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Move to Let Watson Give Tenure Resisted THE BROWN Dvol. cxliv,aily no. 28 | Tuesday, March 3,H 2009 | Servingerald the community daily since 1891 Move to let Watson give tenure resisted BY SYDNEY EMBER ences in faculty opinion regarding SENIOR STAFF WRITER the proposal, have made the issue “an open conversation,” Kennedy A proposal that would allow the said. Tenure is a “necessary tool” Watson Institute for International for attracting and retaining the high- Studies to grant tenure to its appoin- est quality faculty, he said. tees is on hold after a widespread As part of the institute’s long- negative response from faculty term strategic planning process, members. there have been a number of com- Courtesy of Dartmouth College A final decision on the proposal mittees that started meeting this Jim Yong Kim ’82. — first suggested by the Watson past fall to discuss whether the Board of Overseers in October 2007 proposal “makes sense,” Kennedy — was supposed to be reached this added. Kim ’82 semester. But a fear that the tenure But a Watson faculty member, selection process would be used who agreed to speak only on condi- picked as to attract non-traditional faculty — tion of anonymity, said Kennedy and along with concerns about the Uni- President Ruth Simmons pulled the versity’s financial situation — has plug on the proposal earlier this year Dartmouth delayed a verdict on the proposal because enthusiasm among faculty indefinitely. had remained “lukewarm.” The Watson board’s proposal Many people are unclear who president has suffered from a lack of support would benefit from Watson’s ability BY HANNAH MOSER from faculty both inside and outside to grant tenure to its professors, the SENIOR STAFF WRITER the institute. person said. “I think we all felt more discus- “This proposal was not initiated Jim Yong Kim ’82, a medical doctor sion was necessary,” said Vice by the Watson faculty,” the faculty and global health leader who gradu- President for International Affairs member said, adding that opposi- ated from Brown with a degree in David Kennedy ’76, who is serv- tion among faculty is due to concern human biology, has been elected to ing as interim director of Watson. about departmental competition become the 17th president of Dart- “Some people felt we needed to do over resources and the percep- mouth, the college’s board of trustees more planning.” tion that tenure would be used to Kim Perley / Herald A proposal by the Watson Institute’s Board of Overseers to let the announced Monday. Kim will begin The lack of a permanent direc- institute hand out tenure offers has stalled, unpopular with faculty. his term July 1, succeeding longtime tor, as well as widespread differ- continued on page 2 president James Wright. Kim, who was born in Seoul and moved to Iowa at age five, will be- come the first Asian-American presi- Over 1,100 take first-year seminars this year, highest ever dent of an Ivy League institution and just the second-ever person of color, BY EMMA BERRY to Registrar Michael Pesta. enabled the program’s growth. she wrote. after Ruth Simmons, to hold such STAFF WRITER “Things are back on the up- Though the Corporation recently Bergeron wrote that there will a post. swing,” Pesta said, adding that announced that it will slow faculty be 72 first-year seminars taught “I feel so proud to follow in Ruth’s After falling slightly last year, first- last year’s dip may have been due hiring to deal with projected losses during the next school year — a footsteps,” he said in a telephone in- year seminar enrollment for the to “any number of circumstances,” of income, “the budget reductions slight dip from the 74 offered this terview Monday. “She inspired me to current school year has been larger including professors taking sab- in the College will not affect the year. She said the decrease would think that I can do this job.” than ever. baticals and significant turnover First-Year Seminar program at all not affect the program’s goal of A leader in the field of public Between the 2007-2008 and in the Dean of the College’s office next year,” Bergeron wrote in an offering enough first-year semi- health, Kim garnered international 2008-2009 academic years, the num- when seminar offerings were being e-mail to The Herald. nar slots for the entire freshman recognition as a senior official at ber of first-year seminars offered planned. “Since we are expecting an addi- class, typically numbering about the World Health Organization for rose from 56 to 74, and total enroll- According to Dean of the College tional modest growth in the faculty 1400 students. working to fight diseases such as ment rose from about 800 to over Katherine Bergeron, an increase in for next year, we anticipate that But Pesta said it’s “hard to tell” 1,100 — the highest level since the the size of the faculty under the the (first-year) seminar program continued on page 2 program started in 2002, according Plan for Academic Enrichment will remain on a strong footing,” continued on page 2 Med student R.I. senator’s personal guest at Obama speech BY BRIAN MASTROIANNI A self-described “political geek,” a gastrointestinal disease for which their struggles in receiving health SENIOR STAFF WRITER Goddard attended the speech as there is no known cure. care, said Alex Swartsel, commu- a personal guest of Sen. Sheldon “I took health insurance for nications director in Whitehouse’s Lauren Goddard MD’11 found her- Whitehouse, D-R.I. granted for my whole life, but then office. self rubbing elbows with the family “I thought the speech was great I became too old to be covered by “Every one of the stories present- and friends of some of Washington’s in that it exceeded my my mother’s insurance ed at the dinner was compelling,” most powerful political players last expectations,” she said. FEATURE policy, and I didn’t have Swartsel said. “The interesting thing Tuesday, as she watched President “Obama set out very spe- health insurance for a about Lauren is that she is a medi- Barack Obama’s first address to Con- cific goals and made the people a long time,” Goddard said. “I realized cal student as well as a patient. As a gress from the Visitor’s Gallery of the part of those goals and plans — he the contradiction that I was a med student of medicine she knows that if House of Representatives. makes the public feel invested in the student, and yet I didn’t have health you are scheduled to take medication “I kept nudging people and say- process.” insurance.” regularly, you take it, but as a patient ing ‘Look there’s Senator Feinstein, For Goddard, Obama’s focus on Goddard met Whitehouse early who struggled to afford health care look there’s Nancy Pelosi, and no affordable health care had a particu- last month at a community dinner in … she is going to have a hard time one was phased because they were lar resonance. After graduating from Warwick that focused on health care finding affordable health care.” Kim Perley / Herald probably related to these people,” Barnard College in 2004, Goddard reform. The dinner was attended by Lauren Goddard MD’11 took a trip to Goddard said. was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, about 200 people who spoke about continued on page 2 Washington to hear Obama’s address. News.....1-4 Metro........5 Metro, 5 Sports, 7 Opinions, 11 Sports...7-8 STATE STIMULATION DOUBLE HEARTBREAK BDS IS YOUR PAL Editorial..10 Gov. Carcieri ’65 accepted M. basketball lost two close Fatima Aqeel ’12 writes that Opinion...11 R.I.’s portion of the federal games over the weekend Dining Services is about Today........12 stimulus bill last week. to Ivy League foes more than just food INSIDE www.browndailyherald.com 195 Angell Street, Providence, Rhode Island [email protected] Page 2 THE BROWN DAILY HERALD TUesday, March 3, 2009 “I tried to get in one my freshman year and it was just impossible.” CAMPUS NEWS — Cici Matheny ’09, on not having taken a first-year seminar More freshman take Senator takes student to Washington continued from page 1 health care records, which are pretty to remain in the U.S. to receive seminars this year spotty right now. There needs to be a better treatment for her condition. continued from page 1 ceived her first-choice seminar, Whitehouse has held eight com- standardized, unified electronic sys- “However, especially after experienc- ANTH 0066L: “Singing and Lan- munity dinners throughout the tem between primary care doctors ing problems with your own health exactly how many seminars will guage,” last summer, she said she state since his election to office in and specialists.” coverage, you realize that there are be taught next year, since depart- remembers students in the “Class 2006. Last year, Mike Tracy, a can- Goddard also pointed to the short- Third World issues facing us in this ments hire new professors and of 2012” Facebook group vying for cer survivor who struggled to pay age of primary care providers, adding country.” course offerings tend to change spots in particular classes. his health care premiums, was the that currently there is more incentive As Goddard continues to advo- even after the course booklet is The program seemed popular, Whitehouse’s guest to the State of to choose a specialty rather than go cate for health care reform while in printed. she said, adding that “everyone the Union Address. into primary care. medical school, Swartsel said she and Students interviewed by The was complaining about not getting “These meetings present an in- Goddard’s interest in health care others like her will continue to inspire Herald said they felt having classes their first pick.” valuable opportunity that is unique began when she studied abroad in those in similar situations.
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