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BY JOANNE PARKUnchecked capitalism in the UnitedStates will be the cause of its undoing,said Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., whoissued broad criticisms of the Bushadministration in his Monday after-noon talk at the Taubman Center forPublic Policy.
Kennedy, who was re-elected to afifth term in 2002, represents the FirstDistrict of Rhode Island, whichincludes Brown’s campus. He hasserved in the U.S. House ofRepresentatives since 1994. He is amember of the House AppropriationsCommittee and has chaired theDemocratic Congressional CampaignCommittee.
Kennedy criticized the Bush admin-istration for its lack of checks on corpo-rations and its failure to provide socialwelfare safety nets.
Controls for capitalist systems areapproaching dangerously low levels,Kennedy said. He cited the prevalenceof child labor in Mexico, where childrenwork for 13 to 14 hours a day for littlemore than pennies an hour.
“When you look, many of these areAmerican companies (employing chil-dren), some from Rhode Island, too,”Kennedy said.
He said swift movements in thedirection of unbridled capitalism couldlead to a destabilized nation.
“Where wealth is so concentrated, asociety gives birth to demagogues, likeFather Coughlin blaming Jews and for-eigners,” Kennedy said.
Taking into consideration these
developments, it is integral to “savecapitalism from itself,” he said.
“The corporate world is stealingmoney from the public treasury, whichleaves $487 a month for a mother andher two children.”
Kennedy also expressed concernover the nation’s low voter turnout rate.
“It’s hard to sustain a democraticsystem without participation of the cit-izen body,” he said.
In terms of environmental protec-tion, “this is the worst administration,”Kennedy said. “(They’ve rolled) back
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BY ELLEN WERNECKEBrown is picking up part of the city’s bill,but Providence residents are still goingto pay the balance in an effort to eradi-cate the city’s $60 million deficit.
Providence residents will face an 8percent higher tax rate in the next fiscalyear, despite a $48.5 million agreementwith four of its private universities thatasks Brown to pay $1 million over thenext year to the city.
The city made some “very difficult”budgetary and management decisions,Providence Mayor David Cicilline ’83told The Herald, but was left with a $15million gap that could not be closed inthis fiscal year without raising taxes.
“We inherited a budget with a hugedeficit and a legacy of mismanagement,of decades of corruption,” Cicilline said.
“There’s no question that taxes are toohigh in this city,” he added. “We’re work-ing hard to fix what we inherited.”
Richard Spies, executive vice presi-dent and special advisor to the presi-dent, said he regretted the tax change,but that the deficit was “a tough prob-lem.”
“Obviously, students who live in non-university housing, as well as faculty andstaff will be affected by it,” Spies said.“But I’m the last one who can tell the
BY ZACH BARTER Cases involving students charged withminor offenses will now be resolved by anall-student board under recently imple-mented changes to the University’s non-academic disciplinary code.
Those accused of more serious crimescan now choose between appearing beforethe University Disciplinary Council, com-posed of students, administrators and facul-ty, or having an administrative hearingbefore a dean.
The long-awaited revisions should givethe system more flexibility and increase stu-dent involvement in all aspects of theprocess, according to deans in the Office ofStudent Life.
“We believe having students involved insetting the standards and helping upholdthe principles of our community on campusis very important,” said Margaret Jablonski,dean for Campus Life.
The changes, which were approved bythe Corporation at its May 2003 meeting,took effect with the new academic year.
The newly created Peer CommunityStandards Board, composed of 10 under-graduates, will hear cases involving minor,first-time offenses and residence hall viola-tions. The new system also includes provi-sions for student organizations chargedwith an offense to receive a hearing before adean.
Jablonski estimated the system handlesapproximately 300 cases per year, only a fewof which involve cases at the most seriouslevel, where the outcome could involve sus-pension or expulsion from the University.Some offenses may be handled by both theUniversity’s disciplinary system and localcourts.
Calls for disciplinary reform gainedsteam after several high-profile cases in thelate 1990s. Student critics claimed the sys-tem operated without sufficient studentinput and lacked accountability.
The movement to revamp the codebegan in March 2001, when Sheila
UDC ushers inreform; systemwill be moretransparent
BY CARLA BLUMENKRANZThere are hate crimes that leave physicalmarks, and then there are ones that can beremoved with an eraser.
Though neither is commonly reportedon Brown’s campus, hate crimes and non-criminal acts of hate remain a source ofconcern and debate for administrators andfear for some students.
Following the Sept. 6 assault of a Brownjunior that the Department of Public Safetyis investigating as a potential hate crime,this is particularly true.
A hate crime is commonly defined as acriminal act motivated by specific kinds ofbias, including homophobia and racism.Many of the non-criminal acts casuallyreferred to as hate crimes technically fallunder the larger category of bias incidents,which encompass acts motivated by bias,including hate crimes.
The line between a bias assault and abias assault also considered a hate crime isoften fuzzy, and this is as true for Universityadministrators as it is for anyone else,according to Interim Vice President forCampus Life and Student Services DavidGreene.
“I’m worried we’re all talking about hatecrimes, when I think writing on a whiteboard, for instance, is not a hate crime, inall likelihood,” he said.
This particular issue has come up at leasttwice so far this semester, following tworeports that hateful messages had beenwritten on message boards in KeeneyQuad.
Unless the content of these messagesthreatened the safety of individuals, theymost likely could not be classified as hatecrimes. Yet these incidents, part of a gener-al pattern of three to five reported biasassaults per semester, represent one of themost difficult and most ambiguous chal-
Hate crimes arecause for debateand concern onBrown campus
BY JONATHAN HERMANSteve Kaell ’04 and Cole Bolton ’04 havefinally found a college shenanigan evengrandma can be proud of.
“We have a forecast for you,” Boltontold Channel 12’s weatherman TonyPetrarca during a live broadcast onFriday. “Our recipe calls for a 90 percentchance of deliciousness.”
Kaell and Bolton, the self-proclaimedtag team chefs of Brown, were one groupof eight selected to appear on Channel12’s “Backyard Barbecue” contest — aseries of segments on the popularEyewitness News program presentingwinning recipes.
The students’ recipe was an extempo-
Channel 12culinary finalistsare Brown students
Bush is damaging long termfuture of U.S., Kennedy says
see UDC, page 3see KENNEDY, page 5
METRO NEWS
Providence residents face tax raise
see TAXES, page 5
see HATE CRIMES, page 5
see BBQ, page 3
Sorleen Trevino / Herald
Rep. Patrick Kennedy spoke Monday afternoon to a crowd in the Taubman Center.
Gunners make uselesscomments but add toBrown’s “diversity,”says Andrew Stein ’06column, page 7
Ketaki Gokhale ’05 saysnot to embrace yourethnicity just to feelless insecurecolumn,page 7
W. cross country getsrevenge on Harvard,beating the team at itsfirst meet of the seasonsports, page 8
Starting off the season,M. water polo losesthree of four matchesat an invitational sports, page 8
Sloppy ball handlingand defensive break-downs lead to 32-0loss for the rugby teamsports, page 8
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raneous creation the team madefor the first time only two daysbefore the broadcast.
Recipes were selected at ran-dom from almost 100 entriesand then judged on appearance,detail and how quickly theycould be prepared on a grill, saidJoses Holloway, Channel 12account executive. Those well-suited for the show were actual-ly put on-air.
The winner of the eight final-ists will be announced duringthe channel’s Friday broadcast.The winner will receive a grilland patio furniture set. Votescan be cast at www.wpri.com inthe section labeled “BackyardBarbecue.”
The two friends decided toenter the recipe on a whim.
“I think we were watching theU.S. Open or something whenthe ad for (Backyard Barbecue)came on. Certainly we weren’twatching the news,” Bolton said.
Sitting in their off-campusapartment, Kaell and Boltonrecalled the creation of theirfirst and only original recipe.
“We just decided on mangosalsa, and then went to (thechannel’s) Web site and saw pre-vious winners,” Bolton said.
With an idea of a recipe for a“fruity burger,” as Kaelldescribed it on air, the twoartists looked for cooking tem-peratures and measurementsfor their recipe on the Internet.
The students entered theiruntried concoction and learnedearlier this month they had wona chance to be featured in a seg-ment of Eyewitness News’broadcast.
“I’m surprised they let us onbecause they knew our age andknew we were college students,”Bolton said.
Kaell and Bolton decided tokeep their mischievous storyunknown.
“Only our closest friendsknew. We were paranoid that ifwe told other people it might getto the channel and we could bedisqualified,” Bolton said.
Kaell, an applied math con-centrator, and Bolton, an eco-nomics concentrator, areBrown’s new culinary masterswith absolutely no cookingexpertise.
“I make mac and cheese allthe time here. I’m some seriousculinary genius when I cut uphot dogs and put them in it,”Bolton said.
Kaell and Bolton found outonly four days before the broad-cast that they would be on theair.
“We practiced talking like TVchefs” for the few days leadingup to the show, Bolton said.
Rachael Truchil ’04, one of 12
Brown students the two broughtalong to taste their creations,said, “It was funny to watchthem on TV. It was magical. Itwas a little surreal. But theseguys were awesome.”
Eyewitness News anchorKristin Johnson praised Kaelland Bolton, running over to theBackyard Barbecue’s studio tocongratulate the team chefs onone of her breaks, Hollowaysaid.
Their recipe “Summer TurkeyBurgers with Cranberry GlazedSweet Potatoes” was“Thanksgiving” inspired and ison WPRI’s Web site, Kaell said.
The turkey burgers aretopped with a slice of whitecheddar cheese and a circularslice of Granny Smith apple to“maximize surface area,” hesaid.
“It was good. I liked the sweetpotatoes. They get high marks inmy book,” Holloway said.
According to Holloway,Channel 12 had received morethan 600 votes by Monday nightwith no clear leading recipe.
Bolton said the two are confi-dent of their chance of winingand have promised to host aparty for their friends servingonly their turkey burgers if theywin.
Blumstein, then interim presi-dent of the University, appointeda 16-member committee of stu-dents, faculty and administratorsto review the disciplinary systemand suggest ways to make it moreeffective.
The committee, chaired byAssociate Professor ofComparative Literature MeeraViswanathan, presented its find-ings to President Ruth Simmonsin a 34-page report in February2002.
Jablonski said she was confi-dent the changes had takeneveryone’s concerns intoaccount.
“This was an extraordinarilyinclusive process,” Jablonskisaid. “Over the course of the lastfew years, we visited dozens ofgroups on campus for theirinput. Every level of every gov-ernment’s body was consultedon the changes.”
The vast majority of the rec-ommendations to come out ofthe review committee wereaccepted and implemented, shesaid.
But Carl Takei ’02, who servedon the review committee, saidthe new code departs in severalways from the group’s recom-mendations.
Takei said that though thecommittee recommended thestandard of proof in studenthearings be raised to “clear andconvincing” evidence of guilt, thenew code defines the standard asthe “preponderance of evi-dence,” a standard which Takeicalled too weak.
Furthermore, while the newcode includes a clause com-pelling students to appear as wit-nesses when summoned to ahearing, Takei said the clausefails to provide adequate protec-tions for witnesses.
“The committee recommen-dations were very clear that stu-dents testifying as witnessesshould be able to refuse to answerindividual questions withoutconsequence,” Takei said.
Takei also said the Universityfailed to adopt the committee’sproposed revisions of the code’sintimidation and harassmentoffense, which Takei said essen-tially constitutes a hate speechcode.
The motivation behind anincident should be consideredseparately from the non-aca-demic disciplinary process, Takeisaid.
On the whole, however, Takeisaid he believes the changes rep-resent a major step forward. Hesaid the change allowing theUndergraduate Council ofStudents to appoint UDC mem-bers without University approval,
as well as a provision requiring areview of the process every threeyears, would greatly increaseaccountability in the system.
“It’s very important that stu-dents play a role not just in han-dling individual cases, but indetermining what the discipli-nary process will be,” he said. “Ilook forward to seeing whatfuture generations of studentswill come up with whenwrestling with these issues.”
James Stascavage, assistantdean for campus life, said anoth-er major change to the systeminvolves a renewed emphasis onstudent mediation to settle dis-putes.
The change, Stascavage said,reflects the belief that when stu-dents sit down to resolve theirown disputes, “the outcome willbe more satisfying to everyoneinvolved.”
Stascavage said the new codealso seeks to remove some of theconfusion surrounding the olddisciplinary procedures.
“There was some great con-cern about lack of clarity in theprocedures for students. Theyweren’t really accessible. Theywere hard to understand,”Stascavage said. “There were afew offenses in particular thatwere unclear or described asoverly broad.”
Among other revisions, thenew code does away with the oft-criticized clause proscribingbehavior that “shows flagrant dis-respect for the well-being of oth-ers.”
The new code is based on astatement of principles thatapplies to all members of theUniversity community. The oldcode of conduct, the “Tenets ofCommunity Behavior,” appliedonly to students.
“(This statement) is an articu-lation of values that stretch intoall of the areas of the University,and therefore should apply to allof our community members,”Stascavage said.
He added, however, that therewill still be separate disciplinaryprocedures and regulations inplace for faculty, students andstaff within the framework ofthose shared principles.
Stascavage said his office hasnow turned its attention to edu-cating students about thechanges to the system. All stu-dents received a pamphlet detail-ing the new procedures and prin-ciples in their mailboxes, andcounselors and programmers inthe residence hall system havebeen trained to assist students,he said.
In addition, Stascavage saidhis office will reach out to groupson campus and discuss thechanges with them.
Herald senior staff writer ZachBarter ’06 can be reached [email protected].
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BBQ “I think we were
watching the U.S.
Open or something
when the ad for
(Backyard Barbecue)
came on. Certainly we
weren’t watching the
news,” Bolton said.
lenges the Office of Student Lifefaces, according to Director ofStudent Life Jean Joyce-Brady.
In most cases, it is impossibleto determine who is responsiblefor hateful messages and graffiti,Joyce-Brady said.
And in a more philosophicalsense, it can also be difficult todiscern where free speech endsand biased speech begins,according to Greene.
In order to clarify this issue,the Office of Student Life begandrafting a document last springthat defines biased speech andUniversity protocol for handlingit. Once completed and vetted tothe Corporation in October, thedocument should facilitate rapidand consistent responses to biasincidents and the report of theseincidents to the Brown commu-nity, Greene said.
Still, the question of what todefine as biased speech remainsa complex one. And in instanceswhere the perpetrators remainunknown, a letter, like the oneJoyce-Brady sent to Keeney resi-dents condemning the hatefulwhiteboard messages, may be themost recourse the University canoffer.
Following more successfulinvestigations of student-perpe-trated bias assaults, theUniversity generally disciplinesresponsible parties through theStudent Conduct system or withan educational response,depending upon the severity andcircumstances of the incident,Joyce-Brady said. Extensive sup-port services are also offered tobias assault victims.
In adherence with state law,DPS follows a separate set of pro-cedures. Anytime a crime isreported that is evidently moti-vated by bias, DPS officers submita bias incident report as well as astandard police report to theRhode Island State Police. Non-criminal bias incidents also man-date a bias incident report inaddition to an incident report,according to DPS Special ServicesManager Cheryl Ferreira.
How much of these reports isreleased to community membersin crime reports remains underthe University’s discretion.
“One of the things we alwaystry to balance is the need of thecommunity to know what hap-pened with the rights of the indi-vidual to privacy,” Greene said.“Another thing we also try to bal-ance is the need of the communi-ty to know with the ability to
maintain the integrity of aninvestigation. The context of theincident is as important as thesubstance of the incident.”
Following a crime reportissued about the Sept. 6 assault,which many complained down-played the gravity of the crime,the University has consideredchanging the language used incrime reports, Joyce-Brady said.In future reports of similar inci-dents, a statement may be addedthat reads, “This incident is beinginvestigated as a possible hatecrime,” she said.
“In order to draw the ultimate
conclusion that something is ahate crime, there has to be aninvestigation,” Joyce-Bradyadded.
But in order for an investiga-tion to occur, the incident has tobe reported in the first place.Although Joyce-Brady estimatedthat three to five non-criminalbias assaults are reported eachsemester, she and student leadersagree that a far greater number gounreported.
“I think there are a lot of smallcases where people don’t consid-er the more serious implica-tions,” said Jason Lambrese ’06,
one of the student coordinatorsof the Queer Alliance. “In somecases, people don’t want to dealwith the process of an investiga-tion, and I think in some cases,people think, ‘I can just erase itand forget about it.’
“If everything was reported, Ithink there would be a lot moreaction coming from the adminis-tration,” he said.
Herald staff writer CarlaBlumenkranz ’05 edits the campuswatch section. She can be reachedat [email protected].
mayor what he should havedone.”
“Those of us who have to pay itwill have to pay it,” he said.
The mayor said he doesn’texpect the tax change to be per-manent.
“I believe very strongly thatchanges in revenue diversity andlegislative changes from this pastyear will allow us to stabilize thetax rate,” Cicilline said.
“We just have to do this differ-ently,” he said. “The future and thefinancial viability of our city are atstake.”
The University is taking a finan-cial hit along with the neighbors.
The June agreement with tax-exempt Johnson & WalesUniversity, Providence College,the Rhode Island School of Designand Brown will generate morethan $40 million over the next 20years from the four private col-leges. The agreement also con-tains a provision under which theuniversities will pay graduallydecreasing taxes on newlyacquired properties so the city canadjust to the tax loss over 15 years.
Cicilline applauded the univer-sities for recognizing their obliga-tions to the city.
“These institutions contributeto the city in so many ways,” themayor said.
Spies called the pact betweenthe universities and the city ofProvidence “a very excellentagreement with everybody.”
“I think it’s a good outcome andthat one of the tests of that is thatno one is completely happy withevery aspect of it,” Spies said. Hesaid Brown’s contribution wouldreplace the University’s annualdonation to the nonprofit Healthand Education Leadership forProvidence coalition, as well asdrawing from general contin-gency funds.
“We’ll be spending a little bitless on a whole set of things, andsome indirect costs would be a lit-tle higher,” Spies said, but he saidhe didn’t anticipate major costs tostudents and faculty as a result ofthe agreement.
“We’ll just have to accommo-date it as we would insurance orutilities costs,” Spies added.
Besides negotiating with theuniversities, the Cicilline adminis-tration reduced its managementby 15 percent and re-evaluatedthe health plan for all non-unionstaff to include a 10 percent insur-ance co-pay and a one-year wagefreeze.
“Every non-union worker inthe city took a pay cut,” Cicillinesaid, “including me, because I feelwe have to lead by example.”
The mayor said he is in themidst of negotiations with thecity’s six unions, whose contractsexpired June 30 of this year, fornew contracts “affordable to thecitizens of this city.”
“I asked the unions to do thesame thing I did with my manage-ment,” he added. “If the unionshad agreed to make thosechanges, we would’ve had a budg-et surplus for this fiscal year.”
Cicilline’s administration alsoexplored other ventures for gain-ing revenue, including increasingparking fees downtown andinstalling cameras on red lights tocatch errant motorists, to helpclose the gap.
Herald senior staff writer EllenWernecke ’06 can be reached [email protected].
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Taxes
every environmental regulationmade in the last 35 years.”
Lax treatment of the environ-ment endangers health and theeconomy of the future, he said.“That’s what corporate Americadoes every day, dumping trashon our doorstep.”
Drastic cuts in budgets forspecial education and the
enforcement of Proposition187, which allows schools toquestion the legality of theirstudents, are indicators of a“country really falling apart atthe seams.”
Overall, Kennedy said hepredicted a grim future for theUnited States. “What I see com-ing with this administration isnot a country we want to livein,” he said.
“They are mortgaging ourfuture, and all of us will be sentthe tab.” Kennedy included ris-
ing crime rates and falling stan-dards in education as potentialdownfalls.
Whereas it was not a hopefulview, he said it was throughaction that current trends couldbe reversed.
“I don’t think the presentWashington, D.C., environmentis geared toward doing whatneeds to be done,” he said.
Herald senior staff writer JoannePark ’06 can be reached [email protected].
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S T A F F E D I T O R I A L
Clear and convincing?Long-awaited reforms to the University DisciplinaryCouncil, though not what everyone hoped for, have finallycome to fruition. Through establishing an all-student boardand setting in place a review cycle, the University has creat-ed opportunities for increased student participation andaccountability.
But these improvements only tell part of the story.Disregarding some of the suggestions put forth by the UDCreview committee, the University has failed to guaranteebasic rights for witnesses and Brown students accused of anoffense.
Call for reform came after several high-profile cases in thelate 1990s left students feeling they had little input in UDC’sdecisions. Many also criticized the organization’s lack oftransparency. In March 2001, then-Interim President SheilaBlumstein appointed a 16-member committee of students,faculty and administrators to review the disciplinary systemand suggest ways to make it more effective. They presented areport of their findings to President Ruth Simmons in Spring2002.
But, in the recently announced reforms, a key element ofthe committee’s proposal was neglected. The group had rec-ommended raising the standard of proof in student hearingsto “clear and convincing” evidence of guilt. The Universityhas opted for the milder “preponderance of evidence,” astandard that leaves too much discretion up to those presid-ing over the hearings. The changes also fail to include theability for witnesses to “plead the fifth.”
At the time the reform process began, many students hadhoped the disciplinary system would one day resemble theAmerican judicial system, if more secretive to acknowledgethe sensitive nature of many offenses on a close-knit cam-pus. But while the University has granted the basic right ofbeing tried before a jury of peers, it fell short in other areasthat would have made trials fairer to the accused.
We got student involvement; accountability is still lacking.
A N D R E W S H E E T S
L E T T E R S
Herald misrepresentsaspects of S. AsianWomen’s Collective To the Editor:
Re: “Students protest racial profiling since Sept.11,” (Sept. 15).
1. South Asian Women’s Collective has a 78-per-son mailing list and 21 women attended the firstmeeting this year. I’m not sure what is meant by the“30-member group” mentioned in the article.
2. Although racial profiling of minorities maygenerally fall within our purpose, we met fromnoon to 1 p.m. on Friday specifically to raise aware-ness of the mistreatment, detentions and deporta-tions that have disproportionately affectedMuslims, Arabs and South Asians since Sept. 11,2001. The headline is misleading.
3. I was misidentified as Neha Mehrotra ‘05, andthe statements in the article attributed to herexpress only my opinions. Neha participated in theprotest but was not quoted in the article.
4. The words “protest” and “demonstration” and“protesters” and “demonstrators” were used inter-changeably in the article. I had emphasized to thereporter both in a phone interview and in personthat this was a demonstration, not a protest.
I appreciated the large full-color photograph ofthe demonstration on the front page, but I person-ally prefer accurate reporting over flashy photosand headlines.
Medha Devanagondi ‘05Member, South Asian Women’s Collective
Sept. 15
Yale not alone inpursuing sustainablefood optionsTo the Editor:
Re: “Yale’s delicious revolution has studentshappy” (Sept. 15). I appreciate the interest TheHerald is taking in the Yale Sustainable FoodProject, but I want to correct a number of pointsthat were addressed in the article.
To suggest that “Brunonians are piling up oncharred hot dogs and greasy grilled cheese” lacksappreciation for Brown’s University Food Services’current dining program. Brown’s own associatedirector of dining services, Virginia Dunleavy, hasattended meetings at Yale to discuss sustainablecollege dining programs, and she is working toestablish relationships with local farmers. TheHerald reported these efforts in February of thisyear.
Bowdoin, Bates, Cornell, Dartmouth, Vassar,Wesleyan and Williams are among the many otherNortheast schools that, like Yale, are implementingtheir own sustainable dining programs. The successof each of these programs depends on supportive,enthusiastic responses from dining services. YaleDining Services has been central to developing theSFP.
As we go forward in this work, we want to recog-nize and applaud our fellow change makers: stu-dents, dining services management and staff, col-lege administrators and farmers from around theNortheast.
Melina Shannon-DiPietroSept. 15
OPINIONSTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2003 · PAGE 7
MY PARENTS CAME TO THE UNITEDStates from India in 1980. I have lived inboth India and America. I visit India everytwo years. For the duration of these visits Ibecome consummately Indian — babblingin Marathi, wearing only salvaar kameez,being impervious to the surroundingpoverty and wretchedness. Then I comeback to California, or to Brown,and even my accent changesand I start going to protests andcandle light vigils and things.
It seems like the recipe foran identity crisis, doesn’t it?Well, surprisingly enough, I’ve never hadan identity crisis. But I have been inse-cure. It is my belief that “questioning youridentity” is a pretty way of saying inse-cure. There is no shame in insecurity. It isa problem, to different degrees, for mostof us. As a first generation American-resi-dent it is a big problem. I spent someyears early in my life in southern India. Ireturned to America and my first gradeteacher thought my newly acquiredaccent was a speech impediment. AndIndians consider me equally outlandish.When I go to India and wear traditionalgarb they comment on how “filmi” I look.The implication being that I don’t looklike a real Indian, but more like an Indianfrom a Bollywood film. If you’ve seen a
Bollywood film, you know how mortifyingan epithet “filmi” is. My own parentsquestion my Indian-ness. They call me“rootless” and bite back laughs at my, ohlet’s just say very creative, take on Hindi.When everyone — Americans, Indians,even your loving parents —tell you insome way or another you are a misfit, it’s
hard to believe otherwise. Some sense of this un-
belonging is present in mostpeople of hyphenated eth-nicity. It has inspired numer-ous panels and forums and
discussions of this thing called “identity.”I think such forums are misguided.Discovering one’s identity does not bringa sudden sense of belonging. And it isbelonging we look for in discussions.Why else would the most frequently-heard expression in any gathering ofAmerican-raised Indians be “Oh my god,me too!”
The search for belonging is much morearduous than the search for ethnic identi-ty. Ethnic identity is a mere label, a box tobe checked. I can call myself Asian orAsian American, but these labels hardlychange who I am or give me a sense ofsecurity in day-to-day life. Ethnic identityis a mere summary of my roots: Indian,American or Indo-American. It says noth-ing of me. The search for belonging, onthe other hand, makes me ask myselfprobing questions — questions that oftenhave unsavory answers. Questions like:
What sort of person am I? Why do I wantto belong? Why do I fear not belonging?This quest takes me into the recesses ofmy own mind and of my various cultures.It takes me on a journey that is difficultand may have no satisfying conclusion.Maybe that is why all us folk of hyphenat-ed ethnicity choose to avoid it, takingrefuge instead in banal questions like, “IfI eat samosas and go to the temple onweekends and rock concerts on week-nights, what is my ethnicity?” The answerto this question varies from person toperson and makes no difference in theway one lives one’s life. Yet, this verysuperficial issue of ethnicity has taken afront seat in the discussions of my gener-ation of Indo-Americans.
The issue of ethnic identity has creat-ed two distinct problems in our commu-nity. First, the emergence of a rather friv-olous genre of art and literature thatdeals primarily with the search for eth-nicity. These works depict the ridiculousangst of affluent teenagers who haveweird, smelly Indian lunches in theirbrown paper bags and are ashamed oftheir culture. Tanuja Desai Hidier, awriter of obvious talent, recently pro-duced a work of this ilk entitled “BornConfused.” The main character discov-ered her inner Indian-ness and therebydiscovered herself. In real life, thisprocess is usually reversed. It irks me thatthe talented Indo-American writers ofmy generation are wasting their gifts on
shallow subjects instead of probingdeeper into the source of our genera-tion’s insecurity — an investigation thathas the potential to reveal much about,not only us, but all human beings.
The second problem created by thefocus on ethnicity is a stifling self-segre-gation. It is a case of the misfits uniting tofeel less like misfits, and it is a shallowsolution indeed. It is a desperate imita-tion of the social structure that seems tohave left us out. Instead of emulating,why not question, why not critique?While it is nourishing for us to cometogether from similar backgrounds, toreinforce and to support each other, it isalso important for our horizons to broad-en and for us to see beyond the ethnicand cultural lines our lives have been sodefined by.
The main task that lies before first gen-eration Americans is not defining ethnicidentity, but overcoming insecurity —overcoming a debilitating insecurity so asto become productive members of socie-ty as well as being members of a smallerethnic community. The focus of our dis-cussions should move away from thedead-end avenue of ethnic identity. Wemust inquire of ourselves and of eachother: Why don’t we fully belong to anyculture? Why do we want to belong to aculture? Can we ever? What good cancome of our lack of belonging? What arethe pitfalls of our condition that we mustavoid?
Ethnic labels can’t take the place of feeling secure with who we are
Ethnic identity doesn’t guarantee a sense of belonging
Gunning down The GunnerElevating his hand, not the level of discussion
IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME: YOU’RE INclass and you’re interested in the lecture.Something about medieval sex. But eachtime the professor asks a question, there’sone hand that pops up as readily as a BobSeger song on a strip club jukebox. Thesame hand. Every single time.Right or wrong, this guy hasgot an answer for everything.This is the “Gunner.”
The Gunner is the guy whopractically struts into classwith his hand already raised. He’s there, he’sdone the reading and he wants everyone toknow. So it’s only natural he has a crack atany and all of the prof’s questions. It’s onlyright that what he lacks in quality, he makesup in quantity. And it’s only the mostannoying thing in the world.
On the first day, the professor mentionssomething vague about including class par-ticipation in the final grade. Hearing this,the Gunner resolves (1) to get as much par-ticipation credit as possible; (2) to talk atevery viable opportunity; and (3) to give hisarm more airtime than “Simpsons” reruns.
Ever since he got a gold star in preschoolfor knowing most of the alphabet, theGunner has been hooked on approval andattention. It gets him high. It makes himhappy. He needs his fix.
Fact: Gunners have been known toanswer rhetorical questions.
Professor: “After he was convicted ofbeating up his wife’s alleged lover, “Buddy”
Cianci was re-elected as mayor in 1990.Now you may be wondering what kind ofperson would vote for a convicted felon?”
Gunner: (Waves hand frenetically.) Professor: “Uh, yes?” Gunner: “The kind of person who lives in
Providence!” Hold up, sistahs. I don’t mean
to imply Gunning is a man’sgame, that Y-chromosomeshave a monopoly on this sort ofthing. Interestingly enough,
both men and women excel. Gunning isboth equal opportunity and exceedinglyobnoxious. In addition to its Title IX com-pliance, the dystopia of Gunning is surpris-ingly diverse. Gunners come in five hand-wavin’, mouth-flappin’ flavors:
Top Gunner The Top Gunner is only interested in
showing off. “See how smart I am,” he sayswith a smirk. And in case you missed it thefirst time, he shows you again. Like TomCruise, Top Gunners are often short or areotherwise compensating for something.
Outgunner At first, the Outgunner seems a strange
breed; he is initially silent and unassuming,often sitting towards the back of class.Although you don’t even notice him,beware, for he is but biding his time. Onceyou speak, the Outgunner pounces, belit-tling your remark at length. To survive, hemust show you that he’s right and you’rewrong. The Outgunner lives a sad, parasiticexistence, feeding off the imperfection ofothers.
Shotgunner When using a shotgun, the one thing you
don’t need is accuracy. In this vein, theShotgunner raises his hand, speaks andkeeps firing, hoping that something will hit.Conspiracy theories. Current events.Coolio’s latest album. Nothing is off target.
Machine Gunner When the Machine Gunner is called on,
no one else will likely get a chance to talkfor a while. If you hear “I have a couple ofpoints,” or “It seems to me,” or “One of thethings we have to keep in mind,” it’s time tostart playing Snake on your mobile.
Son of a Gunner A necessary evil, the Son of a Gunner’s
contribution to academia consists of onephrase, “Will this be on the test?” To be sure,his repetition is annoying, but for a certainpercentage of us who zone out, the answershe gets are invaluable. Dare I say that theSon of a Gunner is tolerable?
Surprisingly, I’m not going to tellGunners not to do what they do. By nomeans will I inform these academic knavesthat I rue their existence. It’s not my right toinfringe upon their right to piss me off.After all, I’m a nice guy.
You may now be asking yourself, “Self,am I a Gunner?” This is normal, healthyintrospection. So stop. Take a deep breath.Look around you. If you see that your handis in the air, then perhaps you are a Gunner.It’s okay. Self-knowledge is the first steptowards recovery.
Yet, don’t change your behavior justbecause I say so. Don’t try to reinvent your-self. If this smidgen of self-analysis tells youyou really are a Gunner, embrace your fate!Take solace in the fact that you add toBrown’s “diversity.” You, sir or madam, arean integral part of the Great ScholasticSnack Bar.
For us non-Gunners, we have ways tocope. I recommend a simple game fromUniversity of Michigan Law School called“Gunner Bingo.” You and your friends makeBingo boards before class with the names ofsuspected Gunners. During class, you cancross off a name when he or she speaks. Inorder to win after completing a row, col-umn or diagonal, you must get the floorand then use “Bingo” in whatever you say.For example: “You take the integral of thevelocity vector and, bingo, you’ve got it!”
We’ve all seen and experienced Gunners;now we know what to call them. Go forth,my children, enlightened and equippedwith a label maker.
Andrew K. Stein ’06 hails from Atlanta, Ga.He is looking to start a Gunner FantasyLeague.
Ketaki Gokhale ’05 was one of the kidswith the smelly lunches.
KETAKI GOKHALEGUEST COLUMNIST
ANDREW K. STEINGUEST COLUMNIST
The Shotgunner raises his hand, speaks and keeps fir-
ing, hoping that something will hit. Conspiracy theo-
ries. Current events. Coolio’s latest album. Nothing is
off target.
SPORTS TUESDAYTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD
SEPTEMBER 16, 2003 · PAGE 8
writesports
BY MELISSA PERLMANIn its first meet of the season, thewomen’s cross country team has alreadygotten revenge. With an impressive third-place finish at Boston’s Franklin ParkFriday, the Bears beat out seven otherteams, including Harvard.
Last year in the championship season,Harvard beat Brown at both theHeptagonal Championships and NCAARegionals.
On Friday, the Bears fought back. “It was important to show that what
Harvard did to us last season was a fluke,”said Coach Rick Wemple. “It did not meanthat they’re better than us. We have thebetter talents and we proved that.”
The Bears’ 71-point score placed themonly eight points behind Boston Collegeand 40 behind powerhouse ProvidenceCollege. Connecticut and Harvard fin-ished in fourth and fifth.
Wemple attributes the team’s successto patience and pack running. Brownwent into the meet with a plan to run intwo packs of six and eight runners, eachwith a targeted pace. The women weregiven explicit directions by Wemple not togo with the front-runners but rather towait.
“I didn’t want them to get caught upwith the top girls from ProvidenceCollege,” Wemple said. “I told them, ‘Youdon’t have to blazon this race out in thefirst mile.’”
The Bears followed Wemple’s direc-tions and by mile one found themselveswithin 10 meters of Harvard’s best runner.Harvard’s top athletes had gone out withthe front pack and were hurting as aresult.
“Harvard got caught up and paid theprice for it,” Wemple said. “We played thepatient game and it worked.”
Brown’s top finisher, Anna Willard ’06,ended up beating the top Harvard runnerwhile the next four Bears finished aheadof Harvard’s second runner. Willard com-pleted the race in 18:14, which was goodenough for 8th place.
“She had a tremendous race,” Wemplesaid. “Her time was 14 to 15 secondsfaster than what she ran a month laterlast year.”
Willard, who had a breakthrough trackseason last year, still has a lot of untappedpotential, according to team CaptainKristin Ware ’04. “It didn’t look like shewas running as fast as she was,” Waresaid. “And then you see her finish with thetop runners. She was just really smooth.”
Willard was closely followed by team-mates Meredith Crocker ’05 and JulieKomosinski ’05 in 14th and 15th place,respectively. Rachel Kitson ’05 and AnyaDavidson ’06 rounded out the Bears’ topfive with 16th and 18th place finishes.
Wemple said it was the patience ofKitson and Caci Cambruzzi ’04 as well asthe strength of Komosinski that reallyimpressed him. Cambruzzi, the only sen-ior running for the Bears at the meet, fin-ished in sixth place.
“Patience was such a huge part of thismeet,” Wemple said. “I really think that iswhy they did so well.”
Within the larger race, an annual dualmeet with Harvard was scored, withBrown claiming the victory. The AldenAward, which was originally donated byVernon Alden, is given to the universitywith the best score after combining bothmen and women. The women did theirpart by beating Harvard by 22 points.
Herald staff writer Melissa Perlman ’04 cov-ers women’s cross country. She can be reachedat [email protected].
Harvard offensetoo much forBrown ruggersBY JOSH BRANDTThe Brown men’s rugby team droppedtheir season opener to Harvard 32-0 onSaturday. The Bears were unable to over-come sloppy ball handling and defensivebreakdowns that led to a somewhat mis-leading final score.
The young Brown side opened thematch in strong fashion. The first 10 min-utes showed that the team was neitherimpressed nor intimidated by Harvard’snumber two finish in last year’s NationalTournament. The forward pack was able tomaintain consistent possession as fly-halfJon Morales ’05 directed a fluid backlineattack.
But three dropped passes and a numberof untimely penalties prevented Brownfrom taking advantage of any of their scor-ing opportunities.
“Our inability to handle the ball earlyreally hurt us,” said Head Coach Jay Fluck’65. “We should have scored at least twotries right at the start.”
Brown’s fortunes began to turn 15 min-utes into the first half when Harvard’ssuperior experience began to take its toll.Finally able to maintain solid possession,the Crimson worked the ball down thefield to score its first try and take a 5-0lead. But they weren’t finished, as a num-ber of missed tackles and a pair of defen-sive miscommunications led to two longbreakaway tries, giving Harvard a 17-0 leadat half-time.
The second half results were the same.They were consistently victimized by theirown inexperience, leading to breakawaytries of 50 and 60 meters.
But the Bears continued to push theHarvard pack forward all over the field.The Crimson was never able to win consis-tent balls out of the scrum or halt Brown’spowerful line-out drives.
Still, Brown was unable to score. “I really thought I was going to put one
in,” said center Matt Gelb ’06, who wasseeing his first action on the A side. “Butthen I fell flat on my face when my hipflexor gave out. It was pretty embarrass-ing.”
After Gelb’s near try, Harvard scoredonce more for a final score of 32-0.
Later Brown’s B side took the field to tryto claim at least partial victory for theBears. They failed, falling 12-5.
The Bears’ biggest highlight came latein the first half when erstwhile center andstarting number eight Max Valverde ’06sprinted 40 meters off of a quick penaltyfor Brown’s only try of the afternoon.
“I didn’t want to embarrass myself likeGelb did,” Valverde said. “So when I sawmy opening, I took advantage of it. Andthen I threw up all over the field.”Valverde’s condition was caused by a com-bination of dehydration and poor fitness.He was unable to return to the game.Despite his heroics, and passionate playfrom a number of rookie players, theBears’ B squad fell short.
The Bears take on Army next Saturday.The game will be the first game played onbrand new Marvel Field across fromBrown stadium.
Joshua Brandt ’04 is a member of the men’srugby team.
Men’s water polo unable to sinkopponents over the weekendBY JINHEE CHUNGLaunching the new season this week-end, the Brown men’s water polo teamcame away with a win and three lossesat the North/South Invitational held atPrinceton. After four action-packedgames, the Bears brought their recordto 1-3.
Brown’s opening game on Saturdaymatched the Bears up with JohnsHopkins. Graeme Lee-Wingate ’06 andSean Tiner ’06 led the offense, eachscoring two goals. Despite additionalscoring by Co-Captain DougGrutzmacher ’04 and Andy Wiener ’06,the Blue Jays prevailed, 7-6.
“We definitely had opportunities towin it. We were just a little bit off,”Head Coach Todd Clapper said. “Wemissed two penalty shots as well asopportunities out of the set position,and that hit hard. Whenever somethinglike that happened, we had a hard timefinding the goal in that game.”
Otherwise, Clapper said, it was avery close, solid game, and the teamplayed well defensively.
The second game of the day, againstNo. 13 Queens College, proved to beanother close match. But this time theBears triumphed. Tiner led the scoringagain with two goals, helping Brown tocatch up to the Queens team who hadbeen ahead at half-time. With only halfa minute left in the game, Queensscored its last goal of the game, bring-ing the final score to 5-4.
“We thought we played well,”Clapper said. “We had a stronger teamoverall, but their goalie definitely keptthem in the game and allowed them toplay more of a zone, drawn-backdefense, forcing us to make difficultoutside shots for the most part.”
The third and final game of the dayagainst Princeton, ranked 16 national-ly, proved to be one of the toughest. Inspite of eight goals, three of whichwere scored by Thomas Payton ’07,and various man-up opportunitiesdrawn by the offense, the Tigers domi-nated, resulting in a 14-8 loss for theBears.
“It was a pretty fast-paced and phys-ical game,” Clapper said. “We didn’tcome out playing the defense that weneeded to play. As a result, we weren’t
very aggressive defensively and thatwas the biggest problem.”
The fourth and final game held onSunday afternoon against Navy provedto be the best game of the weekend,despite the final score. The Bearsstepped up and played aggressively onboth offensive and defensive ends. PatSandys ’05 and Tiner each scored twogoals in addition to one apiece by PaulD’Avino ’05, Wiener, Payton and AlexCripe ’07. Going into the fourth quar-ter, Navy trailed the Bears 7-4, butcame back with a strong counterattackand power plays, resulting in an even-tual loss for Brown, 9-8.
“We made a few mistakes, and theywere able to counter us and scored onsome power play opportunities,”Clapper said.
Navy, ranked No. 10 nationally, hastrained all summer long and hasplayed more games than the Brownteam.
“We definitely could and shouldhave won it,” Clapper said, “but interms of how we played, it was our bestgame of the weekend and one of thestrongest we’ve played.”
Despite its ups and downs, the tour-nament has prepared the team for theleague games that start next weekendand helped the players realize whatthey need to focus on for the rest of theseason: power plays on offense duringman-up, and an aggressive defense.
The team that we had and the teamthat finished the weekend are two dif-ferent teams,” he said. “We learnedthat we have to come out very aggres-sively in every game we play. The teamalso got a sense of what they canaccomplish. Navy was the runner-up atECAC last year, and is one of the topteams this year, so being able to playwith them after not playing well onSaturday night was very good.”
Overall, Clapper and the team arevery pleased with the way they finishedthe weekend.
“The guys are definitely hungry fornext weekend to build on what we’veaccomplished this weekend,” Clappersaid.
The team’s next match is a leaguegame against Queens College and Ionaon Saturday, Sept. 20, in New York.
W. XC avengesloss to Harvard
dspics
Goalie Jay Fatone ’06 made seven saves in Brown’s win over no.13 Queens College,5-4.