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Brown faces I wish ! Journalist Rohde ’90 will


dilemma give baccalaureate address
with assault By Claire Peracchio bow and thank you” even if a recipient
is not well enough to come.

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

U. in planning stages of new dorm projects


the Wednesday before Labor Day
in order to make the fall and spring
semesters the same length.
The spring semester is currently
By Nicole Boucher shift to projects in their early stages four days longer than the fall semes-
Senior Staff Writer of planning. ter.
The University originally began The motion was initially to start
The administration will be focusing looking into expanding dorm op- the academic years of 2010–11 and
more energy on new residence halls tions on campus in 2006 and 2007, 2013–14 earlier because Rosh Hasha-
now that several major construction said Margaret Klawunn, vice presi- nah falls during the first week of Sep-
projects have gotten underway, said dent for campus life and student ser- tember in both those years. But when
Dick Spies, executive vice president vices. “We had a lot of conversations the Council met to discuss this pro-
for planning and senior adviser to with students” about what would be posal in May 2009, faculty members
the President. needed to keep upperclassmen on asked whether the University should
“As some of the early priorities campus, she said. consider making every fall semester
move along, and we get the budget “What we found in 2007 is you begin before Labor Day. The question
back in balance,” Spies said, “then need apartments and suites to make of starting the 2013–14 academic year
you can begin to focus” on projects students stay in Brown housing,” she before Labor Day has been dropped
such as expanding dorm options. said, adding that as of now, “when from the motion in order to give the
Now that the ground has been we look at our inventory, we find Council an opportunity to consider
broken on the new Alpert Medical more traditional residential life.” the permanent change.
School building and plans to begin A 2003 report which outlined The council did pass a motion to
Emmy Liss / Herald file photo building the Katherine Moran Cole- construction goals to support the move the fall 2010 semester up. It
Now that renovation projects are well underway, the University will have man Aquatics Center have been ap- Plan for Academic Enrichment will begin on Wednesday, Sept. 1, five
a chance to focus on expanding and renovating dorms, as with Minden in
proved, Spies said, the focus can
2007-08. continued on page 5 continued on page 6
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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

Trying sexual assault cases a gray area for universities


continued from page 1
have said that sexual assault inves- rape kits done,” she said. But “a sexual intercourse. Lack claimed Not long after the Lack case hit,
allegations could discourage report- tigations should be handled by the rape kit is a very lengthy, invasive that Klein had initiated intercourse, in the fall of 1996, Brown again drew
ing of sexual assault, an already un- police rather than universities. procedure” and, again, “it’s really up engaged in lucid conversation and criticism for its handling of a sexual
derreported crime, according to a “Universities and colleges are not to the victim and the victim alone,” given him her phone number the assault allegation. The University
February report by the Center for equipped to handle allegations of she said. next day, and that he did not know Disciplinary Committee declined to
Public Integrity. rape and sexual assault,” said Eliza- Both Crothers and Azhar Majeed, she was intoxicated. hear a female student’s complaint of
Brown itself has had a contro- beth Crothers, communications man- associate director of legal and pub- Associate Professor of Music Da- sexual assault against a male student,
versial history of mishandling and ager for the Rape, Abuse and Incest lic advocacy for the Foundation for vid Josephson suspected Lack had citing the complexity of the evidence.
allegedly mishandling sexual as- National Network. Individual Rights in Education, said been treated unfairly and became The male student, her ex-boyfriend,
sault allegations, including William “Overwhelmingly, victims are that universities do not do a better both his adviser and public advocate, was a relative of Jordan’s royal family
McCormick III’s current lawsuit not well served by these internal job protecting victims’ identities than helping to attract media attention to whose father had donated money to
against the University for its con- processes,” Crothers said. College police and the courts. the case. the University. The UDC’s decision
duct concerning a 2006 rape accusa- administrators are “most likely not “You can carry out a prosecution That attention included a disor- led to an investigation by the Depart-
tion against him — which prompted trained in the intricacies of this without revealing the identity of the derly on-campus confrontation be- ment of Education’s Office for Civil
Rhode Island District Federal Court crime” and too often treat sexual accuser,” Majeed said. tween ABC’s John Stossell — who Rights. According to a 1997 Univer-
Judge William Smith’s concern about misconduct “like an overdue library Majeed said universities are was filming an episode of “20/20” sity press release, the investigation
lack of police notification. book,” she said. not equipped to handle difficult — and Klein’s supporters over the was later dropped at the request of
But Crothers said her organiza- “he-said-she-said allegations” with definition of rape. the parties.
Pitfalls of trying cases tion does not have a stance on chang- “very serious repercussions both for Josephson said there was a “re-
internally ing the law to require universities to the alleged victim and the accused gime of fear” on campus surround- McCormick to the present
Citing the failure of universities to report alleged sex crimes when they individual.” Law enforcement has ing the issue of sexual assault that The ad hoc committee to review
provide proper protection to victims become aware of them. She called the “necessary expertise and back- discouraged anyone from advocating Brown’s disciplinary procedures
or, conversely, to afford the accused the issue “complicated” and said the ground” while university officials do on behalf of accused students. was convened in the aftermath of
due process, representatives from decision to report a sex crime to the not, he said. He pointed to the spring 1997 these two cases, though according to
both the Rape, Abuse and Incest Na- police is “always up to the victim.” According to Majeed, universi- issue of the campus publication “Is- Josephson, the University never ac-
tional Network and the Foundation “We encourage victims to report ties frequently do not provide full sues,” in which Vice President for knowledged a relationship between
for Individual Rights in Education to the police” and “to get forensic due process to the accused, and Campus Life and Student Services the Lack case and the committee’s
often operate with a less rigorous Margaret Klawunn, then director of creation.
sudoku standard of evidence than the legal the Sarah Doyle Women’s Center, The committee’s findings reaf-
system, which requires accusations said that men advocating for Lack firmed the UDC’s right to decline to
to be proved beyond a reasonable “are afraid that they have already hear a case, sought to “distinguish
doubt. been or will be the next Adam Lack. the UDC from courts of law” and
He called the McCormick case Many men see themselves as poten- made several procedural recommen-
“bizarre” and said it represents “an tially in that situation or have already dations, including instituting a con-
extreme example” of a university been in that situation. This case has sistent standard of a “preponderance
treating an accused student “without become a magnet for men who have of evidence” needed for conviction.
any due regard for his rights.” skeletons in the closet.” Josephson — who believes alle-
“The University and its officers Since then, Klawunn has worked gations of student misconduct that
have acted appropriately in this mat- in and overseen the Office of Student rise to the level of a crime should
ter,” Vice President for Public Af- Life, which is responsible for dealing be handled by police — called the
fairs and University Relations Marisa with allegations of sexual misconduct recommendations “Band-Aids on a
Quinn wrote in an e-mail to The Her- on campus. Klawunn, who is named severely wounded animal.”
ald April 12. “As in all instances, the as a defendant in McCormick’s law- Josephson said he thought that
University respects and maintains suit, agreed to an interview with The the Office of Student Life would be-
the confidentiality of student and Herald, but later cancelled it. She did gin to handle sexual assault cases
employee records.” not respond to questions then sent differently after Lack’s episode, but
Quinn did not comment for this to her in an e-mail. he said McCormick’s experience
article. Lack — who died in 2008 in a car “stinks of the Adam Lack case.” In
accident — was eventually exoner- the fall of 2006, Josephson was briefly
A controversial history ated by the University and went on involved with McCormick’s disci-

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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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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.”

Service and schoolwork combine in new program


By Goda Thangada “The language of service learn- not going to get a lot on Brown,” engaged scholarship among their versity, Brown said. “Brown gives
Senior Staf f Writer ing does not fly with faculty,” said he said. peers. Brown said he would tour a lot to Providence, and this is part
Kerrissa Heffernan, director of fac- Not ever y student or professor several University departments to of the thing it has to give.” Many
Community ser vice is a part of ulty engagement at the center. “We is an “engaged scholar” and not describe engaged scholarship and faculty are driven by “a moral sense
many Brown students’ extracurric- have to talk about it in language ever yone should be, Nozaki said. dispel misconceptions. that we really have to make science
ular experience, but new programs that makes sense to them.” “I don’t see our job as convincing Brown, who teaches a freshman and scholarship and academic abili-
— such as the Engaged Scholars “Just the term feels like it’s people to do this,” he said. “I don’t seminar on environmental justice, ties available to as wide a range of
Initiative — at the Swearer Center something different, foreign or not think that’s a realistic goal.” received funding from the Engaged people as possible,” he said.
for Public Service support service rigorous,” Nozaki said. Though For some professors, engaged Scholars Initiative to teach a nine- There is a tendency in academia
learning in courses and research. individual faculty members have scholarship “doesn’t fit with their week course on environmental jus- for scholars to think of the local
The center is particular about us- taken initiative to incorporate com- teaching style” and “could be a big tice to local high school students. community as a test subject, Brown
ing the term “engaged scholars” munity projects into their courses disaster,” Heffernan said. Though public outreach is re- said. When faculty think about link-
instead of “ser vice learning,” said and research, Nozaki said the new While the Swearer Center pro- quired of any professor who re- ing service to learning, it must take
Roger Nozaki MAT’89, associate program can add to the visibility of vides resources such as funding, ceives a grant from the National the form of a partnership because
dean of the college and the center’s such individual initiatives. “If you professors like Phil Brown, profes- Science Foundation, ser vice is
director. Google ‘ser vice learning,’ you’re sor of sociology, actively promote otherwise an obligation for the Uni- continued on page 4
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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.”

Renovations, major projects slated for U. buildings and dorms


continued from page 2 information center, the Student Ac- for the Alpert Medical School in the operating budget of $46.6 million, For example, he noted that
tivities Office and student organiza- Jewelr y District, to be completed the facility, which should be done both a data center upgrade and
completed before students return tions, as well as meeting areas and by August 2011, Maiorisi said. by January 2011, is part of the new new communications center for
to campus in August, said Stephen lounges, according to Paul Dietel, After a number of adaptations athletic quadrangle, Dietel said. public safety located in the Watson
Maiorisi, vice president for Facili- director of project management. to the plan, the athletics complex With the establishment of the Center for Information Technology
ties Management. The $20.8 mil- The University broke ground will undergo significant changes Department of Cognitive, Linguis- are currently in progress and will
lion space is slated to include a Tuesday on the $45 million Medical as work on the Aquatics and Fit- tic and Psychological Sciences in be finished by July 2010.
dining facility, an official University Education Building, the new home ness Center commences. With an July 2010, the merged department Several dorm renovations will
will relocate to the Metcalf Chemis- also take place, though part of the
tr y and Research Laborator y. three-year plan announced in 2008
“We were looking at a new build- “was put on hold because of the
ing, but ultimately it made more economy,” said Thomas Forsberg,
sense to use underutilized space,” associate director of housing and
Maiorisi said. residential life.
The $42 million structure should Generally, “what we’re doing
be complete by Januar y 2011, here is more of a cosmetic” job,
Dietel said. Final authorization, Forsberg said.
though expected, is still needed at All four New Pembroke build-
the Corporation meeting in May, ings will receive face-lifts — the
Maiorisi added. University plans on doing painting
In addition, construction on the and flooring work in bedrooms,
Creative Arts Center, a $40 mil- lounges, kitchens and corridors
lion project that will include spaces as well as improvements in bath-
such as a recital hall with about 200 rooms, Forsberg explained.
seats, three production studios, an Additionally, new flooring will be
electronics and multimedia lab, installed alongside a fresh paint job
as well as a galler y, will continue in Vartan Gregorian Quad Building
and be completed by December, B, he said.
according to Dietel. Dietel said these two dorm
While the building’s skeleton projects have a combined total
has gone up, the glass, mechani- budget of $2 million and in addi-
cal and electrical infrastructure tion to these initiatives, “we are
will be installed over the summer, trying to see if we can do anything
Maiorisi said, and with “more with furniture connected to these,
intense” ef forts, there will be a but that has not been finalized or
focus on ensuring the building is funded yet,” Forsberg added.
weather-tight. Another task is the replacement
The Creative Arts Center Green of the Minden Hall elevator, which
is part of the fourth phase of the has not been working well since
Walk, a passage connecting the the building opened as a student
Main Green and Pembroke Cam- residence in 2001, according to
pus scheduled to be done when the Forsberg. This will cost another
building opens in December 2010. $2 million, Dietel said.
The prior three phases of the of the Ultimately, the constructions
Walk — including the Sidney Frank under way “are all critically impor-
Hall Passage, the space between tant parts of the Plan For Academic
Waterman Street and Angell Street Enrichment to support the faculty
Green and Pembroke Hall Front and students in a way we have been
Green — are already finished, ac- tr ying to do for sometime,” Spies
cording to Facility Management’s said.
Web site. And Maiorisi said, at this point
Upcoming construction is not in the game, even amidst the im-
limited to key capital projects — mense building activity taking
the University undertakes over a place on campus “we’re looking
total of 80 assignments each sum- at the next phase of planning, the
mer, Dietel said. next capital plans.”
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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.

Forty years after ROTC’s eviction, attitudes soften on campus


continued from page 1 to ROTC. faculty status to military officers. instead grew out of students’ and who began teaching at Brown one
Bringing ROTC back to Brown’s Though that was true — “a really faculty’s increased dissatisfaction year earlier.
just off the Main Green in Lyman campus “hasn’t been part of the con- good supplementar y argument” with the Vietnam War, according “That was a repudiation of Ameri-
Hall — was abolished. Brown stu- versation so far,” said Dean of the — the major thrust to expel the to Professor Emeritus of History
dents interested in ROTC can cur- College Katherine Bergeron. military presence from College Hill and Slavic Studies Abbott Gleason, continued on page 6
rently join the Providence College But, she said, “I think it would
battalion, but in recent years, only be fruitful for us to look into ways
a handful have done so. of recognizing in some fashion the
Last week, Students For ROTC work that students do in the ROTC
held its first two public events, a program (at PC).” The form that
dinner hosting Brown ROTC alums such recognition would take hasn’t
and a panel discussion with mili- been decided yet, but more conve-
tary officers. The group, founded nient transportation to PC and the
last spring by Keith Dellagrotta ’10, possibility for academic credit for
has circulated a petition, which cur- ROTC courses are two consider-
rently has 200 signatures, calling ations, according to Bergeron.
for ROTC support. The group itself Support for students in ROTC
only has about six active members, isn’t new, she said. The University
he said. has a dean who oversees ROTC
This is not the first time that cadets and maintains a Web site
there has been talk of bringing with the program information. Top
ROTC back to College Hill since administrators, including President
its expulsion. Over the years, there Ruth Simmons, were in attendance
have been student groups, including at last year’s commissioning cer-
one that was active in 2007, letters emony, a visible sign of University
to the editor printed in The Herald support.
and reconsideration by a University Bergeron said she did see a shift
committee. in attitudes toward the military, and
But what makes now different? particularly noted the increased at-
Why might a campus that once tendance at this year’s Veteran’s Day
held rallies and sit-ins protesting ceremonies. This shift might affect
the military now consider a growing contemporary campus views on the
relationship with ROTC? ROTC program, she said.
The return of ROTC to Brown is “This isn’t 1969,” she added.
unlikely at this point — according to
retired U.S. Army LTC Paul Dulchi- Turbulent times
nos, it may not currently make sense It’s true. This isn’t 1969. Popular
for the military to invest money and criticism of today’s military often
personnel when the PC battalion is seizes upon the current “Don’t Ask
so close and there is so little student Don’t Tell” policy, which prohibits
demand. openly gay people from serving in
But certain factors, including the military — a debate that hadn’t
the possible future reformation of even begun before ROTC left cam-
“Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” and a shift in pus.
attitude, point to the changed nature In 1969, when ROTC protests
of a debate over ROTC at Brown. had reached their fever pitch, the
For one, Brown is not alone. military draft was looming for male
Groups at Harvard and Columbia students.
have also been working to re-es- In the official 1969 vote calling
tablish support for the program. for the phase-out, the faculty cited
A recent Boston Globe article de- problems with awarding academic
scribed this as the “thawing” of elite course credit for arguably less rig-
university administrators’ opposition orous ROTC classes and granting
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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.”

Brown participation in PC ROTC low


continued from page 5 she wears her uniform, which can credit might convince more people
provoke unusually long stares, she to consider ROTC.
can foreign policy,” he said. said. Students sometimes ask “what “You’re a college student first
The phase-out left open the pos- is this?” or “are you in a play?” she and a cadet second,” she said.
sibility for ROTC to return, provided said, adding that the most com-
that seven conditions — including, mon response to her cadet status Opening opportunities…
for example, that ROTC courses “not is simple curiosity. That may be, but several speak-
carry credit” at Brown and that the The most common criticism of ers at last week’s dinner said they
awarding of degrees not be based the military that she hears is from found their ROTC participation to
on ROTC participation — were met. students opposing the Don’t Ask be a defining experience at Brown.
Following further negotiations with Don’t Tell policy, she said. But as Alums and military officers spoke
the military, these conditions proved some military officers at the panel glowingly of the leadership and
incompatible with U.S. military reg- pointed out, that policy was decided personal experience they gained,
ulations and the program was fully by civilian politicians, not the mili- calling their units a “second home”
abolished. After 55 years of ROTC tary, she said. or their “family.”
at Brown, 1972 was the last. Joung, an ROTC scholarship Beyond the military’s positive
recipient, is required to fulfill eight effects on Brown students, the of-
Travelin’ down the hill years of duty, four of them active. ficers and veterans made another
In the late 1980s, around 15 She hopes to work in military intel- case for ROTC — the positive effect
Brown students participated in the ligence, using her knowledge of Rus- of Brown students on the military.
PC ROTC unit. sian and Korean, though she won’t “Restoration of ROTC may actu-
Today, there is just one: Joy know her future military career path ally liberalize the narrow view that
Joung ’11. until she takes an evaluation exam characterizes (the military),” said
The number of Brown partici- next summer. But this exam won’t Clarke Ryder ’61 at the dinner.
pants in ROTC has been relatively determine everything — 40 percent Officers at the panel were also
low for several years, according to of a cadet’s final evaluation score is quick to remind the audience of the
Dulchinos, who served as profes- determined by their college grade military’s need for top-tier students.
sor of military science for the PC point average, she said. During his time as a professor of
ROTC Battalion from 2005 to 2008. “They stress school,” Joung said, military science for the PC battalion,
But just one cadet is a particularly adding that she was surprised with U.S. Army LTC Steven McGonagle
low presence, he said. how flexible the program was to commissioned about 100 cadets, but
Joung drives her roommate’s accommodate both her academic only two ever made it to the elite
car to PC for her 6:30 a.m. physical schedule and her varsity hockey Ranger regiment — and both were

Thanks for reading! training session five days a week,


and on Wednesdays she returns
commitment. But it is still a diffi-
cult balance, she said, adding that
Brown students, he said.
One of those two students, Scott
for an afternoon of militar y labs greater institutional support in the
and classes. On these class days, form of transportation or course continued on page 8
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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

Freeman, Richards to receive degrees


Burch said he had requested the following: penetration, violent
the shorts from the University in physical force or injury.” Convic-
order to have them tested, but the tion for the latter would generally
continued from page 1 graduating seniors as speakers. she said. request had been denied. The Uni- result in expulsion, according to
“I’m guessing that (Rohde’s) Baccalaureate speakers and hon- versity’s non-academic disciplinary the recommendations.
guished roster of seven other promi- speech to the class will be focused orary degree recipients are selected procedures do not include a policy It also recommended the cre-
nent statesman, scholars and public on themes that he has talked about by a committee of corporation mem- on the use of forensic evidence in ation of an “Office for Student
figures. These include actor Morgan quite a bit since then, as in the place bers and faculty, Cooper Nelson said. disciplinary matters. Conduct” that would deal with
Freeman, computer science innova- of journalism, the freedom of the Anyone can nominate individuals for Last fall, Burch resigned his po- both academic and non-academic
tor Barbara Liskov, Iranian novelist press and keeping the world’s voice selection. sition as assistant wrestling coach. violations.
Shahrnush Parsipur, Planned Parent- visible,” Cooper Nelson said. She said
hood chief Cecile Richards ’80, India she has not yet received the title of
scholar Romila Thapur and Professor his speech.
Emeritus of History Gordon Wood. The baccalaureate speech harkens
Many of the degree recipients in back to a 13th century tradition of
attendance will take part in forums presenting the “laurels of oration”
and other events on May 29, the press to graduating seniors, according to
release said. No recipient will speak at Cooper Nelson.
the Commencement ceremony, since “Mr. Rohde’s speech is the gift
it is Brown tradition to feature two we’re giving to the undergraduates,”

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.

News tips? corrections


herald@browndailyherald.com
A headline in Wednesday’s Herald (“Two football players drafted from
College Hill to the NFL,” April 28) incorrectly stated that two players
were drafted to the NFL. In fact, only David Howard ’09.5 was drafted.
Bobby Sewall ’10 signed a free-agent contract after the draft.

An article in Wednesday’s Herald, (“Faculty continue heated tenure


debate,”April 28) misattributed two quotations to Michel-Andre Bossy,
professor of comparative literature and French studies. The quotations
should have been attributed to Edward Ahearn, also a professor of
comparative literature and French studies, who was seated beside Bossy
at the faculty meeting. The Herald regrets the errors.
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The Brown Daily Herald
“Eggs are where it’s at.”
— Julian Forge, owner of Julian’s

Thursday, April 29, 2010 | Page 9

Brunch on Broadway, with fresh flavors and flair A long road


By Roberto Ferdman
Staff Writer
both kitchens are fully staffed. Chefs
and sous-chefs warm the ovens and to Nov. in
R.I. contests
ready the food, and waiters prepare
Outside, crowds have begun to the tables for the swarms of eager
gather in anticipation, and inside, customers that file in each day. “Most
ovens and stoves are nearly warm of the staff get here before six and
enough to welcome the hundreds of start turning everything on and set-
orders they will field that day. A full ting everything up,” Wagner said. By Bradley Silverman
staff has spent the past hour cracking But once the crowds have begun Staff Writer
eggs and readying potatoes, and the to shuffle in, preparation becomes
aroma of fresh drip coffee now seeps an afterthought and the food takes When Patrick Kennedy was first
through the locked doors. It is Sat- center stage. elected to Congress in 1994, his
urday morning on Broadway Street, At Julian’s, the hard menu offers victory marked a rare bright note
and brunch is about to begin.  many offshoots of traditional brunch in an otherwise dismal year for the
and breakfast plates such as The Democratic Party.
REVIEW Desperado, eggs benedict made with Democrats had lost eight seats
avocado and fresh salsa; The Sweet in the Senate and 54 in the House
Locals will flock to Federal Hill’s Potato, Broccoli and Swiss Hash, a of Representatives, relinquishing
budding street for the weekend twist on the American beef-based control of both chambers for the
meal, and most will have only two dish; and The Pesto-fu, a pesto tofu first time since the Eisenhower ad-
places in mind: Julian’s and Nicks on scramble of kale, caramelized onions, ministration. Despite the Kennedy
Broadway. Though they’re a quick oyster mushrooms, shredded carrot victory, Rhode Island Republicans
stroll from one another, each offers and roasted brussels sprouts. had an unusually strong showing in
its own unique twist on the weekend But the menu also includes sepa- a traditionally blue state. The party
dining experience. rate sections for simpler egg dishes maintained control of Sen. John Cha-
and omelets. fee’s U.S. Senate seat, took control
The aesthetic “Eggs are where it’s at,” Forge of the governor’s office and won two
Julian’s is decorated head to toe, said of breakfast. “It’s where it all of the other three statewide offices.
with scarcely a crack left untouched. begins.” In addition, John’s son Lincoln Cha-
“It’s a floor-to-ceiling kind of place,” Down the street, Nicks on Broad- fee ’75 won his bid for reelection as
Roberto Ferdman / Herald
said Julian Forge, its owner and Nicks on Broadway serves creative and traditional weekend brunch. way offers a similarly eclectic range mayor of Warwick. Five years later,
founder. “I just tried to hit every of choices. On the same page one he was appointed to his late father’s
corner.”  can find Brioche French Toast, va- Senate seat.
But the decorations at Julian’s it after a yin yang,” he said. “Half thing from the flow of the space to nilla battered and thick cut with Fit- With many political observers
begin before one enters the door. kitchen, half restaurant.”   the white, pristine china that Wagner zhugh Family Vermont maple; Tofu predicting a repeat of the 1994 mid-
Red canvas awnings hang over its In stark contrast to Julian’s chose drives home its crisp mod- and Seasonal Vegetables, sauteed terms at the national level, several
entrance and the windows are dot- complicated aesthetic, Nicks on ern ambiance. “I was conscious of with garlic, herbs and lemon; Grilled familiar faces from that chapter in
ted with flyers advertising poetry Broadway welcomes its patrons to everything, from the silverware to Yellow-fin Tuna; and The Special, two Rhode Island’s political history are
readings, art shows and open-mic a modest facade made of brick and the lighting,” he said.  eggs any style, home-fried potatoes again at the center of the action in
nights. glass. “I was going for an urban, The product of Wagner’s careful and toast. the current election cycle.
Once inside, the walls range from contemporary environment,” said work is a neat arrangement of shapes But the hard menus at Julian’s Today Lincoln Chafee is running
solid bright red to exposed brick, all Derek Wagner, its owner and op- and colors, a minimalistic Miro to and Nicks on Broadway are com- for governor, four years after being
cluttered with alternative art, and erator. “There’s no art, the tables Julian’s busy Pollock. plemented with extensive specials unseated by Sheldon Whitehouse as
customers are seated around intri- are bare, and there are lots of clean, menus. part of a Democratic tidal wave and
cately decorated tables. “I wanted open spaces. I want people to focus The brunch “It’s the specials that allow our three years after leaving the Republi-
there to be lots going on,” Forge on the food.” Preparation begins long before chefs to be creative every day,” can party. Kennedy — who has since
said. And much like at Julian’s, the the crowds of hungry patrons line Forge said. held the House seat continuously —
From the lengthy specials menu food is prepared in plain view of its up for their weekend fix. And perhaps it is the emphasis announced his decision not to seek
that sits at the bar’s edge, to the customers. Only a long, red, granite “We don’t open until 7 a.m. on on creative cuisine that really brings reelection in February, setting off
range of wall hangings and scattered bar guards the kitchen. Saturday, but there are days and the two restaurants to the forefront a highly-contested race to replace
trinkets, the restaurant overflows “That’s part of the charm,” Wag- days of preparation that go into our of weekend daytime dining. him that has the potential to alter the
with visual information. ner said. “It makes the whole experi- weekends,” Wagner said. “I try to make things that are well- political make-up of the state.
But a sense of balance was equal- ence more intimate.” At Julian’s, it is no different. respected from a culinary perspec- In 1995, Kennedy’s youth and
ly as important to Forge. A swerv- But the interior is truly brought “It’s the same type of deal here,” tive, but also interesting and fresh,” famous name made him stand out
ing bar forms the division between to life with an abundance of red tile, he said.
kitchen and restaurant. “I designed stainless steel and dark wood. Every- Hours before their doors open, continued on page 11 continued on page 10

On a rainy day, final push for census in Central Falls


By Crystal Vance Guerra place at Jenks Park in Central Falls, ing to census data. This is especially The Complete Count campaign in black, and when pressured to choose
Contributing Writer one of the Census Bureau’s “hard- important for Central Falls, which is Rhode Island, Begert wrote, “is one one, “most people want to be white,”
to-count” cities. In the 2000 census, the most densely populated and the of hundreds or thousands of Com- Martinez said.
A rainy Saturday morning did not stop only 47 percent of the city partici- poorest city in Rhode Island. plete Count Committees across the The committee suggested that
the Rhode Island Latino Complete pated, compared to Rhode Island’s With a population of almost country.” Their campaign began last those who identify as Latino check
Count Committee from going out, 79 percent return rate, according to 19,000, Central Falls’ poverty rate is April and culminated on Saturday the “some other race” box and write
door to door, on April 17 to encourage Census Bureau data. almost double that of Rhode Island. with the Census Marathon. in their nationality, said Martinez.
Central Falls residents to fill out the This year’s census slogan, “¡Si Twenty-nine percent of individuals “The census overall,” Bueno said, “I am Mexican in origin,” said
census forms. no nos cuentan, no contamos!” — If live below the poverty line. “put a lot of attention to the message Martinez explaining her support
“It was the last chance, the last they don’t count us, we don’t count! Volunteers met Saturday in the and got it out.” for the suggested response, “and I
day, to fill out the census,” said Marta — expresses the opinion of many Progreso Latino building to gather Martinez also pointed to this consider myself neither black nor
Martinez, the Latina partnership spe- community organizers in Central census forms and census “swag” — confusion about race as well as con- white.”
cialist for the U.S. Census Bureau in Falls. hats, bags and pencils — before can- cerns about immigration status as The primacy of nationality also
Rhode Island who called the event “a The low census return rate in vassing the one-square-mile commu- the two most frequently cited reasons caused confusion with the question
community effort.” 2000, said Martinez, meant that the nity, wrote participant Blanca Begert why residents had not filled out the of ethnicity.
The organizers came from various federal government underestimated ’12 in an e-mail to The Herald. forms. “People aren’t used to it … all of
community organizations including the level of need in Central Falls. Progreso Latino, a Central Falls “Most of the people who live in a sudden going from Puerto Rican,
Progreso Latino, Fuerza Laboral and Census results determine the dis- community organization, has been Central Falls,” said Martinez, “are Guatemalan (or) Colombian to His-
the International Institute. Students tribution of $400 billion in federal aiding the Census 2010 campaign very recent immigrants. They’re not panic,” said Martinez.
from Providence College and Brown aid — money that funds programs since this winter, said Mario Bueno, used to being categorized by race.” Language was another area of
also participated. for children and the elderly as well executive director of the organiza- Most Latinos do not identify
The “Census Marathon” took as infrastructure projects, accord- tion. themselves racially as either white or continued on page 11
Page 10 THE BROWN DAILY HERALD Thursday, April 29, 2010

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.”

Looking to the past to Dishing up a delicious brunch


forecast R.I.’s future continued from page 9 streets would follow.” the kitchen, and the first floor will
health care reform may have passed, And seven years later, Nicks on be the restaurant,” he said. “I want
continued from page 10
and questioning whether Republi- Wagner said of his special’s menu. Broadway followed suit, opening just to be able to hit all the Providence
viable candidate. Neither Robitaille cans have peaked too soon. Experimental dishes at Nicks on across the street. hotspots.”
nor former state representative Vic- In 1994, Schiller said, Democrats Broadway have included Pate and But unlike most competing And Wagner is currently finish-
tor Moffitt, who is also seeking the accomplished little with their large Eggs, Oysters and Caviar and Pork businesses, the two began what ing an expansion that will include a
GOP nod, are considered strong majorities and were seen as ineffec- Belly. “They are things people don’t has become a highly supportive full bar and a patio.
candidates, with most polls showing tive. This time, she said, they have normally see on a brunch menu,” relationship. “It has always been so “I really think me and Derek are
the Republican candidate coming more substantial achievements to Wagner said. “The food is always a important to have Julian’s blessing,” the trendsetters in the business,”
in third. tout. constant source of inspiration.” Wagner said. “After work I used to Forge said.
“It’s not going to be a good year “They need to be extremely clear And both said of their evolving walk over (to Julian’s) and have a But neither are worried about
for Republicans in Rhode Island in about the benefits of legislation they menus that there is still much more beer.”  outgrowing each other’s company.
the governor’s race,” Duffy said. have enacted,” she said. “Democrats to come. Today, both restaurants have Though Nicks on Broadway no lon-
“There will not be a Republican gov- are inherently worse at simplifying cemented themselves as founda- ger sits across the street from Ju-
ernor in January.” their message than Republicans.” A mutual respect tional pieces of the increasingly hip lian’s, Wagner and Forge are proud
Passing health care could be the Fifteen years ago when Julian’s Broadway Street, but neither has of their lasting friendship.
Looking ahead to November biggest difference for Democrats first opened, Broadway Street was relinquished its perpetual goal of “We’d borrow sugar from each
Duffy said that one advantage between today and 1994, said Cha- far from the trendy area it has be- improvement. other if we needed to,” Wagner
Democrats have today that they fee, who identified a high degree of come. “Half of the houses were Forge recently bought a dou- said.
didn’t in 1994 is foresight. partisanship as the biggest similarity still boarded up,” Forge said. But ble-decker bus he is in the process The appreciation is mutual. “Yup,
“It was hard to see the tidal wave between now and then. that was part of its lure. “I figured, of converting into a “Julian’s on that’s exactly the type of relationship
coming,” she said. “No Democrat is Schiller cautioned that Republi- if I fixed the front streets, the back wheels.” “The second floor will be that we have,” Julian responded.
asleep today.” cans should work with Democrats a
Duffy said that other than trying few times between now and Novem-

SLA asks for boycott at meeting


to fire up their base, Democrats have ber lest they be seen as deliberately
limited options to stem their losses obstructionist. Surprises may still
in the fall. come, she said. “Nobody predicted
“Midterms are never about the 1994.”
out party, so it almost doesn’t matter Whatever may come this No- continued from page 2 SLA called for these labor dis- picket lines in order to hold their
what they do,” she said. vember, one thing is certain: If this putes to be included in escape conferences, according to SLA
Schiller sounded slightly more election is at all like 1994, its impact ees have called for a boycott due clauses within contracts, with member Haley Kossek ’13.
optimistic for Democrats, speculat- will continue to reverberate in Rhode to labor disputes and failed con- language stipulating the ability Kossek said SLA is calling for
ing that the zenith of anger over Island for years to come. tract negotiation. to get out of a contract without a similar “protocol that student
The call comes after this year’s financial penalty. groups not cross a picket line”
Gala had to be moved from the SLA is also looking into a because “crossing a picket line
Westin Hotel downtown to an on- resolution passed in November is not a neutral act.” These dis-

Three-year bachelor’s campus venue after employees


called for a boycott because of
2005 by the American Associa-
tion of University Professors that
cussions will continue into the
fall, and Kossek urged UCS sup-

degree gains popularity


contract negotiations. advised members to not cross port.

By Larry Gordon many are not rushing to graduate


Los Angeles T imes into a depressed economy. But she
recommends a fast track “to any-
LOS ANGELES — Kayla Bortolazzo body who is really motivated, feels
is about to finish college in just three they have the time to commit to it
years, a rare accomplishment that and really wants to get out in the
some educators around the country job market.”
hope to make more common. Students like Bortolazzo are
A resident of Redding, Calif., drawing attention these days as
Bortolazzo is enrolled in a special families look to reduce tuition bills
program at Southern Oregon Uni- and colleges try to stretch limited
versity that waives some introduc- budgets and classroom space. About
a dozen, mostly small, U.S. colleges
WORLD & NATION and universities now offer formal
routes to earning a degree in three
tory classes for academically gifted years instead of the usual four or
students and gives them first dibs at five. And many others, including the
course registration. So in the fall, the University of California, are studying
20-year-old English education major ways to start such an option.
will head to graduate school and “It’s really indefensible in the cur-
then, she hopes, a teaching career rent environment for universities not
— with a year’s worth of unspent to be exploring more efficient use
tuition dollars still in her family’s of their facilities and how to save
pocket. students time and money,” said
Bortolazzo said she knows that
finishing college in three years won’t
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., a
Thanks for reading!
work for most students and that continued on page 13
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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.

With Zen group, focusing on breathing


By Brigitta Greene The Zen Group was founded “There is a deepening sense of al-
Metro Editor in the early 70s when Korean Zen ready being fine, of already being
Master Seung Sahn began practic- perfect, of already being okay.”
There is no “correct” style to sit ing in Providence. The group holds And though Zen meditation
on the Zafu. The plump meditation four open meditations each week is one path towards this peace, it
cushion ­— filled with buckwheat or in Manning Chapel. On Wednes- “doesn’t have to be done sitting on
kapok fiber ­— can be firm or soft. day, Thursday and Saturday af- a cushion.” While students often
It can placed directly on the floor ternoons, the sessions are about clear their minds at the gym or on
or on a zabuton — a stuffed floor an hour long. Twenty minutes of the tennis court, the Zen Group
mat to cushion the knees and the sitting meditation is followed by “just created a space to explore and
ankles. Legs can be cross-legged 10 minutes of walking, another 20 to create dialogue,” he said.
or folded directly beneath. minutes of sitting and then a brief “It’s not a linear thing,” said
With three harsh snaps of the reading. Adam Yarnell ’10. Though some
Chukpi, the meditation begins. Monday evening’s sessions in- days it can be incredibly gratify-
Zach Schlosser ’10.5, one of three clude an initial half-hour of chant- ing, “some days it’s really frustrat-
leaders of Brown’s Zen Group, ing. ing.”
settles into his breath. The experience of meditation is Zen meditation is a Buddhist
“It’s a sense of finally, finally different for ever yone, Schlosser tradition, but the Brown Zen Group
resting,” he said. “Of finally, finally said, but it is about “attention being is practice-oriented. The group
being okay. Of finally, finally not right here, right now.” Through brings in teachers to lead medita-
needing to get anywhere or do meditation, personal conflict and tions and give lectures, and holds
anything.” stress come to the surface, he said. one day-long retreat each year.

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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

Educators disagree on three-year degrees ciation is not a formalized institu-


tion,” said Osman Chaudhr y ’11,
worship in the form of Friday
prayer, said Coolidge, as well as
but a “really nice place to talk the study of the Quran.
continued from page 11 which usually waive some require- pared academically, have financial about faith.” The Muslim Students Asso-
ments or push students to take very problems or can’t enroll in oversub- For non-Muslims, the orga- ciation has been a “source of
former U.S. Education Department heavy course loads. Others say that scribed classes, he said. nization provides opportunities suppor t,” and “made me feel
secretary who is a strong advocate most college students just need the Hurley, the association’s director for the Brown community to get welcome,” Chaudhr y said.
of three-year degrees. Even if they extra year to grow up — and to ex- of state relations and policy analysis, to know more about Islam and “Through dialogue, I have
make up a minority of college popu- plore. also said it was unrealistic to assume meet Muslims “in the flesh,” said challenged my own beliefs,” he
lations, he said, “some well-prepared Daniel Hurley of the American that most students start with the Coolidge. said. “The Muslim Students As-
students can do their work in three Association of State Colleges and fixed major and career choices that People of many faiths attend sociation is a really nice place to
years, and colleges should create a Universities said it is misguided to a three-year degree requires. “Many the association’s festivities and talk about faith.”
track for them.” focus on three-year degrees when students change majors, and thank
Not everyone agrees. Some edu- most college students struggle to God we did. Otherwise we would
cators worry that academic quality graduate in five or even six years. be miserable and underemployed,” www.browndailyherald.com
could suffer in three-year programs, Many such students are under-pre- he said.
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Former hoops star MacDonald ’08 back in the community


BY Ben Noble “I was always thinking about “Even in underserved communi- team has always been like my fam- Oregon State University in 2008, he
Staf f Writer ways to give back,” he said. “This ties, every kid deserves to be on a ily.” still keeps in touch with MacDonald,
was an opportunity where I could team and have a chance to play,” he MacDonald played forward all who saw him in New York last Mon-
Mark MacDonald ’08 always knew combine sports, service and busi- said. “Inner-city kids are struggling four years at Brown and cites then- day. Robinson, who is the brother
he wanted to give back. But after try- ness experience.” with so many issues, but playing Head Coach Craig Robinson as a of First Lady Michelle Obama, was
ing out for a professional basketball As outreach associate at Up2Us, sports after school helps them build major influence and mentor. in town for an interview with Time
team in Europe and then spending MacDonald organizes regional self confidence.” “He taught me that every prac- magazine. MacDonald was also in
a year as a media consultant, he conferences around the countr y MacDonald’s selflessness is noth- tice is a teaching opportunity,” Mac- for a special treat: a chance to watch
realized he did not want to wait to at which leaders of youth sports ing new. As a teenager, he earned Donald said. “I really grew so much the live taping of his old coach on
start his mission. groups can meet each other and the “Junior Class Award for overall as a person under him.” the Colbert Report.
MacDonald, who was captain learn how to expand and improve excellence in character, scholarship, Upon graduating with a degree MacDonald said he has found a
of the men’s basketball team his their programs. athletics and service to others” at in political science, MacDonald trav- lot of similarities between playing
senior year at Brown, is working “It’s really helpful to have these Lexington High School in Lexing- eled to Belgium and played in tri- basketball and working at Up2Us.
at Up2Us as a yearlong volunteer conferences because a lot of the ton, Mass., where he was a standout als for the EuroBasket professional “A lot of the people I work with
with AmeriCorps VISTA, a govern- groups we work with have never varsity athlete in three sports. league. But he injured himself be- are athletes,” he explained. “Like
ment-sponsored service program networked before,” he said. He also understood and appreci- fore he could sign a contract and re- being part of a team, we rely on each
that matches civilians wanting to MacDonald is also tasked with a ated the power of athletics from a turned to the U.S. to work as a con- other and work together for a com-
serve with nonprofits. Up2Us is a variety of marketing and advocacy young age, he said. sultant at the Fenton Group, a public mon goal.”
New York-based coalition of over efforts, including using social me- “I come from a single-parent relations firm in Providence. Jesse Agel, Brown’s current head
400 sports-based youth development dia to spread the word about the household, and sports has been a After a couple years, MacDonald coach and a former assistant under
organizations nationwide. importance of youth sports. big part of my life,” he said. “My decided he wanted to focus on serv- Robinson, had nothing but praise for
ing underprivileged communities MacDonald.
and began exploring various Ameri- “He was an intense competitor,
Corps VISTA programs. He said he but more importantly, he was a
was drawn to Up2Us because of the great teammate,” Agel said. “He was
possibility of combining his passions keenly aware of helping his young
for sports and service. teammates out, and he always came
“I really liked what this program with a great attitude.”
stood for,” he said. “It was a pretty “He was exactly what you want
easy decision.” in a captain,” he added.
Up2Us, meanwhile, was looking Matthew Muller y ’10 played
for someone with experience in both with MacDonald for two years at
communications and sports, accord- Brown.
ing to Director of Member Services “Mark always has other people’s
Nick Beckman. interests at heart,” Mullery said. “I
“I remember reading Mark’s get the sense that he gets a great
application and thinking to myself, deal of fulfillment in what he’s doing
‘This guy is too good to be true,’ ” right now.”
Beckman wrote in an e-mail to The He said MacDonald joined
Herald. this year’s graduating players and
“Mark, who grew up playing their families for dinner on senior
basketball, experienced first hand night.
what Up2Us is all about: getting kids “He is a real class act and a great
involved in sports so they can learn role model for the younger guys to
teamwork, leadership, discipline, look up to,” Mullery said.
perseverance and achieve on the MacDonald said no matter what
field and in the classroom,” Beck- he does next, service will continue
man wrote. “And he’s more than to be an integral part of his life.
made good on that application.” “If you have the resources to give
MacDonald, who joined Up2Us back to your country, you should
in September, has six months left. because there are so many people
He said consulting is a possible next in need,” MacDonald said.
step when his program ends. But he “I think he has the intelligence
said the business world would only and charisma and skill set to exceed
be temporary, and he would like to in any job at any company or orga-
come back to sports in the future, nization,” Beckman wrote.
just like Robinson did. “He really sees the big picture,”
Robinson, who played basketball Agel added. “It was an honor to have
at Princeton under legendary coach a coached a kid who just had a great
Pete Carril, spent a decade as a bond perspective.”
trader on Wall Street before turning “For him now to go out and try
to coaching. to make the world a better place,
Although Robinson left Brown for that’s not a surprise at all.”
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S ports T hursday
Around the Bend: BASEBALL

Can’t-miss matchups Bruno falls twice to Big Green


BY Chan Hee Chu
Spor ts Staf f Writer
By Han Cui May 16. This Eastern College
Assistant Spor ts Editor Athletic Conference event will Desperately needing a win to keep
also determine the Ivy League pace with Dartmouth in the Ivy
As reading period kicks off, Brown champion. League standings, the baseball
students are getting ready for final Women’s crew will host team hosted the Big Green Tuesday
exams and papers. However, the Yale this Saturday at 11 a.m. The and Wednesday. The games were
spring sports teams will continue Bears will then prepare for the originally scheduled for Sunday but
competing until the summer. Here Eastern Association of Women’s had to be postponed due to rain.
is a look at their upcoming com- Rowing Colleges Sprints in Cam- Despite jumping out to an early
petitions: den, N.J., scheduled to kick off 1-0 lead Tuesday, the Bears lost
Baseball will face off against on May 16. the game, 8-4.
Yale in its last series of the sea- Men’s and women’s track On Wednesday, the Big Green
son. The Bears will host the Bull- and field have a busy end-of- scored early and often to take a
dogs in the first two games of the the-year schedule with competi- 10-3 lead heading into the bottom
series, starting at 1 p.m. Friday. tions on ever y weekend until the of the seventh. But the Bears’ bats
They will then travel to Yale to end of May. They will compete came alive late to make the game
play the second doubleheader at the Princeton Elite Meet this close before succumbing, 13-10, to
Saturday, beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday. And on May 8 and 9, the Dartmouth.
Softball has a similar schedule, Bears will return to Princeton to
as the team plays a four-game se- compete at the Ivy League Hep- Dartmouth 8, Brown 4 Jonathan Bateman / Herald
ries against Yale, with the first two tagonal Championship. The fol- On Tuesday, Matt Kimball ’11 Ryan Zrenda ’11 scored two home runs in Wednesday’s game against
Dartmouth.
games at home Friday starting at lowing weekend, Bruno will once matched up against Big Green
2 p.m. and the last two away Satur- again be at Princeton to compete pitcher Kyle Hendricks — a lying on one starter to carry them better than them,” Drabinski said.
day beginning at 12:30 p.m. at the ECAC/Intercollegiate As- 39th-round draft pick out of high for the majority of the game, the “But our pitching and defense really
Men’s lacrosse will host sociation of Amateur Athletics school. Kimball lasted 6 1/3 in- Bears chose to empty their bullpen let us down. It’s disappointing that
Dartmouth Saturday for a 1 p.m. of America Championships May nings, giving up eight runs, six with hopes of securing a win. But 40 games into the season guys are
game. The Bears will compete 14–16. earned, on eight hits while striking the bullpen was ineffective. still doing the same things wrong
in the Ivy League Tournament Women’s water polo will play out six. The Bears scored a run “I thought Brad Kottman (’13) they did at the beginning.”
if they end the season as one of in the first round of the Eastern off Hendricks in each of the first pitched well and so did John Mur- The Bears blasted five home
the top four teams in the confer- Championships in College Park, four innings, including a home run phy (’12) at the end,” said Head runs in the loss, including two by
ence. Princeton currently stands Md., Friday at 4 p.m against Indi- over the right field fence by Pete Coach Marek Drabinski. “But ev- Ryan Zrenda ’11. Feit had anoth-
alone atop the rankings with a 4-1 ana. The Bears earned a spot to Greskoff ’11 in the third. Those er yone else was either walking er strong game, going 4-6 with a
record but is closely followed by compete at Easterns after they four runs were all the Bears could people or giving up hits.” home run. Matt Colantonio ’11 also
Yale, Cornell and Brown, who all defeated Harvard, 14-10, earlier muster against Hendricks and the Eight Brown pitchers combined chipped in with three hits, including
hold a 3-2 record. in the season. The women are the Dartmouth bullpen. First baseman to give up 13 runs on 13 hits. And a home run, and three RBI.
Women’s lacrosse will look sixth seed out of eight teams. Last Cody Slaughter ’13 led the Bears whenever the Bears scored, the Big With the losses to Dartmouth,
for a win against Duke on May 9 year, the team was the fifth seed offensively, going 3-3 with a RBI. Green answered back. Dartmouth the Bears will seek to rebound by
at 11 a.m. in order to finish the and finished in fourth place. Josh Feit ’11 chipped in two hits was helped out by an unusually wild welcoming in the Yale Bulldogs for
season with a winning record. Equestrian will travel to and two runs. outing by the Brown staff, as they a pair of doubleheaders on Friday
Men’s crew will race at Princ- Lexington, Ky., to compete in walked a total of nine batters and hit and Saturday. In addition to having
eton on Saturday to finish its the Intercollegiate Horse Show Dartmouth 13, Brown 10 an additional three. The Bears also a strong showing against Yale, the
regular season. The Bears (4-0, Association Nationals May 6–9. After losing the day before, the committed two errors in the game, Bears need Harvard to at least split
2-0 ECAC) will enter the Eastern The Bears will tr y to improve Bears needed a win in Wednesday’s giving them a total of 11 in only four against Dartmouth this weekend to
Association of Rowing Colleges from their 10th-place finish last game to get back into a tie for the meetings with Dartmouth. have a chance to play for the Ivy
Sprints at Worcester, Mass., on season. Rolfe Division lead. Rather than re- “I thought our hitting was a little League Championship.

IVY LEAGUE SPORTS BRIEF

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

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S ports T hursday “It’s football 90 percent of your life.”


— Colin Cloherty ’09, on his time in the NFL

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.”

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Thursday, April 29, 2010 | Page 17

Folk festival aims to


recreate the magic
By Luisa Robledo played in dozens of shows across
Staff Writer the country. “This will be a nice
change for them.”
The sounds of acoustic guitars, Thompson said Saturday’s fes-
harmonicas and soft melodies tival will be the first time she has
will fill the air by Lincoln Field on been invited to play on campus.
Saturday. Featuring 16 perform- “I’m very glad to be recognized
ers, including both bands and solo at my home, Brown University,”
artists, the second annual Brown she said.
Folk Festival is bound to be a day “Most of the time I play for peo-
of good music on College Hill. ple my age,” she said. “I hope that
“We’re excited for a day of live students will be able to relate to my
music,” said Avi Kenny ’11, one of songs about death and dying.”
the festival co-coordinators. “A lot Joshua Garcia ’11, winner of the
of different styles will be featured festival’s student band competition,
in the festival.” will play guitar and harmonica and Kim Perley / Herald file photo
The day’s activities will include sing his own pieces. “I’m really ex- This Saturday’s RISD Alumni Spring Art Sale will feature about 170 artists.
several instructional workshops cited,” Garcia said. “It will be pretty

Spring awakens artistic talents


encouraging the audience to have cool to play around campus.”
a more personal experience with The piece that won Garcia his
folk music and dances, according place among the 15 other per-
to a press release from Kenny. formers is called “A Pocket Full
The day will end with a three- of Gold,” which he said is about
hour contra-dance performance money and “buying things.” By Anita Badejo ing to Tracy, the first October sale and include food and live jazz music
in Sayles Hall. “Providence has some sort of Staff Writer was hosted by the school 22 years from the Alex Snydman Evolution
“We hope people get really into home-like feel to it,” Garcia said. ago and the addition of the spring Trio, is “all over the place” in terms
it,” Kenny said. “It will be interest- “It is very conducive to writing folk Silk scarves, glass bead jewelry, show came a few years later. of the items sold, Tracy said. While
ing to see how the different musi- music.” furniture, paintings and hairy “Night- “It’s come a long way,” Tracy some items may be priced at as
cal communities interact with each Pirate-themed a cappella group mare Snatcher” journals are just a said, adding that the sale has gone high as hundreds of dollars, Tracy
other.” ARRR!!! and student band Last few of the many items to be featured from originally featuring only a said the price of many will be “very
Associate Dean of Biological Good Tooth, one of the opening and sold in the Rhode Island School “couple dozen artists” to about 170 achievable” for attendees.
Sciences Marjorie Thompson, a acts for Spring Weekend, will also of Design’s annual Alumni Spring participants this year. The school Though most artists featured in
renowned finger-style guitarist, be performing. Art Sale on Saturday. had to turn down approximately 60 Saturday’s sale are from New Eng-
will perform an acoustic guitar set The concert will start at 11 a.m. The spring sale is one of three artists that would have liked to be land, Pennsylvania and Delaware
and said she is looking forward to and last for 10 hours. “We hope this main sales featuring alums’ work featured, according to Tracy. “It re- — including 75 to 80 from Rhode
playing for students. is the beginning of a long Brown that RISD hosts each year, the other ally can’t get any bigger,” he said. Island — there will also be artists
“They are used to hearing me tradition that becomes bigger and two being in October and December, Shoppers will see that the sale, from a diverse range of states, such
lecture about kidneys and other grows over the years,” Kenny said Alan Tracy, event coordinator which will take place outdoors on
stuff,” said Thompson, who has said. for Career Services at RISD. Accord- Benefit Street from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. continued on page 18

Fairy tales come true (with songs too) in PW play


By Amy Chen Into the woods they go, encoun- enter and exit often without warning of magical beans, the absurd vanity Rapunzel’s sweet and dreamy Prince
Staff Writer tering other fairy tale characters in and seemingly from nowhere. From of Cinderella’s stepsisters — por- and Cinderella’s father.
search of the things they want. For each aisle to every corner, the ac- trayed with ridiculous humor by Waibel, along with Cinderella’s
Entwining a collection of beloved example, Cinderella, played lovingly tors seek to place the audience in Sarah Brandon ’13 and Hannah Sisk arrogant Prince, sing the distin-
fairy tale stories, “Into the Woods,” by Leah Cogan ’13, longs deeply for the woods, to have them feel just ’13 — and Little Red Riding Hood’s guished and memorable song “Ag-
a musical showing at T. F. Green Hall her Prince, whom Ned Riseley ’12 as disoriented and engaged as the loud, obnoxious tantrum that rocks ony.” Characterized by slow rhythm
this weekend directed by Alexandra portrays with charm. Rapunzel, characters in the story. the stage to trembles provide delight and emotional uptake, the song flu-
Keegan ’12, is an invitation to an played with delight by Sami Horneff Permeating throughout are and happiness that further coalesce idly expresses these two characters’
exciting fantastical realm woven with ’12, longs for someone to take her themes of family, friendship and the audience’s emotional experience heart-wrenching desperation for the
symbolic real-life elements. away from the lonely tower where community. For example, Jack, with that of the characters. women they desire. “It’s about loving
Blending the characters of the she is secluded. played with deliberately subtle hu- Musically directed by David something you can’t have,” Waibel
baker and his wife with the tales of The mood of the musical shifts mor by Kyle Dacuyan ’11, frustrates Brown ’12, the story is further in- said.
Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, from gaiety to sorrow as troubles his mother, played equally humor- grained into the audience’s memory Waibel hopes the audience sees
Little Red Riding Hood and Rapun- arise and a giant descends from ously by Allison Schneider ’10, with by the speed, complexity and dyna- and becomes aware of the closeness
zel, the two-and-a-half-hour musical the sky in the second act. Plunged his slow-wittedness. There is the mism of the music. that develops between characters.
portrays the characters’ pursuits into chaos, blame and frustration, loving yet sometimes tense relation- It is no surprise that Brown has The stor y also has important
for objects and people they most the characters all face problems of ship between the baker and his wife, taken on this musical, whose creator underlying meanings relevant to
desire. trust and morality, re-evaluations as well as the bond of friendship gave a lecture in Salomon earlier in real-life experiences.
In act one, narrator Brian Cross of what happiness means to them formed between Little Red Riding the semester. “Stephen Sondheim is “I hope (audience members) see
’12 introduces the desires of the and the dire consequences of their Hood, played with delight and ab- the greatest American musical com- parallels in their lives. Even though
characters. Central to the musical own actions. solute cuteness by Nora Rothman poser and lyricist,” Brown said. “He situations are fantastical, they have
is the story of the baker, amiably Most of the performance takes ’13, and Jack. has such a great gift of words. His real-life elements,” Waibel said.
played by Ben Freeman ’13 and his place on one central elevated plat- Despite incessant, sometimes music is so complex. Its complexity Price said she hopes “the audi-
wife, portrayed alluringly by Katelyn form. With the platform, the steps even reckless pursuits to fulfill their really appeals to me.” ence will feel comforted and ap-
Miles ’11, who must fulfill the wish and the background covered in wishes, and despite the sorrows A powerful piece is “Last Mid- preciate what’s in their lives,” and
of the Witch, played with ardent fer- ear th-colored cloth as well as these quests bring, the characters night,” a solo by the Witch. “In this will be inspired and empowered to
vor by Emma Price ’10. The Witch branches and leaves to mimic the nevertheless imbue the story with a song, she has this emotional arc,” fulfill their share of social respon-
has cast a curse on the baker and woods, the set easily absorbs the great sense of humor that throws the Brown observed. “It’s about letting sibilities.
his wife’s house, and requires them audience into the story. audience into gusts of giggles. out all those feelings.” To Brandon, the play’s realistic
to collect four objects in the woods Indeed, the audiences are them- Jack’s slow response to his sur- “The music is so catchy. You walk element is the lack of absolute good
before they can have the child they selves a part of the musical experi- roundings and his sudden, excit- away whistling,” added Brady Waibel
have long desired. ence and the stage, where actors ing gestures of shock at the offer ’12, who, with great humor, plays continued on page 18
Page 18 THE BROWN DAILY HERALD Thursday, April 29, 2010

A rts &C ulture “Wouldn’t it be more beneficial to write down your


nightmares than your dreams?” — RISD alum Sarah Evans

Alums excited to show


works at RISD art sale
continued from page 17
hosts each year actually led her to
as New Orleans, California, Vir- her current artistic path — making
ginia, Florida and Illinois. “Nightmare Snatcher” journals.
“You can meet most of the art- “The Nightmare Snatchers ac-
ists when you come to the sale,” tually started as an assignment
Tracy said, because the vast ma- for my entrepreneur class,” she
jority prefer to show their work wrote. “We were asked to make a
themselves. product, anything we wanted” that
For Yuh Okano, who earned could be replicated for the annual
her Bachelor of Fine Arts in textile student sale, she wrote.
design from RISD in 1991, this year The idea for the project came
will be her eighth participating in to her when she stumbled upon a
the show. Okano, whose work in- dream journal in a bookstore and
cludes scarves made from silk, thought, “Wouldn’t it be more ben-
wool and polyester as well as jew- eficial to write down your night-
elry sold in stores such as Anthro- mares than your dreams?,” she
Nick Sinnott-Armstrong / Herald pologie, divides her time each year wrote. “I made Nightmare Snatch-
“Into the Woods,” playing this weekend in T. F. Green Hall, combines the mystical and the emotional.
between Japan and Brooklyn, N.Y. ers and sold them in the student
She cited RISD’s uniqueness as an show. They did so well that I pur-

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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W ORLD & N ATION


Obama OKs
first U.S.
offshore
wind farm
By Renee Schoof
McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary


Ken Salazar on Wednesday approved
the nation’s first offshore wind farm,
the 130-turbine Cape Wind project
off Cape Cod, Mass., and said that
the power of strong winds over the
Atlantic Ocean would be an impor-
tant part of the U.S. drive to reduce
dependence on fossil fuels.
European countries have been
building offshore wind farms for
Patrick Farrell / Miami Herald 20 years, and China is building its
Camillo Ricordi, pictured in front of a slide of human insulin-producing cells, is working on embryonic stem cell research. first, off Shanghai. Other U.S. states
along the Atlantic Coast and the

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
THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 THE BROWN DAILY HERALD Page 21

W ORLD & N ATION


College disciplines prof U.S. deportees lend a helping hand in Haiti
after racial incident By Elinor J. Brecher
McClatchy Newspapers
“In all of 2009, we sent 170 vol-
unteers,” said Joni Paterson, Cru-
dem’s director of administration
around to keep things going?”
He grew momentarily somber.
“I got deported because I was self-
By Matt Krupnick later versions of the song. MILOT, Haiti — The Jan. 12 earth- and development. “In the first three ish.”
Contra Costa T imes “I sincerely wish to apologize to quake that took so much from so months this year, it’s certainly been Etienne was 11 in 1987 when
you for my insensitivity in having many in Haiti has given some over 1,000.” the aunts who raised him in Cap-
MORAGA, Calif. — Saint Mary’s a student sing a song which called South Florida deportees what they Crudem hired Etienne last June. Haitien sent him to his mother in
College of California has punished a attention to the racial problems that couldn’t find back home: a second After the quake, he recruited sev- Miami. But from eighth grade on,
singing instructor, who is the brother were and are a serious problem for chance. eral friends as volunteers. They did he was in and out of state care _
of a college trustee, for his choice our nation, and also for our own in- All came to the United States so well that they began earning $15 and in trouble with the law.
to use a song that uses racist terms stitution,” Lebherz wrote to senior illegally as children then commit- a day in mid-April. “My first crime was a strong-
in a voice class last month. E.J. Youngblood. ted adult crimes that got them de- “They have definitely been criti- arm robbery at the end of 1989 or
College leaders said Monday the The incident came at a particu- ported — which usually means a cal to the operation,” said Paterson, beginning of 1990,” he recalled.
incident called into question Louis larly fragile time for the Catholic one-way ticket to oblivion. who estimates 240 quake victims “Back then, I was out on the streets
Lebherz’s future at the school. The school. Administrators have tried to Instead, the young men here are remain at the hospital. Beside for almost six months. Mom said
musician already has been forced to make the college a more welcoming helping save lives at the American- conveying essential information she didn’t have room for thieves
apologize to the class and to com- place for minorities since 2008, when run Hopital Sacre Coeur in Milot, 12 in life-and-death situations, the and that’s how I ended up in state
plete diversity training, said Beth regional accreditors criticized the miles southwest of Cap-Haitien. translators offer “that personal custody.”
Dobkin, the college’s provost. school for having shoddy race rela- With 73 beds, it’s the largest touch and address concerns that The crime that got him deported
Lebherz, an artist in residence tions and a lack of diversity. private hospital in Northern Haiti, patients have,” Paterson said. “They was a 1996 burglary in Miramar.
at Saint Mary’s, had been asked to Accreditors earlier this year com- a region that escaped major dam- dropped straight from heaven.” His sentence completed, he was
teach classes this year, Dobkin said. mended the college for improve- age. The team includes Jimmy Louis, turned over to federal authorities
His choice to use the original version ments, but students this month Leading the hospital’s team of a Hollywood Hills High School track “to be flown to Haiti.”
of the show tune “Old Man River,” protested several areas of weak- 10 translators: Patrick Etienne, star in the 1990s; Patrick Louis- Miami-Dade Public Defender
which refers to slaves and African- ness, including a lack of tolerance whose American life dead-ended saint, a doctor’s son; Wilfin Tennor, Marie Osborne represented him
Americans in derogatory terms, will among employees and a shortage on March 28, 1998, when U.S. mar- who installed skylights at Doral’s as a juvenile and remains part of
affect his employment, she said. of minority professors. Youngblood shals loaded him onto a Port-au- Dolphin Mall; and Alfred Desir, an his life: “It broke my heart when
“It already has, but I can’t tell said he does not believe the college Prince-bound plane in Orlando — in Edison High School graduate. he was deported.”
you to what extent,” Dobkin said. has responded strongly enough to shackles and handcuffs. A typical shift might find them Ramona Rung of Pembroke
“We’re continuing to discuss our his grievance. Etienne, now 33, had lived in scrubbing for the OR, comforting a Pines felt the same when Jimmy
future relationship with him.” “I want him to be fired but, real- Miami half his life. grieving family, or helping those be- Louis had to leave. The retired Opa
Lebherz did not respond to mes- istically, I know that’s not going to After a year behind bars for a ing discharged pack for an 11-hour locka Elementary School teacher
sages left on his home and mobile happen because his brother is on the burglary, he landed in the West- bus ride back to the capital. and her husband became his foster
phones Monday. His brother, Saint board of trustees,” said Youngblood, ern Hemisphere’s poorest nation, “The other day, I had to explain parents when Louis was 11. They
Mary’s trustee Philip Lebherz, also who dropped Lebherz’s class after where even before Jan. 12, millions to a guy that the doctors had to cut too remain close.
did not respond to a phone mes- the March 4 incident. lacked the basic amenities that even his leg off,” Louis said. In a 1995 Miami Herald story
sage. Dobkin said the college has fol- destitute Americans take for grant- “He didn’t know about gan- headlined “All-Around Athlete
In a letter written to the African- lowed its disciplinary rules to the ed: flush toilets and electricity. grene, so I had to convince him to Overcoming Odds,” Louis said
American student who raised the letter and that she does not know The tiny bungalow that Etienne trust the doctor.” he hadn’t seen his mother in five
complaint, Lebherz apologized for of any contact related to the matter shares with his wife and two chil- Etienne seems to be everywhere years.
his choice of the original score. The between Philip Lebherz and college dren outside Milot has neither. But at once: positioning a child on the He’d attended at least 10 el-
offensive language was taken out of officials. his job more than compensates. X-ray table, pushing a wheelchair, ementary schools and had com-
“Being a translator has changed finding supplies for a nurse, even mitted petty crimes.
my life in ways I never imagined,” showing a new mother how to “Regardless of what has hap-

Construction on wind he said. “I’ve always wanted to help


my people. ... That kind of blinds
change a diaper.
“It’s chaos,” he said one day
pened, I’m going to make it,” said
Louis, then a 16-year-old sopho-

farm to begin within a year the needs I have.”


In normal times, the Sacre Co-
eur staff delivers babies and sets
in March, scurrying across the
25-year-old hospital’s compound
with a walkie-talkie that never
more on the junior-varsity football
team, on the soccer team, an un-
defeated varsity wrestler who ran
fractures, treats malaria and TB, stops. “When I’m here, there’s 20 cross country and bowled.
teaches HIV prevention and good of me.” He graduated Hollywood Hills
continued from page 20 required to reduce the number of nutrition. There’s a blood bank, a Canadian nurse Emily Pastor, with above-average grades, Rung
turbines from an original plan for dentist, a mobile clinic. enlisting Etienne in a mattress said, but was arrested at 18 and
Galveston, Texas. 170, reconfigure their arrangement But nothing has been normal hunt, proclaimed him “a cool dude. spent a year in jail on a false impris-
The Alliance to Protect Nantucket and paint them off-white to reduce since Jan. 14, when a helicopter He does way more than he’s sup- onment charge. The case involved
Sound said opponents would attempt their visibility. swooped in with the first of 600 in- posed to.” a teenage girl who claimed Louis
to stop the wind farm in court. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Pat- jured people from Port-au-Prince. For Etienne, returning to the had sex with her after someone
“We will not stand by and al- rick and governors of five other At- To cope with the influx, ad- hospital at night and working on put a date-rape drug in her drink.
low our treasured public lands to lantic states wrote to Salazar arguing ministrators at the hospital, run days off seems a minor sacrifice At 21, he was back in Haiti. Now
be marred forever by a corporate that if he blocked Cape Wind on the by the Massachusetts-based Cru- compared to those made by vol- he’s 32.
giveaway to private industrial energy grounds of historic preservation, it dem Foundation, commandeered unteers from places like St. Louis, Because of his athletic back-
developers,” the group’s president would be difficult to get an offshore adjacent school dorms and erected Boston, and Jacksonville. “All these ground, Louis has been doing
and CEO, Audra Parker, said in a wind permit approved anywhere on tents in a courtyard. people come here on their own physical therapy with some of the
statement. the East Coast. As foreign medical personnel time,” Etienne said. injured. “I was incredibly proud of
Plans for Cape Wind call for con- Patrick said the cost of conven- rushed in, Etienne became a vi- “They work 20 hours a day for him in Milot,” said Rung, who vis-
struction to begin within a year. Its tional electricity has gone up in re- tal link between English-speaking the least of these people, and they ited in early April. “As devastating
130 turbines would be placed in a cent years and that the wind project practitioners and their Creole- cry like it was family when some- as the whole thing is, this might be
grid pattern over a 25-square-mile would benefit consumers because speaking patients. body dies, so how can I not stay a plus for Jimmy.”
area of Nantucket Sound. The clos- the costs wouldn’t fluctuate.
est turbine to land will be about five Cape Wind has not yet signed a
miles from Cape Cod. The turbines power purchase agreement, and so
will supply a maximum of 468 mega- it’s not known how much its electric-
watts of electricity, about the output ity will cost.
of a medium-sized coal-fired elec- “We hope that today’s decision
tricity plant, or enough for about
200,000 homes in Massachusetts.
on Cape Wind will help set in mo-
tion a series of actions leading to Does this bohter you?
Come copy edit!
The Interior Department said it additional American offshore wind
would reduce carbon dioxide emis- projects,” Michael Hirshfield, senior
sions by the equivalent of taking vice president of the conservation
175,000 cars off the road. group Oceana, said in a statement.
The developer, Energy Manage- “It sends a clear signal to turbine herald@browndailyherald.com
ment Inc., said the wind turbines manufacturers and suppor ting
would appear a half-inch above the companies that the U.S. means busi-
horizon from the nearest beach. ness on clean energy and climate
Salazar said the developer was change.”
Editorial & Letters
The Brown Daily Herald

Page 22 | Thursday, April 29, 2010

l e t t e r to t h e e d i to r

‘Apartheid’ describes more


than South Africa
To the Editor: is to explain why they believe the
U.N.’s definition of apartheid ap-
I would like to address Ethan plies to Israel’s occupation of the
Tobias ’12’s concerns (“No apart- West Bank. While they do often
heid here,” April 16) about the display signs and banners that
term “apartheid” and the actions of some may find provocative, the
the student group Brown Students group also tables regularly on the
for Justice in Palestine. While dis- Main Green and organizes forums
cussing BSJP’s use of the term designed to allow the public to ask
apartheid in reference to Israel’s them questions and debate their
occupation of the West Bank, To- positions.
bias writes that “the image that the Tobias writes that those using
word ‘apartheid’ brings to mind the term apartheid “must make a
is a harsh one.” The word “apart- clear and concise argument ex-
heid” evokes a strong emotional plaining why the word applies.” I
response, bringing up images of am not a member of BSJP, but it is
the institutionalized racism that clear to me that BSJP does this, and
existed in South African society is more than willing to discuss it
before 1994. However, the weight with anyone who so desires. How-
of the term apartheid says nothing ever, I feel that their actual points
about whether or not it accurately of debate are frequently passed RICHARD STEIN AND PAUL TRAN
characterizes the situation in the over because of how individuals
West Bank. The term apartheid respond to the word apartheid. I
is not exclusively South Africa’s, do understand that people are not e d i to r i a l
but is a general term “well defined comfortable with the term, but I
by the U.N. in international law,” believe that discomfor t is not a
attests BSJP member and Herald
columnist Simon Liebling ’12.
good enough reason to reject
BSJP’s argument outright. Sweating the small stuff
Although part of BSJP’s aim is
to directly compare South African The editorial page board has complained a lot this and too old. We usually have to put our English muf-
Apartheid with the situation in Pal- Eric Axelman ’12 year. We’ve complained about everything from gar- fins in for three or four go-arounds before they even
estine, one of their core objectives April 26 bage cans on the Main Green to national politics. So, start to turn brown.
as another school year comes to an end, we’d like to — No on-campus dining location is open on Sunday
wrap things up by doing what we do best. morning before 10:30 a.m. This is particularly hard
On December 16, 1964, The Herald’s edito- on students who go to church at 10 on Sundays.
t h e b r o w n d a i ly h e r a l d rial offered a list of petty grievances that “could — Why aren’t there more machines for adding money
be eliminated with one stroke of the bureaucratic to one’s vending strip? And why aren’t any of these
Deputy Managing Editors Senior Editors
Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor pen.” Their list included some dated complaints, machines located in laundry rooms?
Chaz Kelsh Sophia Li Ellen Cushing
George Miller such as the presence of only one pencil sharpener — There’s no oatmeal in the Ratty after breakfast.
Emmy Liss Seth Motel
Joanna Wohlmuth in the Rockefeller Library and the lack of drainage This one should be a no-brainer, since it would actu-
editorial Business on fraternity porches. We’re glad to see that many ally mean less work for the dining services workers
Anne Speyer Arts & Culture Editor General Managers Office Manager
Claire Kiely Shawn Reilly of these concerns have been addressed. However, if they didn’t take the oatmeal away at 11 a.m.
Suzannah Weiss Arts & Culture Editor
Brian Mastroianni Features Editor Katie Koh as old annoyances are swept away, there are always — Department buildings could be a little more wel-
Hannah Moser Features Editor Directors new ones to replace them. As our last editorial of the coming. A directory and a list of each professor’s
Brigitta Greene Metro Editor Kelly Wess Sales
Ben Schreckinger Metro Editor Matthew Burrows Finance year, we are pleased to bring you our own updated office hours should be posted clearly near the en-
Sydney Ember News Editor Margaret Watson Client Relations list of minor complaints: trance.
Nicole Friedman News Editor Christiana Stephenson Alumni Relations
Dan Alexander Sports Editor — The menus in the Ratty aren’t always changed
Zack Bahr Asst. Sports Editor Managers — The ice cream machine in the Ratty is taken away between lunch and dinner, even though it only takes
Andrew Braca Asst. Sports Editor Arjun Vaidya Local Sales at around 7:15 each night, even though the serving a few minutes to switch the sheets of paper in the
Han Cui Asst. Sports Editor Marco deLeon National Sales
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Thursday, April 29, 2010 | Page 23

Get out of line


the prison at Guantanamo Bay within his first presidential hopeful Mitt Romney when he government programs and opposing Presi-
year was tossed aside. His promise to end the was governor of Massachusetts. dent Obama’s policies has been increasing
ETHAN TOBIAS military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy is un- Meanwhile, the Democratic Party has in recent months. If these trends continue,
fulfilled. Financial reform is struggling to get acted as fecklessly as ever, unable to keep Brown students — like all Americans — will
Opinions Columnist out of Senate committee over 18 months after its own members from jumping ship without have to wait many more years until the next
Wall Street was bailed out by the taxpayers. resorting to bribing them with kickbacks to Democratic supermajority can waste its power
And whatever happened to ending the wars their home states. The question on Washing- bickering with recalcitrant Republicans.
Maybe it is the restlessness of springtime, in Iraq and Afghanistan? ton insiders’ minds has become not whether It is time to stop waiting and start demand-
but it feels like Brown students are constantly The dysfunction in Washington has become the Democrats will lose seats this November, ing action. With the summer almost upon us
being forced to wait for things. After hours the symbol of our generation. but how many they will lose. I can only hope and the midterm elections this November, we
in line waiting for Spring Weekend tickets, must fight to ensure that we will not be left
hundreds of students were turned away empty- with the memory of empty promises. This
handed. Their peers who already had tickets means calling your representatives and de-
only needed to think back a couple weeks to The dysfunction in Washington has become the manding change, encouraging your family and
the fiasco as the Brown Student Agencies Web friends to do likewise and even volunteering
site crashed during the ticket pre-sale. Just
symbol of our generation. Rather than follow the for a campaign.
last week, first-years had to wait an extra day vision of bipartisanship which was endorsed by I can recall the energy and spirit of hope
while locked out of Undergraduate Council that pervaded Brown’s campus when Obama
of Students elections. The day before, juniors the American people back in November 2008, was elected. Yet, as we waited in the interven-
waited to pre-register while Banner crashed ing months for any sign of significant change,
yet again.
Congress has been the focal point of a bitter it became easier just to be apathetic.
This waiting would not be so bad if it didn’t debate based solely on opposing the other party. When you are too busy waiting for all the
feel like it was becoming a standard part of little things, like registering for classes, voting
life for our generation. While waiting for tick- in campus elections or buying concert tickets,
ets for several hours won’t kill us, waiting as it becomes difficult to have the patience nec-
Congress painfully took 15 months to pass Rather than following the vision of biparti- that the Democrats find their spine and pass essary to fight for all the big things. We have
health-care reform that still will not be fully sanship which was endorsed by the American much needed financial reform, a policy that gotten very good at waiting for things here at
implemented for four more years can. And at people back in November 2008, Congress has moves this country toward renewable energy Brown; now is the moment to get out of line
least health-care reform was ultimately passed, been the focal point of a bitter debate based and energy independence, and correct the and make a difference. It is not too late to
which is more than can be said about many of solely on opposing the other party. injustices perpetrated in this country against salvage the change we used to believe in.
the Democratic majority’s proposals. Republicans have become the party of no gays and lesbians.
We have been waiting a long time for major — or, as Sarah Palin likes to say, the party The long wait for major policy change is Ethan Tobias ’12 is leaving the
change. Brown students overwhelmingly sup- of “hell no” — even while opposing policies going to get a whole lot longer for Brown country for the fall semester and
ported President Barack Obama’s campaign which were once considered to be Republi- students unless there is a drastic shift in this needs other people to take care of it
and his message of “change we can believe can ideas. Exhibit A: The Democratic health country within the next few months. A re-
while he’s gone. He can be reached at
in,” yet most of Obama’s campaign promises care reform bill was strangely reminiscent cent Pew Research Center poll shows that
Ethan_Tobias@brown.edu.
have not been fully met. His pledge to close of the program implemented by Republican the number of respondents favoring fewer

The unexamined life is not worth living


tions. It is important to me that there is a space relevant or important, we ought to somehow evidence” and “whether there can be objec-
in which I can ask the questions I have had retroactively protest by not listening to what tive standards for evaluating works of art,”
EMILY BRESLIN since I was little: In what sense are fictional dead white men had to say. according to the article.
characters real? What is time? Do I have free In a field like philosophy where people I feel we need to ask these questions. All
Opinions Columnist will, or is it already determined what I will do everywhere ask the same types of questions, too frequently, we are required to memorize
for the rest of my life? though, it makes sense to turn to the people facts that we will forget about as soon as the
Questions like these form a constant thread who wrote about them first (or at least the project or exam is over. What do we have that
for me, and to have a meaningful life, I need first documents that we have). I have diffi- sticks with us? People think that philosophy
As universities are trying to figure out how to to be constantly thinking about them. I un- culty saying that the philosophical thoughts is frustrating because one is first required to
juggle their decreasing endowments, they are derstand that other people may not have the of people today are somehow more impor- figure out exactly what a philosopher means by
cutting programs, and philosophy is among same obsessive need to constantly analyze, tant than the thoughts of people of the past, her words and then decide for oneself what is
the cuts because of declining interest in the but I do believe that everyone is forced to although this is apparently how scholars in wrong with the theory, because there is always
subject. There are two obvious and under- analyze sometimes. many other fields feel. something wrong. One cannot simply swallow
standable practical reasons for this. Students all the claims made in an article or book and
are wary about choosing a concentration that regurgitate them on a test. One must engage
does not directly lead to a job post-graduation, with the material.
and liberal academia has embarked on a back- I am not saying that everyone should concentrate I understand that educational institutions
lash against the canon of works by dead white are facing a financial crisis, and it would be
men. in philosophy, but can you afford not to unreasonable of me to advocate that funding
Neither of these reasons ought to be suf- for philosophy become a top priority. I realize
ficient to preclude students from choosing to
contemplate ethical questions in your every day that the intense study of philosophy is not
take philosophy classes. I am used to facing life? for everyone. However, I do think that we
charges of elitism when I tell people that I am ought to remember that, even when we are
a philosophy concentrator. “Philosophy? What concerned with money, practicality and our
are you going to do with that? You’re paying future, philosophy has a place on our agendas,
all this money for an Ivy League education To turn to the dead white man question, While I find both practical reasons for the whether we realize it or not. As the second
and you’re squandering it on pointless inquiry. I cannot understand why people have such decline of philosophy troubling, I am more grade philosophy students realize, philosophi-
You’re lucky that you can afford to do that.” trouble with this category of author and think- concerned about the general lack of under- cal questions are for everyone. “We can say
My question for them is: Can you afford er. We have come a long way in terms of how standing about what the study of philosophy things about what we believe and stuff,” a girl
not to? I am not saying that everyone should we define who gets to be a full person, to be actually entails. Philosophers spend most of named Autumn told the Times. “It’s what we
concentrate in philosophy, but can you afford sure. However, at a time when women and their time thinking, talking and writing about feel and what we think.”
not to contemplate ethical questions in your non-wealthy, non-white men were completely questions that everyone considers at one point
everyday life? Can you afford to live without marginalized, the writing of white men repre- or another. A recent article in the New York
asking any questions about meaning? sented the pinnacle of scholarship in all fields. Times chronicled one philosophy professor’s
It all comes down to the question of what Perhaps the hesitation about reading dead expeditions into elementary school classrooms Emily Breslin ’10 is a philosophy
is important. Being gainfully employed is white men comes from being uncomfortable to discuss “environmental ethics, or ‘how we concentrator from Harvard, Mass. She
important to me, but I am confident that the with this power structure; if other people did should treat natural objects.’ ” Even 8-year-olds can be contacted at emily_breslin@
analytical skills I have acquired as a philosophy not have the ability to express themselves benefit when they “consider how someone
brown.edu
concentrator make me suitable for many posi- because their experiences were not considered can maintain a belief in the face of contrary
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Diamonds and Coal. An institution of The Herald. interest in the school, it never struck us that not enough
At the end of every week, we gather our staff, scour “weed every day” would be an excuse not to enroll.
through the paper and pull out our best tricks. We try
to make you laugh, we work to make you smile and we Diamond to all the new buildings rising on and around
attempt not to be too inappropriate. campus. From Med Ed to the new athletics and aquatics
center to the creative arts building — things are looking
Diamond to John Jenks 1838, the R.I. Hall curator who better and bigger. Like we felt about female orgasms,
collapsed dead on the hall’s steps in 1894. You proved we’re excited about them coming.
long before Spring Weekend that it was OK to black

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out on the Main Green. Coal to recurring mayoral candidate Chris Young. We
would have thought about giving you a diamond for
Diamond to the end of the semester. Any mistakes in keeping our coverage entertaining, but we’re unsure
today’s paper will not be corrected for months. “Balls,” when you’ll be allowed back on campus to pick it up.
said Prez. Ruth Simons.
c a l e n da r Two diamonds each to: Chuck, for all the donuts . . .
Coal to a foam-covered, Cancun-tanned, Gala-dancing Alice, for putting up with us messy college kids . . . Claire,
Today, April 29 tomorrow, april 30 Class Board. It’s been quite a wild ride. We hear there’s Katie and all of B-Staff, for the cash and extra pages
an open spot on the board of Goldman Sachs, if you’re . . . Mom, for checking our Web site . . . Hippomanic,
6:30 P.M. — Susan Eaton Lecture: 3:00 P.M. — How Did We Get Here? A looking for greater leadership opportunities. for misspelling your name all semester . . . Ricoh, for
“Narrative for Complex Social Issues,” Symposium on the Israeli-Palestinian surviving . . . post-, for fattening us up on Thursdays
Brown-RISD Hillel Conflict, Salomon 003 Diamond to the 30,000-plus high school seniors who . . . our wonderful writers, photographers, designers,
want to be among our ranks. Don’t be fooled by Snoop’s copy editors, artists and Web people — and you, dear
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We Can Learn from Gandhi, Barus IV: Tear it Up, Salomon 101 class of 2014. Though we enjoyed speculating as to your
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