2 OUN Y oS H OQ P K NEWS-LETTER VoLuME CVI, Issur 25 PUBLISHED SINCE 1896 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE JOHNS Hopkins UNIVERSITY Apri 25, 2002 Students vote in Council referenda Amendment B wins out over Amendment A BY YASMIN MADRASWALA The HOP would have 20 elected pro- THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LetTer grammers thatserve onaschool-wide programming committee and four On Monday, the student body class programming committees. voted on two different Student Coun- AmendmentB includeda revision cil (StuCo) Constitution reforms. At of Student Council’s line of succes- StuCo’s weekly meeting Tuesday sion by outlinwihantg t o do in case of night, it was announced that the Stu- a permanent vacancy. For example,i f dent Council Constitution proposal the office of the Student Council Presi- known as Amendment B passed with dent or any other Student Council 341 votes. The other proposal, known executive office is vacant, then the as AmendmentA , received 231 votes, remaining Executive Board officers and 102 people voted for no change would appoint a successor with the to the constitution. approval of Student Council through Both of the amendments outlined amajority vote. Theamendmentalso different changes for the Student reserves the right for Student Council : ; COURTESY OF HTTP://ARCHIVE.SPORTSERVER.COM Council Constitution. Amendment to revoke the constitution and by- Ripken will attend the University’s Commencement ceremony in May. | A called for a clear division between laws ofall committees, therefore add- RAPHAEL SCHWEBER-KOREN/NEWS-LETTER Brokaw, Ripken to policy issues and social program- ingf lexibilityt oa ddand change com- BoE co-Chair Erika Stoddard, seated, assists a junior in voting Monday. ming. It transfers the responsibility mittees. ofs ocial programming from Student Students who voted for the pro- _AmendmentA campaign appeals outcome Council to the Hopkins Organiza- posals had to rank their choices for be honored by JHU tion for Programming (HOP). Stu- Amendment A, Amendment B and dent Council’s size would decrease no change. Some students felt that BY LIZ STEINBERG about the issues and tainted the deci- from 29 members to 19 members, they could not comment on the pro- THE JOHNS Hopkins NeEws-LETTER sion-making process,” wrote the ap- which includes four senators per class, posals because they did not know pellants. as well as the Student Council chair, enough information abouteitherone. | Student supporters of Amend- If B were disqualified, A, as the BY AUDREY HENDERSON mencement speakers to receive hon- the HOP Chair and the Student Ac- Students did have the opportunity to | ment A, the proposed Student Coun- option with the second-highensutm- THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LeTTER orary degrees from the University, tivities Commission (SAC) Chair. look at summaries of the proposals, cil Constitutional revision are appeal- ber of votes, would then win. making Brokaw’s selection as a re- The senators would serve on differ- or at the proposed constitutions un- | ing the results of this week’s election During the course ofthe campaign, NBC Nightly News anchor Tom cipient more unique. | ent committees including Academic der each proposal. | and calling for the disqualification of Goutman, Class of 2002 president, Brokaw and former Baltimore Ori- “Students grew up watching Tom Affairs, Communications and Selec- Freshman Liz Kim said, “T looked | Amendment B, the winning amend- filed eight campaigning violation oles infielder Cal Ripken, Jr. will re- Brokaw on the news,” said Stephen tion, Community Relations, Diver- over Amendment A and I think | ment. Supporters of Amendment A complaints with the BoE. Three were ceive Honorary Doctorate of Humane CONTINUED ON Pace A3 sity and Homewood Student Affairs. CONTINUED ON PAGE A5 say their case was misrepresented re- ruled in his favor. Letters degrees from Johns Hopkins | peatedly by the opposition over the At several points, Amendment B University during the afternoon di- Posters ripped down, defaced course of what some people involved supporters stated that the Student Ac- ploma ceremony at Commencement| with the election process calleda dirty tivities Commission (SAC) would be on May 23. race. eliminated and student groups would According to Paula Berger, chair of| Amendment A’s drafters, Eric not be able to operate under Amend- the Honorary Degrees Committee and Leslie, Stephen Goutman, April Land, ment A, according to Goutman, who Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Morgan MacDonald and Jenny said they knew this was not true. SAC International Programs, Brokaw and BY JESSICA VALDEZ Chiang, submitted their appeal to the Chair Noel DeSantos made the offen- Ripken were selected because of out- THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter Board ofE lections (BoE) at 8:59 p.m. sive statement during the April 15 Gen- standing achievements in their fields. | on Tuesday, less than an hour after eral Assembly meeting and again dur- “Tom Brokaw has had a very dis- Posters advertising the events of | the board announced Amendment ing an SAC Executive Board meeting tinguished career asa journalist,” said the Middle Eastern Student Associa- B’s 341 to 231-vote victory at this while telling liaisons to vote against Berger. “He has been inducted into tion (MESA), the Coalition of week’s Student Council meeting. Ac- Amendment A, for example. the Television and Broadcasting Hall Hopkins Activists for Israel (CHAI) | cording to the BoE policy, appeals “J would call the behavior of the of Fame and has received sev ren and the Diverse Sexuality and Gen- | amfutsetr tbhee psoulblsm ictltoesed, wwhiithcihn wa2s4‘ 9h opu.rms. Aetmhiecnald,m” ensati d BG opuetompalne. ex“It rtehmienlky thueni-r Emmys for special reports.” der Alliance (DSAGA) have recently Brokwhoa wilwl de,liv er the Com- been defaced and torn down in vari- Monday night. McCarttahctiycs -—thleirisckareetac - mencement address, has been the ouslocationson the Homewood cam- “We believe Amendment B should tics — are totally unnecessary for this anchor and managing editor of NBC pus, said representatives of the three be disqualified because of their mul- campus.... The behavior that they’ve Nightly News with.Tom Brokaw since student organizations. tipleand repeated misrepresentations illustrated shows that none of them 1983. It is not customary for Com- According to MESA President of Amendment A during their cam- _ deserve a spot on Student Council.” Samar Malek, MESA posters were paigning. Their misrepresentation In addition, B, which was drafted found defaced or completely missing served to confuse and scare voters CONTINUED ON PAGE A5 Fewer from prime campus locations, most notably at the Hut, Levering and Class officer election McCoy. A poster publicizing the re- vendors cent Israeli-Palestinian debate on April 19 was covered with the words, “Kill all Palestinians,” said Malek. results announced for Spring Former president of CHAI Yonit Golub said that 200 posters on the Up- LIZ STEINBERG/NEWS-LETTER per Quad, the Lower Quad and the MESA President Samar Malek and her officers found defaced posters in beach were found either missing or the hallway outside the Hut this week. Racial slurs defaced the posters. 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In an immediate response to the take a look to see what the adminis- Before last year, all the activities incidents, Malek called the Office of tration does given the situation.” involved with Spring Fair were con- Residential Life, filed a report with se- Neither Boswell nor Associate centrateCdo nrotni ntuheeD UnOiNv ePrascikt y’As4 three cduernittsy Saunsda ne vBeons wceolnlt, awctheod sDuebasenq uoefn Sttluy- Dexeparne sosfe dSt udceonntcse rnD oroovtehry tShhee pcpoamr-d INSIDE THIS EDAD eso e a ae NOBODY DOES IT BETTER CONTENTS As of when we went to press, there is no other men’s lacrosse team in the nation ranked higher than our be- loved Blue Jays. Brag to your friends who go to lesser schools. Page A12 Exposure Features WON’T TRAVEL ON AIRPLANES? If you have a world-class racing yacht, you can still make it to France in time for Bastille Day. Check out the cool ships docked in the Inner Har- bor. Page B1 DO NOT FEED THIS KITTY The wildlife! The friendly locals! The malarial waters! We go ona safari to Africa so you don’t have to. Read all about the wonders of Kenya. Page B3 Adz THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LetTrTer APRIL 25, 2UU2 NEWS AROUND THE COUNTRY Dorm arson suspected at Colorado Poll finds students often unoccupied BY FRED BAERKIRCHER tem. Onesprinkler activated over one ported. She added RAs have been in criminal activity at Kittredge West. Cotorapo Darty (U. Cotorapo) of the fires, McGraw said. contact with the building’s residents According to the CU police blotter as Police say the residence hall was regarding the incident, and fliers have of Friday, three incidents have been (U-WIRE) BOULDER, Colo. - As evacuated following the incident, and been distributed advising students to reported at the dorm this month. BY MAUREEN HARTSHORN ings of other studies. Methods for workers toiled to repair fire damage no injuries were reported. About 380 report suspicious activity and to con- Police saya r ock was thrown through Tur DIAMONDBACK (U. MARYLAND) gathering the data, he said, weretested at University of Colorado’s Kittredge students live in the building, accord- tact their parents to report they are OK. a window oft he building April 2, and to be reliable. West Friday, notes posted at each of ing to the press release. No students Coffin said hero ffiiscine th e tricky obscene graffiti reportedly was found (U-WIRE) COLLEGE PARK, Md. “It [the survey] was designed very the dormitory’s doors advised resi- were displaced by the fires. The press position of making sure students re- in the dorm April 7. - A survey released April 2 by polling carefully to be as accurate as pos- dents police still are seeking a suspect release stated damage was estimated main informed while at the same time At around 8 p.m. Wednesday, the firms Harris Interactive and 360 Youth sible,” White said. in what investigators believe to be an at around $5,000. keeping the incident in perspective day of,the suspected arson attempt, a Inc. found the average college student Even so, the survey’s findings arson attempt. McGraw declined to divulge details so as to not induce undue alarm. false fire alarm was reported, but has about 1] hours of free time per day. seemed fairly surprising to man University police say at roughly ofhow the fires were constructed, since “We've been trying to make sure McGrawsaid the two incidents prob- The survey conducted in October people; even White professed to be “a 3:35 p.m. Wednesday, a resident of the case is under active investigation. the students are aware, but we don’t ably are not related. 2001 randomly sampled 6,000 under- bit surprised.” Kittredge West called to report a fire He said because multiple points of ori- want them to panic,” she said. “It’s a Donner said the arson incident graduate and graduate students, ages The study surprised Sean on the first floor of that dormitory. gin were found for the fires, the inci- hard balance.” highlights the need for people to take 18 to 34, from two- and four-year McDonald, a University of Maryland Members oft he Boulder Fire Depart- dentis being investigatedasanarsonby Jackie Schaub, a resident of the all fire alarms seriously. He said if institutions. Free time, the study said, junior in journalism. ment responded, along with CU Po- both CUPD and BED. building, said she has noticed the drills become too frequent, people is time not spent studying, sleeping “Tamvery confident thatIamwork- lice Department officers. A press re- “They certainly were incendiary,” stepped-up security efforts and the fli- can become desensitized to the alarm. or working. ing harder now, as a college student, lease issued by CUPD shortly after BFD Chief Larry Donner said of the ers housing personnel distributed. She However, he noted, Wednesday’s The survey found students occupy than I will need to onceI getajob, And the incident states two fires were fires. “They weren’t accidental.” added rolls of toilet paper were used to incident had the potential to become themselves during these leisurely lulls I resent the idea that the world sees my started on the first floor of the build- Boulder County Crime Stoppers fuel the fire in the vending area, which much more serious. in a variety of ways. Top activities age group as spending nearly half of ing and extinguished. has offered a $500 reward for infor- she said was disconcerting because it “If the alarm goes off,” Donner included using the Internet, listening every day to waste on video games and “One was ina lounge, and one was mation leading to an arrest in the indicated a certain level of planning cautioned, “it’s in your best interest to music, talking on the phone and idle Web surfing,” McDonald said. in the vending-room area,” police case. CU housing Director Deborah had gone into the incident. to evacuate the building.” watching TV, but students also noted To assist students who, like spokesman Lt. Tim McGraw told the Coffin said her department has “Obviously they wanted to causea University police are asking anyone some of their free time was used for McDonald, find themselves lacking Colorado Daily Friday. “The poten- pledged to match that amount. lot of damage, which I think is pretty with information pertaining to running errands. in free time, the university offers sey- tial fora disaster is certainly thereina McGraw said as of Friday, police scary,” Schaub said. Wednesday ’sincidentto call detectives Derek White, general manager at eral courses that educate students case like this.” had not received any tips related to Schaub added she felt as though at 303-492-8168 or Boulder County 360 Youth Inc., said these findings about coping with stress and budget- McGraw added a third fire, also the case. He added investigators at there has been a recent increase in Crime Stoppers at 303-440-STOP. were fairly consistent with the find- ing time effectively. located in the lounge area, also was that time did not know how many David Hyde is an instructor in the attempted. That fire was not reported people were involved in the arson at- university's department of publicand in the initial release, he said, because tempt. He said the mid-afternoon Riots spring up again at OSU community health. Hyde teaches it had “self-extinguished” before of- timing of the incident was not neces- HONR279P: “Understanding and ficers arrived. He noted building sarily unusual, since activity levels in Coping with Stress,” and said many materials and furnishings of dormi- that area of the dormitoatr tyha t time students take the class because much tories are chosen in part for their fire- are relatively low. of their stress is school-related. resistant qualities. “We're still hoping to develop BY DAVE LIEBERMAN One Dumpster fire was set, win- “Show us your tits,” screamed the “Compared to college students 15 As fortheremaining fires, McGraw some leads in this,” he said. THE LANTERN (OHIO STATE U.) dows were brokenand numerous cars mob, as several young women flashed or 20 years ago, I think college stu- said, “one of our officers was there so Coffin said in the wake of the inci- were damaged severely. the crowd. dents of today have many more ex- quickly that the fire was still present.” dent, security measures at the dorm (U-WIRE) COLUMBUS, Ohio - The evening began witha longline When some of the females com- pectations and demanwhdichs tr,an s- He said the officer extinguished have been increased through stepped- For thesecondstraightyear, house par- of house parties, named “Chittfest” pletelyremoved their clothes, they were lates into more stress,” Hyde said, that fire with an extinguisher located up patrols by night security, resident ties on Chittenden Avenue escalated byarea residents, between High Street fondled by the surrounding crowd. Ehson Mosleh, a senior computer in the building. McGraw noted ef- assistants and CUPD officers. As oFfr i- into a full riot early Sunday morning. and Indianola Avenue. They were Lantern campus Editor Phil Helsel science major, spends plenty of time forts to extinguish the fires were aided day, she said, there had not been any Sunday morning’s off-campus dis- relatively contained at 10:30 p.m, with and Editor Megan E. Walsh contrib- not studying, but said he doesn’thave by the building’s fire-suppression sys- additional incidents of that nature re- turbance occurred on the one-year an- traffic still moving down the street. uted to this story. 11 hours a day for such activities. niversary of the 2001 Chittenden riot. Most revelers stayed inside tempo- About 40 Columbus Police officers, rary orange fences put up by party THE JOouHN S HOP KIN S NOW blames BU dressed in full riot gear and gas masks, hosts. NEWS-LETTE pushed their way down Chittenden “Tt wasn’t bad, just a couple of Avenue from Summit Street toward parties,” said Justin Geysel, a sopho- High Street around 1 a.m. more in computer information sci- policy at conference The action was an attempt to clear ences. “The cops didn’t come until PUBLISHED SINCE 1896 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE JOHNS HopKINs UNIVERSITY several hundred individuals, many bottles were thrown.” HTTP://WWW.JHUNEWSLETTER.COM intoxicated, who had congregated in Shortly after, a huge mass of stu- the street. They had stopped traffic, dents, especially from south-campus EDITORIALBOARD P¢B oe) eY e sM A|T THEW RieO DRI2 GUEZf s climbed on top of parked cars and residence halls, crossed High Streetinto College of Artsa nd Sciences senior who tossed bottles and cans onto thestreet. the neighborhood. In a 30-minute pe- Editors-in-Chief Shannon Shin, S. Brendan Short THE Datty Free Press (BostU.o) n—_ —~_a lleges she was sexually assaulted on Individualsma,ny of them Ohio riod more than 300 students were Jan. 31 at her off-campus apartment, State University students, taunted the counted walking east on 12th Avenue Business Manager James Liew (U-WIRE) BOSTON - The presi- addressed the audience about her per- police as they moved down the street by the Moritz College of Law. Managing Editors Jeremiah Crim, Charles Donefer - dent of the Greater Boston chapter of sonal experiences with administrators. with hand gesturing, flashing and “We're freshmen, and this is our the National Organization for Women Horner, who claims BU mishandled chants of “Bring it on.” first riot,” said two smiling women, Advertising Managers Emilie Romeiser, Chun Ye decried Boston University’s (BU) han- her case, said the University should be Standing in acloud of tear gas, one Nikki and Allison, who declined to Photography Editors Holly Martin, Liz Steinberg dling of sexual assault Saturday at a clear in its written policies. man yelled, “Come on, take me.” give their last names. “This is crazy.” conferenceat Northeastern University. “T want there to be a definition of Several minutes later, thick plumes Dan Davenport, a freshman from Copy Editor Teresa Matejovsky “What we're seeing at BU is in- what rape is,” Horner said, adding of tear gas rose from the area. Kent State University, said he came dicative of what we’re seeing else- she believes students who are victims Police arrested 26 people, includ- down to Columbus, Ohio, to witness Special Editions/Focus Editors Charbel Barakat, Jeremy Tully where,” said Andrea Lee, president of of sexual assault should be given im- ing 13 OSU students. Twelve police Chittfest firsthand. NOW’s Greater Boston chapter. munity and BU should expand its officers were injured, including “Oh yeah, all I’ve heard is that it’s News Editors Cara Gitlin, Mike Spector “What we’re seeing is dreadfully in- counseling services. Suzanne Curmode, commander of going to be crazy,” Davenport said. Features Editor Lindsay Saxe adequate counseling and education “T think BU has a long way to go,” the area around the University dis- Students from Ohio University, about what sexual assault is.” she said. trict, who suffered a broken jaw after Columbus State Community College Sports Editors Ron Demeter, David Gonen Lee also criticized school admin- She suggested BU couldlearn from being hit in the face bya flying object. and a number of high schools were in Arts Editors Natalya Minkovsky, Caroline Saffer istrators and called for increased at- other Boston-area universities, such Another officer was injured so se- attendance early Sunday morning, said tention to student concerns. as Tufts University, which she said verely police thought he had been shot. DaveJones,astudentat Columbus State Science Editor David Merrick “What we're seeing are administra- provides better counseling services “He went down so fast,” said Sgt. who was videotaping the event. tions that aren’t listening to students,” for its students than BU. Earl Smith, spokesman for the Co- Shortly after midnight, masses of Events Editor Pete Goldwine she said. “We implore campus admin- According to a statement from lumbus Division of Police. “He was people congregated in the area — a Electronic Editions Editor Andrew Pinzler istrations to listen to their students.” NOW, this was the first citywide event hit in the back by a bottle or a rock or number of them individually carry- BU student Meghann Horner, a of its kind. something.” ing cases of beer. Party-goers spilled Systems Manager Jason Gordon outinto the street, stopped trafficand climbed onto parked cars in the area. Graphics Editor Eric Ha Calif. bill to up student budget The orange fences, which previously had contained the parties, were bro- wees STAFFWRITERS ken down completely. _Dave DeBruin, Ali Fenwick, Julianna Finelli, Christian G. Forsythe, M.O. “The notion that you can throwa Hart, Audrey Henderson, Karen Hirsc h, Melissa Huang, Anna party and keep things under control Hutchinson, Maha Jafri, Sheryl Kane, Jeff Katzenstein, Marina Koestler, DBaYi rRy YAFoNr tyR-INTICNHEIRE centTlhye wChFenA lhoabsb ybienegn stsautce cleesgsifsulla torres- cclaatsiso ns ibzee caanuds et hiet wsotuuldde nhte-ltpe adcehcerre arsae- bcryo upsu,t”t insga iud p Vainc eo rParnegsei dfeenntc ef oirs lSutdui-- JYuasstmini nK oMsaodrrisa,s waDlaav,i d MiLkeA iem aMna,s t> rEaunngae loL,h eEem ,i Jleyr eMmayy ye rL,iL fi fI,s hMaait tM ooLroehvimlalne,, (CALIFORNIA STATE U.-LoNnG BEACH) due to the state’s “very strong Demo- tio, according to CFA officials. The dent Affairs William Hall, who was in Brooke Neuman, Jeff Novich, Matt O’Brien, Steve Park, Maany Peyvan, Margo cratic legislature and governor,” bill would also increase tenure track the middle of the street trying to dis- Pietras, Stephen Porter, Jason Shahinfar, Eric Tan, Sagar Thaker, Matt Trezza, (U-WIRE) LONG BEACH, Calif. Fiebert said. and possibly close the salary gap courage misbehavior. “There’s just Chris Tucker, Brian Udoff, Jessica Vald. €z, Megan Waitkoff, Steve Zampieri, _ -A faculty memberat California State “We're asking for the legislators to among professors in California and too much alcohol for people to act Peter Zou University-Los Angeles has intro- raise the amount up to 50 percent for those outside the state. responsibly.” duced a bill to state legislators that the instructional budget,” Fiebert said. “As we rebalance, hopefully more As the mass formed, police bike COPYSTAFF _ STAFFPHOTOGRAPHERS would shift the focus of the California A larger budget would benefit edu- faculty will be hired,” Fiebert said. patrols were seen fleeing at 12:15 a.m. Kim Andrews, Evan Elias, Michelle Mike Fischer, Devra Goldberg, - State Univseystrem’ss biudtgetyawa y Fiks, Grace Hong, Euna Lhee, Jessica Kajfasz, Wei Lin, Alexis . from administration and focus more Harvard students protest A&F Jessica Valdez, Peter Zou Pappas, Eugene Yum ' on teaching students. Senate Bill 1450 would requirhael f ADVERTAIlSlIeNnG AKSeeSlI STANT SPORETriScA SRSiIdSgTeA NT SEALS reall _ of the CSU budget to go to general ' funds devoted to instruction, Alice - Sunshine, California Faculty Asso- PHOTOASSISTANTS ; - ciation communications specialist, BY OROFISOLA FASEHUN included students from Harvard Uni- “It was incredible,” Yasuda said. Raphael Schweber-Koren, Emily Nalven ad aol said. HARVARD CRIMSON (HARVARD U.) versity, Wellesley College, Boston Uni- “Tt was an affirmation of whawet we re teacThhien ga mohausn tb eoefn modneeclyi nailnlgo ttseidn cteo (U-WIRE) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. vseirtsyi tayn, dB oUsMtaosn s-CBololsetgoe,n .T ufOtrsg aUnniizveerr-s doinOgr.g”a nizer Christopher Tam said acaTdheem iJco hynesa rH obpyk itnhse Nsetwusd-Leentttsoer f Tihs pe ublished ever.y ThursA day durinf. g the 1991, but not the amoguivenn tto t he - About 100 people joined in a said the protest grew from 50toasmany the protest was a good opportunity to exception of holidays, exam periods, aJnodh nvsa cHatoipoknis.n s ThUeni vveireswist ye xwpirtehs stehde _ _ oafdfmiicinailss.t raLtasito n,ye ara,c ctohred ignegne rtaol CpuFrA- aHgaarivnasrt da liSnqeu oafr Aeb eprrcortoesmtb ieS a&tu Fridtacyh iasst s2 w00h op ehooplnek —e din no stu pcpoourntt ionfg t hmeo traolrl-y. educ“aWtee ptahses epdu boluitc .f liers explainintgh e hseiornesi nb edco onmoet npercoepsesratryi lyo fr tehper eNseewnst- Lteht otseer ,o f the editorial board. 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Rather, she remarked on the warm support she received from colleagues CONTINUED FROM Pace AI Player four times; in addition, he was Academy of Arts & Sciences, has and friends, who praised her courage Goutman, senior class president. named to the Associated Press All helped to forge important partner- in going public about her sexuality. “Him being here as the graduation Star Team six times and the Ameri- ships with the Johns Hopkins Uni- Following her decision to come out, speakeri s really excitanid nthge h,on - can League All Star Team 13 times. versity Medical Institutions. McIntosh describetdh e comfortlevel | orary degree is anice way for Hopkins “Weare recognizing him not only Robert Mundell is an economist between herselfand her colleagues as to honor him and his achievements.” for his extraordinary achievements who won the Nobel Prize in Econom- “tremendous.” Ripken, who was selected to re- as an athlete, but for extraordinary ics in 1999 and was formerlya p rofes- While her own experiences in ceivean honodegrree alasrt yeyar b ut achievementsi n community involve- sor at the Johns Hopkins Bologna coming out were widely accepted | could not attend the commencement ment and as an exemplar of good Center. After leaving the Bologna among friends and colleagues, ceremony, will receive his honorary sportsmanship,” said Berger. Center, Mundell worked for the In- McIntosh stressed that it’s not the degree with Brokaw during the after- John Maroon, a spokesman for ternational Monetary Fund (IMF) same for all people in her situation. noon diploma ceremony. Ripken, said that Ripken is excited before taking his current position asa She recounted the stoof vrisiyting a The honor will be Ripken’s first and honored to receive the degree. professor at Columbia University. friend who was a lesbian and lived honorary degree ever. Honorary de- “Cal is overwhelmed by the pros- Ranice Crosby, a pioneer in the field in a small Kansas town. “I saw the | grees are normally conferred during pect of being honored by Johns of medical illustration and a founder of stark differences between her life... | the morning citation ceremony. Hopkins,” said Maro“Ito’s nnot.onl y the Association of Medical Illustrators, her living closeted in a small town, According to Goutman, Univer- one of the most well-respected uni- has been affiliated with the University and me living very openly and very sity President William R. Brody’s of- versities in the world, but it’s also since 1943. Described by Berger as the honestlya,n d howd ifferoeurn ltiv es fice thought students would appreci- right in his backyard.” “grande dame of medical illustration”, are in terms of the quality of our ate sharing their graduation Brokaw and Ripken are two oft he she has also earned a master of liberal life, our mental health, and our abil- ceremony with Ripken. sixindividuals approved by the Board arts from JHU. ity to contribute and be successful, “Students are big baseball fans. I of Trustees to receive honorary de- Jiang Shusheng, President of and I thought, ‘Wow. There are a think they would appreciate seeing grees in 2002. The four other recipi- Nanjing University, a physicist and a lot of people living like my friend | Cal and would enjoy graduation ents include two scientists, an econo- member of China’s National People’s Carolyn in Maryland who are really | more,” said Goutman. mist and a medical illustrator. Congress, will receive his degree in afraid.” Berger confirmed that Brody’s of- Parnell Choppin, former President Nanjing later this year during a cel- “T believe that... part of the aim of | fice made a special effort to request of the Howard Hughes Medical Insti- ebration of the University’s 100th an- [the legislative body] ofp olitics is to | that Ripken appear at the afternoon tute and a member of the National niversary. educate people so that people like ceremony with graduating students. LIZ STEINBERG/NEWS-LETTER me, who come from an urban area, “T think President Brody’s office Del. Mcintosh discussed the Anti-Discrimination and Hate Crimes Bills. who are gay, have a place and have a thought students would really enjoy role in the legislature and also repre- it,” said Berger. BY KATIE GRADOWSKI as a pro-choice Democratic woman,” sent that constituency.” According to Berger, Ripken was THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter she said. As she described her politi- McIntosh strongly maintained selected based on his athletic cal experience, McIntosh stressed the that her private honesty about her achievements and community in- On Tuesday, Del. Maggie McIn- importance of notallowing oneselft o sexuality greatly facilitated the ease volvement, including his link to tosh met at the Mattin Center with be defined by sexual orientation. with which her coming out was ac- Johns Hopkins. Hopkins students for an informal dis- “How put off would you be if some- cepted by her colleagues and the gen- “He has been quite supportive of cussion about her experiences as the body printed up a brochure that said, eral public. In retrospect, she found | various activities at Johns Hopkins, House Majority leader. McIntosh is ‘Tm a straight running for office.— that her honesty and previous contri- including a program in neurology,” the first woman and the only openly What does that tell you?” butions to civil service worked to her | said Berger. “He and his wife Kelly | gay member of the Maryland state One oft he important topics McIn- advantage. “I was allowed to do itand established the Kelly and Cal Ripken, legislature to hold this position. tosh discussewdas the recent Anti-Dis- be accepted because of who Iam and Jr. Foundation in 1992 to expand their The event, co-hosted by DSAGA crimination Bill. The bill, which was what I’ve done and how honest and charitable giving. They have given to and the College Democrats, was one passedin early April, prohibits discrimi- open I'd been previously with my the Johns Hopkins Children’s Cen- of the final events of DSAGA Aware- nation based on sexual orientation re- colleagues,” she said. ter, the Johns Hopkins Kennedy ness Days. garding publicaccommodationhosu,s - McIntosh also described a local | Krieger Institute and many other pro- McIntosh opened the discussion ing, and employment. shiftin attitude in the political sphere, grams.” with a brief synopsis of her political After passing the House and being that is, more politicians are running Ripken also helped create a fund background. Having begun her ca- rejected by the Senate last year, the bill as openly gay or lesbian candidates. of more than $2 million for research reer as an art teacher, she described was passed this year, largely as the re- While McIntosh criticized the use of to finda cure for Amyotrophic lateral howshe developedan interest in poli- sult of McIntosh’s persistent lobbying. one’s sexuality as a campaign plug, | sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou tics by helping friends run their po- McIntosh gave much of the credit to she praised this shift as one that re- | Gehrig’s disease. In 1995, Ripken litical campaigns. In 1987, McIntosh fellow supporters oft he bill, including flects growing honesty and awareness. | broke Gehrig’s record of consecutive was recommended to be a state-wide Governor Paris Glendening. “Tf it “T do think that trying to figure out | games played. campaign manager for Michael werent for Governor Glendening, this howyoursexualorientation plays into Ripken was born in Maryland and Dukakis. She describeditas a turning bill would not have passed, because he who youareand what youare isa very joined the Orioles in 1978. He was ~ COURTESY OF HTTP://WWW.PISOLUTIONS.COM point in her career. McIntosh chose single-handedlgyot that bill out of the important thing to do.” named the Orioles Most Valuable Tom Brokaw, of NBC Nightly News, will give the commencement address. to leave her job as an art teacher and Senate.” Regarding the future of Maryland pursue a full-time career in politics. The Anti-Discrimination Bill politics, McIntosh discussed othercon- In relating her experiences as a prompted McIntosh to come out pub- troversial legislature still in various civilservant, McIntosh remarked that licly about her sexual orientation, stages of conception. In lieu of the pas- her sexuality was common knowl- which she recalls as “the most tre- sage of the Anti-Discrimination Bill, Niwa edge among friends and colleagues. mendous, rewarding event of my McIntosh remarked on the currently “Anyone that knew me [personally] adult political life.” In light of last perceived lull in Maryland legislature. knew I was a lesbian...My first prin- year’s Senate rejection of the bill, She expressed hope that the Hate ciple in life was to live honestly, and McIntosh remarked, “Part of what Crimes Bill will pass next year, but was basically to live fairly openly.” moved me to be moreand more pub- less optimistic about legislature on gay McIntosh described her political lic about this was the referendum.” marriagesand gayadoptions, citing that ideologyas one driven by actions, not She described her decision as “100 such legislation had less widespread Sushi e¢ Teriyaki e« Udon ¢ Noodles sexual orientation. “I ran as an edu- percent rewarding and positive.” support than the Anti-Discrimination cator, as a community activist...and Contrary to past incidences, Bill. And Korean Dishes Class elections see fewer voters IN A PLEASANT ATMOSPHERE FOR LARGE OR SMALL PARTIES x & %& 3 STAR RATING FROM BALTIMORE SUN = Daily Lunch Specials starting at $5.95 CONTINUED FROM Pace Al erendum procedure...thehayd to op- come of the vote. Current Treasurer Call 410-366-4115 or Fax 410-366-1334 for Carry-out Allen were reelected to their current erate with a lot of flexibility,” said Noel DeSantos expressed pleasure NEW HOURS LOCATED ON positions, and the candidates for secre- Mittal. “[BoE members] have the that.the “continuity of student MON.-SAT. 11:30 -10:30PM 3 EAST 33"° STREET tary/treasurer and representative were most selfless job on council.” groups” would be ensured. He rec- SUNDAY 3 :00- 9:30PM BALTIMORE MD.21218 uncontested. The current sophomore The voter turnout was very similar ognized the merits of Amendment A, ACROSS FROM HOPKINS class turnout was 25 percent. to that of years past, according to the while proposing that Amendment B The candidates elected for next BoE, with the exception oft he junior could adequately support and incor- -LUNCH SPE€TAL-* year’s sophomore offices were Ben class, whose candidates ran largely © porate those ideas. Radel for president (219 votes), unopposed. However, Stoddard ex- “Many of the ideas inherent in served from 11:30 AM ~ 3:00 PM. Mon - Sat Megan Coe for vice-president (138 pressed her opinion that the refer- Amendment A were good and should TEP UA 5.0 VLE fern secarsneciensduis niet cet abeeneded senate asad tata ae votes), Shannon Chang for secretary/ enda issue might have had an influ- be reconsidered...but the changes can Lightly battered shrimp and vegetables deep-fried and served with a special sauce treasurer (157 votes) and Charles ence on the lack of voters. bemadethrougthh e [current] bylaws,” BEE TERRES ARS <5 (VLBS. bins ccpsnens souttnaaacnt acaistvupeid gnomdkideeekenctsiraaset iW ie Reyner and Monica Lai for represen- Freshman Rita Guevara was one said De Santos. “For all its merits, my Stir-fried pieces of grilled beef and vegetables with chef's teriyaki sauce tatives (193 and 185 votes, respec- of many who didn’t make it to the main concern is that [Amendment A] tively). All officers were reelected to polls on Monday. Citing a lack of already came before the student coun- their current positions, with the ex- information about the candidates or cil and was shot down roundly.” Stir-fried of pieces of grilled chicken breast and vegetables with a chef’s teriyaki sauce ception of Lai. Manu Sharma, candi- the referenda issues as her reason, Mittal expressed similar senti- SALMON TERIYAKI date for representative, was disquali- Guevara explained that she chose to ments on the issue. Grilled salmon served with chef's special teriyaki sauce fied for failure to turn in a spending abstain from voting. “The student body has taken a report. The voter turnout for current “I knew the importance of the is- stance...I find it interesting that freshmen was the highest of any class suesat stake, and didn’t feel I was well [Amendment A] was voted down by Deep-fried breaded pork cutlet served with tonkatsu sauce at 37 percent. enough informed to cast a conscious both the council and the student BUL GOKT ................. b, aiechicide nebo dat eeRe ayie temattietor esw hertins pacheytiten The winner of Vice President of vote,” said Guevara. body,” said Mittal. Delicious marinated sliced beef Korean style Institutional Relations was Noel The results of the referendum vote In regards to claims of campaign DeSantos, who won by a 63 percent drew strong emotions from both sides violations, Stoddard stated that al- Delicious marinated sliced beef short rib Korean style margin (322 votes). The outcome of of the issue. Current freshman Rep- though “some opinions bordered on” the referendum vote favored Amend- resentative Morgan MacDonald felt negative campaigning, they were * Combination lunches are served with soup, salad, rice, and California roll* ment B, with 341 votes. Amendment that “the voice of the student body “within reason” and “within legal CHICKEN Areceived 231 votes, and “nochange” [had] been denied,” not because of rights.” She related that any prob- Stir-fried pieces of grilled chicken, vegetables, and received 102. the BoE’sactions, but because of what lems reported to the BoE were ad- According to BoE co-chair Erika he saw as “negative campaigning.” dressed and rectified if necessary. Pan-fried noodles and vegetables mixed with Japanese sauce eee eee eee eee ee eee eee ey cSetsosd d“agredn,e rtahlel yt hwreenet- wweeelkl .e”l eVcottiionn gp raor-- Mac“DTohnea ldB.o E “Idti dw asa gjuosotd a jsobh,a”m es awied hard“e(rR eftoe rjeunddgae ,” csaamipda iSgtnoidndagr]d . wa“sA B B. 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Laptops were used to cast votes, and ment A, and expressed his opinion At the Student Council meeting, Aree eee * eee eee eee eee eee ee were deemed a success by Stoddardi n that had the amendments been Mittal recognized the negative nature 6 pieces of sushi and | tuna roll ing expedient.” people, the BoE would have taken of this year’s election process, and ad- At the Student Council meeting, greater issue with the way campaign- vised newly elected council members 3 piecofe ssush i and 6pieocf seasshim i President Anuj Mittal commended ing was conducted, to avoid such problems in the future. ROLL COMBO fiecissccssevesi son resesteisn eR iandicehh dstevancdll ress the BoE for taking the process “to a “People were confused,” said “would say that I’m disappointed Any combination ofT WO from California ,Tuna, Cucumber Roll. TOR w eee new level” by providing televised Leslie. “Those pushing [Amendment] in the overall personality of the elec- statements and by managing the ad- B made false claims that they knew tion,” said Mittal. “If there are refer- dition of this year’s referenda issue. weren’t true but could make because enda that are as contended as this one Any combination of TWO from, cucumber, avocado, vegetable salad roll “They did a great job dealing with the BoE allowed it.” {in the future], it is important that ***Underlined Selections Can Be Changed To Vegetarian*** _ the candidate statements and the ref- Others were pleased with the out- motivations are as clear as possible.” A4 THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LETTER Apri 25, 2002 NEWS Spring Fair layout changed Ethics Bd. nominees approved to improve flow of traffic BY MARINA KOESTLER THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LetTer In addition to announcing the re- sults of Monday’s class and refer- CONTINUED FROM Pace Al year. “It seems pushed into a corner ditions of Spring Fair after the loca- enda election, Student Council quads. This changed after the launch when we do it on Garland Field.” tion change, some studentfsee l that it (StuCo) approved new Ethics Board of the University’s Master Plan, a Toalleviate crowadt tihins ygear ’s cannot be as successful. members and announced teaching campus beautification andi improve- Fair, there will be a roughly 50 per- “Ithink the move really hurt Spring award recipients at their meeting on ment program that most recently in- cent decrease in food vendors — from Fair a lot,” junior Judy Wang said. Tuesday. cluded the installation of new red 40 vendors to approximately 20. “Garland is kind ofon the outskirts of Other meeting highlights in- brick walkways and a new irrigation “There will be the same number of campus. I don’t think it was a great cluded a prolonged discussion system. Because of these additions, arts & crafts booths and the same move, but it wasn’t their choice ei- about how to deal with the results of the quads can no longer support the number of non-profit booths, but ther.” the referendum passed in the recent type of large-scale activity brought reduced food booths,” Hu said. “As just a Hopkins community election. Council also discussed by events such as Spring Fair and While the quantity of food ven- member, I think it is a real shame,” fund-raising requests for a new un- Commencement. dors is reduced from last year, the Baron said. “For the full week before dergraduate research journal anda “It is a well-known fact that the variety of available foods remains the Spring Fair in the Charles Village, recently-created art program. University re-drew their use of open same. Most of the eliminated food Spring Fair was in the air. Now it’s Ethics Board nominees were in- space protocols so the only place for vendors were those selling a similar stuck ona corner of campus. There is troduced to StuCo and approved. large-scale events is Garland Field, product as other vendors. not as much of a buzz in the air. | Fourteen of 55 applicants will serve so we were forced to oblige and use “We are getting a few less food would wake up in the morning and I on the Board. The Chair will be cur- Garland Field,” Spring Fair 2002 Ex- vendors this year just because we had wouldn’t be able to walk across the rent junior John Tiberiand the Pre- ecutive co-Chair Joseph Hanauer a lot of doubles last year. We don’t quad because there would be a Ferris siding Officer willb e current sopho- said. want five chicken-on-a-stick vendors Wheel in the way and I would hear it more Daisy Beatty. Board members The move from the quads to the because none of them make any outside my door. It was very nice.” / answered questions about their field for the first time last year caused profit,” Hanauer said. “Weare trying The 2002 Spring Fair co-Chairs views on the importance oft he Eth- minorcramping problemsasthearea to get one main food vendor of each hope that students will reform their ics Board in Hopkins life. Feroze tried to accommodate the samenum- food type. It makes everyone happy.” opinions about the new Spring Fair Sidhwa spoke about his experience ber of booths, vendors and activities The fair’s layout will be modified location by continuing to improve in the Whiting School of Engineer- : i Pak We onto a physically smaller space. from last year’s square blocks of ven- the actual event through providing ing. LIZ STEINBERG/NEWS-LETTER “As a vendor, there have always dors to straight aisles. Arts and crafts better concerts and activities. “T found cheating to be a major Sophomore class officers Fenwick, Allen and Chen discuss the structure been so many vendors there, you booths will be on Garland Field, sur- “T think that it is going to take a lot problem there,” he said, mention- of the new Ethics Board. The board’s nominees were approved this week. can’tfeel anything butcramped,” said rounded by the non-profit booths, of years on the new field to get over ing that if he turned in everyone Lis Baron, president of the Jewish while the food vendors will be located the memoorf wihate Spsrin g Fair used | who cheated on homework in one tion trips passed. The group will re- print between 1,000 and 2,000 cop- Student Association (JSA), who helps on one side of the street that leads to be. It used to showcase the beauty of his engineering classes, he would ceive $500 for CPR training. ies for distribution in slightly over a runa Kosher food booth. “Weall had from Garland Field to Levering Hall. of Hopkins, but I think we have be the only one left in the class. StuCo granted funding to a stu- week. nightmares about how it would be “With the completion of Clark enough space on Garland Field,” Elizabeth Owens spoke about the dent-run arts program that is run- The Committee on Leadership last year, butitwasn’treally thatbad.” Hall [which was under construction Hanauer said. “The location changes | lack of a“ cohesive community” at ning Friday life-drawing sessions Appointments (COLA) presented its Other student vendors feel that during last year’s Fair], we actually things, but we have added some new Hopkins and the possibility that from 5-7 p.m. This group is also nominee for the Hopkins Organiza- the move to Garland Field does cause get more space than last year,” things to balance it all out. The Roots improving student ethics could help responsible for the student/faculty tion for Programming (HOP) Chair. a significant spatial problem. Hanauer said. “We are also making a shopwretity sgooad st ep for Hopkins in this area. Possible goals of the art show in the Mattin Center. With Joseph Hanauer spoke abouthis plans “Tt seems a lot more confined,” lot better use of the space we have entertainment. [Spring] Fair is going committee include utilizing student this funding, they plan to organizea for next year, which include concerts ’ said Luu Pham, president of the Viet- been given. We learn from our mis- to be more spacious with a lot more proctors at exams and increasing stress-relieving quad activity where — “real events” — in the gym, per- namese Student Association, whose takes.” things going on and it is going to be the number of students involved students will be able to throw paint, hapsin both the fall and during Spring group also sells ethnic food every Despite efforts to sustain the tra- better for everyone.” with the Ethics Board. “Jackson Pollock-style” onto a huge Fair. Healso plans for club nights and Junior Representative Chris canvas. “to get some real student participa- Cunico said that the StuCo Teaching A funding request was also tion into the HOP.” NEWSBRIEFS Award would be awarded to Profes- granted to the Hopkins Undergradu- “Student life at Hopkins next sor Stuart William Leslie, Ph. D., of ate Research Journal, a new journal year... is going to rock and roll,” the History of Science Department, that will feature undergraduate re- said Hanauer. Hanauer, whose cre- Toronto-born John UNC pledges probe of legal office, the Division of Labora- and to Chemistry Teaching Assistant search froma variety ofd isciplines. dentials include organizing this Dustin Yoon. Cunico then said that This journal plans for financial self- year’s Spring Fair, was approved for tory Animal Medicine and the School |t he student-mfeaalc pruoglratm ywa s McDiarmid, scholar in animal abuse of Medicine is reviewing the video, sufficiency next year and aims to the position. doing welland that there is still money Waldroup said, while he’d only ancient greek left in the programs budget for this “looked very quickly” at the video, he year. 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A memorial service is set for Tuesday "at University Presbyterian Church. © The Canadian Press, 2002 Male starlings sing to Hale aes cl. advertise healthy immune system Male starlings don’t just sing to “attract mates, they sing to signal their reproductive fitness, accord- ing to a report in the April 22 issue _of the Proceedings of the Royal So- ciety of London. Starlings are one _of the most common birds in North POG? Lancer startir under $14,000" America. “eret thi Car tissthee SIG LOO Hiptinyers Pariord Fiance _ Their singing ability is evidence hy oe ’ that they have a healthy immune system, perhaps explaining why fe- _ male starlings take singing into ac- count when choosing a mate. “Un- derstanding the function of mate choice is essential to understanding a ‘ evolution,” said Greg Ball, profes- _sor of psychological and brain sci- _r e nces at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore,Md. _ “Females clearly have an impor- -t ant rolei n mate selection in the wild, and this selection procheass asb i g * |e fecto whatg enew llap peatl ater ApriL 25, 2002 THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter AS NEWS Panelists condemn Israeli occupation Amendment B faces appeal by opponents the military occupation by Israeli that | isin her view responsible for the hard- ships of the Palestinian youth. Ruebner, an American-born Jew CONTINUED FROM Pace Al Had A passed, “there would have with Israeli citizenship, spoke in by Gala and the Class of 2003 officers, had to be more changes made... but agreement with much ofw hat Darraj | was submitted after A, leading A pro- the process wouldn’t have been any had said. “Enough of this senseless, ponents to call it a political ploy. different or taken any longer,” said senseless killing! No more!” he said. While acknowledging that Leslie, who has interacted with coun- Ruebner was particularly against Amendment B proponents misrep- cil as 2000 MSE co-Chair and as a the Israeli prime minister, Ariel resented Amendment A at some member of the Student Labor Action Sharon, exprehiss hosrroirant Pgres i- points, student body President-elect Committee. dent Bush’ sassethart tShiaroon nw as Manish Gala said it was crucial to “In actuality, the same thing hap- “a man ofp eace.” point out its flaws. pened that they were trying to scare Ruebner said that when he heard | “T regret the misrepresentations people with. It turned out it wasn’t that, “I thought it was like Ground- but Id on’t think they were intention- difficult to correct,” said Goutman. hog Day or something. I said, “did | ally done,” said Gala. “Their thing While officially, the BoE didn’t Sharon just end the occupation over- was that we should just campaign for find Amendment B’s campaign un- night?’ Calling Sharona man ofp eace Amendment B, and I don’t think ethical to the point of disqualifying is like calling Busha man ofintellect.” that’s reasonable.” the amendment, several members As for Secretary of State Colin Amendment B_ proponents said personally they were unhappy Powell’s visit to the region to negoti- “equated dysfunctionality with non- with the way the campaign was run, ate a cease-fire, Ruebner’s opinion existence,” said Gala, which led to “They were taking the truth and was, “He’s going to fail.” He believed many of the complaints. twisting ita little. They were jumping that Palestinians would be reluctant “T don’t think many people appre- over that line they shouldn’t have to makea deal where they wouldneed | ciate today what would have hap- crossed,” said BoE co-Chairman - to give up their resistance “in ex- | pened if Amendment A passed. We Erika Stoddard, who said she found it change for nothing.” would be royally screwed,” said Gala. unethical. Ruebner described the Israeliarmy Gala acknowledged that B was “I personally felt that Manish took as “out of control” and “running used as a tactic but said it represented [Amendment A] as a personal issue” JESSICA KAJFASZ/N EWS-LETTER amuck.” The military’s occupation ideas the drafters would have pushed and a threat to his power, she added. Freelance writer Susan Muaddi Darraj feels that the Israeli conflict is not about religion, but morality. of Palestine should be ended, in his for anyway. “They were ethical because they view. “Any time you have a military “Things running unopposed tend were addressing issues, but they BY MARINA KOESTLER “Israel and Palestine: What the HELL flicted region. occupatiyoonu ,r e going to have mili- to always be checked off,” he said. walked a fine line,” said BoE member THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LeTTER is going on?” was sponsored by the Darraj, a Palestinian Christian, tary resistance to that occupation,” Amendment B took effect imme- Aaron Sacks. “They were a little too JHU Muslim Association, MESA, said that the conflict “is really not he said. While Israel tries to portray diately after the BoE announced its deceptive when they probably could Susan Muaddi Darraj, a freelance Amnesty International, and about religion at all,” she said. In- its occupation as “benevolent or be- win Tuesday night, at which point the have won without that stuff.” writer from the Baltimore area, and JHU4Peace. Both speakers were op- stead, it is about morality: “The only nign,” said Ruebner, “there’s no such Student Council bylaws, which dic- Other parties also expressed dis- Joshua Ruebner, a founder of Jews posed to Israel’s military occupation people who can stop this war are thing as a benign occupation : Occu- tate the existence of Class A groups may with some aspects of the cam- for Peacein Palestineand Israel, spoke of Palestine, checkpoints set up by people of conscience with acommon pation is brutal.” including the SAC, Spring Fair, the paign. Friday evening as part of a panel dis- Israel to monitor Palestinians and the set of values.” Ruebner cited the “humiliating Hopkins Organization for Program- “I was quite disappointed [...] cussion on the escalating violence in absence of an international protec- Anexample ofthese people ofcon- conditions” that Palestinians are en- ming, the Milton S. Eisenhower Sym- with how some of the campaigning the Middle East. The event, entitled tion or peacekeepfoirnceg i n the con- science is the over 400 Israeli reserv- during. This is the “longest ongoing posium (MSE) and the BoE, became manifested,” said current student ists who refuse to fight beyond the military occupation is modern his- null and void. Council rectified the body President Anuj Mittal. borders of 1967 Israel. tory [...] yet all we talk about is the situation by voting a “standing rule” “B, if anything, is more of a strat- ‘A defeated in election “This is a very brave stance and cycle of violence, without on the bylaws, which grandfathers egy. I don’t feel that ithad much intel- one thatshouldbe commended,” said contextualizing.” them back into existence and elimi- lectual weight,” he said, saying he Darraj. Ruebner discussed the Geneva nates the brief period when they agreed with the conceptofA, although The only way to resolve the con- Conference’s guidelines, which cite that would not have existed. he thought it was flawed in its timing. flict, Darraj believes, is through “the under temporary occupation the occu- B changes the means of succession “It’s clear that Amendment Bisa vote CONTINUED FROM PAGE Al tions (BoE) and StuCo should speak creation of an independent and vi- pier cannot acquire territory by force. when council members resign, elimi- for the status quo.” everyone has an equal say under this out against negative campaigning. He able Palestinian state...Itis absolutely “Because they’ve been persecuted,” he nates the Committee on Leadership While he said he was disappointed amendment.” said that students “need to be able to a necessity.” She acknowledged, said of Israelis, “they should know ex- Appointment from the constitution Gala wasn’t more diplomatic over the James Borod said, “I understand sort facts out first” and that “the stu- “Arafat has been corrupt in his deal- actly what it feels like, and they should and gives council authority over in- course of the campaign, Mittal found bothamendments. I talked toacouple dent body deserves more.” He felt ings,” but also expressed her belief not do it to other people.” dependent committees. problems with both sides: of Student Council members and I that “students should stand up” that the Palestinian people could suc- While he acknowledged that his Because Amendment A called for “Justas Manish would have alarm- voted for Amendment B.” “I’ve sat against what has happened. cessfully run their own state. criticism of Israel was harsh, Ruebner major reorganizations in Student ist e-mails, youhad Steve [Goutman] through Student Council meetings Junior Representative Chris Cunico, | Israel received Darraj’s censure for reassured that he was capable of Council’s structure, including the oversimplifying things when in real- and we’ve gone over the amendments who helped draft Amendment B in its expansion of settlement in occupied speaking out against Palestinian ac- elimination of the Executive Board ity, it was something in between,” during those meetings. I voted for December, argued that the purpose of territoriaess , wellas for “its destruction tions as well. Having sustained an and class positions as well as a reduc- Mittal said. [Amendment] B,” said freshman the amendment was to “keep the basic | of olive tree groves, the livelihood of injury during a suicide attack in tion in the number of members, the Over the past fewyears, “therehave Monica Lai. “The drastic changes in structure” of the council while “taking many Palestinian families and demoli- Jerusalem in 1996, Ruebner was ve- old bylaws would not be compatible, been problems with ethical behav- [Amendment] A are too drastic for alookatthe bylaws.” His disagreement tion of Israeli homes.” hementin his words against this form ‘said Gala. In addition, current coun- ior” in student elections, said Dr. Bill what they are proposing to do.’ with Amendment A centered around In response to the argument that of retaliation. “Disgusting,” was his cil members, such as class vice presi- Smedick, Student Council advisor. If The vote for Amendment B re- his opposition to the idea of “putting Palestinians, when given a state, would word for it. “No more innocent dents, would no longer be on council the appellants are not satisfied with vealed varying opinions from StuCo people in specific roles.” continue to act aggressively toward Is- people killed on either side. Period.” and would have had to leave the meet- the BoE’s ruling, which will be de- members and the student body. He and other proponents of rael, Darraj said, “Most Palestinians, The United States is decidedly pro- ing immediately. cided tonight, they can re-appeal to Freshman class Representative Mor- Amendment B agreed that there was from my experience, contrary to the Israel, Ruebner said, and “if you're go- While they were referred to as Smedick. While he declined to name gan MacDonald, who worked on a negative tone to the entire process, rhetoric, do not want to drive Israel ing to pick sides, come out and admit it amendments, both in effect rewrote specific students, he said, “There was Amendment A, said, “The voice of but maintained that “negative cam- into the sea..I think that Palestinians and excuse yourself from trying to me- the entire council constitution, said behavior in there that I thought was the student body has been denied.” paigning” didnotoccur. “Itgotugly,” understand the long history of perse- diate this conflictin ani mpartial way...If BoE co-Chairman Fahad Khan. questionable.” Sophomore April Land, who also said Cunico. “I think a big lesson can cution of the Jewish people.” you're arming one side, your e on their worked on Amendment A, com- be learned by both sides. It was nota Israel needs to accept, Darraj said, side." 34 Vandalism of posters mented that the writers of Amend- good debate.” its “inevitable future neighbor, the Ruebner suggested compromise. ment B used “scare tactics and misin- Palestinian state.” She said people “What’s good for the Israeli people is formation.” —Staff writers Juliana Finelli and should recognize that there is a “35- also good for the Palestinian people,” Senior class President Stephen Marina Koestler contributed to this year-old ceiling that has been placed Ruebner declared. This, he said, was reported to Boswell Goutman felt that the Board of Elec- report on their aspirations,” a reference to freedom, peace, and dignity. , CONTINUED FROM Pace AI has been in past years. The publicity convinced that the removal of post- we had puta lot of work into had been ers from display was intentional. removed.” ; “Sometimes our custodial staff CHAI has had posters ripped SOUP goes through and takes them down down in the past, although Golub said RICE DISHES Red LentS oup small $150, large $250 PITAS & BURGERS where they aren’t allowed,” she said. that posters usually last from the You can choose white orb rown ricef ort hef ollowing riced ishes Soup& Hal Gandich $4.9 Widdle East Platter “Also, student groups take other ones morning until about noon. Thus, the Reg. 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Grilied Chicken Salad 4H Olves Yoseed Mtht eazlll sauce poster boards. In fact, DSAGA annually hostsa Ged chien onb edo ffr eshs aladw er:F occacoirpa a 4H TurkePyit a Groce said that DSAGA posters discussion about the morality of ho- TunaS alad LOCATED IN THE Alghtucnesx aiedm asdewt ityho v ec i,t edo i,c apes lemon ac Turkeyb reast, hummus, fetac heese,t omato anda ffatfa were covered by posters for the Sym- mosexuality, said Albin, “and every onw edo ff reshs alads erved wthF occaclao rpi ts Ssproiwtnpo a posium on Foreign Affairs and the year we've done that meeting, the Blackstone Apts. film festival, despite the fact that the posters have been defaced, condemn- FINGER FOOD HuLemrmuuces, tSoamnatdow,i ccuchu mber, alalfas prouts andh ummusi np ita $4.95 posters’ expiration dates had not ing homosexual society and specifi- Babaganoush andP ita ‘ passed. ‘ cally gay men.” One example he gave 3215 N. CHARLES ST. fowstedt ay Werdedw l, lenep iceg ale Genten Burger Reg $3.%, Since postering serves as their pri- of the written insults was “Fags burn Hummusan dP ita withr es $4.95 mary mode of publicity, the loss of in hell.” a FRIED RICE Open SHeoimenmaacdPeh di oeu ghs uedw ths pnacho n,t ac hewsb apes Hamburger Rea, $2.95 posters has significantly crippled the Malek believed the MESA poster Summer Rol 1f or$ 150, 2 for$2 .56 _ With $3. organizations’ ability to publicize defacements illustrated the post-Sept. Says oice,o rhon,p osec arota tam to Nipm Shingc labrcene oodlnesr apcpedie i ce p g, events, said MESA and DSAGA. 11 prejudice against Middle Eastern servew thr andb ce (ygpvrastecns eaom nile ) NOODLES “Postering is our only way of ad- students and citizens. Conryp onder,r ien,p eat& corrche 7 Days a Week $3.5 vertising besides e-mail,” said Malek. “Idon’tlike this campus to actlike Whegeraide $040 “We put so much work into it that it’s intolerance doesn’t exist because it Wichicten $150 really upsetting when people destroy does,” she said. “We don’t really feel SANDWICHES it because of your ethnicity.” accepted on campus.” | i a Dresongs: Andrew Albin, DSAGA director Golub also expresasc eertdain dis- Serovwrtehdc o tmce hcsa ndeVyen scisheleFR oroe el r,FaF odec:sR cytae9 Sc,ao 0lunradd0Po ,iu tg ah,; 1‘2,P.TSr hh aimnaC« ThLaiatmh ee,,i4s oHyspo atusac nte,dSg voa urerl,id c&8w v t.Ginh oee gyasrs cGaien8mg ecroSe raiu ncgew e sotfa nacdem,i nainsdt rastaiiodn ,t hahte lsdi ncae sMimEiSlaAr taop phoeir nctlmueb.n t in the disrespect shown does not receive an annual budget, “When you go flier a campus vil sepedS ana My all its funds are funneled into expect some posters will be | Jockc enaW itNhi etc ream desing postering. down,” said Golub, “but there « ‘Call4 10-889-1319 450 Moreover, Corby pointed out a limit and defacing posters is d. fate eh, pps se bi opp thr th ra ove po poew dM erry ckc ere that DSAGA depends almost en- edly the limit.” Grid Chicken $450 tirely on postering for publicity Nevertheless, tolerance is a state.’ For Carry-Out Roast Beet 450 StirF edNo odles choco fs e BlacBke anC, aryT omato,S achs, since most students will not will- goal of the University. or Reservations » 450 Hot8 bo,p yC aoa ndT ey ingly read a publication printed by “The Univerassiaw thoyle regards ficek h eetaRw ihmE ags w eghdc reeyme ac s tenting their organization, freedom of expression as a right we : 450 “For the first half of Awareness adhere to and when something like rgeer nayg edsoa ndi acdewe e ldh nc ,e y Days, we had trouble getting people thishappens weallhavealosealittle,” Tne 4H to the events,” said Albin. “Hopkins said Director of Student Involvement attendance has not been as high as it Bill Smedick. . | . ; ‘ A6 THE JOHNS Hopki Ns NEWS-LETTER Aprit 25, 2002 Nwh laElal= WJ SOQ-uHLN SE THOTP EK IN S Anti-Semitism on the rise PUBLISHED SINCE 1896 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE JOHNS HopKINs UNIVERSITY ot since the Holocaust the U.N. Resolution that would le- gitimize terror asa justifiable weapon EDITORIAL has there been a more for gaining political independence. obvious and compel- ling validation of why Yet since the outbreak of the most JHU faculty members need to take there must be a Jewish recent Palestinian uprising, Jews around the world have come under State of Israel. The staggeringly fre- increased attack. Despite many at- quent and grotesque demonstrations tempts to untie the hate of anti-Zion- tutorial about advising procedure osf ianiti-sSesmitcistm entow oprrolcifeerantin g ism from anti-Semitism, the events through the European continent re- of the past 18 months prove other- inforce the need for a sovereign na- wise. home. The first registration period in which all under- fashion. A couple of hours might suffice — not al- | Unfortunately, however, the up- graduates were permitted to register online went off lowing students to register until the second day of | swing in anti-Semitism seen in Eu- DAVIDLEIMAN So with today’s fairly smoothly, for which the University Registrar registration because ofa n administrative error does | Tope is only a part ofth e rising trend and Hopkins Information and Technology Services notsuffice at all. 7 : : || aFprpoema riPnargi s eltso ewThuenries tion Dthaem awsocrulsd,. SINE Qua NON attacks at synagogues (HITS) should be commended. The greatest disappointment is that such errors | Jews are being reintroduced to an old However, there were significant oversights in the that cause students grief could have been easily theme. . in resort islands area of student clearance, oversights that cannot be avoided. A thorough training program for faculty Most alarmingly, although cer- ignored. advisors on how to use the new online system or a tainly not surprisingly, these flames Soviet Union, Jews of the Diaspora of Tunisia, or the Some students — most notably juniors — despite small revision in the junior clearance policy itself | ocfa shbaathrse d ofatr hee beMiindgd lfea nEnaesdt bnuott ajlussot iinn wshhaoutl dA vbi ewBaerkee.r , Isnedcereedt,a riyn- gtehen efraacle ooff dozens of going through the entire clearance process, were would have avoided frantic phone calls from dis- the “enlightened democracies” of the World Jewish Congress, calls “an denied access to the online registration system when gruntled students. Western Europe. Having funded unprecedented increase in anti- anti-Semitic incidents they attempted to register at 7 a.m. on the morning of It is well documented that several faculty advisors Yassar Arafat’s “educational” system Semitism on this continent,” Israel’s April 8, when the system officially opened to under- were confused about how to use the new system and for years, the European Union now most powerful religious party urged in France, Belgium and feels more at ease stating the inciting French Jews to emigrate to Israel to graduates. lift the holds of their students. Sanders himself said, and horrifying lies they have hereto- escape anti-Semitism. The reason for this, according to Associate Direc- “A lot of [faculty advisors] were very puzzled, mostly | fore only published. Medieval blood Israel, like the United States, is a the former Soviet tor of Academic Advising Richard Sanders, was that about using the computer and releasing the hold. We | libels of Jews grinding the bones of victim of terror and counters with the electronic holds forj uniors were on two separate suggested to faculty what they might talk about [with Christian children for ritual unleav- restraint in self-defense. And yet, Union, Jews oft he views and when academic advisors lifted their holds, students], but we haven’t had any formal training.” ened cakes have resurfaced in the con- Sweden, maker of Volvos, ball bear- text of a “cleaner” European conti- ings and hardened steel for the Nazis, Diaspora should they did not always check to see if they faculty hold Although Sanders also said that faculty advisors vilifies the victim. Sweden, among the nent. was lifted. With the faculty advisor hold still on, were instructed on how to use the system and in- But we have heard this all before. world’s leaders in hypocrisy, in the beware. juniors were unable to register. Such an oversight structions for lifting the hold were sent to them, a And no one has ever had to twist name of the father of dynamite, de- could and most likely did cause some students to be formal training program would have given faculty Europe’s arm to bear their baser side. cries Shimon Peres while silently en- shut out of classes (never mind the incredible incon- the chance to ask questions in-person and clear up Upset over diversifying nationalities, dorsing the murderous and treacher- many in the conservative right of Eu- ous Arafat. Even high-ranking Even as we hoped to believe that venience of waking up early for no reason) because confusion. Perhaps even better would be revising the ropean politics, like Russian Vladimir Democratic politicians in the United we purged the world of the last bit of they couldn’t register when they had planned. junior clearance policy itself so that faculty advisors Zhirinovsky, claim, “People are tired States attempt to straddle this issue, madness with the fall ofcommunism, A mistake like this is unacceptable. Many students don’t have to lift holds at all. Students could still be ofloose democracy, which gives birth waiting to see which way the Jihad werealize thisi sn ot so. As we struggle woke up early so they could register at 7 a.m. sharp. required to meet with their faculty advisors. Showing to crime and large-scale migration.” wind blows. Ironically, the ranking to shake free of the malaise of the Their inability to do so should never be the result of proof of that meeting and having academic advi- Seemingly, Zhirinovsky is right; if leader of the party of eight of 10 1990s, we are reminded of the old an error by the very administrators they met with to sors lift one single hold would simplify the process France’s endorsement of Jean-Marie American Jews, Democrat Senate Asian prophecy and curse, “May you Le Pen proves anything, it’s that majority leader Tom Daschle blocked live in interesting times.” earn their registration clearance. and avoid the mess of confusion among faculty for ultranationlist candidates like Le Pen a bipartisan resolution by Senators The world has turned its back to Senior Academic Advisor Adriene Breckenridge which training program might have to be imple- and Austria’s Joerg Haiderarenolonger Mitch McConnell and Dianne the Jews before. Whether left alone said that the Office of Academic Advising did indeed mented. extremists on the fringe but real players Feinstein to designate the PLO as a during the sneak attack of the 1973 receive calls from students whose holds were not We hope that when freshman go to register this on the European political scene. terrorist group. Should Israel be Yom Kippur War, the gas chambers Unlike 70 years ago, though, as thankful that at an AIPAC gathering ofthe 1940s or thep ogroms and jihads lifted but “we released them immediately. Usually it summer and University students do the same this Adolf Hitler was ascending Daschle “courageously” played the of the past, Jews know what it is to was no more than a couple of hours or the next November, the clearance process will be more effec- Germany’s political ladder, Jews for pro-Israel card? Talk is cheap. Just face isolation and extermination. The morning until they could register.” tive. Better communication is essential — too many the first time in 2000 years have a ask Colin Powell. question that remains, then, is not Thiscommentis contradictory in its nature. “More advisors are demonstrating in their conversations sovereign nation in which to live. Clearly, in addition to the reaf- one of unfounded paranoia. The than a couple of hours or the next morning” is by with students that they don’t adequately understand There was no escape from the grip of firming what we already know (the world is once more approaching the Nazi death that smothered Europe French and Flemish hate the Jews), brink of the abyss, pushing the Jews definition not “immediately.” Such complaints the new advising policies. They ought to understand then, but now there is. While then, the old coalitions may be changing. ahead into the darkness. As the Ger- should have been taken care of in a more timely soon. even those with the foresight to see Spain, the motherland of the Inquisi- man pastor Neimoeller sagely ob- ee ee ee ee _| their fates, like the passenge rs of the tion, Portugal, land of the Expulsion, served about the rise of Nazism: “First De aa eee Sa MaeO REE S eS Edee meoeoe weet caoe Be racy oy. luis, were turned away is P - itl holding its honor they came for the Jews and I did not The subversion of America’s shores, today they will be as a land of bravery, decry speak out becauIs wea s nota Jew. welcomed to their homeland, one that imagined“massacres” byIs rael, while Then they came for the communists must be free from European hate as endorsing the use of terror asa legiti- and I did not speak out because I was well as Arafat’s terror army. mate tool of “politicalindependence.” notacommunist. Then they came for So with today’s attacks at syna- Strikingly, and knowing that terror the trade unionists and Id idnotspeak en President Bush bodies in the hospital. There were gogues in resort islands of Tunisia, or cannot serve any legitimate function, out because I was not a trade union- called Israeli Prime JEREMYTULLY also none who were seriously injured, the dozens of anti-Semitic incidents Germany, Britain, Canada and the ist. Then they came for me and there Ariel Sharon, the only the “walking wounded.” Thus in France, Belgium and the former Czech Republic voted to strike down was no one left to speak out.” man responsible GuEST EDITORIAL we have to ask: where are the bodies for the slaughter of and where are the seriously injured?” more than 3,000 at Sabra and Shatila, IDF war crimes, combined with a re- LETTERSTOTHEEDITOR a “man of peace,” it was clearer than cent respite in suicide bombings, have ever that the United States refuses to effusing that the gathering “bridged placed the focus squarely on the ille- alter its stance of unswerving support social and religious differences.” By gality of Israel’s actions. for Israel. It was in response to such contrast, the Times wrote that the In response, the mainstream press Tully’s article does Tully plays into without mentioning that the Israeli misguided foreign policy that more pro-Palestinian protests were “dis- has undertaken a massive PR cam- Defense Forces might have good rea- than 75,000 Americans convergedon parate and disjointed,” although the paign in order to shore up Israel’s not uncover the media trap with PA son to raid the self-proclaimed “sui- Washington, D.C. last Saturday. basis for this conclusion went un- image in America. Columnist Tho- cide-bomber capital” of the West Far from viewing such a huge stated. mas Friedman confessed last Sunday entire truth quotations Bank. : groundswell of opposition to U.S. The Times also objectively that, “Lately, whenever Middle East Palestinian fighters, in interviews foreign policy as something worthy misreported the sizes of the protests. stories come on CNN or MSNBC, I with CNN and Al-Ahram, have es- of extensive coverage, the mass me- According to the Washington Times, reach for the remote and switch to the To the Editor: To the Editor: sentially given the same story of the dia in America felt compelled to mis- the organizers of the pro-Israel rally GolfChannel. Everyone needsa break battle as the IDF. Jenin’s “freedom represent the facts. The press has thus themselves “estimated the crowd was from the all-too real suffering that There are several points that the Jeremey Tully never actually states fighters” seemed intent on causing continued to sanitize news coverage between 20,000 and 40,000.” Where surrounds this story.” Friedman had author of “Uncovering Israel’s Inten- what Israel’s “uncovered intentions” collateral damage. Through all this, of the Middle East and the American did the New York Times’ widely re- no dearth of things to say three weeks tions,” [April 18] Jeremy Tully, fails are in his editorial last week. A sover- IDF soldiers fought their way house response, preferring to toe the offi- ported figure of 100,000 come from? ago after a spate of suicide bombings, to mention in his scathing criticism eign Palestine and a secure Israel to house, losing 23 of their own. By cial line. Nobody is really sure. The article it- when he told us that Israel needed to of Israel, the only democracy in the wobue wlondedrfu l, butin the mean- the end of the battle as many as forty The most influential newspaper in self mentions only “tens of thou- “deliver a military blow that clearly Middle East. time biased and demonizing press militants were killed and a hundred the United States, The New York sands,” and the figure of 100,000 ap- shows terror will not pay.” Presum- He blames the United States for coverage isn’t going to aid any solu- would-be “martyrs” surrendered. In Times provides the best example. If pears only in the headline. The Times ably, heis ecstatic about reports ema- not “imposing sanctions or an arms tion. contrast to “hundreds massacred” in you happened to buy an early copy of never explains how it arrived at that nating from Jenin. And now that the embargo against Israel.” Israel has a Israel’s news blackout of the battle a city reduced to a “moonscape,” 37 the Sunday edition, you wouldn’t number, or why there is a discrep- only victims are Palestinians, Fried- right to defend its existence by dis- in Jenin wasn’t the smartest PR move, people are missing and an area about have found any coverage at all. But if ancy between the headline and the man tells us to take “a break” from mantlintgh e terrorist infrastructure but the absence of Christiane the size of a city block has been lev- ~ article itself. We do know one thing: the suffering; apparentlyw en eed only that has been fueling the Intifada. Amanpour doesn’t automatically eled and the strongest accusation re- D.C. police said theyhadtokeep more | pay attention when Israelis are dying. In Jenin alone, Israel has confis- mean the presence of “atrocities.” As portersareable to substantiate against police officers on duty for the pro- One can only wish the Palestinian cated thousands of illegal weapons Tullyaptly notes there’sa “brutal war” IDF troops is vandalism — some The propagandistic Palestinian protests — apparently victims of IDF atrocities had the forbidden under agreements be- going on; had he waited to for the atrocity. because more people were present luxury to take “a break” from their tween Israel and the Palestinians, dust to settle, he’d have much less to press in the United than at the pro-Israel rally. “all too real suffering” by “changing including Kassam missiles, explo- allege. Tully uncritically quotes a Sincerely, The Times is not unique. The the channel.” sive belts, car bombs, dangerous Palestinian Authority (PA) official in States is a grave threat, Washington Times exemplified me- Tragically, Friedman is in lock- chemicals and ac ache of rocket-pro- Jenin who insinuates mass murder, Adam Pappas dia manipulation of the facts, saying step with the mainstream press. The pelled grenades. bothtoour | of the pro-Palestinian protest that, propagandistic press in the U.S. is a Contrary to Tully’s belief, Israel is “More than 30,000 protesters who grave threat, both to our democracy, not waging a “brutal war against the ~ democracy, the lives of brought a variety of grievances to the the liveso fi nnocent Palestinians and Palestinians.” Israel is waging a war District yesterday paid only brief even the world Jewish population. against terror, identical to America’s innocent Palestinians homthaeir gdemaends tbefoore j oin- Public opinion polls consistently war against terror. It is sacrificing the ing forwcithea lsar ge group of peace- show that most Americans support lives of its soldiers by carefully and ful pro-Palestinian demonstrators.” the establishmenotfa Palestinian state systematically going through Pales- and even the world. Readers were left with thei mpression — but the mainstream press never tinian streets to capture terrorists and Jewish population. tclhoaste rt hteo n30u,m0b0e0r thoafn p7r5o,t0e0s0t.o rTso wtaosp ihanvfeo rmbse eAnm edreisciagnnse d thtaot pUr.Se.v epnotl ictiheast msiulriet aanst sf,e wt ackiivinlgi aenvs erayre ehfufrotr t ast o poesn-- things off, a 20,000-large sympathy end, We hear about our noble role as sible. protest in San Francisco was univer- mediator, when in reality the U.S.- Let one thing be clear: Arafat, the you're a nigh have sally ignored by the east coast press. backed Oslo agreement letdoa n in- supposed voice of the Palestinian chanced less cNoov esraugceh mof ithes prto-wIeasrrea kelm aedrael slwy i otnh Wfleusxt o fB 2a0n0k, 00a0n dI sraGealzi as etdtulerrisn gi n tthhee wpaesop loef,f erdeode as sntoatte waanntdh ep eraecfeu.s ed Hiet , April 15, whose numberwesr e greatly 1990’s. Worldwide anger with Israeli spuarn urnneicesnsargy a nd mean- inflated by the Times and then re- policies— m ade possibbyl Ue.S . sup- ingless uprising. He has not only the in peatedelsewhere. © port — has culminated in attacks on blood of Israeli children on his hands, but also the blood of Pales- tinian children, caught in the ' crossfire of a conflict that should not exist. If Tully wants to fault a |a nyone for Israel’s current military _ | action,i ts hould not be Sharon, but spot ApRIL 25, 2002 A7 THE JOHNS Hopk INS NEws-LETTER OPINIONS With the exception ofe ditorials, the opinions expressed here are those of the contributors. They are not necessarily those of The Johns Hopkins News-Letter. Not just words, the Tower of Babel The big lie surfaces Last Friday, while ELIEMISHAAN facts behind the hese are hard times. The Israelis suffer at ZAINABCHEEMA ians, including Palestinian villages; it takes a trip of attentively listen- rhetoric. Palestin- Middle East is awash in a the hands of Pal- children, some of 50 miles to bypass a road and get toa | intgo t he panelo f Guest EDITORIAL ians are notori- sea ofblood, while we play estinians is in whom have re- neighboring town 5 miles away. The speakers at the ously goodatcraft- over the right wordsto de- spotlight, but Guest EDITORIAL portedly been result: segregation, isolation and con- “Humanitarian ing stories. scribe what’s going on. what the state of killed or injured as tainment. And all this, remember, in Catastrophe in Famous imagesin- And yet, words are so vitally impor- Israel wrecks on a result.” Can we Palestinian territory. the Middle East” in the comforts of clude the recent photo of a woman tant: When we're naming things about the Palestinians is clamped under say, then, that the terror and violence Jeff Halper, a professor at Ben the AMR multipurpose rooImf e,lt as running from an IDF soldier. The a conflict, we’re focusing our lens, doublespeak — Israel “retaliates,” is exclusively Palestinian? Gurion University, describes the | if Iw as watching a broadcast oft he caption, however, tellsa different tale. deciding on what to see and what to “pin-points strategic targets,” “sends If the Palestinians are accused for setup inhis own way. He callsit Israel’s BBC, or worse, al-Jazeera. This “in- The soldier had diffused a bomb skip. With the Palestinian-Israeli cri- messages for the Palestinians to stop a martyr culture that recruits young “matrix of controls,” a system which formational” meeting was a travesty. placed there bya Palestinian terrorist sis, we're judging truth from a dis- the violence.” You can find the love- men and womenas suicide bombers, uses settlements, roads, military | Shamefully advertised as a joint dis- and was saving the woman’s life. tance, but that doesn’t mean our vi- liest example in U.N.’s Feb 2002 Eco- images of young Israeli soldiers checkpoints, permits for travel and | cussion offering insight on the con- Indeed, these selfless acts are not sion can’t be clear, sharp and just. But nomic and Social Council report; drafted at age 18, are themselves permits for building to grasp control flict, its organizers merely augmented uncommon in the Israeli armed for that to happen — for us to see the “targeted killing,” “active self-de- hardly more than boys shouldering over every aspect of Palestinian life. | the division with one-sided argu- forces. Unlike most other nations in whole complex picture — we've got fense,” is used to explain Israel’s weapons of destruction and no less With checkpoints, the Israeli mili- ments and propaganda. Notonlystra- the world, Israel forces its soldiers to to access all the words, hear all the policy of assassination, responsible disturbing. ; tary decides if one can leave one’s tegically planned to coincide with go door-to-door, losing their lives to stories. One story simply can’t swal- for the death of 71 people, including There is simply no way someone village and go to work, market, school, Friday evening’s Jewish Sabbath, it distinguish between terrorists and lowthe other story. So, nothing could four children. What need to paint that young understands the terrible the doctor or hospital, church or hosted speakers who proceeded to civilians. Did our ownarmydo thisin be more lethal than the U.S. govern- bullets in pictures for PR, when you gravity of human life, the responsi- mosque. All this, of course, is to con- feed the Big Lie. Hoping to avoid be- Afghanistan? Despite everyone claim- ment and media — our “authentic” have words? Orwell would have been bility that comes with shouldering a tain Palestinian terror — including | ing caughtin this snare, they planned ing America’s moral superiority in source of words, by the way — legal- proud. lethal machine. The grotesque mar- schoolchildren, breadwinners and on the Jews not showing up. But, I this War on Terror, we nonetheless izing Israel’s story. The Palestinian-Israeli teach-in, riage of youth and violence is found women in labor — the virus that was there. It was a sham. send planes to bomb from thousands But, isitreally Israel’s version that’s held on April 19 and sponsored by in both sides — Israeli soldiers have threatens the health oft he Jewish na- | I heard the panelists attempt to of feet above. Even the fact that we legalized? Consider what we see in JHUMA, JHU4Peace and MESA, been guilty of indiscriminate shoot- tion. And yet, I wonder why it hasn’t portray the Israeli Defense Force recently bombed and destroyed a the news. Scene one, Palestinian ter- presented only part of the invisible ing in their turn, and for proof, talk to struck anyone how malicious this jus- (IDF) asa slaughtering group ofs av- hospital in Afghanistan does notseem rorists blow themselves up in market story. Susan Muaddi Darraj, a people who’ve smelled the stench tification really is; it produces the re- ages. The first lie I detected was of to change many people’s opinions on places, killing innocent Israeli citi- Christian Palestinian writer and from Jenin. ality it talks about. A population of | speaker’s Susan Darraj claim that the war. Yet there are no “teach-ins” zens and inflicting ar eign of terror on Joshua Ruebner, Executive Direc- Also,a sR uebner poinotute, dvi o- poverished, isolated, desperate, 2000 soldiers accompanied Israeli claiming to inform their audience a peaceful, democratic nation. Scene tor of the Washington group, Jews lence always has a context — this is brow-beaten people might indeed Prime Minister Ariel Sharon when he about America’s actions. two, Israel “retaliates.” Note the pat- for Peace in Palestine and Israel, true for when the crisis is an eco- become terrorists, so that the silent | walked onto Temple Mount in Sep- It is only Israel that warrants such tern we see is provocation and re- gave hard facts which have long dis- nomic one: The posh European mi- world may sit up and actually see tember of 2000. I was only yards away, an unwanted and unmerited position. sponse. Israeli deaths send shock turbed onlookers and humanitar- lieu of Israeli towns and neighbor- them, even if with faces never origi- and this was not the case. Media around the world has com- waves in U.S. newspapers and news ian groups. For instance, Israel re- hoods contrawsitth sth e rock-bottom nally their own. Panelist Joshua Ruebner claimed miserated to spread the vicious lie of channels, but the death toll in Jenin is ceives $2 billion in aid every year poverty of Palestinian villages and Let’s return to words, this time he visited an Israeli checkpoint, close Israel’s supposed evil. In the hopes unknown; in fact, Sharon has offi- from the U.S. treasury, part of which refugee camps, where people are try- Ariel Sharon’s. In a televised speech toajunkyard, where Palestinians were that saying will make it so, the Lie cially refused to cooperate with the returns as paymenfto r state-of-the- ing to subsist in less than $2 a day. to AIPAC, he said, Israel’s three allowed to slip through in plain sight continues. The falsehoods of Friday inquiry in Jenin. Bush has proclaimed art weaponry: F-16 fighter jets, Under the all-purpose justification week incursion in the West Bank of IDF soldiers. He used this argu- night, then, are nothing more than Ariel Sharon, the person charged with TOW missiles, armored tanks, of “security concerns,” the Israeli “has opened a window of opportu- ment in an attempt to discredit the the centuries-old libels. the unspeakable Sabra and Shatila Apache and Cobra helicopters-gun- army has uprooted 80,000 olive and nity to put the peace process on a effectiveness of Israeli checkpoints, So all those who applauded the massacres, as a “man of peace” while ships and other high class equip- fruit trees, and with it, the indepen- different moralistic track, free from saying that their only purpose was to speakers’ Friday evening have been Yasser Arafat is sponsor of Palestin- ment. Power is its own temptation; dent livelihoods of Palestinian men the threat of terrorism.” This refer- humiliate Palestinians. duped. They, too, have fed the Big Lie ian terror and implicitly a terrorist. Israel has not always been carefulo f and women. Homes have been de- ence to morality is the crowning How can one seriously claim that and reaffirmed its existence. Former Labels drop in place, backed by a human life in their record with Pales- molished, and about 30 Jewish settle- irony, showing us what a mockery Israel wants the murderers of its citi- Prime Minister of Israel Golda Meier public narrative that demands us to tinian civilians. In 2000, Amnesty In- ments, including some major cities politics has made oflanguage. Irony, zens to slip into their country, just for said, after Israel was attacked on the putour faith init. What’smore, it’sall ternational published a press release like Kiryat Seher and Tel Zion, have I want to remind all of you, is when the sake of humiliating a people? holiest day of the year for all Jews in oyronuo tohbivnigo:u sEliyt hewra ynotu betol iedvrei,ve orIeslrsaee,l cguonnsdheimpnsi tnog I srtahele, bsaelcea usoef h“eIlsircaoelphtaesr tmhuast hriso olmegeadl Poan letshtei n2i2a np ercteernrti tloarny.d plaauignh .i s Tshoe sbei ttaerre thhaartd ontei mecsa,n wohnelny this.N o Rastahneer , leita dheasr shbiepe n wporuolvde n altlhoawt tfhoer gYivoem ArKaibp pcuoru ntWraire,s tfhoart ksihlel incgo uhledr into the sea and hence, are an “anti- used U.S.-supplied helicopters in pu- 400,000 settles have moved in behind we have to distrust words, especially the checkpoints have helped Israel people. However, she would never Semite.” The argument fiercely pins nitive attacks during incidents where the 1967 borders and 480 km of roads the simple ones that filter our world avoid 85% of potential terrorist ac- forgive them for forcing Israel to kill the blame on one side and itself re- there was no imminent danger to life have been built to access their settle- in good and evil and sanction the tivity. The speaker’s claims were theirs. lanxiously await hearing truth- fuses any kind of accountability. and that Israel has used helicopter ments. As Darraj pointed out, the visible broken bodies over the in- meant to propagandize, not inform. ful statements like these at the next What’s more, it’s unjust; what the gunships to fire on Palestinian civil- roads end up creating islands out of visible, unnamed ones. Clearly, one must search for the panel of speakers. Time to fix the stigm a of tax be Bt» NOP tin the BER. 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nodnyeo er”wgrr Mdd emhnb se amye —toor el arivonnre woenetcornolg o t u.“nyhnb rlswieeeaedNienln toctdetghwu.v te or, atheurnno eAlt ets tng n edgedo.i tato t oof vv twssaheiaoehtirnynarcsu, ilt n dniaiy iegmnn dtn tvef tccoteoneaha’esrnntass-- t mRwbiiftdieeanwnhirrgfetfsws,i ociot. srrsrojtstmitmnhhtramua iueaitdstp.arnei i eba.nodotdtot nonoui u.e o/t seben ~ nHOol,ashonred ucocow yrlwtte er u v oa setgnr=touirofeh cp, o aapsrn tlr u oliempmttytspo,o e is r srsm eu eRabsba teehjls lmtlei r etcneyysapftooms o: utur-/to rr-/oa f example. fi) iv afs o 3 ’ “~ } > A8 Aprit 25, 2002 THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LeETTER SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Short-tempered young men triple SCENCEBRIEFS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS their risk of having a heart attack Study links carbs with and given only to the sickest patients,| who must register in a national data- increased cancer risk base that will track how they fare. Manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline, | BY DAVID MERRICK titative form is very subjective. Of- Potato chips, french fries and other which has proposed fewer restric- THE JOHNS HopKINs ten, with studies such as these, the high-carbohydrate foods contain a tions, cautioned the FDA not to make | News-Letrer research is more a measure of the substance that may cause cancer, ac- the barriers so high that truly needy threshold level chosen by the re- cording to a study released Wednes- patients can’t get Lotronex. A recent study, conducted searcher than it is a measure of the day by Swedish food authorities. Still, the company acknowledges by scientists at Hopkins, as- actual correlation between anger and The substance, called acrylamide, that Lotronex does come with risks. serts that young men who re- heart attack. forms in varying levels when carbo- “It is our intention to be extremely act violently to stress are three “In the long term, more large-scale hydrates are heated in a certain way, cautious with this medications,a”i d to five times more likely to suf- research is needed that takes into ac- such as by frying potatoes or baking Glaxo’s Dr. James Palmer. fer from a premature heart at- count all the possible risk factors for bread, researchers said. The FDA isn’t bound by its advis- tack, regardless ofa family his- CHD to give more insight into how psychosocial factors effect our “The discovery that acrylamide is ers’ recommendations but typically tory ofh eart disease. formed during the preparation of follows them. It has no deadline for | Dr Patricia Chang, a re- hearts,” Shaw continued. food ... is new knowledLgeief ,Bu”sk , settling the question, but were | searcher at Hopkins, who co- While the direct connection be- chief researcher at the National Food Lotronex cleared today it would still ordinated the U.S.-based re- tween anger and heart-attack is un- Administration, told a news confer- take four to six months to restart pro- search, said: “In this study, hot ence. “It may now be possible to ex- duction, Glaxo cautioned. tempers predicted disease long plain some of the cases of cancer Ten IBS sufferers pleaded with the | before other traditional risk caused by food.” FDA on Tuesday fora quick return of factors like diabetes and hy- The most important The governmental agency, follow- the drug to the market, describing | pertebencamse aippoarennt. ” ing up on research by a group of sci- how Lotronex was the only medica- Chang and other scientists thing angry young entists at Stockholm University, stud- tion that relieved their misery. used data from the Johns Hop- ied more than 100 foods bought in “[have spent most of myl ife rush- kins Precursors Study, a study men can do is get Swedish stores and restaurants and ing to the bathrooms,a”id a tearful | of 1,337 medical students who determined that “fried, oven-baked Diana Hoyt of Atlanta, describing | were enrolled at Hopkins be- professional help to and deep-fried potato and cereal how she hoarded the pills before | tween 1948 and 1964. products may contain high levels of Lotronex sales ended in November In medical school and manage their tempers, acrylamide.” 2000. Waving her last empty bottle, through the follow-up period, The agent has been classified as a she said: “I beg you to bring Lotronex information on family history especially since “probable human carcinogen,”i n back.” and health behaviors was col- food, but experts not involved with When the FDA first approved lected. A total of 1,055 men the study cautioned that no link to Lotronex in February 2000, it was were traced for an average of previous studies have cancer had been confirmed. lauded as the first new therapy in de- 36 years. Officials with the U.S. Food and cades for irritable bowel syndrome, In the initial part of the shown that those who Drug Administration did not imme- which afflicts up to 11 percent of study, conducted while the diately comment, but food scientists Americans, mostly women. The ill- men were in medical school, already have heart in the United States urged consumers ness isn’t life-threatening, but causes they were given a “nervous to be patient and not overreact to the misery: Chronic abdominal pain, tension” questionnaire de- disease get better Swedish study. sudden and urgent need to go to the signed to elucidate how they “I think we need to step back a bathroom and either frequent diar- responded to stress. with anger little bit and wait for greater discus- rhea, constipation or both. Lotronex Based on an article pub- sion of the issue and see the findings is only for the diarrhea-dominant lished in the Archives of Inter- presented in more detail,”said Carl type. nal Medicine, men who had COURTESY OF HTTP://MUSIK.FREEPAGE.DE, INSET HTTP://WWW.INFARCTCOMBAT.ORG management. Winter, a toxicologist at the Univer- But nine months later, Glaxo openly expressed or concealed Anger may be a cause of heart attacks in men, Dr. Chang’s study shows. sity of California at Davis. “The most pulled Lotronex off the market be- anger, irritability or so-called — DR. PATRICIA CHANG important thing is not the presence cause of two side effects: A life-threat- “gripe session” were flagged or absence of any type of ingredient, ening intestinal inflammation called for high anger levels. tistics were applicable to women as such as smoking, a high cholesterol but,how much is there.” ischemic colitis and constipation so There were 229 men who said that well as men because the study was diet, seditary lifestyle and many oth- known, Chang hypothesized that cat- Winter pointed out that it was un- severe it could pequire surgery, even they expressed or concealed their only conducted among male par- ers, with an increased chance of echolamines, released in response to usual ff or gk poeae to be released |an ger, 169 said they engaged in gripe ticipants. heart disease. However, it is often stress and which serve as natural neu- aL FDAI counte! a8 eople sessions and 99 said they were irri- Chang’s research was supported difficult to make a statistically sig- — rotransmitters may be responsible. se Si cts. Som 3.w ere ‘table. Of these men, 205 had devel-_ b y Alison Shaw from the British Heart nificant correlation between a risk Adrenaline, which is an example pesca hospitalized and51 eae surgery. oped cardiovascular disease by the Foundation who pointed out that factor, such as stress or anger, and ofacatecholamine, is responsible for “T would caution consumers to be Of 14 reported deaths, FDA saysseven age of 76, with an average onset age of similar studies suggest that people heart attacks because stress and an- initiating the “fightor flight” response alittle patienthereh,e said. “Cancer’s probably were caused by the drug, | 56. Seventy-seven men had prema- with hostile personalities are more ger are very difficult to measure when the body is placed in situations a very scary word, but one has to although Glaxo argues it’s only two. ture cardiovascular disease, with an likely to develop coronary heart dis- quantitatively. ofextremestress such asextreme cold, understand how these tests are done.” In studies, Lotronex offered only average onset age of 49. ease (CHD). Everyone has a certain amount of fright, fatigue and shock. Adrenaline The Swedish agency said the find- modest overall relief for female IBS Looking at these statistics, Chang “This new research is interesting, stress and anger in their lives, but ups blood pressure and breathing. ings have been submitted to unspeci- patients. But the most severely ill — comments, “Although the number of but it makes no mention of the other studies such as Chang’s only count “The most important thing angry fied international researchers and to estimated at 5 percent to 10 percent heart events was small, the incidence risk factors such as smoking or high those people who have passes a so- young men can do is get professional the 15-nation European Union for of IBS patients — seemed to benefit of cardiovascular disease was signifi- blood pressure, which may have in- called anger threshold, above which help to manage their tempers, espe- consideration, but they felt the infor- far more. It’s not proved to work for cantly higher for those with the high- fluenced the development of CHD in they are considered to be exhibiting cially since previous studies have mation was important enough to re- menandis dangerous foranyone with est level ofanger, compared with those the participants,” said Shaw. extreme stress or anger. shown that those who already have lease now. constipation. with lower levels of anger.” Many other studies have founda Where this threshold line is drawn heart disease get better with anger “JT am quite sure that this is a prob- Glaxo’s plan would allow IBS-ex- Chang did not know if these sta- correlation between risk factors andhowanger is measured ina quan- management,” warned Chang. lem everywhere and we need to do perienced doctors to prescribe something about it,”Busk said. Lotronex only to those women most The U.S. Environmental Protec- likely to benefit. Patients could get a UPpcomING LECTURES AT HOMEWQOD AND JH MI tion Agency describes acrylamide as 30-day supply at a time — no refills white, odorless, flake-like crystals that without another doctor’s visit — and are used mainly in treating drinking would be told to try 1 milligram daily, Thursday, April 25 Thursday, May 2 water and for industrial purposes and half the originally recommended “DNA Microarrays and a Systems Approach to Biology: T Cells “Carbon Nanotubes as Molecular Channels” can cause cancer in people exposed dose. They would be urged to see a and Immunotherapy” Dr. Gerhard Hummer, NIH to high levels for a long period. - doctor immediately if they have any Professor E. Terry Papoutsakis, 110 Maryland Hall, 11 a.m. Dept of Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Mary Ellen Camire, a food scien- symptoms of side effects, suchas con- 110 Maryland Hall, 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 7 tist and nutritionist at theU niversity - stipation, unusual abdominal pain or “The Expanded Denatured State: An Ensemble of Conformations of Maine, was skeptical about anylink blood in the stool. to cancer and said it was important to Twoattorneys for people allegedly Thursday, April 25 Whose Structure is Determined by Local Steric Interactions” “Hydrogen Activation Processes in Fe-only Hydrogenase Model Dr. David Shortle, remember that whole-grain breadand injured by the drug argued it’s too _ potatoes contain a lot of important risky to sell again. One played a video Complexes” Johns Hopkins University Department of Biological Chemistry nutrients. of a Florida woman left mostly para- Professor Marcetta Y. Darensbourg, The M. Daniel Lane Conference Center (612 Physiology), 11:45 a.m. Texas A & M Univerisity “The risk-to-benefit ratio is hard lyzed and unable to breathe on her Remsen Hall 233, 4:15 p.m. Thursday, May 9 to estimate,” she said. “We eat al ot of own after a burst colon attributed to “Characterization of an essential but paradoxical strange chemicals, but that’s life. You Lotronex caused a brain-damaging Thursday, April 25 aminoacyl-tRNA systhetase” just have to get a balance.” infection. ; “Prom death to birth: studies on Bt toxin and on embryonic polarity Tammy Hendrickson, Busk estimated that acrylamide Her attorney asked her if the FDA could be responsible for several hun- should allow the sale of Lotronex _ in C. elegans” Johns Hopkins University Dept of Chemistry dred of the 45,000 cancer cases in again. Raffi Aroian, Mudd Hall 100, 3:30 p.m. UCSD Sweden each year, based on experi- “No, don’t let them,”Gloria Mudd Hall 100, 3:30 p.m. Monday, May 13 ments in which rats were fed fried Lockett gasped on the videotape. “Covalent Modification of Nucleic Acids and Proteins by Metal food, but he declined to be more spe- The risk is worth it, responded 10 Friday, April 26 Complexes and Simple Metal Salts” cific about the possible cancer risk. IBS sufferers. “Have you ever soiled “The New Critical Challenge: The War on Terrorism Possible U.S: Dr. StevenE . Rokita The Swedish agency did not issue your pants in public?”Brenda Responses to Terrorism” Univ of Maryland, College Park Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry naletwh oguugihd erleisneeasr cohne rwsh apto ionrt heod wotuot tehaatt, tCoormnepytso. n snapped at one of the at- __R. James Woolsey Room W2030 Bloomberg School of Public Health, 3:45 p.m. Shea & Gardner it’salways more healthyt oa void fried FDA’s advisers agreed Lotronex Maryland Hall 218, 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 14 - Lbcfiouooltodi “ksabDe.neo dnw e a nfrooeAto b do,rsf ta wommhpos arsteeo a ntyiv oneugg Z eeettataht,bet sleeeera stb, fe”mosrooagrdi,esda , hscareeadhrgsdotii uistlpftidriro coynap astaoleinsl oldenr d eas,sgbt oaremiiifencno,tc ri lefou bondursdit mon tacgolat todtthrdhroseeas d ie pn aaiGrstnel iogae mxanoeoltr- MDs“irPot.rnu o dPbSaaiyyunnl,gc hFArMepniortnnieetrlrr, ao 2ln9 WXe-artahye rRiefnlge catti vMiotlye Sctuuldaire s Doifm eOnrstihooncsla:s eI nD issolution” t“ischnuUoeccsu ihinid ntneagrcn iipceEdrevsee on?colc af-uer Wt ic ihoaoonufyncs p e rrctpo aoosn bstG uaiawtttie ein t o hccneuIa ?rnns es-ce ieWm grshih ontymra ee lIl dnaottcveeeao ssn:it c co-etl Wrhbe seh r eaypa arl snotoads rw tec an aitotnnethc c eeiho rtatd ehveiseentnr ec ssdae? i?”hlf i-ofgcWe harh teyend t d—ii on es toxicologist with the government lowed to prescribe. Argonne National Laboratory Donald S. Coffey, Ph.D. agency. Study shows universe Olin Hall Auditorium, 4 p.m. Director of the Research Laboratories ; “y FDA issues tough new East Wing fate Bloomberg School of Public Healtho :p00 p.m. is 13 billion years old Tuesday, April 30 standards for IBS drug The universe is about 13 billion D“rR.e gFulraatniokBn .o Gfe rCtellelr ,a nd Neuronal Migration by Ena/VASP Proteins” T“hEpuirtshdealyia,l MCaelyl P1o6l arity: Vesicles, PARs and ees eM con 4l alz . 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He said his boss tors believe, however, that the strep- COURTESY OF HTTP //WWW.CSUHAYWARD.EDU/SCI/SEM/OUTREACH/ OHLONE/ formation did not begin until abouta never suggested it, but after hearing tococcus bacteriais, in fact, acquiring Group A streptococcus bacteria has begun to exhibit resistance to Erythromycin and other macrolide drugs. billion years after the Big Bang. He thatn o one in the family was a match, a resistance to drugs in the same fam- found that less than 3 percent ofgroup outbreak occurred, 48 percent of the tin. said this means his best estimate for Palank volunteered, even though the ily ofantibiotics as Erythromycin, the A streptococcus samples exhibited group A strain of streptococcus found Dr. Lincoln Miller, head of the age of the universe is “about 13 bil- two are not particularly close or macrolides. Macrolide drug use has resistance to Erythromycin and its at the school was resistant. Similarly, Newark infectious disease outpatient lion years.” friendly outside the office. increased over the past while as only relative, Azithromycin. at the Children’s Hospital of Pitts- clinic at University of Medicine and Three years ago, astronomers using ”T was sitting there thinking, ‘Wow, one dose per day is required, rather In 1998, Dr. Judith Martin oft he burgh, 38 percent of the group A Dentistofr Nye w Jersey, said “I would another method estimated the age at this guy looks terrible. I’ve had per- than three. Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh’s streptococcus was found to be of the hazard a guess and say [this resis- 13 to 14 billion years. That was based fecthealantdh t,hi s guy’s had all these Antibiotic resistance had previ- Division of Allergy, Immunology and resistant strain. tance is] fairly widespread.” on precise measurements oft he rate problems. I should help him,’”’said ously been known to be growing ina Infectious Disease began tracking “Tt definitely went from one kid to All the children found to have the at which galaxies are moving apart, Palank, 55, of St. Louis, who donated different strain of streptococcus, one group A streptococcus at the private anotheri n the schoolanditalso spilled Erythromycin-resistant streptococ- an expansion thatstarted with the Big a kidney last month and was out of responsible for causing pneumonia. elemscheooln whtere ather ouytbre ak over into the community... Where it cus strain were successfully treated Bang. They then back-calculated — the hospital a day later. However, a recent survey of 25 states occurred. In January 2001, when the started, I don’t know,” said Dr. Mar- with other antibiotics. like running a movie backward — to “He’s a very nice, very good hu- arrive at the age estimate. man being,”he added. “That prob- “Our results are in very good ably had something to do with it.” Neanderthals : Violent and compassionate agreement” with Richer’s estimate, Last year, there were 6,081 donor said Wendy L. Freedman, anastrono- cadavers. Each can give several or- mer at the Carnegie Observatories in gans,s o dead peoplestill enable about Pasadena, Calif., and a leader of the three out of every four transplants. BY JONATHAN GROVER the injured was being group performing the universe age They noware outnumbered byliv- THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter helped or nursed, at least calculations three years ago. ing donors: In 2001, there were a whilehewas incapacitated Bruce Margon, an astronomer at record 6,485. A recent Neanderthal skull, found by the blow. the Space Telescope Science Institute, Public campaigns encouraging in what is now France, shows that According to said both conclusions are based on “a organ donation all revolve around Neanderthals exhibited physical vio- Trinkaus, “There are two lot of assumptions”but the fact that cadaveric donors, encouragingg lence towards each other, as well as themes that come out of two independent methods arrived eople to talk with family about the caring and compassion. this. When they are in- within 10 percent of the same answer issue before someone dies. A year ago, A team of Swiss and French sci- jured by somebody else is important. Health and Human Services Secre- entists, led by Christoph Zollikofer oran animal or accident, “To find an independent way to tary Tommy Thompson launched an of the University of Zurich-Irchel they are getting helped measure the age and then get essen- effort to work with employers. He | found the skull near the village of by other members of the tially the same answer is a fantastic pushed the effort again Monday. St. Cesaire, France, and is now us- social group. Wesee clear advance, said Margon. It may not be He said he was not discouraged by ing computer imaging to help re- survival here.” the final answer forthe universe’s age, the paltry increase in donations from | construct the skull. Wolpoff pointed out, he said, butis “very, very, very close.” cadavers. “It’s not as good asI would | Neanderthalsflourished on the earth “We always focus on the To get the new age estimate, the like, but it’s an increase,” Thompson approximately 100,000 years ago. violence that created the Hubble Space Telescope collected said. They lived in Europe and the wound, but what's great light from M4 for eight days over a Ofthe living donors, more than 90 Middle East until about 35,000 years isthec ompassionandcare 67-day period. Only then did the very percent donated a kidney. That is a ago, when they were replaced by early that lead to the healing.” faintest of the white dwarfs become relatively safe procedure for people modern humans. The team’s findings, visi“blTeh.e se are the coolest white dwarf wointlhy townoe hise anletcheys sakriyd.n eyTsh, erbee cawuesree shoWwh ilinej urmiaens,y tohfe steh e frreamctauirness fdoiuffnedr COURTESY OFH TTP://eWeW W. WILDCAMELS.BCiOeM/ IMAGES /TREeKs/ cpeunbtl iisshseued oifn Pthreo cmeoesdti ngres- stars that we know about in the about 500 living liver donations, in signififcraomn tthel skyul l found. The The wounds on this Neanderthal skull offer insight into the behavior of early man. of the National Academy universe,”said Richer. “These stars which surgeons remove a part of a skull was cut by a sharp blade, possi- of Sciences found that the get cooler and cooler and less lumi- liver for transplant, leaving each piece bly a handle. statistics today, the vast majority of reason to question that in the past.” due to the location and angle of the nous as they age.” to grow into a whole organ. About “As weaponry for hunting im- all crimes are between people who Startlingly, it seemsasifthe wound cut, the Neanderthal was likely at- Headded: “We think we have seen three dozen people gave part ofalung. proves, the stakes of having an ar- knoweachother.d.on.’at nsede Ian y had begun to heal. This suggests that tacked from the front or behind. the faintest ones. If we haven’t, then Medically, doctors have been divid- gument with somebody increase. we'll have to rethinkt”h ec onclusions. ing livers only for the last few years, Like all social mammals, Neander- The faintest of the white dwarfs which helps explain the fast rise in the thals had their squabbles, and ifyou "HEART-POUNDING ACTION THAT are less than one-billionth the appar- number of liver donations from the have effective weaponry around, ent brightness of the dimmest stars living. The number shot up 36 per- youv e gota more serious problem,” visible to the naked eye. cent last year. according to anthropologist Erik M4 is a globular cluster, thought For kidneys, research has found Trinkaus of Washington University PUSHES DVO 10 THE LIMIT! to be the first group of stars that that living donations are just as suc- in St. Louis. formed in the Milky Way galaxy, the cessful, if not more, as kidneys from The team speculates that the in- home galaxy for the sun, early in the people who have died. And jury is the result of a conflict with history of the unive.se. There are laparoscopic surgery, where the kid- someone in his own group. about 150 globular clusters in the ney is removed through a small inci- Milford Wolpoff, an anthropolo- - Bruce Klager, US Weekly Milky Way; M4 was selected because sion, has reduced the pain and recov- gist at the University of Michigan ex- it is closest to Earth. ery time for the donor. plained, “When you look at crime The new age estimate for the uni- verse is the latest in a long series of attempts to measure the passage of time USHERS DVD INCLUDES: since the Big Bang. Edwin Hubble, the famedastronomwehro first proved that the universe is uniformly expanding, * Director and Produc estimated in 1928 that the universe was two billion years old. Audio Commentaries Later studies, using the very ex- pansion that Hubble discovered, ar- - Extended/Deleted rived at an estimate of about nine Action Sequences © billion years for the universe age. 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The Blue Jays were No. 1 for one week after the Blue Jays won dra- We've won a lot of close games by playing well at the end of games, but we need to learn how to play 60 minutes.I fw e play a good 60 minutes, we will be a hard team to FILE PHOTO beat. Name: Hilary Knipe Name: Kevin Alford After defeating Navy on the road, 9-8, the No. 1-ranked Blue Jays will take on Towson this weekend. Class year: Junior Sport: Men’s Tennis CONTINUED FROM Pace A12 Benson said, “We’ve won a lot of the door open for the Blue Jays to —BOBBY BENSON Hometown: Contoocook, NH Class year: Junior and he put it home to give the Blue close games by playing well at the end capture the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Sport: Cross-Country and Track Hometown: O'Fallon, IL Jays an 8-7 lead. of games, but we need to learn how to Tournament if they win their final and Field Major: Chemistry and History Less then two minutes later, play 60 minutes. If we play a good 60 two games against Towson and matically in a comeback win over Major: Cognitive Science double major Conklin scored his second goal of the minutes, we will be a hard team to Loyola. Hopkins is ranked No. 1 in Syracuse. game offa nice pass from sophomore beat.” both the STX/USIL Coaches Poll and The Blue Jays will be looking for Nickname: Handsome Dave Pitttao tried t he game up for the The win was amazingly Hopkins’ the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll. their seventh straight victory this Future plans after JHU: Pursue Position: #1 singles and #1 doubles fifth and final time. 28th straight over the Midshipmen, However, Doneger explained, Saturday at 1 p.m. at Homewood Seasonal Employment/Bea Ski Bum with the tennis team’s favorite fresh- With5:42 leftin the game, Doneger and improved the Blue Jays to 9-1 on “That doesn’t matter right now. We Field against No. 15-ranked Favorite quote: “We don’t believe man, Justin Belisario blasted a 12-yard shot past Navy’s the year. The only blemish on their just need to come out and win this Towson, who comes in witha record in positive thinking, we believe in Favorite JHU class: Currently, His- senior goalie Jon Higdon for his sec- recordisalosst o Virginiain the fourth week.” of 6-4. Towson is headed by former damage control.” (high school team tory of Antisemitism from Hycos to ond goal of the game. That last goal game of the year. Virginia, who had Bensonechoed that remabry skay - Hopkins Coach Tony SeamonTh.e y cross-country motto) Hitler, and of course Orgo gave Hopkins their fifth one-goal vic- been ranked No. 1, was upset Sunday ing, “We just need to take care of have underperformed this season Other interests: Backpacking, Ski- Other interests: Any achievements tory oft he year, and their fourth bya by Duke 14-13 in the ACC Champi- busitnhee nesxts t wo weekWse n.ee d after making the NCAA final four ing, Mentoring at Hopkins in sports, school or any- 9-8 score. onship Game on Sunday. This leaves to take it one game ata timaned ,we' ll last year. Achievements at hopkins: Most thing else: Verizon 2nd team Aca- Valuable Athlete, Women’s Cross- demic All-Regional; Hodson Trust Country Fall 2001 Scholar Track individuals shine at Western Maryland Favorite memory in your sport: Favorite tennis memory: “Who “My first day in cross-country, the could forget when I almost lost first against Ursinus? I know Sion hasn’t. words I heard out of my coach were Also, when J.B. (Justin Belisario) “Oxygen-debt builds character.” hit himself with his own return BY JEFF KATZENSTEIN conference title meet,” Van Allen ex- Gaden, Lisa Yagi and Nicole and our team rose to the challenge as Unique fact: 1 am a certified pro- against Western Maryland.” THE JOHNS Hopkins NEWSLETTER plained. Laskowski. Almost all of the 1500m over 20 athletes had their best perfor- fessional ski instructor. Favorite quote: “It bothers me when Ben Stopper, Jesse Fulton and runners ran their best times of their mances oft heir life.” I lose points, can you ask him to Walking off impressive team per- Dave Sebba, for example, all ran their career. ”This is by far the best team we miss?” formances last week at the Western fastest outdoor times of the year in One of the most interesting events have had in Hopkins history, and we Compiled by Jenny Farrelly Future plans after JHU: “European Maryland Twilight Invitational, the 400m, Stopper’s 52.59 being the of the day was the women’s 3,000m are looking fortowa satrorng dsho w- satelite circuit, or if that fails then Hopkins athletes had a different out- fastest of the group and the others steeple chase wherein the athletes ing in our final couple weeks of the med school, I guess.” look on Saturday’s meet at the Wid- within a second oft hat. Junior Nikki must negotiate 28 hurdles and 7 wa- season.” ener Invitational in Chester, Pa. Ina Gross lowered her 800m best to ter jump hurdles over the slightly less The Jays will return to action at the meet that included no team scoring, 2:24.31 and Alex Gochal won his 800m than 2 mile distance. Sophomores Penn Relays, which will begin this Sports Trivia: Kevin Alford was the Athlete of the Week on April 26, 2001. many Hopkins athletes had a chance section in a best-ever 1:58.01. Anna Stirgwolt and Rachel Killeen Thursday and continue through Sat- Almost one year to the day. to shine as individuals. The men’s “Alex ran a great race. Obviously were up to the task and finished damp urday. team recorded four top 10 finishes the closely shaven legs made a big but happy. and four season best marks, while the difference, and I was happy that the “That was al ot of fun, since Coach women had eight top 10 finishes and Mylanta worked its magic,” com- told us to go out slow and run within five season best marks. mented Van Allen. ourselves,” said Stirgwolt.. Sophomore Aline Bernard Freshman Hannah Bracken Neither athlete had much experi- chopped nearly a half minute off the notched a personal record 61.84 400 ence over hurdlesand had neverleaped JHU record in the 10,000m, winning meters, fourth-best ever at Hopkins awater jump. Van Allen explained that the event over a solid field of com- and sophomore Megan Carr tied her thereis always some chance ofinjuryin petitors. Bernard, running the slightly best ever pole vault with 8’6” in fifth what is a new event on the Conference more than6 mile distance in 38:38.60, place. Brian Wolcott vaulted 13’ for program this year. the men, Dan MacNeil shaved a few “Everyone’s first steeplechase is tenths offhis 400m hurdles best time, more about survival than anything and Joe Gentile and Kevin O’Connor else,” Van Allen commented. “There We knew the both knocked several seconds off is nothing else like it in track and the their best-ever 1500m times. Junior ladies did well. After two or three competition was Hilary Knipe was fifth in the 5,000m times through the water jump, it is a run with her 19:32.2 time while fresh- real test of intestinal fortitude.” going to be pretty man Tifany Miceli ran 1500m in Van Allen added that all of the if 5:08.11 to lead another group ofp er- coaches were extremely proud of the good at this meet, and sonal bests in that event as she was team this past weekend. a ager Session followed by teammates: Maureen “We knew the competition was Kimsey, Mary O, Jenn Schutz, Claire going to be pretty good at this meet, our team rose to the _QMING S00 challenge as over 20 athletes had their best performances of their : CG 71°0 HOPKINs < life. | yMMER SESSIO Ay ) —HEAD COACH BOBBY More Engineering! VAN ALLEN Term |: May 28 — June 28 Term II: July 1 - August 1 toppled Tatiana Aguirre’s 1992 mark Automata and Computation Theory Mathematical Models for of 39:24.80. 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