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Dvol. cxliv,aily no. 72 | Friday, September 25,H 2009 | Servingerald the community daily since 1891 Talks begin Faculty committee to on slave trade review tenure policies memorial By Nicole Friedman different ways of dealing with Brian Mastroianni Se n i o r St a f f Wr i t e r tenure” among universities. Se n i o r St a f f Wr i t e r “One of the challenges the A newly formed committee will committee will have is to try to The University’s Public Arts Commit- review the University’s tenure and get as good data as we can to tee has begun considering building faculty development policies after see whether the comment by the a public memorial to the historical an outside monitor called atten- NEASC seems to be borne out by ties of Brown and of Rhode Island tion to those areas, according to evidence,” Kertzer said. to the slave trade, almost two years an e-mail Provost David Kertzer after the University Steering Commit- ’69 P’95 P’98 sent to faculty Thurs- Tenure clock too short? tee on Slavery and Justice convened day afternoon. The ad hoc committee, which by President Ruth Simmons recom- When the University was re- plans to issue recommendations mended one. accredited in the spring by the in the spring, will consider three The committee is set to discuss New England Association of central issues, Kertzer said. Its ideas for the nature and placement Schools and Colleges, the evalua- members will first examine “the of a memorial at a meeting next tion committee identified aspects set of issues around our tenure month, said committee member Jo- of Brown’s tenure processes as processes and whether they Ann Conklin, director of the David an area of concern, Kertzer said. are as strong as they could and Winton Bell Gallery. The committee, comprised of ad- should be,” Kertzer said. “The memorial is in recognition ministrators at peer institutions, Kertzer will chair the commit- of a period in our history that, for noted in particular that Brown tee, which includes eight faculty many, is very painful,” said Artemis awarded tenure to professors at members. Dean of the Faculty Joukowsky ’55 P’87, chancellor emeri- Herald File Photo a very high rate. Rajiv Vohra P’07 and Dean of tus and chair of the committee. Jou- Wide receiver Buddy Farnham ’10 and the football team look to take In response, the Academic Medicine and Biological Sciences down Harvard for the second straight year tonight. kowsky said the project represented Affairs Committee of the Corpo- Edward Wing will serve as ex a brave undertaking for the Univer- ration asked the administration officio members, according to sity and would “make us one of the For rival Harvard, Brown to form a faculty committee “to the e-mail. few in the country to have such a look at whether there is any real Since tenure is officially grant- memorial.” basis for concern,” Kertzer told ed by the Corporation, “they obvi- So far, plans for the project — game is ‘just another one’ The Herald. ously want to feel confident that which lacks a specific deadline — have By Dan Alexander of the Ivy championships. Both “Certainly it is the impression we have the strongest methods consisted of informal brainstorming Se n i o r St a f f Wr i t e r teams went 6-1 in the Ivy League of this committee that Brown has of ensuring the highest quality of among committee members. last fall. The only league team that historically granted tenure to a faculty at Brown,” Kertzer said. Joukowsky said having a memo- Harvard and Brown, the defend- defeated Harvard last year was higher proportion of the people But a high tenure rate is not rial near the planned Alpert Medical ing Ivy football co- Brown. who enter into the tenure track necessarily a negative thing, he School complex in downtown’s Jew- champions, will meet sports It is not surprising, positions than at least most” of its added. elry District is “an especially exciting each other at 7 p.m. then, that Brown-Har- peer institutions, he said. On the one hand, the Univer- idea.” tonight under the lights of Har- vard is a rivalry game. At least, it But actual data are hard to sity should reserve its “relatively “The memorial could somehow be vard Stadium. is for Brown. come by, he added, since tenure few” tenured positions for “the on or near the bridge connecting our In the last five seasons, the negotiations are often not made campus to the new proposed medi- teams have had a share in four continued on page 2 public, and there are “a million continued on page 3 cal school area,” he said, noting that the committee will consider several ideas, including installing a plaque in memory of the slave trade. Newark mayor: Individuals can change cities Where do If placed near the bridge, Conklin said the installation would remind By Caitlin Trujillo people of the slave trade given that St a f f Wr i t e r the magic “slave memorials are usually on a waterfront” since “the people were Local action is the key ingredient brought here on ships.” to affect urban change, Newark, bars go? Other members of the committee N.J., Mayor Cory Booker told a include Professor of Visual Arts Rich- Salomon 101 audience Thursday Why pigs love ard Fishman, Professor of History of that included Providence’s own your dinner scraps Art and Architecture Dietrich Neu- mayor, David Cicilline ’83. mann, Senior Lecturer in American Booker, whose reforms since By Gaurie Tilak Civilization and University Curator his election in 2006 have improved St a f f Wr i t e r Robert Emlen and Susan Freedman conditions in one of the country’s ’82, president of the New York-based most violent cities, delivered the Got too much on your plate? Brown Public Art Fund. annual Noah Krieger ’93 Memorial Dining Services does, too — that’s Though the exact cost of a memo- Lecture, sponsored by the Taub- why it donated 737 pounds of baked Frederic Lu / Herald rial remains to be determined, Conk- man Center for Public Policy. Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, N.J., urged students to become active lin said it would be funded by Sim- “I think every person in this in their communities, calling democracy a “full-contact” sport. FEATURE mons’ discretionary fund, reserved room has the ability to make a for uses deemed especially appropri- profound impact on the world,” individuals to improve their com- cans too often let an inability to goods to local charities last year ate by the president’s office. Booker said. munities. do everything undermine their alone. The memorial will also recognize Quoting figures from Shake- Improving the conditions in willingness to do anything, Booker BuDS donates usable leftovers the state’s connection to slavery, speare to Chris Rock, Booker’s American cities will ultimately said. to a number of charities and sends Conklin said, noting that it is impor- 45-minute address described his benefit the nation as a whole, Booker faced a number of “plate waste” — table scraps from tant to open a broader discussion experiences trying to revitalize Booker said, imploring all audi- hurdles when he first sought to the Sharpe Refectory and the the crime-ridden city and what ence members not to be deterred continued on page 3 he learned about the power of by obstacles and setbacks. Ameri- continued on page 4 continued on page 3

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“(Brown is) always extremely highly motivated to play us.” Campus NEWS — Tim Murphy, Harvard head football coach Former world leaders see hopefulness in new age By Sarah Julian tion. Generally complimentary of St a f f Wr i t e r the president, he called Obama’s June speech in Cairo a “wonder- Two of Brown’s world-leaders-in- ful” address that “embraced” the residence, former Chilean Presi- Muslim world. dent Ricardo Lagos and former Gusenbauer focused less on Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusen- Obama and more on the world bauer, seemed to offer a hopeful community as a whole, which view of current geopolitical affairs he said was finally addressing at a forum Thursday morning at “the most ardent political and the the Watson Institute for Interna- most ardent social and economic tional Studies. issues.” Lagos, a professor-at-large at One of those issues, he said, is Watson, pointed to the fall of the nuclear nonproliferation, a subject Berlin Wall as the beginning of a about which he seemed hopeful new era in which cooperation be- — especially with regard to Iran, tween nations forms a cornerstone where he said an “out of touch” of foreign policy. President Mahmoud Ahmedine- Herald File Photo Gusenbauer, a visiting profes- jad was making his “last expres- With four All-Ivy linemen playing, coaches for Brown and Harvard expect an especially physical game. sor of international studies, said sions.” for his part that “the 21st century But Gusenbauer also warned begins now” — as opposed to nine of the danger of thinking that years ago — because only now do the economic crisis was over. He Bears ready to line up at Harvard nations have a uniform progressive warned that governments might phy sees as its biggest rival until ons at quarterback and running continued from page 1 international agenda and a willing- be deterred from continuing the last week of the season. back, so defenses can’t concentrate ness to fully address matters such much-needed stimulus packages “There would be nothing bet- “Our big rival obviously is Yale,” on just one too much. as global warming, human rights by the prospect of assuming huge ter than to go up to their place and he said. “Traditionally, Princeton, Both teams are led by rookie and nuclear proliferation. amounts of debt. beat them there,” said wide receiver as well.” starting quarterbacks trying to fill Indeed, if there was one thing Lagos emphasized the need for Bobby Sewall ’10. Sewall said if Harvard doesn’t big cleats. Kyle Newhall-Caballero in common between the two speak- dialogue in international relations. It’s likely that the night game think of Brown as its rival now, ’11 took over Brown’s huddle after ers, as one questioner pointed out, He said Obama does not want to will be in front of one of the big- “they’re about to see that maybe 2008 second team All-Ivy quarter- both had very hopeful views of the police the world and noted that gest crowds Harvard Stadium they should consider differently.” back Michael Dougherty ’09 gradu- near future. The lectures, jointly engaging in discourse and shar- will host all season, according to ated. In his first collegiate game titled “The Obama Age and Pro- ing the burden to fight common Harvard Head Coach Tim Mur- The Matchup making a pass, Newhall-Caballero gressive New Policy for a Post- problems are essential. He said the phy. In preparation for the night The Bears and Crimson share was 29 of 45 passing for 267 yards, Crisis World,” gave both speakers United States would expect inter- atmosphere, Brown practiced at 7 more in common than last just last three touchdowns and two intercep- a chance to expound their ideas national cooperation on a number p.m. on Monday, instead of taking year’s Ivy championship trophy. tions in last week’s 21-20 loss. about the meaning of an “Obama of issues, and gave the example its usual Monday day-off. They are both coming off close Harvard’s Collier Winters made Age.” of the Kosovo conflict as a time Murphy said he doesn’t see the his starting debut under center af- Lagos praised Obama for be- when European nations could have Brown game any differently from SPORTS PREVIEW ter the departure of last year’s Ivy ing the first American president to helped the United States. other games. The importance of it, League Player of the Year, Chris chair a meeting of the UN Security Laura Kammel ’12, who attend- for Murphy, comes from it being losses that, according to Brown Pizotti. In his first outing, Winters Council, saying the decision com- ed the panel discussion, said the the league-opener. Head Coach Phil Estes, could have was 22 of 37 passing for 195 yards municates the message, “I believe two leaders’ talks seemed focused Brown “is a team that’s always gone either way. and two touchdowns. in the UN,” something he said had on “keeping people going on the extremely highly motivated to play In last week’s loss to Holy Cross, The battle in the trenches in gone unsaid during President right path as we start to head out us,” Murphy said. “But it doesn’t Harvard’s offense was completely front of Winters will feature four George W. Bush’s administra- of crisis.” matter who you open with in our balanced in its attack — passing 37 2008 All-Ivy linemen, including two league, you know, it’s a big game. times and rushing 37 times. But ac- players coaches call NFL prospects, s u d o k u And this is just another one.” cording to Murphy, his team is still defensive tackle David Howard ’09.5 Murphy said many teams, inside a “pass first, run second” team. of Brown and left tackle James Wil- and outside the Ivy League, look at Against a Brown team that was liams of Harvard. Harvard as their rival. But he said fourth in the nation in rush defense “I guarantee you this: We won’t his team is used to playing against last year, but last in the Ivy League see a better defensive front than teams that consider Harvard to be in pass defense, the Crimson might Brown has this year,” Murphy their rival. And his veteran players look to the air often tonight. But said. “Dave Howard and James will expect a game with the inten- Estes said his defense can’t focus Develin … are probably two of the sity of a rivalry game. on the pass too much. three best linemen in the entire “It is something that you have “You can’t just limit yourself on league.” to constantly remind your team trying to contain the quarterback, Both Murphy and Estes compli- about,” Murphy said. “The upper- because they can run the football ment each others’ teams often when classmen, they get it. … But some as well,” Estes said. they speak of tonight’s matchup. of the young guys are surprised by The Bears went to the air 45 “They play us hard,” Murphy the intensity of how teams play us, times against Stony Brook and kept said of Estes’ team. “They play us no matter what the situation.” it on the ground 32 times. But Estes down and dirty right down until Harvard won’t face what Mur- said Brown, like Harvard, has weap- the last snap.”

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“We don’t have that much space on our main campus.” Campus NEWS — Jo-Ann Conklin, Public Art Committee member, on a slave trade memorial Ratty dishes out leftovers to Construction of SciLi resource center underway pig farm, local soup kitchens By Ana Alvarez Contributing Wr i t e r continued from page 1 executive director of the pantry, said her organization typically receives Construction began this week Verney-Woolley Dining Hall — and food from Brown around Thanksgiv- on a new advising and tutoring other unusable leftovers to a local ing and Christmas. resource center on the third floor pig farm, BuDS Director of Admin- Though the donations she re- of the Sciences Library, the cre- istration Ann Hoffman wrote in an ceives from the University are in- ation of which was recommended e-mail to The Herald. frequent and inconsistent, she said in 2007 by the Undergraduate According to Hoffman, the they are of high quality and greatly Science Education Committee scraps — along with extra food from appreciated. to better support students taking the serving lines, which is not con- “Oh my God — it’s like, amaz- science and math classes. sidered safe for human consumption ing,” she said of the donated food. Barbara Schulz, the University — and trimmings from food prepa- BuDS doesn’t only support in- Library’s head of facilities and ration are used as animal feed. dividual charities in Providence. business services, said the space Kim Perley / Herald While BuDS regularly throws It also donates large volumes of was emptied and closed early this Signs announce asbestos removal from the third floor of the Sciences its table scraps to the same farm’s unused ingredients to the Rhode summer. Though there is no fixed Library in preparation for a new advising and group-study space. pigs, it also donates to local soup Island Food Bank before closing date of completion, she said con- kitchens. the bakeshop for winter break, struction could be completed as The front will feature a recep- cubicles, a kitchenette and dia- Several local soup kitchens re- Mersereau said. A lot of fresh food early as January. tion area staffed by a new science grams and pictures of different ceive bakery products that are left cannot stay in storage for the entire David Targan, associate dean program coordinator, said Harri- scientific processes. unserved or unsold at the end of break, she said, so BuDS sends it to of the College for science edu- ette Hemmasi, Joukowsky Family As construction begins, work- the day, said Elizabeth Mersereau, the Food Bank to be resold to soup cation, said one of the center’s University Librarian. A large open ers are removing asbestos from production manager and head of kitchens and charities at a heavily main features will be a central space near the front of the center the third-floor area. Though some the BuDS bakeshop, who personally discounted rate. area for large study sessions led will be able to host lectures held students were alarmed by signage visits the Providence Rescue Mis- “I don’t want to send some- by professors. The space, which by professors, Targan said. announcing the asbestos work, sion on her way home from work thing that I wouldn’t eat myself,” will include seven closed rooms Other design features of the Hemmasi said the removal was and delivers leftover food. Mersereau said. with smartboards, can also be center include televisions — one “very contained.” Following Mersereau’s example, People outside of BuDS have also employed as a meeting place for of which will broadcast a live feed continued on page 4 Alicia Iracks, a bakeshop employee, realized that unused magic bars de- smaller study groups. from NASA — individual study said she began taking food to Provi- serve a better fate than being tossed dence’s Crossroads Family Center in a dumpster. Almost two years more than a year ago. Iracks said ago, Annajane Yolken ’11 started an she usually visits the center once or organized delivery of leftover food U. awaits tenure committee’s review twice a week to deliver food, which from the University’s eateries to the ranges from a dozen loaves of bread City Meal Site, a soup kitchen run continued from page 1 departments, most faculty mem- Members of the to cakes, pastries and muffins. by homeless people at the Cathedral bers oppose a longer tenure clock, ad hoc committee During the holidays, when of St. John in Providence. intellectual leaders in their field, Kertzer said. Professors without there is an especially high volume Yolken said she came up with nationally and internationally,” tenure are more likely to leave to review Brown’s of unused food, she said she often the idea after volunteering at a soup he said. But on the other hand, the University for the stability of a tenure practices brings food to other centers op- kitchen near her home in Maryland. if junior faculty members know tenured position at another institu- • David Kertzer, provost erated by Crossroads, the state’s She noticed other volunteers would they have little chance of earn- tion. Many faculty members also (chair) largest provider of services for the bring in food from grocery stores ing a tenured position, they “don’t arrive at Brown with years of post- • Susan Alcock, homeless. that would otherwise have been necessarily have a long-term inter- doctoral work under their belts Joukowsky Institute and The tradition of donating food to thrown away. est in the institution.” and would not want to wait even classics Crossroads started as a serendipi- “It’s really surprising how much The committee’s second task longer than they currently do to • Sheila Blumstein, tous act of kindness, Iracks said. food would be thrown away if it is to compare the University’s ten- be granted tenure, he added. cognitive and linguistic One day, the bakeshop had a lot weren’t donated,” she said. ure clock — the length of time The committee will also exam- sciences of leftovers, but Mersereau wasn’t Yolken then began collecting between when a professor is hired ine the support system for junior • Barry Connors, available to make her usual trip to food from local restaurants and and when the University must de- faculty and seek out areas in which neuroscience the Rescue Mission. grocery stores near her home and cide whether to grant tenure — to the University can improve. • Sharon Krause, “We called a lot of shelters and decided to create a similar arrange- those of peer institutions. Because In particular, Kertzer’s e-mail political science Crossroads picked up,” said Iracks, ment upon returning to school. faculty members in the Division of said, the committee will evaluate • Charles Larmore, who has been taking food to the Last year, the student group Biology and Medicine in particu- research support, leave-taking philosophy center ever since. Housing Opportunities for People lar have raised concerns that the policies and teaching expectations • Arto Nurmikko, Mary House, a local food pantry, Everywhere took over the program tenure clock is too short, the com- for junior faculty, drawing com- engineering is another organization that makes started by Yolken and organized mittee will also consider whether parisons with peer institutions. • Tricia Rose, Africana sure the Blue Room’s extra muffins weekly deliveries to the City Meal Brown needs a uniform tenure Unlike changes to the actual studies don’t go to waste. Janice Luongo, Site, Yolken said. clock or whether the timeline tenure-granting process, which • Andy Van Dam, could vary among departments, would have to be approved by computer science according to Kertzer’s e-mail to the Corporation, adjustments faculty. to faculty development policies Ex officio members: U. may seek community The University currently fol- can probably be implemented • Rajiv Vohra, dean of the lows the American Association through administrative action faculty input on memorial of University Professors’ guide- alone, Kertzer said. • Edward Wing, dean of biology and medicine continued from page 1 lines for tenure, which dictate “Personally I think this is a “It would be that tenure-track faculty should healthy exercise for us to look about the historical slave trade with great to have not “serve for more than seven at our processes and resources To solicit widespread faculty local residents. forums and years without tenure,” Kertzer for supporting junior faculty,” he input, the committee will meet “It would be great to have forums discussions for said. The guideline aims to en- said. “Regardless of NEASC, it’s with faculty governance bodies and discussions for the community,” sure that faculty will not be kept not a bad idea for us to be doing and department chairs. It will also she said. “We will want a lot of input the community” in limbo indefinitely about their this.” host an open forum for faculty from all different groups as to how tenure prospects. members to ask questions and the memorial will be presented.” Jo-Ann Conklin, But because faculty members Seeking input voice comments, suggestions and Conklin and Joukowsky said that director of the David must be warned in their sixth year The tenure committee is set to concerns. even though a plan for the memorial Winton Bell Gallery if they will not receive tenure, convene for the first time “within The committee hopes to com- might be agreed on in the near future, the guidelines “really mean you the next couple of weeks” and will plete its work “sometime next the question of its location will still only have about five years … to meet every few weeks thereafter, semester,” Kertzer said. Its mem- remain. ties and Design. be evaluated,” Kertzer said. For Kertzer said. When asking the bers will produce a report with “We don’t have that much space “Clearly, Brown, the city and the a professor in the biological sci- Faculty Executive Committee to recommendations, which will be on our main campus,” Conklin said. state’s history with slavery and the ences, it can be difficult to obtain recommend professors to serve sent to the full faculty for consid- Marisa Quinn, vice president for Atlantic slave trade has been mean- external funding, establish a labo- on the committee, he requested eration. public affairs and University relations, ingful,” Quinn said. “It is important ratory and earn a reputation as “a faculty who are both “clearly If any changes are recommend- said the committee will eventually to our culture and who we are to con- significant scholar in their field” in viewed as nationally prominent ed and approved, they could be make its recommendations to the stantly re-examine this past.” just five years, Kertzer said. scholars” and “excellent teachers implemented as early as the next Corporation’s Committee on Facili- But outside of some BioMed at Brown,” he said. academic year. 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“Democracy is not a spectator sport.” Campus NEWS — Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, N.J. New resource center to Newark mayor on how to effect change continued from page 1 has fallen by two-thirds, according The same questioner asked for support science students to Booker. his thoughts on former President effect change in Newark, he said. He acknowledged that he expe- Jimmy Carter’s recent statement continued from page 3 advising them as to how to fund He moved to the city while enrolled rienced “dark days” in his efforts that much of the criticism current- research projects. at Yale Law School in hopes of be- to improve Newark, particularly as ly being leveled against President The abatement began Mon- Unlike other study centers, coming a community organizer, he a councilman. Fed up with the ap- Obama was racially motivated. day, Schulz said, adding that it like the SciLi’s Friedman Study said. parent stagnation, Booker pitched Booker said he respected Carter, “should be done by the end of Center, the new resource center He faced pessimism when he first a tent in a public area and vowed to but did not view the debate over the week.” will focus especially on science entered politics. The major concern sleep there and fast until matters the role of racism in assessments The need for better academic and give students interested in most Newark residents had was the started to improve. of Obama’s presidency as produc- support for students in science science a space to interact, Tar- high crime rate, and people advised Even this extreme step, though, tive in its current form. Though classes, which the science edu- gan said. him not to measure his success as a proved to have a positive effect — racism is still a societal problem, cation committee identified, was The center will also extend city councilman or mayor in terms the next day, correctional officers he said, it is efforts like educating later endorsed by the Task Force the resources of several cam- of the crime rate, he said. joined him in his endeavor, and min- Newark’s children — 85 percent of on Undergraduate Education in pus programs aimed at helping But Booker sought places where isters joined him later still. Dozens of whom are black or Latino accord- its final report last fall. science students achieve their improvements could be made and citizens came to investigate the situ- ing to Booker — that best help to In a summary of its recom- goals, such as the Math Resource strove to open up communication ation, and news quickly spread as combat prejudice. mendations, the task force wrote Center and the Women in Sci- within the community. He investi- more people became curious about In response to another question, that the center could “bring to- ence and Engineering program, gated the police department and what he was doing. Together they Booker said his long-term plans for gether, under one roof, Brown’s Targan said. found it operated “like an episode all fasted and prayed, which Booker education in Newark include expand- many departmentally based peer- Blake Monroe ’13, who is con- of ‘Barney Miller,’” with outdated said was the moment in his life dur- ing charter schools and urban schol- advising and tutoring networks centrating in chemical physics, technology. ing which he felt the strongest, de- arships. Asked about the role of arts in math and science, while also said he had heard of the proj- He also noticed that more than spite being racked with hunger. in urban revitalization, Booker enhancing opportunities for stu- ect deans had planned but had 70 percent of police officers worked As people held hands and prayed said he approved of establish- dents to work with faculty on re- “no idea what they are hoping day shifts even though most crime in multiple languages, Booker said, ing more cultural institutions — search projects and community to do.” happened at night. He worked to he saw the group was united for a such as art galleries — to create outreach activities.” Monroe said he was very re- remind the night-shift officers of common hope. “I felt like I was hear- a more vibrant atmosphere in The center was “designed ceptive to the idea of the small their importance. Booker even in- ing the voices of my ancestors,” local neighborhoods. to encourage people to come,” group-study rooms in particular, sisted upon accompanying officers Booker said. For the bulk of his appearance, Hemmasi said. It was important adding that it would be nice to on their shifts, recalling one such “Whenever I hit a dead end, or a however, Booker stressed grassroots that the center have “a variety have a place “where you could go trip that ended with the suspects cliff, I find people who help me move participation as the vital component of spaces, and also spaces that and talk without being afraid of apprehended and the mayor crawl- forward,” he said later. of change. would be flexible,” she said. disrupting people around you.” ing on the ground, searching for the Booker answered audience mem- Earlier, during his lecture, Book- In addition to the full-time Lu Zeng ’12, an applied mathe- drugs they had scattered. bers’ questions after he finished his er urged the room to consider wis- staffer, professors will serve matics and economics concentra- Booker said fixing problems re- speech. Asked if he was looking to dom he said his mother imparted to shifts in the third-floor area to tor, agreed that the SciLi would quired taking action in ways that had advance further in politics, Booker him: that the makers of history were provide students with “coaching benefit from more such spaces. never been tried before and viewed stressed that he viewed aiding the ordinary people who took action and and teaching as well as advising,” “Especially for science and math such unorthodox measures as suc- Newark community as his primary accomplished extraordinary feats. Hemmasi said. Their jobs will you need medium-volume spaces cessful. Recent statistics indicate that objective at the moment. “Democracy is not a spectator include everything from help- where you can kind of argue over shootings have declined 42 percent “Life is about purpose, not posi- sport,” he said. “It’s a full-contact, ing students with homework to a problem,” she said. on his watch, and the murder rate tion,” he said. participatory endeavor.”

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Arts & Culture Friday, September 25, 2009 | Page 5 weaning from the bottle BTV mini-series to debut this weekend By Jeremy Jacob ing actors, artists, set designers St a f f Wr i t e r and other filmmakers. Byers said he only had enough time to make “The Circle,” a new mini-series shorter films while at Brown, due created for Brown Television, is to the difficulty of coordinating his set to premiere Saturday at the busy schedule with those of others Cable Car Cinema and Cafe. The involved in the various projects. show’s first three episodes, which During last spring break, Byers were directed by Daniel Byers ’08, got together with Harry Aspinwall feature Brown students and alums, ’11 and Alex Feldman ’10 to start as well as Rhode Island School of writing the script for the first three Design students and professional episodes. Before that, in mid-Feb- actors. ruary, Feldman said, he and By- The mini-series is set in a post- ers started to work on a four-page apocalyptic world in which dark story arc of the series, in which Kim Perley / Herald forces, known as “wickeds,” are they bounced initial ideas for the Members of “Beyond the Bottle” held a Water Carnival yesterday to raise awareness of the environmental able to transform their victims, story off each other. Feldman has consequences of using disposable water bottles. Students could answer trivia questions, play bottle ring toss, or “water pong” (below). zombie-style, into new wickeds, continued to be involved with the Byers said. In his view of the series and will be delivering a future of earth, small pockets of speech during the premiere. humanity remain. Each commu- The project started with the nity — including Cronn Univer- writing process, then moved to sity, where the series takes place casting last March once the cre- — is protected by a supernatural ative team felt it knew where the force known as “the weird.” The work was going, Byers said. story follows Sebille, an orphaned Byers and the others put up child from the borderlands where eye-catching posters to announce factions of soldiers in gas masks the auditions, which sparked much fight the evil wickeds. Upon ar- interest in the project. rival at Cronn, Sebille finds that “It’s important to grab people’s something is not quite right with attention visually with something the university. As wickeds start to like this, even if they don’t really break into the eponymous Circle know what they’re getting into, that protects the school, students to be magnetized from the start,” feared to have been infected by Byers said. them are taken away. But suspi- They also advertised on sev- cion mounts that these removals eral professional actors’ listservs are related to a school administra- in New England and the Mid- tion plot. Atlantic. Byers was surprised by Byers said the idea for “The the amount of adult interest in Dramatic possibilities of ‘Repeat after me’ Circle” came to him while he was the audition — one of their lead By Rosalind Schonwald discomfiting and intellectually chal- complete darkness. Then, four lights still an undergraduate. He wanted adult actors, Eric Eastman, drove Ar t s & Cu l t u r e Ed i t o r lenging disintegration of reality, snap on, illuminating the four actors, to work on a large-scale project two hours from Connecticut just pushes that edge even further in a who stand stiffly and speak with a that would bring together the A detached voice repeats phrases meticulously imagined production. detached automatism that pervades many people he had met, includ- continued on page 6 in English and Hungarian. Actors Goldschmidt has managed to cre- the rest of the play. The three men have fits of emotion and take off ate a rendering of the play that is wear suits, and the woman is in a their clothes; it’s not quite clear why. both spare and complex. The simple simple dress, her hair pulled back in This is the fictional universe of Ma- set — a slanted platform with a stair an austere bun. They march roboti- ria Irene Fornes’ “The Danube” as winding round the side — becomes cally to showtune music. Something directed by Jessica Goldschmidt ’10, a nuanced tool in the actors’ skilled is not right. presented this weekend at Produc- grasp. The next scene begins with au- tion Workshop. “The Danube” takes place in dio from an intrusive Hungarian- Viewers can always expect to see Hungary on the cusp of World War language instruction tape (voiced by something edgy in PW’s black box II, in a Budapest divided by the Dan- theater, but “The Danube,” staging a ube River. The first scene starts in continued on page 6 Page 6 THE BROWN DAILY HERALD Friday, September 25, 2009 Arts & Culture

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Kim Perley / Herald Students signed pledges and sported T-shirts as part of the University’s first Consent Day on Thursday.

Emotions abound in PW production continued from page 5 patriate Paul Green (Daniel Gonon tion tape. Emotions pour out, raw ’12) appears, and their conversation and without the frame of a coherent Anita Badejo ’12). Mr. Sandor (Ned continues, duplicating the language narrative. Eve and Paul fall into in- Riseley ’12), an avuncular, middle- tape that plays throughout. When explicable bouts of illness and mad- aged Hungarian man, sits at a table Eve (Lily Spottiswoode ’09) arrives ness, while Mr. Sandor and other repeating the words. American ex- onstage, it’s clear, despite her unani- characters (all played by Sam Alper mated demeanor, that she and Paul ’11) become increasingly absurdist have immediately hit it off. in this abstract world. Through the first few scenes, the Goldschmidt said she first dis- adherence to the language tape has covered the text of “The Danube” the feeling of an awkward parody, in a playwriting class and felt drawn deployed for comedic effect. But in by a connection with the play’s then there’s a sharp turn, where emotional contours and setting. She language and emotion start to part liked that it incorporated “performing ways. Paul asks a nervous Eve out to dancing, performing stereotypes.” a cafe, their first date. She adopts a Goldschmidt studied abroad in jittery tone, responding with rushed Budapest during the fall of her ju- descriptions of Budapest’s geogra- nior year and found the city “won- phy. This one moment could be dis- derful, confusing, full of grime and missed as a nervous girl’s response, gorgeousness.” but the rest of the play is plagued by That exact combination of quali- an impersonal dialogue, slave to the ties describes “The Danube” as narration of the Hungarian instruc- well. ‘Circle’ features Brown, Providence buildings continued from page 5 themselves, but they’re hoping to receive some subsidiary funding. to try out. They have submitted the project Byers and his team began film- to the Rhode Island State Council ing in April, and they were able to of the Arts — which may retro- get most of the shooting done be- actively finance the shooting that fore the end of last semester, using has already taken place — and to the summer to edit the footage, as Brown’s Creative Arts Council. well as to add special effects. Most As for when “The Circle” may be of the filming was done at Brown, coming to BTV, producer Sam Eil- Byers said, with a focus on places ertson ’12 said the last two episodes “that aren’t seen by most Brown of the series still have to be shot be- students on a regular basis,” like fore the series can air, which could the inside of the John Carter Brown take anything from a few weeks to Library. They also staged scenes a few months. in some abandoned buildings in Byers said he has always want- downtown Providence and at the ed the project to remain student- so-called “Rhode Island Desert” focused and be tied as closely to in West Greenwich, and arid area Brown as possible. about two miles in diameter. “In a way its about Brown,” he There were “aspects of produc- said. “It’s about this fictional univer- tion that didn’t come together until sity that is Brown.” very late,” Byers said. “We were still filming some scenes until a “The Circle” premieres at the few weeks ago, a couple filler shots Cable Car Cinema and Cafe (204 now.” S. Main St.) Sat., Sept. 26 at 11:30 So far, Byers and others work- p.m., with a second screening Mon., ing on the project have financed it Sept. 28 at 9:30 p.m. The Brown Daily Herald

World & NationFriday, September 25, 2009 | Page 7 Researchers report AIDS vaccine progress

By Karen Kaplan and Thomas cines used in it had been shown in in- H. Maugh II dividual trials to produce no benefit. Lo s An g e l e s Ti m e s But a some researchers speculated that using them together, with one Hours after HIV researchers an- priming the immune system and the nounced the achievement of a mile- second boosting the response, might stone that had eluded them for a work better. quarter of a century, reality began The primer is Alvac, by Sanofi to set in: Tangible progress could Pasteur, which uses a defanged take another decade. canarypox virus to carry three A Thai and American team an- synthetic HIV genes into the body. nounced early Thursday in Bangkok The boost is from Aidsvax, made that they had found a combination by VaxGen and now owned by the of vaccines providing modest pro- nonprofit Global Solutions for Infec- tection against infection with the tious Diseases. It contains a geneti- Robert Durell / Los Angeles Times virus that causes AIDS, unleashing cally engineered version of an HIV Amber Oberg, center, helps daughter Megan, 12, with her homework while son, Adam, 8, plays in the back- ground at their home in the Citrus Heights community of Sacramento, Calif. Oberg left the U.S. Army after excitement worldwide. The idea of surface protein. eight years of active duty and went back to school after a personal bankruptcy and the loss of her home to a vaccine to prevent infection with The study was of more than foreclosure. the human immunodeficiency virus, 16,000 volunteers in Thailand, all HIV, had long been frustrating and from the general population, not fruitless. high-risk homosexuals and intrave- New GI Bill, same old delays But by Thursday afternoon, initial nous drug users used in past studies. euphoria gave way to a more sober Half received four priming doses of By David Zucchino rine who is attending graduate school Book stipends pay up to $1,000 assessment. There is still a very long Alvac and two boosts of Aidsvax over Lo s An g e l e s Ti m e s at Georgetown University under the per academic year. Housing pay- way to go before reaching the goal six months; half received placebos. latest GI Bill. ments range from about $800 a of producing a vaccine that reliably After three years, new HIV infec- When Amber Oberg left the U.S. Veterans were eligible to apply month to $2,700 a month. shields people from HIV. tions were seen in 74 of the 8,198 Army after eight years of active duty, for the education assistance begin- Because housing payments is- Some researchers questioned people who received the placebo, her timing seemed perfect. Congress ning May 1, but most waited until sued at the end of the month are in- whether the apparent 31 percent but in only 51 of the 8,197 given the was creating a Post-9/11 GI Bill, with late summer to file, according to tended to cover the previous month’s reduction in infections was a sta- vaccine, a statistically significant 31 generous payments for veterans seek- the VA. costs, veterans are not due money for tistical anomaly resulting from the percent reduction. ing higher education. After receiving the proper paper- September housing costs until Oct. small number of HIV cases observed Full details will be released next But a month into her first semes- work, the government must certify 1. Wilson said he could not predict in the trial. month at a Paris conference. Dr. ter at the University of California, that a veteran qualifies for the pro- how many veterans would receive And if the protection was real, Salim S. Abdool Karim, an epide- Davis, Oberg has yet to receive her gram based on his or her military those payments. how did the vaccine do it? Research- miologist at Columbia University tuition, housing and book money service. Payments cannot go out, Mike DeVaughn, who served five ers have never observed antibodies and director of the Centre for the from the Department of Veterans however, until the school certifies years in the Army, including a tour or other blood molecules that could AIDS Programme of Research in Affairs. that the veteran has been approved in Iraq, said his parents had to pay block HIV infection. South Africa in Durban, said he was “I didn’t expect to get out of the for enrollment. Because of state bud- for his books at Anne Arundel Com- Experts predicted it will take eager to know if people who were military and then have to wait and get cycles, most schools could not do munity College in Maryland because two to three years to identify the vaccinated and stayed healthy had wait for the education money that that until mid-August. he has not received his stipend. And biological molecules linked to the a bigger response from blood cells was promised me,” said Oberg, a From that point, it takes an aver- since he is awaiting his housing pay- protection, and another five to 10 to called cellular T lymphocytes. single mother of two. She said she age of 35 days to process and send ment, he is living at home. produce a vaccine to test in people. And if not, then “what kind of went back to school after a personal payments, said Keith Wilson, the VA’s “I need that payment,” he said. Despite the many questions, re- compounds were the cells making bankruptcy and the loss of her home director of educational services. A “There’s no way on Earth I can af- searchers are ecstatic. After 26 years, when you inoculate them with the to foreclosure. recorded VA phone message tells vet- ford to live in an apartment on my they have finally made progress on vaccine?” asked Dr. Spoyros Kalams, Many veterans of the conflicts erans to expect payments six to eight own.” demonstrating the feasibility of an director of the HIV Vaccine Trials in Iraq and Afghanistan are strug- weeks after they are certified. Pacheco, an Iraq veteran, said HIV vaccine, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, Program at Vanderbilt University. gling to make ends meet because P.W. Dunne, a VA undersecretary, Georgetown has received his tuition director of the National Institute of Researchers will begin to sift of delayed education payments, has written schools to thank those money, but only because he was one Allergy and Infectious Diseases, through the blood of those who according to veterans groups. But that have kept veterans enrolled of about 30 veterans who applied in which largely funded the $120 mil- were vaccinated and resisted infec- VA officials said they are moving as while awaiting late tuition payments. May under a VA pilot program. Even lion study. But “is it a vaccine that is tion and those who did not, seek- quickly as possible to process a flood “The learning curve has been steep so, he’s still awaiting payments for ready for prime time? No.” ing molecules more abundant in the of last-minute applications under a for us all,” Dunne wrote. living expenses and books. The trial, which began in 2003, healthy people, Fauci said. Then they complex, two-step process required About 24,500 veterans have been “If I’m the test case to make sure had been disparaged by many as a can look for ways to make a more by the law. approved for enrollment at colleges they get this right, well, they haven’t,” waste of time because the two vac- effective vaccine. Some veterans have had to get this year under the Post-9/11 GI Bill. Pacheco said. part-time jobs or borrow money The VA says it has processed about At UC Davis, Oberg, 34, said she from family and friends, said Ryan 11,500 payments so far. Wilson said doesn’t know how long she and her Gallucci of AMVETS, an advocacy he did not know how many veter- children can remain in her foreclosed organization. A few have reported ans had received tuition and book home while she pursues a double dropping out of school due to a lack stipends. major in psychology and sociology. of cash, Gallucci said. In cases where The bill covers veterans who have She said she desperately needs the schools were not willing to wait, some served since Sept. 11, 2001. It was $1,736 monthly housing payment to veterans have had to use non-GI bill signed into law by President George make ends meet. loans and scholarships to pay their W. Bush in June 2008 but did not take Oberg said she enrolled in early tuition. effect until Aug. 1 of this year. August but did not receive a prorated Most colleges have allowed veter- Previous GI bills pay a flat rate. housing payment as expected on ans to attend classes while they await The new bill provides varying Sept. 1 — and has been unable to the government payments they’re amounts for tuition, fees, housing reach anyone at the VA to tell her due. But without housing money, vet- and books — based on a veteran’s when she can expect it. erans can’t cover basics like rent and service, the university and other Although Wilson said that the food. And many cannot afford to pay factors. goal of the Department of Veterans for books without those stipends. “It’s a great new program, but it Affairs was to make sure that every “Schools may be willing to wait doesn’t do us much good if they don’t GI bill payment goes out as quickly as for tuition payments, but creditors provide the benefits,” said Robert possible, Gallucci said that AMVETS and landlords don’t have a deal with Barker, 35, a Navy veteran attending is focusing on the Oct. 1 date. the government. They want their Rhode Island College who said he “That’s the day we find out just money now,” said Isaac Pacheco, an has not received tuition, housing or how serious this problem is,” he AMVETS employee and former Ma- book money. said. Page 8 THE BROWN DAILY HERALD Friday, September 25, 2009 World & Nation U.S. indicts Denver man in bombing conspiracy case

By Tina Susman and of the plot, according to a Justice Prosecutors said Zazi had trav- not realize the significance of the Josh Meyer Department document. eled overseas to receive bomb- purchase until FBI agents visited “We will continue Lo s An g e l e s Ti m e s The document was part of a mo- making instructions and conducted earlier this month asking ques- to work around tion filed Thursday to keep Zazi extensive research on the Internet tions about anyone who’d made the clock to en- NEW YORK — A federal grand jury detained in Colorado without bail. regarding components of explosive large purchases of hydrogen per- sure that anyone in Brooklyn indicted a 24-year-old A federal judge agreed, setting the devices. oxide. He said they supplied tape involved is brought Denver man on a terrorism charge stage for his transfer to New York They said that on multiple occa- and equipment from 48 cameras Thursday after federal authorities to face the terrorism charge. sions Zazi bought unusually large mounted throughout the store, and to justice.” alleged that he and at least three While Zazi was ordered held, amounts of components to make agents spotted Zazi. other men had gone on a buying his father Mohammed Zazi and TATP (Triacetone Triperoxide) “Forty-eight cameras in a beau- Eric Holder spree of bomb-making chemicals Ahmad Wais Afzali, a Queens imam and other explosives before arriv- ty supply store is not common. I’m U.S. Attorney General and were preparing an attack on and New York Police informant, ing in New York City on Sept. 10. glad we invested the money and U.S. soil. were ordered released on bail. TATP is the explosive used were able to provide the evidence, The one-count terrorism indict- They were arrested along with Zazi in the deadly 2005 London train assuming this guy is guilty,” Hoss terror network headed by Osama ment against 24-year-old Najibul- on charges of lying to authorities bombings that killed 52 people and said. “It gives me some comfort. bin Laden. lah Zazi alleges that he worked in the intensive terrorism inves- was intended for use in a 2005 plot ... Thank God for good technology FBI agents in Colorado first ar- for more than a year on the plot tigation. to blow up a jetliner traveling from and good camera systems.” rested Zazi on Sept. 19, after pros- to detonate a “weapon of mass “We will continue to work London to the United States and a Authorities also said that they ecutors filed a criminal complaint destruction.” around the clock to ensure that 2001 plan by Briton Richard Reid to found evidence that Zazi had heat- charging him with knowingly and Justice Department documents anyone involved is brought to detonate a shoe bomb on a similar ed the chemicals on the stove of an willfully making false statements did not specifically name other al- justice,” said Attorney General flight. Both schemes were linked Aurora apartment he had rented to the FBI in a matter involving leged co-conspirators, but it said Eric Holder Jr. in announcing the to al-Qaida. Aug. 28. Authorities said in court international and domestic ter- three other Denver-area men had indictment. “We believe any im- The government alleged that at documents that notes on bomb rorism. bought unusual amounts of chemi- minent threat arising from this least three still-unidentified men making were found on Zazi’s lap- The arrests came after the FBI cals from beauty supply stories, case has been disrupted, but as purchased suspicious quantities top computer discussed heating raided numerous locations in New including hydrogen peroxide and always, we remind the American of hydrogen peroxide or acetone the chemicals to make them more York and Colorado, looking for acetone, that could be used to public to be vigilant and to report from beauty supply stores in the concentrated. evidence of explosives and other make explosives. any suspicious activity to law en- Denver area. The documents noted that suspects. Federal agents are still Authorities are searching for at forcement.” Zazi went twice to the Beauty Zazi’s fingerprints on the kind of poring over evidence seized in least a dozen individuals for ques- In the last two weeks, Zazi Supply Warehouse in Aurora, small electronic scale and batter- those raids, including computers tioning in what they describe as sought “urgent” help on making Colo., to purchase highly concen- ies often used in the making of and cellphones. the first al-Qaida-linked plot on homemade bombs, according to trated hydrogen-peroxide-based homemade bombs. The FBI and Department of U.S. soil since the Sept. 11, 2001 the detention motion. On Sept. 6 products, said Karan Hoss, chief In public statements, Zazi has Homeland Security in recent days terrorist attacks. and 7, he tried multiple times to executive officer of the beauty sup- denied being part of any terror- have sent out a flurry of alerts, “Zazi remained committed to communicate with another individ- ply chain. ist plot. But the FBI alleges that warning authorities around the detonating an explosive device up ual “seeking to correct mixtures of Zazi bought 12 bottles of Clai- he admitted under questioning to country to be on the lookout for until the date of his arrest” last ingredients to make explosives.” roxide on July 25 and six bottles of receiving explosives and weapons such explosives, and any evidence Saturday evening, nine days after “Each communication,” the de- Ms. K Liquid 40 Volume on Aug. training by al-Qaida in the tribal of a possible attack on mass transit, arriving in New York City, alleg- tention motion alleged, was “more 28, Hoss said. areas of Pakistan that are consid- sports arenas and entertainment edly to meet with other members urgent in tone than the last.” Hoss said his employees did ered to be the headquarters for the complexes.

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browndailyherald.campusave.com Page 9 THE BROWN DAILY HERALD Friday, September 25, 2009 World & Nation Justice Ginsburg G-20 leaders reach consensus on hospitalized as financial reform amid protests By Annys Shin and and the Europeans pushing hard this meeting as a moment to take Michael Shear for tough restrictions on bank- stock of what they have done and precaution Thursday Wa s h i n g t o n Po s t ers’ pay. But Geithner said the to discuss how to avoid similar parties were close and that their crises in the future. By Robert Barnes Ginsburg said that the operation PITTSBURGH — The Group of differences were not insurmount- The spirit of transformation is Th e Wa s h i n g t o n Po s t was a complete success and that 20 largest economies will perma- able. what inspired Obama to choose she was cancer-free. She under- nently replace the G-8 as the main “We are not going to walk Pittsburgh as the summit site. WASHINGTON — Supreme Court went what she called a precaution- forum for international economic way from the worst financial cri- The city has reinvented itself Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was ary round of chemotherapy in the cooperation in a move expected to sis since the Great Depression from one heavily dependent on taken to Washington Hospital Cen- spring but never missed a day of give greater clout to developing and leave unchanged and leave the steel industry to one with vi- ter on Thursday when she fell ill at the court’s public sessions. nations, a senior White House in place the tragic vulnerabili- brant clean-technology, finance the court after being treated for an The court said Ginsburg under- official said Thursday night. ties that created this crisis,” he and health-care sectors. iron deficiency. went a comprehensive examination The change, which has been said. On the eve of the summit, Ginsburg, 76, “developed light in July that involved “medical evalu- pushed by President Obama, will Geithner said the United Pittsburgh’s streets were filled headedness and fatigue” in her ations, imaging scans, and compre- be announced Friday by world States had made progress toward with motorcades ferrying dig- chambers about an hour after re- hensive blood tests.” It said she was leaders attending the G-20 eco- achieving another top priority: nitaries and marches by demon- ceiving an iron sucrose infusion, pronounced to be “in completely nomic summit in Pittsburgh. It getting G-20 members to commit strators. Security was tight, and according to a statement from normal health with the exception would make official a growing to economic policy changes that protesters were at times met by the court. A court physician de- of a low red blood cell count caused consensus that the G-20’s broader could help avoid a repeat of the phalanxes of riot police wielding termined that Ginsburg’s blood by deficiency of iron.” membership better represents a financial crisis. pepper spray. pressure was slightly low and She has kept up a rigorous new global economy. The United States thinks that Mayor Luke Ravenstahl has administered fluids. Ginsburg’s schedule of speaking engagements Traditionally, the G-8 has reducing export-dependent econ- implemented a massive security symptoms improved, the court and work on the court and has said served as the gathering place for omies’ reliance on U.S. consum- operation in the city. About 4,000 said, but the justice was taken to she does not plan to leave the court the world’s top economic powers, ers is vital to sustained global police have been brought in from the hospital as a precaution at 7:45 for years. She participated in the but in recent years its makeup — growth. The Obama administra- across the country, some on loan p.m. Thursday. investiture of new Justice Sonia dominated by the United States tion has proposed requiring the from cities including Chicago and Ginsburg’s health has been an Sotomayor and a special hearing on and other Western nations — has United States to commit to saving Philadelphia. The extra security issue since she battled pancreatic campaign finance laws earlier this increasingly been criticized for more and getting countries such will cost $19 million, Ravenstahl cancer earlier this year. In Febru- month, and she just returned from leaving out several of the world’s as China and Germany to boost estimated. ary, doctors removed her spleen speaking to law students at North- fastest-growing countries. domestic consumption. Under Many of the residents who and a tiny tumor on her pancreas. western University in Illinois. The G-20’s ranks include na- the proposal, the International braved the streets near the con- tions such as Brazil, China, India Monetary Fund would help moni- vention center where the G-20 and South Africa — all of which tor whether countries comply, meetings were to take place ap- have expanded their economies but the measure is largely unen- peared to be less awed by the at a meteoric pace during the past forceable. dignitaries than by the sight of Settlement in two decades. The G-8 will contin- Geithner also said that the Pittsburgh under siege. Several ue to meet on matters important G-20 members were closer to an bridges connecting the city to its to those countries, according to agreement on phasing out sub- downtown business core were Google Books case the official, who discussed the sidies for fossil fuels, a proposal closed to passenger vehicles. move on condition of anonymity raised by Obama earlier in the Sidewalks were deserted as most because it has not been formally week at the United Nations that workers stayed home. An after- delayed by court announced. could help significantly reduce noon Pirates game at PNC Park As leaders gathered on the carbon emissions. attracted only 3,000 spectators. By David Sarno in the proceedings so they could ad- eve of Friday’s meetings, U.S. Despite the upbeat report Just outside the secured zone, Lo s An g e l e s Ti m e s dress copyright and antitrust issues Treasury Secretary Timothy from U.S. officials, expectations hundreds of police in full riot gear raised by the Department of Justice Geithner said that officials had for the summit remained mod- clashed Thursday afternoon with The millions of out-of-print books in a brief filed last week. reached “a strong consensus” on est. G-20 leaders already agreed demonstrators who had come to scanned by Google Inc. and now That brief, which called the agree- strengthening oversight of the to sidestep the thorny issue of protest a variety of issues, includ- sitting unread on the company’s ment “one of the most far-reaching global financial system. when to begin withdrawing the ing climate change and bank bail- cyber-bookshelves will have to sit class-action settlements of which the Before the summit, the United hundreds of billions of dollars outs. a while longer. United States is aware,” cautioned States and European nations had spent to jump-start their econo- The protest began quietly A New York judge on Thursday the court not to act hastily given the emphasized different elements of mies. Nor were they expected to but turned violent after demon- ordered the postponement of an complexity and import of the issues, reform, with U.S. officials stress- commit huge new sums of money strators were joined by another October hearing meant to address but also acknowledging the “public ing the need to raise the quality as they did in April, when they group, many of them dressed in a settlement between Google and benefit” of a vast database of easily and quantity of capital held by agreed to triple the IMF’s re- black and waving anti-govern- a group of authors and publishers accessible books. banks to cover potential losses sources. Instead, attendees cast ment banners. that sued the company more than In a statement issued after the four years ago. order was released, Google did not In response to concerns raised object to the delay of the hearing. by federal antitrust regulators, the Consumer Watchdog, an advo- Authors Guild and the Association cacy group that has been an active of American Publishers are likely opponent of the terms of the settle- to make “significant changes to the ment, praised the delay, noting that current settlement agreement,” “the proper place to solve many of wrote Judge Denny Chin. Holding the case’s thorniest problems ... is a hearing on the agreement as cur- in Congress,” not the courts. rently written, he concluded, would There will be a status hearing make little sense. Oct. 7, when the court will discuss Earlier this week, the publisher how to “proceed with the case as and author groups requested a delay expeditiously as possible.” The Brown Daily Herald

EPage 10 | Fditorialriday, September 25, 2009 & Letters l e t t e r s t o t h e e d i t o r Tolerance goes both ways To the Editor: document, and studying it as such is I am writing in wholehearted sup- even more possible if one does not port of Michael Fitzpatrick ’12 (“The believe that it is divinely inspired. secret life of atheists at Brown,” Sept. The truth is, in my opinion, that 24). As an atheist, I completely agree people, even those getting an educa- with his view that just because Brown tion at an elite school, embrace their is a liberal school, it does not mean stereotypes against atheists so freely that atheists are not stereotyped, often because they do not consider atheists extremely hurtfully. Sitting at the Ratty to be a true minority. If someone ac- with my peers, I see that people are knowledged their stereotypes about willing to acknowledge their stereo- Jews in the way I described above, types about atheists without hesita- they would be ridiculed as anti-Semitic tion. “Wait, so you don’t believe in (I should hope). The same consider- God? How are you not depressed all ation is not given to atheists, because the time?” is relatively common. I am atheism is not seen as an inherent a Religious Studies concentrator, a fact part of one’s identity the way other which elicits even greater confusion religions are, and thus stereotyping it from friends and acquaintances. is not considered bigotry. People of Religion is a crucially important all races, religions, ethnicities, sexual force in human history, and is arguably preferences and gender identities the most influential social structure should be judged on an individual alex yuly that has shaped modern society. So, basis, and atheists are no exception. in my quest to be an educated person, e d i t o r i a l why shouldn’t I study it? The Bible is Lise Rahdert ’10 a work of literature and a historical Sept. 24 U. should save for lean years A new hope To the Editor: the mid-’90s to 2007 by building a It is, of course, unfortunate that fund to draw on in the current en- An encouraging new force has emerged in local of stagnation and corruption under one-party rule. Brown’s endowment has shrunk by vironment; instead Britain is more politics. Last month, the Moderate Party of Rhode Even a small Moderate bloc in the Assembly, backed $740 million, a figure that I’m sure indebted than ever and will face pain- Island received official certification after turning in up by a robust grassroots organization, would be well is on the extreme end of what could ful choices very soon. over 30,000 supporters’ signatures, well beyond the positioned to advance pragmatic solutions and remind realistically have been anticipated. It would be a shame indeed if required 23,500. The party’s ambitious short-term goal overly comfortable Democrats that the two national What is less clear is why the Uni- Brown had fallen into the same trap. is to put forward a candidate for the governorship and parties aren’t the only game in town. versity has a financial plan whose Brown’s own endowment brochure every General Assembly seat in 2010. The campaign to establish a third party in the po- health depends so intimately on the claims average annual returns of 11.9 The Moderates’ platform contains many solid pro- litical center may seem quixotic, and it certainly faces whims of the investments to which percent in the 10 years to June 2006; posals that the current partisan system has shelved. enormous challenges. The Moderates will never have the endowment is committed. the community must ask why the The party suggests a carefully calibrated reduction of the funding and publicity conferred by affiliation with As with any prudent household or University was not prudent enough the excessive taxes that have helped make Rhode Island one of the two major national parties. They will be government, successfully navigating to use these good years to prepare the seventh-worst state in the Union for business. To spread thin across the 113 races for Assembly seats, and hard times means being prepared for for the possibility of bad, so that improve the state’s lackluster education system, the even strong bids may serve only to fracture the centrist them. The government of my own next time our choices might be less Moderates offer a fair, multi-criterion teacher pay scale vote or allow the Republicans and Democrats to write off country, Britain, proved singularly painful. that will reward high performance and give under- moderate voters and commit to more extreme policies incapable of taking advantage of years James Campbell GS achieving educators the assistance they need to provide to stoke their respective bases. The Moderates should of excellent economic growth from Sept. 24 quality classroom instruction. To break with the state’s remember that they can be an enormously positive force dismal history of public corruption, the platform targets for Rhode Island without being electorally competitive several prerogatives of state officials that enable graft in every corner of the state. They can endorse centrist t h e b r o w n d a i l y h e r a l d without providing a significant public benefit. candidates from the major parties and publicize sound Ed i t o r -i n -Ch i e f Ma n a g i n g Ed i t o r s De p u t y Ma n a g i n g Ed i t o r s Se n i o r Ed i t o r s These positions stake out a practical middle ground ideas that break with liberal orthodoxy without the ill Steve DeLucia Michael Bechek Nandini Jayakrishna Rachel Arndt between Republican Governor Donald Carcieri ’65 repute of the Republican brand. Chaz Firestone Franklin Kanin Isabel Gottlieb Michael Skocpol Scott Lowenstein and the deep-blue General Assembly, which has 102 The woman who will be making many decisions editorial Business Democrats out of 113 members. Last spring, Carcieri crucial for the Moderates’ future is Brown alumna Ben Hyman Arts & Culture Editor Ge n e r a l Ma n a g e r s Of f i c e Ma n a g e r advanced a radical proposal to abolish the state’s taxes Christine Hunsinger MPA ’08, whose accession to Rosalind SchonwaldArts & Culture Editor Alexander Hughes Shawn Reilly Sophia Li Features Editor Jonathan Spector on inheritances and corporate profits. The Assembly’s the party’s executive directorship was announced last Metro Editor George Miller Di r e c t o r s tax-friendly Democratic supermajority balked, and Saturday. Her example is a reminder to us all that Rhode Joanna Wohlmuth Metro Editor Ellen DaSilva Sales Director Seth Motel News Editor Claire Kiely Sales Director while the two sides ultimately reached a compromise Island is more than a picturesque backdrop for our Jenna Stark News Editor Phil Maynard Sales Director on the estate tax, the much more important corporate college years. It is a commonwealth facing troubled Andrew Braca Sports Editor Katie Koh Finance Director tax remains unaltered. times, whose fortune is bound up with our own. We Han Cui Asst. Sports Editor Jilyn Chao Asst. Finance Director Alex Mazerov Asst. Sports Editor But the Carcieri years will not last forever. The can’t all be crusaders in Hunsinger’s mold, but if we Gr a p h i c s & Ph o t o s Ma n a g e r s governor’s final term will end in 2011, and his suc- don’t give back to the community around us, there will Chris Jesu Lee Graphics Editor Kelly Wess Local Sales cessor is likely to be a Democrat. 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Opinions Friday, September 25, 2009 | Page 11 A simple fix for your shopping needs

ment. And, of course, shopping period puts though, syllabi are completed before the shopping period, one of which is devoted to JONATHAN professors to the test, as students can judge first day of classes. There is no reason for the aforementioned abbreviated introduc- for themselves (without completely relying secrecy or confidentiality. tion. Thus, the only truly substantive class TOPAZ on the Critical Review) how engaging their The trade-off would be that interested exists during the third week of classes. It is Op i n i o n s Co l u m n i s t lecturers are. students would have to show some initiative an unfair burden to force students to shop However, because shopping period rep- and read through the online syllabus instead classes for three weeks, as it adds signifi- resents a period of flexibility and imperma- of merely having to show up for 10 min- cantly to workload at an already hectic time The following is a fairly common narrative of nence, professors feel compelled to discuss utes. At the very least, this proposal would when clubs and sports teams have practic- the first day of class at Brown: logistical information and reading lists and eliminate the conventional opening classes es, meetings, and tryouts. My friend and I Hordes of students, many of whom will give overly general introductory lectures. at Brown, which frustrate professors (who shopped a seminar at the beginning of the neither take the class nor know remotely second week, where the professor simply what the class is about, pile into a small room. passed out syllabi, lectured for five minutes The professor and teaching assistants pass and let the class out after a mere half-hour out syllabi that, in most cases, have been sit- (cutting professor’s own total class time by ting in the instructor’s hard drive since the There is no reason why Brown should not two full hours). When we were walking back previous spring. The professor then pro- to our respective dorms, I asked if he was ceeds to go over the aforementioned sylla- mandate its professors to put their syllabi on a going to take the class. “I have no idea what bus to the college students assembled in the digital forum by the beginning of school. this professor is all about,” he said, “and I room, with minimal elaboration. At the con- don’t really have the time to find out.” Need- clusion of this recitation, students become less to say, he isn’t showing up to class this restless and pack their things, and the pro- week. fessor releases them to hear other profes- The wasted time that comes along with sors perform renditions of their own syllabi. These rituals not only waste time, but also cannot begin the course material immediate- shopping period is a legitimate problem. But Welcome to the first week of shopping pe- force students to shop more classes for a lon- ly) and students (who learn little about the the greater issue is that students are over- riod. It’s a waste of time. And it is a shame, ger period of time. professor’s teaching style) alike. Professors worked throughout shopping period. Class- because the concept — and many working Only select professors put their classes’ would have the ability to lecture as classes es are taking too long to develop, and as a aspects — of shopping period are brilliant. syllabi on MyCourses for all Brown students commenced. Producing these syllabi online result students end up doing work for six or Shopping period puts less emphasis on to see. Brown’s most comprehensive forum would also waste less of students’ time, as seven classes. With the simple fix of provid- spring registration, which gives students an for such documents, courses.brown.edu, is they would have a better idea of the class ing syllabi online and getting lectures start- entire summer to think more clearly about unknown to much of the student body and without needing to attend the first day. Such ed immediately, Brown can solve these ma- what they are interested in. It allows for lo- lacks the necessary information for all class- a proposal would also decrease the number jor problems in mere minutes. gistical experimentation, as students can fig- es. There is no reason why Brown should of people who attend classes on the first day, ure out if they can indeed make it from List not mandate that its professors put their syl- which is often astronomical and contributes to Smitty B in the 10 minutes their proposed labi on a digital forum (such as MyCours- to standing-room situations. Jonathan Topaz ’12 is a political science schedule has allotted. It encourages stu- es or courses.brown.edu) by the beginning Perhaps the greatest problem exists for concentrator from New York City. He can dents to try out classes well outside of their of school. In many classes, syllabi remain Monday and Tuesday seminars. These class- be reached at comfort zone with no risk of a binding agree- unchanged from year to year. In all cases, es have just two meetings for the entirety of [email protected] Not just a day off

large conflict between religious services and rooms or choosing to spend the money to makes arrangements for other religious classes for a significant portion of students. move in early. People cannot wait to return groups on campus. For example, since the Ethan Tobias Fall semester is inherently more stress- to school. first few weeks of classes coincided with Ra- Op i n i o n s Co l u m n i s t ful than spring semester. There are fewer Luckily, there is a simple solution to all madan, the University, through a collabora- weeks of classes and no week-long vaca- these problems. If the fall semester began a tive effort, was able to accommodate Mus- tion like spring break. This year, fall semes- week earlier, students would avoid late sum- lim students by providing iftars, the nightly Next week, Brown students may observe ter was subject to an even greater crunch mer angst and professors would not feel as break-fast. an interesting phenomenon. Students will because Labor Day fell so late. In order to rushed. In exchange, students should be giv- I applaud the University for undertaking change lab sections. The deadlines for pa- make up for lost time, many professors have en days off for the Jewish High Holidays of such an effort to make life easier for one re- pers will be extended. Tests will be given at ligious minority. It only makes sense that alternative times. And for one full day the the University also accommodate the needs dining halls might seem a little less crowd- of one-fifth of students by giving off for the ed. Do not panic! This is not an outbreak of If the fall semester began a week earlier students Jewish High Holidays. Besides, how unfair pandemic flu. Rather, it is an ushering in of can it be when all students — not just Jewish the Jewish holiday season. would avoid late summer angst and professors students — get the day off? Last Saturday and Sunday, Jews wel- The Jewish Holidays are already disrup- comed in the year 5770 by eating apples and would not feel as rushed. In exchange, students tive to classes. Students are forced to move honey and sitting in services for as long as should be given off for the Jewish High Holidays sections, get extensions and ultimately miss humanly possible. They then will do it all valuable class time. The University can keep over again ten days later, minus the food, on of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. on ignoring them or it can recognize the fair- Judaism’s holiest day, Yom Kippur. est, simplest solution to a problem that ex- On both occasions, observant Jews are ists for hundreds of students. not allowed to do work, which includes By giving days off for the Jewish High homework, writing and using electronics. assigned more work earlier in the semester. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. The small Holidays in conjunction with beginning Traditional observance of these holidays By missing classes for two days, Jewish stu- increase in class days at the beginning of the classes a week earlier, the fall semester means missing classes. dents — perhaps all students — may find semester would be more than remedied by would be less of a squeeze for professors, This is especially difficult since the Jew- themselves drowning in coursework. an extra break. Most students could use the less stressful for students and consistent ish Holidays usually happen to fall between Meanwhile, most Brown students proba- extra days to catch up on work and study for with other displays of religious accommoda- the end of shopping period and the first bly did not spend the last week before school midterms, while Brown’s large Jewish mi- tions on campus. It is only a start, but it will round of midterms. It is right when courses started doing something extremely excit- nority could enjoy the freedom to observe go a long way toward improving academic are getting into the swing of things, and no ing. Many people I have spoken to say they their ancient religious traditions. It is truly a life. one wants to miss class. were bored at home. Most of their friends win-win solution for everyone. According to Hillel, there are approxi- and neighbors had already started school, Of course, some would say that this com- mately 1350 Jewish undergraduates on and they could not wait until they were al- promise unfairly rewards Brown’s Jewish Ethan Tobias ’12 wants to go home to campus. That is over 20 percent of the un- lowed to move into the dorms. In some in- students as compared to other religious New York for the Holidays. He can be dergraduate population, meaning there is a stances, people were camping out in friends’ groups. However, the University already reached at [email protected] Got something to say? Leave a comment online! Visit www.browndailyherald.com to comment on opinion and editorial content. ‘Bottle’ rocks it on the Green t o d a y t o m o r r o w The Brown Daily Herald 5 Love and drama on the Danube 5 68 / 42 65 / 54 Today Friday, September 25, 2009 Page 12 h e a t i n g u p t h e g r e e n d i a m o n d s a n d c o a l A diamond to the University’s decision to offer flu who suggested that researchers looking for a “gay gene” vaccines at Jo’s. It’s sure to be the most popular menu would better spend their time trying to “find a gene for addition since mozzarella sticks, although we’ll all have warmongering assholes.” You’re on the right track, but to be more careful when ordering our spicies “with.” why stop there? If we found the gene for authors-slash- Hypodermic needles aren’t as tasty as cheese. activists, more people might one day get real jobs.

That said, coal for choosing the wrong dining venue. A sympathetic diamond to local small-business own- Attempting to inoculate students who have spent the ers, who have banded together as part of a campaign to night making out with strangers at Fish Co. is probably encourage people to spend at least $50 a month at their a waste, and if we had to bet on a place to catch swine three favorite local businesses. That’s almost what the flu, it would be the Ratty. (We hear Polynesian Pork state legislature is considering, as long as you count the Piglets have been banned in at least 10 countries since municipality of Providence as your first, second, and 6 the pandemic started.) third favorite businesses. A cubic zirconium to David Coolidge ’01, the Univer- Coal to the planners of yesterday’s “consensual sex” sity’s new Muslim chaplain, who told The Herald that he rally, Wednesday’s annual corn-shucking competition c a l e n d a r found his faith as an undergrad in Grad Center. While we and Monday’s climate change “flash mob” for missing admire your positive attitude, those faint, angelic voices a golden opportunity to collaborate. Next year around today, september 25 tomorrow, september 26 telling you how right your new path felt were probably this time we expect to see dozens of Brown students just your upstairs neighbors having sex. converging on the Main Green for a nice, spontaneous, 8 pm — “Katrina, Katrina” Fundraiser 12 pm — Field Hockey vs. Dartmouth, consensual shuck. for New Orleans, Salomon 101 Pizzitola Sports Center Coal to Hope High School, which recently reorga- nized itself for the second time in four years. In case you A diamond to the FDA for banning clove cigarettes 8 pm — Brown University Theatre pres- 3 PM — New Works/World Traditions haven’t seen the polls lately, “Hope” and “change” isn’t earlier this week, to the chagrin of hipsters everywhere. ents Tartuffe, Leeds Theatre Auditions, Ashamu Dance Hall half the winning combination it used to be. As if the Indy’s four-game losing streak weren’t reason enough for them to be jittery before our kickball show- A cubic zirconium to author and activist Sherry Wolf, down this weekend.

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