BY ROBBIE COREY-BOULETAbout three times a week in the Lower BlueRoom, a group of about 25 students huddlesaround tables playing variations of poker,including the ever-popular Texas Hold ’Em,in sessions that last up to six hours.

While some people take time to interactwith other players, the atmosphere is large-ly focused on “making money as opposed tojust socializing,” said Scott Goldberg ’05.

Some players, Goldberg included, wearheadphones so they can focus on the gamefree from distraction.

“It’s just business,” he said. Across campus in the Minden Hall

lounge, a group of anywhere from five to 15upperclassmen meets a few times a week toplay in what participant Jon Hasebe ’05called a more “laid-back” environment.

“We become pretty close, everyone whojoins the group and who comes pretty regu-larly,” Hasebe said. “It’s just kind of toimprove your game and meet new people.”

These two scenes offer contrastingimages of a game many say has taken off inpopularity in the past year, particularly onthe Brown campus. While some studentpoker enthusiasts enjoy the opportunity tosocialize with other players, others competestrictly for the financial payoff.

Jared Mesznik ’05, who started the LowerBlue Room group with four of his friends inOctober 2003, said more than 130 studentshave played or shown interest in the group,which started out meeting just one time aweek for two hours each session.

On Fridays, the group’s most popular day,Mesznik said around 40 people tend toshow up.

Mesznik said the group features a consis-tent core of about 10 students, with about 20others who “wander through” during thecourse of any given session. Although indi-vidual sessions tend to last up to six hours,many students opt to remain for only two orthree before cycling out, he said.

Mesznik said he takes pride in the highlevel of play his group offers. “The best play-ers at Brown play in my game — hands

down,” he said. Some of Brown’s more avid poker players

say the game’s popularity has increased sig-nificantly since ESPN began broadcastingthe World Series of Poker in May 2003.Mesznik said he has noticed a “significantincrease” in the number of players on cam-pus. “The quality of players has gone up, as

well as the number of players who just wantto give it a shot,” he said.

Goldberg, who participates in severalgames across campus, said this publicityhas drawn a number of new players, whilerenewing interest for those who already

BY DANIELLE CERNYThe spirit of Keir Marticke ’06 seemedpresent in the aisles of a local drugstorein Hudson, Ohio, as four of her closestfriends recounted their memories ofKeir on Saturday afternoon.

Keir died in her sleep on Oct. 4 whilestudying abroad, but her friends did notfocus on her death as they shopped forthe glue, glitter pens and stickers theywould use to make collages of Keir forher memorial service the following day.

Instead, they recalled with laughterand fondness their memories of theirfour years with Keir at Western ReserveAcademy in Hudson.

Mackenzie Keyser said she and herfriends had probably amassed morethan 300 photos of Keir for the collages.Keyser had been flipping through oldphotographs since the moment shefound out about Keir’s death — for her,making the collages took on a therapeu-tic role.

“We’re just going to decorate theposters and make it really happy,”Keyser said.

Keyser said she remembered vividlythe girls’ “V.I.P. dance parties” in highschool, where she, Keir and their friendswould drink wine, watch “Sex and theCity” and dance in their living rooms —no boys allowed, she added.

Yet Keyser said she was alwaysimpressed by Keir’s ability to balanceher fun-loving side with her seriouswork ethic. “She was limitless, ambi-tious, goal-oriented — nothing wouldget in her way,” Keyser said.

Keyser recalled how Keir, a dedicatedlacrosse player who played for Brown’svarsity team, had injured her knee whileplaying lacrosse her senior year of highschool.

“She had to have reconstructive sur-gery. But she was captain of the team, soshe just kept going to watch the prac-tices, did rehab and went to the gymevery day so there’d be no other reasonshe couldn’t play once her knee hadhealed,” Keyser said.

But Keyser said Keir did not reservethis level of dedication for sports alone.Keir’s intense passion also shonethrough in her journals and poetry —she was a prolific writer.

Allison McCarthy remembered con-stantly finding scraps of paper that Keirhad used to jot down phrases and linesshe would later use in her poetry.

This mix of confident athleticism andquiet self-reflection could even be seenwhen Keir drove around town in herDurango, which she named “Ringo theRango,” friend Emily Gillig said.

“She was a little girl driving a big, sil-ver Durango listening to Ani DiFranco,”Gillig said with a laugh.

But despite the breadth of Keir’sinterests, all four friends agreed that theconstant in everything Keir did was herintensity.

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Sophomores will be ableto declare the COEconcentration next springBY ALLISON WHITNEYThe College Curriculum Councilapproved the creation of the new multi-disciplinary business-related concentra-tion yesterday. The Program inCommerce, Organizations andEntrepreneurship will be available whencurrent sophomores choose their con-centrations this spring.

COE will have three tracks within theA.B. concentration: business economics,organization studies, and entrepreneur-ship and technology management.These tracks will eventually replace thecurrently available concentrations inbusiness economics, public and privatesector organizations, and engineeringand economics, respectively.

The tracks are unified by a set of eightfoundation courses that will be requiredof all concentrators. The eight coursesinclude two in each of the followingareas: mathematical skills, economicsand market theory, organizational theo-ry, and entrepreneurship and technolo-gy management.

Current concentrators in the threeprograms that COE replaces will be ableto continue with their concentrationsbut will not be able to file for a double

concentration with one of the newtracks.

The timeline for discontinuing thecurrent concentrations has not been set.Dean of the College Paul Armstrong saidthat question will be re-examined afterthe COE program has been put in place.

The CCC passed the proposal with avote of 13 to 1 after a discussion with theheads of the economics, engineeringand sociology departments and a repre-sentative from the provost’s office.

Members of the CCC voiced concernsduring the discussion that included thelarge number of course requirements forthe concentration. The lowest is theorganizational studies track, which has14, while the entrepreneurship and tech-nology management track has 17.

David Lindstrom, associate professorand chair of the sociology department,defended the number of requirements,arguing that it will reduce the number ofstudents who feel they need to pursuedouble concentrations.

Clyde Briant, professor and dean ofengineering, argued that the entrepre-neurship and technology managementtrack requires a heavy course load to“make it legitimate.” He said the 17courses were essential in order to givestudents a solid grounding in engineer-ing.

New business programsecures committee’s approval

Poker popularity ups the ante for campus games

see POKER, page 4

see COE, page 4see MARTICKE, page 4

California collegeforced to reevaluateplans after donationof $100 million turnsout to be fakecampus watch, page 3

Administrators,students say newappointment policyat Health Services isrunning smoothlycampus news, page 3

Independent StateSenate District 3candidate Barry Fainsays Brown should lethim speak to studentscolumn, page 7

Sheila Dugan ’07describes the trialsand tribulations of ajob handing out sam-ples at Wal-Martcolumn, page 7

Men’s and women’scross country teamsprepare for Friday’sHeptagonalChampionshipssports, page 8

Nick Neely / HeraldPoker games, such as this one Thursday night in the Lower Blue Room, are popping up all over campus.

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BY MARY-CATHERINE LADERTwo months after Health Serviceseliminated non-emergency walk-in appointments, the new systemis running smoothly, and stu-dents are beginning to adjust tothe changes.

Health Services began itsappointment-only policy Aug. 30in an effort to cut down patients’waiting time and maximizeprovider availability. Until thisacademic year, students had theoption of scheduling appoint-ments in advance, but mostpatients walked into the officesafter class only to wait in line withother sick and sniffling students.

The new system was in devel-opment for a year before beingimplemented this fall. EdwardWheeler, director of HealthServices, said a handful ofemployees with differing rolesmeet once a week as the “It’sAbout Time Team” to monitor thesystem and discuss furtherimprovements.

According to team memberand office manager JenniferHodshon, the transition has beenfree of any major problems. “Wetalked to a lot of health serviceswho had made the change toappointments from walk-ins so

we could foresee staff needs, andwe made some equipment pur-chases,” she said.

The only problems HealthServices staff noticed have beenroutine. “Most problems werethings like people were bookedfor the wrong time or mistakes wemade as we were learning to usethe system, rather than problemswith the system itself,” Wheelersaid.

As well as training the staff todo scheduling, the transition toan appointment system requiredthe conversion of a few spacesinto exam rooms and the increaseof some part-time employees’hours. Each medical providernow has a specific workspace oftwo exam rooms and one medicalassistant assigned to help theprovider stay on schedule by get-ting patients to the exam room,taking their vital signs and check-ing that their medication is up todate. Medical assistants can nowalso do routine birth controlchecks and EKGs, saving doctors’and students’ time.

The department plans tomeasure a series of indicators —patient volume, average waittime, double-booked appoint-ments and “do-not-keep-

appointments” — in the next twoweeks. Additionally, a phone sur-vey will be conducted in lateNovember and a more formal sur-vey will follow in February.

“We felt we had to give the sys-tem two months to get out thebugs, get used to it, before westarted measuring it,” Wheelersaid.

But he said his sense is thatstudents are responding positive-ly to the change. “We feel confi-dent that our volume is up,” hesaid. “We’re taking that as a goodsign that hopefully means thataccess is improved.”

Both Wheeler and Hodshonsaid they believe most studentsare now aware that they need anappointment at Health Services.“We have had students who havecome to front desk and are sur-prised to hear we don’t have awalk-in system anymore,”Wheeler said. “But most of those(students) we’ve given anappointment that day or the next,and they seem to be OK with it.”

“We sent out bookmarks, wewent to all the orientations andused Brown Daily Herald adver-tisements,” Hodshon said. “We

New appointment policy runningsmoothly at Health Services

BY JUSTIN AMOAH Seven years after being prom-ised more than $100 millionfrom a single donor, SaintMary’s College of Californiafound itself the victim of a cun-ning real estate-fraud plan andwithout a penny of the prom-ised money.

Debra Holtz, media relationsofficer at Saint Mary’s, said thatthough the college is still fiscal-ly healthy, the scandal willcause a significant delay in theschool’s capital improvementprojects.

Between 1997 and 2003, thethen-“anonymous” donor,whose identity remained secretto all but a few college adminis-trators, pledged a series ofdonations totaling $121 millionto Saint Mary’s, a small Catholicliberal arts school in the SanFrancisco area.

Between 2000 and 2003,Conrad Colbrandt — the“anonymous” donor — servedas a member on Saint Mary’sBoard of Regents, which advisesthe trustees and manages thecollege’s endowment. He is thepresident of Tacol andForefront Properties andplanned to give Saint Mary’s the

money he would receive from areal estate opportunity.

But the real estate opportu-nity turned out to be a hoax,perpetrated by John Banker, an84-year-old ex-convict, accord-ing to an Oct. 14 police report.Banker has no previous ties toSaint Mary’s.

Banker conned Colbrandtand countless other investorsinto believing that PepsiCo Inc.would sell its restaurant land totheir investment group, whichwould in turn lease the landback to the corporation. Thecost of the lease would coverthe investment and provide ahuge profit.

But Banker had never beeninvolved with PepsiCo Inc., andreports say that he has now fledthe country with about $9 mil-lion of investors’ money.

Banker has a history of badreal estate deals — his realestate license was revoked in1980, when he was sentencedto 64 months in state prisonafter being accused of 43counts of grand theft and for-gery, according to the policereport.

see HEALTH, page 5

College uses non-existentdonations to fund building

see ST. MARY’S,page 5

knew the game.“The TV definitely made poker

look really cool,” he said. Despite the expansion, poker

continues to be a male-dominatedpastime at Brown. Goldberg saidmore women are beginning toshow interest, but the number offemale participants remains lowand others are more likely towatch than take an active role inthe game.

“Last year I just remember onegirl playing,” he said. “This yearI’ve seen two girls play.”

Goldberg said he is attracted tothe social aspects of the game,although the possibility of winningmoney enhances his incentive tocompete.

“I kind of have an addictive per-sonality,” he said.

Many of Brown’s more involvedplayers say that because of the vastamount of literature available onthe game, the skill component hasbecome more important.

“All the other forms of gamblingI’ve been a part of are basically justluck,” Goldberg said. “You needskill (in poker) to be good.”

New players can improve theirgame by learning basic skills andreading up on techniques andstrategy, said Goldberg, who him-self has read several books on thegame.

“(This basic knowledge) willprobably make you a marginallywinning player over someonewho just didn’t look into that,” hesaid.

Yet the possibility of losingmoney is still present even forexperienced players, particularlywhen playing Texas Hold ’Em, thegame’s most popular variationand the featured event in ESPN’sWorld Series of Poker coverage.

In this version, each player isdealt two cards face down. Afterthe initial round of betting, threeadditional cards are dealt face-upin the middle of the table. Playerscombine their two cards withthese “community cards” to con-struct the best possible five-cardhand. Another round of bettingensues, followed by the fourth

community card, another roundof betting and the final communi-ty card. At this point, playersundergo a final round of bettingbefore revealing their cards.

Goldberg said many groupsplay “no limit” — bets can be ofany value — which adds to thegame’s suspense and tension.

“It’s more exciting becausethere are so many swings to it,” hesaid. “You can lose all the moneythat’s in front of you or double themoney you have in front of you.”

Both Goldberg and Hasebesaid skilled players tend to profitin the long run, although thenature of the game leads to someshort-term setbacks.

“Ever since I’ve been playingpoker I’ve definitely made moneyoff of it,” Goldberg said. “But theredefinitely have been times whenI’ve lost a lot.”

Hasebe said his own profits varyfrom game to game.

“I’ve won more than I’ve lost,but I do take swings,” he said.“Everyone does.”

Goldberg, who picked up thegame the summer after his sopho-more year, said the opportunities

to compete in various forms haveincreased along with the game’spopularity.

During the summer, for exam-ple, he said he competed in onlinegames at PartyPoker.com, one ofmany popular online poker sites.

These sites allow players tocompete in several hands simul-taneously, a situation Goldbergacknowledges is “dangerous” butpotentially lucrative.

“I was putting in, like, two orthree hours a day,” he said. “Ihaven’t really played online any-more, because it’s kind of addic-tive and I want to try to get awayfrom that.”

Part of the appeal of onlinegambling stems from the relativeinexperience of some of thecompetitors, he said. Thesenovices are more likely to befound online as opposed to oncampus or in more formal gam-bling settings.

“A lot of the players (online)aren’t that good … and they justdon’t know how to play the gameproperly,” he said. “In a casino,usually the players are a little bitmore experienced.”

Herald senior staff writer RobbieCorey-Boulet ’07 can be reached atherald@browndailyherald.com.

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Pokercontinued from page 1

“In every aspect of her life shewanted to excel. She wasn’t OKwith average,” said Mary Wutz.

Keir’s older brother, Drew,echoed that sentiment: “Youcould always tell how stronglyKeir felt about everything shedid.”

That might be why eventhough Keir’s friends and familydescribed Keir’s eyes as “hazel,”“piercing green” and “big andbrown,” one aspect of theirdescription remained consistent:their “intensity.”

“If I had to use a word todescribe Keir, it would be intensi-ty,” Drew Marticke said. Evenback in middle school, when Keirwould do arts-and-crafts projectsor play her brothers in street

hockey, Drew said it was alwaysclear how hard she was trying.

This intensity for everythingshe undertook only increased asKeir got older. In fact, it wasbecause of this intensity thatKeir’s family encouraged her tocontinue her neuroscience stud-ies abroad in Australia for asemester.

“I was always telling her sheneeded to chill out,” Drew said.“We wanted her to experience thefun-loving culture down there,and I think she did.”

Larissa Ezzio ’06 playedlacrosse with Keir and was withKeir at her grandmother’s housein Cape Cod the day she left forthe University of New SouthWales in Sydney, Australia.

“Keir couldn’t wait to goabroad,” she said. “She’s differentfrom me in the fact that where I

Martickecontinued from page 1

Another issue brought upwas the number of courses thatcan overlap for double concen-trations. The committee madethe decision that students willnot be able to double concen-trate in COE and one of theconcentrations that it replaces.

While the program willbegin in the fall of 2005,Andrew Foster, professor andchair of economics, said hiringadditional faculty is critical

over the next three years. Fostersaid the CCC’s approval of theprogram will provide theendorsement needed to attractnew faculty to Brown.

A COE program director,executive committee and cur-riculum committee will beappointed to oversee curricularissues.

In his introductory remarks,Assistant Provost Brian Caseystressed that the program willcontinue to be refined as moreresources become availableand also to ensure that it meetsthe needs of business-orientedstudents.

COEcontinued from page 1

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would be really hesitant to evengo abroad, she just looked at it asthis intense experience, this newthing, new environment.”

Ezzio said Keir seemedextremely happy in Australia:“I’ve landed on my feet by way ofa forward role… sorta like myfirst surfing excursion: I gotthrashed around a ton, but it wasall good fun,” Keir wrote to Ezzioin a July 29 e-mail.

Ezzio said Keir’s experiencewith surfing was representativeof the way Keir approached everyaspect of her life.

“She would go surfing forhours even though she’d neversurfed before. That’s just anexample of how when she want-ed to do something, she actuallydid it,” Ezzio said.

“The reality of life is that peo-ple who are too passionate aboutone thing are no fun,” Drew said.“My sister was into a lot of things.She was an adventurer in heractivities and her travels.”

This sense of adventure tookKeir to four continents in twomonths — the last was Asia,when Keir and other Americanstudents from the University ofNew South Wales went toThailand and Vietnam for theirspring break.

Drew said Keir’s father hadserved in Vietnam during the warand while he didn’t know if that

was why Keir chose to travelthere, he thought Keir was influ-enced by their father’s experi-ence. In fact, the journal she waskeeping while in Vietnam waswritten as though addressed tohim.

In one of her entries, Keirdescribed sitting in a small caféin Saigon while observing theunfamiliar culture that surround-ed her.

“This week I can tally an abili-ty to say ‘thank you’ in 31 lan-guages,” she wrote. “What else doyou need to know? In Vietnammaybe ‘I’m sorry.’”

As Keir sat and watched ayoung waitress serve her mintleaves and shrimp rolled in rice,she wrote in her journal, “I amnot in her country to buy thingsat a fourth of their Western price.I want to know about her life, herfirst kiss, her father.”

Though it is unclear whereKeir contracted her viral infec-tion, she passed away in her sleepin Vietnam from acute heart fail-ure caused by double hemor-rhagic pneumonia. Since the ill-ness took over quickly and withno obvious symptoms, the newsof Keir’s death came as a shock toher friends and family.

Ezzio, like Keir’s friends fromhigh school, said she found shecould only forget the pain byremembering what a beautifulperson Keir had been. The dayafter she received the news ofKeir’s death, she went to theProvidence Animal RescueLeague, where Keir loved to vol-

unteer, she said. On the verge oftears, Ezzio asked if they had anykittens to adopt.

Ezzio spent the next severalhours sitting and playing with alitter of five kittens. By the timeshe left, she had adopted a small,white-faced kitten with gray hairthat darkened as it went downher back.

Though the kitten is still toosmall for Ezzio to take home,Ezzio has already named her —Divi.

“It’s short for ‘divinitas,’ whichis Latin for ‘one’s divine nature,’”Ezzio said.

Ezzio said the word meant alot to Keir, who believed inremaining true to her divinenature in every aspect of her life.The day before Keir left forAustralia, she had the word“divinitas” written below herbellybutton in henna to see howit would look. She intended tohave it permanently tattooedthere when she returned fromabroad.

Even though Keir never got toput the lasting mark of “divinitas”on her skin, her passion for lifeand pursuit of her “divine nature”made a permanent mark onthose who were lucky enough toknow her — in the name of a kit-ten, the glitter of a collage and thefond memories of her friends andfamily.

Herald staff writer DanielleCerny can be reached at her-ald@browndailyherald.com.

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used every venue possible to getthe word out.”

Gillian O’Reilly ’08 said herresidential counselor told hershe needed to call ahead for anappointment. She called the 24-hour hotline at midnight with abad cold and scheduled anappointment for the next after-noon. “It was definitely better

than going to my doctor athome, because I hardly had towait,” O’Reilly said.

But the department’s effortsto spread the word have notreached everyone. “I wasn’taware that we couldn’t walk in,”said Jennifer Shea ’06. “But I cansee how that would be a lot bet-ter.

“I didn’t like having a line ofpeople behind you when you’retrying to say what’s wrongbecause it’s private,” she said.“It’s better on the phone.”

But no one at Saint Mary’slooked into Banker’s background.

“It was accepted on the basis offaith,” Giles Miller, a member ofthe college’s board of trustees atthe time of the pledges who andhas since retired, told the New YorkTimes. ‘‘Faith is a big thing in reli-gion.’’

Nicholas More, a chairman onthe Board of Trustees at SaintMary’s, wrote, “The scheme incor-porated the use of false docu-ments, many lies and misleadingrepresentations, forgeries andfalse identities. It was sophisticat-ed enough to fool many individualinvestors, including experiencedaccountants, attorneys and entre-preneurs.”

Banker insisted to Saint Mary’sofficials that the donor’s name beundisclosed because PepsiCo Inc.executives would kill the deal if thedonation became public, becausehe did not want any of his five ex-wives to learn about his potentialincome from PepsiCo.

In anticipation of the donation,Saint Mary’s trustees borrowed$17 million for the construction ofa new $26 million science building

and began planning new buildingsand major renovations on cam-pus.

But Holtz said, “We are in soundfinancial health. We never putthese pledges into our financialstatements. They were somethingwe hoped to get. It made our capi-tal improvements go faster, but ithas no effect whatsoever on ourday-to-day operations.”

Saint Mary’s spent approxi-mately $30 million in anticipationof the donation and now has along-term debt of approximately$53 million, according to the col-lege’s Web site.

The scandal has had no effecton the school’s operating budgetor endowment, but it will cause asignificant delay in the capitalimprovement projects, Holtzsaid.

Brother Craig Franz, presidentof Saint Mary’s, recentlyannounced his resignation. In aletter to the Saint Mary’s commu-nity he wrote, “In the weeks sincewe disclosed the unrealizedpledges, it has become clear tome that evolving perceptionsabout my leadership would makeit increasingly difficult for me toeffectively inspire our alumni andothers to support the Collegenow and in the future. I am step-ping aside now because my para-

mount interest is in seeing SaintMary’s move forward.”

This year Brown has receivednumerous donations from alum-ni, including more than $100 mil-lion donated by Sidney Frank and$20 million donated by FredricGaronzik ’64, Jonathan Nelson’77 and an anonymous alum. Butaccording to Ronald VandenDorpel MA’71, Brown’s seniorvice president for Universityadvancement, Brown is at no riskof losing these pledges.

“At Brown we have safeguardsin place in terms of the review ofgifts and prospects for gifts thatmake any incidents such as thatwhich happened at Saint Mary’simpossible,” Vanden Dorpel said.

Vanden Dorpel said donationsthat are put towards buildingprojects are spent as the moneycomes, unlike at Saint Mary’s,which began spending the dona-tion before receiving any money.

Vanden Dorpel said Browndoes an appropriate amount ofresearch and is always aware ofthe donors they are dealing with.While donors are allowed to leavetheir personal identity undis-closed if they wish, VandenDorpel said the University requiresa signed gift agreement and willnot accept a donation withoutknowing who the donor is.

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J O S E P H N A G L E

To the Editor:

In response to Brian Corcoran’s ’06 guest column“Why I work at the Gate” (Oct. 21): We must say ourfirst reaction is disappointment in his lack of pro-fessionalism. The student managers voiced theirconcerns at the Undergraduate Council of Studentsgeneral body meeting just a week and a half ago,and a meeting has been scheduled to continue ourongoing dialogue with Brown Dining ServicesStudent Manager Diana Frey ’05.

In the issue of fairness, we would like to clear upsome misconceptions that Corcoran may have.When the issue was first presented to us, there werethree main areas of concern: late-night transporta-tion, student behavior and staffing. UCS is hesitantto simply eliminate the extra hour of service, whichbenefits all students, because of workable glitchesin the system.

Already, we have addressed the transportationconcerns of student managers. As the SafeRIDEshuttle ends service at 3 a.m., student managersexpressed worry that they had to walk home late atnight. As it is too expensive to extend the SafeRIDEservice an extra half-hour, Transportation Serviceshas committed to providing taxi service for all man-agers who are unable to make the shuttle.

UCS completely agrees that student workershave been treated poorly in some instances, andthat vomiting, verbal abuse and one instance ofdefecation are conditions that no worker anywhereshould have to deal with. However, shouldn’t wefind a way to fix this behavior without taking awaythe privileges of the entire student body?

Contrary to Corcoran’s claims, we have noauthority over where police officers are posted andhave encouraged them to walk through during latenight hours.

Does Brown really want to be a place where

police officers must constantly monitor late-nighteateries?

We sympathize with the struggle to find studentworkers. Across all college campuses, the numberof student workers is steadily decreasing. As the stu-dent government, we do not want to meddle withthe internal workings of another student-rungroup. Also, as many BuDS managers feel thestaffing situation will be ameliorated by addressingthese prior concerns, we are open to any furthersuggestions which they may present to us.

In response to the claim that we have been lan-guid in our efforts to understand a BuDS perspec-tive, please note that we just received the schedulefor group staffing and are currently working to finda time that works for everyone. Secondly, we spentthree nights monitoring different eateries duringthe last two hours of service so that we could betterunderstand your complaints.

No one wants the Gate and Josiah’s to close anhour early. No one wants student workers to sufferin their academics or in the enjoyment of their jobs.What the UCS Campus Life Committee wants, andwhat we hope BuDS will commit to joining us with,is to solve this problem to the benefit of both par-ties. We also ask all students to treat BuDS workerswith respect. We all lose when we bite the hand thatfeeds us.

Natalie Schmidt ’06Colin Brown ’08

Deanna Chaukos ’08Ben Creo ’07

Sara Damiano ’08John Gillis ’07

Zachary Townsend ’08Halley Wuertz ’08

UCS Campus Life CommitteeOct. 25

Advocate for BuDS lacks professionalism

Engineering changeIt’s surprising to hear that the College Curriculum Council

voted Tuesday — almost unanimously — to form the Programin Commerce, Organizations and Entrepreneurship.

The new program, slated to begin next fall, will ultimatelyreplace the concentrations in business economics, public andprivate sector organizations and engineering and economics. Itis a change that makes a great deal of sense: under the currentsetup, students interested in business and entrepreneurshipmust choose among three overlapping but unrelated concentra-tions in three different departments.

But though the plan is a good one, we are surprised that theCCC was so quick to adopt it. In adopting the COE program, theUniversity has committed to eventually eliminating three popu-lar concentrations, which will take away turf from three aca-demic departments; to finding a director and staff for the newprogram; and to reevaluating its approach to business, bybroadening the requirements for a business-related concentra-tion. These are steps that we would ordinarily expect to seebogged down in miles of bureaucratic red tape and years ofadministrative debate and indecision. It is refreshing to realizethat this does not always have to be the case.

We hope the success of the COE program is not unique, andwe encourage administrators and other departments to lookfurther than the study of business to find places where dutiesoverlap and student needs are not met efficiently. A primeexample is the organization of campus and student life, wherethe redundant hierarchy can leave students confused aboutwho is in charge and who they should contact if they need help.

We’ve seen no results of a planned reorganization that wasannounced two years ago, when former Vice President forCampus Life and Student Services Janina Montero left Brown. Atthe time, the University was planning to restructure the hierar-chy and distribution of duties in Montero’s office, but thatrestructuring has not materialized.

Though Montero’s position has since been filled, there areother opportunities for change. For example, the positions ofdean for campus life and director of student life are both beingfilled by interim administrators. If the University truly wishes tomake sure that all student needs are met at optimal efficiency,the office of campus life would be a good place to turn next.After all, efficiency is an idea any economics — or COE — con-centrator can appreciate.

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OPINIONSTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2004 · PAGE 7

On Nov. 2, the students of Brown will be asked to casttheir ballots for the next president of the United States.Most of you have studied the issues, watched a debateor two and have a pretty clear reason to choose one can-didate over the other.

With a war going on, you know how important it isthat you be participants, not spectators in this one.Many of you will probably cast your vote for John Kerry.(For the record, so will I.)

You will also have the opportunity to decide whetheryou want to send Patrick Kennedy back to Washingtonas a congressman.

But then you will have to decide whether to continuedown the ballot and vote in two local races (one for staterepresentative and the other for state senator) for can-didates that you probably have never heard of andabout whom you know very little.

As the independent candidate in the State Senaterace, I urge you to get to know us.

Brown students, representing as you do some of thiscountry’s best and brightest, are an underutilized assetto the electorate. The problem is that you do not havevery much information to make an informed decisionon the local races.

Articles about each of the candidates appeared inTuesday’s Herald. Maybe an ad or two will appear, andthat’s it.

The process at Brown is unfortunately stackedagainst independent candidates like myself. One of thereasons is that Brown doesn't allow independent candi-dates true access to the campus.

School policy is that “outsiders” like me can't appearon the campus unless invited by a recognized studentgroup. Yet “insiders” like my opponent, a 14-yearDemocratic incumbent, can be invited by the YoungDemocrats to appear. Young Independents, where areyou when I need you?

I have even attempted to enlist the help of your stu-dent council to arrange a debate, but no luck. In any

case, it is unlikely an entrenched incumbent wouldagree to debate a first-time candidate like me. Is there abetter way? Sure. My suggestion to the Brown powersthat be is that you take a portion of your lower campusand turn into a mini-Hyde Park, where non-studentspeakers (candidates or otherwise) could come to pres-ent their cases, at least in election years.

Since I am the long time editor-publisher of the EastSide Monthly (the free newspaper/magazine that is dis-tributed to every home here on the East Side), I am hop-

ing some students are familiar with my stands in sup-port of liberal issues, my outrage at the arrogant, oftencorrupt one-party legislature we have on Capitol Hilland my commitment to neighborhood empowerment.(We make five to six pages available free of charge to anylocal neighborhood organization that wants it in eachissue.)

Again for the record, I have been active on the EastSide for years, as a successful businessman, charitableleader — I am on the board of United Way — and com-munity activist. I have even had time to be a local soccercoach, too. (I actually played for the University ofPennsylvania against Brown back in … well, a long timeago.)

In terms of policy, I consider myself both a social lib-

eral (pro-choice, pro-gay marriage) and a fiscal moder-ate. Right now Rhode Islanders pay considerably morein taxes than our neighbors in Connecticut andMassachusetts do. Part of this is because our income taxsystem is archaic; part of it is due to the tradition ofwaste and insider dealing that represents the currentculture in the legislature.

Students might not know that the Democrats cur-rently control 85 percent of the legislature here. Thisone-party domination produces arrogance and a lack oftransparency in terms of forcing legislators to beaccountable for their votes.

I would join Secretary of State Matt Brown's call toput all votes and budget expenditures online. We alsomust do something to create jobs (better funding of ourentrepreneurial centers would be a good place to start),so that if some of you students come to love our state,you'll actually be able to find the employment to keepyou here.

And since I'm an ex-hippie from the 1960s, you don'thave to worry about my position on legalizing medicalmarijuana.

So Brown students, check me out on my websiteFainForSenate.com. Or call me at 453-3937 and I'll meetyou for a coffee or a beer (off-campus of course). Theonly hope for more open government is to elect candi-dates with the independence (there's that word again)to cast their votes for what’s right, not what’s dictated byparty leadership.

On Nov. 2, get out there and vote. And if you feel youknow enough about what I stand for, well, I’d be hon-ored if you then continue down the ballot. But regard-less, please tell President Ruth Simmons that Brownneeds to do something to protect our Independents.

Barry Fain is an independent candidate for State Senatein District 3.

One ballot, two elections

Trying to get attention

as an independent

candidate is not

the easiest task.

SHEILA DUGAN

The only real work experience I have featured meserving samples of iced tea in plastic cups the size ofshot glasses at a Wal-Mart Supercenter. My official jobtitle was “in-store product demonstrator.”

Not directly affiliated with Sam Walton and his low-price retail empire, I worked as an independent con-tractor. I promoted products like Oxy-Clean andCampbell’s Soup.

The job required nothing more than a smile and theability to arrange plastic tablecloths on a card table. Istood for six hours a day, unable to chew gum, drink orread. It required little brainpower, only the ability tointeract with a variety of people.

I never knew how easily I navigated through thehuman race, politely avoiding those I disliked.

Here I was forced to remain in a five-foot radius nearmy table, coming into contact with housewives, teach-ers and mechanics. I spoke to immigrants whoseEnglish I could barely detect beneath their thickaccents. I also spoke to Americans whose English Icould barely detect beneath their thick Southernaccents.

My favorites were the children, freed from schooland hiding their boredom with summer. They searchedfor sugar among the women who proffered samples totheir families in an attempt to get them to purchasetheir product.

As they grabbed the choice item with their fingers,revealing thin crescents of dirt beneath their finger-nails, I satisfied their need for high-fructose corn syrupwith samples of cookies, candy or a new fruit juice.They shyly thanked me, called me “ma’am” and left

after a couple of seconds. The adults lingered near the table, tasting the food

with their mouths slightly open as they chewed, readyto spit it into the napkin if they hated the taste.

If I handed out samples of food, they asked me if itwas low-carb. It was my job, but once I heard the hun-dredth person proselytize about the miracles associat-ed with the Atkins Diet, I wanted to scream.

For the first time in my life, I realized people werenot as smart as I would have liked them to be. A woman

once gave her child a portion of the Glad Press ’n’ SealPlastic Wrap.

Ignoring the possibility that her young child couldsuffocate on it, she attempted to sell me lotion fromMary Kay and gave me a free sample of the product. Myhands were very soft that day.

Even more amazing were the men who took it uponthemselves to hit on me. Perhaps they found hairnets,a black apron and plastic gloves sexy. Never in my life

have I received so much attention. I am not a catch,not even able to get a second glace from the homelessmen on Thayer Street easily wooed by the promise ofcoffee.

One persistent fellow insisted on taking me to thebeach. He ignored the fact that I lacked the well-tonedbody familiar with treadmills and gyms that wouldmake such a trip pleasurable.

Despite the unending influx of people, I becamebored filling my hours with neurotic behavior. I count-ed the napkins and pamphlets. I filled out the requiredpaperwork associated with my job with a care and pre-cision unseen since I learned cursive in elementaryschool.

Arranging the cubes of cheese or cups of Goldfishcrackers in straight little rows on a tray, I stared at thethin silver minute hand on my watch, anticipating mybreak.

At the end of the summer, I acquired a new icecream scoop, a box full of paper napkins and severalaprons embossed with company names. Whatever Ilearned remains hidden, waiting to be unearthed bymaturity. I only think of this now because of the e-mails I receive from the Career Development Centerannouncing internships at prestigious firms or notablethink tanks.

Desiring one of these, I am thinking of how to trans-form my experience in a bulleted blurb on my résumé.

Sheila Dugan ’07 is a political science concentrator.

My summer gig at Wal-Mart

In which a career

working at Wal-Mart

is cast aside in favor

of a sleek resume.

GUEST COLUMN BY BARRY FAIN

BY JILANE ROGERSIn a league where close finishesare more common than not, themen’s cross country teamunderstands that defending itsIvy League HeptagonalChampionship title will be ahard-fought battle. This Friday,Brown’s top 12 men will com-pete in New York City againstthe rest of the Ivy League in arace in which five schools havethe ability to claim the confer-ence title.

In 2003, only nine points sep-arated Brown from runner-upDartmouth College, and thecompetition this year promisesto be even tougher.

With Brown in contention forboth the team and individualtitles, Head Coach JohnGregorek said the team’s successwill hinge upon remaining com-posed and confident.

“It serves us well to not go inas the predicted favorite,”Gregorek said. “We know whatwe are capable of but don’t havethe pressure. The key to last yearwas to go in relaxed and calm.”

The Oct. 16 Pre-NationalInvitational served as the sea-son’s best preview forHeptagonals, as seven of theeight Ivy League teams took to

the course that day. Scoring onlythe Heptagonal teams, a mere23 points stood between the firstand fifth-place teams, withBrown finishing fourth in theprojection, just barely behindColumbia University,Dartmouth and PrincetonUniversity and on top of YaleUniversity.

Brown returns its top two fin-ishers from last year’sHeptagonal meet — captainPatrick Tarpy ’05 and JeffGaudette ’05. Both runners havethe ability to take the individualtitle.

“Pat and Jeff are great leaders.It’s their one-two punch makesus such a threat in the Ivies,”said Chris Burke ’07.

Having two top runners is keyfor the team.

Both have the ability to takethe meet’s individual title,meaning the Bears “could easilyplace two men in the top five,”Gregorek said.

Tarpy debuted at the MurrayKeatinge Invitational in Maine,where he took first place, out-pacing a talented Dartmouthteam, and finishing more than12 seconds faster than its toprunner.

Tarpy said his team will travel

to Van Cortlandt Park ready to“follow John’s strategy, runtogether, run proud and com-pete.”

Also debuting in Maine wasGaudette, who took the runner-up spot, making the duo a realthreat for the rest of the IvyLeague. He continued his suc-cess the next week at Pre-Nationals, where he led theBears and clocked the second-fastest time for an Ivy competi-tor. Gaudette is also the third-fastest returning runner fromlast year’s Heptagonals and thehighest Ivy finisher at the NCAANational meet.

To compliment Tarpy andGaudette’s front-running, theBears have benefited from therecent success of OwenWashburn ’06 and Burke. Afterthe graduation of the third,fourth and fifth men from lastyear’s championship team,Washburn and Burke havehelped to make a seamless tran-sition.

Washburn is competing in hisfirst cross country season, hav-ing been sidelined for the previ-ous two years with injuries andillness.

Serving as Brown’s third man,Washburn’s consistency has

been invaluable. His strong fin-ishes at both the MurrayKeatinge and Pre-NationalInvitationals have considerablylowered the team score, and hesaid he plans to do the same atHeptagonals, where competi-tion will be tight.

“Every single spot in the racewill be particularly valuable, somy goal is to place ahead of atleast the third runner from theother teams in the hunt,”Washburn said.

Making the transition from afreshman runner to a varsitycompetitor came naturally toBurke. Improving greatly fromhis freshman year, Burke hasscored in each meet he has run.He enters the Heptagonals raceas Brown’s essential fourth manand he has followed Washburnclosely in each race.

“This Friday, I can’t changewhat I’ve been doing all season,”Burke said.

In a race that historically hascome down to the fourth andfifth-place men, depth is essen-tial. While Brown has produceda solid top four, costly injuriesand illnesses, including those ofHerald photo editor Nick Neely’07 and Jordan Kinley ’06, havelimited the Bears’ squad. Both

men were top finishers forBrown earlier in the year andwill take the line in New York totry to fill the fifth and final scor-ing position.

“There are four or five menwho could step up on Friday toclose the gap,” Gaudette said.

Jacob Nettleton ’08 filled therole at Pre-Nationals, anddespite being a first-year, he hasexperience on the Van Cortlandtcourse.

“All the work I’ve done thusfar has been done with the teamgoals in mind. I am happy tohave contributed to the team,but I know there is far more tobe done,” Nettleton said.

Also competing in his firstHeptagonals is EamonnO’Connor ’05, who was the topBear Brown finisher at the NewEngland Championships. Afterfour years of frustrating injuries,he eagerly anticipates theopportunity to help keep thetitle in Providence.

“Heps is traditionally aboutthe seniors, and being my oneand only shot at competing atthis meet, I don’t intend onholding anything back,”O’Connor said.

“We’ve struggled to produce aconsistent fifth man, but thereare a number of us eager to layour name to the position onFriday,” he said.

While the Bears’ ultimate goalis another team championship,the success of each individualwill be the deciding factor in arace that remains too close topredict.

“Nothing will be given to us,but nothing is out of reach,”Burke said. “It will be a matter ofwho wants it the most onFriday.”

Herald staff writer Jilane Rodgers’06 covers men’s cross country.She can be reached atherald@browndailyherald.com.

Strong m. cross country team looks to bringhome second straight Heptagonal title

Dan Grossman ’71

The men’s cross country teamreturns its top two finishers in lastyear’s race to Heptagonals Fridayin New York City.

Tuesday, October 26

Men’s Soccer: Boston University 2, Brown 0

Wednesday, October 28

Women’s Soccer: at Providence, 3 p.m.Field Hockey: at Holy Cross, postponed

B R O W N S P O R T S S C O R E B O A R D

BY KATIE LARKINComing off an impressive sec-ond-place finish in the NewEngland Championships and athree-week break, the women’scross country team will com-pete Friday in the Ivy LeagueHeptagonal Championships inNew York City.

The Heptagonals this yearwill be especially important forthe Bears because of last year’sdisappointing last-place finish.Columbia, Princeton and Yaleuniversities are all major con-tenders from the Ivies that willbe vying with Brown for topbilling this year. Columbia willbe seeking its third straight IvyLeague title but may find it dif-ficult to compensate for the lossof two All-Ivy runners to gradu-ation.

The Bears look to have astrong showing Friday despitesome setbacks in training dueto injury and sickness.

“We’ve lost some key people,but those who are healthy arededicated and strong. We’ve allbeen working hard this season,and we’re up for a challenge,”said captain Julie Komosinski’05.

Among those who are unsureabout competing atHeptagonals is Annie Hatch ’06,who finished first for the Bearsin two meets this season.Coming back from illness areAnna Willard ’06 and AnyaDavidson ’06, who were

Brown’s top two runners lastseason.

Lacking a full squad, thewomen will look to Komosinski,Michol Monaghan ’07, EmmaSarro ’05 and Herald staff writerJilane Rodgers ’06 for solid per-formances. Also back compet-ing with the varsity squad forFriday’s race will be top runnerNaja Ferjan ’07, who is new tocross country this year.

“Without our full team com-peting, we will heavily rely on(Ferjan’s) talents,” said Rodgers.Ferjan finished first for the var-sity group in the first two meetsof the season.

This will be the first meet ofthe season at the Van CortlandtPark course for the Bears and isalso the most difficult course sofar this season. Located in theBronx, the course is flat for amile at the beginning and at theend with a mile of hills in themiddle.

To prepare for the race, thewomen have been runninglower mileage but extra hills inpractice and incorporatingspeed into workouts in order toget a faster start.

“Last year we didn’t get outfast enough as a pack, and a lotof slower teams beat us towhere the course narrows. Thisyear, we aren’t going to let thathappen — we’re going to run alot smarter,” Komosinski said.

Without key runners, theBears will have to rely more

heavily on strategy at the Heps.The women, however, say theyare up for the challenge andwill look for younger runners tostep up and fill in for those vet-erans who cannot compete.

“We have everything toprove and nothing to lose.We’re ready to go out there and

give everything we have,”Rodgers said.

The Bears will race Friday at12:30 p.m.

Herald staff writer Katie Larkin’08 covers women’s cross coun-try. She can be reached at her-ald@browndailyherald.com.

After last year’s disappointing finish, w.cross-country hopes to improve at Heps

Dan Grossman ’71

Naja Ferjan ’07 finished first for the Bears in their first two meets ofthe season and will be Brown’s top runner at the Heptagonals.

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