NEWSO -H LN SE TH oOT P EK R VoLumE CVI, Issur 19 PUBLISHED SINCE 1896 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE JoHNS Hopkins UNIVERSITY Marcu 7, 2002 New Exec. Board electe Smedick receives advising awards BY S. BRENDAN SHORT THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LeTTER Dr. Bill Smedick, Special Assis- tant to the Dean of Student Life and | Director of Student Involvement and || Leadership Programs, was the recipi- RAPHAEL SCHWEBER-KOREN/NEWS-LETTER | ent of two awards from the National Sen. Russ Feingold discusses U.S. policy toward Africa on Monday night. | Association for Campus Activities at | Symposium hosts that organization’s national conven- | tion in Indianapolis last week. Smedick received the Founder’s LIZ STEINBERG/NEWS- LETTER Award, given for “outstanding ser- Senator Feingold vice to further the field of campus BY CHARLES DONEFER Priti Dalal defeated Ethics Board 1,000 Krispy Kreme donuts, which activities programming,” and the THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LeTTER member Ankush Gupta by a margin were distributed at polling stations. | Frank Harris Outstanding Student | of 63 percent to 37 percent. “Tt was a nice gesture for the trustees Government Advisor Award. The winners of Monday’s Student Assistant Treasurer Elise Roecker to foot the bill for the donuts,” said Smedick characterized the Council Executive Board election won the election for Treasurer unop- BoE co-Chair Fahad Khan. Khan ex- | Founder’s Award as “kind of a life- BY KATIE GRADOWSKI Vacuums in Africa: Options for U.S. were announced byt he Board ofE lec- posed, garnering 587 votes. plained that due to the fact that there time achievement award,” citing his THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter Policy,” Feingold focused his discus- tions (BoE) at Tuesday’s Student In the race for Secretary, Class of were 1,000 donuts and only 698 vot- 20-year involvement with the orga- sion around the U.S. government’s Council meeting. 2004 Representative Jackie Chan de- ers, many oft he donuts were distrib- nizationasavolunteerandhisformer | Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) policy towards Africa in the light of StuCo said 698 people voted in the feated James Cakmak by a margin of uted to poll watchers, Hopkins Secu- | position on the Association’s board spoke on Monday to open the 2002 the growing concern for national se- presidential race and current Student 72 percent to 18 percent. rity Officers and other passers-by. of directors. | Symposium on Foreign Affairs. In his curity. Council Secretary Manish Gala was There were no candidates for the CONTINUED ON PAGE A3.- CONTINUED ON PAGE A5 speech entitled “Post Cold War Power As the first speaker in the lecture elected president. After the first round office of Vice President for Institu- series, entitled “Paragon vs. Paradox? of voting, Gala led the balloting with tional Relations. Religious Awareness Days begins Capitalism in the Contemporary 289 votes, followed by 258 for Milton Turnout was near historical aver- | World,” Feingold delivered his lec- S. Eisenhower Symposium co-Chair ages — last year, 653 votes were ture only hours after a Senate vote on Audrey Henderson and 151 for Class counted. The election of 2000, in which an election reform bill. of 2003 Representative Chris Cunico. current two-term Council President When Feingold was elected to the After transferring Cunico’s votes, Anuj Mittal defeated Stephen Goutman BY JESSICA VALDEZ Senate in 1993, he was told “You'll Gala had 359 votes, or 54 percent, to and Saketh Rahm, had 1,154 voters. THE JOHNS Hopkins NEws-LETTER probably get stuck with the African Henderson’s 307. Board of Elections officials offered | sub-committee.” This statement re- For Vice President for Adminis- some oft he credit for the turnout to | As part of the Religious Aware- flected a tendency within the U.S. tration, Class of 2003 Representative the Board of Trustees, who purchased ness Days program “Open Hands government to ignore important is- Open Hearts: Exploring Diverse Re- sues in Africa over the past few years. ligious Traditions,” two events ad- Since being elected to the Senate, Schnurr to aid Kugler dressing the diversity of religious Feingold has worked with the Senate faiths were held at the Interfaith Cen- sub-committee to foster diplomatic ter this week. COonrTINUED ON Pace A5 as Assistant Chaplain The lectures were part ofa series of events intended to acquaint students SAC GA with the various religious back- grounds in thelocal and globalarena. On Tuesday at 7 p.m., Rabbi Shira BY ANNA HUTCHINSON Charles St. to the Bunting-Meyerhoff L. Lander discussed “What Makes a structure THE JoHNS Hopxins NEws-LETTER building, Kugler submitted a request Sacred Space Sacred,” detailing the for the University to budget money evolution of Christian and Jewish ar- New Assistant Chaplain Kathryn for the hiring of a new assistant chap- chitecture from the temples of an- reformed Schnurr joined the staff of the lain. cient Rome. Lander currently teaches Bunting-Meyerhoff Interfaith Center “T can’t possibly do all the out- at the University of Maryland at the (IFC) on March 1. In this capacity, reach that is needed for all those reli- Ecumenical Institute of St. Mary’s she will aid Chaplain Sharon Kugler gious groups,” Kugler said. “The Seminary, and she is a dissertation BY JULIANNA FINELLI HOLLY MARTIN/NEWS-LETTER as a right-hand to IFC programming University certainly understood. fellowin the Department of Religious Hoji Scott, Joe Katz aid Nazish Habib lead a panel discussion at the IFC. THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter and reach out to students, staff and There was no question in the Studies at the University of Pennsyl- faculty. University’s mind that it was an im- vania in Philadelphia. Venus and Rome, built by Hadrian to destroy other faiths’ houses of wor- At this month’s Student Activities The growth in the number of reli- portant addition.” Lander divided her oration into honor the two patron gods of the city. ship for the erection of their own, Commission (SAC) General Assem- gious groups on campus created the There were approximately 17 ap- three primary categories: the Greco- “Venus was chosen as a represen- “The notion of architectural bly (GA), SAC Executive Chairper- need for an expanded IFC both in plicants for the position. Kugler, the Roman tradition, Jewish holy sites tative of Rome because she was supercession is part of this tradition,” son Noel De Santos announceda re- - physical space and staff. Since campus ministers and the staff of the and Christian holy sites. Beginning thought to be the progenitor of the said Lander. “You need to destroy vision to the meeting structure, which Kugler’s first year at Hopkins in 1994, Office of Human Resources reviewed with Roman temples, she explained Julian lineage,” said Lander. Regu- the other sacred places [before you will now involve a shorter, and hope- the number of registered religious the applications and selected the top that Christian and Jewish architec- larly, the Romans conducted ceremo- build your own].” fully more effective, format. groups on campus grew from roughly three applicants for interviews. ture evolved from the original Ro- nial sacrifices in honor of their dei- “In the fifth century, the Jerusa- As part of the revision, guest eight to 23. After the IFC’s move from “Tn consultation with other people man designs for worship. ties, which significantly affected the lem Temple maintained itself as the speakers will no longer attend the a suite in Wood House across N. CONTINUED ON PAGE A3 First, she described the Temple of formation of houses of worship. only temple,” sand Lander. GA, but will instead take part in the “Sacrifices were made in front of Then, Herod’s Temple was erected Executive Board meetings. The SAC the temples,” said Lander. “But they in Jerusalem, and “only Jews were liaisons will take notes and report were never brought inside.” In fact, permitted in the inner court,” said back to their respective groups. The Romanserecteda small platform that Lander. “And according to some SAC will also invite speakers to sub- intersected the front steps of each scholars, women were not allowed mita one-page brief to be included in temple for this very purpose. beyond the court room.” the meeting agenda. Moreover, the sacrificial animals Synagogues appeared long after De Santos hopes that this will not were specifically selected for each the development of temples. only save time, but will allow group honored deity. “Synagogues first appeared in an- members to benefit more from what “For the goddesses they offered cient Egypt, and there they were the speakers have to say. cows and for the gods they offered called, ‘prayer places,” said Lander. “Instead of having the speakers bulls,” said Lander. “They were first built as houses of study come up and no one listening, the According to Lander, the notion and meeting houses for legal affairs. It liaisons will pass on the information,” of sacrifice extended to Jewish holy offered a substitution for what they said De Santos. temples as well. She further detailed would have had in Jerusalem.” Erica Mak of Women’s Club the historic impetus of religions to CONTINUED ON PAGE A3 CONTINUED ON PaGE AS Gol: ENS1 D ET BLUE JAYS WIN! BLUE JAYS WIN! 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Anyonewhowathsehiouns e we're a divided, scattered brother- though the end of the Olympics means ing in political science, also worked » write essays and start block classes,” at that time was escorted by van to the hood across College Park (Md.).” | life can get back to normal, for many for International Sports Broadcast- Steadman said. (U-WIRE) COLLEGEPARK, Md. Prince George’s County Police Station Residents of 7 Fraternity Drive it is a bittersweet ending. ing and joked she is suffering from Although many students who - Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity mem- about two hours later, where they were were told Saturday they must vacate Many student interns who partici- post-Olympic depression. helped in the Olympics are sad, Dr. bers Tuesday night detailed events held for questioning. the house in two weeks, after a meeting | pated in the game are finding it diffi- “The whole Olympic atmosphere David Weight, a professor of psy- surrounding University of Maryland “A lot of us were still intoxicated with the Phi Sigma Kappainternational | culttoreturn to school after the Olym- was so incredible. It was like a big chology, said what the students are student Daniel Reardon’s death, say- while we were there,” Pirpiris said. headquarters; however, someresidents | pic experience. party all the time,” Steadman said. going through is common. ing the fraternity did not haze Between 47and57 other peoplewere say they are concerned with the legality For Amy Green, 25, a senior ma- Steadman was able to meet ath- “There is no such thing as post- Reardon and the police report, ex- in the house on the night of Feb. 7. of this order because no formal evic- joring in public relations, the Olym- letes and other famous people and Olympic depression in our diagnos- pected to be released March 13, will Reardon’s death is still under in- tion notice has been served. pics was a once-in-a-lifetime oppor- see many events the games offered. tic categories, but there is such a be in the fraternity’s favor. vestigation, but Pirpiris said the po- Some said although they were told tunity. Sitting in the library for the first thing as adjustment disorders,” Phi Sigma Kappa’s international lice report willreveal Reardon’s death by members oft he housing corpora- “The Olympic experience really time in a month, Steadman said she Weight said. fraternity asserted members served was not something that can be con- tion not to bother trying to fight the changed my life,” Green said. finds it hard not to think about the Weight said what students can be alcohol to minors at a pledge event at sidered the fraternity’s fault. The fra- order to vacate, they are contacting Green worked for International friends she made and the experiences experiencing are grief reactions as a the fraternity house Feb. 7, prompt- ternity members said they expect the lawyers to discuss its legality. Sports Broadcasting for six weeks she had. result of life-changing experiences, ing them to revoke the fraternity’s report to be released March 13. Thef raternihtouyse isowned bythe during the Olympics and really en- “One of the best friends I made “The amount of grief or loss thata charter Saturday. “There was absolutely no hazing,” University but is leased to an alumni joyed the experience. at the Olympics is from Australia person experiences depends on how On Feb. 7, the night before 19- Oliver said. housing corporation. Thehousing cor- “I made a lot of really great and left Salt Lake today,” Steadman much they identify with the event they year-old Reardon was found uncon- The fraternithayd not registered a poration takes care of student leases. friends and saw some incredible said. participated in,” Weight said. scious byp olice, the fraternity hosted party for that night with the univer- Members were told by the| things. It’s hard to go back to school Looking wistful, Steadman ac- Weight said having a sense of loss an event for the new pledges to bond. sity, said Matt Supple, director of chapter’s housing corporation each after being in that environment,” knowledged she probably will never or grief is a normal reaction to an The pledge inductor — a member Greek Life. Supple said he did not resident is entitled to about a $1,400 Green said. see him again. event like the Olympics. of the fraternity — and 15 pledges, know if the fraternity was on social refund but have not been told when Green finished working for the “T guess that’s a good thing about “It’s something that has been including Reardon, met in the com- probation, but Smedley saidthe house they can expect to receive it. Olympics on Tuesday and was disap- e-mail; at least I can still e-mail all my building up for many years, and posite room of the house, where a was on social probation until March. people have been preparing for it handle of Jim Beam liquor was passed Two fraternity members, fraternity for a long time — there is a natural around, a group of fraternity mem- PresiGadrye Kanufmtana nd the pledge NYU RAs may form a union letdown when it is over,” Weight bers said Tuesday night. The mem- inductor, whose name is being with- said. bers said they were not present in the held by fraternity members, have ob- Weight said the most common room where the event was held. tained personallegal counsel, Wildsaid. symptomsofadjustmentsaftereavenn t Reardon was found unconscious But members said they also expect civil has taken place is mood swings. inaloungearea ofthe fraternity house action to betaken against the fraternity. “There shouldn’t be full-blown Feb. 8 at about 3:50 a.m. and taken to “We were led to assume we are BY LISA FLEISHER mentioned did not apply to her. dents first, not employees, and there- depression unless the person has Washington Adventist hospital. He going to get some kind of civil suit,” WASHINGTON SQUARE NEWS “Karen has been given the same fore should not be able to unionize. identified so strongly with the Olym- died Feb. 14after being removed from Oliver said. (New York U.) opportunity that any paraprofes- “Had we had a union or had she pics that it takes over their own iden- life support. Fraternity members were in the sional receives when a job-action de- had any kind of support, it wouldn’t tity,” he said. Reardon, a boarder at the house, midst of trying to save their charter (U-WIRE) NEW YORK - Despite cision is rendered and an appeal is have been as easy of them to fire her,” Weightsaitdh e solution for people signed a bid to join the fraternity Feb. when they learned Saturday it had protests from fellow residents assis- requested,” Washington’s letter said. Cohen said. “We basically have no like Green and Steadman who are sad 7. Fraternity members Richard been revoked. After a meeting with tants (RAs) andan attempted appeal, “Tam unable to share any more infor- power. There’s nothing that we can the Olympics are over is time anda Oliver, Pietro Smedleyand Ryan Wild Executive Vice President of PhiSigma an RA at New York University’s mation regarding Karen’s case.” do as students.” listening ear. and boarder Stephen Pirpiris said they Kappa International Fraternity Tom Alumni Hall recently was fired, Graduate Assistant (GA) Rafael Del were told Reardon said he was “on a Recker about a week and a half ear- prompting more discussion on the Toro, Alumni Hall Manager Emily THE JOHN S HOP KIN S mission” that night, as he drank from lier, members were told they could topic of a possible RA union. Pettit and Coordinator of Staff Super- NEWS-LETTE the bottle tryingt oi mpress his friends. make efforts to save it. The RA, Karen Narang, failed to vision Nishmin Kashyap declined to “Among the kids drinking, no one These efforts included the pick up the “on-call” pager carried by comment on the case. Washington was in the type ofcondition Dan was,” fraternity’s submission ofa list of pro- RAs who aren’t on duty but serve asa could not be reached for comment. Smedley said. “Everyone was having posed self-imposed sanctions to the backup on Jan. 26. She also was put Last fall Narang picked up her PUBLISHED SINCE 1896 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE JOHNS HopKINs UNIVERSITY a great time that night.” international fraternity. The pro- on probation for an incident in the “duty” pager an hour and a half late in HTTP://WWW.JHUNEWSLETTER.COM The members said Reardon’s posed sanctions included establish- fall when she did not respond awewheen skhew assickandextremely breathing was monitored after he ment of a Daniel Francis Reardon promptly to a fire alarm. busy, RAs said. The following night she EDITORIALBOARD passed out,,but when it turned ir- alcoholawareness memorfiunad lth at _ Narangsetupan appointment the did not come downstairs immediately regular and™e started to turn blue, would total $20,000 by next fall, spon- followweiekn wgit h Director of Resi- when the fire alarm went off; however, Editors-in-Chief Shannon Shin, S. Brendan Short the police were called. sorship of a guest speaker on alcohol dence Life Maurice Washington to RAs said she had her pager on and “He was snoring and coughing,” awareness every year, indefinite dry appeal for her job. Ina private meet- responded when paged. Business Manager James Lieu Pirpiris said. “We handed Dan over housing and elimination ofthe pledge ing, she was told “he would think In January’s incident, which led to Managing Editors Jeremiah Crim, Charles Donefer to the police in good condition.” period this semester. about it,” Narang said. her dismissal, Narang said she did An officer arrived at the house be- “It was a last-ditch effort to save The next Wednesday a letter ap- not pick up the on-call pager because Advertising Managers Emilie Romeiser, Chun Ye forean ambulance, the members said. our charter,” Oliver said. “Our alco- peared in her mailbox confirming she she did not know she was on call that Photography Editors Holly Martin, Liz Steinberg At about 6:30 a.m. more officers ar- hol awareness program could have would be fired. night. The schedule had been made the Alumni RAs said they were upset weekend before, and the RAs had not Copy Editor Teresa Matejovsky they did not get a proper chance to received written copies. She said they U. Mich. crime spree defend Narang and are also upset over had not received schedules in writing, Special Editions/Focus Editors Charbel Barakat, Jeremy Tully the confusion surrounding the appeals and she had overlooked that day when process. The line between student and they made their schedules the weekend News Editor Cara Gitlin, Mike Spector employeeisunsettlingly thin, RAs said. before the semester started. Features Editors Lindsay Saxe continues over break The RAs sent a letter of support The RA on duty, who also did not for Narang to Washington in which have a schedule, called Del Toro to Sports Editors Ron Demeter, David Gonen they outlined the appeals process a ask who was supposed to be on callin Arts Editors Natalya Minkovsky, Caroline Saffer student cap go through to appeal a the backup position. BY JEREMY BERKOWITZ versity Hospital Wednesday morn- judicial decision as stated in the NYU “Had we known that Karen had Science Editor David Merrick Micuican Daly (U. MIcHIGAN) ing. Department of Housing and Resi- not picked up the pager for any rea- The last time it was seen had been dence Life Handbook. ' son, any one of us would have just Opinions Editor Michelle Fenster (U-WIRE) ANN ARBOR, Mich. - five days earlier. “This injustice is that Karen was jumpedand covered for her,” Alumni Events Editor Pete Goldwine While most students flocked to vaca- This is the 39th LCD projector that told pointblank thatany appeals would RA Ruben Cohen said. “We’re told _» tion spots and warmer climates dur- has beenstolen from University prop- be denied by the very same level of from day one that we’re family, that Electronic Editions Editor Andrew Pinzler ing spring break, criminal activity still erty since December 2000. Judicial Process which fired her in the we work togethearnd help each other, was present in Ann Arbor, Mich., last A $1,000 reward was offered after first place. Such behavior merely hides and at that instance that is what we Systems Manager Jason Gordon week. eight were stolen last December. DPS the denial of appeal behind rhetoric would have done.” Graphics Editor Eric Ha A home invasion occurred in arrested a suspect two weeks ago, but and bureaucracy,” the RAs letter said. At University of Massachusetts- East Quad Residence Hall on Feb. DPS spokeswoman Diane Brown said Washington wrote a letter in re- Amherst (UMass), RAs will vote STAFFWRITERS 24. An RC sophomore woke up at she does not believe all 39 were stolen sponse, saying since Narang had not Tuesday on whether to unionize, ac- Dave DeBruin, Ali Fenwick, Julianna Finelli, M.O. Hart, Audrey about 9:30 a.m. to discover a man by one person. violated any student Housing and cording to an article in Saturday’s Bos- Henderson, Karen Hirsch, Melissa Huang, Anna Hutchinson, Maha Jafri lsatpatnodpi.n g in her room holding her volv“eWde,” bsehlei evseai do. ther people are in- tRhees ijduednicceia lL ifaep poera lU nipvreorcseistsy ptohlei cRieAss, staoind GUloMbaes.s I nbarnaesasr lairegrauretdi cRlAesth ea rGe lostbue- JSheerreymly KLainffe,, MaJetftf KLaothzemnasnt,e inY,a sJmuisnti nM aKdorsaosrwisa,l a,D avMiidk e LMeaismtarna ngHeillo,a ELmheiel y Themanimmediatfeleld y thearea, Mayer, Ishai Mooreville, Jeff Novich, Matt O’Brien, Steve Park, Maany Peyvan, and the victim called the Department Margo Pietras, Stephen Porter, Eric Ridge, Jason Shahinfar , Eric Tan, Sagar of PTuhbel icv icSatfiemt y.d escribed the subject Bomb threat closes two U. Va. halls Thaker, Matt Trezza, Brian Udoff, Jessica Valdez, Steve Zampieri, Peter Zou asawhite male, five-foot-nine, weigh- COPYSTAFF ingn y1t3ai5l .p ounds with brown hair ina Kim Andrews, Evan Elais, MViaclhdeelzl,e FPiektse,r GZroauc e Hong, Euna Lhee, Jessica ale sista said DPS helped her BY NICK CHAPIN no leads. Phoning in a bomb threat is re-open the buildings later that after- search the building and found her Cavatier Daly (U. 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Awqeuraet iacb lea ntdo mcpaarliollfieefsdts hoeiryt tCohy anvoett hhetirraso ,u Wbablluel,t.” sstauidde nEtnsg licasnh SaudbvsBeucrsrtiiinpsetesimsoe nnsht osau rriessa 5va apri.el maM.b oloenn d tatoy hoesu rT utaehsrdooauyeg h bfF orfiriRd ’a oyseP,e e 1r -T 5she umpre.ssmdt.ea ryT, h oe$f 4 pd0ue bafldoirlc itanhteei o ffnuo.lr l This was the fourth home inva- conduct searches in each building. Ue sion in University ko spinal Hen Accoto rUnivdersiity npolgice, no during FebruarInya. F eb. 2 incident, evidence of any type of bomb was an East Quad resident was assaulted found. Buildings re-opened just afte by two suspects. — 3 p.m. Friday. - Four days later a West Quad resi- “This provides a great inconve- The Johns Hopkins News-Letter = dent came back to her unlocked room nience to students and faculty and to find a man inside. ; comes at a great expense to taxpay- The Gatehouse (corner of N, CharlSetas n dA rt Museum Dr.) On Feb. 18 larcenies were com- ers,” University Police Capt. Michael mitted from three East Quad rooms. Coleman said, “University policeand Mailing Address: Main Phone Number: (410) 516-6000 __ by a suspect who stole keys from a fire department as well as the state Shriver Suite 6 vf womeC n’s shower. Sti a fe fii ; police were involved.” han The Johns Hopkins University. puasxinN eussm/Abdveerrt(:i4s1 i0n)g 5:16 -6(5645 10) 516-4228, In addition, an LCD projector Police still are investigating the © 3400 North Charles St. ecnehanes (410) 516-6565 » ’ ‘wasr eported missing from the Uni- | incident though they have reported Baltimore, MD 21218 Nitp://[email protected] ie Sea rae ke ec | & ¥. red iN Pie Marcu 7, 2002 THE JOHNS Hopxins News-LeTTeER A3 NEWS Gearhart explains stem cell research Schnurr to work,on newsletter, Web site BY REBECCA PYNE THE JoHNs Hopkins NeEws-LeETTER -finaDlr .l ecJtouhrne oGfe atrhhea rVto ypargees enatnedd Ditsh-e | who hCadO NTmIeNtU E[DS chFnRuOrMr ]P,A GsEh e Als eemed vol“vTheedri en c oarmem uan ilotty ofs esrtvuicdee ntosnt h iins- covery Lecture Series this past Tues- to emerge as the natural choice,” campus, but the conversations day night. sone Kugler said. about how these opportunities are Gearhart, a faculty member at the “My gut feeling was that she was affecting our faith journeys are not Johns Hopkins University School of a good match. I hada sense that she happening. This is what I want Medicine since 1980, led the Hopkins was comfortable in a university en- Kathy to do. She’s going to be nur- Tesearch team responsible for firstiso- | vironment and this was a good turing these conversations.” lating and characterizing human k | match for her personally. The stu- Schnurr will work to bring the fac- pluripotent stem cells. dents that have met her feel very tions of religion and community ser- , Histeam made the landmark dis- positive.” vice together. covery that'stem cells have the po- Schnurr returned for three follow- “T’ll be helping to provide ser- tential to revolutionize therapeutic up interviews to meet students, the vices for students to extend their , treatments of spinal cord injuries as campus ministers and members of community service experiences .Well as Parkinson’s disease, Lou | | the IFC staff following the initial in- through the lenses of their faith,” Gehrig’s disease, stroke and diabe- terview with Kugler. Schnurr said. tes. “I thought it was an interesting In addition, Schnurr’s responsi- Dr. Gearhart began his lecture by process. I got to meet a lot of the bilities will encompass helping to stating “I am in the best profession in | constituents and stakeholders of the maintain the IFC Web site and cre- the world — improving the human Center and Campus Ministries pro- ating an IFC newsletter that sum- condition by developing therapeu- gram,” Schnurr said. marizes the events of the IFC-spon- tics for disease.” “I came here four times, but I did sored Open Hands Open Hearts Gearhart provided an in-depth not feel like the process was cumber- program. explanation of his scientific find- some. It was a good opportunity for Religious Awareness Days, which HOLLY MARTIN/NEWS-LETTER ings in which he presented various Gearhart acknowledged the possible ramifications of his work in the field of stem cell research. | me to get to know Sharon and the is part of this program, began on _ Slides that elucidated the way stem campus ministers.” Monday and will run until March cells function. He explained the mune rejection” to stem cell trans- eases will be among the first to be “Thad no idea [myresearch] would | Schnurr attended the University 13. critical ability of stem cells to dif- planwitthouat ditrecitly osupnpre ss- treated. getso political,” Gearhart said. “There | of Iowa where she received her Schnurr hopes to have the news- ferentiate into various other kinds ing the immune system; however, he After outlining his findings rela- is now open debate about the source Bachelor’s degree in Social Work and letter ready for distribution by the ofc ells, forexample motor neurons, reports that he is “very happy so far tive to the function and possibili- of our research, human embryonic worked at a campus ministry center IFC’s anniversary celebration at the when transplanted into a host; it is with the outcome of what these cells ties of stem cells, Gearhart dis- stem cells.” her senior year. end of April. this capability, according to are doing.” cussed some of the ramifications Gearhart reports to have spoken | Fortwo years after graduations,h e “Her charge is to profile Open Gearhart, which allows for regen- Gearhart expects that human of his work. “Obviously there are extensively before the U.S. Congress worked at a campus ministry center Hands Open Hearts. She is going to *eration and, in effect, for the poten- clinical trials of stem cell transplan- issues here concerning political and as well as state legislatures, which are at the University of Northern Iowa in create a newsletter that catalogs the tial treatment of various injuries as tation “will occur in the near or not ethical ends,” Gearhart said in ref- in the process of drafting stem cell aposition similart o an assistant chap- religious awareness events,” Kugler ‘well as diseases. distant future, most likely in the erence to the current, national de- research legislation. lain. said. There are still several obstacles to next three to five years.” Gearhart bate over the ethics of stem cell Whenasked about his own views | She came to Baltimore in the sum- “That is the best way for her to get overcome in Gearhart’s research, believes that patients suffering research and, by extensiohunm,an relative to the ethics of his work, | mer of 1990 with the Lutheran Vol- a feel for the different religious groups such as “finding a way around im- from spinal cord and neuron dis- cloning. Gearhart said, “In my own moral | unteer Corps (LVS), a one-year ur- here.” conscience, I think it’s fine to use | ban ministry program. Schnurr, however, already holds embryos that would otherwise have | After her year with LVS, she de- an appreciation for the uniquely YOUNG TRUSTEE ELECTION RESULTS been destroyed, for example | cided to stay longer in Baltimore broad religious atmosphere of the aborted fetuses, [but not fine] to and take a job with an agency that Hopkins campus. create embryos in order to destroy provided supportive housing, called “T think the IFC is a model for them.” AIDS Interfaith Residential Services the future for people of different Thef ollowing five seniors are the finalistsf or thep osition of Young Trustee. Juniors and seniors voted for finalists this past Monday. They will Gearhart concluded his lecture | (AIRS). backgrounds and beliefs to come 4. Meet with the Nominations/By-Laws Committee on May 4. TheC ommittee will then present its choice for Young Trustee to the Board of Trustees. by quoting Sir Isaac Newton: “IfI | According to Kugler, Schnurr’s together. I think that the energy that have seen further than others, it is involvement with community service students bring to conversations ig by standing*upon the shoulders of | agencies was a primary reason why about deeply important matters giants.” she was so enthusiastic about hiring provides a foundation for commu- Jarrod Bernstein Jenny Chiang Camille Fesche Gearhart stressed that his re- her. nity building that is healthy and search “was a natural extension of One of Kugler’s objectives is to necessary to have a better world,” the field of science. This is science. build relationships between local Schnurr said. eee Stephen Goutman Molly Newton Itisimportant to keep in mind when | community service agencies and reli- “The coming together of the di- you make these kind of advances gious groups. verse communities is what is essen- that you had many contributors. | “She had campus ministry experi- tial and [Hopkins] is a good model There are many more contributors | ence and experience in the non- for that. Itis not a coming together to in addition to the authors of this | profit world of community service,” blend, but to learn "eo respect and ‘Panel presents religious views research.” Kugler said. to have an appreciath@.” ConTINUED FROM Pace Al inherent dignity,” said Egbert. “The in a foreign policy, promotes human _ Moreover, synagogues experienceda idea obfe ing a Unitarian Universalist rights above all other considerations definite progression from a house to is ‘I respect you, but I’m me.” and supports complete cooperative a hall of meeting. Scott described the various Bud- disarmament throughout the world. Christian holy sites developed as a . dhist teachings that blatantly oppose Gleckler also pointed out that both result of Jewish rejection of Christians. violence, naming 10 tenets that at- President George W. Bush and Sena- « “First, Christians wentto the syna- tack the basic kernel of violence. tor Hillary Rodham Clinton are gogue, but they were not well-received “Most physical violence starts in a United Methodists, and neither have vand they were kicked out,” said quieter way,” said Scott. Thus, Bud- opposed war in the past. _LTarider. Many ofthe Christian houses dhism denies actions such as killing, After various input from diverse of wotship were concealed in the an- stealing, and speaking falsely. religious figures, Katz summarized ~ cient world, said Lander. Habib and Arafat agreed on the discussion in one sentence: “We _. “Christians weren’tas public since Islam’s inherent opposition to vio- have made human beings [inhu- * they were objects of persecution,” said lence, except in self-defense. man],” said Katz.“Whenyourobman Lander. “There are no crucifixion “Sanctity of life is sacred in Is- of the dignity of man, that is the be- images until the third century.” lam,” said Habib. “War is only per- ginning of the end of it.” _ However, St. Peter’s in Rome il- -mitted as self-defense. It’s a last re- The two events were part of “Open lustrates the transition of Christians sort, and then there’s rigorous Hands Open Hearts: Exploring Di- to prominence. conditions. For example, you can- verse Faith Traditions,” a part of Re- ~ “When Christianity became asso- not harm women and children or ligious Awareness Days. *c iated with the empire, there became crops and livestock.” “We're trying to show religious di- " analliancéofChristianiwtiyt h Rome, According to Gleckler, United versity and take a step to understand ~ anid we saw the rise of the basilica,” - Methodism is entirely incompatible each other,” said Shamim Ahmed, or- ~ explained Lander. with violence. The religion rejects war ganizer of the panelist event. Lander noted the significance of + holy sites. “When we mark space off as holy, that’s the way we differenti- Gala elected president ate the sacred and the profane experi- ence,” said Lander. * On Tuesday, a panel of nine reli- gious figures discussed “Peace-Mak- jing in Different Religious Traditions” CONTINUED FROM Pace Al to all year,” said Chan. “in the Interfaith Center. University Upon hearing the results of the elec- Dalal was not in Baltimore for the * Chaplain Sharon Kugler moderated tions, the winners said that they were announcement of the election results thé event, and the speakers included excited at the proposition of serving. and could not be reached for com- Rabbi Joseph Menashe, retired “I’m still absorbing it, it’s still a ment. United Methodist pastor Dan shock,” said Gala. “It was a tough There was some question as to 4 Gleckler, Rabbi Joe Katz, Unitarian race to be in.” voting procedures when some jun- ’ Universalist physicist Larry Egbert, Gala’s victory wasm ade somewhat iors were asked to fill out the back of ~~ female minister of the Muslim Asso- easier by the fact that he enjoyed the Young Trustee ballots instead of vot- ciation Nazish Habib, Imam benefits of incumbency. “I voted for ingonthecomputert,h em ethod used ‘Mohamad Bashar Arafat, and Hoji Manish Gala because I got all those e- by other voters. , Scott, a Buddhist. mails from him,” said sophomore Khan explained that the . The panélists addressed the reli- Helena Orbach, referring to the computer’s database of eligible vot- gious tradition of nonviolence and weekly Student Council e-mails sent ers was obtained from the Registrar . how their religions struggle to “build outto all students and signed by Gala. and consequently lists some mem- bridges” with other faiths. _ “Hesoundslikea pretty friendgluyy. ” bers of the Class of 2003 as seniors ‘Mehashe commenced the discus- According to Gala, sending out all because of the number of credits asion by speaking about the Judaic those e-mails wasn’t bad for his name they earned. Since members of the ideal of peace. “The Judaism idea of recognition. “It can’t hurt — unless Class of 2002 did not vote in this ‘*#s halom [peace] is one of the main [voters] don’t like it,” said Gala. election, members of the Class of “tenets,” said Menashe. “Everything Roecker, who narrowly lost to Noel 2003 who had senior status were " we dois supposed to create shalom, DeSantos for the same position last rejected by the computer, as well as & but nonviolence itself is an unmiti- year, was nervous up until the votes those who had JCards that were un- gated ideal. [don’t think it exists, and were announced, even though she was readable. “. - winh iUJcnuhid vapeihrsysmsa,ilc iastlth efErogerb ceear rtie s e axsppiprtreuoasptsrieiodan stp ee.ri”-n tthhee Sbtoianlllll,oy t s.ch aen dwiadsa tgel afdo rt oT rfeiansaulrlye rw ionn. ndoetn Ttshp erruoesp ienwrgel ryet heia nlpflaoepgreamrte idob nasla lbotothusa tt wsettruhe-e i ay - sonal oppostio atnyi vioolennce , spe- “I’m excited to be chairing the SAC single transferable voting system, ‘ : / “-sAcfigfihcaanlliys tcainti,n g btuhte chuer reexntp laaictnieodn s thien c[oSnttuidennuti nAgc ttivhiet iweosr kC omI’mvies bseieonn ]d oainndg tcoo mwmheincths iKnhcaenh e sadiidd nhoet ckonuolwd wnhoot OF ACTION WOLENCE] wwvw .counutl ingidnio wBna.ics om/timemachine D e* rPaImCMTvWsU iRoEaSk"s+ » customary tolerance oUfn iversalists. |h ere,” said Roecker. was manning the voting tables - ° *Unitarian Universalism starts “(Being elected Secretaryis]some- where the complainants voted at OPENS FRIDAY, MARCH 8 IN THEATRES EVERYWHERE 2p x | with the position that everyone has thing that I’ve been looking forward _ that time. * : Vie cS abe P A4 THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LetTrer a MakcHM E7E, 2 002 NEWS StuCo pushes for J-CASH expansion NEWSBRIEFS Over 400 Hopkins Gun law saves 40 lives Hospital patients may per year according to BY MARINA KOESTLER mission (SAC) Contingency cur- plans to project a movie onto a big Goutman continued his report by THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letrer rently has $26,716.03, an increase of screen in the upper quad. This event announcing that graduation ticket have deadly infection Hopkins study $1,946.88 from the amount held at was tentatively arranged for May 1 or questions should be directed toward This week’s Student Council this time last year. The StuCo Con- 2 and would perhaps involve a the Office of Student Events. Formal (StuCo) meeting announced the re- tingenchya s $2,907.65, an increase of barbeque earlier in the day and music invitations have already beensentout, Doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospi- A tough gun law passed in 1990 is sults ofthe recentelections, discussed $132.65 from the amount held at this on the quad while the projector was “It’s got a letter from me — kinda tal suspect that a defective medical partly responsible for dropping the plans for upcoming events and heard time last year. “I leave you with this,” set up. It then came to light that two cool,” said Goutman. In addition to instrument was responsible for number of gun killings in Maryland, the president of Students for Envi- DeSantos said. “A girl is like a blos- separate student contingencies were the letter from Goutman, the invita- spreading a potentially life-threaten- claims a study released by the Johns ronmental Action (SEA) speak about som, with pollen for just one man. A planning this event separately and so tionincludesalist of events plus hotel] ing lung infection to patients, offi- Hopkins Center for Injury Research Loyola’s plan to build stadiums in man is like a honeybee, gathering all further discussion between the groups and other pertinent information. cials said yesterday. More than 400 and Policy. place of existing forest land. he can. In order to do his duty, aman will sort out the final plan. Ahousing commissionis research- patients - or their families - are being The report, released Wednesday, StuCo President Anuj Mittal be- must be free, going from flower to Senior President Stephen ing the possibility of adding more notified that they may have been af- says Maryland’s ban on “Saturday gan the meeting with an announce- flower. But never must a blossom go Goutman made an announcement student housing in the future. Fol- fected. night specials” — cheap, poor qual- ment about the Alumni Association from bee to bee to bee.” about next Tuesday night’s event at lowing a survey of campus prefer- Hopkins officials said they had not ityh andguns thatare easily concealed Excellence in Teaching Awards, Vice President of Administration McFadden’s. Seniors are strongly ences, a firm will provide an in-depth determined how many patients had — correlated with a drop in violent nominations for which are due this Priya Sarin announced that the dead- encouraged to attend this event and report on Hopkins’ options. Hopkins been sickened or died as a result of deaths statewide between 1990 and Friday. Professors and teaching as- line for Culturefest applications was will or already have received infor- should be privy to the results of this their examinations with a device 1998. sistants can be nominated for this extended. Despite an information ses- mation about it. investigation within 60 days of next called a bronchoscope, which has Gun deaths dropped by 9 percent award, and any student can formu- sionandattempts to publicizeby poster, At this point, former Sophomore week. Considerations will include been recalled by the manufacturer. after the law’s implementation, and late a nomination. “We need to be not enough people had applied. Sarin President Bob Alleman showed up at where students currently live, intend Hospital officials discovered the the ban was responsible for saving rewarding better teaching,” said encouraged anyonewho wasinterested the meeting and was greeted with yells to live, how much they are willing to problem after realizing that an un- about 40 lives per year since then, Mittal, “and this is the only example to turn in an application. of “make up your mind!” He was also pay for housing and if there is signifi- usually high number of patients had according to researchers that worked we have right now.” Junior Representative Chris informed that this particular meeting cant interest in increased university- been infected with a bacterium known on the study, Jin Packard, president of SEA, Cunico gave the report of the Aca- required commenters to rap.. provided housing. as pseudomonas. briefly spoke about an issue that a demic Affairs Committee. Plans are Most of the 415 patients involved © 2002 American City Business concerned citizen had addressed at underway with the support of Dean (Ee a a cS suffered from cystic fibrosis, AIDS or Journals Inc. last week’s StuCo meeting and en- Bader for a “Majors Fair.” This fair lung cancer or recently had lung couraged council members to adver- will have student representatives for STUDENT COUNCIL ATTENDANCE, FEBRUARY 12, 2002 transplants. Dr. Paul J. Scheel Jr., vice Bernard Lehder, tiseand attend this Wednesday’s town various departments available to dis- chairman of medicine, said the num- hearing on Loyola’s intended expan- cuss majors with students. ber of those patients infected with former official at sion. The meeting, to be held at the Freshman Representative Charles Executive Officers tpismeeus dohimgohnears t h-a n12 8t h-e whaoss ptiwtoa lt ow othurlede Medical School dies Nthoer tahfefercnt edD icsotrmimcut niPtoyli’cse lSatsta tcihona,n cei s RReepyrneesre ntraetpiovret] edM anthua t [S“h[aFrrmeas]h, maben- YPYrPPe sAIinddsmetinitnt iustAitnorunajat li MoiRnte tlaaPltr iioynas SaKraitni e Dix 353613668---727755666679 PPPrrreeessseeennnttt — have expected. to make ifs voices heard before a de- ing the exemplary student represen- Secretary Manish Gala 516-2573 Present Some of the patients have died, he cision decides the fate of 71 acres of tative he is, is tag-teaming the meal Treasurer Noel DeSantos 516-2759 Present said, but the hospital was unsure how Bernard Lehder, a retired career land that Loyola intends to purchase. plan and J-CASH expansion.” The Class of 2002 many died of their underlying dis- Air Force officer and former direc- Approximately 38 of these acres will modus operandi of this new plan to President Stephen Goutman 889-3421 Present ease, of preexisting pseudomonas or tor ofhuman resources for the Johns be used for the creation of two 6,000- support J-CASH expansion is to urge Vice President Meredith Price 243-2467 _ ABSENT from bacteria introduced by the Hopkins University Medical seat stadiums. Citizens fear the re- StuCo members and, presumably, the Secretary/Treasurer Camille Fesche 978-2244 equipment. He would not say how School, died ofa heart attack Tues- sults of this plan, specifically the studentbody, togostraighttothesource Representative Renato Carfagno 516-2786 many had died. day at his home in Chesapeake, Va. threats of alcohol use near a residen- of J-CASH expansion decision-mak- RReepprreesseennttaattiivvee SGraemya nEtmham oKnasn ner 424637--05479998 “We don’t know the cause and ef- He was 80. tial area, the disruptions related to ing: the businesses. Students should fect between patients who died and The former Randallstown resi- late night games and the risk of expo- enter businesses known to notacceptJ- Class of 2003 this infection,” Scheel said. “People dent, who had lived in Chesapeake sure to toxins due to construction. CASH and ask, “Can I use J-Cash?” VPircees idPernets idReanvti KSaarvaahs eCryu mmings 688692--4494088 2 are going through medical charts to since his retirement in 1988, was born While the Environmental Protection Reyner also announced that there Secretary/Treasurer Tara Feehan try to ascertain this.” and raised in the boroughs of New Agency (EPA) plans to do prelimi- are plans to improve shuttle service Representative Omer Taviloghi 499-7467 _for TDwios eafseed erCaoln targoeln ciaens,d tPhree vCeennttieorns YorkH.i s studies at City College in New ndaarmya gtees ts thoaht thceo ualrde a baen dd oenvael uabtye tthhies rine qutehse t wotrhakts , stausd ewnetlsl baes aa llmoowveed ttoo RReepprreesseennttaattiivvee CPrhirtiis DaCluanli co 486879--81609626 _and the Food and Drug Administra- York City were interrupted by World development, the results of these tests remain in the dorms later than 6 p.m. Class of 2004 tion, are investigating the problem, War II. Enlisting in the Army Air will not be available before the town on Friday nights before vacations. President Simone Chen 467-1110 in part to determine if the device has Corpsin 1942, he served in the Pacific hearing Wednesday night. Packard Similarly, he raised the idea that the Secretary/Treasurer Leah Greenfield 516-3607 stariidg geart edle aosutt borneea kso theelrs ewhhoesrpei.t aSlc hheaedl 2as4 sa annadv iagtattaoirne-db otmhbea rrdanike ro fa sbeoragredan tB.- bceornst ionfu ethde SbEyA s twaitliln gb e thaat tt hteh eh emaermin-g ldeinnciyn gb ehgailnls oonr tahte lSeausnt damyea ln igehqtu itvhaa-t RRReeeppprrreeessseeennntttaaatttiiivvveee BAJlaeicn kjFiaee mniCwnhi acnkW ang 545114663---33776258266- 8689 P rAeBsSeEn t reported problems with the instru- Returning to his studies, he earned with a banner and would appreciate the dorms reopen, instead of forcing ment. He said he did not know the his bachelor’s degree in labor rela- others to join them. students to use J-CASH that night. Class of 2005 name of that hospital. * tions from Syracuse University in Mittal dispelled concerns about Later, Senior Representative President Ben Radel 516-5942 The Maryland Department of 1947, then his master’s degree in guid- rumors that certain student activities Samantha Kanner mentioned that SVieccer etParreysi/dTerneta suMreegra nS hCaonen on Chang 55116-5690-5 5610 Health and Mental Hygiene and Bal- ance counseling from Troy State Uni- would be moving off-campus. He ac- resident advisors may oppose theidea Representative Morgan McDonald 516-5603 timore City Health Department are versity. knowledged that there is an on-going of keeping dorms open longer be- Representative Charles Reyner 516-5845 working to see ifthe problem exists in In 1950, he was recalled to active discabouutthse psossiibilioty nofm o v- cause they are required to remain in Representative Manu Sharma _ 516-5832 other local hospitals. duty with the Air Force and served in ing such activities as Spring Fair off- the dorms until the last students leave. Hopkins has seven bronchoscopes intelligence during the Korean con- campus, but that these discussions will _ StuCo members also discussed of the model that was recalled last flict. He later served in a similar ca- not come into actuality this year. As a November by Olympus America, the pacity during the Vietnam War, and result ofthiscommenMitttaalr hyo,pe d manufacturer. That recall was appar- was discharged with the rank of lieu- that underclass StuCo members are ently prompted by the discovery of tenant colonel in 1970. now aware of this issue and will remain ‘suspicious infections at the unnamed Before joining Johns Hopkins in attuned to it in the years to come. hospital. 1979, he was personnel and indus- Mittal mentioned that administra- eee pert stss Lete,, , Buttherecallletter, dated Nov. 30, trial relations manager for Ilco/ tive resolutions often pass unbe- NeHe bot”O‘ W : See eTet® D O’ HAVE "was mistakenly addressed to the load- Unican Security Systems in Selma, knownst to many people on campus, ing dock of the Hopkins physiology Ala., and later in Rocky Mount, N.C. including StuCo members. Anexample department. ; Services will be held at 11 a.m. of this was the recent resolution stating "PICTURE PERFECT” In December, Hopkins doctors today at Foster Funeral Home in that all undergraduates should have an realized that there was a high infec- Portsmouth, Va. element ofinternational exposure dur- “tion rate among hospitalized patients Survivors include his wife of 30 ing their education at Hopkins. who had undergone bronchoscopies. years, the former Blanche Executive Treasurer Noel SPRING BREAK. _The hospital launched an intense in- Kwiatkowski; a daughter, Mary DeSantos gave his weekly financial vestigation, examining sinks, drains, Lehder Jackson of Isle of Palms, S.C.; report. The Student Activities Com- fluids and various instruments be- a stepson, Robert Moore of Char- . fore tracing the problem to a loose lotte, N.C.; three stepdaughters, “part on the bronchoscope that ap- Charlene Knowles of Chesapeake, _ parently trapped bacteria and made Virginia Walter of Manassas, Va.,and ‘the standard disinfecting technique Sharon Williams of Palatka, Fla.; and , ineffective. On Friday, hospital offi- 13 grandchildren. Avoid Red-Eye! _cials began calling hundreds of pa- His marriage to the former Helen tients who had been examined with Sommerfield ended in divorce. Get enough sleep, drink enough water, and avoid the the defective equipment. Certified letters informing patients © 2002 The Baltimore Sun pain and suffering that is caused by the misuse of of the problem and asking them to School board eyes alcohol. contact their doctors if they experi- - ence symptoms are due to go out to- curriculum changes morrow. The symptoms include fe- Keep Things in Focus! ver, coughingand shortness ofbreath. Hospital officials provided infor- Cy Spring break is about fun, friendship, and a good time mation to The Sun yesterday, al- Pittsburgh school board mem- though they had hoped to delay dis- bers will consider changing the for all. Respect other people's rights as well as your district's elementary and middle “cussing the problem publicly until own -- and be sexually responsible. patients had been notified. school physical education curricu- A a ee Le lum and the math program for the Hopkins physicians have begun city high schools at their March 27 notifying pulmonary doctors at large Frame This Thought! meeting. institutions around the country that they, too, migbeah ffetcte d. “We have School officials have proposed You don't have to be drunk to be impaired. If you are combining a nutrition and fitness been banging the drums to have any- program developedat Johns Hopkins driving, don't drink at all. If you're riding with someone one who will listen to us make sure this is not happening in their place,” Bayview Medical Center witha physi- who's been drinking, find a safer way home. cal education curriculum promoted Scheel said. by the San Diego State University Dr. Trish Perl, director of infec- tion control at Hopkins, said she is Foundation to create the new school Develop your Friendships, Relationships & program. : “very concerned that this is a much larger problem than Hopkins.” It is Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Pictures! would provide $200,000 to $500,000 wneotr e cbleeairn gh ouswe dm ainn yU. S.o fh otshpei tdaelvsi.c es over three to five years to help fund If a friend's in danger because of drinking -- alcohol Olympus officials were not avail- teacher training and to purchase poisoning, making unsafe decisions -- value their monitoring equipment. able last night for comment. District administrators are also - friendship. Confront them and get help if necessary to Physicians perform a bronchos- 5 copy to look into a patient’s lungs asking board members to approve IrclulvA !)A rtur, 7 Nights Hl ul keep them safe. 7? *, two proposals for changes in the high and take tissue samples. A thin, tube- school math program. Laqunalnn Cancun Alryevt Transtar, plieknec iiln,s tisr upmleancte,d atbhoruotu gthh et hwei dntohs eo fo ra Diane Briars, senior program irligs url PREE driths, >.> < “ - *eepvet cette3 ao3 ci ts0te, manager for mathematics, has rec- mouth and into the lungs. The tube ommended that the board adopt a has a tiny camera at the tip and uses fiber-optic technology to produce math curriculum that would allow nlicy Motels to chose fein! pertite. pictures of airways. gsetuodmeenttrsy , ttor ibgeo neoxmpeotsrye,d ptroo baabligleibtrya,, 3_ * The procedurechaenlp physicians statistics and other math concepts determine the cause of bleeding in 2 oz. _ the lung or check for foreign bodies, throughsochouolt. hThie pgrohgra m *eeaee* would be designed to help young- Joh él tumors and infections, including tu- _berculosis and AIDS-related sters be better prepared for the state's AMR II, Room 0223 11th grade math test, which covers 410-516-8396 pneumonias. those math topics. http://www. jhu.edu/~health/ © 2002 The Baltimore Sun © 2002 PG Publishing. MJ * Ca Marcu 7, 2002* THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letrer NEWS Feingold discusses holesin Foo ding closes Gilman bank US. policies toward Africa » CONTINUED FROM Pace Al Feingold recounted his visit to Si- oped African nations and urged more athweairsesnueesss thaabto ufatc e Amfraincya uanndde raddedvreels-s errersau ltLse oonfe T ayiln or2’0s0 1 brwuhtaelni tyh ef israswt hatnhde ganodv eprrnemveenntti ons peofntdhien gH IoVn/ AtIrDeSa tmpeannt- oped African countries. in the refugees, many of whom had demic in Africa. In his lecture, Feingold stressed suffered cruel amputations, who had Feingold emphasized that Ameri- the importance of fostering diplo- fled the Liberian dictatorship. cans need to work to re-introduce matic ties with African nations. In light of last September’s terrorist themselves to the rest of the world In his discussion of Africa, attacks, Feingold emphasized the need and reshape the world’s opinion Feingold pointed out the U.S. short- for the U.S. to focus attention ofAf rica. about the United States. sightedness in the case of Afghani- He pointed out the possible con- “Artists and scholars, business men stan and Pakistan after the Cold War nection between Al Qaeda’s finances andwomen. . .areallambassadorswhen and stressed the needs of applying and the diamond mines in Sierra they go abroad,” said Feingold. these lessons to Africa. Leone that financed Charles Taylor’s Through personal diplomacy, Feingold In many cases, Feingold said, the regime. mainttahait Anmeericdan s couldcom- U.S. has backed dictatorships that In a visit to Kenya and Tanzania, bat forces of terrorism at their source, have destroyed the stability of Afri- Feingold visited the memorial site of in ideas of suspicion, resentment and can regions, leaving “weak and bro- the former U.S. embassy in Nairobi powerlessness. ken states” in the hands of power- and recalled the realization that had “The greatest voice is the voice of hungry warlords. come toolate, thatthe bombings were the people,” said Feingold. “Iam call- ‘Feingold pointed out that U.S. in- an obvious warning of what was to ing for the American people to truly difference in Somalia directly con- come in the future. support engagement in the rest of the tributed to the country’s collapse in the Feingold stressed the importance of world ona grand scale andat an indi- early *90s and has led to the rise of regarding Africa asa possible source of vidual level.” Somalia-based terrorist organizations. terrorist activity, saythait “tnhosgewh o Students voiced questions regard- The U.S. currently has little intel- are willing to make terror their life’s ing issues Feingold raised in his lec- ligence of Somalia and virtually no work are willing to prey on us all.” ture. One studentasked how the U.S. LIZ STEINBERGNEWS-LETTER coherent knowledge of the region, In ordert o address the rising prob- government could go about aiding The Homewood campus branch ofA llfirst Bank was forced to close early on Tuesday after a broken HVAC : said Feingold, leaving much of the lem of terrorism in America, Feingold countries with no stable infrastructure. coil léaked water into the office. The incident was reported around noon on Tuesday. University custodians country at the hands of corrupt lead- said, we need a long term commit- Other questions covered the ef- and Security responded to the flooding complaint. Signs were posted directing people to another branch of ers and criminal organizations. ment to reengagement in Africa; es- fectiveness ofhealth care funding and the bank. Allfirst, located in the basement of Gilman Hall, was operating normally on Wednesday. Additionally, Feingold said, the pecially, we need to work on building the growing problem of the AIDS U.S. involvementin Liberia led to the strong relationships in order to gain pandemic in Africa. rise ofa b rutal regime ofdi ctatorship access to solid information. The lecture series will continue on SAC GA adopts a shorter format under John Doe in the 1980s. Feingold remarked that human Thursday with a discussion by Paki- The United States bolstered the rights violations have traditionally stani Ambassador to the U.S. Dr. brutal Doe regime, feeding money come back to haunt us, and that any Maleeha Lodhi on U.S.-Pakistan re- | into the corrupt organization. When future U.S. involvement in Africa lations. Doe was overthrown by revolution- must not be exclusive to accountabil- Next Thursday, Randy Hayes, | CONTINUED FROM Pace Al Also discussed at the meeting was by-case basis. ary Charles Taylor, the U.S. disen- ity and respect for human rights. president and founder of Rainforest Softball cited the benefits of the new annual budgeting. All Class A groups, De Santos announced that the Ju- gaged and evacuated Americans from “Building a stable nation for our Action Network, will speak on format, in that the group liaison is who receive an annual SAC budget, dicial Board members are now fully Liberia, watching from the sidelines children means getting the balance restructing the global economy in “someone you already know,” and must take part in budget hearings, trained after a meeting held with out- as Taylor’s corrupt regime took hold between justice and order right,” said Shriver Auditorium.. someone who group members “can which will be held from March 7-11. side consultant Paul Narain, Direc- of Liberia, subjecting the population Feingold. On March 28, Dr. William Schulz, ask questions [of] right away.” During the hearings, the SAC will re- tor of Student Involvement Dr. Bill to political repression and brutal Healso stressed the need for health executive director of Amnesty Inter- She expressed confusion, however, view each group’s financial plan and Smedick and Student Activities Fi- peace-keeping methods. care and education in underdevel- national USA will give a talk entitled regarding the new status of the GA. make suggestions for improvement. nancial Coordinator James Almond. “"In Our Own Best Interests: How “Tm not sure what the point of the The revised final budgets will be due Judicial Board members discussed zt Defending Human Rights Benefits Us | meeting is going to be if it only in- March 26. Other groups who do not the rules of the committee and took All." The talk will take place in the volves the groups meeting individu- receive an annual budget will instead part in training exercises on ethics Glass Pavilion. | ally,” said Mak. submit funding requests on a case- and fairness. Thenextevent, scheduled for April De Santos stressed the fact that the 4 in Shriver Auditorium, will feature | GA meetings will still be used for elec- a panel discussion between Scott tions and for passing resolutions or Dr. Smedick honored Ritter, former U.N Chief Weapons | bylawansd t,ha t the exclusion ofspeak- Inspector to Iraq, Edward Peck, ers is intended to “allow more effective former Chief of Mission at the U.S. dissemination of the material.” Embassy in Iraq and Erik Gustafson, | “The speaker’s information will director of the Education for the Peace be more applicable to each group, CONTINUED FROM PAGE Al _ The recipient of the Harris Award. in Iraq Center. since liaisons will be able to convey “It’s the highest award the Association is determined byananonymouscom- | On April 10, in the Glass Pavilion, it in a more topical fashion,” said can give, so I’m very pleased,” he said. mittee based on the letters of recom- Dr. Benjamin Barber, political theo- De Santos. Receiving the Frank Harris Out- mendation submitted by the nomi- rist and author of Jihad vs. McWorld Senior Renato Carfagno of the Rec- standing Student Government Advi- nators. Smedick was nominated by JOHNS HOPKI will give a talk entitled, "Global Capi- reation and Hobbies group expressed sor Award was a surprise, according Dean of Students Susan Boswell as talism: Terrorism's Cause? satisfaction with the new design. to Smedick. well as Hopkins students. UNIVERS1 - Terrorism's Excuse? Terrorism's “I think the shortened meeting for- Of the award, he said “It’s nice... Student Council Executive Board Remedy?" mat is fantastic,” said Carfagno. “Be- because this is the last year-I’'ll be President Anuj Mittal praised The last event scheduled for the fore, a lot of time was wasted, or was advising student government. To go Smedick, saying “You really can see Symposium on Foreign Affairs will notused effectively. For manyp eople, out on that and be recognized is a that his objective is to develop leader- take place on April 17 in the Glass attending the SAC GAsisa hassle, but nice thing.” Smedick will no longer ship, not to instill it. He really em- Pavilion, when Nicolas deTorrente, they do it because of the threat of beadvising student governmentwhen bodiesalofo wtha t Hopkins preaches, executive director of Doctors With- losing SAC funding — by this point in a replacement for his position as Di- which is, finding through explora- out Borders will give a talk entitled, the year everyone should know how rector of Student Involvement and tion.” é "Access to Essential Medicines: Chal- the system works, and the SAC GA Leadership Programs is hired. He has On the timing ofthe awards, Mittal Feingold stressed the need to buiRlAd PsHtArEoLn gSeCrH WtiEeBsE wRi-tKhO RAEfrNi/cNaEnW Sn-atLiEoTnTsE. R lenging a Deadly Status Quo.” should be no more than a formality.” been filling both positions since he said “It is quite fitting for him to go became Special Assistant to the Dean out with the highest distinction.” in November, replacing Mary Ellen Student Council Executive Board Porter. Vice President for Institutional Rela- He added “It’s nice to be appreci- tions Katie Dix said she is “so excited ated... especially by students you that Dr. Smedick won. Heis very sup- work with. 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EDITORIAL from the patriotic gear we’ve all been sport ng since September Arerset rBicOtEiv er eogfu claatmipoanisg ntiono g? || itsh eb oWuonrdl d toT rgaodncchf laeoaSandi ueg soCp gtwetaihf.nbnnit to gre1bv1 e,r yief.na ia ngtc thThhhairtheAeseme etmr e orserpru rAiiyaimcn wmectseaa ruasrrin noee- af awgfmtDshhroeetieiunnenicntcpgfhd y u a-ctsttwsoa hi ouuaecorpgnynhpdkh e oetharr cKaptasoovesln pel n e ea ltfdfdhita fleohkeTm enich.fsest eaie I mtdnhiu iB alsarfbvi taaeecyicv srto e e,jtns auo.htttsf ehet IedF ect hr mu aoioenskinpidsresl e,n-.ya aissaaneccnogltt dlmli T eyto—hmt hn aeeh sdi iesrelant oilngwsmittdo ne o groi tynyndh.taaea eonct my hdTtattohwhol neailoyodsank wr eg swn,d.yaep o nurTutrbshreeus a .dttt p iaiarpsitKtee nhrnenw ie’oedrotynp ot n idetfgsxihoj,m.dren . symbol of American pride in times of misimn di,s exthaicst liyn twrhuasti vOe satympae Boifn c-aLpaidtaeln. crisis — it has already deemed com- and the Taliban dislike so much about Current seniors can remember the contro- materials can be posted and the sizes that define parisons with the photo of Iwo Jima. the United States.Onamuch smaller ° | One could say the picture is precious versy that raged in the spring of 1999 as the a “poster,” a “handout” and a “banner.” |— even priceless. GUEST EDITORIAL scale, it is almost the same problem, It’s understandable that Dreifus’ results of the elections for Student Council Ex- Candidates “ may nothand out posters, except Wrong. In the spiofr capiitatlis m, and Kopelakis’ business was hurt by ecutive Board President (as well as those for when campaigning door to door.” Also, “Posters || t he rightful owners oft hat flag want the terrorist attack. A lot of people | their reward. Two Manhattan resi- other positions) were challenged by candidates laying on the floor or ground may be considered dents, Shirley B. Dreifus and her hus- everyone remembers those names. were economically upset — but they who felt that their opponents had campaigned as a postering violation.” Anything larger than 8 | band, Spiros E. Kopelakis, say that For two people who are trying to should try to take the fall with a little improperly. Among other complaints, challenger 1/2 24x01 1? 48" a banner and cannot be hung on | tthheei rf iyraecfhigth,t etrhse rSteamro voef Adm etrhiec fal,a g ifnr tohme -pJraotetde ctto Stehpet .i n1t1e,g rtihteyy aorfe ejvuesrty atdhdiinng g ret-o btihte iro fo wdniigmniatgye ,a nbdut gfrora cteh.e mIef mnoot rfyoo rf Shaun Ahmad accused incumbent Zack Pack of campus structures. harbor and relocated it at the site of the massive and disgusting commer- everyone wholost theirlives. They gave campaigning near voting booths. To add to the Certainly, some restrictions on campaigning | the World Trade Centers. The Star of cialization ofa horrible tragedy. On the a flag, an image, a memory— they gave confusion, there were accusations that members are necessary and proper. It is perfectly appro- | America isa 130-ft, 3-story, fully fur- streets of New York City, vendors sell people hope ina time of fear. Nowwhy | nished (with piano) yacht. Dreifus little trinket-sized replicas of the Twin of the Board of Elections (BOE) had also acted priate that candidates have a spending limit, and | and Kopelakis say they don’t want Towers, postcards, posters, antl- unethically. restrictions on negative campaigning help pre- the actual flag returned, just the mon- Osama/Afghani/Islam/any possible ASRS ARS Ba D They find a soft-spot The controversy became so intense that the vent the election from deteriorating into a con- etary value if it were to be sold in scapegoat shirts and apparel and a ton election process was turned over to the deans, test as to who can sling the most mud. It is en- aguocotdi oinf. weK ohpaevlea ksiosm es aytsa,x “dTehdautc twiiolnl .b”e opefo optlhee’rs tshyimnpgast htyr.y inPge otpol eca phiatvael izbee eonn, ... and manipulate it who found insufficient evidence that BOE mem- tirely reasonable to ask that candidates not change They bought the flag for $50 at a and apparently will continue, to pro- bers had acted improperly. The deans created the computers in the library to open their Web boat show. duce things that denigrate the events of into affordable and new regulations for election supervision by the browsers to their own campaign pages. Trying to save face, they say the Sept. 11. They find a soft-spot in the reason they want rights to the flag is human psyche and manipulate it into irresistible products. administration and set a new election for No matter howimportantitisto err onthe side to “make sure the flag is used appro- affordable and irresistible products. September 1999, of caution; however, it seems that the BOE has | priately, and not asa crass marketing Sadly enough, this works. The next fall, a new set of candidates emerged, gone a little overboard this year in regulating the tool,” accordingt o DreifusO.d d thing Because everyone is trying to be so is that both the photographer and the sensitive aboutissues dealing with Sept. are they trying to take that all away? with Pack running again, Ahmad disqualified conduct of campaigns. What is particularly ab- three fire fighters have done nothing 11,no one wants to tryt o tell people it’s Andifit’s really thatimportant, ’'dbe (following an incident in which he and associates surd is holding candidates responsible for ac- of the sort (most people couldn’t wrong to wear mass-produced pins of willing to buy you a flag. I’d rather stole copies of the News-Letter to protest an ar- tions taken on their behalf, even if those actions name them if asked!). Already they flags and buy paraphernalia proudly cough-up the $50 to make you con- have refused any recognition and stating “United We Stand.” However, tent, rather than see you exploit the ticle they disliked), and two new candidates. At are taken without the candidate’s knowledge. monetary award for a patriotic mo- there is a problem: someone is profit- situation more than youalready have. the same time, Student Council and the BOE Shouldn’t students be allowed to publicly support clashed over the change from a primary/runoff the candidate of their choice without running the Fight for your right to party: voting system to the current Single Transferable risk of getting that candidate in trouble with the Vote (STV) system. StuCo attempted to amend BOE? In the Hopkins tradition, it is appropriate bylaws to give itself power over the BOE, and to want candidates to do the work of getting | Fun is a necessity on campus BOE resisted, calling the move unconstitutional. elebcy tthemeseldves , butlet the students support Fast forward. It seems the problem this year is who they choose. nottoolittle regulation, but too much. The BOE’s While the BOE has certainly gotten itselfin hot rules and regulations for campaigning, newly water in the past due to lax regulation of elec- f you were outside the AMRs obviously weren’t about to force you tising is always an issue. You must go minted for the 2002 Executive Board elections, tions, it seems that this is certainly overcompen- late last Thursday afternoon, to leave, and since they even admit- through the standard channels: e- you might have noticed a ted how noble your cause was and mail, postering and sometimes even cover two and a half pages and define who can sation. Regulation is all well and good, but let’s bunch of crazy kids drawing how, as individuals, they didn’t really banners. When these are restricted, it participate in campaigning, where campaign loosen the screws a little. with crayons and markers out- want to make you go, you stayed with obviously makes life more difficult. side. They looked like fairly innocu- the rest of the crowd. Off-campus events involve transpor- _ous, typical Hopkins students — dis- Then the Hop Cop came. On his tation issues, while Homewood events LL sen nen egestas EM Sie es eek te aE ee te SARL SA ee AS countintgh e guitar oneofthem was vSetee WEES Siwy om are mostly restricted to a coupleo f wielding. As you drew nearer, you'd © CHARLESREYN venues, which organizers must com- come to realize that they were in the pete for against not-student-oriented ality check dbe ttr manners | process of writing cards, and as you GuEST EDITORIAL events. Apparently, ifyou try to bring came closer still, someone would ap- an event even closer to the students, proach you and ask you to help. you have Hop Cops to deal with as Apparently, this gathering was a well. This makes the entire process community service event. Students difficult and gives rise to the necessity ushould get outofthe —_u prising musical prodigy; or the so- of the employees at this office were were writing to children in the beat, he had heard of your disobedi- ofbasic, less organized events. Weekly library some time. Stop _ cial service chair of a fraternity. modeled after the same prototype, childrens cancer ward at the Johns : enceand decided it was time for some concerts, feature films (such as “The studying so much, do After reaching the shocking un- asked in a whisper “Don’t you think Hopkins Hospital, and the Class of order. The tables were quickly Royal Tenenbaums”), etc. need to be otherstuff,havefun.You derstanding that such people exist, it’s wrong to do something I don’t °05 Student Council was providing broughtindoors, and the studentsleft a part of the Hopkins social life. _ know—Ireallypityyou. the bundle of nerves (BN) draped an enjoy, just to add a line to my re- the names of the children along with as quickly. Not many people came However, the administration al- Being Hopkins students, many ofus _expressionofmocking pity onits face. sume?” : the supplies. after that. ready has a reputation of taking basic have gotten used to hearing these _ It suggested that I become one, pref- At this point cynical BN erupted. So, being the giving student you As a member of the Class of ’05 events away from students, and we statements, and being automatically Itbegan to shoot mewith poison filled are, you sat down with your peers, council, I thank those of you who did don’t even respond as a whole. Ap- stereotyped and categorized as over- darts — “Get out of D-level. See the grabbed some supplies and picked a come — especially those who even parently the Beach was the place to be aia and lacking social lives; DA NTAMMUZ sun.” (I’ve never been to D-level in child to write to. There were about 15 came once the event was moved in- late Friday and Saturday night a few though in most, if not all cases, this is CP Sa eS SEE my life, but I doubt BN was inter- of you there at all times, it was nice doors. However, Ihave to ask myself: years ago, as was E-Level every night not true. ; ested.) Needless to say, hearing this outside, you'd finished your Orgo “Why the stupid rules? Why can’t I of the week. Spring Fair used to be on When employees of JHU, who are GUEST EDITORIAL stereotype from a fellow Hopkins exam six hours ago, and damn, that take at able outside after I’ve reserved the freshman quad, and upperclass- meant to provide tailored services for undergrad shocked me. I gathered kid with the guitar could play. it and everything else in the MPR? men can probably still remember the us, fire these phrases at us, it gets me my things and left the center, quietly - While you were in the middle of Why can’t I poster in the hallways? sound of the Ferris wheel turning thinking about how much they really _ erably all, of these above personali- and pensively, never to return. I can your card, some RA’s came up to tell Why have RA’s told me that I can’t when they woke up in the AMR’s. I know their student body. ties so that I would have another line only quote the Rabbi Hillel in the you that everyone had to go. Appar- poster in one location, even though have even heard of people who want At this point, I'll stop beating toaddtomyresume.I, having shrank Talmud “What is hateful to you, do ently having AMR MPR tables out-- student groups A, B and C already to move Spring Fair off Homewood around the bush and point my criti- _ to half my size after realizing that all not do to your fellow man.” side was against the rules. Since they have illegal posters there? Why isit so Campus.’ cism at its rightful subject — the ca- : difficult to bring an event to the stu- Lactually doubt all of these events reer center. This office has made itself dents?” : were taken away due to the adminis- known to us by advertising its vari- LETTERSTOTHEEDITOR I think we are all old enough, and tration. It’s probably the lawyers, cous workshops, proofreading services busy enough, to realize that the only underwriters, donors, etc. who are to and helpful advice. Few en these way to make events happen at blame. Who knows? However, the sessions, or utilize what the center 2 Hopkins is to bring them to the stu- point is that we need to stop this. We has to offer. With very good reason. | More “free will” terpret nature. Who is to say they are ing to comment on this unfortunate dents or to give them more than need to gain back events on our cam- Upon immed a aera writing | © id oa absolutely right? Who is to say that incident or to aid the News-Letter in enough incentive to attend. Commu- pus. We need our administration to session (none other “Resumes another civilization may not have a their efforts to obtain additional in- nity service and speakers events fall stand up for us and say: “These stu- and Cover Letters: 201”), I was told - to consl er better wayo fd escribing the universe? formation. into the former, large social events, dents havea right to have funoncam- that I needed to write allt he-good ; If this holds true, then science itself I was distressed at the character- such as the Baja club night, fall into pus, and we should be the ones spon- thingsaboutme (really?);workexpe- | To the Editor: may just be an approximation to the ization of Young’s rebuffas “ablatant thelatter. —~ soring that on a weekly basis.” And rience relevant to whatever it is ’m | — . way things really are, which reflects act of concealment.” Was it? Was Yet, as an event organizer, it’s re- we as students need to respond, and looking for(hadn’tcrossedmymind); | — lam justr esponding on the article the vast complexity of nature itself. there a conspiracy against the News- ally difficult to do either one. Adver- back them up as well. and GPA, ifit’s high (seriously?). The | regarding atomic fatalism, [“Atomic So, with all of these uncertainties Letter? Perhaps Young didn’t have _ smiling recording thwaas gtivi ng the fatalism: A compelling yetd isturbing mounting one after the other, it ap- the whole story, and thought it wise lecture handed out flyers and candy | look at human ‘free will,” by David pears no more likely to determine if not to comment yet. Or perhaps | and left. | Merrick, Feb. 28, 2002] since I feel you are going to be hit by a car on Young felt that, given his limited ex- | Having realized that thisw isdom | there are a few things that weren’t June 5, 2034, than it is to wonder how perience at Hopkins, Dean Sheppard won’t get me anywhere, I decided to considered: : is Baltimore could reallyb e“ The Great- would be better qualified to respond — schedulaen appointment with, hope- Firstly, “atomic fatalism” assumes est City in America.” at that juncture. The editors chas- fully, a real person, and nota record- | all systems are inherently classical or tised Young and applauded ingwithapermanentsmile. Twodays | deterministic. Basically, one could Sincerely, Sheppard. Could Young have simply later, in the smile’s office, [was asked | calculate the future of any particle Brian Smigielski deferred to Sheppard? Her comments what “positions” I had held; and re- |k nowing its initial conditions. But in another article seemed to stand for plied that I had held none. When |w hen one starts talking about atoms, two propositions: (1) That fraterni- asked about “leadership roles,” I re- |c lasthseoriy jcusatbrleak s down, and Young deserves ties had acted this way before, and (2) plied to the fading smile that I had |w e need quantum mechanics, which that the IFC and University conduct heldnone. Thisloopwentonforsome | can bes ummarized (more or less) in praise forhis — boards would investigate. -~ nfivee nmitnutsesm, iunltielt dthhaeet Issc ehmoiiu-ldpdee “rwmdrai -t e || ot unree wwoirlld :n e“vperrob aablilloiwty .u”s tHoe kncneo,w Ntah-e prudence — menYto uonng ,t hbee ifnirgs tn.e wA,s ctoou ltdh en oste ccoonmd-, about my achievements” (thanks!) exactbehavior ofatomicor subatomic Young surely knew Sheppard would and passed theh opeless case, myself, |p articles. = : inform the News-Letter of the “ofenk ataoet at .s tudenty oemypolo yed at t|he of- EveSn eicfo onned dlaoyesos, n kenp orw othfee bstesohalovdi rmoe r: / BoaArddms’i niacsttiroantsi.v e commentary on _ : uder of quarks, electrons ore ven atoms, it To the Editor: — é University incidentsisa privilege, not doesn’t mean one isa ble to deduce all a right. There is nothing to suggest the | the laws of chemistorr ybi ology. In that Young won’t be entirely forth- “‘fiatc tth,a itt iwsaa lym.o sTth erriedfoirceu,l oitut sso e emst hinakol fl a‘endidt orcioaln,c “eIrsn thisr eg genit lgem yaonulry rbeecheanvt- ccoidmeinntigs cwlheaerne r.i nHfiosr maptriuodne nocen sthheo uilnd- — sciences are somewhat fundamental ior?” (Feb. 28,2002) be applauded, not attackee d. _| icmt heer acngeia nw hicht heye xplore Twas =y ioe d oie. Otean 2 nee + Marcu 7, 2002 A7 THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LetTTer OPINIONS With the exception of editorials, the opinions expressed here are those of the contributors. They are not necessarily those of The Johns Hopkins News-Letter. Deans Bader, Weiss must broaden The joy of tradition concept of honor code committee itting at Homewood Field on An embraced event creates a cul- Satuorne cdouald ynot,hel p ture specific to itself. For the issue of but be surrounded by a Hopkins, lacrosse is the sport that wealth ofhuman interaction. our community has found to create a aatdthep iapsnH rsoco’poa kmceimhfni fosttro.tt ”tW“ee,ee c eeHveeeii bao.ntW.”lsn ta hsuslsoei ay 8Arel,“t,n m e im sD na2C egp0efoaIa[-0tod nnmi2hare as nepi m hyglpe do]B Claeda narosdo seoucmee rudnrrmtcmt i i io batsotdtenosuh-hedd-nree dTwtfit1ucoreah9ls esan9 9vnntadc) i’ onh.ntsede o misa S,e mtsco onp”no ul tom1ndyitp9d ao9(e 6gntmoM)efipenc.tated Ctmir,iiavaIo lnetnbvig, eaee “ ror Ii?nbtfiI e”en w Aa a(o[nacrsu Mmdaitvlc nydudaCgd encT,yam’ucr ,bitou eecs lmvatl .i rnenee saegsttoeneshuI,d]d---n jwsalturuerehchnsedsehes iipmet csev,dhoiuce ueafctrlrcr lyewe ist.shdkhyi sei eo ftFc auueuyuhprl xnrr eaiaptr wuvpmrheihrs oeloe nrciefnnmtge a eooistnsrrthsd heeeo efa ,dra sS pTsc oohhoyheslcuoootxiisunrouaca, oldimt e ershmesrn ,oda et vcfgAo .eoaf wrs d rreittel dutohsfsn-hre- tanfhtoshhrotesron uTomFofrhu ouraeicgr csdcthtu uhcl hprettoewr yhdrio’aematwtsc o h idet trmspdhhieseeoei tn,r nyhi cwi tisecwolttpaai lhrltln esl ait utoapfridkinoaseedl ococ ienlueoctnali iiftcvtlemeeyh ysted .e o. msa cuugtIfhsprtio tpaocln ounalgprgnob?,t-ewe tmapstAchsarlpeoatrauorntrtnmrge olsntlltypiiuo,yi rn mr fgiea.w nrlOn igaadftB ccut uh oernoit onoviouit stensrhttsen ehshestroieee t f sl ttohcueadl escn rtelsdiAei,st , M ffaatoN.c ru lElOettahCysi.,ts EHSAtcfShooReoA mtbTmsRapol oYlnr t rienpigog innse tv neeanabtro oae“eDlufvnwxyetoee cd e.fn'l u p tnrubt c eesAihh fiwseqooSvg urioioa iacutte otetpytxcdoh a roa.u ranmi sotactnptiflt r lTc iyaiteioh sath-,na,entes” icondge .t heM covCearablel paunrdp osTere vionfo .an (h1o9n9o6r) acanld pSoliccy iwilelo rnb Een cgtihneee esrsaimneg ., Wtihlel e tthih-e binuitt iiantisvtee aadn dn eiendvso ltvoe bae dai vveerrsye pruebprlei-c iHto pakbiounts ? sWuhcha t ani s AMBIGUITY gtoa t psppp found that, “The climate or culture of faculty members at Hopkins partici- sentation ofs tudents, faculty and ad- esoteric event of ing are a apucsa demmaiyc bien ttehger imtyo stf ouinmdp oornt ana tc adme-- Guest EpIToRIAL ptraatlei ziend thfiasc utlrtayd e-foofrffe?i t Witlhle ira dpeocweenr- mdiennitsst rmautsotrs .a doFputr thteher maocrteu,a l tchoed e.st uI- f aunniyt es tsyupceh at hdait- tpheartp,e tuoavteirn g tciymcel,e terminant ofthe level ofstudent cheat- over ethical situations to a central the administration forces this issue verse population? One could argue, seems to buildaspecific culture about ing on that campus.” Thus, honor power and furthermore follow all its there willbe too much resistance. The though, that the answer lies not with itself. Taken now down the road at cacatioceada leIdlasnye madaficiraccsec e ct,puee tsftasfhabeiiclccoctesnoi . vr iedsw ihnbneoegtrc ea tutasotb eho eoM ,et thlobeepuynit cd c erseozo--f oefostufrchr dhitoeHchorsoel ,pr t kowwi ehtcn hersernei.eaer t e edt aW hcaeet a o s dsutcecnuhmcedaeieesncdnsg t fesu p ltuo tar hrsseecuy rischettueaslert,tmee u rttoeoofa cbpipFloernoalfagrsico sctretiieeshec xese ?awst h muvIeprat rnlwrheiieoaan tu,bg l ml dIye Ii hn bJa bhe-avetaCe h va nateroev edstixt ,,op h ireacs r Idoc in haetsemneiscsc dotkeemiedarnesd.-g- aaiiddvdnrnoematdn fir ertnoWo iidlebnseuig.tycs r essaFo ,ttuf uotr pdhratlie,nhsan y etyi rdsini,mhnc sgoolc rwnuusieodstt,risrh nii goctca nhtonD eldye ye taad o fnes a msautcu nphusseplB t otay rfdc ateabco-rn-re | osptsothaucherrie tHrarieluosc v.umie pnoanadrtAntgi sesan i ngtiais n esd.lte msfhs,p.a ie trcb eiuWw ethes it, o ci nhrm e ctaqowhunneeikn reigetcn artadt odh tiehwtrieii srto tshnoa eodtnHuhxeoaergppm aekptrnicieeinovxensetnn , tct sieghpn eetrun hifareenol ragr as mft utpcotihaiooenlf nmit tsmleypio onafrtot tfmhc.s eu torusnInwditneioe a lnsesltosm shtrss ao e rtntwedhcilwlalaeo ylt- (1985), the current ethics board con- broaden their horizons and to have signed a seat and my exam is copied ulty, but students should chair an not only for procreation and propa- crosse has created a specific culture stathmie t ucrtreiilotunec rtiaaat n tf Hoort poa knbi enlhsio envoear l rtehcaaodtdy e ,p meeoyeepttl se I faiunlnso.in dee,T hbtihuset “ndHeieosdncsou srts oi Coooncd ceucr a Cnionnmoamt i ctonottceecexu”-r cmafoytd eer,a nIsa wltlea rktseh. is i tWm jiuuststht ican h arcenavgsiees .e dI chhoannogre phoolnaDoreria znicsno gd Beta hdcee orcm amaminptdtu esWe e.ci sosm smeuenm itto ybbe y mgnaeutecidhosn , atshb autta cdaiolesntot riatobn udtf uel efxiletlro c iohsueer.a ltsohAc si aalsa wwaiirlloll uanattdtt rraatcchtte nsnpeeowwr ts pptlehaacytte,a rtasos r siw.th coo ntiinn uteusr,n tshuigngke sti t tihsa te ffseicmtpivley. aFltuerrtihnegr mtohre e,te xtI otufa ll ifdei, scquuaslsiitoyn otfh atte aacdhdirnegs,s estr uqsut alaintdy an Ehvoenno ri f tchoed ef,a cutlhteyy dmeucisdte ftoo lalodwo ptit isti nisg ltirnuge otuhta t ssttuuddeenntt sc hcehaetaitn,g .t hWeh ifalce- ppeeooppllee, fwleo ckc rtaov ef esitnitvearlasc tainodn. gaWthheern- nityF oirn tohuors e ulnoinvgeirnsgi tyto fainndd cino momtuhe-r of our honor code will not make it interaction between students and fac- rigorously. In McCabe’s 1993 study ulty and administration also contrib- ings, they comewith the subconscious human institutions, you should not any more effective. Why isn’t our ulty and ethics. We must work from of professors at honor code institu- ute to our ethical problems. A stu- notion that there will be others to seek “quick solutions.” Any decree of current system working? We have the the outside in, and not the inside out. tions, he found that “faculty who ob- dent honor code is not a quick fix, interact with. As examples, Mardi a dance or a social gathering by the right text and the proper procedures, By calling the committee the “Honor serve students cheating are generally and the deans seem to think they can Gras is a fantastic event because of student council or other social policy except they are not used. It will take a Code Committee,” limits are subcon- reluctant to get involved in the desig- make a block of Swiss cheese solid by the flood of humanity perpetuating a makers will pale in its attraction with shift in our culture to allow academic sciously placed on the members forc- nated campus judicial process” and plugging up one hole. A community common ideology. The Super Bowl the contestson Homewood Field. The ethics to become important, and I ing them to relate their finding back find it more beneficial to settle in- honor code is a process, it will take and the Olympics seem to unite us in question then remains, how do we snuegegde stto tehxaatm iDneea nst hiBs adsheirf t ainnd cuWletiusrse btoe ttaenr hsoysntoerm coofd ee,th icass . opposed to a bsatsainsc.e sB yo fd cohienagt itnhgis ,o nt hea n faicnudlitvyi d“uaarle stiiomne afonrd oiutr w ilcl ambep usa .h eaIlnt hoyr ddeirs cufso-r ethned eparviodre. aSnpdo rtasd mpirreasteinotns ao fsi htuuamtiaonn tchraeta teu niat ense wa ndtr apdeitripoent,u ata ens ews o ecvoenn-t to improve ethics at Hopkins. If, through this discussion, we de- violating both the spirit and the letter Hopkins to address ethics, we must that connects us-not only to the ath- tinually? The answer lies in the hu- . There is an important reason we cide to establish a new honor code of the school’s honor code ... Thus have a very inclusive and public con- lete, but also to the spectatorsaround . manity of the participants. Tradition need to address the Hopkins culture. (note: these studies also concludethat the faculty members ... may be vio- versation, which will ultimately re- us. transcends event and location and Students cheat because, “They have while an honor code may be success- lating students’ rights.” Professors at sult in the best policy for this univer- Athletics are not intrinsically a lies within the members of the com- come to college to get a credential — ful, it is not the only viable method), Hopkins currentlyd o not observe our sity. Deans Bader and Weiss, do not uniting event. Games and sporting munity. Lacrosse is just our most vis- a credential that will allow them to then we need to implement all of it. current judiciary process, and to this limit the scope of the discussions. If events across the country do not all ible, as well as vocal, mechanism for pursue a chosen career. How they get One reason why honor codes are ef- we must ask what example is this set- you do, the policy that results will be hold some magnetic attraction over unity. However, behind the brickand that credential is often less important fective is because students upholdand ting for the students? What will a new doomed to fail. the human conscious. Although mil- marble all around Charles Street, References: McCabe, D.L. (1993). lions turn out each year to see grown there are individuals who embrace Lax fandemonium at the Hop Faculty Responses to Academic Dis- men pummeleach other overa leather their human desires and connect with honesty: The Influence of Student oblate-spheroid, you do not seemany others at parties, class and even the Honor Codes. Research in Higher Edu- people lining the rinks of this country library. The job of the policy makers cation 34(5): 647-658; McCabe, D.L. enthralled with curling. Similarly, for from Brody to the student council is & Trevino, L.K. (1999). Academic in- those who would argue that only to attempt to encompass more in the tegrity in honor code and non-honor “physical” sports garner attraction, sphere of community by expanding his Saturday’s lacrosse impact on the officiating, but they dium was the target of some sort of | code environments: A qualitative in- you must only look as far as the XFL. venues ofinteraction and by allowing ~ game was some kind of definitely hit home with the rest of ridiculous outburst, be it physical or vestigation. Journal of Higher Educa- Athletics that seem to attract us the resources to divert to ideas from all spectacle. Thousands of the crowd, because another group verbal in nature. At one point, while tion 70(2): 211-234; McCabe, D.L.,'& mostarethosethatallowhumanemo- © participants. Only from the individual ‘Hopkins students and - started using the very same cheer later roaming the aisles in hopes of moti- Trevino, L.K. (1996). What We Know tion and will to shine through most idea gaining communal acceptance _ fans witnessed the total in the game. vating the mass of Hopkins support- About Cheating In College. Change clearly. The tarnish obfu siness, com- over time can we hope to create a dismantling of Princeton, and - Lalso learned that “T-I-G-E-R-S” ers, the school mascot had its head 28: 28-35; Melendez, B. (1985). Honor plexity and falsity quickly dampen venue of interaction and tradition as Homewood Field was brimming over does not, in fact, spell “tigers.” Need- pulled off by a riotous fan. People Code Study. Cambridge, MA: Harvard the spectators desire to admire hu- ubiquitous as our beloved Blue Jay with school spirit and emotional en- cheered during the half-time game University. manity in the venue of sport. ; Lacrosse. ergy. when a little kid fell. And in a slight -DAVEDEBRUIN But the game on the field wasn’t instance of irony, even the Hopkins the only source of entertainment. cheerleaders received their share of Campaign Finance Reform stinks Sure, watching the game was enjoy- SERIOUSLY Mock- grief from the crowd. So much of the able, but there was a whole host of cheering wasn’t associated with the more interactive and engaging activi- SERIOUS game that I started wondering if this of partisan politics on both sides ties happening in the stands. Some kind of atmosphere might be pos- people seemed to really enjoy jump- sible without any game at all. ing up and down on the bleachers to But we did come out to cheer for see if they would break, while for oth- less to say, I was crushed, finally real- our team, and we got to see one hell of ers the real test was just being able to izing that my previous 20 years of a game. Although a lot of the antics y 9:00 on that busy Thurs- tions — and beyond. With all of this right? Hardly. Only 43 percent of the stand. Some young fans tried desper- schooling had failed me. going on in the stands were immature day morning in mid-Feb- talk, one may begin to believe that Republican Party’s general coffer re- ately to invoke “the wave,” but luck- And I learned what happens when and annoying, every once in a while ruary, I had already taken Democrats don’t rely at all on soft lies on soft money, making the Demo- ily everyone ignored them. Listen- Hopkins students are mistaken for some drunken fool acting like a com- over 20 calls on the Shays- money. Along those same lines, crats 11 percent more reliant on soft ing to some of the crazed fans sing Princeton fans. A group of male stu- plete buffoon puta smile on my face. Meehan amendment to people have begun to see this issue as money than their villainous counter- soccer cheers and repeatedly per- dents, trying to fuel the home crowd, Whoever says Hopkins life is boring the Campaign Finance Reform (CFR) a Republican unwillingness to play parts. form the “Tomahawk Chop” was paraded around with the phrase obviously doesn’t have friends who bill that was to be voted on later that by the rules — conservatives exploit- What's the deal, you ask? Why has an added treat. Which reminds me, “Princeton Sucks” painted on their are willing to humiliate themselves in day in the House. There was Sally ing a loophole, as it were. Unfortu- this become such an issue as of late? _ Florida State v. Brazil would be a bodies. Unfortunately for these front of their peers. As the song goes, from Timonium, Lorraine from nately (or perhaps, fortunately) for Well, let’s take a look at what has terrific match. And great games like -goodhearted Blue Jays fans, they that’s what friends are for. And de- Dundalk and Fred from Falls Church happened in the last year. Sept. 11 “Catch the hat that keeps getting were bombarded with soda bottles spite a few idiots in the crowd, it was — all calling their local Congress- was certainly a nationwide, if not a thrown down to the front row” and thrown down from the stands by a relief to see the student body so man, urging him to vote in favor of CHRISTUCKER worldwide, tragedy that tested the “Try not to get hit by the flying loose other Hopkins students. The hurl- united. For the most part, our fans Campaign Finance Reform. “You framework of our nation and forced cilhy.a nge” were fun for the whole fam- earfst,e r to“oP riinnfcuertioant,e”d etro rkoeneepo usrleya dibneg- winetreel liignetnot . the game, supportive anq d iRfe iptu wbalsinc’atn sf owro usolfdt mnoenveery ,g”e t wealse cttehde Guest EDITORIAL psieoonp lteo cformoem teovgeertyh epro liftoirc aal c opemrmsouan- "Thel acrosse game wasn’t just en- lieved that Princeton students had It’s pretty clear that this year we overwhelming consensus from some good. For a time after the terrorist tertafoir nstumdenetsnandt t hec om- come to our side of the stadium in havea team to really get excited about. of the Congressman’s more partisan acts, there were no Republicans or munity, however; it was also an edu- an act of provocation. The assail- So let’s get behind our guys this sea- constituents. This bitter dialogue by Democracy, most people have no clue Democrats, conservatives or liberals cational experience. Ilearned, among ‘ants were, of course, provoked, and son and see where they can take us, the Democrats got me wondering what the hellis going on. A 10-minute — just a nation of concerned indi- other things, that a minority popula- luckily for the culprits, there was no and I don’t think it will hurt to have a- what, in deed, was the deal? Since - inquiry into softmoneycontributions viduals. While there is still a solemn tion of students vehemently believes (active) security around to deal with little comic relief coming along for when did this issue become so impor- at Opensecrets.com reveals that sense in the air that will prevail for that “therehifs wibfee.” aThte wsor ds them. the ride. tant? I decided to do some investigat- Democrats, yes, those self-righteous years to come, politicians are realiz- of these students may have had little It seemed as if everyone in the sta- And, yes, Princeton still sucks. ing. do-gooders who feed the hungry and ing that the fall elections of 2002 will ay search uncovered some inter-. help grandmothers cross busystreets, effectively determine thé leadership feisntei nsgo mpeh enkoeym etnear.m s Ftihrsatt, alreet tmher odwen- hpaavieg n 5f4u npdeirncge nlta beolfe dt heuinrd etro tatlh e cgarmo-- _ otfw o Coyneagrrse s—s faonrd, mato stth e livkeerlyy mlueacsht, around by pundits on both sides of tesque “soft money” label. What of longer. With such stakes on the line, the debate. Hard money is any form the Republicans, youask? Surely those and the President’s approval rating of direct contribution of funding from climbing to new heights daily, the an individual, organization, or cor- Democrats needed something to ptroirbauttiioonn s toa rae craengduildaatteed. bTyh etshee Fcoend-- Fora time after the — wsitelall m atkhees ptohtel iAgmhte;r icsaonm etpheionpgl et hrae-t geernaelr alEllye cctainonno t Cexocmemeidt t$e2,e0 00 apnedr terrorist acts,there’ imne mtbhee rf irwsht yp ltahceey. hTahtee yR enpeuebdleidc anasn individual. Soft money encompasses issue as far away politically from allf undtihatn igs n otr ecordbey dth e were no Republicans the war efforts in Afghanistan as government, mostly in the form of possible. Campaign Finance Reform contributions to the parties them- or Democrats, may as well be from Pluto — or even - selves. CFR, in plain terms, seeks to Arizona). tired: oe ' : put heavy restrictions on the use of conservatives or soft money duringelections. = The issue of CFR, once a piece of liberals— j ust a nation commonsense, bi-partisan legisla- tion, hasnowbecomea political mon- ofconcerned ster, Let’s get one thing straight: NO politician, with a few notable excep- ») tions, wants to eliminate soft money individuals = pt-* cS Tele from his or her campaign. Still, there : aah ce Me vein gy ashe F|i ee e eESNaAe Eee e money grubbing, racist t have 75-80 percent of their funding very rive through soft money channels, helpedr f Iu . nA Yo t ’ @ & A8 Marcu 7, 2002 THE JOHNS Hopkins NeEws-LetTrer SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY NASA astronauts upgrade Hubble - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS igned at Hopkins with cameras des Study: Med students their moonlighting jobs. “We cannot relieve the suffering feel more burned out ofo thers if we, ourselves, are suffer- ing,” Dr. Linda Hawes Clever ofCa li- fornia Pacific Medical Center in San BY JONATHAN GROVER . pletely powered Three outof four medical residents Francisco said in an accompanying THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter , down, the first time in a University of Washington study editorial. this will be done since report suffering from “burnout” and On Friday Mar. 1, 2002, the Shuttle its launch. The pow- haolft fhos e said they sometimes gave Agent orange victims Columbia blasted off from Cape ering down is a pre- less-than-ideal care. Canaveral, Fla., destined to service caubteiing otaknen to Too little sleep, frequent shifts search for answers and repair the Hubble Space Tele- ensure that the astro- longer than 24 hours and lack ofl ei- scope in one of the most complex nauts are not electro- sure time were most often rated as repair missions to date. The crew, cuted during the re- major stresses by residents in the Many of the children in Hanoi’s composed of mission commander placement. However, university’s internal medicine resi- Peace Village don’t understand what Scott Altman, mission specialist Rick the work must be dency program. caused their handicaps. Their mental Linnehan, pilot Duane Carey, robotic completed in less than Dr. Anthony Back, a University of development is too limited to know arm operator Nancy Currie and eight hours, as the Washington medical professor and they might be victims of a defoliant spacewalkers John Grunsfeld, James telescope must be one oft he authors of the study, said sprayed btyh e U.S. military more than Newman and Michael Massimino, powered up in order the research didn’t determine whether three decades ago. will be the fourth servicing crew sent to ensure that none of patient care was affected. But those that do comprehend up to repair the nearly 12 year old the sensitive instru- But according to the study in hope researchersat the first-ever Viet- telescope. ment or systems Tuesday's Annals of Internal Medi- namese-U.S. conference on Agent The mission the astronaut have freeze up or overheat. | cine, slightly more than half the resi- Orange will find ways to help them been sent into orbit to perform is If the replacement | dents experibeurnnouct irenpogrte d and other possible victims. analogous to complicated surgery fails, the Hubble | one or more “suboptimal” patient “T heard the chemical was sprayed according to Dr. Linnehan, “think of would be nothing | care practices at least monthly, com- over Vietnam and caused people to (Hubble) as a big old beast and I’m more that a piece of | pared with about 21 percent of resi- have handicapped children,” said 15- doing surgery on it... the one cardi- dents not experiencing burnout. year-old Nguyen ThiKhuyen.“Ihope nal rule about surgery is you don’t COURTESY OF HTTP://HUBBLE.NASA.GOV/ART Junk“:W e fully antici- | Such practices included residents the scientists will pay more attention Astronauts complete crucial training in watertanks in preparation for the challenging want to make it worse.... You want to pate that everything | making treatment or medication er- to children like me whose parents spacewalk they will undertake to upgrade the optics on the Hubble Space Telescope. make sure everything works at least will work fine... butit | rors “not due to a lack of knowledge were exposed and help us.” as well as it did before you went in, According to the design team the $75 The new solar arrays will generate is a risk we’ve never faced before,” of inexperience,” failing to fully dis- Hundreds of researchers from and hopefully a lot better.” million camera is so powerful that it 5,270 watts or approximately 30 per- said NASA space science chief Ed- | cuss treatment options, to Vietnam, the United States and other With that in mind, the crew will would be able to distinguish between cent more power than their prede- ward Weiler. | answer patient questions and to dis- nations are attending the conference not only be making repairs on the two fireflies six feet apart in Tokyo, cessor. This, despite the fact that the Should all go to plan, the fourth | charge patients “because the team was to exchange information on the ef- multi-billion dollar telescope, but even if it was set up in Washington, new arrays are one third smaller than spacewalk will install the ACS. The |t oo busy.” fects of the defoliant and its highly improving it as well with the installa- D.C. the previous arrays. Furthermore, final spacewalk will be an attempt to | Doctors generally serve one year toxic ingredient, dioxin. The three- tion of ab rand new instrument. Essentially Dr. Ford describes it as during the second spacewalk the as- revive the Near Infrared Camera and | as an intern and train for three years day conference that started Sunday The device, know as the Ad- “a Cadillac compared to a tronauts will also replace a faulty Multi-Object Spectrometer, or | as residents following graduation stems from anagreement reached last vanced Camera for Surveys.or ACS, Volkswagon.” + pointing control device. NICMOS which ceased to functionin from medical school. year by the United States and Viet- “will increase the discovery effi- However, the installation of this The third spacewalk, however, 1999. The NICMOS was capable of Dr. Julia Gore, chiefresident atthe nam. The conference is being funded ciency of the (Hubble Space Tele- critical device won’t occur until the may be the riskiest of the mission. seeing through interstellar gas and Veterans Affairs hospital in the Uni- by the United States. scope) by a factor of 10” according fourth of five spacewalks. After the During the spacewalk astronauts dust in order to watch the birth of | versity of Washington system, called Khuyen walks slowly, her: knees to official website. Hubble is snatched and placed in the Grunsfeld and Linnehan will replace planets, stars and galaxies, until its | the study a “snapshot” that doesn’t unbending. Shei so nly3 feet 11 inches The camera was developed at Columbia’s cargo bay its solar arrays the Hubble’s Power Control Unit or cooling system failed. During the | fully describe the experience. tall and studies at the fourth-grade Johns Hopkins under the direction of will be rolled up and removed. The PCU. Described as the heart of the spacewalk, theastronauts will attempt “Sure, there definitely were times level. Her sister also lives in the vil- Dr. Holland Ford, the principal in- 10-year old solar wings will be re- electrical system on the Hubble, the to install a new experimental cooler when I felt really tired and probably lage, while her handicapped brother vestigator. The refrigerator-sized placed with brand-new ones during PCU has been plagued by circuitry in order to provide cooling to would say burned out,” said Gore, in lives elsewhere with her parents. ACS will be replacing the telescope’s the first two spacewalks. problems. The PCU, a power switch- NICMOS. her third year as a resident. “After a “My father fought in southern Faint Object Camera. The ACS is Originally installed ina 1993 mis- ing station with 36 attached heavy The timeframe for all these repairs | few days off or after moving onto a Vietnam during the war,” Khuyen made up of three electronic cameras sion to fix the telescope’s mirror, cables, was one of the few compo- and modifications: five to six days, | differentrotation, myresponse would said. as well as several filters and dispers-. the solar arrays have degraded to nents of the Hubble not designed to maximum. be completely different.” From 1962 to 1971, the U.S. Air ers. It is capable of detecting lighti n the point where they had been op- begeplaced. “This will be by far the most chal- Even when fatigued, Gore said, she Force sprayed 19 million gallons of the range from ultraviolet to near in- erating at 65 percent of the original Thus, in order for the PCU to be lenging, ambitious servicing mission felt “very supported” by other resi- defoliants over southern Vietnam to frared (1200 - 10,000 angstroms). power. replaced the telescope must be com- to date... most of the tasks are very dents and the attending physician on destroy jungle cover for Communist lengthy and complex. They will chal- | duty. troops, according to U.S. figures. “ lenge the endurance and stamina of | Another article in the journal said About 55 percent, or nearly 10.5 mil- Legal trouble for Morpheus the astronauts,” according to Preston about a third of 4,130 residents sur- lion gallons, was Agent Orange! Burch, manager ofthe Hubble project | veyed nationwide reported four or American veterans and many Viet- from NASA. | five symptoms of depression. namese blamea variety ofillnesseson | While mission commander | The survey, by the Resident Ser- exposure to the defoliant, including Altman readily acknowledges this | vices Committee of the Association miscarriages, birth defects, cancers fact; “It’s really an awesome respon- | of Program Directors in Internal and nervous disorders. f you are an active MusicCity based file-sharers have hoped to win new version runs off of the slower sibility when you think about it,” he | Medicine, concluded that increased Vietnam’s government says the Morpheus user, you probably court battles on the fact that their Gnutella protocol, used by other also announces “Hubble’s up there cynicism and symptoms of depres- number of Vietnamese victims of sat staring at your computer for protocol is decentralized, avoiding file-sharers like BearShare and ready for us and we’re ready to go to sion were associated with educational Agent Orange is about 1 million, in- afew days last week, disgruntled Napster’s main pitfall. However, ver- LimeWire. Gnutella has the bonus work.” debt. cluding veterans, civilians living in to no end at the fact that the sion 1.5 includes code that makes the of being totally decentralized. While the task is large, the payoff Of those surveyed, 42 percent had affected areas and their descendants. highly popular P2P software network The strife of fervent competition is equally grandiose, according to debt of at least $50,000; 19 percent But the U.S. government insists was down. Streamcast CEO Steve aside, Morpheus, Kazaaand Grokster Grunsfeld “Hubble will be signifi- had debt of at least $100,000 and 43 there is no scientific proof ofa causal Griffin’s message on the MusicCity DAVEFISHMAN are in for much more trouble. On | cantly better than it’s ever been, and percent had a monthly disposable relationship. homepage indicates that the Monday, a trial date was set for the we Ilh ave newcapabilities that I think income of$ 100 or less. Vietnam has not directly asked for Morpheus network was attacked by Pop TECH three for Oct. 1. This will be the first will boggle the imaginations of as- One-third did medical work out- financial compensation, butit repeat- the protocol it runs on, called Fast time that a jury hears a file-sharing tronomers and people all over planet side their training and 349 said they edly has said the United States has a Track. Although it does seem quite case. Earth.” ‘worked more than 20 hours a week at CONTINUED ON PAGE A9 odd that a program’s own base soft- ware could turn on it, this is a good protocol into a centralized network. approximation of the series of events This means that Grokster and Kazaa Upcomine Lectures at HoMEwoop AND JHMI that led to new versions of software can now easily be tried in court, using for three current file-sharing leaders. the Napster case as precedent. File-sharing companies haveabad Streamcast disagreed with this new Thursday, March 7 ; Thursday, March 28 record when going up against the code, obviously in its own self-inter- “Histone Acetrytransferases: From Structure to Mechanism” “Novel soluble glycolipid mimics provide new insights into the music and movie industry. Napster is ests as a named defendant. The new Ronen Marmorstein, _ pathogenesis of verotoxin and HIV” clinging to counterclaims that the code also makes it possible for the The Wistar Institute Clifford Lingwood, music community acted in monopo- central part of the network to act in Mudd Hall 100, 3:30 p.m. University of Toronto listic fashion in singling them out, the spyware process. They did not Mudd Hall 100, 3:30 p.m. while introducing their own music- upgrade their software to include it Monday, March 11 sharing networks. While a judge has and, as a result, all Morpheus users “Molecular Modeling in Environmental Geochemistry” Tuesday, April 2 accepted this possibility, it does not were kicked off the Fast Track net- Dr. James Kubicki, “Laser Probes of the Potential Energy Landscapes and change the fact that Napster remains work. Dept of Geosciences, Dynamics of Small, Flexible Biomolecules” down, and that they will almost defi- Kazaa proclaimed itself king for Pennsylvania State Univ Professor Timothy Zwier, nitely be forced to pay many millions a week, as its software beat out Olin Hall, 4 p.m. Purdue University of dollars anyway. Scour also shut Remsen Hall 233, 4:15 p.m. down after facing a dual suit by the Tuesday, March 12 music and movie industries. Spyware is software “How to Cure Diabetes without Causing Cancer: Thursday, April 4 Consumer Empowerment, the A signal transduction approach” “Magic and Manipulation: Jesuit Politics, Johannes Baptists van Dutch company originally behind that runs in the Dr. Philip Cohen, Helmont, and his Treatise on the Magnetic Cure of Wounds” Fast Track and Kazaa BV, has been Royal University of Dundee, Scotland ; Mark Waddell, Johns Hopkins University ‘ Letny! pursued by both USand Dutchcourts. background and The Wood Basic Science Auditorium, 3:30 p.m. Gilman 329, 3 p.m. But they’ve tried a different approach: instead of shutting down, they sold sends out Tuesday, March 12 Monday, April 8 Kazaa to the Australian company “Molecular Architecture at Organic-Inorganic Interfaces” “Observational and Computational Investigations of Sharman Networks Limited in Janu- Professor Robert, Generation of the Earth’s Magnetic Field” unauthorized statistics ary. Atthat point, three different com- Hamers University of Wisconsin Dr. Jeremy Bloxham, pparnoiteosc owle:r e Krauzana,n iMonfofrgt ph hee Fuasst Tarancdk from your computer Remsen Hall 233, 4:15 p.m. DOleipnt Hoafl lE aAruthd it&o rPiluanme,t a4r yp .Smc.i ences, Harvard Unive.) es GrokAslltt hreee rof.t he m are named Thursday, March 14 defendants in another case. to the Internet “Phosphoinositide-and ubiquitin-dependent regulation of » Tuesday, April 9 4m - Both Kazaa and Grokster down- membrane sorting and receptor down-regulation” “New Surface Reaction Mechanisms: Role of Bulk H in Catalytic | ‘ loads are also equipped with what is whenever you are Scott Emr, UCSD Hydrogenation and F Atom Abstraction by Si—” PHiey known as spyware. This is software Mudd Hall 100, 3:30 p.m. Professor Sylvia Ceyer, that runs in theb ackgroundasnendd s connected. Massachusetts Institute of Technology a ea out unauthorized statistics from your Thursday, March 14 Remsen Hall 233, 4:15 p.m. computert o the internet whenever WORKSHOP - MEDICAL COMPLAINTS. ANTHROPOLOGICAL you are connected. These stats may - VIS-A-VIS HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES Monday, April 15 include your e-mail addresses, which Morpheus for once. It also provided Venna Das, “Molecular Simulations ofG lass S$u rfaces and Interfaces” _ software programs your run and software to migrate former Department of Anthropology Johns Hopkins Dr.Stephen Garafalini, which websites you visit, and they are Morpheus users’ info into the Kazaa Gilman 329, 3 p.m. Dept of Ceramic & Materials Engineering Rutgers Univ made available to advertising agen- software, if they chose to download | Olin Hall Auditorium, 4 p.m, cies, which in turn will spam your it to get back on the network. 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A ro- application still remains far behind Luu Xuan Cuong, 17, says he The HeartMate cut deaths by 27 | tor ofthe photonics division at Gen- tating electrical charge in such con- the idea. Kaplan also mentioned that knows his father fought in the war, percent after the first year, prompt- | eral Atomics in San Diego, com- fined conditions would create a mag- deliver quadrillion- no sensor is yet sensitive enough to but he doesn’t understand about ing Thoratec to seek Food and Drug ments, “Zeptosecond pulses and netic field of about one million tesla, detect zeptospulesecs, oannda dmi l- Agent Orange. Despite five years in Administration approval to market astrophysical scale magnetic fields which is more overwhelmingly pow- watt pulses in less lion-tesla field would blow out any the Peace Village, he studies at the the device as a permanent solution would bea significant achievement. erful than any made on this planet detectors so far. The practical control first-grade level. for these patients who otherwise Any ability to perform astrophysi- thus far. than a trillionth ofa of the amount of energy associated Operations have straightened his would die in months. cal scale experiments in the labora- Kaplan explains, “It’s unbeliev- with the new theory is still an ob- badly bowed legs, and he now can FDA advisers recommended tory offers the promise to test rap- able. The best we can get in the lab second, which stacle. move without a walker. 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Side effects also included stroke, cal generating capacityby 1,200 times. Eating cooked tomatoes was par- bleeding and infections, he said. In- The petawatt laser is fired at wires ticularly beneficial, according to the fections are a particular problem, be- with a few hundred atoms in diam- THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTON _study, which showed that regularly cause with the HeartMate, a wire lead- eter can potentially drive electrons eating tomato sauce, ketchup and ing through the skin connects the into targets at near-light speed. Since 601 South College Road ¢ Wilmington, NC 28403 other tomato-based foodslowered the pump to a battery pack worn on a kinetic energy transforms into mass prostate cancer risk by as much as 36 shoulder strap. at “ultra-relativistic” speeds, the elec- percent. The FDA panel wants those risks trons in motion are about 100 times Dr. Edward Giovannucci of as explicit as possible, through pa- more massive than electrons at rest. Brigham and Women's Hospital and tient warning brochures and addi- Picture forceful hammers hitting tiny the Harvard School of Public Health, tional data analyses, “to make sure anvils; the tremendous energy and the first author of the study, said it that people understand exactly what speed of the electrons concentrate at supported earlier research involving they’re getting into,” Schultz said. the target. foodssuchas tomatoes that were high The FDA is not bounbydit s advis- One of the three petawatt lasers in lycopene, a powerful antioxidant. ers’ decisions but typically follows being created around the world is “These most recent findings add them. currently at the Lawrence Livermore support to the notion that a diet rich in tomatoes and lycopene-contain- Car for Sale-Reliable Road Warrior ing foods, as well as other fruits and vegetables, may reduce the risk of for $1,500 3 prostate cancer,” Giovannucci said. A report on the study appears 1990 GEO Prizm GSI+Dr Hatch: Wednesday in the Journal of the Na- tional Cancer Institute. 1.6L 4cyl. eng.; Automatic trans.; Lt. Researchers analyzed the food tcohhfao mti octrehseo saetn hwda hnpo r 4o7ast,te0a 0ta0et lcmeaaesnntc etraw nohd i mseftaoorluisne dsa Very well maintaBilnueed.. New muffler+ SMEaSSyI ON1 71- J u n e 2 0 : ees week containing tomato products radiator. Casset deck, reer window lowered their risk of prostate cancer by 24 percent to 36 percent. wiper+defogger. 89,000 miles. 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Al0 Marcu 7, 2002 THE JOHNS Hopkins NEws-LeTTER SPORTS New York Knicks are just that bad ATHLETES OF THE WEEK - The storied franchise has plummeted from former title-contenders to lottery hopefuls he New York Knicks bas- To what does Layden owe this A trade sent Rice to Houston in When first read the news over the ketball team has officially honor? Well, let’s start with the Patrick exchange for Shandon Anderson and ESPN scroll at the bottom of the collapsed. Butlestanyone Ewing ordeal. The stubborn aging Howard Eisley. Then coach Jeff Van screen, I quickly glanced at my calen- think that the Knicks hor- warrior made it clear that he wanted Gundy made it clear from the start dart o seiefw e had reached Apr. 1 yet. rid ’01-’02 campaign out. that the pair would receive limited When I realized this was not the case, comes out of the blue. Instead, it is A deal was nearly consummated playing time. I started to wonder whether or not the final stage of ad ownfall that has that would have sent Ewing to the When they did get on the floor, Scott Layden was secretly working been progressing over the last several Supersonics, with the Knicks net- Anderson routinely put on a three- for the Russians, or even worse, the years. In 2000, it was a loss to the point bricking exhibition while Eisley Miami Heat. How could this man’s Pacers in the Eastern Conference Fi- amazed the crowd with his “make no decisions over the last year anda half, nals. impact whatsoever” dribbling rou- culminating in Cheney’s extension, Last year, ahumiliating firstround tine. have been made in the best interest of exit snapped a seven-year streak of Heading into the season, it was the Knicks? reaching the second rouTnhids y.ea r, appatroj eusnt atbou t everybody that It seems only logical that an in- the only post-season competition the the undersized Knicks wouldn’t be terim head coach should be extended Knicks can hope to win will be de- very good. only if, at the very least, the team cided by the bounce ofa ball, a ping- Certainly, nobody had any idea appears to be headed in the right di- Namie: Sarah Walsh Name: Kyle Mathew Harrison pong ball. thawotuldt be hsimpely yputr id. Alan rection. Nickname: swalsh Nickname: Harry, k-dog What is the cause of the Knicks’ Houston regressed to high school When Jeff Van Gundy resigned Sport: Fencing Sport: Lacrosse journey from title contenders to lot- form, Van Gundy resigned, Mark early into the season, the team was Class Year: Senior Class Year: Freshmen tery hopefuls? Is it the head coach, Jackson turned 80 and Marcus Camby underachieving at one game under the players, the system, the officials, missed his usual 50 games due to in- 500. Don Cheney took over and the Weapon: Sabre Position: Midfield “Spree’s ‘due? Or is it the man up- jury. By the time the trade deadline Knicks now stand at 15 games under Hometown: Fitchburg, MA Hometown: Baltimore, MD stairs, who looks down uponall? Now rolled around, it was obvious that the 500. I’m not referring to the same guy who Knicks needed a major change. Under no rationalized circum- made the oceans and sky and who Itcameasno surprise thatthe great stances can this fact be seen asa sign hWaanrgds. oTuht e alml atnh,e toir mem ewni,t h thCahta rlIi’em CooL, CALM AND WLahyedne n twhaes culnoacbkl e sttrou cdko mainydtnhiignhgt. tdhiarte cttihoinng.s aCroen vheerasdeeldy , in Cthheen eryi’ghst Major: Computer Science Major: Undecided referring to are James Dolan, CEO of COLLECTED about a week ago, the trade window takeover marked the clear loss of Favorite JHU class: Las Vegas, Favorite JHU class: Expository Cablevision and chief owner of the closedantdh e Knicks wouldbe forced the team’s trademark edge and the Eighth Wonder of the World Writing Knicks, and general manager Scott to finish the year with the same sad start of the final plummet to the Achievements: Finalist, NCAA Achievements: Lax High School Layden. ; sack. abyss of mediocrity. Don is a good National Championships: 2000, 2001; All American, All Conference Bas- The dynamic duo cameto be when It didn’t appear things could get man, but not the right man for this NCAA All-American, 2001; Cham- ketball, All Conference Soccer. Dolan was looking for a young, vi- ting Glen Rice and Vin Baker. Cer- job. pion, National Intercollegiate Scored two goals and notched two brant presence to take over after in- tainly, Rice had seen better days. Tuesday’s announcement Women’s Fencing Association: 2000, assists last weekend versus Princeton terim G.M. Ed Tapscott stepped But in Bakert,h e Knicks could have should give all Knicks fans the shot 2001; Champion, University Athletic in the home opener. down. Of course, Tapscott left only gotteri a legitimate big man, albeit It seems only logical of enthusiasm for next season that Association: 2001; Top 25 ranking, Future aspirations: Win a Na- after doing his part to damage the a depressed big man. Unfortu- they had previously been lacking. United States Fencing Association: tional Championship with the La- team. nately, Layden couldn’t quite pull that an interim head The team will again be capped out, 2001-2002 crosse team. In one of the worst draft decisions that one off. Instead the Knicks unbalanced, undersized and talent Future aspirations: Move to Pre-Game ritual: Touch my of all time, the Knicks took French- garnered Rice along with Luke coach should be deficient. But not only that, the California and get a job. goodluck turtle and saya little prayer man Fredric Weis over St. John’s star Longley, the worst player to ever same driver will be right there be- Pre-Game ritual: Watch the rest right before the game Ron Artest. Artest now has a bright win three championships. As the hind the wheel to lead ‘em. Great extended only if,a t the of the team warm up. Favorite Quote: “Its just a job. future with Indiana while Weis’ only season progressed, Knick fans long job, Scott. Favorite Quote: “The public is Birds fly, waves pound the sand. | association with the NBA will be an forgot about Patrick’s injuries as I will conclude with a plea to Mr. very least, the team sensitive to little things, and they beat people up.” Muhammad Ali Olympic moment in which Vince they watched Rice and Longley Dolan. Please fire Scott Layden, buy wouldn’t have full confidence in a Favorite Pro Athlete: Michael Carter jumped over the center’s head combine to seemingly accrue ev- Cheney out of his contract, hire a en route to a dunk. ery possible ailment known to appears to be headed real general manager and then re- college that didn’t know how to spell Jordan ‘John.’ “— Mark Twain (after Other Interests: Basketball There is no doubt that Dolan be- medical science. move yourself from any decision receiving an honorary degree from lieved his mission was accom- The debacle continued when, in the right direction. making having to do with the Hopkins) plished when he brought Scott before the start of this season, Knicks. Unique Fact About You: I'm Layden over from Utah. Little did Layden demonstrated a severe in- Perhaps my earnest request will fairly adept at wiggling my ears. anyone know that in only two short ability to evaluate player talent have no impact, but empty seats at Favorite Pro Athlete: Nomar years, Layden would get himself while making it quite obvious that worse. Unbelievably, they did on the Garden may have a little more of near the top of the list of worst gen- there was a clear communication Tuesday when it was announced that an effect. Believe me, Mr. Dolan, Other Interests:Candlelightdin- _ eral managers in the history of or- breakdown between him and his Don Cheney’s contract would be ex- your e going to see plenty of them in ners and long walkson the beach. ganized sports. - coaching staff. tended another year. the games to come. Track disappoints at ECACs despite strong performances BY JEFF KATZENSTEIN Hopkins record, she did shatter her Apperson also competed in the 800m, THE JoHNS Hopkins News-LeTTER personal best by over 18 seconds. recording a time of 1:58.64, and fin- Other competitors for Hopkins ishing 17th. Six men and three women from included freshman Jessica Bylander, Junior captain Nikki Gross com- theJohns Hopkins Indoor Track team who competed in the 55m and fin- petedin the women’s 800m, finishing competed in the East Coast Athletic ished with a time of 7.60. Junior 30th with a time of 2:27.07, The Conference (ECAC) Indoor Track & Rajeev Mahajan experienced a disap- women’s distance medley relay team Field Championships at Tufts Uni- pointing 14th place finish in the high finished at 13:17.07 and finished in versity in Boston last weekend. Com- jump, ashe was injured during warm- 18th place, as middle distance runner peting against top-notch competi- ups and managed to leap 671.25”, six sophomore Heather Blair caught a tion, neither team finished inches below his season best. cold and was unable to compete. impressively, with the men scoring two points to tie for 41st place, and the women not scoring. Yet, there Nursing were some notable performances by several Blue Jays. Eee a Graduates! We were hoping to break 10:30 but we are still happy with the $4000 tuition remmbursemert result. —ALEX GOCHAL $3000 sign-on ayeyerets Dean Hashimoto. For the men, junior Jamie Parks, For your personal tout and $2¢ gift freshman Matt Campbell, sophomore AAlpepxe rsGoonc hcaolm,b inaendd ins etnhieo rd istJaonhcne intecrerntsihfiipcsa tei,n a=nDd, tMoe dle/aSrunr gta ea ndedt aCinlst iacablo uCta re 1 retirement’ plan without first doing his homework. 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Amos also competed in the 55m and re- corded a time of 6.66 seconds. On the women’s side, the most notable performance was by sopho- " S(NOMS more Aline Bernard, who narrowly missed breaking the school record in the 3,000m, recording a time of 18:40.43 and finishing in 12th place. HEALTHCARE Though she did not break the