(Los Angeles Times) — After a bruising WhiteHouse campaign and an outcome thathung briefly on a single state, PresidentBush accepted Sen. John Kerry’s conces-sion Wednesday, outlining an extensivesecond-term agenda while extending ahand to his political opponents.

Kerry, acknowledging he would fallshort in the pivotal state of Ohio, calledBush at midmorning to cede the fight,reaching him in the Oval Office. Hourslater, the president strode into a flag-filledrally to the sound of “Hail to the Chief” —a flourish he rarely uses — to lay claim toanother four years in the White House.

Citing the high turnout in Tuesday’selection, Bush termed the 51 percent ofthe national popular vote a “historic victo-ry,” and called for changes to SocialSecurity, a revision of the federal tax codeand continued efforts “to help the emerg-ing democracies of Iraq and Afghanistan.”

Addressing Kerry supporters, Bushlooked directly into the television camerasand said, “a new term is a new opportuni-ty to reach out to the whole nation.”

“To make this nation stronger and bet-ter, I will need your support, and I will

work to earn it,” said Bush, who becamethe first presidential candidate to winmore than 50 percent of the popular votesince his father in 1988. “I will do all I cando to deserve your trust.”

About an hour earlier, in Boston’s his-toric Faneuil Hall, Kerry sounded his ownnote of reconciliation, a calming coda toan election marked by great vitriol.

“America is in need of unity,” said Kerry,his voice growing thick as he thanked hisfamily, staff and supporters. “I hopePresident Bush will advance those valuesin coming years. I pledge to do my part tobridge the partisan divide.”

Kerry’s running mate, Sen. JohnEdwards of North Carolina, sounded amore confrontational tone in his intro-duction of Kerry, as if delivering the firstspeech of the 2008 campaign.

“The battle rages on,” a sober Edwardstold the audience. Then, reprising the sig-nature line of his stump speech, he vowedto “keep marching toward one America,and not stop until we get there.”

But the political terrain has grownsteeper for Democrats.

In Washington, Republicans celebrated

gains in the Senate, where they picked upfour seats, and the House, where theyadded at least four seats, expanding theirmajority in both chambers.

“President Bush will not have a lonelyvictory, but instead will have more team-mates in the United States Senate who willwork with him,” said Sen. George Allen ofVirginia, who led the GOP’s Senate cam-paign effort.

The results of Tuesday’s election starklyoutlined the nation’s political divide, inred and blue relief. Nationwide, Bush ledKerry by 3.5 million votes, with 99 percentof precincts reporting.

The president carried 29 states with 274electoral votes, four more than the num-ber needed to win the White House.Victories in Iowa and New Mexico, wherehe was leading but the vote count was notfinal, would give him 286. Kerry won 19states and the District of Columbia, for252 electoral votes.

States that were red for Republican orblue for Democratic in 2000 stayed thatway — with the exceptions of New

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Brown ranks 41st on list of topcolleges for African-AmericansBY BEN GRINThough Brown has a higher rate thanmost universities of both African-American tenured faculty and gradua-tion of African-American students, theUniversity ranked a modest 41st onBlack Enterprise Magazine’s list of thebest colleges and universities forAfrican-Americans.

Although Brown moves up one spotfrom the previous year, this places

Brown below Columbia University,Harvard University, the University ofPennsylvania, and Cornell and Yale uni-versities. Dartmouth College andPrinceton University did not make thelist.

The ranking system was devised byThomas LaVeist, professor of healthpolicy, management and sociology at

With graduationlooming, RISDseniors look tothe futureBY LISHAN SOHRISD staff, students and administratorsacknowledge that the job market for fine artand design has suffered because of the poorperformance of the economy over the pastfew years. Art remains a luxury, so employ-ers continue to be reluctant to employ artschool graduates.

But the college’s Alumni and CareerServices department provides a variety ofjob search programs that attempt to givestudents the tools to navigate the job searchin competitive fields, such as invitingemployers to campus for portfolio reviews,holding workshops on the job searchprocess and forging new ties between thelocal business and design communities.

In the past, applying for 10 to 15 jobswould usually return about three to fiveinterviews, but now students typicallyapply to up to 60 employers to be offeredthe same number of interviews, saidAssistant Director of Alumni and CareerServices Kevin Jankowski.

“(The market) has been tough,” said JeanBlackburn, head of the illustration depart-ment. “This is why it has become an impor-tant priority to alert seniors to the perti-nence of thinking about and planning fortheir immediate future as early as possible.”

RISD students also acknowledged thecompetitiveness of the market. “Art direc-tors receive tons of applications every day,”said Jesse Lefkowitz RISD ’04. “Students puttogether lots of promotional material like

Kerry supporterson campus reactto concession

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RISD takes a closerlook at China with goalof tapping talentedyouth, developingrelationshipsrisd news, page 3

RISD alum makesdesign project into acommercial success;Obey Giant reapsinternational fan baserisd news 3

Herald columnistsrespond to Tuesday’selection — and theiropinions run thegamutcolumn, page 11

W. tennis loses beforefinal rounds, but indi-vidual players’ suc-cesses lead to earlyvictoriessports, page 12

Fencing has successful weekendtournament, withseveral strong indi-vidual performancesports, page 12

Though mostly subdued,students and faculty express sadness, concernBY CHRISTOPHER CHON After a flurry of developments yesterday —starting in the morning with news that Sen.John Kerry phoned President George W.Bush to congratulate the incumbent on hiswin and ending with Kerry’s official conces-sion speech and Bush’s declaration of victo-ry to the nation — Brown students, particu-larly Kerry backers, were left to accept thereality that the election was over and Bushhad been reelected.

Without the controversy that accompa-nied the 2000 election, the mood among themostly Democratic student body on cam-pus yesterday was subdued. Most studentsexpressed sadness and acceptance, butsome Democrats also admitted to disap-pointment in Kerry and the DemocraticParty.

After deciding that Ohio was statisticallyout of reach, Kerry called Bush to concededefeat. At 2 p.m., Kerry officially addressedthe nation from Boston with a concessionspeech that called for unity between the twoparties. Bush followed with a speech of hisown in Washington officially claiming victo-ry and promising to reach out to theDemocrats.

Courtney Davis ’08, a member of theBrown Democrats, said she did not watchKerry’s official concession speech becauseshe was too upset that the Democratic can-didate had conceded.

“Most Democrats were in the mindsetthat it was a fight to the finish, but a conces-sion was like giving up,” she said. “Therewas so much momentum outside of Kerry’scamp to propel the election forward andallow him the win — it’s disheartening. I

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“ONLY DEATH CAN PART US:MESSAGES ON WARTIME POEMPOSTCARDS”4 p.m. (Lownes Room, John HayLibrary) —Sponsored by the Mellon GraduateWorkshop and the Department ofEnglish, this lecture will featureUniversity of Illinois Professor ofEnglish Cary Nelson. He is also thefounding director of the Unit forCriticism and Interpretive Theory.

LECTURE: ID MAGAZINE 7 p.m. (RISD Auditorium) —Julie Lasky, editor-in-chief of I.D.Magazine, will speak about design inthe media in a free lecture. I.D. is aleading magazine covering the arts,business and the design culture.

SOUTH ASIAN IDENTITY WEEKCONVOCATION7 p.m. (List Art 120) —Suketu Mehta, author of “MaximumCity,” will speak on the topic “SouthAsia: Assembling the Mosaic.”

“BEING ASIAN IN HOLLYWOOD”8 p.m. (Salomon 001) —Parry Shen, star of “Better LuckTomorrow,” will speak as part ofAsian American History Month.

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BY SHAWN BANWith the rapid growth of the Chinese economyexpected to continue, RISD officials say they hopeto improve the school’s relationships with threetop design schools in China, partly in the hopes ofbringing Chinese students to Providence.

For 10 days this summer, RISD President RogerMandle visited the Central Academy of Fine Art inBeijing, the China Academy of Art in Hangzhouand the Shanghai University College of Art andDesign. The purpose of his visits was to establishrelations and collaborations between RISD andChinese art faculty and students.

Mandle’s visit was not the first such RISD dele-gation to travel to China. Relations between RISDand the three top Chinese design schools havebeen gradually improving over the last six years,said Eva Laporte, director of international pro-grams. Last year, Jay Coogan, associate provost ofacademic affairs, and John Terry, dean of fine arts,also made a summer journey to China.

“We’ve been having visitors from China over thelast six or seven years,” Laporte said. “A number ofdelegations have been going to China.”

While the Chinese design institutions initiatedrelations between the schools, Ming Ren, a part-time RISD faculty member who is an alum of CAAin Hangzhou, played a crucial role in establishingties. “Ming Ren has been instrumental in develop-ing these relationships and getting RISD connect-ed to all sorts of people and schools in China,”

Fairey RISD ’92 spreads message of dissentwith “Obey Giant” art campaignRISD links with

Chinese schools BY JANE TANIMURAThe Obey Giant art campaign founded by Shepard FaireyRISD ’92 started by accident. When he was a sophomore,Fairey was looking at a magazine for stencil ideas for a T-shirt when he stumbled upon a “funny wrestling ad” ofAndre the Giant — the former pro wrestler popularizedas the “gentle giant” after his appearance in the movie“The Princess Bride.”

Fairey toyed with the image to create a stenciled faceof Andre, delineated in bold black lines and tightlycropped in a black box. Stamped underneath the iconwas the command: obey.

Fifteen years later, more than 1 million stickers and15,000 posters of the Obey Giant icon have been postedaround the world. What started as a test in reverse psy-chology that asked people not to blindly obey has nowmade Fairey one of the most popular street artists of hisgeneration. The Obey Giant art campaign is one of themost ambitious in recent history.

Fairey’s representation of Andre the Giant has becomeespecially visible in recent years with the popularity ofhis Obey Giant clothing line. Obey Giant merchandisehas been especially well-received in Asia, and Fairey hasopened stores in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore andTaiwan. His clothing is also sold in boutiques across theUnited States. In Providence, it is sold at RISD Works on10 Westminster St. and occasionally at Urban Outfitters.

Even though the Obey Giant campaign started assomething fun, over the years its message has evolvedinto an experiment of reawakening people’s curiosityabout their environment, Fairey said.

“To me now, it’s symbolic of encouraging people toquestion what they’re assaulted with,” he said.

The icon did just that for Associate Professor ofPolitical Science John Tomasi, who is a big fan of Obey

Giant. He owns two T-shirts, a belt, several stickers andposters, all of which feature the logo.

Tomasi became interested in Obey Giant after seeingstickers of the icon posted all around Providence. Hethought that the icon was the perfect “metaphor for dan-ger of conformity at Brown,” he said.

“Brown, being a welcoming place, has a price to bepaid for that comfort, especially with regulation to indi-vidual freedom of thought,” he said.

Tomasi gave out items of Obey Giant clothing as raffleprizes for the Free Your Mind Conference, an event heorganized last month that addressed problems withBrown’s ideology, in addition to social and politicalissues.

But before raffling the T-shirts off, Tomasi had them“doctored up” to instead spell out “disobey,” he said.

Fairey said that once art is out in public, it’s fair gamefor interpretation. In fact, it’s what his art provokes peo-ple to do — to question.

“Things in public really do take on a life,” he said. Though Fairey identifies his art as freethinking and

rebellious, he admits that it wasn’t always this way. Whenhe was little, his art used to be mostly still-lifes of tanksand airplanes. The conservative atmosphere ofCharleston, S.C., where Fairey grew up, fostered that nar-row way of making his art, he said.

But when he was 14 and became involved in the skate-boarding and punk rock scene, he started to see art as away of channeling his frustration. Like the musicians ofthe Sex Pistols and the Clash, Fairey wanted to “follow thepath of least resistance” in his own art and to make artthat “captured their spirits,” he said.

At RISD, being exposed to artists who rejected tradi-

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Johns Hopkins University.According to LaVeist, the primaryvariable in ranking the collegeswas the African-American gradu-ation rate at each respective insti-tution.

Also included in the rankingcalculation was a survey sent to1,855 African-American collegeadministrators nationwide. Thesurvey asked administrators torate their respective schools andpeer institutions on the per-ceived quality of each school’ssocial and academic environ-ment for African-American stu-

dents. African-American stu-dents at these schools were notgiven the survey, Laveist said,because students would havelimited information about thesocial and academic environ-ments at schools other than theones they were attending.

LaVeist said the primary inten-tion of the ranking was to devel-op a diverse list of 50 schools thateffectively reach out to African-American students. He said theenormous heterogeneity of theschools included in the list —which incorporates schools largeand small, public and private,historically black and mostlywhite — underscores the fact thatwhat is best for one student maynot necessarily be best for anoth-

er.“The point of the list is not to

say that school number three isbetter than school number 14. …(The point is that) here are 50schools that do a good job of edu-cating African-American stu-dents,” LaVeist said. He said a lotof schools get caught up in the“horse race” aspect of the list,and while this feature of the rank-ing system may create healthycompetition among schools, theutility of such comparisons islimited.

The strict applicability of theBlack Enterprise survey indeedappears limited when comparedwith other published lists thatalso attempt to rank the topschools for African-Americans.

A 2002 survey published in theJournal of Blacks in HigherEducation entitled“Ranking America’s LeadingUniversities on Their Success inIntegrating African Americans”came up with markedly differentresults. This publication namedBrown as the 10th best universityon its success at integratingAfrican-Americans, behind onlyPrinceton and Harvard amongIvy League universities.Princeton, which failed to makethe top 50 Black EnterpriseMagazine list, was ranked third inthe JBHE ranking. The JBHE sur-vey used 13 variables in calculat-ing the rankings, while the BlackEnterprise Magazine survey onlyused four.

According to the 2002 survey,more than 4 percent of Brown’stenured faculty are black, the sec-ond-highest percentage amongthe academically top rated univer-sities. The JBHE article, however,says Brown’s 5.9 percent African-

American percentage of the stu-dent body is “no better than mid-dle of the road.”

Annie Cappuccino, seniorassociate director of collegeadmission, said Brown has recent-ly made a number of strides inreaching out to African-Americanstudents. She mentioned themove to need-blind admissionthat began with the class of 2007and the $100 million Sidney Frankdonation for financial aid this yearas factors that should make Brownmore accessible to students ofcolor.

She added, however, thatBrown administrators see areasfor further improvement. “Wetend to feel that there are alwaysways for us to improve andexpand our reach to communitiesthat may not be thinking about usautomatically but have really tal-ented students,” she said.

Cappuccino said Brown isdoing “many of the same things asthe other Ivy League schools” interms of minority recruitment andcreating a comfortable atmos-phere for students of color.

She warned prospective stu-dents against placing too muchemphasis on the results of onesurvey. “I think that there’s alwaysgoing to be some usefulness for asurvey, but it’s important for stu-dents not to rely on one survey forchoosing a group of colleges thatare going to be good for them,”she said.

Eldridge Gilbert ’05, a ThirdWorld Center student coordinatorwho acted as co-chair of theOrganization of United AfricanPeoples his sophomore and jun-ior years, said Brown provides anumber of resources for African-American students. He said the

Third World Center has been aninvaluable social and academicresource throughout his time atBrown. The office of the Dean ofthe College also offers a numberof beneficial services to studentsof color at Brown, he said.

“There are a number of admin-istrators, deans, staff and facultyalike who are open to beingresources for black students —black students who take advan-tage (of these resources) get tomake the most of their Brownexperience in a lot of differentways,” he said.

But Gilbert said that despiteBrown’s reputation as a beacon ofprogressive values and diversity,Brown is no utopia for students ofcolor. “I’ve had some very joltingexperiences with diversity thatare reasons to question whatBrown claims to be,” he said. Hesaid Brown has a long way to go interms of black student enroll-ment, percentage of black facultyand staff, and socioeconomicdiversity.

Gilbert said the enormousamount of independence Browngives its students can create prob-lems for those needing support.“For as many resources as Brownhas, sometimes the resourcesaren’t as centralized as theyshould be,” he said.

Furthermore, Gilbert saidmany of the best resources forstudents of color in the adminis-tration are overstretched. “Eventhough there are many deans andadministrators who make them-selves resources, certain individ-uals within the administrationget heavily relied upon by stu-dents, which makes it difficult forthem to help everyone who has aneed,” he said.

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(Los Angeles Times) — The successfulefforts to amend 11 state constitu-tions to ban same-sex marriagehas energized both sides of thehighly contentious issue.

Defenders of traditional mar-riage say voters’ resounding sup-port for state measures that limitmarriage to a union between aman and a woman proves that afederal marriage amendment isinevitable.

Advocates of gay and lesbianmarriage sounded equally deter-mined Wednesday as they vowedto move ahead with efforts tolegalize same-sex marriage inNew York, New Jersey,

Connecticut — and very likelywithin the next year, California.

With five new Republican sena-tors elected Tuesday, opponentsof same-sex marriage maintain,an amendment to the U.S.Constitution could be introducedand conceivably passed as soon asthe next congressional session.

“We are very encouraged,” saidCarrie Gordon Earll, spokesper-son for Focus on the Family inColorado Springs, Colo. “Basically,what the people said (Tuesday)was: Don’t mess with marriage.”

But Matt Foreman, executivedirector of the National Gay andLesbian Task Force in New York,

said the vote was only round oneof a very long fight.

The 11 states that passed con-stitutional amendments Tuesdayjoined seven others that earlieradopted measures to define mar-riage as an exclusively heterosexu-al institution.

In Mississippi, the amendmentwon 86 percent support; Georgia,Oklahoma, Arkansas andKentucky all polled at least 75 per-cent support for their amend-ments, and North Dakota cameclose to that figure. In Montanaand Utah, at least two-thirds ofvoters supported the amendment;in Ohio, the figure was 62 percent,and in Michigan, 59 percent.

The vote was closest in Oregon,where 57 percent approved theban. Most of the opposition inOregon came from MultnomahCounty, where Portland is located,and where earlier this year morethan 3,000 gay and lesbian cou-ples were married before a judgedrew a halt to the practice.

Sean Cahill, policy institutedirector for the National Gay andLesbian Task Force, saidWednesday that same-sex mar-riage supporters raised and spentclose to $2.8 million to fight theamendment in Oregon. He saidhis organization dispatched 12staff members to work against theOregon amendment, and recruit-ed 70 volunteers from the state.

He said opponents of the meas-ure spent $2.3 million in Oregon,not including expenditures fromindividual churches.

Evan Wolfson, executive direc-tor of Freedom to Marry in NewYork, said Wednesday that a simi-lar line of attack would beemployed if Congress introducesa federal amendment to bansame-sex marriage.

But Robert Knight, director ofthe Culture and Family Institute ofConcerned Women for America in

Washington, said Wednesday thatfoes of same-sex marriage sensethat momentum is on their sideafter the strong state amendmentvotes.

“People are already moving toenact constitutional amendmentsin other states — specifically, I canthink of Pennsylvania andIllinois,” Knight said. “Letters have

already been sent to (Republican)party leaders urging them to jointhe marriage bandwagon.”

In May, Massachusetts becamethe only state to permit gays andlesbians to marry, following a rul-ing by that state’s highest court.Knight predicted, however, that

Avraham Burg, former speakerof the Israeli Knesset, willspeak at Hillel today at 8 p.m.

Burg, a member of theLabor Party, is known for hisliberal views on Zionism.

Burg left the Knesset in 1995to work for several Jewishsocial causes, including theJewish Agency for Israel, whichhelps Jews immigrate to Israel,and the Claims Conference,which negotiated for therestoration of Jews’ property inEurope.

Burg is known for his openattitude toward Palestinians;he was the first Knesset speak-er to invite his Palestiniancounterpart to addressParliament, according to theHillel Web site.

Burg has also acknowledgedthat Zionism is changing; hehas written that today’s Jewsdo not view Israel the sameway the Jewish state’s foundersdid, and Zionism will continue

to erode as Jews increasinglyfavor cooperation with thePalestinians rather than want-ing Israel to be a purely Jewishstate.

Zionism has been the sub-ject of some controversy oncampus this semester. On Oct.13, Mort Klein, president of theZionist Organization ofAmerica, gave a lecture articu-lating his sharp criticisms ofPalestinians, support for aJewish state and skepticismabout the possibility of reach-ing peace through compro-mise. Klein’s speech drew aheated response from studentswho took offense with hisassertion that there are “highercultures” and “lower cultures.”

Burg’s speech is titled“Struggling Toward Peace inTimes of Terror.” He will speakat 8 p.m. at the Brown Hillelbuilding.

— Herald staff reports

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Same-sex marriage bans fire up both sides

Israeli legislator Burgto speak tonight

see MARRIAGE, page 8

flyers and name cards which theysend out every three to six monthsin hope that their work will standout.”

Margot Livingston RISD ’95, acareer counselor and media spe-cialist at RISD’s ACS, emphasizedthe significance of these visualmethods to catch employers’attention. She also advocated theuse of personal Web sites to dis-play student work, citing theirconvenience and ease of availabil-ity to art directors.

Michael Neff RISD ’04, a pho-tography major, is now the direc-tor of Janet Borden Inc., a photogallery in the SoHo neighborhoodof New York City. He describedRISD as a “happy little bubble”where students concentrated fullyon improving their artistic skills.But “towards senior year, youmust start to get people to look atyour work,” Neff said.

That process often begins withdepartments. According toBlackburn, the illustration depart-ment holds classes that prepareseniors for entering the workingworld. Classes like “PortfolioPreparation,” “ProfessionalPractice” and “Entrepreneur” getstudents to think about the vari-ous markets they can break into,as well as methods of self-promo-tion. “Entrepreneur” requires stu-dents to display their work alongBenefit Street during RISD’s annu-al alumni weekend. “This allowsstudents to network, and find outfrom alumni what is marketable,”Blackburn said. “It teaches themto deal with the public and withthe feedback they receive about

their work.”Similar courses are also offered

in other departments, and careerservices works closely with facultyto integrate their programs intothese classes. As part of the syllabi,ACS hosts workshops, and coun-selors go into studios to give pre-sentations on topics like the prin-ciples of business, said StevenWhitten, director of ACS.

During RISD’s winter session,ACS offers a six-week career pro-gram in partnership with BryantCollege. Called the Center forDesign and Business, it wasestablished in 1997 to unite thedesign and business communi-ties for purposes of economicdevelopment.

According to the program’sWeb site, its goal is to developstronger and more profitablebusinesses by combining designand business skills. “This acts likean incubator to support design-based entrepreneurs,” Jankowskisaid. The program is open to bothcurrent students and RISD grad-uates, and it also acts as a power-ful networking medium.

During the peak period ofRISD seniors’ job search, which istypically from late February toMay, the four counselors at ACSjuggle 60 hourlong appointmentswith individual students eachweek.

“Seniors who seek career serv-ices for help with their job searchare nervous for a variety of rea-sons, but usually they are afraidof the unknown, especially if theyhaven’t interned before,”Livingston said. “We try to helpstudents navigate through theopportunities that are out thereand then provide them with theresources to start their search. Weencourage them to be proactive.”

Tim Belonax RISD ’04, agraphic design major, said hefound ACS extremely useful inhelping him find employment.Belonax is currently interning ata publishing company, ChronicleBooks, in San Francisco. He hasalso interned at various compa-nies over previous summers,including a graphic design firmand an advertising firm. Belonaxsaid he was using his first yearafter graduation to find his niche.

Interning after graduation isnot an anomaly, Jankowski said.“The industry is usually moreaccommodating towards freshgraduates,” Jankowski said. “Afterthat first or second year followinggraduation, you start to becomeregarded as competition (toworking artists).” Jankowskiencouraged experimentation.“That way you can network andmeet more people, as well as learnthe ropes of working in the realworld,” he said.

Nessie Ruiz RISD ’05, a photog-raphy major, agreed. Ruiz hasalready been offered employmentby George Lange RISD ’78, a pho-tographer with whom sheinterned last summer. “I foundout about so many things that Ididn’t think I needed to know.There is so much more out therethat we can’t learn in school thatwe have to find out about.”

Belonax concurred. “In theworking world you are in a posi-tion that is very different from theclassroom setting,” he said. “Hereyou are working with people whoare 10 to 20 years your senior andat different points of their lives.You have to learn to work withpeople.”

ACS also warns students aboutthis stark change of environment.“Suddenly there are so many more

people students will have toanswer to. Starting out they willhave to answer to their bosses,their clients, so many more peo-ple than they are used to answer-ing to,” Jankowski said. “There arenow strict deadlines to be met andsolid goals to be set. We have toput them at a point of awarenessof this.”

RISD emphasizes the educa-tional aspects of the job search.Companies invited to campus togive portfolio reviews are toldspecifically that their role is toprovide constructive criticism,not to recruit. Companies evenhold mock, unrehearsed inter-views with seniors in front of anaudience to show the studentswhat they are looking for in a

potential candidate for employ-ment.

The goal for RISD educatorsand administrators is to help stu-dents become adaptive to theever-changing art industry,which Blackburn describes asone where “fluid combinations”of skill sets are needed. For exam-ple, an illustrator could work inthe film industry as an animator,or perhaps in the field of digitalmedia.

Jankowski and Livingstonagreed, adding that RISD coursesfocus more on imparting concep-tual knowledge than technicalskills, allowing students to applytheir expertise in a flexible man-ner to a wide variety of artisticvocations.

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the semifinals. Alex Arlak ’05and Ames also advanced toplay on Sunday.

Since no Brown playeradvanced to play on Monday,the fall season officially endedSunday night. Until the Bears’first match of the spring onFeb. 5, when they host ColgateUniversity, the players willcontinue to practice and con-dition. The team is looking for-ward to success in the spring.

“We’re feeling positive,” saidWardlaw, who in his first yearas head coach has inherited avery young team. “We’re a realsolid group with no real drop-off talent-wise. There’s a bal-ance, and that’s a good thingbecause it means everyone’scompeting really hard togetheras a team.”

If the team has a weakness,it is that it does not have aplayer who is a bona fide num-ber one — someone Wardlawcan count on as an automaticwin. “Somebody will have to

step up,” Wardlaw said.Much of the uncertainty, of

course, is rooted in the factthat the Bears are extremelyyoung. Other than Arlak, theteam is composed of threesophomores and four first-years.

It is because of this youththat Brown is not regarded asan Ivy League title contenderthis spring, despite beingranked as high as 75th in thenation last spring. But there isoptimism that the team cansucceed.

“We’ll do pretty well withour new coach,” said Arlak.“He’s coaching us well … andas a team we’re improving.”

Ashley Pariser ’08 said she isfinding tennis in college verydifferent from high-schoolcompetition. “Tennis is anindividual sport,” Pariser said.“But on this team, I have peo-ple cheering for me, pulling forme.”

This young Bruno team,Pariser said, is very much like a“family.” Pariser echoed hercoach’s and captain’s senti-ments by saying, “We’re onlygoing to get better.”

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TV once things are going well.My buddy Davs, a

Massachusetts-native Yankee fan(we’ve warned him he’s going toHell, yet he insists), is alwaysintrigued by the phenomenon ofthe “die-hard girl Red Sox fans”who graffiti their AIM profileswith “GO SOX! THIS IS THEYEAR” and similar encouragingcheers. They tend to pop up everySeptember; it’s like their breedingseason. As the season comes to aclose, they fade back into their “Icould seriously give a crap aboutanything relating my local sportsteam” mode. The true die-hardsare too disgusted to harass themor personally question their loy-alty, so we just shake our headsand scoff while hoping that they

somehow lose their Internet con-nectivity and access to all media.

This may seem harsh, butsomething has to be said for thefans who diligently read hun-dreds of articles and columns,watched thousands of hours ofmeaningless games, studied HotStove discussions and went tosleep on many a night dreamingabout their team. Out of respectto these troopers, the bandwagonfans must silence their naïve pas-sion. They must abstain fromwriting cheesy slogans in theirprofiles and feigning allegianceto the true fan base. They mustbecome more knowledgeableand follow the team even whenit’s not the playoffs or a crucialpart of the schedule — they mustbecome us. Either that, or shutthe hell up while I’m watchingthe game.

Marc Lanza ’06 is cool.

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With another gold under herbelt, she will undoubtedly be aforce to be reckoned with in thefencing world this season.

Saberist Olivia Partyka ’06could also have a great season— she won Brown’s second gold,a remarkable accomplishmentgiven that she has only one yearof experience. Not far behindher veteran counterpart,Charlotte Gartenberg ’08 placed10th in women’s saber.Gartenberg, a former JuniorOlympic qualifier, will be anoth-er fencer to watch this season.

In women’s foil, Hausmann,another one of Brown’s solidperformers from last season,took fifth place. Despite a hard-fought battle, she was not ableto beat the top fencers of MITand Wellesley College, dropping

two slots down from her third-place finish in last year’s compe-tition.

“I didn’t do well as I personal-ly had last year, but I was happywith my performance,”Hausmann said.

The tough competition didnot stop these fencers fromdoing their personal best. Fillingout the women’s lineup are teamco-captain and foilist NanetteMilner ’06 as well as epeeistChristine Livoti ’08, who tookninth and 10th in their events,respectively.

On the men’s side of the mat,foilist Jeremy Zeitlin ’07anchored his squad by winninghis event and taking the thirdgold for Brown, an excellentaddition in his college fencingcareer to his 24th-place finish atlast season’s NCAAChampionships.

Other top performers fromthe men’s squads includedepeeist Adrian Martin ’06 and

saberist Dan Dorsky ’05, whofinished fifth and seventh,respectively.

Overall, Brown placed at leastone fencer in the top eight ofeach event in the competition.The team seems poised to buildon its success for future meets.

“We’re going to continue towork in building our condition-

ing and strength for the nextcompetition and really helpingthe new members of the teamget as much practice as they canbefore the upcoming events, sothat they can come in strongand to allow the older membersto regain what may have beenlost over the summer,”Hausmann said.

Their efforts will be tested atthe Northeast FencingConference meet at theUniversity of New Hampshire onNov. 20.

Herald staff writer ZanetaBalantac ’07 covers fencing. Shecan be reached atherald@browndailyherald.com.

tion encouraged him to see art as amedium for social commentary. Hebecame especially interested in screenprinting, a printmaking technique thatuses stencils to create a color image onfabric. This art form gave Fairey the“freedom to try more,” he said.

Immediately after creating the ObeyGiant logo, Fairey posted stickers of theicon all over Providence, even overadvertisements for former mayorVincent Cianci, to see how the publicwould react. The stickers drew a lot ofattention from people who wonderedwhat the sticker stood for. The hypeinspired Fairey to spread his campaignto Boston and New York.

By his senior year at RISD, Fairey wasalready making Obey Giant T-shirts.

Much of his past and current proj-ects have strong political messages thatcapture Fairey’s personal beliefs. Forexample, on one shirt, Fairey, an anti-war advocate, depicts President GeorgeW. Bush holding a bomb. Next to theimage is the message, “Or was it hugbabies and drop bombs?”

Inspired by the high-contrast art ofJamie Reed, the graphics artist who cre-ated controversial album covers for theSex Pistols, Fairey uses bold imagesaccompanied by bold slogans in hiswork, to simplify the essence of whathe is trying to convey.

“If anything, that’s the principle I’ve

adhered to — never compromise art bymaking it overly decorative for the sakeof showing off my abilities,” he said.

Fairey said this political and some-times contentious art is cathartic forhim, even though he recognizes that ithas gotten him into trouble in the past.

Earlier this year, Fairey was chargedwith criminal mischief and trespassingfor putting up one of his street imageson a blank billboard in Manhattan’sChinatown. Despite the risk, Faireysaid that exercising his right to freespeech was worth getting arrested.Because “art should be for the masses,a utilitarian thing,” it needs to be madeaccessible to the public, Fairey said. Hetries to do this through his street artand clothing line, he said.

Critics say Fairey could be pushinghis cause more effectively by engagingin political activism directly rather thanthrough public art — some say hisstreet art just comes down to a “stupidsticker,” he said. But Fairey emphasizedthat he is an artist, not a politician, andthat creating political art is the mosteffective way he can express his beliefs.

“The medium is the message,” he said. In reflection of his career, Fairey is

planning to write a book that docu-ments the Obey Giant campaign; itsplanned title is “Supply and Demand:15 Years of Absurdist Propaganda.”Currently, he is designing album coversfor the musical groups Interpol, BlackEyed Peas and Billy Idol and showcas-ing some of his other artwork at theMerry Karnowsky Gallery in LosAngeles.

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Coogan said.One of the main objectives of improv-

ing ties with the Chinese design schoolsis to raise RISD’s profile and attract moreChinese students to apply for bothundergraduate and graduate programs.Coogan noted that RISD has turned itsfocus to China recently because it has thelargest group of people from any onecountry who are college-age and arepotentially interested in coming toAmerica.

Traditionally, South Korea has provid-ed RISD with its largest number of inter-national students, but this balance couldchange if more Chinese students knewenough about RISD, Coogan said.

Terry said China is currently experi-encing the type of economic develop-ment that has been underway for manyyears in Korea. “The Korean economy hasbeen developed enough that a lot of stu-dents have been able to afford to come toAmerica. Right now, that’s happeningwith China. A lot of Chinese students arefinding the means to come to America,”he said.

Several commercial design projectsare being developed between RISD andthe three Chinese design schools. As theChinese economy continues to grow,rapid architectural development pro-vides countless opportunities for collab-orative projects, Laporte said.

“There are a number of discussions ofour being involved in the design of the

infrastructure that’s being built in China,possibly subway systems, or Olympicconstructions. It’s hard to say if anythingwill come of it,” Coogan said.

RISD’s Center for Design and Businesscould open an office in China to assistcompanies, especially start-ups, thatseek design and business advice, Cooganadded.

In addition, RISD and the Chineseinstitutions could establish faculty andstudent exchange programs. RISD stu-dents could apply to spend a semesterabroad at one of the three Chinesedesign schools, while one or two Chinesestudents could study at RISD for asemester to increase their exposure toWestern art and design, Laporte said.

“There has been some interest amongRISD students who do architecture in theexchange program. It’s a great opportu-nity for them to go to China and witnesswhat is actually happening, a wonderfuleducation for our students,” she said.

RISD students were warm to the ideaof studying abroad in China, but somecited potential problems.

“It sounds great,” said Leah Wolff RISD’06, a printmaking major. “We alreadyhave an exhibition where we send workover to China and they send work overhere. I really would be interested, if Icould afford to take a semester off here.”

Gu Ji RISD ’06, a painting major,voiced similar sentiments.

“It sounds like an interesting program,but one of the problems is definitelyfinance,” he said. “There is a very highcost involved in exchange programsoverseas, and I’m not sure I will be ableto afford it.”

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friends with. I think the closenessbetween the schools is a uniqueaspect of the Ivy League. We wereall having similar experiences.”

Despite all of his athleticachievements at Brown, Whippleremembered his time at Brownmore for how it prepared him forthe future.

“Brown was great in so manyways,” said Whipple. “It has a lotto do with me being with theSteelers.”

Chris Berman ’77, the host ofESPN’s “NFL Countdown” and“NFL Primetime” and a friend ofWhipple’s, was one of many peo-ple encouraging the Steelers toconsider Whipple for the quarter-backs coach position. Whipplealso attended Brown withSteelers owner Dan Rooney’sdaughter.

Of course, playing experienceand recommendations only go sofar when trying to land a job inthe NFL. Whipple’s successfulhead coaching stints at Brownand UMass were what reallyappealed to the Steelers.

When Whipple was namedBrown’s head coach before the1994 season, the team had beenmired in a losing stretch.

“Before we got there, the pro-gram was struggling a little bit,”said Whipple. “We were able toget it turned around. I left beforethe Ivy Championship (in 1999),but a lot of the kids on that teamwere kids that were there when Iwas, kids we recruited.”

After resurrecting the Brownfootball program, Whipple tookthe top position at UMass andrevitalized that team as well.Whipple took a team that hadwon 19 games in the previousfour years and won a nationalchampionship in 1998, his firstseason on the job. His careerrecord of 49-26 was the second-best mark in UMass history.

Having turned around twomajor collegiate programs in 10years and serving as a head coachfor the past 16, Whipple said thedecision to move on was anopportunity he could not turndown.

“The transition has been easi-er than I thought it would,” saidWhipple. “I had been in chargefor 16 years. I was dealing withevery aspect of the team. Now Iam fortunate enough to be work-ing with a great staff and I canreally focus on one thing, whichis helping Ben and the otherquarterbacks.”

Not long before Whipplearrived in Steeltown, he realizedthat he might be working with a

special type of player.“They never told me they were

going to draft Ben,” Whipple said.“However, I thought that Ben wasthe one who would probably bethere at number 11. I was theonly one who had seen him, andthe more I got to know him andhis family, the more I liked him.There were three great quarter-backs out there, but Ben had thebiggest upside.”

The knocks on Roethlisbergerwere that he had struggledagainst stiffer competition at theUniversity of Miami-Ohio (hethrew four interceptions againstIowa in last season’s opener)while feasting on the weakerteams in the Mid-AmericanConference. He wasn’t as pol-ished as the other two big-namequarterbacks, Eli Manning andPhillip Rivers, who were bothfrom power conferences.

“The competition stuff wasnever an issue,” said Whipple.“Look at Byron Leftwich and(Chad) Pennington. If you canplay, you can play. Ben loves tocompete, and had he stayed inschool he would have won theHeisman this year. There was nohesitation when we were consid-ering Ben.”

Fortunately for the Steelers,both of their off-season quarter-back acquisitions have been con-tinuing their history of success.

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advantage in shots. However, theCrusaders held the lead theentire game, and Brown’s lonegoal came only in the last 10minutes of the game.

“Their defense hung in there,and it was a matter of inches —we did get a corner with no timeremaining on the clock. I waspleased we played very well,”Norris said.

Samantha Lloyd ’07 came upbig for Bruno, putting one pastthe Crusader goalie in a break-away situation.

“We played really well thatgame, and we were workingtogether really well as a team.”Hodavance said. “We just didn’tfinish the ball down at the otherend, and they finished the ballwhen they came into our circle.”

These last three games were achance for the Bears to provethey had their heads in the gameafter sporadic performances allseason. The team remains opti-mistic despite the losses and isfocusing on winning the finalgame of the season against YaleUniversity on Saturday.

“Even though we didn’t winthe last two games, we definitelyimproved a whole lot and wereplaying a lot better those two

games,” Hodavance said.“Hopefully on Saturday, every-thing will come together and wewill play well, and we’ll win, too.”

Norris believes that the finalgame is less important to nextyear’s success in terms of theteam’s mentality.

“It is really up to this year’sjuniors to have that commitmentover the summer so we can be ina better frame when we start ourpreseason,” Norris said. “Wherewe are right now is where weshould start our preseason.”

Herald staff writer Kathy Babcock’05 covers field hockey. She can bereached at herald@browndaily-herald.com.

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“same-sex marriage will not sur-vive in Massachusetts.”

Knight went so far as to suggestthat “President Bush should senda bouquet of flowers” to the mem-bers of the MassachusettsSupreme Judicial Court whowrote the decision legalizing

same-sex marriage there.But some political analysts

were more inclined to lay respon-sibility for the same-sex marriageon San Francisco Mayor GavinNewsom, who authorized cityofficials to issue more than 4,000marriage licenses to same-sexcouples earlier this year. TheCalifornia Supreme Courtstopped the marriages, and isexpected to hear a constitutionalchallenge to state marriage laws

within two years.Newsom reacted defensively

Wednesday, saying the “activistjudges” in Massachusetts took thefirst step toward legalizing same-sex marriage.

Asked Wednesday if same-sexmarriage had coalesced the con-servative vote, Sen. DianneFeinstein, said: “I think it gavethem a position to rally around.The whole issue was too much,too fast, too soon.”

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Hampshire, which Bush won fouryears ago but Kerry nabbedTuesday; and most likely Iowa andNew Mexico, both of which sup-ported Al Gore four years ago.

Polarization appeared to driveturnout, boosting the vote to thehighest level since 1968, anothercampaign fought against the back-drop of a controversial war. Justabout 120 million people cast bal-lots Tuesday, or 59.5 percent of thevoting-age population. Christianconservatives and younger votersturned out in particularly highnumbers.

After months of rancor, feelingswere still raw Wednesday as theresults — joyous to some, crushingto others — began settling in.

“I see this election as clearlydecisive for the Republicans,” saida delighted Robert Hayworth, 36,who works in the financial serviceindustry in Seattle. “It’s going to besmooth sailing for their agenda atleast for awhile.”

In Boston, 18-year-old JessicaPosner was among about 20 stu-dents who marched outsideFaneuil Hall, urging Kerry not togive up. She called the idea of asecond Bush term “terrifying.”

“My generation will be dealingwith his war, fighting his war, pay-ing the debt that he racks up,” shesaid.

Like the red-blue geography,the breakdown of the ballotingwas also similar to four years ago.Bush again carried the vote amongmen, whites, rural residents andthe more religious, while Kerrywon the vote among minorities,city dwellers and the more secular,exit polls found.

The president improved hisvote among several traditionallyDemocratic constituencies,including women, blacks, Latinosand Jews. But he won by buildingon his support among traditionalGOP loyalists, as many were quickto note.

Religious conservative leadersserved notice Wednesday that theyexpected Bush to make good ontheir hopes to limit abortion,appoint conservative federaljudges and hold the line on gaymarriage.

“Now that value voters havedelivered for George Bush, hemust deliver for their values,” saidthe Rev. James Kennedy, presidentof Coral Ridge Ministries in FortLauderdale, Fla., which hasstrongly opposed same-sex mar-riage.

Bush’s priorities should include“the defense of innocent unborn

human life, the protection of mar-riage, and the nomination andconfirmation of federal judgeswho will interpret theConstitution, not make law fromthe bench,” Kennedy said.

Others also cited gay marriageas a key issue that drove conserva-tives to the polls.

“Clearly, the supporters of tradi-tional marriage helped PresidentBush down the aisle to a secondterm,” said Tony Perkins, head ofthe Family Research Council, aconservative lobbying group. Hereferred to 11 statewide ballotmeasures opposing gay marriagethat passed Tuesday, includingone in Ohio.

For several hours on electionnight and early Wednesday, theBuckeye State was the center ofthe political world, in the wayFlorida was four years ago.

With 20 electoral votes, the stateappeared to hold the balance inthe White House contest, with theoutcome resting on approximately150,000 provisional ballots thathad been laid aside for later tabu-lation.

The mood in the Bush andKerry camps moved in oppositedirections throughout a tenseevening.

One longtime friend of Kerrysaid the senator was optimisticheading into Tuesday’s election,

energized by the jubilation of bigcrowds and sensing that he hadfinally found his voice as a candi-date. When early exit polls showedhim leading in several key states,Kerry and his aides were buoyant.Strategists for Bush called key sup-porters around the country, urgingthem not to panic.

Spirits began sinking amongKerry advisers as the night passedand the Bush vote mounted. Withthe race narrowed to Ohio, strate-gists on both sides up stayed upuntil almost dawn, assessing theiroptions. Bush and Kerry had bothgone to bed.

The senator remained in seclu-sion Wednesday morning in hismansion on Beacon Hill. Bushshowed up for work at the WhiteHouse.

As more information arrivedfrom Ohio, Kerry decided he didnot want to put the countrythrough lengthy litigation, hiscampaign manager, Mary BethCahill, later told reporters. Bushwas ahead in the state by about136,000 votes, making it virtuallyimpossible for Kerry to catch up.

“His whole premise over thecourse of this campaign was thatwe needed to find ways to bringthis country together,” Cahill said.

“He immediately just decided thatin order to go forward in a time ofwar, it was not something hewanted to put the countrythrough.”

Kerry placed his call to the pres-ident. Bush later described theirconversation as “very gracious.”

When the Democrat’s motor-cade slowly rolled up to FaneuilHall, the plaza filled with cheersand applause, as people perchedon ledges to catch a glimpse of thecandidate.

Kerry spoke for 15 minutes, fre-quently interrupted by applauseand several standing ovations. Histone was even, if occasionally rue-ful. Speaking of his campaignteam, Kerry said, “I wish — youdon’t know how much — theycould have brought this race homefor you.”

But, he said, “The outcomeshould be decided by voters, not aprotracted legal process.

“I would not give up this fight ifthere was a chance that we wouldprevail,” he said. “But it is nowclear that even when all the provi-sional ballots are counted, therewon’t be enough outstandingvotes for us to be able to win Ohio.And therefore, we cannot win thiselection.”

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thought we were stronger thanthat and a little bit more gutsy.”

“There wasn’t anything (Kerry)could say that could make peoplefeel better,” said Swathi Bojedla’06, who attended what wouldhave been Kerry’s victory party inBoston’s Copley Plaza andreturned to campus Wednesday at4 a.m. Bojedla said some of herfriends are so disappointed theyare planning to “take a permanentsemester abroad” and others areplanning to form a “campus soli-darity group” to cope with theKerry loss.

Rashi Kumar ’06 said hewatched Kerry’s concessionspeech in the Lower Blue Roomwith about 70 other students,some of whom were crying. “I wasso inside my own head that I didn’tpay attention to the atmosphere,”he said. “People didn’t want to stayand watch (Kerry) say thosewords.” Kumar said she left in themiddle of Kerry’s speech.

Quinn Sivage ’08 said he wastoo disappointed to talk to otherstudents about Kerry’s concessionand instead watched the speechalone in his room in Andrews Hall.

He said the message former vice-presidential candidate JohnEdwards presented during hisintroduction of not giving up thefight to count every vote, and themessage Kerry gave of the electionbeing lost had two “very differenttones.” He said the Democraticparty was, once again, unable tosend a clear message to the nation.

“They wanted to say two differ-ent things,” Sivage said. “I toldsomeone that now it’s time for theDemocratic party to get someballs.” He said students inAndrews were not as angry as theywere accepting of the results.

Not only were students disap-pointed, but professors wereaffected by the election results, aswell. Bojedla said AssistantProfessor of Political ScienceJennifer Lawless was “reallydepressed” and “in a funk” duringher 8:30 a.m. class PS 112:“Campaigns and Elections.”

Jessica Delforge ’06 saidProfessor of History Carolyn Dean“definitely had problems givingher lecture” Wednesday in HI 126:“Modern European Women’sHistory.”

“She introduced her lecture bysaying she was sorry if she seemedat all uncomposed. She was obvi-ously very flustered,” Delforgesaid. “She was very surprised at

the results of the election and thatKerry had decided to concede soearly.”

Delforge said she thinks that alot of the professors and studentswere “just really surprised that theelection was over so early,” but sheadmitted that in a way, sherespected Kerry for conceding assoon as it became evident his losswas inevitable.

Professor of Slavic LanguagesRobert Mathiesen took time out ofUC 82: “Magic in the Middle Ages”to talk about his opinion of thetrend toward conservatism in thecountry, Zander Ebin ’07 said.Mathiesen told the class to expecta reconfiguration of the party sys-tem so that it consists of only twoRepublican parties — one conser-vative and the other moderate,Ebin said, calling the prediction“rather apocalyptic.”

But though most students andprofessors who supported Kerryexpressed their disappointmentand grief in a subdued manner, agroup of about 100 students con-gregated by the flagpole on theMain Green at midnight in whatwas termed a “scream session.”The 100 or so students screamedas loudly as they could to let outtheir frustration over the election.

— With additional reporting bySara Perkins

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Congratulations are due to Brown’s Republicans — they may bea small minority here, but they can rest assured that that is notthe case in the country as a whole.

But with due respect to conservative Brunonians, we nowaddress the members of the Brown community who voted forJohn Kerry, who do not agree with the policies of PresidentGeorge W. Bush and whose reactions to his reelection rangefrom disappointment and confusion to anger and despair.

On a liberal campus in a Democratic state in a solidlyDemocratic region, it is sobering to realize that nationally, weare in the minority. Kerry won 60 percent of the vote in RhodeIsland but only 48 percent nationally. As Rhode Island’sDemocratic congressmen won reelection handily, Republicansconsolidated their control of both houses of Congress.Discrimination based on sexual orientation has not fully disap-peared from Brown, but it was still jarring to watch voters in 11states ban same-sex marriage and, in seven cases, civil unions.

More than a fifth of voters said the most important issue tothem was “moral values,” a phrase that has become a code forsocially conservative positions on issues such as reproductivefreedoms and gay rights. But “moral values” means somethingelse to many of us. Compassion is a moral value; so are socialjustice, individual liberty and respect for the environment.These are the values that should sustain liberals’ faith inAmerica and motivate them to stay engaged.

The instinct of many liberals is to retreat into their blueenclaves, licking their wounds and daydreaming about a Kerrypresidency. The need to mourn is understandable. But surren-dering and abandoning politics is no way to change the statusquo. Liberals must stay involved in the political process at everylevel, keeping up the fight to make their voices heard. You mightnot have voted for Bush, but he is still your president — and heis as accountable to you as he is to the most conservative voter.

In the meantime, however, the country faces at least twoyears of Republican control of the federal government. If youfeel politically disenfranchised, remember that you are not pow-erless. Involvement in community organizations will let youserve the people you fear are being left behind. Advocacy on theissues that are important to you will send a message to publicofficials that accountability to their constituents does not endwhen the elections are over. Moving to Canada accomplishesnone of this — there’s much you can still do at home.

Moving on

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Before I make my argument, I would be remiss if I didnot mention that something happened Tuesday night thatall Brown students should be proud of. As you know, manyDemocratic Brunonians have been giving up their week-ends over the course of this campaign to volunteer in near-by swing states of New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, andtheir voices made a difference — Kerry won both.

For many Brunonians, Bush’s reelection is a cloud with-out a silver lining. But it’s not all that bad — really. Yes, wecan all look forward to four more years of Bush, but don’tbuy your ticket to Canada just yet. There are a lot of goodreasons not to be discouraged. Here are a few:

Iraq: Iraq is a mess, but electing Kerry would not havemade the war go away. U.S. intelli-gence was wrong about why to goin, as were U.S. strategists abouthow to win. Kerry and many of hissupporters had the naïve idea thathe could come in with a fresh viewand make everything better. This was all too reminiscent ofNixon’s “secret plan” to end the war in Vietnam.

There is no easy answer in Iraq, but do not doubt thatBush, who remembers “Mission Accomplished” as well asanyone, now realizes the difficulties. Bush has the experi-ence and knowledge of the situation to bring about a reso-lution that will be good for both the United States and Iraq.Furthermore, the Bush administration is now in the midstof reducing U.S. peacetime troop presence around theworld, a plan that Kerry opposed. Most Brown studentswould agree that the fewer troops we have abroad, the bet-ter.

Terrorism: This one is easy. Laugh all you like at the ducttape, color coding and photographs of Bush buddy-buddywith Saudis in “Fahrenheit 9/11.” The fact remains thatthere has not been an attack in the United States since 9/11.

Abortion: Bush is unlikely to have an impact on Roe v

Wade. Today the concept of stare decisis — the idea that thecourt should reverse one of its decisions only with a verygood reason — is more important than the issue of abor-tion itself. Even if Bush does manage to appoint three ormore Supreme Court justices, it is very unlikely a changewould be made, especially with the active, well-organizedand vocal pro-choice lobby in this country. Even if the deci-sion were reversed, this lobby would make it unlikely thatmany states could illegalize abortion.

Economy: Though Bush’s first term saw a net job loss,the major precipitating factors of this recession: the techbubble collapse, Sept. 11 and the exposure of corporatecorruption and malfeasance, were a long time in the mak-

ing. Bush inherited the recession — hedid not create it. He quickly addressedthe situation with an aggressive systemof tax cuts designed to jump-start theeconomy, and our present rate ofgrowth shows that it has worked.

As for his deficit spending, it is a fact of the past twodecades of presidential politics that the party in powerspends while their opponents lament their spending. Theoccasional exception is a brief period of fiscal responsibili-ty created by challengers who found themselves in powerafter criticizing deficit spending.

Incumbents tend to realize that more important thanhow much we owe is how much we produce. Bush, likemany Democratic presidents, got us out of an economiccrisis with deficit spending. Dubious? Look at the trends inany number of economic indicators, like the increase inthe Dow Jones Industrial Average and the decrease in infla-tion and unemployment. These numbers speak for them-selves.

Matthew Lawrence ’06 is a Republican, but he insists that hedoesn’t eat babies whole.

When I sat down to eat my pizza at Antonio’syesterday, a man came on the radio and startedto sing in a stuttering voice about changes.David Bowie was mocking me. The $50 that Icontributed to John Kerry had not yielded himvictory in my home state of Florida or nationally.He is just another in a long line of gentleman los-ers, just like me. It is fascinating — yesterday,even the trees on the Main Green seemed sullen,resigned to the last moments before the snow.Most of the leaves were gone.

I hadn’t noticed until after John Kerry lost, butperhaps the writing was always on the wall. If Ihad allowed myself to admit this fact, I mighthave been able to prepare more appropriatelyfor the plunge towards reality. Upon waking, mygirlfriend called me from over at our rival insti-tution in New Haven. I proceeded to pick a fightwith her. My suitemates inform me that no onecares about the day-to-day happenings of Heraldcolumnists, but I will share this anecdote withyou as an example of what not to do now that thecurtain has been drawn down on four years ofrighteous indignation.

My girlfriend felt that the best thing to do is tocling to some hope that the next four years willnot be as bad as we flip-floppers have predicted.This angered me. I responded with a burst of mis-placed outrage. I derided her friends for votingBush, I derided my state, my countrymen, ourpresident and his band of swine. I might havementioned that everyone that voted for Bushshould be “shot into the fiery heart of the sun.”

Does this sound familiar? Perhaps you yourselfhave had this conversation with a close friend orbitter rival. Do you feel disgusted with yourselffor wanting to stay optimistic or are youashamed that you want the next four years to bea disaster as a means of affirming your clarity ofvision?

I understand. I flirted with trying to be opti-mistic for a few hours during my travels downThayer Street, but David Bowie killed any chanceof that optimism surviving on any longer. Afriend of mine sent me a text message right afterthat, inviting me to numb my pain with chemi-cals. I declined but did bring her a dozen donutsas my contribution to the numbing process. Wetalked for a while, watched the Real World andcame to no firm conclusion as to why we lost.Perhaps this has been your response, a feeling ofhelpless stasis? Well, my friends, it is time to letthat go.

I say this to you, Brown University, and to ourcoalition of the willing: stand firm. Now is not thetime for turning on each other, nor is it the timeto anesthetize our minds into oblivion. We are instore for some hard times. We must resolve our-selves not to a single battle, but to a protractedcampaign.

This campaign will be forged here and now, inthe shadow of the 2000 election, in the shadow ofthe 2004 election. We must resolve to carry onthis fight not only during election time, but dur-ing the course of our lives. I am not only speak-ing to those who go out and protest, to thosewho damn the Man; I am speaking to those peo-ple who quietly cling to the liberal — yes, liberal— values that I and many others hold dear.

You could feel it on Thayer Street. The guy atAntontio’s was wearing a shirt that said “FreeSpeech.” Even the comic book shop denizenswere cursing the fate of our country betweenrounds of Magic the Gathering. To paraphraseRalph Ellison, look to the underground and itwill speak to you.

When I left my friend’s room, I decided I need-ed a treat. I went to the costume shop above thepost office, and the proprietors kindly allowedme to buy a royal purple suit jacket. As I walkedback to my dorm, I reached into the breast pock-et and found a brand new cigar. That’s got tocount for something.

Daniel Hernandez ’06 can’t trace time.

Brown, you’remy big crybaby

It’s not that bad

The next four years

will be okay.

Wednesday morning at Brown, sleep-deprived studentsgrappled with the shock of Tuesday’s Republican victory.But in talking to my fellow students, I was struck by the fail-ure of that shock to prompt any new questions. My fellowDemocrats at Brown were talking of provisional and over-sees absentee ballots, clinging to the hope that they mightbe able to swing this election on a technicality.

But this is not 2000, and Ohio is not Florida. What is clear,especially now that Kerry has conceded, is that this electiondid not hang on paper chads — Bush won by a large marginof the popular vote and as of this writing, will carry the elec-toral college 286 to 252.

Instead of attributing this loss to the errors made by theKerry campaign in certain states or the structure of votingprocedures, perhaps we should open our eyes to the possi-bility that Americans simply did not like John Kerry andwhat he and his party had to say.Maybe America today is just afundamentally conservativecountry where liberal values, asarticulated by Democrats, nolonger resonate.

I have always assumed thatliberals, especially liberals likeJohn Kerry (whose blue-bloodbackground and perceived arro-gance render him difficult for voters to connect to) will havea hard time playing in the heartland — that thesis is an oldpolitical record. But I, like most Democrats, have alsoassumed that this was a problem of tone, something clevercampaigning could overcome, by giving Democrats the“just-folks” accessibility achieved by Republicans.

As I sat glued to CNN in the wee hours of Wednesdaymorning, it became clear that it’s a much deeper issue. Thecrucial state, Ohio, was one where Kerry’s policies shouldhave played well, especially on jobs and the economy. ButOhio is also a state that is starkly conservative on socialissues like gun control, abortion and gay marriage. Ohio,and consequently this election, was lost on values. Are thevalues of the Democratic Party irrevocably out of sync withthe values of Americans?

CNN’s commentators seemed to think so. Tucker Carlsonof “Crossfire,” though far from my favorite pundit, made agood point in equating what is happening to the

Democratic Party now to what happened to Republicansafter Barry Goldwater's loss to Lyndon Johnson in 1964.

Goldwater was a radical conservative who opposedPresident Eisenhower’s use of troops in Little Rock, Ark., andconsidered the Republican platform of his time “dime-storeNew Deal.” His loss challenged Republicans to re-evaluatetheir identity and to reconstitute their ideology withoutcompletely relinquishing their principles. As Carlsonexplained, they spent a generation “writing books and goingto think tanks” and came back strong with conservatism aswe have it today.

As painful as it might be, it might be just what we need.When Kerry’s loss is coupled with the Republican gains inthe Senate and the House (even taking down SenateMinority Leader Tom Daschle), it becomes clear that liber-alism’s position in America is tenuous at best.

In fact, this identity crisis of theleft is a global phenomenon. InEurope, where the populace hasgrown increasingly conservative,Social Democrats like Germany’sGerhard Schroeder and England’sTony Blair have had to embrace anumber of conservative ideas tosurvive. But they still face signifi-cant difficulties resonating with

voters, because they have failed to address the underlyingideological issue. In the long run, re-formulating might be awiser choice than covering it up with folksy rhetoric for theshort term.

Some might argue that we did this with President BillClinton, the New Democrat, in the 1990s. but his successhad more to do with his personal charisma, and the party atlarge does not seem to have caught on.

Brown is an undeniably liberal school; its students arethe next generation of liberal leaders. We have the privilegeof spending four years where our only responsibility is tothink — who better then to come up with a new liberalismthan us? Perhaps if we spend less time wallowing in theminutiae of what went wrong on Tuesday and more timefiguring out what to do right for the next 20 years, the leftcan become once again a viable force in America.

Maha Atal ’08 looks fabulous in a bowtie.

Goldwater revisited

It’s time to reconsider

what it means

to be liberal.

GUEST COLUMN BY MAHA ATAL

GUEST COLUMN BY MATT LAWRENCE

GUEST COLUMN BY DANIEL HERNANDEZ

SPORTS THURSDAYTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD

NOVEMBER 4, 2004 · PAGE 12

BY STEPHEN COLELLIFour days after the Boston Red Sox endedthe Curse, the Pittsburgh Steelers endedthe Streak.

The New England Patriots had not lost afootball game since September 28, 2003 —a span of 21 games. Their NFL-recordstreak was shattered thanks in large part tothe play of the NFL’s top rookie throughthe first half of the season, quarterbackBen Roethlisberger. The 11th pick in thisyear’s draft is a 22-year-old rookie withonly five career starts in the league, but heis already working on a league record of hisown: he is only the second quarterback inleague history to win his first five starts.

As Roethlisberger continues to wingames for the Steelers, Mark Whipple ’79 ishelping his young protégé shine at theposition he once excelled at for the Bears.Whipple quarterbacked Bruno to second-

place finishes in the Ivy League in 1977and 1978 and also earned four varsity let-ters playing shortstop for the baseballteam. Now, he is the Steelers’ quarterbackscoach, working daily behind the sceneswith one of the biggest stories of the NFLseason.

“Ben was certainly a ‘can’t miss’prospect,” Whipple said. “But I could notsay I could have predicted him playing thiswell this early.”

Whipple has a lot of experience withsuccess. After his playing career at Brown,he went on to coach the Bears from 1994to 1997. He led Bruno to a 24-16 recordduring his tenure and then compiled a 49-26 mark in six years coaching theUniversity of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Whipple’s career in football began whilegrowing up in Phoenix, where he playedboth baseball and football.

“Living in Arizona was great because weplayed all year round,” Whipple said. “Itwas a big change going (to Brown) becauseI went from playing 13 or 14 footballgames a year to 9 or 10 games and gettingsnowed out in baseball. The cold weatherwas tough to deal with during baseballseason, because we would always startlate.”

Whipple had never seen the campuswhen he decided to attend Brown.However, he quickly settled into life onCollege Hill. Playing sports was an easyway to meet people.

“The best part about playing in the IvyLeague was the ability to meet kids atother schools,” said Whipple. “I met somany kids at the other (Ivy League)schools playing sports that I became

Bandwagonfans need toknock it off

Ashley Hess / Herald

Samantha Lloyd ’07 scored the field hockeyteam’s only goal at Holy Cross on Tuesday.TheBears fell 2-1 and have only one game left.

BY PHILIP BUFFUMThe women’s tennis team finished anencouraging autumn with a successfulshowing at the Big Green Invitational inHanover, N.H., last weekend. Althoughno Brown player made it to the finals, sixsingles players won matches to advanceto play on Sunday, while the doublesteams all won matches over the two

days as well. If the way the team played this fall is

any indication, the spring has thepotential to be a very special season,according to Head Coach Paul Wardlawand his players.

The matches on Saturday, the firstday of the tournament, could hardlyhave gone better for Wardlaw’s squad,with Bruno winning nine of 12 matches.Amanda Saiontz ’07 led six singles play-ers who made it to Sunday, winning 4-6,6-3, 11-9 in an exciting A-flight match.Only one Brown player failed to make itto Sunday: Daisy Ames ’07 fell to thetournament’s number one seed.

Sunday proved less fortunate for theBears, as none advanced to the finals onMonday. Saiontz won 6-1, 6-4 to make itto the semifinals, but lost to the top seed0-6, 6-1, 10-2. Anita Ivancevic ’08, play-ing in the B-flight, won her first matchon Sunday 6-2, 6-4, before losing to thenumber one seed in her flight, 7-5, 6-2.

In doubles, Saiontz and MichellePautler ’07 played well, advancing bywinning 8-1 and 8-4, before losing 8-6 in

Fall season ends on high notefor w. tennis at Dartmouth

Former football head coach Whipple ’79adjusting smoothly to life on NFL staff

Some scholars have recently attemptedto answer the question, “Who is the sin-gle most annoying fixture in sports?”Most fingers instinctively point to Tim

McCarver, therambling andsenile Fox com-mentator whomakes up firstnames and

openly roots for his favorite team. I,however, am compelled by an unadul-terated hatred for all bandwagon fans tocast my vote for their cult.

These are the individuals, often notsports fans, who become the most pas-sionate supporters of the local sportsteam when it makes a run deep into theplayoffs. At no time in the past few yearshas there been a more nauseatingexample of this than with the Red Sox’splayoff runs this year and in 2003.

There is no task more excruciatingthan watching a game with these peo-ple. I’m throwing empty cans at the tel-evision and smashing my head againstwalls, letting out shrieks of agony andcausing permanent vocal chord dam-age. Meanwhile, they clap like infantsand employ the “Yaaay!” cheer (thesame one used by parents when theirnewborns eat a spoonful of Gerber) atnon-deserving plays. I think I’d ratherwatch the game with GeorgeSteinbrenner and Gilbert Gottfried.

I’m not just blowing off steam here.The New England Patriots have puttogether one of the greatest footballteams of all time, nearly a dynasty, andyet even as a Massachusetts native Irefuse to wear “Go Pats!” shirts and pre-tend I’m a fan. I wasn’t watching thePats when they were a mediocre team,so who am I to feign passion and lovefor them just because they’re on a roll?This is the mentality I’m trying to passon to the bandwagon fans, to the JimmyFallons who declare their allegiance andsay that they’ve “converted” on national

Fencing squad opens season withthree gold medals at “The Big One”

Road unkind to field hockey in two losses

Judy He / Herald

Amanda Saiontz ’07 advanced to thesemifinals in both singles and doubles atthe Dartmouth Invitational.

BY KATHY BABCOCKThe field hockey team has spent a lot oftime on a bus in the past week — to noavail.

The Bears dropped an Ivy gameSunday, 2-0, against the University ofPennsylvania and fell 2-1 Tuesday at theCollege of the Holy Cross. The team hadhoped to maintain focus in its last fourgames, sending a message that it would bestrong in the future even if it had to chalkthis year up to experience. That did nothappen, leaving the Bears at 5-10 and 2-4in the Ivy League with one game remain-ing.

“I think with Penn we played wellenough to win, but our Holy Cross game isthe best I’ve seen us play all year,” saidHead Coach Carolan Norris. “It has actual-ly come together for us, and I hope thatthey can carry that into Yale.”

One of the redeeming qualities for theBears this season was first-year goalieKristen Hodavance ’08, who has beenstarting since Brown’s game against theUniversity of Vermont and gave a strongrookie performance.

“I loved getting in there and playing,”Hodavance said. “I don’t see myself as a

freshman thinking ‘Oh my God, I’m start-ing.’ I’m a goalkeeper, and I’m getting in,and I’m playing. I think of myself as agoalie rather than as a freshman some-times.”

Goalie Katie Noe ’05 had been a startersince her first year but suffered an injuryearly in the season. However, Noe wasable to come in for the final minutesagainst Holy Cross on Tuesday. Thecoaches will decide on Friday if Noe iswell enough to start on Saturday. Butregardless of Noe’s status, Hodavance hasdone very well in goal, quelling fearsabout goaltending next year. She madethree saves against Penn and two againstHoly Cross.

The Bears were out-shot 8-1 againstPenn on their slow turf, even though play-ers felt the game was competitive.

“We definitely showed up and playedand competed, but they just out-shot usand finished,” Hodavance said. “But wewere in the game — it wasn’t like theywere totally dominating.”

The loss to Holy Cross was more sur-prising, considering the Bears held a 14-4

MARC LANZALANZA, NOT

TONY DANZA

see BANDWAGON, page 6

see WHIPPLE, page 8

see F. HOCKEY, page 8

see W. TENNIS, page 6

BY ZANETA BALANTACMixing 15 schools, 260 players and driv-ing ambition together in one tournamentalways generates a tough competition.This pressure, however, did not stop thefencing team from stepping up to thechallenge at “The Big One,” an individualtournament held at Smith College lastweekend.

Head Coach Atilio Tass had stressedthat the players must do more than con-centrate on their own matches this sea-son.

“Coach this year has really been push-ing to have a strong support, high energy,and enthusiasm for our team membersand to really be there in competitionscheering each other on,” said foilistJennifer Hausmann ’07.

This effort to remain positive seemedto help the team in this competition.Despite both the men and women finish-ing with losing records last season, at thismeet, Brown walked away with nine top-10 finishers and gold in three of the tour-nament’s six events. Team members were

pleased with the team’s improvementfrom their showing at last year’s meet,which features powerhouses like BostonCollege, Tufts University, BrandeisUniversity and the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology.

“I knew that the competition is alwaysstrong at the Big One,” said captain andtwo-time All-American Ruth Schneider’06. “Traditionally, it’s our warm-up tour-nament, and it’s a time when we get all ofour new recruits and our new teammatesa chance to fence. And we did remark-ably well, winning three of the sixevents.”

For the women’s squads, the teamshowed great promise from both rookieand veteran fencers.

In women’s epee, Schneider nabbedthe first gold for Brown, outplaying 43other fencers in the process. This cameas no surprise after her fifth-place finishat the NCAA Championships last seasonand 12th-place finish the year before.

see FENCING, page 7