“I Don't Get Paid for This,” Says Rameau, Who Has Been Arrested Twice. “We Have a Moral Obligation to Break These Laws

THE COLLEGE HILL THE BROWN/RISD WEEKLY | NOVEMBER 4 2010 | VOLUME XXI ISSUE VIII 6 LIVING ON A BOAT, NOT FAR FROM HERE 7 INTERVIEW WITH THE INVENTOR OF ‘RADICAL CARTOGRAPHY’ 10 THOUGHTS ON POST-ITS. LITERALLY 11 LIVING ILLEGALLY IN ABANDONED BUILDINGS “I don’t get paid for this,” says Rameau, who has been arrested twice. “We have a moral obligation to break these laws.” -p. 11 The College Hill Independent contents from the editors e notion of terroir, namely that food from a speci c region has a speci c avor (or, more abstractly, character), is widely understood to be a European idea. It is illegal to label sparkling wine “Champagne” if it is not from the NEWS Champagne region, in France (even if is from a town called Champagne in Switzerland). Similar laws apply to 2 Week in review cheeses and other amuse-gueules (appetizers, you plebe!). Ashton Strait and George Warner Wine-makers in America are starting to embrace this trend; soon it may be illegal to say your wine is from 3 Rahm Emanuel’s mayoral bid Napa if you made it from grapes grown in Cranston, or Rehobeth. But the real American terroir pertains not to Mel Whelp ne wines or cheeses (sorry Wisconsin) but to junk food. Philly Cheesesteaks, Bu alo Wings, Boston Cream Pies, METRO Gumbo, and all kinds of barbecue. More obscurely, Fat Sandwiches, Scrapple, or Buckeye Balls. 4Finding shelter What’s weird about American Terroir is that it shouldn’t exist, but people believe in it. I eat my Cheesesteaks Beth Caldwell with Cheez Whiz instead of provolone, something people say is gross—until I tell them it’s authentic; “that’s how SCIENCE they eat them in Philly.” What’s weirder is that it’s real. Bu alo wings are better in Bu alo. It’s because most places there they smoke 5 Misbehavin’ scientists them and then ash-fry them instead of whatever bullshit they do around here. And it’s not that the recipe is Nupur Shridhar secret. It’s just that with junk food, people don’t care enough to track down regional recipes. But they makes a dif- FEATURES ference. 6 On a boat e reason I mention all this is because of a new establishment on ayer street, “Toledo,” a restaurant that Alex Spoto boasts as its main (and only) dish: “PIZZA IN A CONE” (!)... As far as I can tell from my research, pizza in a cone is 7 You are here a wacky new American food trend, bearing no relation to Toledo (Italy or Ohio). e restaurant shouldn’t lie. It’s Simone Landon an insult to the dignity of American terroir everywhere. ere should be a law against it. -EJS 9 What it means to veil Ellora Vilkin 11 Squatting in Providence Mimi Dwyer POST 10 oughts on the fall FALL 2010 MANAGING EDITORS Katie Jennings, Tarah Knaresboro, Eli Schmitt • NEWS Ashton Strait, Emma Whitford, Jonah Wolf • METRO Maud Doyle, George A. Warner, Simon van Zuylen-Wood • OPINION Mimi OPINIONS Dwyer, Brian Judge • FEATURES Alice Hines, Natalie Jablonski, Marguerite Preston, Adrian Randall • ARTS 13 e utopia in your head Jordan Carter, Alexandra Corrigan, Erik Font, Natasha Pradhan • SCIENCE Katie Delaney, Nupur Shridhar • Brian Judge SPORTS Malcolm Burnley • FOOD Belle Cushing • LITERARY Rebekah Bergman, Charlotte Crowe • X PAGE X Katie Gui • NEW MEDIA Kate Welsh • LIST Simone Landon, Erin Schikowski, Dayna Tortorici • DESIGN Maija Ekay, Katherine Entis, Mary-Evelyn Farrior, Emily Fishman, Maddy McKay, Liat Werber, Rachel Wex- 14 Katie Gui ler, Joanna Zhang • ILLUSTRATIONS Emily Martin, Robert Sandler • COVER EDITOR Emily Martin • MEGA PORN STAR Raphaela Lipinsky • SENIOR EDITORS Margo Irvin, Simone Landon, Erin Schikowski, Emily Segal, Dayna Tortorici • STAFF WRITER Zachary Rausnitz • PHOTOGRAPHY John Fisher • MVP Brian Judge COVER ART: Chris Marker Th e College Hill Independent PO Box 1930, Brown University Providence, RI 02912 [email protected] Letters to the editor are welcome distractions. Th e College Hill Independent is published weekly during the fall and spring semesters and is printed by TCI Press in Seekonk, MA. Th e College Hill Independent receives support from Campus Progress/Center for American Progress. Campus Progress works to help young people — advocates, activists, journalists, artists — make their voices heard on issues that matter. Learn more at CampusProgress.org. as if you care... ephemera * impaired sight, including blurriness, seeing double, “ﬂ oaters,” or in- creased sensitivity to light * pain from or trouble with moving the eye when looking up or down, to the left or right, or in any direction * blood or broken blood vessels on the “white” of the eye, or any laceration to the eyelid (outside or inside surface) or the eyeball itself * numbness of the face on the same side as the injury * swelling or depression of the eye or eye socket (an eye that appears to be sunken into the face or bulge from its socket) * dizziness Related Q&As Under-eye circles — how can I get rid of them? Concussions Unexplained bruises Bags under the eyes: How? Why? THEINDY.ORG 2 News A Rejected Letter to the Editors of the New York Law Journal In my distinguished career as a Personal Injury Attorney, I often deal with the dam- age caused by reckless minors behind the wheel. erefore, I was pleased to read your report on the recent ruling of Justice Paul Wooten of the State Supreme Court in Manhattan, allowing Juliet Breitman to be sued for negligence in mowing down frail, 87-year-old Claire Menagh. ough Miss Breitman may be only four years old, she must still be held accountable for her actions. After all, what excuse can she have? at she lost control of her bike? Unlikely, given that she was on training wheels. No, the fact of the matter is that she was racing her friend Jacob Kohn, a fellow four-year-old. And, in their crav- ing for a thrill, they neglected to notice the innocent victim in their path. Unfortunately, Ms. Menagh died three months after the incident (supposedly of unrelated causes, but I’m sure the stress of the incident took its toll), so she can’t relay the horrifying story to us herself. ankfully, Ms. Menagh’s estate is suing the children and their mothers, and I applaud their e orts to keep the streets safe from these young hooligans. Justice Wooten’s choice to base his decisions o court decisions from 1928 stat- ing that infants under the age of four cannot be held accountable for negligence, (assuming children over that age can), is also admirable. After all, in the nine months since Miss Breitman passed the age of impunity she has surely developed a tremen- dous capacity for culpability. And when Ms. Menagh’s estate sues Miss Breitman and, presumably, wins, might I suggest to the presiding judge the following punishments for Miss Breitman: that she be given a probationary period of several years in which she is not allowed to operate a wheeled vehicle, after which time, assuming she has been on good behavior, she may graduate to a vehicle with training wheels until such a time as her parole o cer sees t; that she be given a time-out in federal prison; that she be entered into a rehabilitation center where she can learn to control her danger- ous impulses until she reaches adulthood; etc. However, if the presiding justice cannot fi nd a suitable punishment for the defen- dant, I say make the bitch pay. She’s sure to have a piggy bank somewhere. by Ashton Strait Sincerely, Lex Malus, Esq. and George A. Warner -AS No Fresh Bounty in Iowa Yes, losing the House of Representatives was bad. Having Republicans replace Demo- crats in at least ten gubernatorial elections so far? Also bad. However, the biggest hurt for foodies on Tuesday night might have been the defeat of Francis icke, the Democratic candidate for Secretary of Agriculture in Iowa. e dairy farmer of 27 years was beat out by Bill Northey (R), an incumbent funded heavily by the Agricul- tural Axis of Evil (Monsanto, Syngenta and Dupont), and a man known outside Iowa for his unwillingness to inspect an Iowan farm suspected of producing salmonella- WEEK IN REVIEWinfested chicken feed, even as half a billion eggs were recalled this summer. icke hoped to bring the concerns of the sustainable agricultural movement di- rectly to America’s agricultural epicenter. Often touted as the “food capital of the World,” Iowa receives more federal farm subsidies than any state excluding Texas, grows a fth of the country’s corn, and produces nearly a third of the nation’s hogs. Northey said that Iowa does “a great job of producing food not only for Iowans, but for folks all over the world.” But, as icke pointed out during his campaign, for all the food it produces, Iowa does a bad job feeding itself. Ninety percent of the food eaten in Iowa is imported from outside the state’s borders. Step one of icke’s program: make Iowa not just the food capital of the world, but the “food capital of Iowa,” as he described in an interview with Grist. Another step, he said, was to allow more local control over the location of and improve the regulation of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs), the giant feed lots oft maligned by foodies and neighbors alike. icke planned to set air quality standards so the family of four down the road would not have a side of ammonia and hydrogen sul de with their morning co ee. When Iowa Public Radio asked Northey about CAFOs, he remained mute on the subject, although he encour- aged listeners to “engage in the political process to set up those rules”...as close as it gets to a politician saying ‘vote for the other guy.’ Of course, the race was as much about symbolism as anything else.

Load more