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vol. cxlv, no. 58 | Thursday, April 29, 2010 | Serving the community daily since 1891
accusations
Senior Staff Writer
Rohde, an author and two-time Pu-
For David Rohde ’90, addressing the litzer Prize–winning New York Times
By Ben Schreckinger class of 2010 during Brown’s 242nd reporter, graduated from Brown in
Metro Editor Commencement marks another step 1990 with a degree in history.
in a journey that has taken him from He survived almost a year of cap-
After a federal judge expressed ap- Providence to Pakistan and back tivity under Taliban combatants before
prehension earlier this month over again. escaping back to the U.S. in June 2009.
the University’s decision to handle Rohde, who will also receive an His November visit to the University
a rape allegation internally without honorary degree, is slated to deliver marked his first public speech, just
notifying law enforcement, repre- this year’s baccalaureate address on four months after escaping captivity.
sentatives from a students’ rights May 30, according to a University Rohde earned Pulitzer prizes for
organization and a sexual assault press release issued Wednesday. his 1996 coverage of the Srebrenica
victims’ advocacy group have both Nobel laureate and former Presi- massacre in Bosnia and as part of a
criticized universities’ practices in dent of South Africa Nelson Mandela New York Times team of reporters
handling rape cases. Both a current will also receive an honorary degree. covering Afghanistan and Pakistan
and a former University employee Mandela will accept his degree in ab- in 2009. Rohde was captured twice in
have questioned Brown’s ability sentia, with the charge d’affaires at the his career, once in Bosnia and again in
to investigate and adjudicate rape South African embassy receiving the Pakistan. He has also penned a novel
cases. honor in his place, according to the about his experience in captivity — “A
But universities are in a difficult press release. Rope and A Prayer: The Story of a
position. According to guidelines set “I think it’s quite unusual to reach Kidnapping” — that will be published
forth by the Department of Educa- out to someone who cannot come to in fall 2010, according to the press
tion’s Office for Civil Rights, Title IX accept the degree,” said University release.
mandates that in cases of sexual mis- Chaplain Janet Cooper Nelson, who Joining Rohde and Mandela as
conduct, universities take “prompt organizes and hosts the Baccalaureate honorary degree recipients is a distin-
Nick Sinnott-Armstrong / Herald
and effective action calculated to end Some fairy tales come true while others turn sour in Production event. She said she believes the Uni-
the harassment, prevent its recur- Workshop’s musical, “Into the Woods.” versity wants to “send that very deep continued on page 7
rence, and, as appropriate, remedy
its effects.”
An ad hoc University committee
charged with reviewing Brown’s ‘Reserve’-ing judgment for ROTC Fall term
might stay
disciplinary system issued a report
in 1997 refuting the argument that
the University was not suited to hear By Talia Kagan voted to expel the program from tive Committee voted to phase
longer
sexual misconduct cases and stating Senior Staf f Writer College Hill. Now, some students out ROTC, a militar y program
that declining to do so would “send that commissions students as
a chilling message that there are a At Brown today, bared navels are NEWS ANALYSIS officers in the U.S. military and
range of actions for which the Uni- a more common sight then naval trains them during their univer-
versity may not hold the perpetrator officers — but that wasn’t always want to bring it back, though sity years. By Rebecca Ballhaus
accountable.” the case. they’re facing opposition. By 1972, the Brown ROTC Staff Writer
And a policy requiring adminis- Brown was once home to a In 1969, amid fierce dissatisfac- program — once headquartered
trators to notify the police of rape Naval Reserve Officer Training tion with American involvement The College Curriculum Council
Corps, but 40 years ago the faculty in Vietnam, the Faculty Execu- continued on page 5 met last month to discuss changes
continued on page 2
to the academic calendar that might
permanently start the school year
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Lee ’12 wins runoff for UFB vice chair ‘Building Brown’ through
By Nicole Boucher
the summer and beyond
and I’m thankful to everyone who Wednesday night.
Senior Staf f Writer supported me,” Lee said. “This has been the smoothest
Lee originally received 49.1 election in the last four years,” By Jessica Liss put together, the planning has been
Jason Lee ’12 will ser ve as percent of the vote in the first Wertheimer said. Staf f Writer done and we are ready to do the
vice chair of the Undergraduate election held last week, UCS Pres- Members of the Student Labor construction,” said Richard Spies,
Finance Board after defeating ident Clay Wertheimer wrote in Alliance also gave a presentation This summer, the University will executive vice president for plan-
Tyler Rosenbaum ’11 in a runoff an e-mail to The Herald, less than at the meeting, calling for UCS make substantial progress on a ning and senior adviser to President
election, the elections board an- 1 percent away from the amount support next year for establishing number of capital projects, while Ruth Simmons
nounced Wednesday afternoon. needed to win a simple majority. a protocol to deal with holding smaller projects, such as resi- The Stephen Robert ’62 Campus
Lee garnered 58.2 percent of All election results were rati- events at venues where employ- dence hall renovations, will also Center in Faunce House will be
the 455 votes cast to win. fied at the Undergraduate Council be completed during the coming
“I’m really grateful for winning, of Students general body meeting continued on page 11 months. “The financing has been continued on page 4
Daily Herald
McCormick’s case is not the first to file a lawsuit against Brown and plinary proceedings at the request
the Brown
to bring criticism to Brown for its his accuser. The suit resulted in a of Michael Burch GS, a former as-
handling of sexual misconduct al- settlement, the terms of which are sistant wrestling coach who acted as
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Claire Kiely, Vice President Chaz Kelsh, Secretary edition of The Herald revealed the about the settlement states “Brown In September 2006, Josephson
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given Lack consent to engage in corporation,” he said. continued on page 7
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Some admins double-up to fill gaps Senior lecturer expands
By Sarah Forman
digital Sanskrit library
Senior Staf f Writer
By Margaret Yi also noted that digitizing Sanskrit
Just like the card-swiping, Bad- Contributing Writer texts has greatly facilitated the way
maash-dancing, triple-concentrating students do research on Sanskrit
students on campus, several dually- For more than three millennia, literature.
appointed University executives Sanskrit served as the primary “We don’t just want to duplicate
tr y to juggle multiple roles and written language of major Indian lit- or imitate the print media in mak-
responsibilities by taking on ad- erary works, but since 2002, Peter ing Sanskrit available on the web.
ditional administrative positions. Scharf, senior lecturer in Classics, We want to take advantage of the
Dual appointments are “quite has revolutionized the way people things that the … digital medium
common on an interim basis,” said can access the language today. can do that print media could not
Toni Tinberg, director of employ- Scharf is expanding his digi- do,” Scharf said.
ment ser vices for the Human Re- tal Sanskrit library to include an The current Sanskrit Library
sources Department. additional 100 original classical also provides links to online San-
When one of the staff members works and 163 manuscripts of ma- skrit dictionaries, such as Monier-
an administrator oversees leaves jor Indian literature, he said. The Williams, Apte and Macdonnel.
the University, the administrator revamped Sanskrit library Web site The Web site further features
will often fill the empty position — set to be unveiled some time in extensive grammatical resources
in addition to their regular duties the next few weeks — builds upon and analyzers.
until a replacement can be found, the current online Sanskrit library The group is trying to “build
she said. that Scharf and his colleagues con- these kinds of tools that allow
Such is the case for Roger structed. In addition to digitizing someone to bring linguistic analysis
Nozaki MAT’89, associate dean at least a hundred more Sanskrit to bear on texts in an environment
of the College and director of the texts, Scharf is working on new where it’s easy to use all these tools
Swearer Center for Public Service, linguistic software and integrating for the benefit of the normal read-
who took on an additional role as lexical sources. ing public,” Scharf said.
acting director of the Career Devel- Max Monn / Herald He received funding from This past winter, Scharf said,
Matthew Gutmann is serving as both director of the Center for Latin
opment Center in September after American and Caribbean Studies and vice president for international
the National Endowment for the he also traveled to India to give
Barbara Peoples retired from her affairs. Humanities in coordinating the several presentations regarding
role as interim director. project. his research and the library. Scharf
“We were already in the search it would end soon. said. Scharf sought to provide the spoke at the International Confer-
for a permanent director” when Similarly, Matthew Gutmann “It just didn’t make sense to public with the tools to accurate- ence on Natural Language Process-
Peoples retired, Nozaki said. Be- has remained the director of the have somebody completely new ly translate and analyze Sanskrit ing at the University of Hyderabad,
cause he already oversaw the CDC Center for Latin American and come in and do that,” Gutmann texts. Unlike with the English the Indian Institute of Technology
as associate dean of the college, Caribbean Studies, even though said, because the 400-page applica- language, most digital mediums and gave various other talks in Ka-
it was decided that Nozaki would he became vice president for inter- tion is “a monster.” did not possess the necessar y lady and Madras.
fill the empty position temporarily national affairs in September. A new director of the Center software to process Sanskrit. To Scharf also said he hopes that
until they could “get the absolutely Brown is one of only 18 insti- for Latin American and Caribbean address this problem, Schar f the University’s Year of India
best person for the job,” he said. tutions nationwide to receive a Studies will relieve Gutmann in and his colleagues developed a program will shed more light on
The search for a permanent Federal Title VI grant for its Cen- July, he said. variety of encoding and computa- Sanskrit and Indian literature, and
director is still in progress, said ter for Latin American and Carib- “Usually these are cases where tional phonology and morphology added that “Brown could become
Dean of the College Katherine bean Studies, and it had to reapply techniques to digitize original San- an important center of Indological
Bergeron, adding that she hoped for the grant this year, Gutmann continued on page 7 skrit transcripts, Scharf said. He research.”
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Students, profs explore service learning opportunities
continued from page 3 in the community helps people and Latin, said he enrolled in Visit- “Poems are meant to be shared,” me,” Kramer said. “I also want to
understand the theor y itself,” she ing Lecturer in Literar y Arts Rick Eisenstein said. learn the same things that they’re
“the community is privy to things said, and so not all ser vice learn- Benjamin’s course, LITR 0310A: There is need and demand for learning.”
we just don’t know,” he said. ing courses necessarily require “Poetr y and Community Ser vice,” such courses and ser vice-related Kramer said he recognized
While Brown incorporates ser- students to volunteer. because of its reputation. research at the University, Eisen- students may not have chosen to
vice learning into his first-year “It’s more likely they’re in the “It was clear to me that I wanted stein said. “It’s an important exer- be in Providence if it weren’t for
seminar, he said he is aware of the community doing investigation,” to continue to do that work after cise for experts to put their work Brown. “People shouldn’t think
difficulties students might have. Heffernan said. Rick’s class,” said Eisenstein, who in a context that’s understandable they’re getting stuck with Provi-
“You don’t just say ‘go out and find The problem with actually led workshops for middle school for someone who does not have the dence,” he said. “This place really
the community group and do work performing ser vice as par t of a children last spring as part of the same expertise.” exemplifies a lot of what’s going on
with them,’ ” he said. Building re- course is its temporar y nature, course. At the end of the semester, But when there’s demand for a in the countr y.”
lationships with the community she said. If Brown students lead a he joined Space in Prison for the course that’s not offered at Brown, “One of the problems with ser-
takes years and students need workshop for a semester with local Arts and Creative Expression — a students create their own courses vice learning is that as younger
guidance to maintain the trust, so children for a course, it’s impor- Swearer Center program in which as a Group Independent Study Proj- college students, we don’t really
engaged scholarship works best in tant to ask, “is it a good thing for students work with prison inmates ect. Allen Kramer ’13 and Evan have skills to offer,” Schwartz said.
smaller courses and with the aid of those kids when Brown students on creative work — which he said Schwartz ’13 are taking a course “You’ll take up more time than
teaching assistants, he said. disappear?” is similar to the work he did in the this semester at the Making Con- you’re worth.”
Heffernan said the type of cours- But some students, like Leo course. nections Leadership Institute in “There’s not one model of what
es she envisions aren’t those that Eisenstein ’10, strive to find ways The course, which carries a downtown Providence alongside this should be,” Nozaki said, “We
include a token service component. to continue projects begun during mandator y S/NC grade option, is community members. have to think with more variety
In a strong course, the professor a ser vice learning course. Eisen- also a workshop in which students “I want to learn to work with about what the approaches could
must ensure that the “experience stein, a concentrator in geology write and share their own poetr y. people who are dif ferent from be.”
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news in brief
U. wants seniors to stay on campus
Simmons to be awarded foreign policy prize
continued from page 1 — to examine the “residential picture” tivation when evaluating the need for
that would best fit the campus today. new dorms.
President Ruth Simmons will be awarded a medal from suggested expanding the Graduate “We are thinking of inviting these two “I envision a big dorm project,”
the Foreign Policy Association at its annual dinner May 20 in Center and Wriston Quadrangle resi- groups to take a tour of residence halls President Ruth Simmons said at the
New York City, according to Robert Nolan, a spokesperson for dence spaces, but Klawunn said the in May,” in order to assess campus Undergraduate Council of Students
the association. 2007 findings showed that this type need for new space, she said. By plan- general body meeting March 24.
Past recipients of the medal, which Nolan said “recognizes of growth would not attract the target ning and evaluating in the summer, She also mentioned the new dorms
individuals who demonstrate responsible internationalism upperclassmen. she added, the committees may be planning process during her State of
and work to expand public knowledge of international The most recent update to the Plan able to assemble “preliminary ideas Brown address March 18.
affairs,” include several leaders of foreign nations as well as for Academic Enrichment, in July, in the fall.” “You don’t know when the mo-
U.S. officials such as former Secretary of State Colin Powell, aimed to increase the number of stu- Klawunn added there must be ment will come to move from planning
former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former dents living on campus from 80 to 90 a balance between expansion and and innovation to implementation,”
President Bill Clinton. percent through new dorm initiatives renovation projects. These projects Spies said, so the involved groups
Nolan said the association decided to award Simmons the when funding became available. generally occur over the summer, with must “be prepared for the opportunity
medal to recognize her role in founding the Brown International But in light of the recent financial the New Pembroke buildings and the to argue for the resources” when it
Advanced Research Institutes, a series of summer workshops crisis, inadequate funding for such Minden Hall elevators slated to be does arise.
led by world-renowned speakers in various fields, according projects has pushed back the actual updated in coming months. With the These projects “are always de-
to Brown’s Web site. implementation, Spies said. space made available by new dorms, pendent on unpredictable things,”
“I am pleased that they recognize the innovative power “We’ve come through a difficult Klawunn said, longer-term renova- Spies said, adding that unexpected
of the BIARI program,” Simmons wrote in an e-mail to The year,” he said, adding that the Uni- tion projects of existing residence sources of funding such as a donor
Herald. “Our faculty should be getting the medal for their versity is now “stabilizing” and in “a halls would be possible without dis- contributing specifically to a dorm
outstanding work on this and other international education better place to start thinking about” placing anyone. These longer-range project could greatly shape when
initiatives.” these initiatives. renewal projects are unfeasible as of new dorm projects can actually be
Stanford President John Hennessy will also receive a Klawunn said it is time for the com- now because current dorms are at implemented.
medal at the ceremony, according to Nolan. mittees involved in the planning pro- full capacity. The plans must be in place when
cess — the Corporation Committee Spies said the administration has the opportunity comes, Spies said.
— Alex Bell on Campus Life and the Corporation already been receptive to new dorm “This has a good head of steam to
Committee on Facilities and Design proposals and is providing added mo- get to the next level,” he added.
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Calendar may change to make semesters more even
continued from page 1 evenness of vacation time between
the two semesters. Students get a
days before Labor Day. week off at the end of March, but
“In principle, we’re in favor of reg- other than a few long weekends, the
ularizing teaching days,” said Dean only vacation they receive in the fall
of the College Katherine Bergeron. is Thanksgiving. “If you teach on a
“We made the decision not to bring Tuesday-Thursday schedule, there’s
the question around to the faculty yet exactly one day off between the be-
to have more time to discuss.” ginning of September and the end
Bergeron said she intends to dis- of December — Thanksgiving Day,”
cuss the issue with the Undergradu- Banchoff said. “It’s asymmetric and
ate Council of Students at the end that’s very unhelpful.”
of this year. “We have to see what it Banchoff recommended that
feels like to start earlier next year,” Brown give students a week’s vaca-
she said. She also advocated for a tion sometime in the end of October,
“campus-wide discussion” of the is- as many other schools — like Penn
sue. State and Notre Dame — do. “I think
Faculty members consulted have that having a vacation period in the
had a variety of opinions, Bergeron middle of the semester is very impor-
said. “When it was brought up that tant,” he said.
fall semester is shorter than spring Not all professors have had such
semester, a lot of the faculty members a reaction, however. “I thought it was
on the council very suddenly realized the other way around,” said Associate
that ‘oh, that was the problem!’ ” she Professor of Chemistry Christoph
said. Rose-Petruck, who teaches CHEM
“I think that having unequal se- 0330: “Equilibrium, Rate and Struc-
mesters is really very awkward for a ture” in both the fall and the spring.
couple of reasons,” said Professor of “I don’t know whether there’s really a Kim Perley / Herald File Photo
Mathematics Thomas Banchoff, who big difference. I don’t mind basically The fall semester this year will start Sept. 1, five days before Labor Day. Administrators are considering making
gave the speech proposing the calen- either way.” permanent changes to the calendar to make the fall semester longer — currently, it is four days shorter than the
dar change at the council’s meeting. University Registrar Michael Pes- spring semester.
“I teach a lot of beginning students ta said the Council would consider
and I think that freshmen have a moving the semester earlier when it the Council might consider finding do seem more rushed, but it doesn’t Johnson added that a fall break
particularly difficult time with their meets in the fall, but that any changes a balance between the two and give bother me.” would “not really have such an im-
first semester at Brown when it’s so would most likely begin in 2012–13, students a week both semesters. Mimi Dwyer ’13 said she hadn’t pact.”
compressed.” not in 2011–12. Perhaps unsurprisingly, students noticed that the fall semester was “I would rather have a longer read-
Banchoff has taught a linear alge- Pesta added that the Council will found the idea of a longer fall read- shorter, but found the fall reading ing period,” he added.
bra class during both fall and spring look at the difference in the length of ing period more appealing than be- period “really hectic,” she said. “It’s a funny thing how you don’t
semesters. He called spring a “much the reading periods each semester. ginning the semester early. “People “I think the four days in the fall think about a calendar but just accept
nicer semester, simply because you Currently, the spring reading period shouldn’t be spending August in are negligible,” said Mike Johnson it,” Bergeron said. “Ultimately, we’re
can time things a little better.” is twelve days long, while in the fall school anywhere in the first world,” ’13, “but a longer reading period doing due diligence and looking into
Banchoff also pointed out the un- it only lasts for five days. Pesta said said Alex Verdolini ’11. “Fall classes would be nice.” it. Let’s see what it feels like.”
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Former coach says he
left because of incident
continued from page 2 He said he decided to leave the
program due to the University’s
tive process” before a hearing had handling of the McCormick case
taken place. as well as a subsequent case in
According to Brown’s non-aca- which he advised another student
demic disciplinary procedures, a accused of rape by the daughter of
student is “assumed not responsi- a University alum and fundraiser.
ble of any alleged violations unless In his letter of resignation,
he/she is so found through the ap- Burch wrote of the McCormick
propriate disciplinary hearing.” case, “All levels of the Brown Uni-
In another September 2006 e- versity administration neglected
mail, Josephson criticized a deci- their basic responsibilities, trad-
sion by the Office of Student Life ing in service to students for the
not to allow a pair of boxer shorts protection of the University’s image
allegedly worn by the female stu- and their own job security.”
dent at the time she said she was In March, the Office of Student
raped by McCormick to be admit- Life recommended changes to the
ted as evidence, but to allow wit- University’s sexual misconduct pol-
nesses to make references to the icy that would separate offenses
boxer shorts in testimony. into two categories. One would en-
The Herald is withholding the compass behavior that “involves
Quinn Savit / Herald file photo
name of the female student because non-consensual physical contact of
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Rohde ’90, pictured at his talk at Brown in November, will she may have been the victim of a a sexual nature” and the other be-
deliver the baccalaureate address for the graduating class May 30. sex crime. havior that “includes one or more of
Administrators take on
multiple positions
um is closed except for the satellite
continued from page 3
location in Manning Hall, Kertzer
it’s for a transitional phase,” said said, making it less of a draw for
Provost David Ker tzer ’69 P’95 potential job applicants.
P’98, who oversees Gutmann. “You The University does not ask
don’t normally want to do that.” individuals such as Lubar, Gut-
Dual appointments can arise mann and Nozaki to accept dual
when logistical problems and tim- appointments in order to spend
ing issues prevent the University less money, Bergeron said.
from immediately hiring the best “It’s never done as a cost-saving
outside candidates, he said. measure,” she said.
For example, Steven Lubar, di- Kertzer said that dual appoint-
rector of the John Nicholas Brown ments “would be less expensive”
Center for Public Humanities and because the University does not
Cultural Heritage, will maintain his have to pay an additional salar y,
current responsibilities when he but added that financial concerns
comes on as director of the Haffen- are “not the main reason” for dual
reffer Museum of Anthropology in appointments.
July, Kertzer said. “I’m not saying money is not a
Not only is Lubar “one of the factor,” said Vice President for Hu-
nation’s most prominent museums man Resources Karen Davis. She
specialists,” Kertzer said, but it explained that because of the Vol-
also would have been difficult to untar y Staff Retirement Incentive
recruit high-level candidates from program and economic concerns,
outside Brown to the position. Brown has more open positions
The museum is currently in “a but less money to fill them.
transitional period” as the Univer- But “more often than not, these
sity plans to move it from Bristol to roles aren’t set up to save money,”
Providence. As a result, the muse- she said.
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Students and ROTC alums weigh in on program’s value
continued from page 6 academy in 2004, and served four from a growing relationship with gram. jority favored it remain on campus in
years as a naval officer before being the military? Four of the six active members a modified form. It was the student
Quigley ’05, joined the ROTC pro- discharged in 2008. During his time “No,” Bergeron said. of Students for ROTC are gradu- who wrote the minority opinion that
gram after the September 11 attacks in the military, Dinces was disturbed There is no organized group ating this year. Dellagrotta will be called for its complete removal who
because it “was the most practical by the “xenophobic, homophobic opposing the Brown support for going to medical school on a health ultimately won out.
option to contribute and prepare and sexist” military culture that he ROTC, but at the panel last week, professional scholarship from the That student was Provost David
for serving in a military and for a encountered, he said. After his dis- one graduate student circulated a airforce. After medical school and Kertzer ’69 P’95 P’98. “He was a radi-
nation at war,” he wrote in an e-mail charge, Dinces began working for flier making the argument against residency, he will serve four years cal,” said Gleason.
to The Herald. His Brown education a volunteer organization as a coun- ROTC on campus. And those op- of active duty. He said he hopes his At that time, “campus dynamics
made him a “more well-rounded and selor for military personnel seek- posed say they will mobilize against student group continues to work to were highly charged” in a way stu-
competent officer,” he wrote. ing to leave the military, including University movement to bring the bring ROTC back to Brown after he dents today would have a hard time
At the dinner, NROTC alum Jack conscientious objectors and people program back. leaves, and believes that other stu- understanding, Kertzer said.
Nixon ’64 spoke heatedly about the like him who are disturbed by the dents feel the same way he does. Along with the times, Kertzer
experience he gained from the mili- discriminatory realities of military Beyond Brown In fact, it was the student sup- has shifted his views. Today, he is
tary, calling it the “most important” culture, he said. Some consider what Brown sup- port for ROTC demonstrated by last more receptive to consideration of
work experience of his life. These realities are a large part of port of ROTC might signify beyond semester’s Herald poll that provided University support for ROTC. But
“At least I had a choice,” he why Dinces believes ROTC should College Hill. motivation to plan the two events, he would still require the University
said. not return to the Brown campus. He “To invite ROTC back now would he said. The poll found that 41.3 retain control over military faculty
Alums and officers also said their also does not agree that the military be to make a political statement percent of students said they would hiring and ensure academic intel-
ROTC scholarship gave them the culture is likely to be changed from for continued military presence” support the reinstatement of ROTC, lectual freedom for students in the
freedom to attend a college they within, and noted personal coun- in the Middle East, said Professor 24.9 percent said they’d oppose it military science program if it were
couldn’t otherwise afford. seling experience with individuals Gleason. and 33.8 percent said they didn’t brought back on campus, he said.
who found themselves unable to On the other hand, the promi- know. Still, “the argument that the uni-
Or closing doors? reconcile personal philosophy with nence of Brown ROTC alums in the This might be an indication of the versity should facilitate students who
But “it is not a debt-free educa- the military institution. military ranks would bring greater campus’s changing attitude towards are interested in participating in a
tion,” according to naval veteran Other students opposed to the recognition of University excellence, the military. But in the end, it is not ROTC program is a pretty strong
Sean Dinces GS, who said the cost program worry about the influence military officers said. always the plurality opinion that ef- argument,” he said.
is your military service. “You do and control the military might ex- And the reality is that a hand- fects change. What would his former self
have to repay them. And that’s not ercise over Brown itself if it has ful of Brown students are joining In fact, when the Curriculum say?
choice.” the power to award credit. Is that these ranks even now without much Committee initially examined the “I don’t think my 22 year-old self
Dinces graduated from a naval something the University might fear University support for the PC pro- question of ROTC at Brown, the ma- would be that happy,” he said.
M etro “Every Kennedy you’ve ever heard of descended upon Rhode Island.”
— Political analyst Jennifer Duffy, on Patrick Kennedy’s first House election
Familiar names come back into play for Nov. election scene
continued from page 9 remembered Camelot, and who re- Union with his father and cousin
membered John F. Kennedy (P’83) when each served in Congress.
among the freshman class of legisla- as the first Catholic president,” said “This year, he sat alone,” Schil-
tors. Sixteen years later, Kennedy Jennifer Duffy, a Rhode Island native ler said.
— his image tarnished by personal and senior editor for the Cook Politi- With Kennedy out of the race,
problems and sinking approval rat- cal Report. He also invited relatives Mayor David Cicilline ’83 and former
ings — is retiring, sparking a fierce to campaign for him. party chairman William Lynch are
battle in which Republicans are hop- “Ever y Kennedy you’ve ever vying for the Democratic nomina-
ing to retake his seat. heard of descended upon Rhode tion for his seat. Schiller said she
Journalists, pundits and politicos Island,” Duffy said. believes that Kennedy would have
have made so many comparisons He pulled it off in the end, win- won the race had he stayed in it,
between the 1994 midterms and the ning 54 percent of the vote. and that his departure increases the
upcoming 2010 elections, mostly on Over the following years, Kenne- odds of a Republican takeover.
the basis of an expected Democratic dy’s high profile and the challenges But Patrick Kennedy’s departure
thumping, that they have become of his position began to take a toll. also deprived Loughlin of his signa-
something of a cliche. He struggled with alcoholism and ture issue — Patrick Kennedy. The
Is history really repeating itself? addiction to prescription drugs. He race is now as much about Loughlin
Should Rhode Island Republicans was involved in two auto accidents, as it is the other candidates, Duffy
get ready to party like it’s 1994? In a and since 2006 he has checked him- said.
number of ways, the factors at work self into substance abuse rehabilita- Cara Cromwell, Loughlin’s cam-
then seem to be in play once again — tion facilities twice, according to the paign manager, said that this is what
but not in always in the same way. Providence Journal. her candidate prefers.
Kennedy, a Roman Catholic, “Ultimately this race is about
‘It wasn’t fun for him anymore’ also rammed heads on occasion John, not Patrick Kennedy,” she told
1994 might have been a bad year with Providence Bishop Thomas The Herald earlier this month.
to be a Democrat, but it was a pretty Tobin over Kennedy’s support for For her part, Schiller said she
good time to be a Kennedy. abortion rights. Last year, Kennedy does not think Kennedy’s political
On Nov. 8, 1994, as Democrats accused Tobin of instructing him career has permanently ended.
across America fell to Republicans, not to take communion and of tell- “I think he’ll be back — maybe Chris Bennett / Herald file photo
Former Sen. Lincoln Chafee ’75 is back on the campaign trail. He currently
Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island’s ing priests not to administer it to not as a candidate — but he’ll do
is leading in polls for November’s gubernatorial election.
First Congressional District was Kennedy over the congressman’s something in public service.”
elected to the U.S. House of Repre- political stances. Last year, while She also said Sundlun was caught bid to campaign much for his father
sentatives, joining his father, Sen. the congressman was speaking at Two unlikely candidates off guard by York’s challenge, hav- or for Almond.
Ted Kennedy, and cousin, Rep. Jo- Brown during a health care forum, Neither gubernatorial candidate ing never taken her seriously as a John Chafee was reelected easily
seph Kennedy, both of Massachu- perennial political candidate Chris should have made it as far as they threat until it was too late. In the that year, after playing a major part
setts. Young threw an anti-abortion video did. end, York beat Sundlun with roughly in the Senate debate over President
It was not an easy fight for father at Kennedy before being removed When state Sen. Myrth York, a 57 percent of the vote to Sundlun’s Bill Clinton’s health care reform pro-
or son. Ted Kennedy overcame a by security. Democrat, and Republican Lincoln 27 percent, according to the Rhode posal. One of the most prominent
tougher-than-usual reelection chal- This year, Kennedy appeared vul- Almond, a former U.S. Attorney, Island Board of Elections. Republican negotiators, John Chafee
lenge, and Patrick Kennedy faced nerable to a Republican challenge: faced off in the 1994 election, both On the Republican side, Lincoln offered his own plan and worked
his first high-profile political test John Loughlin, a Republican state had come from behind to defeat Almond was the heavy underdog with Democrats on efforts to reach
in Rhode Island, running against senator, entered the race against their respective parties’ establish- against First District Rep. Ronald a compromise, though it ultimately
Republican Kevin Vigilante, a phy- him and was pulling in donations ment candidates. Machtley, who had the support of fell apart.
sician who had never before run from Republicans across the country But in a year of extraordinary most of the state party, including When the elder Chafee died in
for office. eager to unseat a Kennedy. voter dissatisfaction with the status Sen. John Chafee P’75 and his son, 1999, Lincoln Almond, heeding the
Vigilante “ran a good campaign,” Kennedy shocked the political quo, it was sometimes better to be Lincoln Chafee ’75. advice of Senate Republicans, ap-
said Wendy Schiller, associate pro- world in February by announcing an outsider than to be seen as part Though the younger Chafee sup- pointed Lincoln Chafee, who had
fessor of political science. “It wasn’t he would not seek reelection, throw- of the system. ported Machtley, he was impressed already announced his campaign, to
easy.” ing the race for his seat into turmoil “Voters were angry,” said Duffy. by a speech Almond gave at a gather- the seat. Chafee defeated 2nd Dis-
But Kennedy had a strong asset. and sparking speculation as to why “They wanted to tr y something ing of state Republicans, crediting trict congressman Robert Weygand
Trading on the affection that voters he decided to throw in the towel. new.” his stump with helping him win over in 2000 for a full six-year term.
in Rhode Island, the most Catholic Schiller said she does not think he York, who represented the 2nd skeptics. “Almond got a standing In the Senate, Chafee was an
state in the union, had for the fabled was worried about defeat. Senate District, had toppled incum- ovation — he gave a good pitch,” odd Republican. A moderate like
New England political dynasty, Pat- “Kennedy was exhausted,” she bent Gov. Bruce Sundlun in the Chafee said. his father before him, he voted
rick Kennedy embraced his famous said. “He worked incredibly hard. Democratic primary, winning ev- The general election was close, with Democrats against many te-
surname. He also held deep Rhode He had personal difficulties. It wasn’t ery single city and town in the state, with Almond edging out York by nets of the modern-day Republican
Island roots — he graduated from fun for him at all anymore.” according to data from the Rhode less than 14,000 votes out of 361,377 platform, including the war in Iraq,
Providence College in 1991 and was The death of his father also Island Board of Elections. cast. Robert Healey, an independent abortion restrictions and elimina-
elected to the Rhode Island House played a role in his decision, she Schiller said that though Sundlun candidate who today is running for tion of the estate tax, and in favor
of Representatives in 1988. said, sharing an anecdote about how was not strongly disliked, “voters lieutenant governor, received around of environmental regulations and
“He targeted the voters who Patrick would watch the State of the wanted a change.” 33,000 votes. gun control.
Duffy credited Almond’s victory His moderate-to-liberal voting
to his law-and-order image as a for- record was not enough to save him
mer prosecutor, saying that voters from defeat in 2006, when Sheldon
felt comfortable with his resume. Whitehouse argued that a vote for
She also believes that local factors Chafee was a vote for Republican
played more of a role in the race than control of Congress. Chafee lost with
did national trends, and noted that 46 percent of the vote, according to
Republican governors are hardly election data, even as exit polls on
unusual in Rhode Island, having oc- Election Day gave him a 63 percent
cupied the office for 22 of the past approval rating.
26 years. Since then, Chafee has left the
Schiller said that in Rhode Island, Republican Party, endorsed Barack
voters often elect Republican gover- Obama for president and launched
nors to put a check on the Democrat- an independent bid for governor.
controlled General Assembly. Every poll so far has showed him
ahead of his rivals, Republican John
The Chafee saga Robitaille and Democrats Attorney
In Warwick, Lincoln Chafee, the General Patrick Lynch ’87 and Trea-
first Republican mayor in 30 years, surer Frank Caprio.
was elected to a second two-year After controlling the governor’s
term in 1994. Because the city had office for 16 years, Republicans have
more registered Democrats than so far been unable to put forward a
Republicans, Lincoln Chafee said he
was too busy with his own reelection continued on page 11
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M etro
Language, accessibility hurt census return in Central Falls
continued from page 9 Begert wrote. “One family hadn’t guage other than English at home, response rates, Martinez said. Al- ing to its Web site.
filled out the form because the par- compared to less than 18 percent though the census does not ask about Martinez believes changes to the
focus for the Marathon’s organizers ents didn’t speak English. Once we nationally, according to census data immigration status, the committee 2000 census have yielded the desired
and volunteers. This year’s census gave them the Spanish form, they from 2000. State education data for focused on targeting fears about doc- response rates. The return rates so
was made available in six different could fill it out and give it back to the 2007-08 school year shows that umentation during their campaign. far, said Martinez, are 79 percent for
languages. us.” 70 percent of students in the Central One of the committee’s goals is to all of Rhode Island, and 59 percent
But these efforts did not always Language accessibility is espe- Falls school district are Latino. “actively oppose negative messages for Central Falls.
reach the communities in need. cially relevant in Central Falls, where Concerns surrounding immi- and campaigns that set out to frighten “I’m very grateful,” said Martinez,
“Some hadn’t even heard of it,” 67 percent of residents speak a lan- gration are another reason for low undocumented individuals,” accord- “gratefully surprised.”
s potlight
Amid diversity, students find common ground
In a poll conducted earlier this
semester, The Herald asked, “How
How important or unimportant is religion in
your life?
Thinking freely and radically
important or unimportant is reli-
gion in your life?” By Brigitta Greene She said the Office of the Chap-
With no explanation as to Metro Editor lains and Religious Life is underuti-
whether the question referred Don’t know/ no answer lized by the student body. “People
to religious identity or practice, 5.0% Every other Tuesday evening, mem- don’t know the chaplain is a resource
interpretation of the question was bers of Brown Freethought assemble in general,” and can help talk through
left entirely to the respondents. at 5:30 on the third floor of Wilson complex questions, whether they be
“Somewhat unimportant” drew Hall, united by a common interest in religious or not, she said.
17.2 percent of responses, and a skepticism and rationalism. Perhaps In terms of atheism or agnos-
third of those polled responded it comes as a surprise, then, that at a ticism at Brown, “it’s a conversa-
“ver y unimportant.” But 26.2
Somewhat school like Brown, the room is never tion that’s not engaged, it’s not that
percent responded with “some- unimportant full. At most, 10 students attend each they’re dominating the conversa-
Very unimportant
what important,” and 18.1 percent 17.2% 33.5% regular meeting, said Jared Lafer ’11, tion,” she said.
called religion “very important” in Herald opinions columnist. Agnostic groups tend to be more
their lives. Lafer is the vice president of popular in areas like the “Bible belt”
Though several religious Freethought, a student group with strong religious presence, Shef-
groups on campus enjoy a vibrant founded three years with the goal field said. He said Freethought has
presence, University Chaplain Ja- Very important of “promoting and defending reason, moved more toward skepticism
net Cooper Nelson said it seems 18.1% science and freedom of inquiry,” because it is easier to advocate on
like there is “an effort to flatten according to its Web site. “We’re an campus.
the conversation into very nar- atheist group that is also a skepti- “Atheism doesn’t spur people’s
row camps.” Religion, Cooper
Somewhat important cal group,” said Herald Opinions passion as much as religion does,”
Nelson said, is a unique topic in
26.2% Columnist David Sheffield ’11, the Lafer said.
that people with little experience group’s president. Last semester, the group held
or background feel comfortable But if you compare the size of a discussion with the Inter-Faith
articulating very strong opinions. the group to that of various religious Council. Though Lafer said he
Though she has experienced a groups on campus, Freethought is found the experience interesting,
great deal of “group ignorance,” Katie Wilson / Herald remarkably small, Lafer said. “As far much religion-oriented discussion
Cooper Nelson said individually as people who are passionate go, it “tends to talk more about personal
she finds people are often well- but that students “often at very groups whose names might not seems that (religious groups) have experience,” whereas Freethought
informed. young ages become each other’s be well-known, but that nonethe- the majority.” is focused on the “deeper, more fun-
Cooper Nelson said she did teachers about religion.” less unite students in common Though Brown is considered to damental questions.”
not want students to leave the In today’s Spotlight, The Her- ground. have a very secular student body, Each week’s meeting features
University “religiously illiterate,” ald takes a look at a sampling of — Hannah Moser there seems to be a lack of discus- a different topic of discussion —
sion about issues of rationality, athe- anything from philosophy to cur-
ism, humanism and skepticism on rent events — and conversations
campus, he said. last upwards of an hour, Lafer said.
Rachel Cohn ’10, a Multi-Faith “Sometimes we really go off.”
Council coordinator, agreed. “Brown In the future, the group plans
has a very supportive structure and to open greater outreach, publicity
great people,” she said, but the “gen- and advocacy work. Plans for next
eral vibe” is that religion and secular- semester include encouraging the
ity is a personal investigation. “It’s Brown Bookstore to stop selling
only on your own time,” she said. homeopathic medicine such as Air-
“There is a lack of conversation.” borne and Zycam, Sheffield said.
S potlight
Exploring Hindu culture and identity A place to talk and
BY Clare de Boer
Staf f Writer
to af filiate themselves with the
association.
“Most of the Hindu students
He said students come to meet-
ings to “discuss their problems”
and learn more about practicing
understand
“I see many Hindus on campus, here are really Americans ... and Hinduism. BY Clare de Boer rituals including the breaking
but ver y few actually come for are quite familiar with their sur- The Hindu Student Associa- Staf f Writer of fast during the holy month of
Hindu Student Association” meet- roundings,” he said, adding that tion “discusses many intellectu- Ramadan, he said.
ings, said Swami Yogatmananda, they have less need to seek out the ally impor tant questions about The Muslim Students Associa- “Quite a few people are in-
chaplain of Hinduism at Brown. association’s cultural ser vices. Hinduism,” he said. Some com- tion offers a ritual, intellectual volved and come to events,”
Only four or five students regu- The South Asian Students As- mon questions surround what and social experience to approxi- Chaudhr y said. Events this se-
larly attend the Monday evening sociation “is more for cultural Hindu identity is, as well as how mately 150 Muslim students, fac- mester have included screenings
meetings, he said. programs,” Yogatmananda said. one practices the religion in the ulty, and staff, as well as around of “Jihad for Love” and “Scar y
Yogatmananda said students’ “We focus more on religious as- United States. 150 non-Muslims over the course Arabs and Sexy Hijabis,” which
minimal par ticipation in the as- pects,” He also said most students ask of the academic year, according addressed the portrayal of Mus-
sociation may be the result of Though some pujas, or prayers, about the connection between the to Robert Coolidge, the Muslim lims in the media.
Hindu integration in the greater have been attended by non-Hindus, caste system and Hindu religion. chaplain for the University. “Its ver y nice to meet people
American culture. He added that most students in the association Yogatmananda said that the Coolidge said there are many who come from similar religious
the presence of the South Asian practice the religious and spiritual association has a curriculum to different aspects to the associa- backgrounds as you, as America
Students Association also decreas- values of Hinduism, Yogatmananda address “impor tant features of tion, “and people choose to par- is not the most hospitable for
es the need for Hindu students said. Hindu religion.” ticipate in whatever they are in- Muslims,” Chaudhr y added.
terested in or get benefit from.” For Muslims on campus, the
“The Muslim Students Asso- association offers congregational
S ports T hursday
Around the Bend: BASEBALL
Cornell taps Virginia Tech assistant for bball head coaching job
BY ANDREW BRACA cruited many of the players that led Player of the Year and an AFCA All- — The Ivy League women’s NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs.
Assistant Spor ts Editor the Patriots to the 2006 NCAA Final American, also signed a free-agent lacrosse tournament will be held — Earlier this month, forward
Four, though he left prior to that contract with Tennessee. this weekend at Franklin Field in Colin Greening signed with the
Cornell has named Bill Courtney season to spend a year at Providence Cornell wide receiver Br yan Philadelphia. On Friday, No. 2 seed Ottawa Senators, the team that
its head men’s basketball coach, the College. Walters signed a free-agent con- Dartmouth (11-2, 5-2) will square off drafted him in 2005, and defense-
school announced Friday in a press Courtney’s hiring comes less tract with the San Diego Chargers. against Cornell (6-7, 4-3) at 4 p.m. man Brendon Nash signed a free
release. Courtney, who spent 15 than three weeks after Steve Dona- The second team All-Ivy selection and No. 1 seed Penn (12-3, 7-0) will agent contract with the Montreal
years as an assistant coach, helped hue accepted the head coaching po- finished second in the Ivy League face Princeton (6-9, 4-3) at 7 p.m. Canadiens.
Virginia Tech to the NIT quarterfi- sition at Boston College. Courtney in receiving yards per game, behind The championship game will be — Columbia’s archers found
nals this past season. will have a major rebuilding process only Buddy Farnham ’10. played Sunday. success at the East Regional Inter-
“Courtney has been part of teams ahead of him, as the Big Red will Harvard left tackle James Wil- — On the eve of Saturday’s bat- collegiate Archery Championships.
that have made eight postseason ap- lose nine seniors to graduation, in- liams, a three-time All-American, tle with Brown for a spot in the Ivy The recurve team of Sarah Chai,
pearances (three NCAA, four NIT, cluding four starters. signed a free agent contract with the League men’s lacrosse tournament, Alexandra Garyn and Sara Goshorn
one CBI), won at least a share of four Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Williams Dartmouth attackman Ari Suss- took the gold medal on Saturday.
conference titles (Mid-American, Five Ivy Leaguers get NFL joins four Harvard alums on NFL man earned Turfer New England The following day, Chai won an indi-
Colonial and ACC) and posted 15 contracts rosters, including Baltimore Ravens Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association vidual gold medal in the event.
winning seasons with eight years Three other Ivy League football center Matt Birk, Buffalo Bills quar- Player of the Week honors for tally-
of 18 wins or more,” according to players joined draftee David Howard terback Ryan Fitzpatrick, Green Bay ing 13 points in wins over Vermont
the press release. ’09.5 and signee Bobby Sewall ’10, Packers quarterback Chris Pizzotti and Penn.
Prior to his single season at Vir- both with the Tennessee Titans, in and Oakland Raiders defensive tack- — Cornell goalie Ben Scrivens,
ginia Tech, Courtney spent three latching on with NFL teams. le Desmond Bryant. a Hobey Baker Award finalist and
years at Virginia. He spent eight Penn linebacker and long snap- a first-team All-American selection,
seasons at George Mason and re- per Jake Lewko, the Co-Ivy League Ivy Quick Hits signed a free-agent contract with the
Tight end Colin Cloherty ’09 has a ‘crazy ride’ as an NFL rookie
Colts player offers next year.
vision of life in the Manning: ‘Who’s this guy
big leagues running the wrong route?’
During rookie minicamp, Clo-
By Dan Alexander herty had his first interaction with
Spor ts Editor Colts quarterback Peyton Manning.
Cloherty was running routes on one
It was 6:28 a.m. Tight end Colin side of the field while Manning was
Cloherty ’09 was walking into the practicing on the other.
Cleveland Browns weight room “I was supposed to run five yards
for a lift that was to begin in two straight and then cut in,” Cloherty
minutes when his phone rang. A said. “And I ran six yards instead
Browns representative told him he of five and cut in. And (Manning)
wouldn’t need to work out today. He started yelling at me from across
had been cut. the field. You know, ‘If they wanted
Cloherty had until 11 a.m. to be it to be a six, they would have said at
out of his hotel room, where he had six. And it’s supposed to be at five.
been living instead of an apartment. You won’t be around here long if you
When you’re an NFL rookie with a can’t count to five.’ … That was just
week-to-week contract, life is just too kind of the start of catching hell for
unpredictable to put down a month- not knowing the offense as well as
long lease. you should when you’re a rookie.”
Cloherty immediately rang up Cloherty said Manning turned
his agent and told him to start mak- out to be “definitely a nice guy,” but
ing calls. The agent contacted the whenever Cloherty made another
Indianapolis Colts, the team with mistake, Manning always remind-
which he started the season. ed Cloherty of his new nickname,
“Indy was kind of delaying, say- “Ivy.”
ing ‘Well, we might take him. We “He would always use it in the
might not take him,’ ” Cloherty said. worst circumstances, like, ‘Who’s
“So I went to the Rock and Roll Hall this guy running the wrong route
of Fame and kind of hung out for and ruining my read on the play? Is
a while.” that you, Ivy?’ ” Cloherty said with a
Eventually, he had seen all of laugh. “And I was like, ‘Yup.’ And he
the Elvis memorabilia he needed was like, ‘Yeah, that Brown diploma Ashley Hess / Herald file photo
to see, and Cloherty got into his isn’t what it once was, huh?’ And I’m A former star tight end for the Bears, Colin Cloherty ’09 finished his first NFL season last year. His memorable
car — which held everything he like, ‘Uh. I guess not.’ ” year included a trip to the Super Bowl and a scolding from Peyton Manning.
owned — and started driving toward Out of necessity, Cloherty even-
home in Bethesda, Md. tually learned the plays so that they
But midway through the drive, were second nature. In the Colts be back.” yard catch on 3rd and 14, so I got up two years and is currently a free
Cloherty’s phone rang. It was the offense, Manning may change the He was without a squad for two and had to come off the field looking agent.
Colts, and they wanted him in In- play three or four times at the line weeks, but then Cleveland called upset. … And inside, I’m doing a “Is (Raymond) good enough to
dianapolis. of scrimmage based on how defense and said, “Pack your bags, you’re little celebration, really excited.” make it? Yeah, he’s absolutely good
“So I hung a right,” Cloherty said, lines up. That takes away any time coming,” according to Cloherty. He stayed on the active roster enough,” Estes said. “He just had to
“and went out to Indianapolis — ran to think about what the play is. Ev- But they never called back. The throughout the playoffs but never find the right fit. So he went from the
over a deer on the way — and got eryone just has to know it. next week, Cleveland called again got to play again. He did, however, Jets to Detroit — he went to a couple
into Indianapolis late, late Monday “The playbook is — I don’t know and said, “This time it’s for real.” get to be on a team that made it to of different places to try to hook on,
night and then spent the rest of the if it’s as hard or as thick as an orgo But they told him to pack for one the Super Bowl. He said “electric- and it may not have worked for Paul.
season in Indianapolis.” chemistry book, but there’s defi- week. ity was in the air” the night of the But certainly Colin was in the right
So much for the glamorous life nitely a lot of info you have to know,” “They didn’t give me a playbook. Super Bowl, but it short-circuited place at the right time.”
of the NFL. Cloherty said. “But after four years It was kind of obvious that I wasn’t for the Colts in the fourth quarter, Joe Leslie, Cloherty’s former
“I was thinking Cowboys of the at an Ivy League school, you know going to be there for very long. They and especially in the locker room tight ends coach at Brown, agreed
1990s, you know, parties and ev- what study habits work and what were just paying me to practice as afterwards. that making it on an NFL roster re-
erybody knows who you are and doesn’t and how many hours you opposed to trying to develop me into “You could hear a pin drop,” Clo- quires “a little bit of luck and just
media all over the place,” Cloherty need to put into something to know something more.” herty said. “There was no one upset getting a chance to show what they
said. “And that’s really not how it it.” Cloherty stuck around for three or yelling. Everyone just knew we can do.” If Howard, Sewall, Farnham
is. It’s football 90 percent of your weeks before being cut at 6:28 that just lost the biggest game of our and Develin “get a chance to get on
life — from when you wake up to ‘Pack your bags’ Monday morning. lives.” somebody’s radar, they all can do
when you go to sleep. And then Cloherty stayed on the Colts When he got back to Indianapo- things that will make you step up
maybe once every other week or practice squad, which he said was lis, Cloherty remained on the prac- ‘Right place at the right time’ and take notice. A lot of it is having
something, you get to go out with “kind of like redshirting in college.” tice squad until the final week of the Cloherty signed a three-year an opportunity and just making the
some of the guys and hang out on In addition to the 53-man active ros- season. On the last play of practice $930,000 contract when he got most of the opportunity,” Leslie told
a Monday night.” ter on each team, eight people are on Thursday before the Week 17 pulled up to the active roster. Noth- The Herald in February.
Last weekend, four Brown foot- on the practice squad. The practice game versus the Buffalo Bills, one ing is ever guaranteed in the NFL, Cloherty hasn’t had a linear path
ball players — David Howard ’09.5, squad players don’t get to suit up of the tight ends ahead of Cloherty but he said the Colts are keeping to the NFL. He never knows when
Bobby Sewall ’10, Buddy Farnham for games, they get paid less and on the depth chart got hurt, so Clo- him around until at least the start he’ll have to pack his car again and
’10 and James Develin ’10 — earned they’re always teetering on the edge herty was activated on the roster. of next season. check out of his hotel. And his ca-
their shots at making it to the NFL. of unemployment. Since the Colts had already clinched For now, the tight end from reer is always at the whim of an in-
One year ago, Cloherty was where When Colts defensive end a playoff berth, they rested their Brown who signed a free-agent jury — his or someone else’s.
they are now — trying to finish up Dwight Freeney got injured in starters, so Cloherty got to play just contract a year ago seems to have “I definitely have had a different
final exams, go to rookie minicamps, September against the Dolphins, shy of 40 snaps. found his place in the NFL. road than what you see on TV,” he
graduate from Brown and secure a the team needed to make room for He even got the ball thrown his Brown Head Coach Phil Estes said. “But you know, it doesn’t really
spot on an NFL roster, all within a another defensive end on the roster. way on one play. has seen a number of his players matter what your path is once you’re
few weeks. Though each NFL ca- Cloherty was cut the Monday after “I knew I was going to get hit over the years try to make the leap there. It’s, can you play or not? It’s
reer is different, Cloherty’s experi- the injury. right afterwards and as soon as I to the NFL, and he understands how definitely a different experience
ence offers some hint of what the “The first thing I did when I got caught it, I just tried to hold on really unpredictable the process is. Paul from what I was expecting. But on
latest group of Bears trying to suit cut was come to Brown Homecom- tight,” Cloherty said. “I got tackled Raymond ’08 has bounced around the whole, I’ve enjoyed it. It’s been
up for an NFL team will face in the ing,” Cloherty said. “It was good to pretty quick and it was like a two- to four different teams in the last a crazy ride.”
Despite heavy plot, ‘Woods’ is a fairy tale institution as part of her motivation
to participate each year.
sued the idea and started selling
(them) online and to stores around
“Of course RISD is the best the country.”
art school and all of us inspire The journals, which are made
continued from page 17 quests and come together to form form as freshmen. each other to create (our) own to look like monsters, come com-
a community, a bond that is both The musical has a childhood originality,” she wrote in an e- plete with fur, eyes and teeth. Each
or evil in a character, such as the fantastical and profoundly human, sentiment of “I just want to be your mail to The Herald, adding that contains the “Nightmare Snatcher
Witch, who brings a love that is not she said. friend,” Keegan said, adding that it the school possesses a “special spell” written by Evans’ father, she
expected. “It brings out the gray Keegan also relates the musi- is “beautiful” how the characters power to bring more wonderful wrote.
areas,” Brandon said. cal to the Brown community. “It have “grown so much throughout people from all over to this sale. Evans is excited for the upcom-
To Keegan, what is so magi- touches things we do when we are the show.” It is very important to feel I am ing show, she wrote. “I love how
cal about the musical is this exact in college,” she said. She likened the Despite the seeming intricacy among this community.” Okano crowded it gets, to be honest. It’s
element of humanity. In the end, relationship between Little Red and and complexity of the story, “it is wrote that the sale is also a “good pretty much guaranteed to be full
characters each shed their fairy tale Jack to new friendships that students fun. It’s a fairy tale,” she said. opportunity to understand” what of shoppers and visitors, which
shoppers like to buy. is always good for a seller at any
Sarah Evans, a Delaware-based show,” she wrote. According to
artist who graduated from RISD in Tracy, the event is expected to re-
2006 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts ceive at least 2,500 visitors based
in illustration, expressed a similar on past turnouts.
appreciation for her fellow alums in Even after managing numerous
an e-mail to The Herald. “It’s very sales, Tracy said he is “still totally
inspiring” to see what other alums excited” about this one.
have been working on after their Okano’s e-mail conveyed a simi-
time at RISD, she wrote. lar enthusiasm. “There is no other
Although it is Evans’ first time great show with great people who
participating in a RISD show as an appreciate artistic quality like (the)
alum, the various sales the school RISD sale,” she wrote.
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Adult stem cell research stirs hopes for disease cures Great Lakes also are looking into
building wind farms to produce large
amounts of electricity.
By Fred Tasker out of cells from your own body. mans to create blood cells, also to vested from a human donor, re- The Cape Wind project, however,
McClatchy Newspapers The same with a heart. It might help fight leukemia. programmed into pancreatic cells has been hung up for nine years
replace embr yonic stem cells in But he says: “Most embr yonic and transplanted into the pancreas as opponents — landowners, two
MIAMI — A year after President some ways.” stem cell research is still ver y of a diabetic mouse — with some Native American tribes and the Ad-
Barack Obama eased restrictions Some adult stem cell experi- basic. My human tests could be success. visory Council on Historic Preser-
on research into embr yonic stem ments could get FDA approval years away.” “We’ve shown we can reverse vation — objected to its cost and its
cells and pledged billions in new for general use within five years; In Januar y, the FDA approved diabetes in rodents. We’ve had impact on views.
stimulus money for it, researchers others are expected to take 10 the first clinical trial using human them off insulin for a month. In Although Cape Wind’s fate is
are almost giddy with enthusi- years or longer. embr yonic stem cells in human California, researchers have had not related to other proposed U.S.
asm about progress in the field. Using adult cells avoids the patients. Geron Corp., a California them of f it for a year,” Ricordi offshore wind farms, many wind
They’re confident stem cells will controversy of destroying embry- biopharmaceutical firm, plans to says. energy supporters hailed the deci-
treat — maybe someday cure — os. And, coming from the patient’s inject the cells around the severed In another trial, with human sion as a good sign for the future
hear t disease, diabetes, spinal own body, they avoid the risk of spinal cords of 10 paralyzed hu- patients, adult pancreatic islet-cell of renewable energy development.
cord injur y and other disorders. rejection. man patients to see if they can clusters containing insulin-produc- The Interior Department set new
But the excitement is not gen- The excitement doesn’t mean repair them. But the trial hasn’t ing beta cells were harvested from rules for offshore wind last year and
erated by stem cells har vested researchers are losing respect for reached the human stage. It was a cadaver’s pancreas and injected said it was working to streamline the
from human embr yos. the value of human embr yonic suspended in October over safety into the patients’ pancreas. permit process.
Instead, researchers are com- stem cells. concerns in pre-clinical testing “We dramatically reduced in- The decision on Cape Wind
ing to believe they can get results “The embryotic stem cell is the in lab animals. The company sulin requirements and got better comes a month after the Obama
almost as good from adult stem prototype, the ultimate stem cell,” hopes to resume the trial later control of glucose levels,” Ricordi administration approved more off-
cells taken from the patient’s own Hare says. “It has the greatest ca- this year. says. shore oil and gas drilling. At a press
bone marrow or belly fat, and pacity to become any other type of At UM’s Stem Cell Institute, At the Miami Project to Cure conference, Salazar was asked about
even full-fledged adult cells from tissue. It’s essential to work with researchers are using both hu- Paralysis, researchers are work- an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico from
muscle tissue or skin. both kinds of stem cells.” man embr yonic stem cells and ing not with stem cells, but with a deepwater rig that exploded last
“Adult stem cells have more “Embr yonic stem cells remain adult stem cells in studying how full-fledged adult cells called week.
flexibility than we thought,” says central to our plan,” says Dr. Ca- to repair the heart after a heart Schwann Cells. They are extract- Salazar said the Interior Depart-
Dr. Joshua Hare, director of the millo Ricordi, who is studying attack. The embr yonic stem cells ing the cells from muscles in the ment was watching the spill care-
Interdisciplinar y Stem Cell Insti- both adult and embr yonic stem are used in basic lab research in patient’s arms or legs, injecting fully. He added that “my own view”
tute at the University of Miami cells as director of UM’s Diabetes test tubes but not in humans, says them around the injured spine is that the country needed to move
Medical School. “The embr yonic Research Institute. “Ever ything Ian McNiece, the institute’s direc- and tr ying to induce them to turn away from fossil fuels.
stem cell might not be the most we’ve applied to other kinds of tor of experimental and cell-based into myelin, a sheath that wraps “Our overdependence on fos-
valuable property in actual ther- cells we learned first by studying therapies. around the spinal cord and pro- sil fuels has created a problem we
apy. When you’re treating a heart embr yonic stem cells.” Hare, McNiece and colleagues tects it. have in this country which has en-
attack, you might do better with But the process of approving are conducting a clinical trial us- In an earlier trial, the method dangered our national security and
an adult stem cell.” new lines of embryonic stem cells ing adult stem cells to treat 53 restored the ability of lab rats to at the same time has created the
Already at the UM Medical is complex, and is going slowly. human heart attack patients. They walk, albeit imperfectly. challenge we have with respond-
School, adult stem cells have The first new line created since extracted adult “mesenchymal” The Miami Project has no cur- ing to the warming of the planet,”
been injected around a patient’s Obama’s ruling was approved only stem cells from the patients’ bone rent plans to apply for embr yonic Salazar said.
heart to help heal a heart attack, in December. Only 50 lines have marrow, purified and multiplied stem cells, said Pantelis Tsoulfas, “We will continue to use fossil
and adult cells are being applied been approved so far, with 300 them, then injected them into a neurologist at the project. fuels, yes, in an appropriate way,
around injured spinal cords in more still awaiting action. The veins in the patients’ arms and Given the advances in both but we need to transition to a clean
hopes of restoring movement. NIH has awarded $143 million legs. embr yonic and adult stem cell energy future,” he said.
Another new development ex- for the research to universities in- The stem cells migrated to the research, researchers debate Salazar also said the United
citing researchers is the “induced cluding Johns Hopkins, Stanford, heart, drawn by chemical signals which will be more important in States is no longer leading in re-
pluripotent adult stem cell.” Sci- University of Michigan, UCLA, put out by the heart’s damaged fighting disease. newable energy technology. “We
entists at Har vard and in Japan Har vard and others. tissue. The stem cells appeared “If I had to bet which will be don’t want to be second,” he said,
took cells from the skin on a pa- Harvard has 70 principal inves- to become hear t cells, helping the most important in the long and so the government also would
tient’s arm and genetically repro- tigators studying embryonic stem to repair the damaged organ. In run, it would be adult cells from support efforts to get other offshore
grammed them to be almost as cells in treating blood disorders, early results, the mended hearts the patient’s own body,” Ricordi wind projects built.
flexible as embr yonic stem cells cancer, diabetes and diseases of pumped blood more strongly and says. Offshore wind farms have been
— without destroying an embryo. the hear t, kidney and ner vous had fewer dangerous arrhyth- Says Simmons: “There’s a proposed in proposed off Rehoboth
They hope to use them someday system. mias. whole array of diseases that afflict Beach, Del.; Boston; Atlantic Beach,
to build up entire human organs, One researcher who has re- At UM’s Diabetes Research humans. Some will be amenable Atlantic City and Avalon in New
cell by cell. ceived some of the new cell lines Institute, Ricordi and colleagues to therapy with adult stem cells. Jersey; in North Carolina’s East-
“This is really exciting,” says approved by the Obama adminis- are using both embr yonic stem Other more complicated proce- ern Pamlico Sound; in Lake Erie
Dr. Kenneth Zuckerman, a senior tration is Paul J. Simmons at the cells and adult stem cells to seek dures will probably be based on off Cleveland; off Block Island and
researcher at Moffett Cancer Cen- University of Texas. He plans to a cure for diabetes. embr yonic stem cells. Sakonnet in Rhode Island; and off
ter in Tampa. “If you need a liver use them first in test tubes, then In a trial with lab rodents, “You need different horses for
transplant, you can make a liver in lab animals and someday in hu- embr yonic stem cells were har- different courses.” continued on page 21
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Sharpe Refectory Verney-Woolley Dining Hall comics
Lunch — Chicken Milanese, Vegan Lunch — Asian Sesame Chicken Cabernet Voltaire | Abe Pressman
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1 Family jewels, or
RISD’s hockey
team
5 Psyched Dot Comic | Eshan Mitra and Brendan Hainline
10 Emulate a rugrat
15 “Barbie Girl” band
16 He “uses more
exclamation points
than any other
major American
writer,” as per an
episode of “The
Simpsons”
17 Site whose name,
appropriately, is an
anagram of “movie”
18 House “where they
are just and loyal...
and unafraid of toil”
20 Nixon speechwriter
Ben
21 “Game Gonna Cost
___” (Chamillionaire
song)
22 Penetrate slowly
24 “To ___ is human”
25 Body part lost Fruitopia | Andy Kim
by Def Leppard
drummer Rick Allen
26 Have a bawl
29 Fear is the path to it,
says Yoda 70 Electropop band 10 It’s across the 45 Hip hop producer
32 Actor Neeson whose name refers street from Gotti
34 Where Harry Potter to what drive-in SuperCuts 46 Derek, in
goes? theaters were once 11 Bar mitzvahs, e.g. “American
36 Public Enemy’s called 12 Explorer Vespucci History X”
“Miuzi Weighs a 74 Language from 13 “Amish Paradise” 47 Some roomieless
___” which “polka” singer rooms
37 Nas’s “Bridging the derives 14 Actor Chaney 49 What the
___” 75 “Here I go, once 19 “___ Femmes drug K2 was
38 He sought the again with the ___, Savantes” supposed to be
Triforce of Power, every week, I hope (Moliére play) 50 Nickame for the
and used it for evil it’s from a female” 23 Supporter of New York Mets
41 Inventor Tesla (Strongbad quote) atomic power 51 First word of
43 She draws on 76 The girl in “Girl 25 Lin. ___ Dante’s “Inferno”
people after they’ve All The Bad Guys (MATH0520) 54 Swallowed hard
passed out Want” 27 “The Mighty 58 “Yeeeaaah
45 Like intramural 77 Economist Ludwig Boosh” character boooiii”
sports in the winter von ___ who says “It’s 59 “I love you,” to
48 Ruth lover, say 78 Put out, as a fire attached to your José Hippomanic | Mat Becker
52 “___ Momo” (David 79 Start of a song rod, motherlicker!” 61 Blood-typing
Byrne album) about a yellow 28 Former Oriole letters
53 Say “pretty please” polkadot bikini ___ Powell 65 “I Saw ___”
55 Go quickly DOWN 30 “Clue” weapon (Ames Brothers
56 Imperative verb in 1 Casual “no” 31 Emissions org. tune)
Daddy Yankee’s 2 Sites for small 33 Download, as 67 Years in Latin
“Gasolina” schools? from someone 68 Offerer of
57 Creator of the 3 He “cannot die. else’s iTunes Television
religion Bokononism Only the actors who 35 Letters on a Studies
60 Gun lobby org. play him!” snowy owl, on the 69 Contented sighs
62 Actor Penn 4 Word before walk or internet 71 Meg, to Chris
63 Doctors Without ride 39 Zeus turned her 72 French for
Borders, e.g.: Abbr. 5 Blow away to stone “island”
64 Show with recent 6 Emulate the iRobot 40 Kevin Lyttle 73 Zonday who
MySpace casting Scooba album that’s sang “Chocolate
calls 7 Sign in the title of written slang for Rain”
66 She initially called Cartman’s Christian “fire”
Dylan an “urban 42 Britney’s bygone Solutions and
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hillbilly” 8 Screwed (up) beau, briefly archive can be
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