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Planned budget cuts

concern faculty
By Nicole Friedman to The Herald.
Senior Staff Writer Dreier said this rapid faculty
growth worried the committee last
The proposed budget cuts outlined January.
in President Ruth Simmons’ e-mail During its review of the Plan for
to the Brown community last week Academic Enrichment, the commit-
came as no surprise to some mem- tee found that faculty growth had
bers of the faculty, who had already not been matched by increased
anticipated slowed hiring rates. research funding, graduate school
But the cuts could make it dif- growth or infrastructure support,
ficult for the University to meet fac- Dreier said.
ulty and student needs, especially in Some faculty members said
popular departments, said Professor that the postponement in Graduate
of Philosophy James Dreier, who School growth could hurt depart-
Courtesy of Brown University
chairs the Faculty Executive Com- ments, especially those that already Patrick Corey ‘10 (left) and Kelly Glaser ’10 install energy efficient lightbulbs as part of Project 20/20, which
mittee. have few teaching assistants. Those is partly funded by Walmart.
In her e-mail, Simmons an- without graduate programs, such as
nounced a “reduction in the planned
increase in the size of the faculty.”
Faculty growth was a major compo-
the International Relations program
and the Center for Language Stud-
ies, could also feel the pinch as they
$15k donation stirs controversy
nent of the Plan for Academic En- depend on other departments for By Jenna Stark “Fifteen thousand dollars is meet a wide range of people who
richment and the University now graduate TAs. News Editor a fair amount of money,” Quinn could be helpful to the University
boasts a faculty of 689 members, “We’ll have to work closely with said, adding that it allowed “for in one fell swoop.”
compared with 589 in the 2002-2003 the grad school to make sure that The University spent $15,000 to this tremendous opportunity to “There’s no conference like
academic year, Dean of the Facul- register Vice President for In- meet with people from around the CGI,” he added.
ty Rajiv Vohra wrote in an e-mail continued on page 2 ternational Af fairs David Ken- world and engage in thoughtful But the $15,000 registration
nedy ’76 for the Clinton Global dialogue on issues of interest to fee, or so-called donation, has
Initiative’s annual meeting last higher education and the broader sparked some controversy, high-
September, according to a list society.” lighted by a Dec. 23 Wall Street
ta g tan g l e released by the Clinton F ounda- President Ruth Simmons also Journal column that raised ques-
tion in mid-December. attended the annual meeting, but tions about nonprofits making
Questions were raised over the did not have to pay the registra- charitable donations to the Foun-
circumstances and purpose of the tion fee as she was an “invited dation, and mentioned Brown by
contribution — which appeared guest,” Quinn said. name. The Herald had reported
as a donation on the Foundation’s The University chose to send two months earlier that the Uni-
Web site — when the information Kennedy to the meeting to “en- versity received $205,000 in grant
was released. hance Brown’s profile in the inter- money from the Foundation in
Despite the then-declining national community, and to make September, through the Clinton
economic conditions, Kennedy’s valuable connections with world Global Initiative University, a pro-
registration fee was covered by leaders,” Quinn wrote in an e-mail gram started by the Foundation
the President’s office, said Marisa to The Herald. to promote leadership on college
Quinn, vice president of public af- Kennedy said the meeting pro-
fairs and university relations. vides “a terrific oppor tunity to continued on page 2

Psychiatry resident talks cadavers

By Britta Greene 101 Monday night. but in the end extremely valuable.
Senior Staf f Writer Her lecture, entitled “Dissec- She said she holds deep respect for
tion and Doctoring: What The those who donate their bodies to
A body, bearing racist tattoos, is Dead Teach Us About Healing The science, though she is unsure of
donated to a medical school for Living,” followed the 2007 publica- whether she would do so herself.
dissection. One shoulder bears a tion of her book “Body of Work: She went on to examine the
swastika. On the other is written Meditations on Mortality from the evolution of attitudes toward
“KKK.” Human Anatomy Lab.” medicine among medical students,
Should the body be presented Montross argued that using many of whom enter the field out
to the students for anatomical dis- cadavers in medical training pre- of altruism and empathy, she said.
section? Should the tattoos be cut pares students for the physical and Over time, after prolonged lack of
off first? Should students even be emotional stress they are likely to sleep, loss of personal time and
doing dissections when they could face in their careers. continued exposure to emotionally
just use computer models of the Human dissection is “at times traumatic experiences, many stu-
human body? awe-inspiring and at times pro- dents begin to lose this empathy
Arguing for the continued use foundly upsetting,” she said, add- and personal connection to their
of cadavers in medical training, ing that calmness in the face of patients, she said.
Christine Montross MD’06, a emotional distress is a “learned She said students are often
resident in psychiatry, discussed response.” “depleted,” and that the fears of
Frederic Lu / Herald
Many building around campus have been vandalized by graffiti. these questions with thoughtful Her own experience with dis- failure and inadequacy force mem-
See Metro, page 5 reflection and poetic eloquence section, she said, recorded in full bers of the medical field to push
before a small crowd in Salomon in her book, was at first terrifying, continued on page 2
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Faculty reacts to budget cuts
sity’s endowment loss than other the opportunity arises would be a
continued from page 1
departments, since the institute, “mistake” for Brown, placing it in
departments that provide the most unlike the rest of the University, an “environment of stagnation.”
TAs for IR-related courses, such “relies largely on its endowment So far, the program has not
as political science, don’t experi- to cover operating expenses,” An- prevented the school from hiring
ence more of a TA shortage than dreas wrote. most of its faculty at the junior level,
is already the case,” Peter Andreas, In its report on the Plan for Aca- Vohra wrote in his e-mail, adding
associate professor of political sci- demic Enrichment last January, that the program is now “more im-
ence and international studies and the Faculty Executive Committee portant than ever.”
director of the International Rela- also noted that language classes at Simmons’ proposed budget
tions program, wrote in an e-mail Brown are “significantly larger than cuts should not affect students in
to The Herald. those of our peers” and that there the short term, since most of the
Though the University has ex- “seems to be no normal or explicit planned faculty growth is complete,
tended the staff and administrative mechanism for adding lecturers as said Hesthaven, who is also a mem-
hiring freeze in place since Novem- enrollments grow.” ber of the University Resources
ber, Simmons has refrained from The Center for Language Stud- Committee.
freezing faculty hires. But in her ies is offering classes in Persian But “all the things that go along
e-mail she noted that some depart- this year due to outside funding, with a better faculty student ratio,”
ments may not be able to fill vacant but the donation will only cover like smaller class sizes, more re-
spaces “in order to pursue targets of three years of instruction, said search opportunities and better
opportunity or meet extraordinary Merle Krueger, associate director advising, will “not be improving the
teaching needs in other areas.” of the center. way we had hoped,” Dreier said.
According to Andreas, any va- The faculty seemed divided on In her e-mail, Simmons also rec-
cancies in the IR program would the importance of the Target of ommended a salary freeze for “es-
have to be filled immediately. Opportunity hiring program, which sentially all faculty and staff.” She
“The current faculty ‘supply’ gives the University the flexibility noted exceptions for pre-existing
simply does not adequately meet to hire academics who are leaders contracts with built-in pay raises
the high student ‘demand’” for the in their fields. and base salary increases associ-
Frederic Lu / Herald
IR program, one of the University’s Dreier said “some people are ated with promotions. She also
Christine Montross delivers a lecture in Solomon 101.
largest concentrations, Andreas skeptical” of the program because made an exemption for “specific

Montross draws insight from wrote. Simmons’ e-mail implied that

it might be more difficult for the
it would allow the University to hire
a famous professor instead of fill-
market pressures,” retaining the
University’s ability to compete if a

‘inevitability of death’
department to fill some “gaping ing several vacancies with junior faculty member is offered a posi-
holes” in its curriculum, he wrote, faculty. tion elsewhere.
adding that the program might not “Sometimes when you try and While the proposals outlined in
continued from page 1 the altruism of young doctors-to- have funding to hire short-term recruit a superstar, those super- Simmons’ e-mail may not be met
be,” she said. visitors to teach “key IR courses not stars are not inspired to teach with enthusiasm from the faculty
themselves too hard. “We should Montross received a master’s offered by regular faculty.” undergraduate classes,” Dreier and staff, Hesthaven said, the most
allow the inevitability of death to of fine arts in poetry from the Uni- The IR program, which is said. important part of Simmons’ plan
remind us that we are every bit as versity of Michigan, and her manu- housed in the Watson Institute But Professor of Applied Math- was her effort to avoid placing the
human and every bit as fallible as script “Embouchure” was a final- for International Studies, could ematics Jan Hesthaven said that financial burden on the students
our patients,” she said. ist for the National Poetry Series. be more vulnerable to the Univer- not hiring the best professors if as much as possible.
The cadavers — “lying on their She told the crowd of her struggle
stainless-steel tables” and donated to balance her medical training
out of sheer philanthropy — can
themselves “ser ve as symbols of
with her “stolen treasure” —
her writing. Universities’ donations draw scrutiny
continued from page 1 prior to this year and still does In addition to the registration
sudoku not specify the intended purpose fee, conference attendees are ex-
campuses, and the Wal-Mar t for the money. The donor list was pected to donate more money,
Foundation. The grant was meant released as part of President Ba- FoxNews.com reported in Sep-
to expand a partnership between rack Obama’s vetting of Secretary tember 2007.
Brown and Dillard University of State Hillar y Clinton, who was “Those who attend pay a
in New Orleans. The initiative then being considered for her $15,000 registration fee and
also granted $2,000 each to four current cabinet position. are also expected to commit
Brown students — more than any But there is no law barring uni- time or money to the confer-
other university received. versities from donating money to ence’s big issues. Those who
Apart from Brown, universities a foundation, said David Brennen, do not fulfill their pledges are
such as Columbia, Tufts Univer- professor of law at the University not invited back,” according to
sity and the University of Califor- of Georgia School of Law. FoxNews.com.
nia at Los Angeles gave money to “I am not aware of any prohi- Still, the University only gave
the Foundation, according to the bition on a university donating the Foundation the money need-
Foundation’s donor list. money to a foundation and the ed to cover the registration fee,
The column also raised ques- foundation in turn providing a Quinn said, adding that she is
tions regarding the transpar- grant back to the same univer- “not aware” of plans to donate
ency of the Clinton Foundation, sity,” he said. further funds.
noting that the organization did The Clinton Foundation could Kennedy said he does not plan
not have to release its donor list not be reached for comment. to attend the conference again.

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C ampus N EWS “We rarely ever get positive feedback.”

— Adam Cambier ’09, Brown Daily Jolt site manager

Continuing Ed turns to Facebook

By Talia Kagan book, said she decided to use the selling a product on the spot. But
Contributing Writer site to advertise at the suggestion unlike a flyer, Facebook is a reliable
of a graduate assistant. Judging the presence, he said, adding that the
The question is familiar to many ad a success, Newcomb said when site allows him to continue promot-
an event organizer or program co- she interviewed students for the RA ing deadlines during the holidays
ordinator: how do you keep Brown position last year, many mentioned — a time when many students make
students informed? For University hearing about the job application decisions about vacation plans.
offices, the answers are also familiar through Facebook. She said she Facebook advertising is also ef-
— table slipping, posters, mailbox plans to run a similar ad again this fective because “it is highly target-
flyers and Morning Mail. But for year. ed, so our ads can be relevant and
one office, add to that list: Face- Geoffrey Chisholm, director of contextual,” Chisholm said. Accord-
book. marketing for the office of continu- ing to Facebook, advertisements
Courtesy of DailyJolt.com The Office of Continuing Educa- ing education, also began running can have specific “demographic
The new Brown Daily Jolt announces events on a “flyerboard.“ tion has used the Facebook paid Facebook ads for Summer Study and psychographic filters” for its
advertising feature to inform stu- Abroad programs after personal 150 million active members, includ-

Daily Jolt makeover dents about Summer Study Abroad

programs and resident advisor hir-
ing for Summer at Brown, a sum-
experience with the site. Since last
November, he said he has run seven
ads for the program, “with nearly
ing those for location, education,
sex, age, relationship status and
relationship interests. Another fil-

to go live today mer study program for high school

students.
Facebook first introduced its
a million total impressions,” or the
number of times the ad has been
viewed. He is also experimenting
ter option for advertisers can be
“keywords,” which are part of the
information listed in a user’s profile,
targeted advertising initiative in with running ads for the office’s such as favorite music or movies.
By Dan Alexander having to eat at the Ratty.” He likened November 2007. The ads appear pre-college programs. Chisholm and Newcomb said they
Staff Writer the flyerboard to a table full of slips on the right-hand side of the screen Newcomb and Chisholm said both targeted their ads at Brown
advertising events, activities and stu- when users view profiles. They can that advertising through Facebook undergraduates. Chisholm has also
The Brown Daily Jolt, an online forum dent groups. The forum is designed to include an image and allow for a is very cost-effective, especially be- run his ads for college students at
for the University community, is unveil- emulate Ratty conversation, he said. maximum of 135 characters. cause their offices are more con- peer institutions.
ing a new look today. The Jolt released a beta version, a Jacqueline Newcomb, assistant cerned with the number of impres- It is difficult to estimate how
The Web site’s new design aims site that looks like the new Jolt but is director of continuing education, sions that an ad gets than with its many students have noticed the
to increase participation and build still not fully functional. The new Jolt said she first ran a Facebook ad number of clicks, which are more ads. Sasha David ’10, said she saw
community among student users, has caused complaints on the Daily last February to invite Brown un- expensive, they said. the Summer Study Abroad ad, and
said Daily Jolt General Manager Max Jolt blogs, Cambier said, and some dergraduates to apply for an RA Chisholm said he sees the ads as clicked on it for more information,
Woolf. users have threatened to never visit position for Summer at Brown. The “a paperless flyer, not an ad” since though she is still unsure about her
The new Jolt’s centerpiece is a “fly- the Jolt again after its new version text-only ad ran for a week. they are meant for “creating aware- summer plans. She has also seen
erboard” — a bulletin board which goes live. Newcomb, who is listed as a ness and reminding about (program
will feature events, announcements “We rarely ever get positive feed- member of “Brown staff” on Face- application) deadlines” instead of continued on page 4
and classified ads. Directly below the back because people who are happy
flyerboard is a forum where users can don’t feel the need to say anything,
post comments. whereas people who are unhappy feel
“Right now, the events and an- the need to say a lot,” Cambier said.
nouncements and all of that are kind “A lot of what we’ve heard back from
of hidden in the back parts of the Jolt,” people directly at Brown is that they
Adam Cambier ’09, site manager for hate the new site and that it’s going
Brown’s Jolt site and a former Herald to be awful,” he said. But, according
opinions columnist, said. “The way to Cambier, the Jolt has launched its
the new Jolt works out, there is a lot new format at all but seven of the 200
more opportunity to see what people Daily Jolt campuses nationwide, and it
around the Brown community have has been well-received thus far.
to say — things they’re promoting, Jolt user Justine Stewart ’11, who
things they believe in — just all kinds has accessed the site’s beta version,
of stuff.” said it was an improvement. “I think
Cambier said the new Jolt will be
“a lot like eating at the Ratty minus continued on page 4

Researcher makes two

face breakthroughs
By Luisa Robledo on subjects to help them identify
Staf f Writer members of the opposite race, ac-
cording to the study released in the
Michael Tarr, professor of cogni- journal PLoS One on Jan. 21.
tive and linguistic sciences, had a Jim Tanaka, professor of psy-
vision ­— or two. Conducting two chology at the University of Victo-
research projects simultaneously ria, and McGill University graduate
regarding visual perception, Tarr student Lara Pierce conducted the
and his fellow researchers con- experiments on 20 Caucasian vol-
cluded not only that visual training unteers.
can lead to a reduction of racial “Our emphasis is the idea of
bias, but also that it is possible to face recognition as a form of ex-
distinguish men from women us- pertise,” Tanaka said.
ing only color patterns shown on The experiment used the Affec-
a person’s skin. tive Lexical Priming Score, a test
In the first project, Tarr, co- designed to measure unconscious
director of the Center for Vision social biases, Pierce wrote in an
Research, and Sophie Lebrecht GS e-mail to The Herald. The test sub-
used research conducted at the jects were presented with a series
University of Victoria to analyze the of African-American and Caucasian
“unconscious biases” that Cauca- faces, which were followed by a
sians have toward other races and
performed visual training exercises continued on page 4
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C ampus N EWS “I don’t know anyone who looks at the ads. I know I haven’t.”
— Jake Maxon ’12

Summer@Brown on Facebook
continued from page 3 usually “we’re trained to ignore ads isholm and Newcomb said they will
online because they don’t apply to continue using traditional methods
several local Facebook ads for jobs us, but Facebook seems to have of campus advertising such as ta-
in Providence, as well as advertise- identified that and made them ap- bleslipping and mailbox stuffing,
ments to sell college class notes. ply (to) us.” along with Facebook.
On the usefulness of Facebook ads, But Jake Maxon ’12, said he As for the future of targeted ads,
David said, “a lot of times we try didn’t find advertising on Facebook Chisholm said he has noticed an
to block them out, but people do to be effective. “I don’t know any- increasing number of commercial
read them,” noting the success of one who looks at the ads. I know I ads on Facebook.
the Obama campaign’s Facebook haven’t,” he said. He said, “Will those ads become
ads. Despite the positive initial re- less effective over time when there’s
Katharine Mead ’12 said that sponse to their Facebook ads, Ch- more noise?”

Mixed reviews for new-look Jolt

continued from page 3
The new site has been a long time The site’s administrators at Brown
it’s a lot easier to read,” she said. coming. Cambier said he first heard had limited influence on the new de-
But Stewart had some complaints. of impending changes to the site’s sign, Cambier said. “We’ve helped to
“This home page is still really long. design when he started working for show them what people want out of
Who is going to scroll through all of the Jolt in 2006. But Woolf, the site’s the Jolt, and what people come to the
that?” she said. general manager, said they began Jolt for, but as far as direct input, we
Cambier said he had doubts making changes to the site in the haven’t had as big of a say.”
about the new Jolt initially, though fall of 2007. Woolf said the Jolt headquar-
he now supports the changes. The Jolt began by surveying us- ters held off on implementing the
“Nobody likes change, you know. ers on all the campuses it serves changes at Brown because Brown’s
I’ve been working at the Jolt for two and asking them what changes they Jolt has such high traffic, and they
and a half years, and it’s always been would like to see. A team at the Jolt wanted everything to run smoothly
the same format,” Cambier said. “So headquarters in Boston began cod- when it launched.
it’s tough to readjust, but I think it ing for the new site, keeping in mind “We’re saving the best for last,”
will be worth it.” users’ suggestions. he said.

Prof: training reduces bias

continued from page 3
string of letters from the alphabet
that formed either non-words or
words with a positive or negative
connotation.
“If racial bias is present, Cau-
casian participants are faster at
responding to a negative word
when it is preceded by an African
American face,” Pierce wrote.
The participants then under-
went training during which they
learned to identify and name the
different African-American faces,
Tanaka said. The team concluded
that after such training, partici-
pants were less likely to identify
African-American faces with nega-
tive words.
“I think it’s a ver y optimistic
result,” Tanaka said. “Hopefully,
it’s a way for us to break racial
stereotypes.”
Lebrecht and Tarr said this
training might be used to decrease
racial profiling by police and immi- Courtesy of Brown.edu
gration officers in the future. Training in face identification may-
reduce covert racial biases at play
“By learning how to tell (races) in racial profiling.

Join The Herald! apart, they are less likely to stereo-

type them,” Tarr said.
Lebrecht has already begun
tones of men and women.
Tarr and Nestor analyzed over
using the knowledge gained from 200 images of Caucasian male and
her and Tarr’s research in a “real female faces to determine that, con-
world” study. As part of a collab- trar y to popular belief, Tarr said,
Info sessions at 195 Angell St. orative project led by Leslie Roos men have more reddish skin while
(between Brook and Thayer): ’09, Lebrecht visits Amos House, women have more greenish skin.
a soup kitchen and shelter in Provi- The researchers’ findings,
dence, to improve the staff’s “social which were published in the jour-
Thursday, February 5 @ 8 p.m. interactions,” Roos said. nal “Psychological Science,” could

Sunday, February 8 @ 8 p.m.

Amos House is a ver y “multi- help determine why women wear
cultural environment,” Lebrecht make-up, he said.
said, adding that she and Roos “are “Women may be putting on red
going monitor how the training af- make-up to highlight green areas,”
Reporting, photography, business, fects interactions of the staff.” Tarr said.
design, opinions and more! In addition to his work on racial The information could also be
biases, Tarr also collaborated on a used in advertising and facial rec-
research project with Adrian Nestor ognition technology, according to
GS that examined the differing skin a Brown press release.
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“The biggest thing we can do with murals is take away their canvas.”
— Dauna Noble, local mural artist, on preventing graffiti
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 | Page 5

State grapples with new

changes to Medicaid
By Melissa Shube about the spending cap.
Senior Staf f Writer “Giving elderly, disabled people
and others the opportunity to have a
Rhode Island became the first more appropriate site for their care
state to gain control of its Med- is what we need to do,” he said.
icaid program last month when “We didn’t need to take the
the General Assembly approved cap in order to get the waivers we
an unprecedented deal between needed.”
Governor Donald Carcieri ’65 and If the need for Medicaid funding
the Bush administration. The Med- exceeds the $12 billion allocated by
icaid waiver provides the state with the federal government, the state
greater flexibility in exchange for will either have to find additional
a cap on federal funding for the funding or cut the number of people
program. on Medicaid by adjusting eligibility
“The waiver takes (Medicaid) requirements.
out of the federal bureaucracy and “When the federal money runs
gives the state the ability to run it out, the state will be responsible
itself,” said Amy Kemp, Carcieri’s for the Medicaid costs and more
press secretary. than likely they will start decimat-
Medicaid is a federal aid pro- ing the entire Medicaid system,”
Min Wu / Herald gram which pays for medical care DeToy said. “That is what we’re
The Providence Police are working with the College Hill Neighborhood Association to prevent and remove for low-income families and indi- most fearful about.”
graffiti from local buildings.
viduals. Edward Miller, assistant profes-
Before the waiver was passed, sor of Public Policy, Political Sci-

Fighting Hill graffiti a group effort

the state had little say in how Med- ence and Community Health, said
icaid operated, and the federal gov- the waiver was risky in light of the
ernment contributed just over fifty economic downturn.
cents for every dollar spent by the Noting Rhode Island’s high un-
By Rachel Starr flyers and brochures at community thing that’s really going to help with state on Medicaid. With the waiver, employment, Miller said, “People
Contributing Writer events. the really gratuitous tagging is get- the federal government’s spending lose their jobs and they lose their
According to Hardy, Lieutenant ting them caught much more often,” will be capped at $12 billion over the income, so there might be a grow-
The College Hill Neighborhood John Ryan, commander of District 9, Noble said. next five years in exchange for fuller ing demand for people to be on
Association has teamed up with which includes Brown and much of Providence Police Officer Nicole state control of the program. Medicaid.”
Providence Police to revamp graf- the East Side, “has made graffiti one Darling said it is nearly impossible to The rising costs and inefficien- “This could become something,
fiti removal and prevention on Col- of his priorities,” because he recog- know when tagging occurs. She said cies within the program made an I think, that would come back to
lege Hill in response to a perceived nizes that it is an ongoing problem taggers do not limit their activities to overhaul necessary, Kemp said, call- bite them in the rear end down the
increase in tagging. and receives “plenty of complaints” nights and weekends. ing the expenses “unsustainable.” road,” he said.
All of the major historic homes from residents. The Police Depart- Due to the difficulty of catching The waiver will help decrease Kemp said the state is “ver y,
in the neighborhood have been hit ment has “really reached out to the perpetrators in the act, the group the costs of the program, Kemp very comfortable” with the agree-
by taggers, according to co-chair of community” due to Ryan’s “style” discussed alternative deterrents to said. Rhode Island will be able to ment to cap federal spending.
the CHNA Graffiti Initiative Susan and his desire to listen to neighbors’ vandalism, such as painting murals cut costs by sending fewer people to Though the waiver has gone into
Hardy. concerns, she added. around the city on walls that taggers long-term care facilities and obtain- effect, it could take some time for
“They’re just opportunists out Ryan agreed that the police de- would normally claim. ing better prices for medication and issues of oversight and implementa-
there to destroy private property,” partment has adopted graffiti as “a “The biggest thing we can do with medical services, she added. tion to be addressed, she said.
Hardy said, adding that the initiative top priority” due to its “good work- murals is take away their canvas,” Previously, Medicaid did not pay “In general, the assembly does
“doesn’t consider them artists by ing relationship with the College Noble said. for home care, so an elderly person not act very quickly,” DeToy said.
any means.” Hill neighborhood.” He said the Jennifer Rydwansky, the other in need of additional care had no “I’m a little fearful that they swing
The group has focused its efforts amount of tagging has increased mural artist at the meeting, said mu- choice but to move into a nursing the pendulum a little too far and
on raising community awareness significantly, especially “within the rals would “get the neighborhood home, Kemp said. create a bottleneck in the state’s
about graffiti, Hardy said. When last three months,” which has forced to respect the wall and respect the Allowing able individuals to be ability to keep making the changes
the CHNA first created the initiative the police department to dedicate artwork.” cared for at home is “much more necessary in a timely fashion.”
three years ago, she and Co-Chair significant time and resources to the RISD Public Safety Officer Kris cost-effective,” she said, but added The Providence Journal reported
Steven Heck compiled information “sometimes daily” problem. Paglio said the “rush of getting away that no one will be forced to leave Monday that the governor didn’t yet
about graffiti removal and made it At a meeting Monday night about with it” could be “channeled into do- his or her institutional facilities un- have enough personnel, including
publicly accessible on the Internet. graffiti on College Hill, members ing something positive for the com- der the waiver. long term care specialists, nurses,
The initiative’s page on the CHNA of the CHNA, public safety officers munity,” adding that art programs at Mary Linn Hamilton, president case workers and implementation
Web site provides the phone number from both Brown and the Rhode Is- schools could serve that purpose. of the Visiting Nurse Association of aids, to move for ward with the
of the police graffiti hotline and tips land School of Design, Providence Hardy said it is both important Rhode Island, said her organization changes to Medicaid.
to help residents clean up hard-to- police officers and local mural artists and effective to educate the com- supports the waiver, adding that if While Hamilton is concerned
remove spray paint. Calling to report joined Ryan in discussing solutions munity about “how destructive this possible, “everyone would prefer to about the state’s ability “to manage
an incident or a suspicious behavior to tagging. Dauna Noble, one of the mode of so-called ‘artistic expres- be taken care of at home.” and efficiently execute the waiver,”
is “a great way for the citizens of Col- mural artists in attendance, said sion’ is.” Steve DeToy, director of Gov- she remains positive. “I think it’s a
lege Hill to help out,” Hardy said. Providence needs to have a “public Darling agreed, saying the best ernment and Public Affairs for the really good opportunity for the state
In addition to providing informa- education campaign,” echoing the way for citizens to get involved is to Rhode Island Medical Society, said of Rhode Island to do really new and
tion on the Web site, members of objectives of the CHNA initiative. call the graffiti hot line if they ob- his organization supports the flex- different things to provide services
the initiative distribute informative “It seems to me that the only serve someone tagging. ibility of the plan but is concerned and stay cost effective.”

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Tuesday, February 3, 2009 | Page 6

Senate opens $885b Daschle’s network one of D.C.’s largest

stimulus plan debate By Ceci Connolly
Washington Post
care and knows the challenges
of navigating the White House
bureaucracy.
House positions, most notably
Pete Rouse, who was his chief of
staff and is now senior adviser to
By Janet Hook administration to ask Congress for WASHINGTON — As he battles As news broke over the week- the president, and Phil Schiliro,
and Maura Reynolds another eye-popping bailout. this week to save his nomination end that Daschle had made sev- Obama’s legislative liaison.
Los Angeles T imes Tactically, the White House wants to be secretar y of Health and Hu- eral tax errors, many of those Daschle-ites are also taking
to have the stimulus plan approved man Ser vices, one thing is cer- former colleagues and aides positions at the Agriculture De-
WASHINGTON — With the econo- and out of the way before any such tain: No one in Washington has a helped mount a defense, prais- partment and the Democratic Na-
my still spiraling downward and the proposal is made. Given the wide- better-positioned network of allies ing his integrity on talk shows, tional Committee. Some of his
political landscape in flux, the Senate spread anger over Wall Street bo- in the Obama administration than in press releases and whispered closest allies are among Obama’s
on Monday opened debate on an nuses and what are seen as other ex- Thomas A. Daschle. asides. Not a single lawmaker has most trusted outside advisers,
$885 billion stimulus plan that faces cesses, proposing to shell out more Over three decades on Capitol called for him to withdraw. a select group whose influence
bipartisan questions about whether tax dollars could trigger extreme Hill, including 10 years as the Sen- But the real potency of the comes not from a title but from a
it spends too little on housing and sticker shock in both parties. ate Democratic leader, Daschle network will come if Daschle is personal bond. They include John
infrastructure and too much on other Treasur y Secretar y Timothy has nurtured one of the largest, confirmed, said Ross Baker, a Podesta, president of the Center
things. Geithner is expected to lay out the most experienced talent pools political scientist at Rutgers Uni- for American Progress who mas-
President Barack Obama’s ambi- framework of the administration’s in the city. They guided Barack versity. With such well-placed, terminded Obama’s transition,
tious plan is headed for more than a financial sector plan early next Obama from his first days in the trusted advisers, he would be in a lawyer Robert Bauer and political
week of robust debate in the Senate, week. Senate, through the presidential position to promote his priorities consultant Anita Dunn.
where it faces a stronger possibility Obama met with top Democratic race and into the White House. and shape policy well beyond the “The spokes of the wheel all
of winning at least some bipartisan congressional leaders Monday to His tentacles, moreover, stretch contours of his department. lead to Pete Rouse,” said Dunn,
support than it had in the House. Not discuss the stimulus bill and other far beyond the agency Obama “The fact that he has eyes and who has deep ties to both men.
a single House Republican voted for upcoming legislation. A Democratic picked him to lead, reaching ears in the White House, rather “When Pete went to work for Ba-
it last week. source familiar with the meeting said across the entire administration than way down in the HHS bu- rack, what Barack got — and I
Senate Republicans will propose that there was a consensus that when from the upper echelons of the reaucracy, is really an advantage,” don’t think he realized it — was
a panoply of amendments to make all possible additions or changes to White House to mid-level de- Baker said. He likened Daschle’s the only network in Democratic
the bill more palatable — including the bill have been decided, the total partmental positions to Obama’s sphere of influence to the broad circles that from both a policy and
moves to strip out spending they con- cost should not exceed $900 billion. kitchen Cabinet. power that Secretary of State Hen- political perspective came close
sider inappropriate in an economic That means some of the spending The network is being tapped r y Kissinger held in the Nixon to the Clinton network.”
stimulus bill. One such target: $75 items would have to be jettisoned. this week as Daschle and his al- administration. Rouse got his start in Wash-
million to help people quit smoking. Congressional Democrats indi- lies scramble to explain why he “Geography is determinant ington in the early 1970s when
Such changes, if accepted, could win cated that they would be willing to did not pay more than $100,000 of influence,” he said. “To have he and Daschle were young aides
support for the plan from conserva- drop some of the business tax breaks in back taxes, primarily for the people proximate to the president to then-Senator James Abourezk,
tive Democrats such as Sen. Ben in the bill, but that the administration use of a car and driver for three is a real advantage.” D-S.D. In 1986, he began an 18-
Nelson, D-Neb., as well as Republi- wanted to keep them in hopes of at- years. After a 75-minute closed- Like Daschle, Secretar y of year stint with Daschle.
cans. Both groups want to keep the tracting Republican support. door meeting Monday with the State Hillar y Rodham Clinton When Daschle lost in 2004,
program focused on short-term job Republicans plan to propose ad- Senate Finance Committee, he can lay claim to an impressive he encouraged his team to sign
creation. ditional income tax cuts for middle- emerged ashen-faced and apolo- network of insiders, developed on with Obama. Rouse agreed
Senate Republican Leader Mitch class workers, McConnell said. getic. His confirmation vote has during her husband’s eight years and eventually recruited many
McConnell, R-Ky., suggested that That might be hard to pass in the been postponed until at least the in the Oval Office and her eight in of Obama’s top aides, including
Obama also believes the bill could Democratic controlled Senate, but middle of next week. the Senate. Many have worked for Schiliro and the husband-and-
be focused more sharply — or that the GOP might garner more sup- Republicans remained non- Daschle as well. But the Clinton wife team Dan Pfeiffer and Sarah
the president is at least open to com- port for efforts to strip out spending committal Monday, weighing the coalition has become fractured Feinberg.
promise. “Republicans agree with that they do not believe will generate cost benefits of perhaps killing and she carries the lingering If confirmed, Daschle will be
President Obama that we should jobs quickly. the nomination of a former col- scars of a contentious fight with “HHS secretary plus,” said Dunn,
trim things out that don’t put people Nebraska Democrat Nelson is a league and close personal friend Obama in the Democratic presi- referring to the additional role as
back to work,” McConnell said as he fiscal conservative who is working of the president. Democrats rose dential primaries. head of the new White House Of-
opened debate. with Republican Sen. Susan Collins to Daschle’s defense, including, By contrast, Daschle and fice of Health Reform, which has
To increase the bill’s focus on of Maine and other senators to iden- most notably, the man who would Obama share an uncommon a small but well-situated office in
problems in the housing market, tify spending proposals that could be without much of his top staff bond, forged during the 2004 the basement of the West Wing.
members of both parties are consid- be removed — such as the smoking were it not for Daschle. campaign. Many — including If Daschle were working at
ering liberalizing and expanding a cessation funding or $400 million for Asked Monday morning if he Daschle’s aides — had expected HHS headquarters, his “embeds,”
tax credit for first-time home buyers testing and prevention of sexually stands by Daschle, Obama said him to seek the White House. But as Dunn calls them, could pro-
that was approved last year in other transmitted diseases. firmly: “Absolutely.” the South Dakotan lost a nasty vide “an extraordinar y level of
legislation but had little immediate “I’d have a great deal of difficulty If he weathers the tax contro- re-election fight and the young information and access that most
impact. voting for the bill as written,” Nelson versy, Daschle probably will take Illinois legislator burst onto the Cabinet secretaries don’t have.”
Under the reformulation be- said, “but I am looking for a way to office as one of the best-connected national scene and into the U.S. “It’s a matter of him not having
ing discussed, the credit would be say yes.” Cabinet secretaries in the admin- Senate. to go in and forge relationships,”
doubled, to $15,000, and it would Once the Senate passes the bill, istration, if not histor y. “Tom was the first guy to go she said. “Daschle gets to deal
not have to be repaid, as the earlier expected early next week, negotia- At least a dozen Daschle alum- with Obama” in the pre-presiden- directly with people he knows and
measure required. tors will have to iron out differences ni are stepping into the highest tial campaign season, said Fred- is comfortable with.”
The home-buyer provision re- with the House version. positions of the federal govern- erick Graefe, a Washington lob- If as HHS secretary he wanted
flects a seeming paradox: Although Members of both parties have ment. Already, Obama and Vice byist and one of Daschle’s oldest to tweak health tax policy, his
Republicans and conservative Demo- complained that both the House and President Joe Biden have tapped friends. “He told him, `Run now, longtime chief of staf f, Mark
crats complain that the bill’s price Senate bills give short shrift to fund- Daschle veterans to manage their don’t wait, don’t make the mistake Childress, would need only pick
tag is too high, the Senate probably ing for highway construction and staffs, guide foreign policy and I made. I’ll give you ever ybody I up the phone and call former col-
will produce a bill significantly more repair, the traditional cornerstone craft public relations strategy. In have — the campaign team, the league Mark Patterson, Geith-
expensive than the House’s $819- bil- of efforts to spur job creation. Only addition to the new HHS chief of personal staff, leadership staff, ner’s chief of staff. If there were
lion version. $27 billion was included in the Sen- staff, the chiefs of staff to Biden, fundraising lists — lock stock an international health issue to
The Obama administration is ate bill for road projects. the National Security Council and and barrel.’ resolve, Childress could contact
keen on passing the bill as soon as Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Treasury Secretary Timothy Gei- “It was a ready-made team,” Daschle alums Mark Lippert at
possible, not only to speed relief to plans to propose another $25 bil- thner all worked for Daschle. His Graefe added. the NSC and Denis McDonough
the economy but to avoid having lion for highway, transit and water allies oversaw Obama’s transition As a Senate leader with author- on the White House staff.
the plan become entangled in an- projects. team — including vetting Daschle ity over not just his personal staff And if Daschle needed assis-
other, far more difficult and divisive In providing aid to workers himself — and one ser ves as the but several policy and campaign tance from Biden, he could turn
issue: new action to shore up the who have already lost their jobs, president’s personal lawyer. committees as well, Daschle to Ron Klain, the vice president’s
still-unstable financial system. the House bill is more generous. “This is notable for the breadth employed more than 100 people chief of staff, who oversaw the
The possibility that at least two of It provides more far-reaching and scope and number,” said Chris at any given time. From 1994 to Senate Democratic Leadership
the nation’s biggest banks might be expansions of health insurance Jennings, who was the Clinton ad- 2005, even more than the Clinton Committee for Daschle in 1995.
in danger of collapse could force the coverage. ministration point man on health White House, “the University of Biden was making calls on Dasch-
Daschle” was the place to learn le’s behalf Monday.
the inner workings of governing, The Daschle hires that Obama
Baker said. has made are the “cream of the
www.browndailyherald.com More than half a dozen Daschle crop” of the Democratic establish-
veterans hold high-ranking White ment, Jennings said.
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The Brown Daily Herald

Tuesday, February 3, 2009 | Page 7

Strong finish
for track and
W. basketball
field at Harvard struggles in N.Y. trip
By Nicole Stock game with her first career double-
By Benjy Asher Sports Staff Writer double, scoring 11 points and picking
Spor ts Editor up 10 rebounds, while also recording
Strong point guard play from Cornell three steals and four assists in 40
The men’s and women’s track and and Columbia handed the women’s minutes of play. Bonds also sparked
field teams both competed at the basketball team (3-15, 1-3 Ivy) two the Bears offense with 18 points and
Harvard Select Meet on Saturday af- more losses this past weekend. nine rebounds of her own.
ternoon. The women’s team earned Brown looked evenly matched with “Coming into the game we knew
second-place out of four with solid both teams, but lacked consistency how they played post defense, so we
showings across the board. The and was unsuccessful in pulling out isolated Natalie down low, which al-
men had several strong individual a victory. lowed her to score, and once the in-
performances, but as a team fin- In the match-up with Cornell (7-9, side scores, it opens up the outside
ished fourth out of five teams. 3-1 Ivy) the Bears came out of the shots,” Lee said.
Leading the way for the wom- gate strong, matching Cornell basket The duo combined for half of
en’s team was Nicole Burns ’09, for basket in the beginning of the Brown’s points in the second half,
who competed in the 200-meter half, but the Big Red started to pull as the team shot 50 percent from
dash and the 400-meter dash. In away from Brown at the 12-minute the field and held Cornell to just 36
the 400m, Burns ran to a first-place mark when they opened up a six- percent.
finish in 55.53 seconds, just over point lead. “Consistency from both Courtney
half a second ahead of Cornell’s Cornell would continue to attack and Natalie is something that the
Jessica Weyman. on the offensive end, boosting its team depends on,” said Head Coach
“I was satisfied with the 400. lead to as high as 13 with less than Jean Burr. “They have faced the chal-
I think I held back a little, and I four minutes to play in the first half. lenge and stepped up.”
could’ve run faster, but the most Although the Bears fought back, the The Bears would come no closer
important thing was to beat Cor- Big Red scored six points in the last than nine points to the Big Red, and
nell,” Burns said. “I wanted to hit minute of the stanza to head into the their second half push was just a
55 flat, and I was a little short of locker room with a 38-25 lead. Cornell little too late as Brown fell by a final
that, but it’s a good start early in shot 60 percent from the field in the score of 74-62. Despite the relatively
the season.” first half, while Bruno shot just 31 lopsided final score, the Bears had
Burns also turned in a second- percent. strong showings in other aspects of
place finish in the 200m with a time Brown turned it around in the sec- the game as Brown out-rebounded
of 25.29, but was disappointed with ond half, outscoring Cornell 37-36 in Cornell 34-32, while the teams fin-
her race, particularly her start. Justin Coleman / Herald the final 20 minutes of play. Courtney ished with an even turnover margin,
“I wasn’t happy at all with the Natalie Bonds ’10 gave a strong performance under the basket this Lee ’10 and Nataile Bonds ’10 led the
200 — I was a little hesitant off the past weekend, averaging 14 points and 8.5 rebounds per game. way for the Bears. Lee ended the continued on page 8
blocks,” Burns said.
The Bears also dominated the
800m in which Samantha Adelberg
’11 and Roseanne Fleming ’12 man-
aged a one-two finish, with times
of 2:10.29 and 2:14.89, respectively.
M. basketball stumbles on weekend road trip
Galia Dietz ’12 was close behind in By Katie Wood first half to lead the Bears, while
2:16.49, good enough for fourth Assistant Spor ts Editor Cornell’s Louis Dale, reigning Ivy
place. League Player of the Year, added
Kesley Ramsey ’11 continued The men’s basketball team (6-12, 13 of his game-high 23 points be-
the strong middle-distance running 0-4 Ivy) continued the middle por- fore the break.
for Brown, earning a second-place tion of a five-game road stretch The Big Red picked up right
finish in the mile with a time of by taking on Cornell (14-6, 4-0 where they left off as they opened
5:00.59. Ivy) and Columbia (7-11, 2-2 Ivy) up with a 17-6 run, extending their
The Bears also got strong con- this past weekend. But Brown lead to 57-31 with just under 14
tributions from the field athletes, could not overcome the defend- minutes remaining in the game.
led by Br ynn Smith ’11, Danielle ing champion Big Red and the They continued their domination
Grunloh ’10 and Natasha Smith physical play of the Lions, losing of the Bears as they finished off
’11, who finished first, second and both games. the game with a 90-58 rout, includ-
fourth in shot put, respectively. Cornell showed it was a team ing an impressive 54 percent from
Natasha Smith, a pentathlete who on a mission to repeat its suc- the floor and an 11-of-22 perfor-
is currently limited to shot put cess from last season, handling mance from behind the arc.
due to a foot injury, threw 11.70m, the Bears, 90-58, and extending “Obviously Friday night we ran
while Grunloh threw 13.73m, and its conference winning streak to into a great team,” Friske said.
Smith took the win with a toss of 18 games — now at 19 after a win “For anybody to beat Cornell, they
14.76m”. over Yale on Saturday. Brown kept have to play great basketball —
“Harvard has a really good cir- the Columbia game close through- we didn’t do that.”
cle, so traditionally I’ve been able out but could not pull away with Tri-captain Peter Sullivan ’11
to throw well there,” Smith said. the win, falling 65-59. led the way for the Bears with 15
“I was really happy with how the The Bears headed to Cornell points, to go along with four re-
team’s placing turned out.” in search of their first conference bounds. Muller y, the Ivy League
Smith also competed in the win, as they came out ready to play leader in field goal percentage,
weight throw, where she finished in the first five minutes, building managed just one point after in-
fourth with a distance of14.93m, up a 14-9 lead. Tri-captain Scott termission to finish with 14, and
behind Molly Hawskley ’09, who Friske ’09 spear-headed the quick a team-high six rebounds while
came in third with a personal-best start, contributing six points and Friske finished the game with
throw of 50’. an assist during a 12-2 run early eight points.
“Hawksley had a huge (personal on. But the Big Red answered the The Big Red held a 43-25 re-
record) this weekend, and she’s Bears’ hot start with a 14-0 run to bound advantage over the Bears,
Justin Coleman / Herald
been working so hard, so that was build a comfortable lead, 23-14, Tri-captain Peter Sullivan ’11 led the Bears in scoring with 16.5 points who, only one day later, out-re-
very exciting for her,” Smith said. “ with 10 minutes remaining in the per game in their two losses to Colombia and Cornell this weekend. bounded Columbia by a margin
The throwing squad has such great first half. of 42-25.
potential,” she added. “At that point, they stepped up is going in.” normal position underneath the The Columbia game got of f
The jumpers performed well, their intensity on defense, and we The Bears found themselves basket and canned a three-pointer to a slow start as each team re-
too, led by Grace Watson ’11, who didn’t match the intensity,” Friske down by a margin of 18 points with seconds remaining to close corded one field goal in the first
said. “When a team shoots as well shortly before the half, but Matt the deficit to 15.
continued on page 8 as they do, it feels like ever y shot Muller y ’10 stepped out from his Mullery scored 13 points in the continued on page 8
Page 8 THE BROWN DAILY HERALD Tuesday, February 3, 2009

S ports Tuesday “We’ve definitely got a long way to go.”

— Matt Jasmin ’09, hurdler

W. hoops drops two Track and field teams raise the bar
over weekend continued from page 7 time of 6.98, drawing praise from
Jasmin.
potential, but we need to be more
confident.”
continued from page 7 while Columbia managed to shoot grabbed second place in the high “Marc Howland ran great,” The women’s team, which fin-
slightly better at 42 percent. jump by clearing 1.70m. Anna Jasmin said. “He’s come in the ished second at the 2008 Indoor
with 18 each. “We could have been more ag- Cook ’11 also had a strong day top five in a few meets now, and Heps, will have to step up in or-
“The biggest differences were gressive against Columbia, but we in high jump, finishing fourth at it’s good to see him do well.” der to beat Cornell, who took first
the uncontested shots we gave up, did a good job breaking their press 1.55m. Rachel Biblo ’11 rounded Brown also had a strong show- place as a team this weekend, but
especially behind the arc,” Lee said. and we got good looks at the basket out the field performances with a ing in the mile, where Duriel Brynn Smith is confident that the
“They also got a lot more points from on offense,” Burr said. pair of fourth-place finishes, with Hardy ’10 and Anthony Schurz ’12 Bears will see the pay-off from
the free throw line than we did.” Bruno started the second half on jumps of 5.46m in the long jump finished fourth and fifth, respec- their training schedule come
Cornell’s Shanna Scarselletta fire, creating offensive opportunities and 11.23m in the triple jump. tively, in 4:17.45 and 4:19.21. championship season.
scored a game-high 22 points, fol- and cutting the Lions’ lead to just The top per former on the The only points in the field “Every single one of the girls
lowed closely by teammate Lauren three. Sadiea Williams ’11 and Lee men’s side was Matt Jasmin ’09, came from Andrew Chapin ’10, is working hard right now, and
Benson’s 20 points. Benson contrib- sparked the Bears in the early going, who continued his excellent sea- who jumped 14.47m — good for we’re at a weird point in the sea-
uted solid point guard play with a 50 but Columbia’s Yee and Judie Lomax son with a first-place finish in the second place in the triple jump. son where, while we want to be
percent mark from behind the arc proved to be too much to handle as 60m hurdles, in a time of 8.18. Though it is early in the sea- competitive, all of our training
with a 2-for-4 effort and a solid 10- they took over the game. Lomax “I didn’t have the greatest start, son, both squads already have is focusing on Heps,” she said.
of-14 showing from the free-throw ended the game with 18 points and but I’m happy with how it turned their sights set on the Ivy League “People might not be seeing the
line. 15 rebounds, to compliment Yee’s 20 out,” Jasmin said. “Getting the win Heptagonal Championships, which times or distances that they want
“It was disappointing that the points on the night. definitely helps my overall confi- will take place at Harvard on Feb. to see right now, but I know it’s
point guard and center came away The Lions extended their lead to dence with my running, and boosts 28 and Mar. 1. going to be there.”
with the best games, and we knew 53-35 with nine minutes remaining the team’s confidence, too.” “We’ve definitely got a long way “This team has the best heart
they were their best players. We to put the game out of reach for the Marc Howland ’11 claimed to go, but we’re getting there,” Jas- out of all the teams in the Ivy
needed to make other players step Bears. Rebounds turned out to be third place in the 60m dash in a min said. “Our team has a lot of League,” she said.
up on their team,” Burr said. costly for the Bears, as they were
out-rebounded 41-28 by the Lions,
Columbia 76, Brown 51
The next evening the Bears faced
the same challenge from Columbia
whose rebound total included 13 of-
fensive boards.
“We worked hard to force missed
M. cagers trip over road challenges
(9-9, 2-2 Ivy). Strong point guard and shots, but we just needed to grab the continued from page 7 run of its own to pull the game “We knew they were going to
center play by the Lions would end up boards,” Burr said. “It is a team effort to within four. The Bears could be physical, probably the most
being the deciding factor in another to limit rebounds. We need to bring seven minutes of play. Ten min- not close the deficit as the Lions physical team in the League,”
hard fought game. Columbia’s Sara confidence and fight to that part of utes before intermission, Brown prevailed, 65-59, with some strong Friske said. “We really wanted
Yee had a career-high 20 points, along our game.” extended its lead to 12-6, the larg- defensive stops and impressive to pound the ball inside, but they
with seven rebounds, to push Colum- Johnson and Delk each finished est lead for either team in the first free throw shooting in the game’s buckled down.”
bia past Brown, 76-51, on Saturday. the game with 11 points to lead the half. Adrian Williams ’11 closed final minutes. The Bears will end their five-
The first 10 minutes of the game Bears. Bonds had another strong out the first half with a three-point Sullivan led the way for the game road trip next weekend as
were tight with neither team able game finishing with 10 points and field goal to put the Bears on top, Bears with a game-high 18 points they travel to Dartmouth (4-14,
build a substantial lead. Christina eight rebounds. 29-28. and Friske put together a strong 2-2 Ivy) to face a team fresh off a
Johnson ’10 helped keep the Bears Following the two losses, the “We had it in our mind that performance and had a double- win over Penn for the first time
close with strong outside shooting. Bears have begun to prepare for we weren’t going to be out-re- double, with 11 points and a in 23 meetings, and Har vard (9-
It wasn’t until the last five minutes this weekend, when they will take bounded,” Friske said. “We need game-high 12 rebounds. Williams 9, 1-3 Ivy), who owns a win over
of the half that the Lions would pull on Ivy rivals Harvard (10-7, 2-1 Ivy) to learn how to sustain that effort joined them in double digits with the Atlantic Coast Conference’s
away from the Bears, going on a 12-4 and Dartmouth (8-9, 3-0 Ivy). throughout the whole game.” 12 points. Boston College.
run to open up a 31-21 lead. “This week the emphasis will be The Lions came out with a 24-9 Muller y struggled down low “We have a group of guys
In the final minute of the first half on defense and holding ourselves run to open the second half, and as the defense converged on him capable of winning games,”
Sarah Delk ’11 drained a three to pull accountable for forcing a weak shot, led 59-46 with 5:11 remaining. and held the Bears’ leading scorer Friske said. “We’re last place in
the Bears to within seven points head- a contested shot, but never an open Midway through the half, how- to just eight points, seven below the league and that is what it is.
ing into halftime. In the first half the shot and also limiting teams to one ever, they got into foul trouble, his season average, on 2-of-11 By no means are we going to go
Bears shot 36 percent from the field, shot and done,” Lee said. and Brown put together a 10-1 shooting from the field. away.”

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e d i to r i a l

To the 2011 Class Board

Look around you. This is Brown University, a member of the presti-
gious Ivy League and a veritable bastion of feminism, in the year 2009.
Gone are the days when female students had to return to their dorms
by a certain hour, and along with those days went the idea that women
exist for the pleasure and ser vice of men.
Even if we did have to write this editorial from Pembroke College
under the watchful eye of a house mother, your planned event for the
Super Bowl halftime show would still have been vulgar.
The Herald reported that the planned halftime show for the Super
Bowl watching party in Salomon 101 was to be a “lingerie fashion show,”
but that the event was cancelled after nine of the 15 models dropped
out at the last minute. One might hope that the decision of over half
the models not to participate would cause the Class Board to re-think
the philosophy behind the concept. Unfortunately, this does not seem
to be the case — sophomore class president Neil Parikh ’11 said he
hoped to re-schedule the event for Spring Weekend.
Let’s be clear — this isn’t Brigham Young University. Students who
consent to participate in fundraising or other events that involve pos-
ing or performing nude or semi-nude (such as SuFI’s Ripe calendar)
should have the right to do so, provided they are in compliance with
University policies. But, Class Board of 2011, you really should have
a little more taste.
The Super Bowl, already a hyper masculine institution, doesn’t need CHRIS JESU LEE
any help perpetuating gender stereotypes. Some of the commercials
during Sunday’s game seemed to have been reading from the same
gender studies textbook as the Class Board: One notable commercial
featured Mr. Potato Head using a particular brand of tires to stop his
l e t t e r to t h e e d i to r s
car on a dime, causing Mrs. Potato’s Head mouth to fly out of her head
so she would stop nagging him. And let’s not forget Sigma Chi’s Super
Bowl party last year, featuring two “exotic dancers.” Class Board of
Clarifying Graphic Services’ ‘Brown First’ policy
2011, you may not have gotten the memo that went around over the
past few decades. Watching sports can be enjoyable even when women To the Editor: process includes our print shop in- pieces that the paper stock used has
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009 | Page 11

Don’t banish student groups from Morning Mail

a budget that permits us to make posters posters, sustaining a proper advertising cam- University. But what makes Brown a great
and table slips for our events, Morning Mail paign on campus is a nearly Sisyphean task. community is the huge range of things that
Nick Werle remains the most effective and reliable way Between Facilities Management’s regular re- happen every day.
Opinions Columnist to get Brown students’ attention. moval of posters hung on unapproved doors Student groups’ events are direct reflec-
Few student groups consistently sponsor and walls and the race to keep other posters tions of the interests of the student body
events that would meet the 300 and up re- from covering my own, I usually need rehang and are responsible for much of Brown’s
I’ll admit, it’s been a long time since I read quirement to make it into the newly slimmed- posters every day or two. Table-slipping is mid-week vitality. The administration should
ever y word of Morning Mail ever y day. I down dispatch. To compensate for this drastic even more time consuming. aim to foster an environment in which a small
think the mountain of listserv e-mails I re- loss of free publicity, student groups will be Worse than the cost is the waste generated group of people with a common interest and
ceived after my first fall activities fair may forced to resort to more expensive, labor by these 20th century advertising methods. an idea can start a successful student group.
have crowded out that pastime. Yet for me, intensive and wasteful advertising methods. Eliminating access to Morning Mail will only After all, the University heavily advertises
and I believe most of the Brown community, Both posters and table slips, the media most increase the University’s use of paper and this ethic on the campus tour.
Morning Mail remains an unrivaled connec- Indeed, this policy’s greatest victims are
tion to the happenings on campus. probably the student groups that haven’t
It’s true. Each issue of Morning Mail pre- even started yet. Before a club qualifies for
sented me with more activities — whether
academic lectures or mid-day backrubs on
We need Morning Mail to remain official UCS recognition and advertising
money it must show that it has developed
the Green — than I could ever attend. But
seeing how many different things happen on
accessible for Brown student life to sustained interest from the community at
large. Without access to Morning Mail’s
campus every day reminded me of the Brown
Community’s dynamism and diversity.
remain accessible. free publicity, it’s hard to imagine how a new
group might be able to gain enough traction
All of this, however, is threatened by the to get moving.
University’s new Morning Mail policy, which However, the biggest loss might be a be-
restricts use of the system to events expect- likely to make up for groups’ lost access to energy just as there is an growing emphasis loved part of Brunonian culture itself. Morn-
ing more than 300 people. The restriction Morning Mail, are expensive to produce, es- on conservation. ing Mail is more than a mere list of daily
was intended to combat the rapid growth of pecially considering that the administration’s The events that do qualify for inclusion activities; it is a crucial connection to the
Morning Mail, according to Marisa Quinn, Brown First procurement policy functionally in this shorter Morning Mail are hardly the University community. Every night at 1:00
vice president for public affairs and Univer- requires all University organizations to pa- ones that need advertising help. The majority a.m. the next day’s Morning Mail arrives
sity relations. tronize the Metcalf Copy Center instead of of the events held in Salomon 101 and Sayles in inboxes and triggers a wave of beeps,
While it is undeniable that some of last possibly cheaper community vendors. — just about the only non-athletic venues that chimes and vibrations from Gmail notifiers
semester’s Morning Mails were quite long, While the Critical Theor y Project has can hold more than 300 people — are well and Blackberries. This shared experience is
this solution does more to harm our vibrant enough support from Brown departments funded and already have access to unique a comforting one. I like knowing what’s going
community than help clarify what’s happen- to afford to blanket the campus with post- adver tising oppor tunities including big on tomorrow. And even if I can’t make it to
ing. We need Morning Mail to remain ac- ers for ever y event, many student groups poster boards on the Main Green and snail the Main Green to pet sled dogs, I’m glad
cessible for Brown student life to remain will not be able to keep up. At a time when mail invitation cards. But Mike Huckabee’s to know it’s still happening.
accessible. The new restriction should be we are told that Brown’s severely limited speech last semester certainly didn’t need
overturned as soon as possible. resources demand all possible cost-savings, the Morning Mail to be a success.
As a founder of the Critical Theory Proj- it seems foolish to require student groups Obviously, these big University-spon- Nick Werle ’10 is a physics and mod-
ect, I can testify to the primary importance to spend more money to just attract people sored lectures are some of the best events ern critical philosophy concentrator
of Morning Mail to anyone running a student to their events. on campus and I’ve always been grateful for from New York. Read more at
group. Even with a fairly large listserv and And even if a group can afford to print the high-caliber speakers that come to the www.runningthezoo.com/blog.

If you can’t stand the surface plasmon resonance, get out of my class
had not been fully prepared, simply because their time wasted explaining concepts that an enrollment into intermediate and advanced
they could. over-ambitious student should have learned workshops is done on the basis of a submit-
BY MIKE JOHNSON Now, a quick survey of the course catalog in a prerequisite class. ted writing sample. These measures have
on Banner will reveal that most of the courses Additionally, those patient students who long preserved the quality of classes above
Guest Columnist requiring prerequisites are in mathematics have taken prerequisite classes and mastered the basic level.
and the sciences. As a literary arts concen- the “building block” concepts are enrolled in Granted, there are no placement tests to
Say you’re in your biology class and your trator, I do not pretend to know the plight of higher-level classes in order to expand their get into, say, PHYS 0170. This is where it gets
neighbor asks the professor, “What’s a phy- the chemistry or neuroscience concentrator. knowledge of a certain topic. They would potentially dicey. Students interested in the
lum?” But it is obvious that prerequisites protect the not want their time wasted as the professor class would have to physically meet with the
The Undergraduate Council of Students, integrity of the upper-level classes in those is forced to explain a concept that a student professor and prove a mastery of the concepts
in its infinite wisdom, is petitioning the Uni- disciplines. skipping prerequisites should have learned on which the class is based. Professors at
versity to lift the restriction on Banner that The prerequisite courses for a class are beforehand. Would you? Brown are reasonable people; they teach here,
prevents a student from registering for a class merely shorthand for the concepts needed to Now, this isn’t to say that all students must after all. I’m quite sure that upon meeting with
if he or she has not taken the prerequisite fully appreciate a course — in order to pro- be forced to follow certain programs of study a prospective student and being assured that
courses. They claim that this is an effort to the student knew the prerequisite concepts
protect Brown’s vaunted “New Curriculum” well enough, he or she would gladly enroll
and preserve the ideals of academic and intel- the student, overriding Banner.
lectual freedom that are the very essence of The true issue at stake is whether or not
our University. It is obvious that prerequisites protect we as students wish to take the time to protect
However, what UCS is proposing threat- the integrity of the learning environment we
ens to destroy the very source of the freedoms the integrity of the upper-level classes. pay so much for. Prerequisites help ensure
we enjoy. The “New Curriculum” is not merely that the higher-level classes remain just that.
freedom for the sake of freedom — rather, We should be wary of freedom for freedom’s
it is an effort to free the students at Brown sake, lest we lower the high standards that
from the need to take courses in which they ceed effectively, one must have a mastery of simply to fulfill checkboxes on their transcript. make Brown an environment of rigorous
have no interest. these concepts. Surely one would not presume That indeed would be against the spirit of our learning and academic enrichment.
The thought behind this innovative ap- to take organic chemistry without a cursory delightful “New Curriculum.” But there are
proach to learning is that, when armed with knowledge of chemical reactions. already measures in place to allow students
the power to take only those courses he or she Extreme examples for the sake of rhetoric to skip introductory classes if they can prove
chooses, the student will take more owner- aside, it is imperative that these benchmarks a mastery of needed concepts. Mike Johnson ’11, a literary arts con-
ship of his or her studies. I seriously doubt for study remain in place. Professors of these For example, incoming freshmen can centrator from New Jersey, plans to
that when the Curriculum was conceived high-level classes are among the best in their use their AP scores as indicators for place- take MATH 2720: Multiple Dirichlet Se-
and proposed, students had any ambition to respective fields; at an Ivy League institution ment. For those who didn’t take the AP test, ries next semester. He can be reached
jump into courses of study for which they we should expect no less. They do not want there is a placement exam. In literary arts, at [email protected]
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the news in images

3 7 5
c a l e n da r six more weeks
February 3, 2009 February 4, 2009

4 P.M. — “Israel in a Changing Middle 4:30 P.M. — “Geographies of

East” with Nadav Tamir, Joukowsky Latinidad,” John Nicholas Brown Center
Forum, Watson Institute
7 P.M. — “Freedom Beyond Sover-
6 P.M. — “Nitrogen: A Story of Food, eignty,” Janus Conversation with
Fuel and Fiber” with Dr. James Gal- Professor Shannon Krause
loway, 115 MacMillan Hall

Courtesy of Schwartz Labs

menu
Sharpe Refectory Verney-Woolley Dining Hall

Lunch — Tempeh Fajita, Vegetar- Lunch — Spiced Chicken Wings,

ian Lentil Soup, BBQ Chicken Pizza, Baked Manicotti with Sauce, Corn
Chicken Fingers with Dipping Sauces and Broccoli Casserole

Dinner — Acorn Squash with Curried Dinner — Roasted Honey and Chili Punxsutawney Phil says six more weeks of winter
Rice and Chickpeas, Hot Dogs, Cheese Chicken, Egg Foo Young, Sticky Rice,
Pizza, Orange Turkey Vegetarian Corn and Tomato Soup An official statement was read on Phil’s behalf at sunrise yesterday,
RELEASE DATE– Tuesday, February 3, 2009
according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club Web site:
Los Angeles Times
c r o sDaily
swo Crossword
rd Puzzle
Hear Ye Hear Ye
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
ACROSS 4 Snare 40 First name in 49 Site of an oracle
On Gobbler’s Knob this glorious Groundhog Day, February 2nd, 2009
1 Floats through 5 Area for the misanthropy of Apollo Punxsutawney Phil, Seer of Seers, Prognosticator of all Prognosticators
the air cautious 42 Possible to 50 Comparatively
6 Improvisational 6 Ray, as of light defend cool red giant
Awoke to the call of President Bill Cooper
singing style 7 Den site 43 Rife with 53 Ranking And greeted his handlers, Ben Hughes and John Griffiths
10 Bursts into tears 8 Actor Baldwin vegetation tournament After casting a joyful eye towards thousands of his faithful followers,
14 Bonus 9 Sweetums 44 Hair goo player
15 Astronomical ring 10 Edible pigeon 46 College 54 Green Gables girl Phil proclaimed that his beloved Pittsburgh
16 Je ne sais __ 11 Banishes declaration 55 Huge hauler Steelers were World Champions one more time
17 “Unleaded” 12 Italian bowling 47 Japanese 59 Shopping __
beverage game cartoon genre 60 Bone in a cage And a bright sky above me
18 2000s Chevy 13 Viewing sense 48 Inuit home 61 One of the Khans Showed my shadow beside me.
19 SOS responder 21 Massage
20 Soul mate therapeutically ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: So six more weeks of winter it will be.
23 Smart, to 99 22 Slinger’s
26 Rummy weapon?
27 Group within a
group
23 “__ Mia!”: ABBA
musical comics
28 Attack 24 Shakespearean
30 Attack on the title starter
fridge 25 Crosses off
32 Nostalgic 1934 29 And Enigma Twist| Dustin Foley
Mae West song 30 Control tower
34 Vegan staple tracking device
38 Mickey, for one 31 Mine, in Metz
39 Altar oath 33 100 centesimi
40 Abates 34 Skin-soothing
41 Manual powder
alternative 35 Japanese
42 Forge a path metropolis
44 Paraphernalia 36 Hats with tassels:
45 “Catcher in the Var.
Wry” author Bob 37 Ones logged on [email protected] 02/03/09
46 “Fair” heroine
50 ID with hyphens
51 Pomposity
personified
52 Frank McCourt
memoir
56 Nursery rhyme
tumbler
57 Set (on)
58 Zoo equine Cabernet Voltaire | Abe Pressman
62 Melville story set
on Tahiti
63 Diva Horne
64 Hit “Send”
65 Classic autos
66 River of central
Germany
67 Eleanor in a
Beatles song

DOWN
1 Come together
2 Something to
grind
3 Agcy. concerned
with false
advertising By John Lampkin
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02/03/09