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vol. cxlvi, no. 18
Panelists
debate gay
marriage
By Katherine Sola
Senior Staff Writer
“Separate is not equal.” At the
end of the Janus Forum’s panel
on gay marriage last night, Jesse
McGleughlin ’14 — the daughter
of two lesbian mothers — stood
up to argue for the right of gay
couples to marry, brandishing the
familiar phrase to the applause of
the audience in MacMillan 117.
The panel featured both pro-
ponents and opponents of gay
marriage, but McGleughlin was
responding to an argument from
Douglas Allen, professor of eco-
nomics at Simon Fraser Univer-
sity, who said gay couples should
be granted a marriage institution
separate from that of heterosexual
couples.
In his presentation, Allen ex-
plored the costs and benefits of
opening the institution of mar-
riage to include gay couples. He
said gay, lesbian and heterosex-
ual couples are “much different”
from each other, and traditional
marriage should not include gay
couples.The laws governing het-
erosexual marriage would have
to adapt to accommodate the
small number of gay couples, he
argued, with negative effects on
heterosexual couples, including
a higher divorce rate.
He described civil unions as
a parallel institution to marriage
for gay couples, and suggested the
possibility of creating one type of
union for lesbians and another
for gays.
On the other side of the de-
bate, M.V. Lee Badgett, professor
of economics at the University of
Massachusetts at Amherst, said
there was virtually no difference
between heterosexual and gay
couples and that gay marriage
poses “no harm to the institution
of marriage.” She highlighted sim-
ilar divisions of labor and income
disparity in gay and heterosexual
households. Both gay and hetero-
sexual couples want to marry for
reasons of “love, commitment and
mutual support,” Badgett said.
Andrew Koppelman, professor
of law at Northwestern University,
described two different models
of marriage. The older, more
traditional model sees couples
getting married soon after they
mature sexually for the purpose
of procreation. He then described
a newer model, in which couples
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R i t e s o f Pa s s ag e
Professor of Comparative Literature Arnold Weinstein read from his new book, “Morning, Noon and Night” at the
Brown Bookstore yesterday afternoon.
Weinstein reflects on growth and discovery
By Emma Wohl
Senior Staff Writer
Professor of Comparative Literature
Arnold Weinstein read an excerpt
from his new book “Morning,
Noon, and Night” and discussed its
creation in front of a small crowd of
community members and students
in the Brown Bookstore Thursday
afternoon. The book of literary anal-
ysis touches on the same subjects of
confusion, isolation and discovery
experienced in adolescence that
Weinstein teaches in the first-year
seminar COLT 0610D: “Rites of
Passage.”
Magic class melds
philosophy, science
By Anne simons
Staff Writer
Your room is in complete disar-
ray — clothes everywhere, books
and notebooks scattered across
your bed, old take-out containers
littering the floor. You absolutely
hate cleaning, but it has to be done
— can magic help?
FEature
This was the hypothetical
problem recently posed to mem-
bers of a student group studying
magic.
You could clean your room
and then practice a form of self-
hypnotism to make your brain
forget the unpleasant memories,
the group proposed. As far as your
Rip some rope
Bears set sights on Ivy,
national titles
Sports, 4
Herald
But “Morning, Noon, and
Night” goes beyond the scope of
the class, looking not just at the
process of growing up but at grow-
ing old as well.
Weinstein began with a defense
of literature as a subject worthy of
study, emphasizing that it is “not
informational, but experiential.” He
compared literature to the practice
of trying on clothes in a store. It
allows readers to “try on” an experi-
ence, he said.
But literature is also a voyage,
he added, one that is cheaper and
more comfortable than today’s air
travel.
brain is concerned, your room
was dirty one moment and clean
the next. This may be possible
through the practice of modern
magic — a blend of magic, phi-
losophy and cognitive science.
Evan Stites-Clayton ’11, who
turned heads last semester with
his Group Independent Study
Project on lucid dreaming, is cast-
ing his spell on broader themes
of magic in a course this semester
called “Modern Magic and Mysti-
cism.”
The class is not recognized by
the University for credit and is in-
stead what Stites-Clayton termed
a “group unofficial student proj-
ect,” or “GUSP.” It is sponsored
by Global Extensions, a support
continued on page 3
Hilary Rosenthal / Herald
Weinstein also discussed the
themes in his book. Growing up
and adolescence are areas fitting
for the college classroom because
students are in a sort of limbo, he
said.
But he said it is more difficult
to bring attention to the subject of
old age and aging.
“I have the wisdom to know that
if I taught a class about growing old,
I would have an attendance of zero,”
Weinstein said.
The chapter he chose to read
analyzes “a book that nobody’s ever
continued on page 2
I scream for ice cream
Students attended the annual Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream Event hosted by the
Brown chemical engineering group yesterday in Barus and Holley.
weather
Rewind
Uhrick ’11 looks back
on her education
opinions, 7
Since 1891
Asst. soccer
coach goes
missing
By Tony Bakshi
Sports Editor
Denis Chartier, an assistant coach
of the women’s soccer team, has
been missing since Feb. 6, ac-
cording to Marisa Quinn, vice
president for public affairs and
University relations.
Chartier’s family members
have filed a missing persons re-
port with the Burrillville Police,
Quinn wrote in an e-mail to The
Herald.
The team held a candlelight
vigil for Chartier Tuesday at 11
p.m. on the Meister-Kavan Field
behind the Olney-Margolies Ath-
letic Center. Pincince and several
members of the team spoke at
the event.
Pincince, who was a captain
with Chartier on the men’s soccer
team at Woonsocket High School,
said he last spoke to Chartier Feb.
5. “All our thoughts and prayers
are with Coach Denis,” Pincince
said. “We’re just focusing on find-
ing him.”
Chartier concluded his 16th
year as a coach on the Bears’ staff
at the end of the 2010 season. He
coached the team for 13 years
from 1989-2001 and returned to
the program in 2008, according
to the athletics department.
The University “has made sup-
port services available to mem-
bers of the community affected
by the news,” Quinn wrote.
Hilary Rosenthal / Herald
t o d ay tomorrow
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Today february 18 ToMORROW february 19
Holbrooke ’62
1:15 P.M.
Jumu’ah Prayers,
1 P.m.
Free Super Smash Tournament,
honored at U.N.
J. Walter Wilson, Room 411 Harkness House Distinguished diplomat
Richard Holbrooke ’62 was
6 p.m. 6 p.m.
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A Reading by Carlos Yushimito, Men’s Basketball vs. Princeton, ceremony at the United
Brown Bookstore Pizzitola Center Nations on Thursday afternoon.
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end to the violence in Bosnia,
Holbrooke was a veteran
public servant under multiple
presidents in various roles,
most recently as a special
envoy to Afghanistan and
Pakistan.
Julien Ouellet / Herald Serving as the United States
“Morning, Noon, and Night” by Professor of Comparative Literature Arnold Ambassador to the U.N. from
Weinstein.
1999 to 2001, Holbrooke was

Professor addresses age

and transition in new book
continued from page 1
heard of ” — the out-of-print “Out
of Mind” by Dutch author J. Bern-
lef. The story is a first-person nar-
rative told by a man slowly losing
his grip on reality as he succumbs
to Alzheimer’s disease.
Crossword But Weinstein said the book is
not entirely dismal. It shows us that
there “must be some psychic law of
conservation” — that despite los-
ing awareness of the present, the
protagonist regains the experience
of some past event he believes he
is living.
The passage Weinstein read
notes that old age, accompanied
by the loss of mental faculties,
presents one with “deficits but
also openings” in the form of re-
membering everything from past
events, friends and long-dead fam-
ily members to one’s “earliest erotic
yearnings.”
The chapter certainly had its
fair share of sadness, especially as
Weinstein acknowledged his own
connection to the final line he quot-
ed — “I want to be found. I want to
go home.” What began as a literary
exercise — writing about the role
of old age in classic literature — ul-
timately became a more personal,
existential experience, he said.
“I think it could be the last book
I write,” he added. “It has the feeling
of a farewell to me.”
also instrumental in getting the
Security Council to recognize
the HIV/AIDS epidemic as
a major security issue and
ensuring that the organization
continued its missions in
Kosovo and Timor-Leste,
according to the U.N. News
Centre article.
But Ban said in the article,
“perhaps his greatest coup
was negotiating the historic
deal on (withheld) U.S. dues
to the United Nations,” a task
Holbrooke accomplished
by convincing dozens of
congressmen and foreign
ministers of the importance
of U.S. aid. The U.S. eventually
paid back the entire amount
it owed to the organization —
just under $1 billion.
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work, Holbrooke was also
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Magic class solves problems, not potions Janus Forum hosts
continued from page 1
group that helps unusual projects
at Brown, he said.
He defined magic as “actions
that will result in experienced
consequences.” This more mod-
ern, practical conception of magic
includes lucid dreaming, aware-
ness and hypnosis, according to
the group’s website. But “anything
could be defined as magic,” Stites-
Clayton said.
The Harry Potter series has
shaped perceptions of magic as
potions, spells or wands. But that
is fantastical magic, not the kind
practiced by students at Brown.
One also would not see any rab-
bits pulled out of hats in Stites-
Clayton’s group.
Their brand of magic is less
about directly influencing the
world and other people and more
about influencing the self, Stites-
Clayton said. They practice “more
of an internal magic,” he added.
The goal of learning about this
type of magic is to improve one’s
life, Stites-Clayton said. Increased
mental control in alternate con-
sciousnesses can result in better
control over the conscious world,
he said. Students of magic can live
a “more fully embodied existence”
as a result of study. The study of
magic has not been taken seri-
ously in recent centuries because
of the dominance of science and
its ability to explain the world,
Stites-Clayton said.
Magical techniques useful in
the Middle Ages have been for-
gotten. But with an updated per-
spective and the use of modern
technology, they can be relevant
to the our world, he said.
Though last semester’s lucid
dreaming project was approved as
a GISP, Stites-Clayton decided not
to pursue the same designation
for “Modern Magic and Mysti-
cism.” Getting the lucid dream-
ing GISP through the approval
process was difficult, he said. Be-
cause this new project “is even
more fringe,” it would have been
extremely hard to get it approved,
he added. Stites-Clayton also said
he was frustrated by the GISP sys-
tem, which limited the number of
students in the course to 12, even
though about 70 had signed up.
He also said that because the class
does not bestow credit, people
have to be more engaged in the
subject matter to participate.
The “GUSP” started with the
practice of lucid dreaming. Stites-
Clayton said it is crucial to reveal
magical techniques gradually. If
students are deluged with meth-
ods from the start, they will be-
come frustrated by their initial
failures and give up, he said. The
most basic method of learning to
lucid dream is the reality check
— pinching one’s nose and trying
to inhale. The idea is that if one
does this many times throughout
the day, one will accidentally do
it while dreaming. If one cannot
breathe, he is in reality, but if he
can breathe, he becomes aware
that he is in a dream. The other
initial step is keeping a dream
journal, he added, which allows
students to become more con-
This image, drawn by Evan Stites-Clayton ’11, depicts potential magical
solutions to the problem of an unattractive boyfriend.
scious of their dreaming world.
The class meets weekly to dis-
cuss concepts, view videos and
brainstorm about magical scenar-
ios. Stites-Clayton has a collection
of books that are relevant to class
discussions which he lends out
for students to read. Titles on the
online syllabus include “Psychic
Self-Defense” and “The Runes of
Sweden.”
A recent class meeting of
roughly 15 students featured a
discussion about the relation be-
tween sexual mojo and magical
powers. For Stites-Clayton, “sexu-
al energy and magical energy are
exactly the same,” he said.
The group worked on a magi-
cal practice problem involving
controlling perceptions of at-
tractiveness. In the proposed
scenario, Sue has a boyfriend
who does not resemble her ideal
man, Brad Pitt. How can Sue use
magic to find her boyfriend more
attractive?
One group member’s sug-
gestion was to use mind control
techniques to change Sue’s idea of
the perfect man, from Pitt to her
boyfriend. Another proposal was
to use mind control to supplant
Brad Pitt’s face on her boyfriend
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debate on gay marriage
continued from page 1 that marriage should support the
nuclear family. A student asked
use contraception to delay child- her whether infertile heterosexual
bearing and marriage until after couples should be prevented from
their education, with the result of marrying. In response, Gallagher
falling marriage rates and higher highlighted the historical impor-
income families. Gay couples re- tance of sexual potency rather
semble the latter sort of married than fertility in marriage. Allen
couples, but not the former, he added that infertile couples are
said. “freeriders” on the institution of
Badgett and Allen also clashed marriage, because they do not
over statistics. Badgett said several negatively impact heterosexual
surveys suggest that 2 to 3 percent couples.
of Americans are gay or bisexual, The panelists also addressed
while Allen cited data that only the symbolic importance of gay
0.7 percent of Canadians identify marriage. Badgett said gay mar-
as gay, with only 6,900 children ried couples felt a sense of “social
living in gay households. He said inclusion” after they married. She
the low Canadian figure meant le- also said that, historically, mar-
galizing gay marriage is not worth riage’s exclusivity has helped to
the “inclusion costs.” create the social identity of lesbi-
Maggie Gallagher, president ans and gay men. Allen said gay
of the Institute for Marriage and marriage devalues the institution
Public Policy, drew attention to of marriage. While Gallagher said
the relationship between marriage it is “not discriminatory to treat
and responsible procreation. Gal- different things differently,” Kop-
lagher argued that children “long pelman described civil union as a
for” a mother and a father and palpable insult to gays.
Courtesy of Evan Stites-Clayton
whenever she wanted. The group
acknowledged that figuring out
how to accomplish these goals
practically would be more dif-
ficult.
Some aspects of this “magic”
are more like behavioral therapy
and psychology than anything
else. This is certainly not a wand-
waving class, Stites-Clayton said,
though they might make wands
later on in the semester. He ac-
knowledged that the practice
shares similarities with psychol-
ogy but said the distinction is that
psychology relies on hard data as
proof, while magic is the “science
of experience.” The group learns
about what others have tried as
well as the results they reported,
but group members must try
techniques on their own to de-
termine what works for them,
Stites-Clayton said.
But, Stites-Clayton said, we
must be careful about who be-
gins to learn magic. Magic is very
dangerous in the hands of those
who cannot tell the difference be-
tween a dream state and reality,
he said. Citing the famous quote
from “Spiderman,” he said, “With
great power comes great respon-
sibility.”
4 Sports Friday
M. Lacrosse
Bears eye nat’l championship
A magical remedy
By Ethan Mccoy for the Wizards
Assistant Sports Editor
Coming off a 2010 season in which
the men’s lacrosse team finished 8-6,
won five of its last six regular season
games and finished in a four-way tie
for the Ivy League championship, the
Bears are hungry to get on the field
once more.
“I think last year, a lot of us would
say, finished on the disappointing
side,” said defenseman Peter Fallon
’11, one of three captains. “We fin-
ished in a four-way tie for the Ivy
League championship, which was
obviously really exciting, but we lost
in the first round of the tournament
to Cornell, so I think going into this
year we have really high expecta-
tions.”
But the team is hoping for success
not only on the field, but also in the
classroom.
“The first objective for this pro-
gram is a successful academic year,”
said Head Coach Lars Tiffany ’90,
adding that the team grade point
average must remain a 3.25 or higher.
“Second goal is to win the Ivy League,
and the third objective is to pursue
and win a national championship.”
Brown has recently proven it can
compete on a national stage, and Fal-
lon called a national championship
a “realistic goal.” The Bears earned
an NCAA playoff bid in 2009 and
lost by only one goal last year in a
Aboubakare ’11 hopes to be a role model
continued from page 8
now, I like to watch (Rafael) Nadal
because he’s such a fighter, and it’s
nice to see that kind of heart — it’s
really tangible when he’s out there.
What is the strongest part of
your game?
I guess I just never give up. People
find it hard to play me because even
when I’m down, or really way down,
I can pick myself up and keep fight-
ing. ... I’m not anything special. I’m
much smaller than everyone else, so
I just have to grind it out.
Are you and your sister (team-
mate Carissa Aboubakare ’12)
competitive with each other?
regular season game against Duke,
who went on to win the national
championship. The Bears will have
another shot at the Blue Devils this
season on March 29.
“In terms of the biggest chal-
lenge, it’s exciting to have Duke on
the schedule again,” Tiffany said.
“They’re the national champions,
and to go to Durham two years in
a row to play against the defending
champions is a unique opportunity
for us. It’s one that we’re looking
forward to.”
“I think a lot of us would say that
we outplayed them and should have
and could have won the game,” Fal-
lon said. “So I think that’s something
that we hang our hats on now — that
we can play with anybody.”
The 2011 Bears feature a mix of
experienced veterans and a large
freshman class expected to contrib-
ute from the start. On defense, Fallon
is a two-time All-Ivy and All-New
England selection. On the offensive
end, fellow captain Andrew Feinberg
’11 — whose 98 career goals rank
11th in school history — will lead
the Bears’ attack. The third captain,
Jimmy Wittpenn ’11, is a physical
force in the midfield. Other top scor-
ers should include Parker Brown ’12
and David Hawley ’11, who was se-
lected 40th overall in this January’s
Major League Lacrosse draft.
Even though the leadership and
talent is there, Tiffany’s squad will
Because we were available to
each other when we were little, we
pushed each other. But we were
also supportive of each other. We
were doubles partners. We were best
friends growing up, and we’re still
best friends.
What are your personal and
team goals for the rest of the sea-
son?
My personal goals are to keep
improving. It’s funny because this is
my last season, and for me to keep
improving, it’s like, ‘Well, what’s it
for?’ But I just think having growth
in this game is important. It makes it
more fun, and it just gives me a goal
always. I obviously want to win all
my matches, but it’s going to be hard
also have to rely on its 10 freshmen
to contribute immediately to help
fill the shoes of last year’s seniors,
including Thomas Muldoon ’10 and
Reade Seligmann ’10, who ranked
second and third on the team in
points, respectively.
“As a whole, every one of them
has done a wonderful job acclimating
to Division I lacrosse,” Tiffany said.
“Every single man has sacrificed his
own personal goals ... to go from the
big man to the little man on campus,
every one has made the transition
well and left their egos behind.”
Fallon pointed out the team’s bal-
ance of veterans and underclassmen
when asked about the team’s greatest
strengths going into the new season.
“The senior and junior class, a
lot of kids have played a long time
as three or four-year starters,” Fallon
said. “I think it’s that, complemented
by the younger guys who are going
to step up and embrace their roles.”
The Bears’ season begins Feb.
26, when they host Quinnipiac at
Stevenson Field. Tiffany said he sees
the game as a great chance to get off
to a strong start.
“Quinnipiac was 8-6 last year. We
were 8-6 last year,” Tiffany said. “It’s
the opening game for both of us, and
it’s a big one. I look to this one as
the first opportunity for the version
2011 Brown lacrosse to really prove
ourselves as a team, as a program, as
a united front.”
— I play a lot of tough people. One
of my main goals is to be a leader out
there and set a good example for the
younger players. And for the team, I
just want us to keep playing as a team
and supporting each other. Although
tennis is an individual sport, you
really take a lot of energy from the
people around you.
Do you have any plans of play-
ing competitively after college?
Everyone has asked me if I want
to go pro. And that would be awe-
some, but it’s expensive. I guess my
main competitive stuff will be going
back out to the public tennis courts
and playing against those old guys
again. That’s like some of the best
memories I’ve had in my life.
Friday, February 18, 2011
continued from page 8
2. Find a way to dump Rashard
Lewis’ toxic contract.
The second order of business is
getting rid of the turd sandwich that
is Rashard Lewis’ contract. When I
was looking to move him, I had to
keep a couple of things in mind. The
team that would take the contract
would have to be a contender that
just needs role players because that’s
what Rashard is now, in a desperate
situation of their own — like injured
or misbehaving players and/or slip-
ping in the standings ­— and have
a ton of money to throw around,
so they won’t blink at the money
Rashard is owed. Give up?
Ladies and gentlemen, the Los
Angeles Lakers! Cue Lakers fans
getting put on edge by the Celtics
fan suggesting that they would trade
for Rashard.
Hear me out. Because it sounds
crazy, but think about this three-
teamer with the Sacramento Kings.
The Wiz get Samuel Dalem-
bert’s expiring contract and Ron
Artest, who has been a distraction
all year, can’t shoot and has a bad
contract of his own. But his contract
is much cheaper and a year longer
than Rashard’s, and his “excellent”
defense could easily be mimed by
Matt Barnes who is just sitting on
the bench. The Kings get Andrew
Bynum and one of the Wizard’s ex-
piring contracts, Yi Jianlian or some-
thing like that. Lakers get Rashard
for spot-up shooting off the bench
and DeMarcus Cousins from the
Kings. Cousins has been putting up
numbers but is a behavioral night-
mare for the Kings. A scary dad fig-
ure like Kobe Bryant would whip
him into shape.
I can see everyone rolling their
eyes, but why not? Who says no to
this? Bynum is always hurt and will
never have a healthy season in the
NBA — mark my words. Not to
mention the Lakers are better with-
out Bynum because then Gasol plays
center and Odom plays power for-
ward. Seriously, since he’s been back,
they have been worse. Cousins is a
monster talent, can contribute right
now and will only get better. Shan-
non Brown, or Barnes for defense,
can start in Artest’s spot. Maybe even
Rashard! Too much.
The Kings get rid of the trou-
bling Cousins, who could get into
an Arenas-esque situation any day
now and be suspended and useless,
pick up Bynum who, when he plays,
is very good — he won’t be healthy,
but the Kings don’t know that — and
make themselves cap room for next
season.
The Wiz are stuck with Artest’s
contract, but would you rather pay
Rashard $20 million over the next
three years or pay Artest $7 million
dollars a year over the next four?
Also, Artest’s defense renders him
serviceable. Plus, Dalembert’s mon-
ster $13 million dollar expiring re-
ally frees up some cap room to get
involved in the hunt for a young free
agent.
The Wizards have some expiring
contracts and guys like Josh Howard
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that they could use to sweeten the
deal if anyone needs more convinc-
ing. Really, though, it’s a trade where
everyone wins. The Wizards build
for the future, the Kings think they
are getting a good center, the Lakers
get better. Wait, what am I doing?
Dear God, What am I doing? Oh
wait, this can’t happen because of the
enormous man-crush that the Lak-
ers’ GM Jerry Buss has on Bynum.
Trades like this, though, Wizards
fans — I could get them done.
3. Keep losing and draft guys like
Jared Sullinger.
The Wiz need a Russell West-
brook to John Wall’s Kevin Durant.
An overachiever to complement a
hyped second-round draft pick. So
I’m telling the coaches to put us in
the tank and get some lottery picks.
ESPN’s Chad Ford made a cool Draft
Mock Lottery oddsmaker you can
run and see who gets what. Almost
every time I ran it, the Wizards got
Jared Sullinger, a talent who has had
some rough games that have made
his draft value fall, but a guy whom
I think is going to be a great talent
when he gets here. If we lose another
year, we’re back in the lottery and
looking to do some damage.
4. Sign Eddy Curry to a $60 million
dollar contract when he becomes
available at the end of this season.
Cue laugh track. Cut to Knicks
fans glaring at me before scream-
ing “But we are getting Carmelo!”
Nets fans rub hands together and
cackle to themselves in a dark corner,
plotting.
4 (Actual). Use cap room in three
to four years to toss around
weight on the free agent market.
Washington isn’t New York or
Los Angeles, but it’s a serviceably
big market. And a lot of guys would
want to play with John Wall. We
could make a run at Dwight How-
ard, for example. I’m sure someone
else pays him more, but we can try.
We can pursue big-name guys like
Kevin Love or sneaky ones like J.J.
Redick. We will have the cap room.
Use this to build around Wall and
JaVale McGee, who is blossoming
into a quality starting center, and we
have ourselves a contender.
What do you think Wiz fans?
Yes? No? Stop treating hypotheti-
cal situations like they could hap-
pen? Fine. But when my plan works
and President Obama meets The
Wiz in his second term after they
win the championship and gives a
speech that includes him gesturing
at John Wall and exclaiming “Not
even Mr. Gorbachev could tear down
this Wall!” you remember what I
did for you.
Sam Sheehan ’12 came up with
this column idea while playing
around on ESPN’s Trade Machine
for three hours on Valentine’s Day
and, yes, he thinks he has his pri-
orities straight. Tell him how aw-
ful you think his trade is at sam_
sheehan@brown.edu or follow
him on Twitter @SamSheehan.
The Brown Daily Herald
Friday, February 18, 2011
Ensemble embraces
Turkish tradition
By Sarah Mancone
Staff Writer
For musicians with an interest in
Middle Eastern music, the Univer-
sity is now offering a performance
group students can enroll in for
credit — MUSC 0691: “Middle
Eastern Ensemble,” directed by
Mehmet Sanlikol, visiting assis-
tant professor of music.
The ensemble focuses primar-
ily on Turkish music, which is
Sanlikol’s expertise, said Ezra
Mauer ’13, a cellist in the group.
Though the music the group
performs is of a specific origin,
there is still “huge variety,” San-
likol said. Within Turkish music,
there are Jewish, Greek and Ar-
menian influences.
The group also plays music
from nearby areas such as north-
ern Greece and the Balkans and
will feature music of Kurdish and
Arabic origin, he said.
Though the group originally
formed last semester, advertising
for the spring semester was more
effective and led to the creation
of a larger, “more official” group,
Sanlikol said.
Sanlikol was hired last year to
teach a lecture course on Turk-
ish music, and he “came up with
the idea of adding an ensemble to
the class that would follow it,” he
said, adding that the department
“welcomed the idea.”
Though he is Turkish, Sanlikol
said he did not come to the U.S.
with an interest in Turkish music.
He attended Berklee College of
Music in Boston as a jazz pianist.
In his time touring and per-
forming jazz music professionally,
he became interested in ethnomu-
sicology — the study of music in
relation to its social and cultural
contexts. It was then, he said, that
he started taking an interest in
Turkish and Ottoman studies.
David Fossum GS, a member
of the group, said he discovered
an interest in ethnomusicology
while he was a member of the
Peace Corps in Turkmenistan.
His interest was piqued when he
“got involved in the music scene
there,” he said.
When he returned home, Fos-
sum discovered Turkish music
after meeting a Turkish musi-
cian, he said, and learning “how
to play some Turkish folk music
with him.”
But a background in Turkish
or Middle Eastern music is not
necessary to be a member of the
group — “everyone is invited,”
Sanlikol said.
“I saw it in the Morning Mail,”
Mauer said, and “thought it would
be a nice idea.”
“Everybody’s new to it,” Fos-
sum said, and even with his prior
exposure, he is “learning the ropes
pretty much like everyone else.”
The group does not require
auditions, Fossum said. Of all
the students that came to the
first class, only one left when he
decided the music’s difficulty was
beyond his level.
“It is a self-selecting group,”
Mauer said.
There are seven to eight
musicians in the group cur-
rently, which is a good number,
Fossum said. “It is big enough
that we can have a lot of fun.”
The group is open to almost any
instrument except instruments
that have “fixed tones,” like piano
and guitar, Sanlikol said.
Some of the current instru-
ments include cellos, trumpets,
clarinets and voice. Sanlikol sings
and plays an instrument called
an oud, which is a type of lute,
Fossum said.
The ensemble will not be giv-
ing any public performances yet
since there have only been two
meetings so far, but there will
probably be a concert at the end
of the year, Sanlikol said.
It is uncertain if the group will
continue in future semesters, and
“depends on whether I will keep
on teaching at Brown,” Sanlikol
said.
Until then, he said, “The more
people who want to come learn
about Middle Eastern music the
merrier.”
Arts & Culture 5
Where Celtic sounds meet Motown soul
By Kristina Fazzalaro
Arts & Culture Editor
Take a healthy dose of punk, more
than a little rock-and-roll and a
heaping cup of traditional Irish
music. Now crank up the bass, mix
and repeat. The end result — the
soulful lyrics, fast rhythms and
driving melodies of Celtic-punk
band Flogging Molly — is sure to
send listeners to Ireland and back
by the end of the song.
The band will perform at Lupo’s
Heartbreak Hotel Feb. 22 as part
of its seventh “Green 17 Tour,” the
band’s annual countdown to St.
Patrick’s Day. This year’s perfor-
mance will include a preview of
the band’s newest album, “Speed of
Darkness,” to be released May 24.
Flogging Molly has been to-
gether for over a decade, combin-
ing their Irish roots with punk
rock sounds to create a kick-up-
your-heels-and-do-a-jig — while
moshing at the same time —
sound.
According to accordionist Matt
Hensley, the new album will “defi-
nitely sound like Flogging Molly,
but it’s definitely different also.” It
recalls more punk rock and rock-
and-roll influences, Hensley said.
That does not mean the beats are
faster but that the arrangement
of the instruments lends itself to
this sound.
“We are continually trying to
change ourselves,” Hensley said.
The sound of the new album calls
to mind good music from 20 or 30
years ago, but that is new for Flog-
ging Molly, he said. “It has an old,
sentimental vibe that I like, but I’m
so close to it,” he explained.
According to a Jan. 19 article
in Alternative Press, the fans can
expect to hear some blues and
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influences from the 1960s on the
new album as well.
The band began working on
“Speed of Darkness” in Detroit,
hometown of the band’s fiddler
Brigdet Regan. “We spent three
months there,” Hensley said.
“Some of the songs definitely have
a Motown vibe.”
“Lyrically, we are all affected
by the world around us,” Hensley
said. The new album “talks about
where we are at in the world and
what we want to see happening.”
“Don’t Shut ’Em Down,” the
first single released off “Speed of
Darkness,” definitely has a differ-
ent feel to it. Punk and rock influ-
ences are prevalent, but the song
begs the question: Has the band
lost some of its signature sound?
The change in sound after
“Float” — the band’s previous al-
bum, which reached the number
one spot on the Billboard execu-
tive chart — is surprising but not
altogether unwelcome. It high-
lights the band’s versatility and
growth, though diehard fans may
be skeptical upon first listening.
Regardless of the musical ar-
rangements, the lyrics of “Don’t
Shut ’Em Down” are powerful
and carry with them an impor-
tant message for today. They sing,
“Lately, the 21st century’s been
crazy / It’s a sign of the times /
Buildings decomposing in slum-
ber / There’s no work for all till
they wake.”
One of the best qualities of
Flogging Molly’s music is the
group’s storytelling ability — their
lyrics do not purely aspire to be
catchy but also to weave together
a message that is relatable and true
for its listeners. The group suc-
ceeds here again.
Though the band wrote the
comics
music in the heart of Motown,
“Speed of Darkness” was recorded
in a converted church in North
Carolina. And though the chuch
was not a traditional studio, the
atmosphere did have its perks —
including beautiful stained glass
windows and exceptional acous-
tics, Hensley said.
The band also chose to record
one of the songs on the album to-
gether as a group, Hensley said.
“When you record together, you
can’t help but hear or feel ambient
sounds,” he said. “We are a better
live band than a recorded band,”
he added, explaining that record-
ing together lends that live sound
to the album as well.
Flogging Molly welcomed
back producer Ryan Hewitt, who
worked with the band on “Float.”
“He’s really excellent at hearing
stuff with his ear,” Hensley said.
“He’d come in and rearrange
things, manipulate it — and when
he was done, it was just so much
better.” Hewitt also joined the
band during their writing process
in Detroit. “We’re all so close to it
that it’s good to have outside ears
that say, ‘Try this,’” Hensley added.
“Everybody’s my brother and
sister,” he said. The band has its
good days, bad days and its strug-
gles — “like a retarded, boozy fam-
ily,” he added.
A boozy family perhaps — but
it is one known for its energetic
live performances, meaningful
lyrics and unique sound. Though
that sound has undergone some
changes recently, “Speed of Dark-
ness” captures that Flogging Molly
spirit.
“We are Flogging Molly at the
end of the day,” Hensley said, “so
we’re going to sound like Flogging
Molly.”
6 Editorial The Brown Daily Herald
Friday, February 18, 2011

Diamonds & Coal Editorial comic by erik stayton and

evan donahue
Coal to the Corporation, for raising tuition 3.5 percent. We didn’t
know this was what you meant by “Plan for Academic Enrichment.”

A cubic zirconium to Maggie Gallagher, president of the Institute

for Marriage and Public Policy, who said it’s “not discriminatory
to treat different things differently.” Except in the dictionary.

A cubic zirconium to Herald athlete of the week Bianca Aboubakare

’11, who set the school record for career singles victories this week
and told The Herald, “Playing against those old Vietnamese guys is
crazy. They play with beer bottles, paddles, chairs, and they’re really
smart.” Congratulations, but when did we stop talking about tennis
and start talking about the most epic drinking game of all time?

Coal to Gov. Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14, who plans to visit Baltimore,
Cleveland and Pittsburgh for ideas about jump-starting the state
economy. Chafee then plans to tour Russia and China to inform his
efforts to protect civil liberties, before swinging through England and
Ireland to learn about improving Rhode Island’s cuisine.

A cubic zirconium to Professor of Economics Glenn Loury, who

said, “A month is way too long and not long enough to look at black
history in the context of American history.” That makes no sense. Or
maybe it makes way too much sense.

A diamond to the adorably naive owner of the Colosseum — a

nightclub vying to replace the Wednesday night hole left by the Fish
Company’s closing — who said of the club’s first “Brown night” that
he “had no trouble. Everyone was great.” Just wait.

A diamond to Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience John Stein, who

told The Herald, “Humans regularly do things that don’t make sense
within the realm of biology.” Now we know why Toledo Pizza in a quote of the day
“Anything could be defined as magic.”
Cone is still in business.

Coal to Vice President for Alumni Relations Todd Andrews ’83,

who told The Herald, “Brown is a very romantic place.” Clearly he
hasn’t spoken to Jeb Koogler ’11, who estimated “Valentine’s Day can
be rough for, I would say, 90 percent of people.”
— Evan Stites-Clayton ‘11, see magic on page 1.
A cubic zirconium to Tom Miotke ’14, who called a weekend
speed dating event at Peterutti Lounge a “cluster(expletive).” We
appreciate the enthusiasm, but Sex Power God isn’t until November.

Coal to Michael Kennedy, director of the Watson Institute for

International Studies, which shocked the world last Friday by increas-
Correction
ing requirements for all future international relations concentrators, A front-page article in Tuesday’s Herald (“McCormick motions for second recusal,” Feb. 15) incorrectly indicated
before backing down Wednesday night and making concessions to that McCormick’s motion was filed Feb. 14. In fact, the motion was filed Feb. 11. The Herald regrets the error.
sophomores who have not yet declared. In the five-day Providence
Requirement Crisis, Kennedy blinked first. We see Watson Senior

Clarification
Fellow Sergei Khrushchev’s fingerprints all over this one. Adlai
Stevenson to be played by Professor of Political Science Mark Blyth.

An article in Thursday’s Herald (“Fish no: staff adjust to quieter Wednesdays,” Feb. 17) stated that Ann Hoff-
man, director of administration for dining services, wrote in an e-mail to The Herald that Josiah’s managers
have adjusted to the Fish Company’s closing. Hoffman wrote that Jo’s managers were aware of Fish Co.’s closing.

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Friday, February 18, 2011
Peeking into the dark corners of history
Michelle Uhrick
Opinions Columnist
As I face my graduation and possibly
the last semester of my education, I am
tempted to look back and ask, “What
have I learned?”
The answer — which is especially rel-
evant in debates about the value of a lib-
eral arts education — is that in college,
you often find yourself learning the same
thing over and over again. In different
forms, in different places, with different
skills sets — but still, at the end of the
day, the same basic concepts.
The social sciences in particular fall
into this pattern. When we study the
foreign, we study the dysfunctional and
dark. When we study the domestic, we are
often myopic and limited in our scope. A
true liberal arts education should exam-
ine what works in society as well as what’s
broken, and should question things that
we take for granted, from democracy to
liberalism to free trade.
In many ways, the story is the same
across the different fields of social sci-
ence, and even across time from high
school to college: We learn about the bro-
ken and the interesting, not the function-
al and “boring.” We learn about the dev-
astation of World War II but not about
the European unification that came af-
ter it. We learn about the horrors of the
Cultural Revolution and the hypocrisy of
China’s “Communist” Party but not the
stories of the millions of families lifted
out of poverty. We learn about the depths
of sectarianism in the Middle East but
not the success of the Ottoman Empire
in keeping much of it under one rule for
centuries. We learn about the developing
world, and we sympathize with its strug-
gles. We learn about the developed world
and its struggles, and we see a warning,
but rarely do we study a place and actu-
ally learn.
American history, on the other hand,
In many ways, the story is the same across all the differ-
ent fields of social science, and even across time from
high school to college: We learn about the broken and
the interesting, not the functional and “boring.”
which most people know from high
school, always seems to be taught on
fast-forward: Start with the colonies, the
American Revolution, George Washing-
ton, Native Americans and the War of
1812. Fast-forward to the Civil War, the
fantastic defeat of the South and slavery in
one fell blow. Fast-forward to World War
I, briefly, and then World War II, Ameri-
ca in all its world-saving glory. And then
time always seems to run out for the epi-
logue, the insignificant and uninspiring
Korea-Bay-of-Pigs-Vietnam-Watergate-
Gulf-War footnote to this tale otherwise
Opinion 7
filled with ever-increasing amounts of
awesome.
We learn, of course, about the demons
that we faced along the way — racism,
sexism, classism. Demons that we have,
to the best of our collective ability, van-
quished, but whose regrettable stain is
still spilled across the pages of our his-
tory books. That we continue to actively
guard against these problems and exam-
ine these stains really is evidence of how
far we have come and how noble we are.
Unexplored, however, are often the de-
mons that we might still be avidly em-
bracing — from Vietnam to higher ed-
ucation to CIA involvement in foreign
coups.
Brown offers high hopes for this di-
chotomy to change — finally, a chance
to light up all those dark corners of his-
tory. But when we study the foreign, we
still focus on the broken and warped, and
when we study the domestic, we still fo-
cus on the demons of days past, of the
comforting we-know-better now.
The dirtiest secret in all this, and one
that comes to light after spending time
in a foreign country, is that all countries
teach history this way. Domestic history
is about glories accomplished, demons
vanquished. Looking at foreign coun-
tries through foreign eyes makes you re-
alize that all countries and cultures can
have their horrifically negative quali-
ties drawn into the light. When I stud-
ied international relations in Ireland and
Germany, I realized that students abroad
learn about the United States in the ex-
act same way — they point out our bur-
geoning obesity, our violent crime rates,
the irrationality of our politics and some-
times ignore all that is good about us.
Look at them, they say, how broken they
are. How they keep spiraling further into
their violence, their lack of care for each
other and the world, their hedonism and
decadence. That does not mean they are
right — but it is shocking to realize how
easy it is to demonize something by sim-
ply removing the good qualities from the
bad, without teaching any lies at all.
Break the cycle. Take those cours-
es about developing countries and defi-
nitely explore the darkest corners of the
United States’ past. But also take courses
on what works around the world — what
other countries are doing right that may-
be we are not, and come to it with the
mind that you have something to learn.
Michelle Uhrick ’11 is an international re-
lations and economics concentrator from
Connecticut. She can be reached at
michelle_uhrick@brown.edu.

It’s your right —

use it now.

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Daily Herald Sports Friday
the Brown
Taking a
Wiz (-ards
franchise) to
the playoffs
By Sam Sheehan
Sports Columnist
As I sat in front of my computer pre-
paring to write this column, I stared
blankly at the screen, desperately
racking my brain for how on Earth I
was going to sneak a Valentine’s Day
theme into it. Sports and romance
mix about as well as oil and water.
Sure, they touch at some points, but
everywhere else they stay apart. Re-
member “Jerry Maguire II?” “Love
and Basketball II?” No? That’s because
they didn’t happen. No one would go
see a movie in which Omar Epps gets
fed up with babysitting his daughter,
can’t take watching his wife play in
the WNBA anymore and goes back
into the NBA with the Bobcats.
And the Bobcats are about as ro-
mantic as a truck-stop restroom stall.
So instead, I’m going to glaze
over the topic of love, put my snarky
comments about disgustingly happy
couples at nice restaurants on the
shelf and not comfort the single
people glaring at the aforementioned
couples through the windows with
thoughts of the easiest way to slip
cyanide in their bottle of Merlot.
No friends. Today, my valentine
is for the good people of Washing-
ton. I suppose it is actually more of
a request than a valentine: Make me
the Washington Wizards general
manager.
You might ask yourself, “Well
Sam, this is all fine and well, but isn’t
this what your role model/favorite
author/number-one-person-you-
want-to-meet, ESPN’s own Bill Sim-
mons, did when the Timberwolves
job opened up?”
Yes. Yes, it is. And current Wiz-
ards GM Ernie Grunfeld actually did
a pretty good job dumping Arenas’
contract for the shorter, but still pu-
trid, contract of Rashard Lewis. But
let me outline my plan for you Wiz
fans, and let’s see if I can win you over.
1. Extend John Wall’s contract.
First and foremost, I’m signing
Wall to a contract extension. He’s
the centerpiece of this franchise. He
knows it. We know it. I’ll push for
a longer contract, four years with a
player option for five. Honestly, price
is not an issue. We are going to have
the cap room, and even if he asks
for a max contract, I give him that
money. Right now, for this franchise?
Worth it.
And honestly, he probably won’t.
That’s just a worst-case scenario.
Washington isn’t really a small mar-
ket and, considering the high esteem
the team holds him in, I think he’d
really want to play here.
Once we’ve got John Wall locked :
continued on page 4
W. LACROSSE
Bruno Sets Sights On Ivy League Title
By Sam Wickham
Contributing Writer
Despite a seventh-place finish in the
Ivy League last season, the women’s
lacrosse team believes it has the
potential to challenge for the con-
ference title in 2011.
“We want to make Brown his-
tory,” said tri-captain Paris Water-
man ’11. “A big goal of ours is to get
to the Ivy League tournament and
win a championship, and I think
we have all the pieces to do that
this year.”
But to make that goal a reality,
Head Coach Keely McDonald ’00
said the team must commit to hard
work.
“We’ve talked a lot about this
group of women competing to be
their best in practice and games
and really bringing everything they
have to every opportunity they
have,” McDonald said.
Even though the Bears have lofty
goals for the year as a whole, they
are making a conscious effort to
take the season game-by-game.
“I haven’t allowed myself to
look past the second game,” said
tri-captain Alexa Caldwell ’11.
“It’s our first home game against
Boston University, and it’s going
to be huge.”
The team lost four players to
graduation, but the upperclass-
men are eager to fill their roles,
McDonald said.
“The seniors from last year were
athlete of the week
Aboubakare ’11 hits top of Brown record books
By tony bakshi
Sports Editor
Bianca Aboubakare ’11 walked on
the court a Women’s tennis player last
Saturday. She walked off it a school
record-holder. With a straight-set
win, 6-4, 6-0, over Alison Rauh
of Davidson College, Aboubakare
clinched her 85th career singles
victory, breaking a Brown women’s
tennis record set nearly 12 years ago
by Saranga Sangakkara ’99. Abouba-
kare — partnered with Jessica Har-
row ’14 — also notched her 72nd
doubles win on the same day and
now needs just one more victory to
take sole possession of the career
doubles mark.
For her day of record perfor-
mances, The Herald has named
Aboubakare Athlete of the Week.
The Herald: How did it feel to
break the singles win record?
Aboubakare: It was really cool.
I thought it was really revealing
in terms of seeing how far (Head
Coach) Paul (Wardlaw) has taken
this program. … It was just really
nice because I put in a lot of hard
work as a kid and to see it manifest
itself in breaking this record was
cool.
What are you most proud of ac-
complishing in your Brown tennis
career?
I’m most proud of how this team
Paris Waterman ‘11 and women’s lacrosse hope to build a successful season.
a group that helped lead a very suc-
cessful season for us, so their lead-
ership will be missed,” she added.
“I think this year’s senior class, all
six, are excited to follow up where
the senior class of last year left off,
and they are just as motivated and
determined to make this season a
really great one for Brown lacrosse.”
Eight first-years will join the
has shaped up. The results that I have
are a result of the wonderful people
around this team. They’re my spar-
ring partners, they’re my teammates
and they’re my friends. We all push
each other, so these results are not
just something that I came up with
on my own. And to come up with
this record — it’s not really anything,
I’d say, because I know someone else
in the next two years will probably
break it, which is really cool.
When did you start playing
tennis?
I started competing when I was
10, almost 11. I started picking up a
racquet when I was seven or eight.
Did anyone influence you to
start playing?
I watched my dad play on the
public courts, and that’s where I
started. That’s what I did my whole
life. That’s what I attribute my crafti-
ness or whatever — playing against
those old Vietnamese guys is crazy.
They play with beer bottles, paddles,
chairs, and they’re really smart. They
can do whatever they want with the
ball, and I had to adjust to that as a
kid. I would have to do the same
thing to beat them. So that was really
fun. And because I had to do that,
that’s what kept me playing. I had to
push myself against these older guys.
You went to Morning Star Acad-
emy, a home schooling program.
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squad, and they will be looking year, we had three one-goal losses
to make an impact in these initial and were playing really well to-
games. wards the end of the season. … It
“The entire freshman class has doesn’t matter who the opponent
done well in the fall and preseason, is. We’re going to play the way we
and I think several of them will know how to play.”
look to contribute right away in our The Bears will start their season
first game,” McDonald said. at Sacred Heart Feb. 26 and will
“Finally, we have all the pieces play their first home game three
we need,” Waterman said. “Last days later against BU.
How was your high school experi-
ence, and what made you decide to
come to Brown?
I always did well in school. Doing
an independent study, you had to
figure things out on your own and
teach yourself. I think it helped to
establish or fuel my critical thinking
because I wasn’t having people feed
me information all the time. I had
to go around and find it to do well
in these courses. As for getting into
Brown, that was a shocker for me.
I was mainly looking at big sports
schools. When I was accepted to
Brown, I was like, “Oh, that’s cool.
I might as well get an education.”
(laughs) And it turns out that was
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the best decision I could have made. Aboubakare broke Brown women’s
tennis career single wins record last
What are you studying? weekend in a victory over Davidson.
Human biology with a theme in
brain and behavior. I do like music.
Do you have a favorite band?
What are your plans after grad- Not really. I like to listen to every-
uation? thing. I dabble in everything.
Well, I would like to take extra
classes, like a postbaccalaureate pro- Are you a big follower of pro-
gram, but at the same time do assis- fessional tennis? Do you have any
tant coaching for tennis. I’m hoping favorite players?
those two come hand in hand. That I thought Martina Hingis was
would be really nice. I’m hoping to really cool for a while. I thought she
eventually go to medical school in was really smart, and I try to play
two or three years. smart, too. I’m not someone who
will try the same thing every time. I
What do you like to do off the like to mix it up, and people have told
court? me that I’m unpredictable. But right
I really like music. I mean, I don’t
have any specific musical talents, but continued on page 4