell, dean of studentlife, willover-_| research awarded toJH]in 2002, more
power in America are white, and ConTInuED oN PaGEA2 its continuing effort to prevent plan will be developed in the next few see informing students of the proce- than any other university in the na-
weeks and will avoid dependence on dure. tion. The Applied Physics Laboratory
Jewish center delayed by weather public transportation. The Universitalys o anticipates the and the Bunting Blaustein Cancer
“The simple thing to do would be need to help the city in the event ofa Research Center are two major com-
to have the students congregate at a smallpox crisis. ponents of this figure.
certain point,” said Zeller, and then “Tn the event that we had to go to University-wide, research expen-
have staff members or students with smallpox vaccinations, the city is go- ditures increased from $984 million
All of the snow had to be removed cars transport students to a specified ing to be asking the schools in Balti- in 1999 to $1.349 billion in 2002. ~
before work could resume at the site. location. more for help,” he said. “So we are “Even allowing for inflation, that’s
Cole said the workers shoveled the The final place of evacuation will beginning a process about how a lot of new research and a lot of new
snow, then melted the rest witha torch depend on city mandates, but evacu- Homewood campus could be in- jobs,” said O’Shea.
and pumped out the remaining wa- ation routes have already been volved in helping.” Commissioned by the University
ter. marked around the area. CONTINUED ON Pace A2 in the spring of 2002, the report comes
Gottlieb also said there wasa prob- out at the forefront of am ajor debate
lem with the neighboring property’s Student fight breaks within the Maryland legislature over
gardening wall being on the center’s whether or not to make cuts in the
property. state’s university funding program.
They had to address this problem out at lacrosse game The program, called the Sellinger
to avoid damage to the neighbor’s Plan, provides money for the state’s
wall foundation, so they “under- educational institutions, including
pinned” the wall. This involved put- nearly $9 million for JHU.
ting tangent piles against the side for “Tt’s been sent to members of the .
protection, causing another delay in BY PAULINE PELLETIER of student life, could not be reached legislature and news media around
construction. THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LETTER for comment. the state. It’s starting to get some at-
But Cole said they found the prob- Officer Dennis Rosemary of tention,” said O’Shea. Thus far, the
lem early enough to “plan appropri- Two alcohol-related altercations Hopkins Security described the inci- report has been picked up by the Bal-
ately” without losing much time. involving 15 to 20 spectators in the dent as a “shouting match.” timore Sun and WYPR Baltimore but
DENISE TERRY/NEWS-LETTER “Things are moving pretty Homewood Field stands occurred at “[They were] students with an at- has not received much positive feed-
smoothly, It is a challenging project 9:34 p.m. near the end of Saturday’s titude, let’s putit that way,” said Rose- back from the members of the state
Construction of the Jewish activity center has been set back a month for the contractor because [the prop- lacrosse game against the University mary. legislature.
after severe winter weather but will be completed by spring 2003. ertylot] isatight space,” said Gottlieb, of Virginia. The incident was classified in the “Many legislators and people in
BY JENNA O’STEEN fall, according to Cassandra Gottlieb, “but I think they are doing a great The fights were resolved after four Hopkins Security daily incident re- Annapolis are highly supportive of
Tue Jouns Hopkins News-Letter the project’s architect. job.” Hopkins students were identified and port as involving a “disorderly sports Sellinger,” said University President
But contractor Jeff Cole said this Rabbi Joe Menashe of Hopkins left the stadium when asked to do so. crowd.” William R. Brody. “However, they
The Jewish activity center that was will not have a lasting impact on the Hillel agreed that there have been a There were no injuries reported and The fight occurred in the section tell us that they have very little flex-
planned for completion in the spring building’s construction. few problems but said that he has the students’ names were turned over closest to the entrance of the field, ibility in the budget and the budget is
of 2004 has encountered setbacks “We started work in mid-Decem- been told “these are just par for the to the Dean of Student Life. where members of the Pike and SAE incrisis [lacking newrevenue sources}
from this winter’s severe snowfall. ber and the weather went to hell,” . course... and the finish date has been Dorothy Sheppard, associate dean CONTINUED ON PAGE A2 CONTINUED ON PAGE A2
The construction of the Harryand Cole said. “But at this time we.do not a moving target all along that is now
Jeanette Weinberg Building at the see it as a continuing problem.” realistic.” Female doctor describes hardships
Smokler Center for Jewish Life, lo- Cole said the project will be com- Menashesaid thelagging economy
cated’at 3109 N. Charles Street, has pleted by the end of December 2003 could affect the fund collection for
been delayeda few weeks due to snow- or the beginning of January 2004. CONTINUED ON Pace A3
BY TERESA MATEJOVSKY
INSIDE“ EAIS ISSUE THE JoHNs Hopkins News-Letter Festival celebrates Persian New Year ’
After bringing two renowned male
... AND WE’RE SMARTER CONTENTS doctors to speak earlier this month
Coming back from an embarassing — pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Ben
loss to Syracuse, the Jays hold up Carson and human rights activist Dr.
against top-rated Virginia at Robert Lawrence — the 2003 Voyage
Homewood field last Saturday. Page and Discovery Lecture Series intro-
Al2 Exposure duced a widely recognized woman
Features ......, Phescbinsydectee
scientist, Dr. Elizabeth M. Jaffee, as
ISN’T HE THAT GUY FROM TV? its third season speaker Tuesday
Yes, it’s Gomez from The Addams night.
Family and youv e probably seen him As one of very few women leading
around campus. John Astin is star- the scientific field, Jaffee spoke in
ring in Bluff, a play that has nothing Hodson Hall about the challenges of
to do with vampires. Page B1 becoming and beingaleading woman
in science.
IT CAME FROM THE 90S “It was a very relevant talk,” said
Is that Spacehog? Dishwalla? Live? Abeba Habtemariam, a junior and
Naah, it’s Better Then Ezra, and vice chair of thel ecture series. “People
they’ve crawled out of the previous don’t often get to hear about what
decade to entertain you once more. hurdles women face in medicine.”
Page B7 Inher hour-long talk, “From Mice LIZ STEINBERG/NEWS-LETTER
to Men and Other Stories,” Jaffee ad- DSaopheomo re GaButaem rBhaetia servees feood eat N orooz, the FPerosia nt Nee w |
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IMF advisor says IMF misunderstood Students raise funds
to prevent measles
BY CLAIRE KOEHLER we think the country should follow.” million in urban areas and each year low China’s competition to adjust,”
HE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter The IMF also provides the World 10 million new workers who come of Dunaway said. He added that there is
Economic Outlook, a publication that age, according to Dunaway. “no guarantee that China will con- |
Steven Dunaway, senior advisor examines basic economic trends in “China is thus a manufacturing tinue its growth pattern.” Ji— a
for the Asia Pacific Department oft he country and regions. giant due to cheap labor costs and Dunaway reiterated the fact that |
International Monetary Fund (IMF), The IMF also runs a lending pro- fast rate of manufacturing,” said there is no straight answer for the
discussed common misconceptions gram. This program provides loans Dunaway. Northern countries ben- economic problems ofc ountries.
about the IMF during his speech for three reasons, the first being the efit from this increase in manufactur- “What we try to do is lay out op- | |
Wednesday, March 26. It was the sec- development of safety nets. This is a ing. tions for our 186 member countries,”
ond lecture of this year’s 2003 For- precautionary measure that fre- For example, Koreaand Japan pro- said Dunaway.
eign Affairs Symposium. quently helps countries liberalize duce manufacturing parts and then The next event by the FAS willbea
“The IMF often takes the bad-guy trade. China puts the parts together and panel discussion entitled, “U.S. In-
role,” said Dunaway. “We are trying The second reason is to improve ships them around the world. How- tervention in Columbia: Moral Re-
to help, but the IMF is often misun- countries’ development prospects. ever, Southern countries do not ben- sponsibility or Vested Interests?”
derstood.” Last, the leading program provides efit because China is taking away their The FAS’. goal is to provide an |
Surveillance is the primary func- funds to countries in crisis, such as electronics production. arena for the respectful introduction |
tion ofthe IMF, which Dunaway called Argentina, a country defaulting on Even though many see China of new ideas and points of view and
“international busy-bodying.” internal and external debt. Countries dominating the near future because thus enhance the Hopkins commu-
Once a year the IMF goes into the that receive the help of the IMF often ofits huge surplus of labor and many nity.
186 member countries and “looks “suffer from the allure of the status improvements in technology, Since the IMF “sparks controversy
through the books so to speak,” said quo which makes it difficult to get Dunaway disagrees. among Hopkins students about who
Dunaway. After this inspection, the over changes,” according to “In the 50s and ’60s, the U.S. was is charge of IMF policies — the host | |
IMF prepares a long list of policies Dunaway. goingt o enslave the world. In the’70s country, the members oft he IMF or
that are designed to raise the rate of The People’s Republic of China and ’80s, Japan was set to dominate Western nations — the FAS decided
growth. recently joined the World Trade Or- because ofi ts technology. In the 90s to host Mr. Dunaway,” said co-Ex-
However, Dunaway said, “These ganizatioTnh.i s development opened it was Mexico. Now it’s China. How- ecutive Director Suman Sureshbabu. |
policies involve more art than science, up markets both for China and for ever, alot of adjustments are going to Co-Director of Finance Hadi | hi 9 ih. wets
there aren’ta lot ofblacks and whites. countries around the world. In rural take place in South East Asia — in- Husain said, “This controversy is a DENISE TERRY/NEWS-LETTER
Most oft he time the situation is gray areas of China, there are 150 million centives to produce different prod- result of the political strings attached | Michelle Cho donates money to Chen Zhao and Christal Ng, who are part
... Welay outa range ofo pinions that unemployed people, another 15-20 ucts, and other strategies that will al- to the financial aid the IMF provides.” | of an initiative to raise funds to fight the measles epidemic in Africa.
BY ASHEESH LAROIA vated to donate. Zhao founded the
Protesters face first signs of opposition Measles Initiative last year and inde-
Tue Jouns Hopkins News-LeTTER
pendently proposed it last year to the
For years, JHU researchers have organization.
| been developing and improving a This year, RAB is giving free T-
vaccine for measles. This year, stu- shirts to the hall or floor who donates
CONTINUED FROM Pace AI nificant police presence at the War sober “forum for discussion,” accord- tests began. | dents are taking a different approach the most.
the march down Charles Street, and Memorial. ing to MacDonald. Almost 100 indi- “In our opinion, the best thing is to fighting the disease: rallying clubs “T think that’s a much better in-
many cars either honked to showsup- “The atmosphere was pretty in- viduals, the largest showing yet, gath- for the troops to come home,” said and peers to fund the distribution of centive,” said Zhao.
port or “gave a thumbs-down,” said tense,” said MacDonald. “When ered at MSE. MacDonald. “We feel we are being | a vaccine. He hopes the simple, effective
Harrow. [protesters] decided to march down During the rally, an unidentified patriots.” As part of an international initia- message of “one dollar, one life,” as
According to Ossmus, Hopkins the street, the cops got tense ... they studentwalking into thelibrary yelled, Signs posted at an entrance to tive to combat measles, freshman well as the new prizes, will boost par-
Security offered to provide a police were holding [them] back. Itwas defi- “Support our troops ... be a [exple- Gilman Hall, which advertised the Christal Ng is working with the Resi- ticipation.
escortfor the protesters’ march down- nitely a good protest.” tive deleted] patriot.” Monday’s protest, were defaced with dents Advisory Board (RAB) to raise The other involved groups were
town, butthe protest leaders declined. At Monday’s regular anti-war According to MacDonald, it was “Help Saddam” scribbled in blackink. money to help fight the measles epi- “each assigned a day to do publicity,”
MacDonald said there was a sig- rally, protests returned to the more the first sign of opposition since pro- Jafri called the defacement “child- demic in Africa and raise awareness said Ng. Each organization will help
ish.” about the disease. in different ways; for example, “Phi
“It shows a great ignorance ofb a- Her work is part of the Measles Psi is going to help by throwing a
Doctor inspires female pre-meds sic historical facts ... considering the Initiative, an international organiza- party and giving us the proceeds,”
source of Saddam’s power was the tion that works with the National said Ng.
United States,” said Jafri. “And if we Center for Disease Control, the Groups off campus are also col-
| [the protesters] were capable of some- American Red Cross, UNICEF and laborating on the project. Krispy-
thing of that magnitude [helping the United Nations Foundation. On Kreme Donuts donated 10 dozen
CONTINUED FROM Pace Al | Saddam], there would not be a war campus, Ng and RAB have involved donuts to the cause, which were dis-
dressed her voyage to the top of her going on right now.” groups including Student Council, tributed Tuesday morning in ex-
profession and stressed the value of Patrick Loy, a professor in the com- the Alpha Phi Omega service frater- change for donations.
strong role models and the impor- puter science department, spoke at the nity and the Phi Psi fraternity. Measles kills some one million
tance of balancing work with outside rally about similarities and differences Hopkins student involvement in children each year, according to the
life. Jaffee’s life is itself a model bal- between today’s protests and the Viet- the project was originally the idea of Measles Initiative.
ancing act: Not only is she a full pro- nam War protests in the ’60s. Ng; who worked with the National Butitis a low-profile disease in the
fessor in three departments at the The protesters of the ’60s were | Honors Society in high school to or- United States, since “AIDS is a lot
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, young college students “making a ganizea measles “fundraising/aware- more political” due to its association
but Jaffee is one of very few full, ten- counterculture ... protesting against | ness week.” with birth control, said Ng.
ured women professors. She is also the establishment and the wisdom of “I love this cause because every- “In this and most other countries,
principal investigator of three leading their elders,” while today’s anti-war one can literally save a life,” she said, measles isn’t a problem — we get our
cancer research grants, a Brownie- protesters have a wider range of ages, since the measles vaccine costs 82 MMR [vaccinations],” she added.
troop leader and mother of twins. She according to Loy. He read a petition cents per person. Zhao added that the cost of saving
has been awarded multiple recogni- signed by 50 members of the faculty Junior Chen Zhao, an RAB mem- a life pales in comparison to other
tions in the physician-scientist role in opposition to the war. ber, said, “RAB has always done a every day expenses.
and has twice received the Director’s “War in Iraq is reckless, costly, fundraiser each year,” but results in “One less cheeseburger I eat is sav-
Award for Outstanding Teaching in dangerous and far from the appro- the past have been disappointing. ing a life. Eighty-two cents saving a
Oncology. Her current research cre- priate means to fight international Despite the inter-dorm competition life is really something different,”
ates animal models of pancreatic can- terrorism,” read the petition. RAB creates, students were not moti- Zhao said.
cer, and she has also committed her-
self to educating aspiring scientists. ELEKTRA CARRAS/NEWS-LETTER
Jaffee attributed her rare success During a speech on Tuesday night, Dr. Elizabeth M. Jaffee detailed the Security reacts to outbreak of war
story to the presence of multiple sig- hurdles she has encountered as a female doctor.
nificant role models in her life, in-
cluding Marie Curie, Rosalind Despite great success in school, “My office is always an open door
Franklin and an inspirational fourth Jaffee said her greatesthurdle hasbeen to many men and women graduate
grade math teacher. Her fascination alack ofself-confidence. Asawoman, students who are having trouble with CONTINUED FROM Pace AI ontheJHMIshuttlebus, where Hopkins he said. “We have no indication that
with immunology as a tool in cancer she encountered increasing gender their laboratory supervisors,” Jaffee One consideration is to use identification is now required for ac- universities in general are a risk.”
research stemmed from role models prejudice as she rose from medical said. Homewood undergraduates as vol- cess, according to Mullen. The University’s primary concern
who were developing vaccines for - school to higher levels of academic Jaffee attracted many women and unteers, said Zeller. “We are not allowing it to be used is the Johns Hopkins Hospital’s ca-
small pox and polio. medicine. When shealone developeda aspiring scientists to her talk. “Tttakes 250 people to man asite,” as public transportation anymore,” pacity to respond to a surge of pa-
“Something’s gone wrong with our newly-patented technology forthe fast- “Tt [Jaffee’s talk] was really inspir- said Zeller. “We had considered ask- Zeller said. tients resulting from a potential at-
mentorship,” Jaffeesaid, noting thatrole est way to insert genes in tumor cells, ing,” freshman Ashleigh White said. ing students for help.” But the University will not step up tack in Washington, D.C.
models and mentors are essential for another male faculty member at Johns As a neuroscience major considering He said Homewood has a lot of its security more unless faced with a “Our concern is probably some-
both women and men to relate to. In Hopkins was given charge of leading the premedical tract and also a career pre-medand ROTC students trained direct, regional threat, said Zeller. thing in D.C.,” he said, “and our con-
particular, she noted the lack ofwomen the clinical investigation. However, in research, White noted that “She in emergency response. “We want people to feel comfort- cern is how we can take care of more
role models in postdoctoral positions Jaffee herselfhad already been present- [Jaffee] is a really good role model.” But the outbreak of war has not able but we don’t want to overreact,” patients than [we have] beds.”
and as associate or full professors. ing her research internationally, and Others were similarly inspired. markedly changed the University’s
Jaffee discussed growing up in her technique remains one of the lead- “Dr. Jaffee had great insight into security response.
Brooklyn and being the first woman ing laboratory techniques today. the realityo fw omen in science. She is “Wereally didn’t relax our height- Fight spills over stands
of her family to attend college. She Since that time, Jaffee has risen to rightthat mentors areimportant, and ened security posture when the na-
married her high school sweetheart bea leading figure in creating animal she is a great one herself,” said fresh- tional and state threat levels returned.
before the two attended medical models for cancer through cancer man Claudette Onyelobi, a premed to yellow [in March] as we felt the at UVA lacrosse game
school in New York. She completed a vaccines. Following work on renal public health major. cerotf waar bireankingt oyut w as sim-
residency in internal medicine at the cancer, Jaffee now works on pancre- The final lecture of the 2003 Voy- ply too strong,” said Ronald Mullen,
University of Pittsburgh, which was atic cancer. She remains very inter- age and Discovery Lecture Series director of security and transporta-
the only program to accommodate ested in education and said that will present Dr. Ronald Fishbein, a tion services.
the couple together. Already working women still face serious roadblocks, pre-professional advisor at the Uni- So the security measures imple- CONTINUED FROM PAGE Al behind me, punching each other,”
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Brody added that some legislators small but very flexible funding would includes hospital patients, student’s move-out time we will station offic- ofa sudden there was a pile of people ‘might stand a chance.”
do not see a connection between the hurt our growth,” said O’Shea. families, spectators at sporting events ers there and allow resident students
economic impact of the University - Muchoftheinitial contention over and much more. and their families and friends to drive
_ and the Sellinger funding. While it is the Sellinger funding has come from University commencement con- onto 34th Street and park there to
a small part of the total revenues of legislatowrhso claim that state money tributed $660,000 to that figure, load their vehicles.” ;
the University (nearly $2.5 billion in is going to help out-of-state students Homecoming and _ Reunions He added that the University has
2002), it’s nearly half of the $19.3 bil- at private universities. The study $820,000 and graduate and under- increased the number of contract
lion in state aid awarded to the Uni- found, however, that Hopkins un- graduate student visitors $3.119 mil- guards in order to build in a relief
versity in 2002. dergraduate students alone brought lion. guard and free up a Hopkins officer " Anatticleon pa Beco
Brody also said that he believes if $60.8 million to the Maryland And the University’s growth con- on each shift. not correctly iden poked:
an increased sales tax, a cut in tax economy, supporting local busi- tinues to expand despite the nation’s To further strengthen the security Mohr: ey Sakae
breaks or Gov. Erlich’s slot machine nesses, landlords, retailers anadv ar i- shaky economy. It is estimated that staff, many security employees can
“plani sp assed, “I think it is possible ety of other Maryland businesses. by 2007, the total impact could grow no longer take vacations and are now
the cuts would be either reduced or _ “Overnight visitors are estimated to $9.1 billion. This includes every- required to work 12-hour instead of
restored.” me to have spent $160 per day ... overall, thing from construction and research eight-hour shifts.
“This is important funding for the 196,000 Johns Hopkins visitors projects to new students and visitors. Security has also been heightened
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StuCo hears Board of Trustees update
Administrators ditch sory Committee, composed of vari-
ous students and administrators, met
Brody’s school-wide e-mail, sent schools and the Johns Hopkins Hos- Chick fil-A, choose Sky to discuss Chick-fil-A last Thursday.
in early March to urge students, fac- pital. “We took [Chick-fil-A] off the
ulty, alumni and trustees to write to Schnydman described to StuCo Ranch Grill table because we thought it was too
state legislators, had a “tremendous members the process by which the | risky,” said freshman Sean Morgan, a
result,” generating 500 to 750 com- campaign goal was determined. The member oft he committee.
munications to date, according to deans for each school were asked to Efforts to bring a national chain to ~ Morgan said he would not have
Schnydman. create a “wish list,” complete with the | Levering Hall fell through last week. been personally offended by Chick-
He also referred to a guest edito- estimated costs for each item. | Students won’t see Chick fil-A, fil-A’s philosophy, but said he wanted
rial in Monday’s Baltimore Sun, co- The Development Office then | McDonalds or Wendy’s when the to avoid a venue that might offend
written by Brody and University of met with each dean to determine | newly renovated building opens next other students.
Maryland Chancellor William E. the feasibility of raising the re- fall. “The impetus for this was the level
Kirwan, which urged Maryland state quested moneys, and established a | Instead, administrators. decided of dissatisfaction students had with
legislators to avoid drastic cuts on final amount; the total for all eight last Friday that Sodexho’s Sky Ranch dining,” said Mohr. When StuCo
higher education. schools was about $1 billion, and | Grilltwhe ofinual lvendue bbroeug ht didn’t want Chick-fil-A, that essen-
“Johns Hopkins alone has added the total for the hospital was an ad- | to the Marketplace at Levering, Se- tially eliminated the venue from con-
3,000 new jobs to the state’s economy ditional $1 billion. | nior Director of Housing and Dining sideration, she added.
in the past three years,” read the ar- According to Schnydman, half of | Carol Mohr said. “Sky Ranch was not our first
ticle. “Just imagine what kind of in- the approximately$ 1 billion currently The venue will serve a variety of choice, but we think it’s going to pro-
centives Maryland would have offered in hand was raised by the hospital. fresh hamburgaelorngs w,it h chicken vide the array of choices students are
to attract an out-of-state company He said the Whiting School of En- and grilled cheese sandwiches. looking for.”
’ ELEKTRA CARRAS/NEWS-LETTER with that many jobs ... This is the gineering and the Zanvyl Krieger | Sodexho General Manager Richard
. Executive Assistant to the President Jerry Schneidman discusses the $2 time when continued investment in School of Arts and Sciences are “on | Roldan compared the venue to the — By Mike Spector
: billion campaign with StuCo members at their meeting this week. higher education can pay the greatest their way to their goal.” | popular Fuddrucker’s chain at a re-
dividends, when ourc olleges and uni- Charles Reyner, sophomore class | cent Student Council meeting. Student arrested for
BY JULIANNA FINELLI the President Jerry Schnydman. versities can lead the way to economic representative, asked Schnydman Administrators had been on the
THE JoHNs Hopkins News-Letrer Schnydman, who gave a Board of recovery.” whether or not any money had been | verge of bringing Chick-fil-A to the . disorderly behavior at
Trustees (BoT) report at this week’s The BoT also discussed the earmarked for enlarging the student | University, but decided against it af-
With the vote for proposed school Student Council (StuCo) meeting, University’s $2 billion campaign, population. ter getting negative feedback about WaWa frat house
* funding cuts expectedt o occur within said Brody has held multiple phone which has currently reached almost Schnydman said such a change | the restaurant from Student Council
a couple of weeks, President William conversations with Governor Robert $1 billion, according to Schnydman. would not occur this year, but might (StuCo) on March 18.
R. Brody has been “lobbying like Ehrlich. He reminded StuCo members that be brought up during budget talks in | Council members were concerned A Johns Hopkins student was ar-
crazy” for Johns Hopkins’ interests, “They've become best buddies,” the money raised will be distributed the future. | about Chick-fil-A’s mission, which is rested for disorderly behavior early
according to Executive Assistant to said Schnydman. amongst the University’s eight Schnydman said the BoT was to “glorify God by being a faithful Wednesday morning.
confident in the University’s real | steward of all that is entrusted to us The Northern District Police were
estate ventures, which have in- and to havea positive influence on all called to the Alpha Delta Phi(WaWa)
Winter snow causes construction cluded the purchasing of Mount who come in contact with Chick-fil- fraternity house for a person on the
Washington Corporate Campus A,” according to the corporation’s fire escape on 5 E. 33rd St., at 1:29
delays for Jewish activities center | property. Web site. a.m. on March 26, according to
According to Schnydman, real | StuCo members were also unen- Hopkins daily incident reports.
estate investments will produce bet- thusiastic about Chick-fil-A in gen- An unidentified undergraduate
| ter income than investments in | eral, suggesting McDonalds and student was arrested for disorderly
today’s market. Wendy’s as more exciting alterna- behavainod rwa s then transported to
CONTINUED FROM Pace Al it will be a facility where all Hopkins One room will be dedicated to tra- | “Tt’s about diversifying ... we’ve tives. Council said they would be sat- Central Booking, according to the
the building. students can feel comfortable and go ditional Jewish texts and readings, felt for years that having real estate in isfied with Sky Ranch Grill ifthe Uni- report. The student was released at
“We have received generous sup- for a program, meeting, or just to which will be available to any student ourp ortfolio woublead wis e choice,” versity couldn’t get a national chain. 6:16 a.m. the same morning.
port, but we haven’t received our full hang out.” interested in researching the Jewish said Schnydman. “[This property] “Our feeling was that Chick-fil-A Hopkins security has not yet re-
capital campaign,” he said. “The Helena Orbach, social chair for religion. | was the right price... Thetrustees felt was not the venue of choice,” Mohr ceived any additional information
whole non-profit world feels the slow Hopkins Hillel, agreed, “It'll be a It is projected to be a location | we had a rare moment to buy such said. “When the vote was taken [at from the Northern District Police
down in the economy. With war foundation for the Jewish Commu- where students can talk or study magnificent property.” March 18’s StuCo meeting] the ma- about the incident, said Officer Dennis
looming, we don’t know what will nity. A building that is identified and and will be open for people of all Other itemsd iscussaettdh e StuCo | jority of students were not in favor of Rosemary of Hopkins Security. A
come and where the war take us ... I that people of all denominations can faiths. According to Meredith meeting were Senior Week planning || Chick-fil-A.” Hopkins security report has not yet
feel it is more difficult to raise funds be comfortable in. I see it as a general Shifman, a member of Hopkins and the upcoming StuCo transition | Roldan exploredboth McDonalds been issued, but Rosemary hopes to
today and we are very lucky to have base where people can go and hang Hillel, the building will give all Jew- | party. Treasurer Elise Roecker re- and Wendy’s, but was unable to se- obtain the necessary information
people give small gifts which are just out — a real social outlet.” ish students “a common area to ported that the Student Activities | cure either. Thursday or Friday of this week.
as good as large donations.” The Jewish activities center will be identify with.” Commission (SAC) contingencwya s Roldan was unavailable for com- He said it seemed unlikely that a
But despite economic difficulties, 6000 square feet with three floors and She said that that Jewish services are up to $19,594.60 due to money re- | ment. student was arrested solely for being
Menashe eagerly anticipates the even- a basement; within those walls stu- currently held in different buildings on ceived back from groups who were McDonald’s sales requirements on a fire escape.
tual opening of the center. dents will have access to large pro- campusand this building will eliminate unable to hold their planned events. | were beyond what Hopkins could He also added that it is unclear
“T have a hard time getting excited gramming space, a library, a coffee that problem, as well as the difficulty of | StuCo also approved the admis- meet and Wendy’s required its own whether or not the studentisa WaWa
for pouring concrete,” said Menashe. lounge, study lounges and a game reserving rooms in general. sion of the skiing/snowboarding/ individual venue, incompatible with fraternity member.
“(But what does excite me is] what room that will be converted into a “It will legitimize [Hillel's] exist- snow. club into the SAC after review- ayenue-packed Levering, Mohr said.
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U.S. general has Future of
Arab background Iraq
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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS years. They worked most recently in
Kosovo.
CAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar — Abizaid’s grandparents emigrated | France
Army Lt. Gen. John Abizaid speaks to the United States from Lebanon,
fluent Arabic, isa Middle East scholar and he grew up in Coleville, Calif.,
and professes that he “loves the Arab raised mostly by his widowed father.
world.” He learned Arabic as an adult,
He’s also a three-star general, studying at the University of Jordan |B Y THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
deputy commander oft he U.S. Cen- in Amman. He also picked up a
tral Command and the No. 2 official master’s degree in Middle East stud- PARIS — Worried it couldbe shut
leading the war against Iraq. ies at Harvard. _ out of business deals in postwar Iraq,
Abizaid made his public debut this “John would do a good job in any | France is drawing up plans to win
week at Central Command in Qatar, part of the world,” Nash said. “There | French companies access to lucrative
providinga precise rundown of where are some for whom the word unique | oil and reconstruction contracts, of-
the war stood daysafter ground forces isappropriate. John is uniquely quali- | ficials said Tuesday.
crossed the Iraqi border. fied.” The government is determined
His performance was indicative of Abizaid referred to his knowledge that French companies will be part of
his climb up the U.S. military ladder of the Arab world in his first news rebuilding Iraq, despite President
and the way he runs the war: studied conference Sunday. A reporter asked | Jacques Chirac’s vigorous opposition
and detailed, right down to writing ifthe region’s growing anti-war move- to the war, a Finance Ministry official
his briefing notes in longhand. ment might compel Arab govern- | said.
“He is the planner,” said Daniel ments to revoke commitments to the Gilles Munier, an executive board
Goure of the Lexington Institute, a United States in its campaign against MICHAEL MACOR/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE | member of the French-Iraq Associa-
| Marine Corp. Eric Silva, of New Jersey, fights the wind for his tent during a severe sandstorm at Camp Viper in
Washington-based think tank. Saddam Hussein. tion for Economic Cooperation, said
“That’s the person who moves the “Well, Ireallywouldn’twantto make the Iraqi desertlast Tuesday. Iraq often sees sandstorms in the spring, but Tuesday’s storm was exceptional, || business leaders and government rep-
bringing dust and sand from as far away as Egypt and Libya.
pieces on the chessboard to be ap- any statement that might mark measa US. troops enter northern Iraq | resentatives were studying howto gain
proved by [Gen.] Tommy Franks.” State Departmentofficial,” Abizaid said | a foothold in postwar Iraq.
Goure worked with Abizaid on the to laughter. He said a meeting between
Joint Chiefs of Staff, where Abizaid “Pm a soldier and I do my best, but France’s most powerful business fed-
was director of the Joint Staff before I would say, as a person who has stud- | eration, government leaders and the
he was tapped for the deputy com- ied the Arab world and loves the Arab French-Iraq Association for Eco-
mander job at Central Command in world, that the majority of educated _ BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ers — were moving south. He said the of tanks and armored personnel carri- nomic Cooperwaas stcheiduoledn f or
January. Arabs that I talk to know that Saddam | units were in a 1,000-vehicle convoy ers, though it was uncertain how many. April 3.
Before that, he was executive as- Hussein has been a plague on the Arab | CENTRAL IRAQ — Vicious on Highway 7, the same highway that Marines were fighting house to The Finance Ministry official,
sistant to then-chairman of the Joint world and on his own people, and they sandstorms began to abate early U.S. forces were traveling on toward house in Nasiriyah, further south. A who spoke on condition of anonym-
Chiefs, Gen. John Shalikashvili. welcome his removal.” | Thursdayas U.S. forces headed north the Iraqi capital. reporter for WTVD in Durham, N.C., | ity, confirmed discussions were un-
The Pentagon experience, coupled A typical Abizaid response, Nash toward Baghdad, warned of a pos- The Iraqis, analysts said, likely were attached to the Camp Lejeune Marines, derway with business leaders abott
with an impressive Army resume and said. | sible confrontation with a convoy of taking advantage of the sandstorms said at least 25 Marines had been in- Iraq.
an academic and personal back- “Hveery’ quiseta nd unassuming,” | Iraqi Republican Guard troops. to reposition their tanks in response jured. Hesaid Marines wereusing flares Some French are concerned that a
ground in the region, make him par- said Nash. “But he’s tough as nails Vast columns of U.S. military ve- to U.S. forces approaching the out- to light areas so they could see their U.S.-led administration in Iraq will
ticularly well-suited for the Iraq cam- and smart as all can be.” hicles — one 10 miles long — rolled skirts of the capital. enemy. favor companies from the United
paign, analysts say. Abizaid first encountered the along a six-lane highway under skies In northern Iraq, just before mid- One military analyst, asked about | States and other pro-war countries
“You begin with the fact thathe’sa Saddam regime just after the 1991 | clearing of the thick dust and sand night Wednesday, about 1,000 U.S. the southern advance of Iraqi troops while penalizing companies from
great soldier,” said Bill Nash, a re- Gulf War. He commanded the 3rd that for days had made flying and Army troops from the 173rd Airborne believed to be Republican Guard, called France and other war opponents.
tired Army general who commanded Battalion, 325th Airborne Battalion | often driving nearly impossible. A parachuted into an airbase in the it a bold move — one that could not The Bush administration awarded
an armored brigade in the 1991 Gulf combat team, which was deployed to weather shift means a change in for- Kurdish autonomous zone, the first have been attempted if American tank- a $4.8 million contract,Monday to a
War. “And then you add to that the the Kurdish territories in northern | tunes for allied forces likely able to large ground force in the region from killing A-10 Warthogs and Apache at- Seattle-based company to rebuild
fact that he is savvy to the world of Iraq during the humanitarian Opera- resume bombing missions. which war planners want to open an- tack helicopters had been able to fly. Iraq’s only deep-water port. Wash-
political military affairs. tion Provide Comfort. On Wednesday, a military intelli- other front against Saddam’s regime. “It’s not good news,” said the ana- ington is expected to announce simi-
“And of course, in this particular Other stops in his career have in- | gence officer with the 1st Marine Ex- And in the south, earlier Wednes- lyst, retired Army Gen. John Abrams. lar deals soon.
case, his unique qualification is that cluded commandant at West Point, peditionary force warned that units day, coalition aircraft poundedacon- “Tt means [the Iraqi] command and Officials in Paris say French firms’
heis fluentin Arabicand understands where he graduated in 1973, and op- oft he Republican Guard — Saddam voy of Iraqi tanks and armored ve- control is working, that electronic experience in working in Iraq would
that region extremely well,” said Nash, erations officer for the United Na- Hussein’s best-trained, best- hicles streaming out of the besieged warfare has not impacted the com- be an advantage.
who has known Abizaid for over 20 tions Observer group in Lebanon. | equipped and most tenacious fight- southern city of Basra, British mili- mand and control, and they are able | French companies — many with
tary sources said. The city has been to reposition in a timely way.” ties to Baghdad stretching back de-
Balt. marine killed in Kuwait ringed by British troops.trying to se- U.S. officials gave conflicting re- cades — have established themselves
cure the city and deliver humanitar- ports about Iraqi troop movements. as the largest suppliers of goods to
ian aid to trapped residents. Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks, in Qatar, Iraq since a U.N. trade embargo was
Elsewhere on the battlefield, there said, “We’ve not seen any significant partially lifted in 1996.
were reports of skirmishes into early movements of the type of force” de- In2001, France exported $705 mil-
BY KASEY JONES war and we have to lose so many The second, from the Ist Marine Ex- Thursday in Karbala, in the center of scribed. Headded, though, there were lion worth of goods to Iraq within the
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS people over nothing ... I can’t bring peditionary Force, died while fight- the country, where U.S. forces de- “local positionings and survival framework of the United Nations’
my brother back, but I really miss ing enemy Iraqi forces near the port stroyed two tanks and four armored positionings” of various units. | now-frozen oil-for-food program.
BALTIMORE — The Department him,” she told WBAL-TV. of Umm Qasr. | personnel carriers, killing an un- Intelligence officials offered the Communications equipment maker
ofD efense announced Friday thatone The CH-46 helicopter crashed Further information on those known number of Iraqi soldiers. possibility that paramilitary fighters, Alcatel clinched a $75 million con-
of the four U.S. Marines killed in a Thursday in Kuwait, about nine miles deaths was notimmediately released. Therehadbeen major fighting Tues- so-called Fedayeen, had been mov- tract to upgrade Baghdad’s phone
CH-46E helicopter crash in Kuwait from the border with Iraq. It killed Ata Washington news conference, day night near Najaf, just south of ing in recent days, traveling in pickup network, and Renault sold $75 mil-
on Thursday was a husband and fa- four U.S. Marines and eight British Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Karbala; U.S. troops there fought regu- trucks, SUVs and other civilian ve- lion worth of tractors and farming
ther from Baltimore. Marines. The cause of the crash is expressed gratitude for the sacrifice lar Iraqi forces and destroyed a number hicles. vehicles to Iraq.
The man was identifieda s2 9-year- under investigation. Hostile fire had of those who had died.
old Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Wa- not been reported in the area. “The world will be a safer place Court reviews campaign finance
ters-Bey of northeast Baltimore. The other three killed in the crash because of their dedicated service,”
Waters-Bey, a specialist in heli- were: Maj. Jay Thomas Aubin, 36, of he said.
copter maintenance, was assigned to Waterville, Maine; Capt. Ryan An- Theh elicopter that went down was
the Marine Medium Helicopter thony Beaupre, 30, of Bloomington, part of six CH-46 squadrons at the
SquadrTohinrd -Ma2rin6e 8Air,cra ft Ill.;and Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS organizations maintain that their to Life Inc., said.
Wing. He was based at Camp 25, of Houston, Tex. in San Diegoand the Camp Pendleton members should be allowed to pool Bopp got little encouragement
Pendleton in California. Three of the first six Americans to in northern San Diego County. WASHINGTON — The Supreme their money and use it to elect candi- from the court.
Waters-Bey had been living in die during the war against Iraq had The crash occurred as U.S. Army Court seemed unsympathetic Tues- dates who support their issues. Justice Sandra Day O’Connortold
California with his wife, Angela, and been stationed at Camp Pendleton and Marine units, joined by their day to arguments that groups with a The subject of campaign finance, him thata 1982 rulingina similar case
was the father ofa 10-year-old child. with Waters-Bey, officials said Fri- British counterparts, surged across point of view on such subjects as gun which dominated Congress last year, makes it difficult for justices to side
He was the oldest of five children day. Aubin was based at Marine Corps the Kuwaiti border into southern Iraq rights or abortion should be allowed is expected to consume much of the with his client. Several justices said
and the only son of his Baltimore Air Station Yuma. on Thursday, working at first to se- to make political donations. court’s time this year. that his case would be better ifthe ban
family. “No matter where those Marines cure the region’s oil wells. Previewing an anticipated show- In addition to this case, which in- involved campaign spending, instead
Speaking from his Baltimore are from, it’s a terrible sad night,” The Marines use the bus-like heli- down over the broader new campaign | volves a North Carolina anti-abor- of donations. The court has held that
home, his father, Michael Waters- said Lt. Greg Scott, a spokesman for copter with two large rotors to fly finance law, the justices will decide by tion organization, the justices are nonprofits cannotb e barred fromair-
Bey, said he did not support the war. the San Diego-based Third Marine troops from shipsatsea or basecamps this summer if the 32-year-old federal awaiting an appeal in a challenge to ing commercials supporting or op-
When asked what he would tell Aircraft Wing, which provides air to forward positions. The helicopter donation ban is unconstitutional. They the campaign finance limits that took posing federal candidates.
President Bush about his son’s death support for the 1st Marine Expedi- is from the Vietnam-era and hasbeen are balancing the free speech rights of effect last fall. Multiple groups have In that decision, the nonprofit orga-
he said: “This was not your son or tionary Force. beset in recent years by mechanical people in nonprofit advocacy groups sued over the law, and a lower court nization didnot take corporate money.
daughter. That chair he sat in at Two other U.S. Marines died in troubles that have forced more fre- against the government’s interest in ruling is expected anytime. The Su- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg noted that
Thanksgivwiinllg b e empty forever.” combatin Iraq, the U.S. Central Com- quent inspections and driven up op- keeping political campaigns clean. " preme Court could schedule argu- North Carolina Right to Life accepted
The holiday last year was the last the mand said. erating costs. The government argues that the ments before its summer break. some donations from companies.
family saw of him, he said. The first, from the lst Marine Di- A number of soldiers serving at groups could be used to circumvent “Tt’s a warmup. It involves the ex- Justice Antonin Scalia was dismiss-
The soldier’s sister, Sharita, said vision, was killed leading his infantry Miramar and Camp Pendleton have individual campaign donation limits, tent of constitutional protection forin- ive of Bopp’s argument that the ban
she’s also opposed to the war. platoon in a firefight to secure an oil died in recent years in military op- with little public disclosure about volvement in the political process and hurts speech. Anyone who wants to
“I think it’s sad that we’re going to pumping station in southern Iraq. erations and training. where money comes from. Advocacy the role that advocacy groups play, just give to a candidate can do so, he said.
like McCain-Feingold,” James Bopp]r., “All you have to do is reach in your
COLLEGES RIEFS the attorney for North Carolina Right pocket and give them a dollar.”
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The freshman 15 is about to make a big ated prices.
comeback at Johns Hopkins. This is not a question of inflation, as ad- |
After years of forfeiting meals that weren't
ministrators would lead students to believe. |
used at the end of each week, students here
Any increase in price, even in accordance |
will finally have a chance to eat all of the with inflation rates, is unacceptable, for the |
meals that they purchase through the meal plans have cost far too much for far too | |
University’s meal plan. long. Prices should be going down.
Ratherthanallocatingasetnuomf bmeearls The numbers: students will pay between | Cartoon By Mannu Davar AND David LEIMAN
perweek,thenewplan will offerstudentsblocks $7.25 and $8.40 per meal, depending on | LETTERSTOTHEEDITOR
that don’t expire until the end of the semester. their plan.
Each block is worth one meal. Housing and Dining Services, of course,
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per day — without worrying about the time when students eat out at restaurants — not | versity, oppose the U.S. war against Pandey, Anthropology; Jong-Shi then don’t, but don’t project your
— provided that they haven't yet used all of a hard prospect given $22 to $25 per day. | Iraq initiated by President Bush. Pang, Mathematics; Marc Parlange, own inhibitions on everyone else at
This war, waged without an explicit Geography and Environmental En- JHU.
their blocks. With all of the eating establishments in U.N. sanction for the use off orce, is gineering; Ellen Robbins, Near East-
Previously, visits were limited to three per Charles Vil: lage, the dionnai ng halls cannot even || a war of aggression in fla:g rant vio- ern Studies; Dorothy Ross, History; Caelan Johnson
lation of international law; the drive William Rowe, History; Mary Ryan,
day, once each at breakfast, lunch and dinner. claim to be more convenient; a walk from to war has alienated the United History; Erica Schoenberger, Geog- Gibson’s sex column Is
Along with more flexible dining options Wolman to Levering Market is arguably | States from key allies. The conse- raphy and Environmental Engineer- not pornography
| quences of this war could be disas- ing; Bernard Shiffman, Mathematics;
come extended cafeteria hours. Terrace Court longer than the walk to Subway, University | trous, increasing tensions in a vola- Beverly Silver, Sociology; Joel Spruck,
Café will open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Mini-Mart or Eddie’s Market. | tile region of the world and raising Mathematics Department; Rochelle
| the possibility of the use of weapons Tobias, German Department; Kellee
Wolman Station will remain open until 2. a.m. And let us not forget that purchasing a of mass destruction. We are not Tsai, Political Science; Irene Tucker, Despite contentions to the con-
With the ability to eat as many times per meal plan is more expensive per meal than persuaded that this war will make English Department; Judith trary, there is nothing “shameful and
the American people less vulner- Walkowitz, History; Deniz Yukseker, pornographic” about Sarah Gibson
day — and at whichever times they choose current guest rates at the dining halls. What- able to terrorist attack. We are ex- Sociology Department; Steve talking openly about something that
— students will actually be able to eat the ever students are charged for, they surely get tremely concerned about the hu- Zelditch, Mathematics is perfectly natural and normal, not
manitarian consequences of this war to mention good and enjoyable, and
food they pay for, instead of missing their nothing more than visitors who pay per for the Iraqi people. War in Iraq is Gibson’s right to write certainly does not “blemish the good
chance by oversleeping or going to classes. meal. The higher cost for students on the reckless, costly, dangerous and far name of Johns Hopkins.” Nor is it
from the appropriate means to fight pornography. The definition of Por-
Next year also promises a huge improve- meal plan reflects one simple fact: students international terrorism. nography (from dictionary.com) is:
ment in Levering. With new food options, must pay for the meal plan, while visitors Composing a sex column (Sarah Sexually explicit pictures, writing,
Karl Alexander, Sociology; Gibson, “The ‘G’ Spot”) at the re- or other material whose primary
students may find themselves excited about have a choice of where to eat. Mohammad Azadpur, Philosophy; quest of the News-Letter is a far cry purpose is to cause sexual arousal.
eating lunch, a marked difference from the While next year’s new meal plan repre- Bill Ball, Geography and Environ- from writing pornography. Sarah That is not this column’s primary
mental Engineering; David Bell, gives out sex tips under no false pre- purpose, but rather it is to answer
current situation. No longer restricted to sents a great improvement over this year, History; Sara Berry, History; Jeff tense. She said from the beginning peoples’ questions if they don’t
measly meal equivalency rates, the new failing to lower the exorbitant prices threat- Brooks, History; Sharon Cameron, that she hopes to share her experi- know who else to ask, are too shy to
English: Andrew Cherlin, Sociol- ences with those you might benefit ask someone without remaining
points system will allow them to spend as ens to undermine the University’s efforts to
ogy; William Connelly, Political from them. Pornography is easy to anonymous or where else to get that
much on lunch as they want. improve studentsatiwsitfh adicnitngi.oHonw- | Science; Jerry Cooper, Near East- find and normally includes a visual information from. What’s so
| ern Studies; Jennifer Culbert, Po- aspect. Sex tips are not pornography, shameful about answering people’s
Now, for the first time since we’ve been at ever good the food, many students will remain
litical Science; Jane Dailey, History; especially not in this case. Cosmo- questions?
Hopkins, we are excited about the dining unhappy if they continue to be overcharged. Veena Das, Anthropology; Gérard politan is another publication that
options on campus. Simply lowering prices to reasonable rates Defaux, French; Stefanie DeLuca, gives out sex tips, and I think most Lisa Vara-Gulmez
Sociology; Linda Delibero, Film and
Only one student complaint remains to would eliminate the major remaining com- Media Studies; Mar Encinas, Ro- |L ETTERS PmOoLIaCa Yg ae
be addressed: the cost of the meal plans. plaintaboutdiningat Hopkins.Studewnotusld mance Languages Dept.; Frances
Ferguson, English; Mary Fissell,
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within the first 48 hours of opera- an attack on Iraq’s sovereignty, not States and other countries may be and every dead soldier. No American Back in the real world, the United sacrifices war requires.
tions, the United States had already on its current regime. mended in time to enlist the United wants our soldiers to die. But we’ve States will have to mop up. We'll have Americans lack of interest in
made a number of critical mistakes Finally, let us not forget the reasons Nations’ help in rebuilding Iraq, a gone to the opposite side: not having inserted ourselves into a country ripe how their blessing is being acquired
on the political front. why the United States began the war task that Bush, in his dealings with known serious, extended battle for a with tension, with Islamic terrorists and used is a symptom of our own
Shortly after the news networks ahead of schedule. While Bush began Afghanistan, has already shown he generation, the American pub- allaround, and with our troops caught ambiguity about the Iraqi cam-
reported that Iraq’s main port city, the air assault earlier than planned be- has neither the diplomatic eloquence lic, egged on @ by the promises of in the middle. The experience prom- paign. The war to us is abstract, a
Umm Qasr, had been captured, a cause he felt he had a shot at Saddam, nor the attention span for. leaders, treats the very idea ises to be full of pain and anguish, thing in the sky. It’s the ultimate
Reuters’ photo showed an American this didnotnecethses usie tofa gtroeun d Policymakers, military personnel ofdeathin the course of com- emulating neither the reconstruction reality TV program: the soldiers are
Marine hoisting a United States flag forces the following day. Instead, troops and even the American public with work in Germany nor that in Japan, just actors who really are fighting a
over the entrance to the port. ’ were sent into Iraq on Thursday — 24 must realize that they but instead turning into a modern- war. Wesee images on TV, but there
The obvious interpretation of this to 48 hours before originally planned are ultimately day Philippines. There, Americans is no home front and no sacrifice.
act directly compromises Bush’s — because the military received re- respon- claimed to be liberators, and publicly The minimization of the Academy
stated objections, Liberators do not ports that oil wells had been set on fire sible for made statements to that effect. After Awards red carpet doesn’t count as
replace an occupied country’s flag in southern Iraq. deter- destroying the Spanish presence sacrifice, though many may view it
with their own — invaders do. With human rights violations and, quickly and efficiently, we occupied that way. To most Americans, the
Apparently, someone at head- according to Bush, manufacture the islands, and proceeded to have to war is something “out there.”
quarters realized the harmful impli- of illegal weapons common put down a bloody civil war against The American public’s separa-
cations of raising the Stars and Stripes, practice in Iraq for years, the our rule. tion from the realties of war is fright-
and marines later returned to lower United States did nothing. Bu Others, who predict a ening. To forget in the advance up
the flag. But the damage was already when Iraqis set six oil wells on fire, Vietnamesque descent the Euphrates River that war does
done. The fact that the flag was raised the military was forced to scrap a into a morass of end- involve death and POWs creates a
in the first place will be seen as reveal- carefully planned and precisely ——o——a— less casualties with no dangerous precedent for the wars
ing true American intentions, with timed battle plan and move to a meaningful, or even of the this century. Casualties
the later removal passed off as politi- hurry-up offin eordnertos qeuick ly ~ definable, progress, should beas obering reminder to all
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cal maneuvering. retake the oil fields. To the casual ob- may unfortunately get of us who are for the war that our
Whatever their leaders say, it server, these decisions do not appear to their wish. The early part military is not an instrument to be
seems possible that United States reflect the actions of a country that has mining of the war, the march up used bluntly or willfully, but rather
forces on the front lines do not be- no interest in Iraq’s oil. whether the ac- to Baghdad, presents us only when necessary, and no more.
lieve they are fighting for Iraqi free- Again, the administration has an tioninIraqisremem- A.D.D. war voyeurs with a The inevitable casualties of both
dom. By raising the American flag, explanation. The United States is not bered as a noble cause progbrare, as gsaug e ofv ic- military and civilian personnel
they have given the world reason to after Iraq’s oil but is concerned that aimed at world security and tory. But the conflict we should remind Americans daily of
believe that, in their eyes, they are an environmental disaster would oc- Iraqi freedom or an imperialistic will enter after the end of the price of war which modern tech-
capturing territory in the Middle East cur if Iraq were allowed burn and grab for oil-rich lands. Their actions, Saddam will not be so nology will never eliminate. To for-
for their country. dump its oil. Granted, preventing eco- not Bush’s words, are responsible for , PR- friendly. The Vietnam get the death associated with war is
The same morning that marines logical disasteri sa n acceptable cause, the campaign against negative world fe, Se ave conflict never had a way to say the worst form of hubris, and as in
were shown hoisting the nation’s col- and in this case the United States may opinion, an important battle that, in pecting. “We're winning.” Many books all Greek tragedies, as well as Prov-
ors in southern Iraq, France reported be doing just that. But with Bush’s the opening days of the war, the _ Leaders fear asking for sacrifices’ | and movies on the futilityo ft he Viet- erbs, inevitably, we will fall. When
that it had refused a United States previous track record on the envi- United States is losing. because many Americans do not see nam conflict make this point elo- American leaders, and Americans
request to expel Iraqi diplomats from ronment (remember the Kyoto Pro- any reason to do so. That attitude quently and emotionally. in general, make the choice to go to
the country. While Bush will un- tocol?), it will be hard to convince leads many to support the war as a In situations where the public re- war, we must understand the sacri-
doubtedly use this as another excuse other countries that preservation of Jeremiah Crim is a senior majoring in policy, as an intellectual proposition, lations become harder to manage, the fices that choice inevitably requires.
to attack the French for interfering the environment was the United math. but few, I believe, would support this tendency to start attacking critics as
conflict as a war where Americans unpatriotic becomes even stronger.
No noble calling in dying every second of every day is the Today’s process of approving con- RaphaelSchweber-Korencanbereached
Corp Watch clarifies where the $1.5
rule, not the exception. flicts does not legitimize a war as at [email protected].
billion is headed: “Thousands of em-
ployees of Halliburton, Vice Presi-
Distinctions exist between killings
America’s Iraqi war dent Dick Cheney’s former company,
are working alongside US troops in
Kuwait and Turkey under a package
deal worth close to a billion dollars.”
As for who is coming up with the ast Wednesday, as I was have killed many innocent civilians.
s the war on Iraq pro- JEREMYTULLY money to pay them: let’s just say that putting the finishing By targeting the individual directly, a
ceeds, there is a simple Cheney will be very grateful to the touches on a chapter of my DECONSTRUCTING minimal negative effect is likely to be
question: do the Iraqis American taxpayer for paying for thesis discussing American felt by innocent Palestinians. In fact,
experience their “libera- NON-CORPORATE both the bombsand the development < involvement in assassina- in the course of the entire second
tion” as we see it on our of Iraq’s oil fields. tions, the military attack on Iraq began. TERROR Intifada, only 38 civilians have died
television sets? News But the “liberation” of the Iraqi What is notable about this first strike as a result of targeted killings, and
The images of the war presented people is a central element. of U.S. was that it came earlier than expected, almost half of those are from two spe-
to American viewers are remarkably propaganda, and so there must be at in order to take advantage of an oppor- terrorist leaders who could arguably cific cases. When compared to the
sanitized. The massive bombing of Surely though, this war is about least a pretense of concern. Conse- tunityt olauncha “decapitation strike.” also be classified as political leaders), number of terrorists killed by the
Baghdad is shown, but its human vic- liberation, not occupation. quently, the Moscow Times reports The idea behind this assault was to it is an important distinction. policy (100), you find an almost one-
timsare invisible. The only flesh-and- With rare exception, the U.S. me- that, “More than $40 billion from cripple the regime by removing its Decapitation strikes, while simi- to-three ratio of civilians to terrorists
blood Iraqis shown are those surren- dia has repeated Washington’ line. Iraqi crude sales are sitting in an es- heads, namely Saddam Hussein and lar to both of the above policies, con- that have been killed by targeted kill-
dering to beneficent American Americans are told that the fact that crow account controlled by the his sons. As the news started pouring sist of a military action in the course ings. This isa far better ratio than any
troops. the lights are still on in most of United Nations, and the United States in, itbecleacrI awoumld e notbeableto of war, with the intention of killing other policy and is much more effec-
This is not the experience of most Baghdad is intended as a message to and Britain want to use it to pay for finish my chapter that night, as the sec- key leaders. They are not assassina- tive at removing the source of the
Iraqis. There are those Iraqi troops Iragis: we are here to liberate you, not humanitarian war aid.” tion on American actions against tions, because they are part ofa larger problem directly.
’__ forced to serve in a conscript army destroy your society. There are only so many excess Saddam Hussein could not be com- military campaign, and they are not Now, if we compare targeted kill-
‘— who do not surrender to the in- Robert Fisk, reporting from funds because Washington repeat- pleted until the results of the strike were targeted killings because they are ings to suicide bombers, we will find
-vading forces. Little has been shown Baghwdritaes dtha,t t he Iraqis certainly edly blocked the transfer of that hu- made clear. aimed at leaders of a foreign nation, a marked difference. Targeted kill-
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A8 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Marcu 27, 2003
THE JoHNs Hopkins News-LetTTER
Environment hit New disease afflicts 22 Americans _
the worst in Iraq
to the Guangdong province in China,
BY FAREED RIYAZ
one of the areas indicated as a pos-
THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LeTTER sible origin oft he disease.
The Guangdong region is located
A strange new respiratory disease,
in the southern most part of China, is
known only as severe acute respira-
a part of the sub-tropical zone. This
tory syndrome (SARS), is emerging
region is home to many varieties of
around the globe and in the United
species, and thriving in its waters are
States. To date, 22 Americans have
many insects that have proven to be
been stricken by the disease, with no
vectors for past infectious diseases.
| reported fatalities.
Gerberding was somewhat more
The number of reported cases is
cautious in stating what the infec-
up from 13 as oflast Tuesday, signify-
tious agent was, telling The Washing-
| ing a relatively rapid rate of disease ton Post that “... it is far too early to
| infection and spread. draw any firm conclusion.” :
In most of the cases, the people She said that her agency is pursu-
involved had recently traveled to ar- inganumber of differenthypotheses.
eas in Asia where the outbreak began. While the infectious agent may very
However, in two instances, it seems well turn out to be a virus, she noted
| that sick travelers spread the disease that other possibilities need to be
| upon returning to the United States. looked into, including the possibility
Officials were hesitant to give
of an unusual bacterium.
much detail about the nature of the The preliminary test was devel-
disease spread within the United oped by a team that was able to grow
|| States. However, i. t was menti.o ned whatever the infectious agent is in
| tfheactt edi n poenres ono f sthper eainds ttahnec esd,i setahsee int-o Researchers, like these in NeCOwU RYToErSkY COiFt y,H TtTrPy: /t/oW WiWd.e ntTiRfOyPthIeC AnLeIwS LASNADRD.SE pteastti etnutbse.s using samplesfrominfected ; _
| two healthcare workers; in the other, disease that is said to have originated in Guangdong, China. Inspection of the tubes later indi-
| a family member became sick as a
cated some kind of virus. Blood from
| result.
If confirmed, these would mark ism is still of some debate and is not the known members of the infected patients was tested by add-
the first cases of the disease spread certain, “ ... it’s very unlikely you paramyxoviridae family of viruses, ing them to the test tubes; this neu-
within the United States in the last could have a reliable diagnostic but said that the agent could be a tralized the microbes, presumably
| four years; a rare occurrence after test.” previously undetected membero ft he because the patients had been infected
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common topic debated here on cam- Oilleaks create their own problems | “Thehighattackratein healthcare been implicated in other recently dicates that the disease must have negative in four healthy people. _
pus, and around the rest of the world, both on land and sea. In 1991, nearly 7 workers ... suggests thatitis certainly discovered, deadly respiratory in- been caused by foreign contact witha Scientists expressed hope that the
has been whether or not the U.S. million barrels of crude flowed into the contagious and it is certainly a viru- fections. species not endemic to the United test could be used as a crude way of
should use force to remove Saddam Persian Gulf, almost 16 times the lent pathogen capable of causing se- Evidence for a virus in the States. diagnosing patients, helping to con-
Hussein and his régime. And while amount of oil dumped by the Exxon vere disease,” Gerberding added. paramyxoviridae family is wide- The woman’s symptoms, similar firm or rule out possible cases of
the arguments for both sides are Valdez in 1989. This created the single Gerberding’s agency is part of the spread, coming from a number of to those seen in patients with SARS, SARS infection. The test could also
hashed out every night on cable news largest marine slick, with a clean up investigation team of the World unaffiliated laboratories. did not respond to antibiotics, im- be used to determine whether
programs by screaming hosts, very cost of over $700 million. The slick Health Organization (WHO), one of In one example, scientists at a Ca- plying that a bacterial pathogen was unsymptomatic individuals are un-
few people are discussing the envi- damaged local fisheries for years and the committees of the United Nations. nadian laboratory reported that very unlikely to be the cause of the knowingly carrying the disease.
ronmental impact of this war — the endangered many different species of As of Monday, the WHO reported they had detected a type of paramyx- disease. Scientists also cautioned that
one aspect that could very well deter- fish and water fowl. that they had received reports ofabout ovirus known as a metapneumovirus While the woman has since recov- other laboratories must repeat the
mine the future of Iraq, with or with- On land the oil leaks deposited 350 SARS cases worldwide, includ- in six of the eight reported cases in ered, doctors decided to review the testing to verify the results for the
out Saddam. themselves in large lakes. Over time ing 10 deaths since February 1. Fur- Canada. Stéhl’s team has ruled out woman’s case because she had been scientific community.
Reports from the United Nations the lakes percolated through the | thermore, China has reported 305
Environment Program have revealed desert sands and made their way into separate cases oft he disease, includ-
that decades of war and poor civil the aquifers. Itis estimated that more ing five deaths.
planning have beaten Iraq’s environ- than 40 percent of Iraq’s under- Gerberding cautioned that SARS
ment down to a withered remnant of ground fresh water is now poisoned | can become life-threatening in
its former splendor. Thecurrent mili- and unsuitable for consumption. healthy people. Health officials have
tary action could be the last bit of This creates a huge health risk for an been receiving more reports about
momentum needed to destroy what area of the world where there is al- patients who have been recovering,
little stability still remains for much ready not enough water per person although many others remainill. Pre-
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vital wetlands between the Tiber and guidelines. Since 1991, the rate of tients who are on ventilators versus
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THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter
UPR iL SR SR Neal?
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Cancer risk may be predictable
cancer cells.
The new formula will help doctors
“be more specific nowabowhouistat |
greatest risk,” said Dr. Tom Glynn of |
the American Cancer Society, who
praised the research,
That’s particularly important as
more people consider getting those
aggressively advertised, but still un-
proven, spiral CT scans to hunt early |
lung cancer, Glynn said, in a recent |
interview. |
Only 15 percent of lung cancer
sufferers survive five years, mainly
because the disease usually is diag-
nosed very late: There is no proven |
screening test so far.
The National Cancer Institute is
studying whether spiral CT scans,
which vitehe wlun gs at various angles,
could improve survival by spotting |
tumors early. There’s no answer yet, |
and the scans do have a big problem: |
Up to half detect harmless scar tissue
or some other benign lump that re- |
quires a risky biopsy or other follow-
up testing.
Lung specialists see many patients COURTESY OF HTTP://WWW.OUTREACH.JACH.HA WAII_EDU/PRESSROOM/
: COURTESY OF HTTP://PIPESANDTOBACCO.NET/ “wracked by anxiety and concern The brown dwarf, called Gliese 229B (GL229B), is a small companion to the cool, red star Gliese 229, located
According toa recent study by the Journal of National Cancer Institute, about what may be in their future” 19 light-years from Earth in the constellation Lepus. It is estimated to be 20 to 50 times the mass of Jupiter.
the risk of getting lung cancer from cigarettes can be detected early. because ofambiguous CT results, said JHU documents new type of star
Dr. Peter Bach, Sloan-Kettering’slead
BY LAURAN NEERGAARD Compare a 68-year-old man who researcher. “A lot of chest physicians,
THE ASSOCIATED PREss smoked two packs a day since he was I believe, would welcome a way of
- 18and hasn’t yet quit. He has a1 in7 helping patients up front decide
WASHINGTON— Smokers and chance of lung cancer by his 78th whether they should have this test in BY TRISTEN CHUN usually stored in large databases, such body does not increase its mass and
ex-smokers soon will be able to pre- birthday ifhe keeps puffing. Ifhe quit the first place.” THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) temperature to be able to sustain
dict their risk of lung cancer by us- smoking today, therisk dropsslightly, First, Bach had to prove there is and the Two Micron All Sky Survey nuclear hydrogen fusion. Ordinary
ing a new formula that counts how to lin 9. measurable variation in risk. He Imagine a library without elec- (2MASS). An enormous amount of stars like the Sun shine by their own
long and how much they smoked, The formula works only for cer- turned to the Fred Hutchinson Can- tronic database search capability. It information is poured out everyday light by this hydrogen fusion.
and how long since they kicked the tain people — those older than 50, cer Research Center in Seattle, would take significantly longer to and spread out in various databases One of the most intriguing prob-
habit. who smoked at least half ap ack a day which in the 1990s performed one finda desired book. Scientists work- throughout the world. The NVO will lems in the field of astronomy is the
Scientists hope the formula will for atleast 25 years, because it’s based of the best studies ever to track lung ing in the field of astronomy-have collect this information and rapidly problem of “missing mass.” Scien-
help people decide if they really want ona study that tracked cancer devel- cancer developmentin 18,000 heavy had to go through an ordeal like this make it available for any astronomi- tists claim that they have been able to
to try a controversial test to detect opment in just those people. smokers and ex-smokers. Bach used every time they attempt to findanew cal research. For example, the NVO identify only 10 percent of the mass
early-stage lung cancer. Researchers from New York’s that data to determine the effects of star in the observable universe. It prototype searched through informa- of the universe, and the other 90 per-
- The calculation, published in this Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer age, sex, smoking history and expo- would take weeks before informa- tion on 15 million astronomical ob- cent is yet to be discovered. The im-
week’s Journal of the National Can- Center created the formula and sure to cancer-causing asbestos, and tion from various sources can be jects in SDSS and 160 million objects portance of these brown dwarfs lies
cer Institute, shows a wide variation posted an easy-to-use version for other similar ailments. gathered and compared to produce in2MASS to find the new brown dwarf in that thmeay ycarr y significant por-
in risk. The study showed that lung consumers on a Web site. Doctors He created a model that, while a final, satisfying result. and two other existing brown dwarfs. tion of these “missing masses.”
cancer risk due to cigarette consump- have used a similar model for years not perfect, largely accurately pre- | Scientists working on the Na- Brown dwarfsare referred by many Many scientists are hoping that
tion can be calculated usinga s imple that calculates age, family medical dicted cancer development among | tional Virtual Observatory (NVO) scientists as “hard-to-find” and “fail- this new NVO-based search tech-
formula and the chemical component history and other factors to predict the Hutchinson study participants | project are introducing a new way of ing” stars, according to a press re- nique will open the door for a rapid
of a single cigarette. awoman’s risk of getting breast can- and among people being screened | finding objects in the universe, in the lease. Even though they are believed growth in the field of astronomy.
Lung cancer is one of the most cer. for lung cancer at the Mayo Clinic. |’ hope of making the process more to form in similar way as stars, by the The prototypes ofthe NVO project
common in the US, but the most le- But for lung cancer, doctors It’s not foolproof, Bach cau- rapid andefficient. They are attempt- gravitational collapse of clumps of were introduced and presented at the
thal, as it is not only resistant to treat- could give only vague advice: Smok- tioned. Nor does the formula say ing to create a single online portal cold gas and dust in dense molecular January 2003 meeting of the Ameri-
ment, but often well-advanced be- ing is the chief cause; heavy smok- whether a person should havea CT | that will unify most existing data- clouds, they do not shine brightly like can Astronomical Society. The
fore it is spotted by doctors. ers have the highest risk; and that scan. bases. Prototypes of this projecthave many other stars do. For some rea- project is currently being conducted
~ Consider a 51-year-old woman risk drops with each year that passes Instead, people will have a pre- | already allowed discovery ofabrown sons notyet disclosed, these stars have under the direction of Alex Szalay,
who smoked a pack a day since she since kicking the habit. _ diction of risk based on data that dwart 4.7 light years away from LHS masses less than about 7.5 percent of director of the NVO project and
was 14 until stopping nine years ago. Even though the body's immune they can use to make health-care 2397a, a star that is located 46 light- that of our Sun, or 75 times the mass Alumni Centennial Professor of As-
The formula puts her chances of get- system cannotbeat cancer, itstill pro- decisions, which includes limiting years away from Earth. of the planet Jupiter. An insufficient tronomy at the Johns Hopkins Uni-
ting lung cancer in the next 10 years at duces a response, creating antibodies if not quitting cigarette consump- Information gathered by differ- amount of gas available in star is cur- versity, and Roy Williams, a co-di-
less than 1 in 100. targeted at proteins on the surface of tion. ent surveys and scientific probes is rently thought to the reason why the rector of the project at the Caltech.
Upcominc Lectures AT JHMI AND Homewoop Lake clean-up in Idaho
ignored by Superfund
Thursday, Mar. 27 Ronald N. Germain, M.D., Ph.D.
12 p.m. From Calnexin to ER and Organelle Proteomics Deputy Chief, Laboratory of Immunology
John Bergeron, Ph.D. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH
Professor and Chair, Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy CRB 3M42
McGill University Sponsored by: Hematopoiesis & Immunology Society
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS favored byits politicians and the tour-
Suite 2-200, 1830 E. Monument St.,
ist industry, getting the lake off the
Sponsored by: Department of Cell Biology 4p.m. The Vernon B. Mountcastle Lecture
SPOKANE, Wash.— Idaho’s plan Superfund list.
Thomas M. Jessell, Ph.D.
for cleaning polluted Lake Coeur But that can’t happen until Idaho
12 p.m. Animal Allergens: Assessment and Mitigation Professor, Columbia University
d’Alene is doomed to fail because it provesit can safeguard its water qual-
John Schaeffer Wood Basic Science Auditorium
lacks funding and enforcement, a ity, the U.S. Environmental Protec-
Assistant Professor, Environment Health Officer Sponsored by: Department of Neuroscience -
Washington state agency and other tion Agency says.
Ross 403 critics contend. Washington state is also insisting
Sponsored by: Animal Care and Use Committee Monday, Mar. 31
The draft plan is little changed from on guarantees to protect the lake and
12:15 p.m. Ethics of Using PGD to Create Stem Cell Donors
a 1995 version and likely won’t get the Spokane River in a separate
12:45 p.m. Neuroscience Research Seminar Series: Jeff Kahn, Ph.D., M.P.H. Idaho’s second-largest lake off the fed- Superfund agreement.
Mapping Olfactory Perception in the Fly Director, Center for Bioethics, Professor, Department of Medicine eral Superfund list of polluted sites, the Although the lake’s health has im-
Leslie Vosshall, Ph.D. University of Minnesota Washington state Department of Ecol- proved in recent years, it still is far
The Rockefeller University Hampton House 352 ogy told TheS pokesman-Reviewnews- from pristine.
West Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, WBSB 4 Sponsored by: Berman Bioethics Institute, JHU paper. An estimated 72 million tons of
Sponsored by: Department of Neuroscience Thestahigkh feortshelaaker, eEco l- heavy metals-laced mill tailings flushed
3 p.m. Center for Hearing and Balance Special Seminar:
ogy said in a March 18 letter to the into the lake from more than a century
4 p.m. Bacteriophage Genomics: Evolution of the Majority Chronic Rhinosinusitis — Developing the Mouse Model Idaho Department of Environmental of mining operations in northern
Roger W. Hendrix, Ph.D. Abraham Jacob, M.D. _ Quality and the Coeur d’Alene Tribe. Idaho’s Silver Valley.
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Sponsored by: Department of Biology Sponsored by: Department of Biomedical Engineering could eventually render it unfit for bottom muck could be stirred up;
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Al0 THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LetTTer Marcu 27, 2003
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Men’ Lax ready Baseball wins doubleheader
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against No. 26 ranked Ithaca
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE A12 the line-up. Players were still get- Cethtita .35 7 with three runs scored,
shifted the momentum by scoring ting a feel for their positions and two home runs, and four RBIs tke
two in the bottom of the second their roles on the team. However, week of March 17th-24th and has
inning. Senior outfielder Jay Cieri been an offensive powerhouse for
and junior catcher Bryan Eberle the Jays this season.
both knocked in runs with singles. | | The Blue Jays play Gettysburg
Ithaca answered with two runs in | again this Friday at 3 p.m. on the
the third inning, but Hopkins varsity field. Saturday, they head
| HOME |
scored three times in their half of | Hopkins | to Ursinus to play a doubleheader
the third to establish a 5-3 lead. against their toughest conference
VISITOR
Ithaca made it close with a run Ithaca opponent.
in the top oft he fifth, but Hopkins On Monday, they will face
again responded with three runs of Catholicin Washington, D.C. They
their own to secure an 8-4 victory. will then host Dickinson in another
| Sophomore infielder Mike conference game on Tuesday at 3
| Spiciarich highlighted the scoring p.m. The Blue Jays know that their
| with a two-run home run, the first the line-up is now set and the play- conference foes are reserving théir
of his career. ers are much more comfortablwiet h best pitchers to face Hopkins, §0
Junior righty Matt Righter their responsibilities to the team. they must be prepared for each con-
On the whole, it was a successful test.
weefokr t he Blue Jays, and they had “We have to remember that every
their third player receive Centen- time we go out, the game starts 0-0,”
We can go five or six nial Conference player of the week noted Joe Urban. “We just have to go
honors this spring in Craig Cetta. out there and play our best.”
pitchers deep and still
have someone out
_ there who's good
Freshman midfielder Kyle Dowd eludes Virginia midfielder Billy Glading inthe Blue Jays’ Homecoming victory. enough to beat any
CONTINUED FROM Pace A12 the period to help the Jays maintain played, Scherr and the rest oft he Jays
handling one of the top attack units in their advantage. certainly did. team in our
the country. Beating a team that is Rotelli’s two fourth-quarter “Corey Harned, Benson Erwinand |
undefeated is a pretty big confidence goals were nearly enough to force Matt Feild did an excellenjotb at tak- conference.
builder for us.” overtime, but Hopkins’ defense ing care of [V irginia’s] big time shoot-
—JEREMY BROWN
The Jays’ defense was suffocating tightened up just enough to solidify ers from out top,” said Scherr of his
in the first half, aggressively contain- the win. Ward’s ill-fated final shot defensive middies, who also wreaked
ing Virginia’s bevy off leet-footed of- havocon Virginia’s potent transition |
fensive threats. Even the Cavaliers’ game. picked up his second win oft he sea-
sophomore duo of attackmen, John “The Virginia game was a big win son, yielding one earned run in two-
Christmas (two goals in the second The Virginia game was for us,” Benson said. “It gives us an- | and-one-third innings in relief of
half) and Joe Yevoli (two goals and other win over a top four team which junior Adam Josephart. Freshman
two assists), was held in check for the a big win for us.I t shouldhelp usalot with seeding come Andrew Bail and sophomore Ryan
first 30 minutes. Christmas, known tournament time.” McConnell each added a scoreless
for his devastating first step and fear- gives us another win The victory over vaunted Virginia inning to hold the Jays’ lead.
less dives at the cage, was ineffective is indeed an important one for the Pitching has definitely been one
in his early attempts at penetrating Blue Jays, but they will need to main- of Hopkins’ strong suits thus far |
over a top four team
Hopkins’ defense. tain their competitive edge game in this season. The Blue Jay’s staff has
Prior to their fruitless first-half ef- and game out if they hope to remain a combined earned run average of
fort against Hopkins, the Cavaliers which should help us atop the rankings. Hopkins will battle | 3.72 with 46 walks and 112
had netted at least one goal in every the No. 8 ranked Tar Heels from the strikeouts.
quarter this season. Virginia’s first a lot with seeding University of North Carolina, who | The freshmen this year have defi-
score came with 11:19 showing on the recently beat Dukeand Marylandlast | nitely stepped up for the Jays on the
third quarter clock, as Ward con- come tournament week, moving up five spots in the mound. The depth of Hopkins’ staff
verted on a pass from Yevoli to break polls in the process. ensures that’ theit ‘pitchers will be NATHAN BATES/NEWS-LETTER
the ice for the Cavaliers. time. But there will be more at stake well-rested, even when the team has Juniors Craig Cetta and Doug Hitchner high five after scoring a run.
“Tt was pretty surprising to holdan than playoff implications when | several games in a row.
offense that has that much talent —BOBBY BENSON Hopkins travels into the heart oft o- “We can go five or six pitchers Write for Sports
scoreless for an entire half,” said bacco country this weekend. UNC deep and still have someone out
Scherr, who turned away eight shots head coach John Haus led the Blue there who’s good enough to beat
in the second quarter alone. “You did not find the back oft he net, and Jays to back-to-back semifinal ap- any team in our conference,” Jer-
don’t usually see that in college the Cavaliers lost their number-one pearances in 1999 and 2000 before emy Brown.
lacrosse. Their offense has a number ranking and their first game of the returning to rebuild his alma mater’s | Although the baseball team has
of extremely talented players, but my 2003 campaign. lacrosse program. | plenty of reasons to bask in their
defense did a great job with what they Although. Scherr and the unit of “(This game] is personal for a early-season succtheey sknsow ,th at Sports is currently looking for writers. _
threw at us.” close defenders were the most visible few guys on the team, myself in- they must continue to work hard
Yevoli and Christmas both tallied contributors to stymieing Virginia, cluded,” said Scherr, who was re- and take every game seriously. The All interested persons should send us an
their goals during Virginia’s assertive the tireless efforts of Hopkins’ defen- cruited by Haus before he took his Blue Jays were rudely awakened to
email at [email protected] or call
third-quarter rally that put the game sive midfielders played just as impor- current position at Chapel Hill. this revelation last Wednesday when
back within reach at 7-5. Sophomore tant a role. And even though the vast “UNC recently got two big wins Elizabethtown upset them 12-7.
midfielder Kyle Harrison (8-of-12 on majority the 7,241 fans packed in and under their belt and are probably Hopkins made seven errors in this us at 6-6000.
faceoffs) and senior Kevin Boland around the bleachers of Homewood feeling very confident going into game and could not find consis-
each scored unassisted goals during Field did not notice how well they this weekend’s game.” tency in their pitching. “We real-
ized that we can lose games if we
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