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2 a nd a view o f the bear in his n ew lair Volume 92 N umber 7 Aril Un de r t h e Elms Tu itio n a nd fees rise to a ortrait of u nd ers Red d i ng i ntegrates Sayles H all long time s choru d irector Bill Ermey d ies ce a conferen J Sa exami nes the light of America n cities the Forbes Center fo r Mod ern Cu ltu re a nd Med ia is d ed i cated H a rk t h e H era l d s in t h e New s 1 5 One h u nd red years old last fa ll the Brow n Da il y Herald is still asmu ch a arti ci a nt in camus news as its re orter Th e Fa te of t h e F amil y What s threatening the family is n ot the risi ng d ivorce rate o r women s em l oyment bu t ou r trad iti onal image o f family itself says sociologist Fran Go l d sch e i d er She's d etermi ned t o save the family from itself Somethi ng Bol d Somethi ng New 2 8 The h ot va catio n s ot fo r Brow n theater buffs? Th e a n n u a l N Plays Festival is kee ew i ng de nts stu o n camus over wi nter break a nd ing cha ce giv thema n to write a nd rod u ce their ow n w orks Oliver Marti Cov er : ( 1 1 ) a agai nst in ctio n C Photogra h b y doin Bow Su 92 W Post

3 Fond recol l ect ion s Editor: I amsu re that Alvi n Sizer's rece nt BAM remi nisce n ces of Brown fa c u lt y ( Finally Se tember ) in the '305 stirred similar fo n d re colle ctio ns ng al umni amo of every d ecad it also Fo rme triggered memories of e were very similar the ones t o of tod ay she d escribed It therefore seems ad va s ntageou for the Fu n d ca t o italize the on resou r ces ex erien ce a nd networks of the Peace Cor s a nd vice versa Also when she asks stu d ents What ca n you she might co nsid er a nswering by ad vising a d ifferent grou of Brown ed u cators themt o thi nk of the Pea ce Cor s as on e Th e late 305 a nd early 405 were s ent as a stu d e nt in the Cra nston (RI ) school system M y 43 high school year book shows that of the forty tw o a ca d emic or college re cou rse teach ots grassro o ti on f thinking or globally acting locally Geor g e M W Charlesto n SC cda niel ' 72 M A T ers twen ty were Brown (o r Pembroke) grad u ates almost a fu ll 50 ercent!i ca n only gu ess how manymore tau ght the nior high well remem in ju scho ols 5 0 in ad those ditio n t o bered college rofs I also fo nd ly recall 1 00 Yea rs of Women I Editor: fin d it s cu riou in read ing Ti mes have cha nged the December in 91 /I a nu a r y ' 92 e issu of BAM that no those d ed i cated u nsu ng a nd so often menti on ismade of Margaret Bin g h a rn u na reciated Brownmen a nd women w h o started so many townies on a Brown ed u cation before we entered Va n Wi ckle Cates John A Howla nd 48 Stillwell '09 w ho ifmemory serves was the first woma n fu ll rofessor of Brown Universi ty a n d w h o for many years was a n ornament of learning a nd l ore t o Brown a nd t o all the Rhod e Vi neyard Haven Mass Island commu nity Ma urice Adelma n I r '52 Brooklyn Pea ce C or s role 1992 b y Bret on Aiu m'monthl y Pu blished ex t mo nthl y ce J a nu a r y Ju ne a nd Au g u st b it y Brow n Univers y Provid ence R Printed I La ne Press PO Box 130 Bu rlin g t on Vt b y Th e Se nd editoria l corres o nd en ce a nd chan g es o f ad d ress to PO Bo x Provid ence RI Tele ho ne : (401 ) FA X: (40 1 ) (i Ema il : BAM@bro w nvmbno w n ed u ntema k) or BAM@bro w nvm(bitnet) Membe r Cou ncil fo r I Editor: enjoyed read ing the ad d ress b y W orld Wild life Fu nd Presid ent Kath ryn ller Fu (BAM December) t the i nter abou relati onshi between women o verty a nd I was a Pea ce conservation Co r s nteer West the volu in Togo in Africa late 1 I 9605 a nd my fellow nteers volu were co nfro nted w ith ma ny of the rob lems she d escribed a n d worked a in variety o f ays alleviate I was w to them therefore ck by her stru d of the iscu ssion Fu nd s networking with conser banks vatio n tru a nd i nsti tes t u a nd by the sts Ed itor: Tha nk you fo r the timeline abou t women at Brown correctio n? You May I make a small ind icate that Rad cliffe grad ates u received Harvard d egr ees for the first time in Wrong Rad cliffe of whi ch I was the amamember first class receive t o Harvard d i l omas b y e virt u of the fa ct that Harvard Presid ent Natha se s n Pu y re signat u a eared above that of Rad cliffe Presi d ent Mary Bu ntin g A the some t time of ght it u s thou was d one t o avoid the e of issu Latin or t he Ad v a ncement a nd Su o rt of Ed u catio n absen ce of anymention of the Pea ce English d i l omas which h ad ca u sed Cor Some s of ou r rograms of the 605 riots o n Harvard Squ are when English Ad d ress Corre ction Re q u ested 2 A P RIL

4 t ici a t ion in al l as ect s of u niversit y lif e T e e a r c o r E u it Women a t Brow n Universit y h e hu nd red y ea rs a g o Rh ode I sland cl u bw omen s earheade d t he drive t o o e n t he doo rs ofbrow n Women a t Br o w n Unit r c rsil y Universit y t o w omen Du rin g the n ext cent u r y w omen st u den t s alumn ae a nd facu lt y so u g ht a nd g ain ed in creased a r The Sea rch f or E q u it y : Universit y Ka u fman W / omen a t Brown edit ed b y Poll y Welt s 5 1 inclu des t en essa ys w rit t en Fa r t oo lon g the histm y o f women a t Brown Universit y has rema ined u nex lored b y schola rs Welcome t o these essa y s which f b cu s on the va ried ers ectives o f su o rt ers o f women s edu ca tion as well as em st udents a lumna e a nd fa cu lt This volume y w omen s init ia tives a nd enla r g e; hasizes ou r u ndersta ndin g b y individu al schola rs The essa y s r esent o f ho w the y ad va nced in a n I v y Lea g u e i nstit u tion the achievemen t s of su cceedin g g e n erat io ns I n t he Com a ny of Edu ca ted Women Ba rba ra Solomon a u thor o f ofbrow n w omen T he Sea rch f o r E q u it y t ells t h e st or y of w omen T h e Sea rch fo r E q u it y w ho w orked t o brin g c ha n g e bot h t o a n ot able inst it u t ion of Alumni R e la ti ons Brow n Universit y Box Providence R] Plea se send me t he followi n g books hi g her edu ca t ion an d t o the w ider w o rld Search fo r Equ i ty ; hardcover _T he Search fo r Equ it y ; a erback each each a na l hook 5 0 ) T ot al Payme nt En clo sed Plea semake checks a y able t o Brown University ADDRESS CITY STATE

5 Wesleyan admi nistrators' d ecisio n d i lomas were introd u ced for Harvard College in Ou r class is also the first to have joint reu nio ns Thanks for i n cl u di ng Rad cliffe in the timeline l ea n H Leventha l ' 83 A M Newto n Mass Editor I : amafraid that st correct Imu a n error r otherwise very informa in you tive arti cle t at abou women Brown I n you r timeline y ou state that b y of the Seven Sisters only Wellesley Mou nt Holyoke Smith a nd Bryn Mawr remai n sex Yo u shou ld also single colleges have cl in u ded Barnard College that on list I n s ite of the d ecision of Columbia College (Barnard s brother school ) t o admit women in the Barnard remai ns a thriving women s college with its ow n se arate bu ild i ngs fa c u lt y a nd ad ministratio n Elea nor J ohnson Kenned y (Barnard 80) Chatham NJ The writer is the wi f e o f[ ohn 70 Editor W Kenned y Editor: For the record ma y I res ect fully correct o ne itemin Charlotte Bru ce Harvey s i nformative Times have changed? On age 2 1 y ou wrote that b y coed u cation s wani ng favor rom ts the [Wesleya n] admi nistrati on t o estab lish a se arate cam u s a nd institu tion t for women Co n necticu College I fa all the admi nistra n Wesleyan ct tion d id was nceremoni sly u ou t o d ecid e it wou ld l onger n o ed cate at its u women Mid d letown cam u s It was rather a gro u o f e nl ightened s citizens generou of N ew Lond o n w h res o in onse the t o raised the seed ney with which mo t o start a high calibre rivate college fo r wome the state!that n in kn own college u ntil as Connecticu t College for W omen It bega admitting n stu d ents in is n ow coed cati u onal Sara Lee Silberma n ' 63 N ew Lond o n Con n The writer is associate ro f essor o f histor y a t Connecticu t Colle g e in New London A l ea for forg iv en e ss Editor: I wou ld like to re em hasize that my su ggesti on that Dou g Harmbe re admitted t o Brown d oes n ot re resent a cond oni ng of hatred a nd bigotry bu t 4 A P RIL

6 sew Cullen Th e w ord is in t er r e t er H e l e n Joh n s Ca rrol l u s Ed itor: Th December cam e e carried a let issu ter fromjane A ndrew o n regretting that y o u d id not id e ntify Mr Shevard nadze s i nter reter his fo r s eech at Brown Th e ed itor s res onse was : The nslator is Lynn tra Vissen When there are so many Brow n alumn i worki ng so hard to try t o i n crease the recognitio n of Brown abroad as a n institu tio n which d is e ns Ed itor: I read with i nterest the fi ne arti cle b y Cind y Himes FromEqu i ty to ali ty Equ (BAM December) I view n of com the arti cle s rehe nsiveness itma y as i cking im si ngle be seen to ou t on e nit bu t I thi nk it item orta nt to oint that J oh ns o u t Helen d cam id no t attain high social s statu o n s u beca se u of her athletic b beca se u t u of rowess her alities qu of lead ershi a nd i ntegrity excellent es a n ed (the u cation Brown Club of Fra nce at last nt cou h ad more a nd character As I recall Helen was amu ch tha n 270 names o n its ad d ress list ; the admired member of ou r class a nd yes Brown Club of Great Britain hasmore) it is d ismayi ng to reflect that the ed itors we d id l ove t o watch her swim! Het t y Poles Christ e 36 Le a rn h ow t o h a ve y ou r b o o k u blished of the Brow n Al umni Monthl y d o n ot kn ow the d iffere n ce between a n i nter So u th Had ley Mass Y o u a re i nvite d t o se nd fo r a tre e i l lu s reter a nd a tra nslator t ra te d g ui d e b o ok whi c h ex lai ns h ow you r b o ok c a n b e u b li s h e d romot ed You need n ot be a d i lomat o r a la n a n d mark et e d age tea cher ow that the work gu t o kn of a nal inter rofessio reter has little in with that co mon of a O ne s translator activit y is oles a art fromthat resem of the a n d the bear little t w o other ce blan A i nter n reter works with s a eech tra nslator ith the w writt en word A l gh some thou eo le nally have occasio t o d o both for economic reasons com etent rofessionals very rarely d o Maybe the BAM s ed itors sho u ld learn a few thi ngs abou t tod ay s world a little fu rther afield tha n Cra nsto n or East Greenwich Peter F Kenton 49 Paris U n Wh ether you r s u bj e ct is ti o n no n l l ic ic t io n etr o r o y s c i lar e nt ific s c h o l y s e cialize d ( ev e n c o ntr o v e r s i a l ) t h i s ha n d s ome 4 0» a g e broc h ure wi ll sh ow y arra o u h ow t o n g e l o r rom t u b Iica t io n li a t or u b s h e d u h s e s e cial l y nform i w l l fi t hi let va i nd s b o ok luab le a nd you co writ ative F o r r fre e y e t o VANTAGE PRESS I n c De t Y W 3 4 St 9 Y Ne w ork M V This edition of Denise L evert ov s collection of oems entitled R a n g e w a s rod u ced t o commemorate the 1 00t h a nniversary of w omen attendi n Universit The g Brow n y a ers u sed were Nidi g g en Mohawk a nd ha ndmade Gastaldi The cover came o w a s desi g ned for this s ecial event Th e book is entirely ha nd a va riati n u sin g on of a fol a n ccordion d The w oodcu t ima g es were ri nted directly fromthe ha nd cu t bl ocks b y Walter Feldma n Th e entire edition is limite d t o 1 00 co ies numbered 1 to 74 a nd lettered A to Z 74 numbered co ies are si g ned b y the artist ; The the 26 1et t e red co ies are si g ned b y both the art ist a nd t he o et a co To u rchas e y l ease send you r check (made ayable t o Br o w n Un iversit y Lib r a r y) t o Rosemar y L Curat or of the Harris Collection John H a y Librar y Box A Brow n Universit y Providence RI Numb e r e d c o i e s: $200 Le tte re d co i e s: $ Sh i in g a n d h a n dl in g : Br ow n Z i g g u r a t P r e ss BR O W N A LU M N I M O NTH LY 5

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9 t o d isagree with in Flynn s session of this year s Brown / Provid ce rnal bli en Jou Pu c Affairs Co nferen ce Exec tive Vice President Robert u remarks cam This yea r s residential aign Hu d t nu said has d is layed s no consciou effort t take cities o ou r seri A Reichl e y n oted that the o u sl y a nd I resent it conferen ce series was ad d ressi ng the to ic of Ameri ca ' s cities for the second cam aign ad visors ( N oth in g ever g ot thr ou gh the H e d is araged the ign oran ce of time Th e first was t en years John Su nu nu s of the world a g o That the su bject warrant Re u blica ns co ntend ing a nd lashed ou t at his fellow ed a second exami nation that they more so tha n the so so on after the first is o n e good i nd icatio n ma nymore d ramatic on es that this ntry has yet cou not come gri t o s with the rob amo ng lems that beset its urba n Many of the areas roblems have worsened the : crime AIDSe id emic a nd its the erosion o f cial so effects services lti ng resu fromcu t ba cks in fed eral a id ro the flight of themid grams d l e class This year's co nferen ce entitled Wh Will Save the o America was the n ngest with ni ne lo ever se arate ns sessio a nd all a n d a It y featu red filmfestival a cad a sena emicsmayors to r jou rnalists a nd head s of Th e n o n rofit agencies BAM atten d ed several of the sessions a nd herewith re sents a brief re ort what o n was said b y some of those closest the stresses t o a nd the romises embod ied b y America u rban tod ay Tw elft h Pu b l ic A ffa irs Conferen ce g ra l es w it h rob l ems a nd fu t u re ros ect s said of America ' s cit ies ou r nati onal lead ers d 't have a nything on even t o offer the o n on e number e ncerning the issu co eo le of America a nd America s citi es Flynn s keynote ad d ress was the first a al Michael n nu jobs the cou n try smajor cities Th e Boston w h o mayor is a also ggested su Democrat that in creased fed eral s end in g on u rban u bli works c rojectsmight be a way t o revitalize the natio nal econ om y H e referred a to su r Demo crats are insensitive t o the roblems of cities There is a com assion g a in regard t o American cities Tw o third s of the federal bu d get cu ts in the early Hu d nu t con tin u ed came ou t of the hid es of cities You ca nn ot balance a bu dget o n the backs of the o or eo le of America Th e risi ng tid e d id not lift all boats in the I n general he sa id the em hasis b y city g ov ernmen t s on econ omic d evelo st give way mentmu the in 1 a sing 9905 t o refocu on social issu es ; this w ill requ ire bold n ew national o licies blaze the t o w a y will save the Who America city n? Hu d t nu con clu d ed A ll of u s will if we roll u ou r sleeves Bra dl ey Meza a nd Da rden Com l exit y ho e Fl y nn a nd H u dnu t : Pu t cit i es b a ck on t h e n a t i ona l ol it i ca l ma P Howard Metcalf R Swearer Memorial Lectu re It was named or in ho n of the conference s tw o rinci a l fou n d ers the late chair ma n a nd u blisher of the Provid ence Jou rnal Com a vey that i nd icated that 75 ercent of ci ties have US s su end ed ca ital rojects se becau of a lack of fu nd The res ond ent t o Flynn s s eech was former William starring for I nd iana olis Mayor s a nd ra cia l ten sion N ew Jersey Senator Bill Brad ley was n o u shover on the basketball cou rt: after com leting st u d ies at Prin ceton (a n d Bosto n Mayor Ra y Flynn n y a nd the late Brown resi Hu d n u t a Re u blica n n ow Oxford on a Rh od es Scholar w h o is resid ent of the US Co nference of Mayorsmad e n o secret of his ire at what he erceives as the nearly total neglect of cities a nd their roblems b y themaj or olitical arties in this resi d ential electi o n year Th e sa d thi ng is Flynn d res ent ectively Flynn also argu ed fo r a n rima ry urban in resid en oti ng election n tial years that the r states that fou held the earliest rimaries or ca u ses cu N ew H am Iowa a nd th Sou shire Maine Dakota in clu d ed ne no of a fellow at the Ken ned y School of Government s I te nstitu of P olitics Cam in Hu d a n u friend t bridge of Howard Swearer s when both were u nd ergrad ates at u Prin ceton a nd a artici a nt the in bli affairs u c ce co nferen fou nd little here shi ) he s ent years t en laying ball ro with the N York ew Knicks his in ad d ress Similarly the o n eo le of Ameri ca's Brad ley d id n t shy cities fromconfr onting some a r ticu la rl y vexing issu es Racial tension for instan ce

10 lm ti ng ch a lemen su strate g y wou ld ire three requ i nitial ste s : 1 ) End viole ce n b y setti ng les ru of civil behavior a nd remai ni ng u n i n timid ated ; 2) rage Encou res nsibility o a nd kn owled ge as the basis fo r child reari ng a nd family life ; 3) Create jobs om that will last in a n econ y that is growi ng t racial withou t en growth ns fester sio a nd ho e will langu ish Th e key to all of this ti on is co mitted to red u c in g o verty in Sa n A ntonio arti cu larly u rged the natio n to i nvest in child ren a nd families J o e T Dard e n d ea n of rba affairs u n rograms at Michiga State n University a nd rofessor of geogra hy a nd rba affairs said u n there that the cer ns con of today's i ci ty n ner resid ents are the same as th ose in whe n America cities ex n l od ed in race riots si : jobs hou ng t his leav thro u gho u career in the A dmi nistra g Nixo n where he tio n chaired the nal Task Force Natio o n Povert y a nd I n t e r g o v er n mental take a Relatio ns to ost at the Br okings I nsti o tu t io n in Natha n remi n d ed his a u d ience of a n oft qu oted line fromthe re ort of Presi d ent Johnso n s Kerner Com (whi ch Natha missio n n worked on a nd which was head ed b y er Otto Kern Brad ley said is ed u cati on a nd the qu ality of ed u catio n the commis Ou r nation a ccom a nied b y in creased voter ercentages in u rba n areas a nd a fo u nd ati o n of d a t d a y lead ershi y d ed ica ted lasti ng change t o o n ot charismatic lead ershi Cho co G o nzalez Meza execu tive d irector fo r Part for ou r child ren While the es have issu remained consta he said nt the circumsta nces have cha nged A red u ctio n of ma fa ring jobs n u ct from u in cities a oliti cal ower shift cities t o su bu rbs a nd the sio n co nclu d ed ismovi ng toward tw o societies: o ne bla white se ck on e arate a nd u nequ al That is n the way I ot think t America twenty abou years Natha n said later The eth nic co mu ni ty is i n creasingly o or u rban fragmented now One ca u se o u latio n all have led t o a cru shing of the d reamof u ward mobility fo r many city resid ents of the rrent cu Nathan crisis said ironicallyma the be y ccess su of the Civil Rights which Co missio n created Wh at is need ed to restore ho Dard en said e a ronged effort b three y is avenu es o u t not i nto i nte grated neighborhood s bu t into what [are called ] zones city d wellers : orga nized of emergence little stu d ied o litical coalitio n rotest bu ild i ng a nd e self con omic d evelo ment bo rhood s mid d leclass ethni c neigh The violence of S ike Lee's America he said is a very small art ershi h fo r Ho e in Sa n A ntoni s o Texas ent art of her remarks d eb nki ng u smyths t variou abou eo le o n welfare u si ng her ow n story one of child hood overty a nd d iscrimi natio n a nd al even t u su ccess I e u niqu? she asked A l u tel y cial welfare n ot So said are rograms she ha nd Am bso n ot ts o u ; they were m hand u from s t o liftme a nd y family P overty overty ngs all belo t o of If we u s d o n 't invest in eo le n ow it will cost u s twice asmu ch Na tha n : Ta k i ng l ong v i ew t h e If we're goi ng solve the t o roblems o f the we cities need take the ng t o lo view said Ri chard P Natha n 5 7 rather sing what than focu o n he called the over u bli ciz ed roblems of vi ce olen a nd ethni ns c tensio d rama t iz ed in S ike Lee's filmdo the Ri g ht Thin Alth gh o u g Natha n raised Lee s film he said the real d omestic es fa ci ng the are issu nation larger Provost at the Nelson Rockefeller College of bli Affairs Pu c a nd Policy at Natha has n A SUNY Albany of rba u n America America ns are nha u y with the lts of the resu Rea g a era n fu nd i ng tba cu cks Natha n said a nd the sh u will be t o u t d omesti c es back the issu o n agend a d ri ng the u u comi ng elec ti o ns Ever the tea Natha n cher me reco nd ed oks tw o bo rther for fu read i ng Robert : Reich s The Work of Na t ions a nd David H a lbe rstam s short The Next Ce ntu essay r y Natha left his a n u d ce ien a nd closed th conference om e with a word of wisd omfr L Men cken : every Fo r sim there is a solu tio n roblem which is le neat a nd H wro ng later Meza whose orga niza strad d led the line between a cad emia a nd u blic o licy

11 Ma l colms Forb es Cent er R osen tb ar s d eafca for Mod ern Cu l t u re a nd Med ia is d ed ica t ed has always h ad It is rare for a scho ol of liter ary theory a n d cri ticism similarly to shake con cern confu se a nd ou trage Bu t semiotics arod ied maligned rebu ked a nd a n ow synd icated Times followed at the columnist Center the Salomo n o n cam u s Th com e a nel was osed of E d Ball 85 art a n criti ny Elliott c; '92 Pen ; a nd literary rist Heather theo I O H N FO R ASTE rid icu led hasmanaged t o Find lay '82 Fil maker Tod d rvive the slings su a nd arrows of u nfriend ly acad emics as well as criti cs of niversity u l I cu rricu ums nd eed it has become o n e of themost o u lar co centrations at n Brown; n early one hu nd red stu d ents grad ate the u in d isci line ea ch Last year Haynes 85 whose Poi film was the night son shown before at the Theatre Avon Thayer o n a nd Da o Street Tran 94 ex ected t o be art of the a cou ld n ot be nel Professor Michael resent Silverma nmod erated a nd Forbes filled on e of the A u g u st 1 8 the vaca nt chairs When a u d i summer on a nniversary of the birth of the late blisher u MalcolmS Forbes Presid ent Gregorian a n n ou n ced that a $ 2millio n gift fromthe Forbes Fou n d ation woul d end ow a center ence seating reached ca a ci t y more interested st u d ents sat the o n floor a nd clogged the d eering into oorway the A room ro riately nt en ou tw o ceilingmou gh for the stu d y ofmod ern cu l ed televisio ns thou gh image t u re a nd med ia (Und er the less a nd framed the mu te Elms Se tember) March Oh 1 0 Th e M a l Forbes Center was colms ded i cated MalcolmForbes's ngest stee you son Brown tru Timothy Forbes ' 76 a semi otics film centrator con a nd stu d ent while at Brown a nd now resid ent of America n Herita was g emagazine ng t a amo abou d ozenmem bers o f the Forbes family a nelists like bo oken ds All life long the same estions the same qu a laments a chara c nswers ter el in Samu Beckett s lay Semioti as a cs End g ame litera ry a nalyzes lit theory era t u re a nd other forms of It co mu nication ro claims that it d oes its work froma new ers If ective su ch a u niqu e a ngle is os w ho atten d ed a n aft erno on sible then new qu estio ns of which with began events a a nel d iscu ssio n A The or y o f Med ia : Ca n It Be elicit a may n ew from The nswers a nel s to ics ra nged on e a nelist s that assertion ght Tau? at the center s n ew silen ces o r what a writer offices at 1 55 George Street The formal d ed i cation resid ed over b y Presid ent Gregorian a nd with s eech es b y Professor of Mod ern Cu l t u re a nd Med ia Mary of the cen A Doa nn head ne ter ; Forbes ; a nd A M Rosen former tive execu ed itor thal of the New York Times a n d chooses im not t aremore o say orta nt what the than writer does say a t o d s iscu sion of d isassembling al visu i nformation t o learn h ow news re televisio n orti ng a n d ad vertisingmani late u the viewer Many of the crowd trekked over fr omgeorge 1 0 A P RI L

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13 A h econ omist a ea l s t o ou r Ja a n ese t ra d ing a rt n ers View s reviews and new s y ou ca n u se f rom resid ent Bu sh s Ja n u ary tri to Ja a n to ro ose the easi ng of that cou ntry s trad e restrictions was not a n Brow n s f a cu lt y BY A N N E D I FFI L Y u nqu alified su ccess ju d ging b y t ea c tio ns in both cou ntries Ja a n seemed com feel duly to un ressu red to romise its omi gai econ c ns a nd cri tics withi n the US d isliked the image o f Pres ou r loso h y It roves that the art of writing history is still alive ident begging fo r co n cessions A nti ood s book nabbed Oh March 1 W Ja a n rhetoric escalated statesid e the restigi ou s age on e slot in the I n late Jan u ary Professor of Eco Sund ay New York Times Book Review nomics Wil l iampool e d irector of Brown s Center for the Stu d y of Fi na n Th e b review y MIT historia Pa line n u im termed W ood s book themost Maier orta nt stu d y of the Revolu tio n t o cial Markets a nd I wrote nstitu a n tions essay that a eared the in Provi o ed dence j ou rnal H e ad d ressed it t o ou r a ear over twenty It she in is years said engagi ngly ma ndatory written Ja a nese friend s read ing fo r a nyone seri ou sly interested A cknowled ging that Ja a nese in the America n ast [a nd ] a d elight good s benefit co nsumers a nd workers fo r read ers w h o take leasu re in the the in U P S oole asked a ct of thi nking Why d o y ou make it so d ifficu lt fo r US firms t o I n his book W ood argu es that the market good s in Ja a n? You Ja a Revol u tion was as rad ical a nd as rev nese are a target of US over its ow n recession a nd other d omes fru strati on ol u tion a r y as a n y in hist ory tra nsformed the relationshi s that beca u se it tic roblems Th e United Statesma y bou nd eo le to each other Foll owi ng enact soon legislatio n d amagi ng t o ou r al mu tu trad m ing i nterests Please y Ja a nese friend wake s u to ou r co mo n Both ou r eril the ti Revolu on ord inary eo le reject ed Old W orld class d ctions istin a nd laced val instead u e on hard work nal vocatio ed u cation a nd material co u ntries shou ld be liberalizi ng trad Why d on t y ou ro ose a free trad e area with the United States? Are y ou e acqu isition I nsti tu ti ons su ch as i nd en tu r ed servitu d e a nd slavery were abol ished or called i nto qu estion I n W ood s afraid of U S com etition? words Ameri ca ns became almost Po ole w h o has been at Brown sin ce overnight themost liberal themost served as amember of Presid ent d emocratic themost co mercially Reagan s Cou ncil of Econ omic Ad visers min d ed a nd themostmod ern eo le in the world Arou nd the same time that W ood s New b ook s b y t w o book was eliciting la u d its a n ew h ist oria n sma k e w a v e s d ra w ra v e s volume b y Professor St eh en Gra u b ar d was startli ng reviewers with its acid cond emnatio n of the recent foreign oli cy of President George sh Bu s e cifica l l y Bu sh's ha nd ling of the Persian Gu lf war tu r ed rominently in themed ia Professor Gord on S Wood g rave ot Of M r Bush 's Wa r: Adventures in the Polit ics o f I llusion (Hill Wa ng) reviews for hismajor stu d y The Ra di calismof th e America n Revolution (Kn o f) a reviewer fo r I nsi g ht mag I n Janu ary azine said itmight be themost bril liant book to come ou t of America a n n reviewer Herbert Mitga ng wrote the in The book March 1 8 New York Times is so rou gh on Presid ents Reagan a n d Bu sh that o ne wou ld have to invent a n ew category for it : historical con d elightfu lly com lex a skilled tem t Columnist Ste hen S Rosenfeld u niversity history d e artment in years J _L n v u n!v i a ' A V fi A A k h rd fl Jfl fi fl fl U fi v fl l l T v : l \

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15 games the u n d efeated team (March 4 March 31 ) is ra nked sixth in the nation Th e loss of tw o All L Men ' s a crosse (4 1 ) Soft b all ( 1 1 4) America ns Su za n ne Bailey Brown 20 Bosto n College 6 Brown 3 Vermont 1 91 a nd e Moniqu Ka itu lik 9 Brow n 1 9 C W Post Adel hi Brown Loyola Brow 1 7 n 1 2 New Haven 3 Brown 0 A rora Brown 5 u 2 Brown 8 H illsdale (Michigan) 5 91 a nd sixmore seniors to grad u atio n h a d left the coach essing t this gu abou Brow n 16 Du ke 4 Brown 3 NEIllinois 1 year s otential Fortu itou sly Fleet I Stadium nvitatio Brown nal Brown Brown 5 Con necticu t 0 Mad on na College (Michigan) 4 H illsdale 4 Brown 2 the you nger layers have ste ed u A nd erson said Ste ed u ismod est Women ' s L a crosse (6 Hofstra Brown Brown 8 Bosto 0) n College 2 Brown 4 5 Connecticu t 2 Brow n 2 Mad o n na College 0 Brown 3 N E Illinois 0 Song Karen 93 a nd raise A nna Sa a lfield 93 are cu r rentl y the n umber one a nd Brown Colgate Brown 1 1 (Baltimore Maryland Brown 5 Fairfield 3 4 St 3 Brow n 's 2 Joh 5 n n tw o lead ing scorers umber the in cou a nd Melanie ntry Cou nty) 4 Bartol 93 the team's num Brown 1 1 N orthw est er n 2 Vermont Brown Brown 5 Central Men ' s Tennis (2 6) Co nnecticu t 1 three ber scorer is n ot far Women ' s Crew (0 1 Pri n ceto n Brown ) Brown 5 Boston U niversity 2 Providence 6 Brown 3 N or th w est ern 6 Brown 0 Weber State 5 Brown 3 behi nd There are stock in g red i ents necessary creati ng a for winni n g team: talent leader Ba seba ll (4 1 0) Brown 7 Providence 4 Lewis Clark 8 Brown 7 N eb ra sk a State 5 Brown 1 Nebraska 5 Brown 4 Mississi i 6 Brown 0 shi a nd good coaching are three of themost obviou ch alities as nity Bu t su qu u s Brown 9 Dartmou th 3 Meiji (I a an) 8 Brown 2 among the layers on a nd H awaii Pacific 9 Brown 0 Gra nd Can yon 1 1 Brown 7 off the field are cial also cru lating a in formu winni ng H awaii 7 Brown 2 d ynamic The teamtraveled H awaii Pacific 6 Brown 1 to Baltimore over s ri ng Brown 5 Dartmou th 4 break a nd was su ccessfu l on Brown 1 5 Gra nd Can yo n 5 awaii Pa H cific Brown 4 Hawaii 1 1 Brown 4 Lewis Clark 1 0 Brown 3 0 the im laying field more Bu t orta they when h a d ntly some free time sightsee for loss of the season a nd its first ever t o Loyola (1 7 did n 't lay ou r best lacrosse We robably l ost the game the first twentymi in n u tes the last the n ot in ten Bu t loss rovided the teama ositive lesso n We learned abou t the effort to w in we su a n d moned on Su nd ay that Sta r sia said effort referring the teams t o over w in Du Brown s all ke time lead ing Darren scorer Lowe 92 w h o ha d fau lted himself the teams r in Satu h a d d a loss y t o Loyola three goals a n d five assists in that game As the lacrosse season moves i nto its seco nd half Brown ca n take comfort in teams have at least on e After beating Provid ence College A o n ril 1 the Bears re ared the fo r ivotal week of the games seaso n : agai nst Yale Massachu setts a n d games that Prin ceton cou ld forecast the N ew cham land a nd the Ivy e Leagu i o n Women s l a crosse : su r ri se su r r i se 'leasantly N ismore o o n e r su rised over the sea early so n su ccess of w omen s l a crosse tha n head coa ch Wend y A nd erso n En g I t will be Sta rsia said the week that was n ow in in g in Washingt im on D C A nd was erso n ressed b y the fact that there was n o s li nteri ng of the teami nto ish cliqu small grou s ; there were ners n o lo ; a nd the layers enjoyed their re leisu time im together ch nity Su u will be or ta nt as the teama roa ches the second half of the season the half heavy with Ivy o o A n I v title team is a y nents ' o b first the u t ssibility will have t cham nseat o u Harvard the erennial Fail ion in a g second lace that fin ish the e sta in leagu nd i ngs wou ld re a berth insu in ost season tou rnament lay All of that at this oin t is s ecu lative Right n ow A nd erson is enjoying the season to d A t 6 a nd 0 ate she has t o I say gu ess we re I f u a L n A h a» c o a c n n A ( f o r c i v A n i n a c n mo i lfi i n n r i n k!

16 b y J a c o b L e v y ' 9 3 A cen t u r y a f t er its birth the Brow n Da il y H era ld is eren nia ll y the su b j ect o f the new s a s w ell a s its bea rer n December the Brow n Da il y Herald u blished its first issu e Within three decad es the Hera ld came t o d ominate the rnalisti jou c com etition o n s its greatest u com etitor of the d a the y weekly fell Bru nonia n b y the waysid e in Few things have constant been d ring the ry which u centu in Brown has h a d a d aily n ew s a e The r Herald has bee a n stu d ent activity Fa ce se in u n Hou a nd a n i nd e end ent cor oration ren ti ng office s a ce o n A ngeli Street It has gone fromu si ng a Provid ence ty esetter t o a n almost com letely self contai ned systemu sing d eskto u blishing on Ma cintosh com u ters H ow ever in on e res ect the Hera ld has stayed the same si ce its : n early d it hasmai ntained its ays o as im the University's sitio n sin glemost orta nt dent stu eri od ica l crowd i ng ou t com etitor after com etitor a nd d efi nin g stu d ent r nalismat jo u Brown Whe the n Hera ld was in a u g u rated Brown was the smallest college the in United States to boast a daily news a er ; even Th e firs t issu e and th e first s t a ff it remains ng the small now amo est have rom the daily first a to When one new eared the rival Br u nonia n tly u blished a ee thr age editorial bitterly attacki ng the n ew bli ca u BR OWN A LU M N I M O NTH LY 1 5

17 Pem trol con ills available some t remem o broke stu d e I I e d ly rou nts bers exam the age story as fro a strong nt le of o u r of the aggressiveness news a er s abili ty stir u contr t o o v ers y on cam u s The coverage forced issu es of sexu ality at Brown attem the into o en en d ing the Universi t y s ts st the times t o adju t o covertly whilema intaining a conser v a tiv e sta nce in u bli c Several years a g o Bakst con I was i nvited t o s eak at a tinu es Brown seminar o n The Pembroke Birth Co ntr ol Sca nd al of I h a d m themost d lt time ex ifficu g lainin t o y a u d ce ien of stu d ents why the birth contr ol ill was a major story They st ju cou ld n t u n d ersta n d the degree which social es to issu d omi ti as necessary There is ffi on a n u n not su waste cient news a college size in ou r to su o rt a first class d it argu ed aily a nd a nythi ng less is a n ex ensive l u xer y [sic] as well as amisre re sen t a n a t ed the cam u s birth co ntr ol a rietals whether Pembroke stu d ents wou ld be all o wed t o live off time social es when issu ertai ning to stu d ent life cam u s in a artments a n d so o n I n a tio n of the college often d ivid ed the University the Hera ld 's re ort I the following the n centu Herald has re ry mai ned both the bject su of a nd a artici a nt a in in g a nd its ed it orial sta n ce frequ ently focu sed a n d sha ed the d ebate wid e ra nge of d is u tes Particu larly sin ce the Former execu tive ed itor Matthew Wald 76 a the cam Herald has aggressively hel ed sha t o e d ebate o n s u ; times in of relative the qu n ew iet s a er itself has often become the to ic of co n troversy Before the Hera ld tend ed lay not t o a n activist there are otable exce bu t n role ti ons I n the 1 the 9305 Herald s ed itorial board led a War Against War movement cam college on ses u natio nwid e u rgi ng stu d ents t a o sign led ge stat in g that they wou ld artici ate in a war only if the United States were i nvaded This sta nd l ed the Rh od e Island se Hou of Re resentatives i nvesti t o gate the Hera ld fo r d isloyalty a nd ossible foreign nist Several sa or Co mu in flu en ce thou nd st u d ents nati onally signed the Hera ld s led a nd ge the legislators ltimately u d ro ed their i nvestiga ' ent a war tio n (Su bsequ ed itorializing the H er nti ald o osed both the Vietnama nd lf Persian Gu Wars has sometimes ght criti has bro u bu t cism never agai n yield ed charges of ns co ira cy against the United States a nd erha s as treason Re resentative N eed h am1 5 chara cterized the War Agai nst ) cam Warmovement Social es sometimes issu d omi nate the u s A W member of the a er s governing cor orate boar d in a nd a re orter the fo r New York Times su ggests N the ow Hera ld ismore of a forumfor st u d ent o i ni it was I on than when worked on it n oting the ce resen of re g lar u o ed col Last umnists year s ed James Ka itor chief la n ' 92 nds a sou similar ote n b y insisti ng that a rimary r u ose of the Hera ld cam s news coverage is ragi ng a en cou d ia lo e u g on s u b y re orting the activities on a nd id eas of d ifferent ggesting a grou Also su s shift frominvestigative jou rnalisma n d aggressive ed itorial sta ces a n t o forumfor st u d ent o in ion is the coverage of themost d ivisive social e of issu recent years al assa lt sexu u a nd the so cal led ra e (I the n fall of list g ra ffiti a ear ed o n the walls of women s rest rooms g the names listin ofmen w h o h a d all eged ly sexu all y assa ul ted at women Brown ) While in Ba k st ' s d a as y ed itor it was the Herald s re orters w ho u n covered the birth control the ce of existen th ra e story e list was first blicly u d iscu ssed b y an o ed Sia n n e Ngai 93 columnist Criticismo f the administration seems t o have a n d the Hera ld historically has been in the thick foll owed a similar ath away fr omnews a nd of those d M Charles Bakst ebates '66 a former ed itor w h is government affairs o n ow ed itor at the Providence J ournal recalls in themid that sixties the news a er's nshi relatio with the admi nistra tio n g ot a litt le stormy beca se u of the 's Hera ld d iscovery that Health Services wasmaki ng birth board ed toward cam s itorials o ed let column ists ed ters to the itor a nd s a ctivists u wri ting contem g u est columns the in Herald its chief o r o com rary the weekly etitor Colle g e H ill I nde en a joi nt Brown Rh od e Island Sch ool of Design u b li ri ng the late the cation Du Hera ld s sixties dent 1 6 APRIL

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19 r ies of D e a d l ine s P ast ' mark the a er ' s cent en nia l Da il y H erald is like 7 a nd th e focu s bu t n ot as years in earlier ce ru n b y stra ngers th e arent a nd sinessmanagers bu fa ce ably simi lar trib lations u a nd v ict o ' remar k ri e s bu t always hel in To isolation kee in a tou ch for time the a er That was a trast that ght con cau th e att ention of the u nd ergrad u ates A t a Sa t u rd im ium ing aymorn collo q u attend ed rob a b bly y early n everyone H enry D Sha 45 r I r e romi sed it s ed itors lif e time free su b scri tio ns bu t these always seemed t o ex ire three years after g rad u ation told of being called car on the et b y Presid ent Henry M W risto n for a n ed itorial he h a d written d ci ng en ou n wh en th e ed iting encil ormore ROTC H emade it sou nd like a cou rt lately t he cu rsor ; ha d assed t o new martial Also recou nted was the d a y gener ati on signora n t of the old A lmost only instit the u tionalmemo y isa wal l of bo u nd lumes vo i n the r M Charles Bakst '66 u blished a om s oof that issu e said Pembroke w cam emwou ld be allowed live t o off a n ewsrooma t 1 95 Ang e ll Street stand u s with ermission being granted on a first come tirst served basis to those w h o a eared at the home of But the Hera ld share s some a tt rib the d ea n : h ates of a frat ernity in clu d i ng warm (To this nger u t in co you ntext fu ZZ feelings y for faces long go n e _ eo le in the ro omha d t o be told la of th relay e ra ce th e a er r ea ssem Oh Nov ember 1 amid th e 1 00th that at th e time women h ad amid night cu rfew a nd male visitors were 9 a i Ned members of its st a ff fromamon g t he last fifty cla sses fora r eu nion ke t ou t of the d ormrooms ) Kristie Mill er '66 th literary e ti There w as a sh ock of reco g niti o n ed itor at the time recall ed h a ving told Bakst shortly after th e issu e a eared Y 'vemad ou e amockery of th e I resi ress g University n Bu t Hall h a d d ema nd ed that kst Ba an d Bu t there wer e other stories P e t e r tw o other ed itors qu it a nd he re lied You can t d o that You re t o Miller th e ed it or I n a n e isod e combiningmany of th e same elements Polly 'Welts Kau fman 5 1 ed itor of the Pembroke Record d escribed the d ay s h ster ema mi n d ed a co u n terfeit Herald which re orted that when th e W ri ston Q u ad ra ngle was finish ed men woul d have th e same social regu lations that whi ch is n ow rod u ced on A le able sh e said becau se th ere was the a er smanagement Th e Herald su rrou nd ing th e new qu ad is a no t for rofit cor orat ion fo r H er cons irator in th e cou n terfeit whi ch the Universit y is the la nd lord a er was Robert W Kau fma n ' A P RIL

20 H u g h es ' tial cand idate thr ou ghmu ch of the d ent elect A Brownma n ha s been Th e excha nges in clu d ed not only on that Sa t u rd aymo rning robably h a d never k nown abou t it before I n a n other celebrated bit of Herald history Wallace Terry 59 w h o is weighed on t he scales of America n O i nion a nd n ot fou nd wa nting said th story it a e which was ears never corrected Along with remi niscen there ces folk lore a n d wisd om b u t even ra c t ical Robert information Donald Solomo n ' 7 1 a former bu sinessma n ager sa id that of he cou r yes se remembered the the combinatio n to blackmad e front ages ar o u nd th e was a s eech b y Will iamkovach which ha d bee n a secret Hera ld s safe try shaking cou n hand s with Orval Fa s the nist u bu segregatio th en Arka nsas d ring u th e Litt l e Governor Rock H igh School crisis in Terry d id not attend the reu nion J Offenk to r r a nt z ' 5 8 former bu t Rona ld hoto ed i recal l ed how th e t w o went to th e Biltmore in d owntown Pr ovid en ce an d knocked on Fa u bu s s d oor h e answered a nd Offenk ran tz When Terry st u ck ou t his ha nd sna ed the shot The Hera ld relived some of its less gloriou smoments as well Cam o r esid ent of the Nieman Fou nd a tion a nd the former ed itor of th e A tla nta Constitu tion a nd former head of the Washingto n bu reau Times I d ecried of th e New York a n keyn ote ad d h e ress a systemwhere the d etails of a ro football coa ch are re orted withmore skills tha n the d eta ils of a state bu dget H e also raised Presi a t the s eech right of free ex ression as a d efender of the the even t o Hera ld itself si nce at least themid 1 What was 9805 it? he was asked H e cou ld n t he ex say lai ned ; it was agai nst Herald olicy tter t em o u the d igits alou d he Bu t d id write th a o n sli o f a er A nd a nother Hera ld trad was itio n u held Tomark its the centennial a er ri nted a Sa day t u r ed itio n there was a te glitch at lastmin u the r i nter 5 0 James Ka la n ' 92 the t o r bu t ed i There were l ess formal excha nges s ent the night working ou t the arri ving back fromwarwick details i ncl u d ing th e as well A t a ba nqu et on Satu rd ay with the a er ju st as th e d ay s rese nted a slid e show a er of November which d ecl ar ed that Charles ns ghes Eva Hu (class of ) h a d the w on election the s d reviou a y a nd was now Presi night some alumni fr omthe seventies remarked o n h ow a nother trad ition d rin kin g recent years seemed to have waned in events bega n Matthew Wa ld is a re orter in the busi ness section o f the New York Times BR OW N A LU M N I M O NT H LY 1 9

21 Th e Herald 's in the News contin u ed from a g e 1 7 states that she d oesn t k n ow h o w arti cles were gu ilt in the d isci li nary case assigned u nd er ast board s bu t su ggests that Past ed itor in chief Ka lan ackn owledges that when the beat systemki nd of fell a art c overage a ccu ra cy is sometimes a roblem bu t says that of Third W orld issu esma have su y ffered last board ght the beat brou systemback Th e a nd we ll we try to d We wish we o cou ld be erfect better bu t no a er is ever rrent Cu t o ed itor erfect strengthening it eve We be n ve ha d a beat more re orter cover the t o Third W orld nity co mu fo r the last semester ; we re ing kee go t o d oing that Kris assista nt Ren n d ea n of st u d ents a nd the admi nistration s official the liaison t o lesbian gay a nd al ggests that beat cover bisexu commu su nity Kah n observes that it is d ifficu lt for ed itors to be familiar with all of the agencies d e artments administrators a nd orga nizatio ns on cam says there ismore that ca n be d one u s bu t Sh e i ntends t o en cou rage re orters t o call back sou rces after a n arti cle is written a nd confirmqu otes agemight n ot be en ou gh Sh e thi nks the Hera ld Part of the roblemseems to stemfrombrown s gets a burn ra t covering events the abou n ot ; s onsoring s have let grou to themk ca n ow You n t assume that st beca se ve ght ju u you bou a n a d gh the si ness staff that the thro u bu ed itorial staff will have time to read the ad a n d a re assign orter combination of bi g city ex ectations with what is essentially the environment o f a med ium sized Ka town la otes that n n a n time y you re a in small like a 're going co mu nity you to college have eo le w h are very close what ha o t o ens to cover your event Th e res onsibility is on the very close to the fa cts That's a d ifficu lt osition grou the other ha On nd thi ngs like featu re re for a n y news a er t o be in There tend t o be d iffer orting a nd more in d e th coverage of iss u es as o osed t events o I d like seemore t o of well that sort of coverage of LGBissu es nts ent acco u of the same We tr as y t o be events sive in clu a nd objective as bu t d ifferent ossible eo le see the same event in d ifferent That s ways as e the tru for New York Times as the fo r Herald with the whereas Times y ou have millio n eo bu t Hera ld ias is a s charge against a news seriou a er ; i racy is a worse naccu o n e a n d is levelled ently agai nst the frequ Letters the to ed itor otes ote claimmisqu or n l e read ing the a nt ccou of event that a n 1 20 eo le saw ha nd with the first Hera ld y have ou eo le read i ng a nt ou r ccou of event a n 300 eo le might have ha seen n d he first The resu argu lt es is that eo le chmore likely hear aremu to d iffer misstated fa cts ; the Orga nization of United Africa n en t a ccou nts of a n event covered b y the Hera ld Peo les for exam le was referred t o as the Orga than on e covered b y the Times a nd they re there niz a tion of United America n Peo a blu nd er les cited b y Gu ta as i nd icative of the Hera ld s a ar lack ent of with concern Third W orld issu es noted shee ishly b y ed itor Kahn to ill strate the u need coy fo r ed itors w h check a ra cy o ca n for ccu as well as grammati calmistakes a nd foremore likely t o d bt the ou Hera ld s a ccu racy Ultimatelymost ar g uments t the abou Herald among dents st u lead another recent controversy t o the news a er s su bscri tio n contract with the Undergrad ate cil u Cou n of Stu d ents (UGS) The ntra ct has controversial since its co been b ing eginn On e o f themost n otori ou s cases i nvolved Pro fessor Abbott Gleason chairma n of the history d e in UGSa n n u ally buys a mass su bscri tion d u ri ng the a cad emic a nd every d a y to the a er a rtmen t When the late Presid ent Howard Swearer a nn ou n ced his resignati on in the Herald qu oted Gleaso n as saying he h ad n o seriou s ed u year co ies of the Hera ld are left at d ro cam o i nts arou nd u d ents is the rimary the ju stificatio n given for con s Th e co nvenien ce t o st u ca tiona l accom lishments Gleason a n g rily denied tract there are no ind ivid u al su bscri ti ons no havi ng said a nythi ng of the U sort Swearer on s d eath last the newer Hera ld re fall orters re rint ed some of the ments co a nd statements that h a d need t o bu the Hera y ld at a newssta nd UGSa n d the siness staff bu of the news a er sit d own a nd negotiate the foll owing year s contra ct A nn u ally a eared in the resignation articles inclu d i ng the h ow many a ers at what rate a nd what bulk d is misqu ote fromgleaso n Gleason n otes that rob nt cou wil l be given t o UGS constit u ted st u d ent ably every ltymember has facu been misqu oted b y the Herald remains a ngry that ch a bu t su ai l nfu ote misqu wou ld be u sed twice M ore ary the in Febru Hera ld ra n com a recently age story front lete with names a nd mug shots declaring that fraternity brothers tw o h a d s that grou ad vertise the in Herald These ne g otia ti ons become the focal oi nt for d iscontent over the a a n d themost often er rominent contr o v ers y o n cam u s Many critics charge that the contract is u nfair All stu d ents are forced t o a y f the or Herald been fou n d ilty gu o f voyeu A week later rism after a series of nications fromthe co mu d ea n of whether or not they read it stu d ents living offcam u s I nd eed virt ally u n o a nd a small ercentage st u d ent life s office the news a er r a n a correc tion con ced in g that there h a d been n o find ing of of seniors overall read the a er The critics con tend that anyone w ho wants the Hera ld shou ld have 2 0 A P RIL

22 t o su bscribe or t o b u y it d aily as was the case before the co ntra ct bega n rather tha n forci ng all cam a nd o n s u st u d ents w h o read it Ka charges ch criticismof the lan thatmu co n fromcom tract comes eting blications (notably u grou o f u n d ergrad ate u a nd writers oliticos a ctivists whose activities existmainly ea ch fo r oth er s benefit u nd ergrad u ates t o su bsid ize those facu lty staff the Hera ld a nd UGScom rise a small th e cent er ) Issu es M onthl y a nd the weekly Colle g e Hill I nde en dent) rimarily in ord er e i creases to argu for n in their levels o w n of fu nd ing Three times si nce UGShas s o nsored a referen d the ntra Ea ch amajority umo n co time ct of stu d ents voti ng has e nd orsed ing co ntin u it Critics were sa n o t tisfied charging that Hera ld coy erage a nd lobbying h ad affected the vote a nd that t y Even Kah n notes that the a er has been ret cozy maybe too cozy with the administrati o n u cam a nd some grou s o n Ou r j ob is sta t o n d a A re art orter d 't wa nt lose a val able oesn to u rce sou b y writing a criti cal a nd a n ed itor article d oesn t wa nt l ose some re letter t o fu t u of recom mend we ca a tion bu t n t let those things affect u s Kah goes worry t the n o n t o abou a ersonaliz s the st u d ents least likely to vote those w h o live offcam u s a nd are least likely t o wa nd er ast a tio n o f jou rnalismin other ways When there s olli ng lace are thosemost likely t o be o orly served b y the ntra co ct a bi g d ebate abou t one of the col umnists them tend cy talk t en to abou ersonally the id eas they u t forward That there's a n o t ab ou t robably wou ld n t I nitially bothmajor segme nts o f the stu d ent ha en at a bigger scho ol A t a lace like Michigan body a nd mu ch of the cor orate board governi ng the average letter ~ writer isn 't likely t o have ever the Hera ld were ske tical of the contract Th e Third W orld Coalition led the o o siti on o n cam u s ; that very O ositio n mad e somemembers of the Herald Cor oration ske tical a nd worried that ed itors wo u ld feel ressu re t o slant coverage favor in of vocal grou s Ka lan Kahn an d Wald a ll agree that the news a er s i nd e end ence isn t in jeo ard y as l ng as o met the average a nd things wou ld 't n columnist get nearly so ne like Pi erso Someo nal er Hoff a columnist ma n w ho d sses iscu femi nist es] issu or Ma ca rth White whose s was u r focu fi na cial o n n a id a nd es of class issu a nd w h was o the bject su of article the Se a n in tember BAM] wou ld get they bu t them d letters a ttacki ng be letters the id eas n o t attacki ng erso nally the ed itorial board remai ns vigilant bu t Wald this is the qu estio n the Brow n Da il y Ultimately admits that I d o n 't ex ect the cu rrent relationshi with the stu d ent government t o last forever Hera ldma have y t o ad d whether at a school ress: as small as with smaller cohort Brown a n even likely te t o co ntribu t o read a nd care t a abou d aily news a it is er ossible to sta nd a If it art o men t a t or J en Mayer '91 e nt frequ l y a nalyzed the i s little n cestu ou is the n ot Hera ld will nti e a co nu to be art of the news as well as its chief bearer well i its nto seco nd centu ry [3 world of Brown olitics a nd rnal jo u ism Th e hrase ca t u res erfectly what many see as the roblemwith the contr a ct a nd erha s with the Hera ld in general editorial i nd e end en ce is n o t in reality j eo a r Even if the news a er s news director f or WER U FM [ a c ob Lev y ' 93 is a concentra tor in olitica l science a nd a n occasiona l o ed col umnist f or the Br own Daily Herald BR OW N A LU M N I M O NT H LY 2 1