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vol. cxliv, no. 54 | Monday, April 20, 2009 | Serving the community daily since 1891

Student
assaulted in
shower
By Brian Mastroianni
Senior Staff Writer

A female student was assaulted by an


unidentified male while in a Sears House
shower on Friday around 6:30 p.m., ac-
cording to an e-mail sent to students from
the Department of Public Safety Friday
night.
The woman –– who did not sustain
Justin Coleman / Herald any injuries –– reported to authorities that
Before performances by Nas (right)
and Of Montreal (below), a student the man displayed a knife and shoved her
coasted headfirst down a slippery before fleeing the scene, the e-mail said.
Wriston Quadrangle. “Our detectives were investigating this

Sunny, warm Spring


case (Saturday) ... but I can’t tell you any
more than what the crime report men-
tioned,” said Mark Porter, Brown’s chief

Weekend delights
of police and director of public safety.
The Providence Police Department
and the Department of Public Safety
searched the scene but were unable to
By Sydney Ember identify the woman’s assailant, according
Senior Staf f Writer Spring Weekend in Color to the e-mail.
See photos, pages 6-7 The incident comes a little more than
By the time Of Montreal’s dizzy- a month after a female student was pho-
ingly psychedelic per formance Ain ’09. Both shows sold to 90 per- tographed by a stranger while she was
closed with an explosion of feath- cent capacity, he said — almost showering in the first-floor bathroom of
ers Saturday Evening, Mother 4,500 people per show. Diman House, where the sorority Kappa
Nature had given little cause for The total count of eight trans- Alpha Theta is located. That incident is
complaint about this year’s Spring por ts by Emergency Medical still under investigation.
Weekend. Ser vices was slightly less than Sears House is home to Brown’s other
Both concerts were held on the last year’s. Two transports were sorority, Alpha Chi Omega.
Main Green for the first time since reported for Friday night and six The e-mail to students described the
2006, anchoring a weekend marked for Saturday night, said Vice Presi- suspect as “a male with a light complexion;
by warm weather, vibrant perfor- dent of Campus Life and Student possibly white or Hispanic approximately
mances and an annual sing-along Ser vices Margaret Klawunn. five feet six inches tall, lean build, dark
with acoustic guitarist Dave Binder She said there were also a num- hair, cut short, with a week’s worth of
on Wriston Quadrangle. ber of students who were evaluated facial hair growth.”
“Ever ything went immaculate- by EMS but did not require further The suspect was seen “wearing a long-
ly,” said Stephen Hazeltine ’09, the aid. There were 10 EMS transports hemmed athletic jacket made of swooshy
Brown Concert Agency’s admin- in 2008 and four in 2007, The Her- material that was dark in color, light-col-
istrative chair. Almost all of the ald reported last year. ored blue jeans ... slightly too short so they
additional tickets made available “As far as I know, this year went did not cover his white sneakers properly,”
after BCA announced the concerts pretty well,” Klawunn said. “The according to the e-mail.
would be held outdoors were sold, — With additional reporting by
said BCA’s booking chair Daniel continued on page 2 Ellen Cushing

Lester ’11, Wertheimer ’10 Your Brown transcript, off College Hill
finalists for top UCS post By Nicole Friedman
Senior Staff Writer
since 1972.
Forty years after its implementa-
tion, the New Curriculum is no lon-
The New Curriculum at Forty:
Part three of four in a series
By Ben Schreckinger for the top UCS and UFB positions. At the end of four years, students ger a trial run. Elements that were
Senior Staff Writer Voter participation also increased have surprisingly little physical once shocking — like the option to Group Independent Study Project
dramatically, with 2,279 ballots cast, evidence to show for their time at take any course on a Satisfactory/ that proposed overhauling the
Ryan Lester ’11 and Clay Wertheimer up from 1,364 last year, accord- Brown. Graduating seniors leave No Credit basis and the elimina- Brown education.
’10 will face each other in a run-off ing to Elections Board Chair Lily with only a transcript, a diploma tion of distribution requirements — The school attracted “brighter
election for president of the Under- Tran ’10. and lingering questions about how are now inseparable from Brown’s people” in the decades after the
graduate Council of Students after The vice presidential race for their education will be received by identity. Yet current Brunonians New Curriculum’s implementa-
receiving the most votes for the po- UCS will also go to a run-off, be- the world beyond College Hill. find it hard to gauge just how well tion, Josephson said, adding that
sition last week. Neither received tween Harris Li ’11 and Diane Though high school seniors graduate schools and employers it was “vital in putting Brown on
the 50 percent of the vote needed Mokoro ’11. clamor to study under the New understand the curriculum. the map.”
to win outright. Voting in the run-off elections Curriculum, its impact on students’ The New Curriculum is now an
Jose Vasconez ’10 defeated will begin Monday at 12 p.m. and lives after Brown is less clear. ‘Forty years of experience’ essential component of Brown’s
Salsabil Ahmed ’11 to become will close at 6 p.m. Wednesday. As “There’s no way to know what Before the implementation of image. When the Admission Of-
chair of the Undergraduate Finance in the regular election, ballots will a Brown education does or doesn’t the New Curriculum, Brown did fice asks matriculating students
Board. be cast online through MyCourses. do for someone,” said Associate not have a nationally recognized their top three reasons for choos-
This year’s elections saw an in- Professor of Music David Joseph- identity, said Ira Magaziner ’69
crease from last year in competition continued on page 3 son P’00, who has taught at Brown P’06 P’07 P’10, who led the original continued on page 4
inside

News.....1-4
Ar ts........5
Arts, 5 Sports, 9 Opinions, 11
Spor ts...9 A Taste of Verde Making Waves Do your part
Editorial..10 Students in AmCiv create M e n ’s c r e w s w e p t Anthony Staehelin ’10 says
Opinion...11 an exhibit about Cape Nor theastern on the the success of ADOCH
Today........12 Verdean immigrants Seekonk this weekend depends on all students

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C ampus N EWS “Emotional balance is for the mediocre and the lazy.”
— Sculptor Dave Cole ’00, speaking at a Brown Degree Days event

Degree Days connect department concentrators with alums


By Juliana Friend ganize the event. Saeromi Kim ’96, a psychology said accomplishing difficult sculp- is still in the process of gathering
Staff Writer The concept for Degree Days was concentrator who now works as a ture projects — like an enormous statistics about student attendance at
developed after a successful alumni clinical psychologist at Rhode Island fiberglass teddy bear — requires sus- the Degree Days events, said Barbara
As the last remaining sophomores panel organized by the English de- College’s Counseling Center, said the tained effort and intensity, including Peoples, senior associate director of
dropped their concentration forms partment last year, Krahulik said. Last conflict between her personal desires pulling all-nighters when necessary. the Career Development Center.
into the registrar’s unceremonious fall, Dean of the College Katherine and others’ expectations never quite “Emotional balance is for the medio- Indeed, Brown Degree Days as-
black bin last week, the University Bergeron met with members of the goes away. cre and the lazy,” he said. sumed another level of importance
concluded a month-long program Task Force on Undergraduate Educa- “It took a lot of guts to choose Clay Rockefeller ’03, who works for seniors confronting the job market
intended to help students connect tion to discuss hosting a new series of clinical work,” she said during the at the Steel Yard, a public art coop- next year. Rachel Moranis ’09, an art
their concentrations to real-world alumni panels to improve the curricu- roundtable discussion Tuesday. erative, stressed the importance of history concentrator, said the state
careers. lar advising system, Krahulik said. Likewise, Mary-Kim Arnold ’93 risk-taking. “I always had faith in my of the economy contributed to her
In the program’s pilot year, Brown The result was a month of events MFA’98, an English concentrator as ability to start over,” he said. “We’re interest in the Visual Art panel.
Degree Days “exceeded expecta- starting in mid-March with former an undergraduate, said her new role all going to live many different lives “A lot of my friends are losing
tions,” hosting over 30 events that concentrators in fields from physics as executive director of the Rhode in one.” their jobs right now,” she said. “I want
attracted high student attendance, to art, designed to get students think- Island Council for the Humanities has Will Machin ’00, who produces to hear stories about what people in
said Associate Dean of the Col- ing about “both the obvious and the sparked a change in perspective. public art on commission, told cur- the art realm are doing.”
lege for Upperclass Studies Karen not-so-obvious” ways to apply their “I’m on an anti-balance campaign,” rent students that feelings of uncer- The alums’ reflections about their
Krahulik. liberal arts degrees, Krahulik said. Arnold said during the discussion. tainty and doubt linger even after own non-linear career paths helped
For example, at least 72 students “It’s always comforting to hear the “Who needs balance when you love graduation. “I still wonder if I’m good reassure Phelan, whose future plans
attended the Brown Degree Day voices of alumni on campus, because what you do?” enough to make art,” Machin said. were abruptly altered when her job
hosted by the physics department, they suggest that career pathways While Tuesday’s event suggested This honesty provoked varied offer was rescinded. She said the lack
according to Chung-I Tan, profes- don’t have to be so linear,” said Erinn that a diverse range of concentra- reaction among students. Quinn of job options in the current economy
sor of physics and chair of the de- Phelan ’09, who attended and helped tions can prepare students for work Fenlon ’10.5 said the fact that, even has liberated her from external pres-
partment. A luncheon with over 30 organize the second-to-last Brown in the non-profit sector, a panel 10 years out of college, professionals sure to follow the “standard trajecto-
alums, a roundtable discussion and Degree Day last Tuesday night about hosted by the Department of Visual do not necessarily have their careers ry” for the first years out of college.
three guest lectures created “a very careers in public service. Art demonstrated the diversity of figured out “doesn’t make me feel The testimonies of the panelists
interactive environment,” in which The event, titled “Living an En- careers that can result from a single any better.” reinforced Phelan’s belief that “as
students learned about what they gaged Life,” brought together alums concentration. The Career Development Center, long as you do something you learn
could do with a physics degree, from diverse concentrations. Their Dave Cole’s ’00 sculpting career which partnered with the Office of from and are passionate about, that’s
said Associate Professor of Physics advice testified to Phelan’s idea that represented a more traditional way the Dean of the College and Alumni enough,” she said. “It’s a very free-
Meenakshi Narain, who helped or- career paths are constantly in flux. of applying a visual arts degree. He Relations to implement the program, ing idea.”

Weekend concerts ‘super-duper’


continued from page 1 this year’s concert was the first Next year’s concerts may start and
night concert held on the Main end earlier, Klawunn said.
good weather made it an enjoyable Green. The last two years were The festivities began Thursday
weekend.” relocated to Meehan Auditorium afternoon with the annual SPEC
Klawunn said the only cause for due to rain. Day carnival, which featured snow
concern was noise complaints by Because of the complaints, cones, cotton candy and giant in-
neighbors during Friday night’s Klawunn said there would be evalu- flatable structures and games.
concert. Though Klawunn said ne- ations this week with Senior Direc- Friday’s show opened with lo-
gotiations to hold the Friday night tor for Student Engagement Ricky cal indie folk band Deer Tick, who
concer t outside were resolved Gresh to determine next year’s entertained the fast-growing crowd
before 2007’s Spring Weekend, sound volume and concert hours. with impassioned lyrics and twangy
guitars.
sudoku Retro soul group Sharon Jones
and the Dap-Kings followed with
a dynamic and commanding per-
formance to prime the audience
for hip-hop star Nas and his con-
troversial ire.
“This crowd is crazy,” Nas an-
nounced in the middle of his set to
a wild, feverish audience. “A crowd
Katherine Regalado / Herald
like this, with it, you don’t want to “This crowd is crazy,” rapper Nas shouted during the Friday night show.
go home.” “A crowd like this, with it, you don’t want to go home.”
Saturday’s concer t drew a
slightly more subdued crowd. many in attendance were visibly ever yone out.”
Many concert-goers lounged on exhausted. The band’s 90-minute “It was nice to see the trees
blankets as the smell of curry from set — dampened by an occasional blooming,” said Austin Miller ’12.
a booth catered by Taste of India raindrop — featured animal masks, Despite the weather, Miller said he
flooded the Green. ninjas and frightening silver men left in the middle of both concerts
The student band Doss the parading across the stage in a fre- because he was “bored.”
Artist and PGA Tour, winners of netic spectacle. The only unforeseen circum-
a battle of the bands competition, “Santigold rocked it,” said Chris stance of the weekend was a wed-
featured an eclectic mix of rap, Archuleta ’11. “I just thought the ding in Manning Chapel on Satur-
brass, bass and guitar, setting the concert was awesome.” day morning when Of Montreal

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the Brown
fusion funk. and the temperature approaching check, according to Hazeltine. But
The audience packed the center a much-appreciated 70 degrees, he said ever yone — the BCA, Of
Editorial Phone: 401.351.3372 | Business Phone: 401.351.3260 of the Green to see the bombastic Aruchuleta participated in an im- Montreal and the wedding partici-
Stephen DeLucia, President Jonathan Spector, Treasurer and authoritative rhymester Santi- promptu race on Wriston, he said. pants — worked together to coordi-
Michael Bechek, Vice President Alexander Hughes, Secretary gold, who overwhelmed the crowd “We put ourselves into the large nate the timing of the sound check
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and brightly-colored costumes, was just a lot of fun. I liked seeing thing pretty big,” he said.
Monday, April 20, 2009 THE BROWN DAILY HERALD Page 3

C ampus N EWS “Brown has not disappointed me for one second.”


— Transfer student Miriam Joelson ’11

Transfer students embrace life at Brown Vasconez named UFB


By Alexandra Ulmer
Staf f Writer
The workload at Brown was a
challenge after transferring from
Wilf transferred from Vassar
College this fall because she was chair after unopposed race
North Virginia Community Col- displeased with the size and loca-
They don’t rave about their fresh- lege, Keith Sado ’10 said, but he tion of the school and was in search continued from page 1 from the race.
man units and may get lost on parts considered Brown his home by the of a more intellectual atmosphere, In other voting, Rober t Taj
of campus, but otherwise, transfer end of his first semester. she wrote. At Brown, Wilf immedi- Candidates need only a plurality of Moore ’11 was elected chair of the
students are at home at Brown — “I had the impression it was this ately became very close to fellow votes to win — nullifying the effect UCS Academic and Administrative
at least according to Head Transfer hippie, hacky-sack type people,” transfer students during orienta- of abstentions. Affairs Committee.
Student Adviser Melea Atkins ’10. Sado said. “But the classes have tion, and she still counts transfer The Elections Board will an- At-large representatives on UFB
A transfer student herself, Atkins been enjoyable and the people re- students as her best friends. nounce final election results at the will be Herald Senior Staff Writer Mi-
acknowledged that while some of ally interesting.” “It would be strange not to, UCS general body meeting Wednes- tra Anoushiravani ’11, Herald Sales
her peers may remain isolated, Sado’s sentiments were echoed considering we’re all in the same day at 7:30 p.m. in Petteruti Lounge Director Ellen DaSilva ’10, Adam
most transfers are very active and by Miriam Joelson ’11, a sopho- position and are all nervous about and submit them to the council for Kiki-Charles ’11, Soobin Kim ’11,
integrated on campus. more who transferred from Bryn making new friends,” Wilf wrote. certification. Jason Lee ’12 and Herald Opinions
In addition to her role as an Mawr College last fall. “Many of But “ever y single transfer has The winner of the vice chair race Columnist Tyler Rosenbaum ’11.
adviser, Atkins is the captain of my relatives were afraid that Brown expanded outside of the transfer for UFB is Juan Vasconez ’10, who The three candidates who ran
“Team Tranny,” an intramural soft- couldn’t possibly live up to my sky group in some way and has made ran unopposed after Neil Parikh ’11 uncontested for UCS Executive
ball team, which is symbolic of her scraping expectations,” she wrote lots of “real” Brown friends (as we withdrew his name from the ballot Board positions each received at
view on the evolution of transfer in an e-mail to The Herald. “But like to call them).” Wednesday. As a result, Elections least the necessary 5 percent of the
students on campus. Atkins and Brown has not disappointed me She praised the involvement of Board officials determined Thurs- vote necessary to win.
her close friends created the team for one second.” transfer students in extracurricu- day night that Vasconez needed only Of those Ben Farber ’12 will
as a way to stay in touch after trans- During the summer and fall of lar activities and suggested that 5 percent of the vote to win, which be the Campus Life chair, Brady
fer orientation. 2008, Joelson was in contact with this was due to their excitement he received. Wyrtzen ’11 has been elected to be
But now, with 20 members Maitrayee Bhattacharyya, assis- at being at Brown and their strong On Thursday, Tran confirmed Student Activities chair and the Ad-
— only half of whom are trans- tant dean for diversity programs determination. earlier reports that Parikh was missions and Student Services chair
fers — and the runner-up title and the transfer student academic “I am profoundly grateful to be caught removing posters belong will be Andrew Bergmanson ’11.
in last season’s championship, adviser, as well as other deans and here,” Wilf wrote. “I feel so fortu- to both Jose and Juan Vasconez on The position of UCS treasurer
Team Tranny is representative of academic advisers. As a result, nate to have been given this op- Tuesday night, and that she and an- will be vacant because no candidate
transfer students’ initial separa- she wrote, the transition was a portunity that I want to make the other member of the board “sug- ran for the position and no write-ins
tion and progressive increase in “breeze.” most of every single day.” gested” that he withdraw his name received 5 percent of the vote.
participation in the larger Brown After the transition period,
community. Joelson dove into many activities
Alex Vogel ’10, who did not through which she met non-trans-
transfer to Brown, joined Team fer students, who today account for
Tranny anyway because he many of her friends. “It really boils
likes “to dabble in the transfer down to compatibility,” she wrote.
crowd.” “And for that, it doesn’t matter if
“They are all ver y indicative you’ve transferred or not.”
of the normal Brown student,” Transferring internationally can
Vogel said. “You wouldn’t be multiply the difficulties, according
able to tell the difference from to Petros Perselis ’10, who trans-
anyone else.” ferred to Brown from the National
Despite their comfort on cam- Technical University in Athens this
pus, the members of the team often fall. “My first thought was to leave
burst out with jokes about being a major Greek engineering school
transfers. “We perpetually joke to search for better opportunities
that we don’t know what’s going here in the U.S. and mature aca-
on,” Atkins said. “The ironic part demically,” he wrote in an e-mail
of that joke is that we are pretty to The Herald.
involved.” Brown’s engineering program,
Atkins transferred from Cornell the New England culture and
to Brown as a sophomore in the the opportunity to do research
fall of 2007, principally because with professors also appealed to
she found Cornell too socially Perselis.
and academically intense. “It He wrote that he felt ver y
was definitely a hard decision to welcomed at Brown, especially
make,” she said. “But it was a great through the International Men-
decision.” toring Program. “I met many
To make the decision to transfer international students — both
equally positive for others, Atkins freshmen and transfers — and
coordinates the Transfer Orienta- with which I am still friends,”
tion Programs at the beginning of Perselis wrote. But now, Perselis
the fall and spring semesters. Dur- added, “I have friends which do
ing the three-day sessions, trans- not belong to a single category;
fer students have meals together, freshmen, transfers, Americans or
meet with deans and are informed internationals.”
about how to transfer credits. Transfer students cannot be
The University has undergone categorized, wrote Sara Wilf ’10
a “large improvement” in the way in an e-mail to The Herald, because
it welcomes transfer students, At- “each of us has our own, highly
kins said. This year, for the first individual reasons for being here.”
time, every incoming sophomore But Wilf highlighted the determi-
transfer student was paired with a nation of all transfer students. “We
Faculty Advising Fellow. The fel- weren’t happy at our old schools,
lows help transfers as they navi- for whatever reason,” she wrote.
gate Brown’s unique academic “But instead of staying there we
environment. actually did something about it.”

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C ampus N EWS “This is a Swiss cheese of a curriculum.”


— Associate Professor of Music David Josephson P’00

The New Curriculum, outside the gates


continued from page 1 larly, not just in graduate schools who want to continue on to gradu-
but elsewhere, kind of misunder- ate school in a discipline other than
ing Brown, they most often cite the stand and assume that there are writing, Imbriglio said.
curriculum, according to Dean of no requirements” at all, she added. Though transcripts mark classes
Admissions Jim Miller ’73. Though there are no distribution that are mandatory S/NC with an as-
The “self-selective group” of stu- requirements, Brown requires that terisk, Schirmeister, associate dean
dents who come to Brown are seen students complete 30 classes, finish of Yale’s graduate school, said she
as “intellectually adventurous and a concentration, and demonstrate was not aware that some courses at
more creative in what they’re do- proficiency in writing. Brown required such grading.
ing” than students at the University’s “By and large, Brown has a very Grades of “satisfactory” are “kind
peer schools, Magaziner said. strong reputation as a producer of of hard to assess,” Schirmeister said.
Brown students have “never been competitive and creative students,” “You’d have to be pretty terrible to
hurt” by the curriculum in apply- Bonde said. fail.”
ing to the University of California S/NC grades can make gradu-
at Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of ‘All of that crap’ ate schools rely more on letters of
Law, said Edward Tom, its dean of The original student proposal for recommendation and personal state-
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admissions. He added that Brown the New Curriculum, produced by ment essays, Bonde said.
Members of the Special Committee on Curricular Philosophy spoke to the
has a strong reputation as one of the Magaziner’s GISP, suggested eventu- Taking every class S/NC, though University’s Curriculum Committee in April 1969.
law school’s top feeder colleges, and ally phasing out grades altogether possible, would be a “very poor deci-
good grades from Brown stand out in favor of written evaluations. This sion on the part of the student,” said tive results, especially for students concentration courses S/NC and not
more than a “3.8 from the University idea was eventually scrapped over Professor of Music Emerita Rose who prioritize the strength of their recording failing grades denies ex-
of the Bahamas.” concerns that it would impact gradu- Subotnik, who is retiring in May transcripts over the quality of their ternal reviewers a “full, transparent,
Brown transcripts are not viewed ate school admissions, Magaziner after teaching at Brown since 1990. undergraduate experiences. honest accounting of how you did
any differently in graduate school said. “The outside world doesn’t want to Because the lack of distribution when you were here,” he said.
admissions because of the New Cur- The committee that finalized work that hard. They don’t want to requirements makes it easier to For example, Tom said, taking a
riculum, said Pamela Schirmeister, the curricular proposal decided to read all those course reports.” complete multiple concentrations, course S/NC would only hurt an ap-
associate dean of Yale’s Graduate instead eliminate “the pluses and Course performance reports, around 20 percent of each class plicant if he or she were to receive an
School of Arts and Sciences. Rather minuses — all of that crap” and give which a student can request for completes two concentrations, and NC, but that situation would never
than evaluating a student’s under- students the option to take any class any class, include sections written a few students each year even com- appear on a Brown transcript.
graduate work as a whole, she said on an S/NC basis, he said. That pro- by both the professor and the stu- plete three, according to Registrar The New Curriculum is “load-
she focuses on students’ perfor- fessors can now grade any class on dent about the student’s work in the Michael Pesta. ing the dice against the academic
mance in the field for which they an exclusively S/NC basis is an course. Tom, the law school dean, said standards” in some areas towards
are applying. option members of that committee Schirmeister and Bonde both having two majors does not necessar- the interests of students, Josephson
Even if employers are not familiar envisioned many courses would take said graduate schools read course ily improve an applicant’s chances. said. While most students do not try
with the details of the curriculum, advantage of, Magaziner said. performance reports carefully. “A lot of people falsely think to abuse the system, some would
they understand the openness and All literary arts workshops and But professors worry that “they that having a double major gives choose to fail or drop a course when
diversity of ideas that Brown stu- non-fiction writing courses are don’t get read nearly so much as a you brownie points,” he said. “It “faced with a recorded C versus a
dents offer, said Laura Joshi, man- currently mandatory S/NC. This clean grade does,” Josephson said. does not.” hidden NC,” he said.
ager of employer relations for the “makes a lot of sense,” since such Rather than tell graduate schools Josephson urges the students he But students are not the only
Career Development Center. courses require qualitative rather what grade a student would have advises not to double concentrate ones who prioritize final grades over
Employers “value what a Brown than quantitative assessment, and received in a course, the reports just because they can, even if they educational experience. In the 2007-
education represents,” said Barba- giving students “grades, pluses or should function as a dialogue be- are only one or two courses away 2008 academic year, over 50 percent
ra Peoples, interim director of the minuses defeats the purpose of what tween the student and the professor, from fulfilling the requirements. “I of all grades recorded by professors
CDC. The center sends information I’m trying to do in the class,” said Imbriglio said. ask them, ‘What do you mean, if you were A’s.
packets to employers to explain Senior Lecturer in English Catherine Course performance reports just take one more (course)?’” he Not having pluses and minuses
Brown’s curriculum, but Peoples Imbriglio, who teaches several small were created to make evaluation said. “It means you deprive yourself increases grade inflation, Subotnik
said not many employers ask for non-fiction classes. a part of the educational process, of 150 others.” said. Teachers “end up knocking
transcripts. One disadvantage is that students Magaziner said. But Gale Nelson AM’88, lecturer that B-plus to an A when it wasn’t
Peoples said she has never known assume S/NC courses will be less “The idea that you’re doing it in in literary arts and assistant director really deserved,” she said. “If you
the New Curriculum to be “anything work, Imbriglio said, adding that order to get graded or sort of clas- of the program, said he encourages can give a kid a B-plus, then it’s clear
but a positive” for students in their she tells students on syllabi not to sified in some way by a letter — as the students he advises to “seriously that the kid was in the top echelon
post-college endeavors. take one of her writing courses as if a letter could represent the sum consider” double concentrating — or and you don’t feel quite so bad that
“Graduate schools and faculty a fifth class. total of what somebody is or has at least to take clusters of courses in they didn’t get an A.”
elsewhere have long experience, The University generally advises accomplished — was offensive to disciplines other than their concen- But grade inflation is “so ram-
40 years of experience, with un- undergraduates to take courses in us,” Magaziner said. trations — so as to have as many op- pant” across the country and around
dergraduates as products of the their concentration for a grade. This tions after graduation as possible. the world that not having pluses and
so-called ‘New’ — the aging New is, of course, impossible to do in full ‘Loading the dice’ Jeremy Goodman ’10 is one of minuses could only account for a
Curriculum,” Dean of the Graduate for literary arts and non-fiction writ- Forty years later, the freedoms just a few students who have three “minor wrinkle” in that, Bonde
School Sheila Bonde said. ing concentrators, which “may pose of the New Curriculum may have concentrations, though he acknowl- said.
“That said, I think people regu- a little bit of a problem” for students had unintended and possibly nega- edged his choice could be a “fail- Grade inflation can mostly be
ing on my part of not exploiting the traced to the “intense” pressure for
Brown curriculum to the fullest.” students to get into graduate institu-
Goodman, who is concentrating tions, which fuels a “natural impulse
in physics, philosophy and cognitive to give students the benefit of the
neuroscience, has only taken two doubt” in order to see them succeed,
courses that do not count toward said President Ruth Simmons. But
any of his concentrations. “It’s been because grades are now expected
pointed out to me to me that it’s kind to be high across the board, “they
of insane,” he said. start to fade into the background”
“I wanted to take certain classes in admissions decisions in favor of
regardless, so it just ended up hap- other methods of evaluation, she
pening,” he added. “I didn’t go into said.
this trying to triple concentrate.” “You’re rarely looking at grades
Though the New Curriculum anyway,” she added.
can make it easier for students to People see the curriculum
add achievements to a transcript, its through many lenses, Josephson
lack of structure makes it difficult said. It is its individualistic spirit that
for graduate schools and employers makes its effects so hard to under-
to get a complete view of a student, stand and leads to disagreement
Josephson said. about its value.
Just as there are mandatory S/ “This is a Swiss cheese of a cur-
NC courses, he said, students should riculum,” Josephson said. “And
be forbidden to take introductory whether you see the cheese or the
courses that teach essential skills holes depends on who’s doing the
for a discipline on an S/NC basis. looking.”
Allowing students to take even core
Arts & Culture
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Monday, April 20, 2009 | Page 5

AmCiv class studies local Cape Verdeans Seniors’ home-spun


By Anita Mathews
Staff Writer
hind its recent splintering.
Andrade-Watkins, whom Dan
tention to the gentrification of the
area and how the restaurants and podcast spins its own story
Lurie ’11, a student in the class, calls businesses have taken over spaces
Students in Professor Steven Lubar’s “the driving force behind this proj- which used to house Cape Verdean By Rosalind Schonwald said, as she and Roberts prepared to
AMCV1550: “Methods in Public ect,” has been the primary link be- immigrant families. Utrecht, the art Staff Writer record their most recent show. The
Humanities” will unveil their col- tween students and the families who supply store, Lurie pointed out, used episode included a section featuring
laborative final project –– an exhibit have since moved from Fox Point to to be a hardware store, and a library The Ladies Village Improvement Wag’s Revue, a literary journal re-
about the community of Cape Ver- East Providence, South Providence, from that “Golden” era is now an Society is the next logical step for cently started by Brown seniors.
dean immigrants that inhabited the Cranston and other areas. All the antique store. the maturing MySpace generation. The podcasters have made the
Fox Point region in the 1930s –– on artifacts used in the exhibit were Lubar said the port on Narra- With their online podcasts, Rachel most of their local resources, often
Saturday, May 9 at the John Nicholas provided by these Cape Verdean gansett Bay, which used to provide Blatt ’09 and Lacy Roberts ’09 aren’t promoting and using the services of
Brown center. community members, a change for most of the jobs for the working attempting radical moral “Improve- Brown alums and local Providence-
The class, which examines the Lubar’s course from years past when men in the Cape Verdean commu- ment,” but rather are transforming dwellers. Blatt and Roberts reached
curatorial aspects of public show- most pieces necessary for the final nity, has now almost completely the traditional radio form to fit the out to friends at Brown to develop
cases, puts up an exhibit each exhibit could be gathered from the disappeared. do-it-yourself world of open-source their project. Roberts contacted
year. The students voted to create University’s existing collection. As the students put the final Internet platforms. These friendly Emma Price ’09, asking her to put
the Cape Verde project through a Lurie, who is part of the project’s touches on the Fox Point exhibit, Internet personalities have charged her cartooning skills to use to help
partnership with Claire Andrade- publishing team, hopes visitors to Lubar said he hopes it will act as themselves with weaving together make illustrations for lvisradio.org,
Watkins, a professor of visual and the exhibit will gain an understand- a truthful representation of Fox collections of stories, perspectives the official Web site for the podcast.
media arts at Emerson College and ing about how much the area has Point’s Cape Verdean district, be- and happenings in each of their NPR- Michael Fruta ’09 helped with the
a visiting scholar at Brown’s Center changed, evolving from a residential coming as informative a project esque installments. technical side of Web site design.
for the Study of Race and Ethnicity. area to an area that caters almost for visitors as it has been for his “Everyone has a story. It’s our
Andrade-Watkins grew up in one exclusively to shoppers and restau- students. way of improving the world,” Blatt continued on page 8
of Providence’s tight-knit Cape rant-goers. “The challenge in an exhibit like
Verdean communities. The neigh- Fox Point “used to be a commu- this,” said Lubar, “is that it has to be
borhood, once concentrated in the nity center,” he said. “Now it’s just a both a useful educational experience
area around Wickenden Street, has place we go on the weekends.” for the students who are doing it,
since devolved into smaller pockets Lubar echoed Lurie’s senti- but at the same time respectful and
around the state. The fragmentation ments, saying, “Many Brown stu- interesting to the community that
of the neighborhood is attributed dents would be surprised to learn it is about.”
to many causes, including the con- that 50 years ago it was a very differ- The exhibit, which will run
struction of Interstate-95. ent kind of place. It’s important for through October, will be on display
The focus of the exhibit, how- students to have an understanding in the Carriage House Gallery at
ever, is on the “Golden Age” of this of that local history that disappears the John Nicholas Brown Center
Cape Verdean community from the too easily.” for Public Humanities and Cultural
1930s to 1950s, not the reasons be- Both Lurie and Lubar drew at- Heritage.
Justin Coleman / Herald

Justin Coleman / Herald

Justin Coleman / Herald

Living on Wriston Quad can be dingy and unpleasant sometimes, but


not on Spring Weekend. Why? Ignore the broken bottles, the beaten-
down plots of grass and the sticky-sweet smell that seems to be
everywhere, and what do you have left? Lady GaGa, blaring from the
southern wing of Chapin House. So, Thete, here’s to you, for using
your (somewhat unexpected) love of techno remixes to make the lives
of your fellow Patriots’ Court residents a little more fabulous.

Katherine Regalado / Herald

It’s hard to produce self-respecting soul about the enslave-


ment of Africans and the genocide perpetrated against Native
Americans in the United States. Unless you’re Sharon Jones, in
which case you mix together some utterly uninhibited dancing,
a killer voice and a communicative impulse so unfettered and
sincere that listening to your story becomes everyone’s top
priority, no questions asked. Irony would have killed this, so The conservative establishment has not been kind to this campus. Just two weeks ago, Rush Limbaugh ac-
past atrocities were incorporated into a biography written in cused some Brown students of having “spoiled, rotten little skulls full of mush with brains that represent
movement, an ecstatic celebration of the body — feet, knees, the arid expanse of the Sahara Desert.” And don’t even get us started on Bill O’Reilly. So thank you, Nas, for
hips, arms, neck and head. That doesn’t account for the soul, helping us release years of built-up tension and resentment as we sang along to “Sly Fox” on Friday night.
but never mind — this performance had soul to spare. Trust us, we’ll watch what we’re watchin’. That’s why we have MCM.

spring
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Justin Coleman / Herald

Katherine Regalado / Herald


weekend Justin Coleman / Herald Justin Coleman / Herald

Katherine Regalado / Herald

Justin Coleman / Herald

Justin Coleman / Herald

Leading off with driving performances of “You’ll Find a Way” and


“L.E.S. Artistes,” Santigold’s performance was miraculous from the
start. Her undefinable music deftly evades labels, but its essential
nature is, quite simply, irresistible, as we all learned firsthand on
Saturday. Santi White (to use your real name): The jumpsuit made
of money was fierce, but perhaps superfluous. Don’t deny it — you
are money.

Katherine Regalado / Herald


Justin Coleman / Herald

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. But everyone with half a brain expected Of Montreal to deliver a
Boschian fever dream of a performance that would at once perplex, freak out and exhilarate its audience.
Hypersexualized and so completely post-gender binary, they’ve always been one of the Brown-iest of bands
around — who else would sing about falling in love with a girl because she could “appreciate Georges Ba-
taille?” And, oh, Benefit Street homeowners? That caterwauling you heard on Saturday — that was hundreds
of college students vainly attempting to produce the magnificent, cathedral-worthy chords in “Gronlandic
Edit.” Sorry. We’ll send you a fruit basket. — Ben Hyman

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A rts & C ulture “I feel really happy and really lucky to have found such an
awesome collaborative relationship.” — Lacy Roberts ’09

Ladies Village hits Internet


through students’ podcasts
in Orwig.
continued from page 5
Their most recent podcast, called
“We’ve gotten a lot of help from the “Site Specific Show,” revolved
people from Brown and RISD. Not around the theme of spaces — their
just Brown but Providence people, associations, back stories and what
too,” Roberts said. makes them special. This theme is
The story of the Ladies Village particularly relevant to their tran-
Improvement Society actually start- sition to post-college life and also
ed far from Providence, in Blatt’s to the continued existence of the
hometown of East Hampton, New podcast — the future of which is
York. uncertain without a fixed broadcast-
“There’s a thrift shop there called ing space.
the Ladies Village Improvement So- The two don’t yet have plans for
ciety, and all the fancy ladies from life after graduation but dream of
Long Island donate stuff there,” said moving to the Bay area, living to-
Roberts. “It’s great, and it’s cheap gether in a three-bedroom house
and we just thought it was funny. and continuing to run their podcasts.
We went through a lot of ideas for The house would have three bed-
names and wound up choosing that rooms, of course, because one would
one.” be reserved as space for a recording
The podcasts are largely home- studio, Blatt said.
spun, despite all the help the hosts “Me and Rachel work together
have in overall production. really, really well,” Roberts added.
In the self-starting spirit so famil- “I feel really happy and really lucky
iar at Brown — and with the do-it- to have found such an awesome
yourself approach of the YouTube collaborative relationship. ... We’re
crowd — Blatt and Roberts do all graduating in the spring, and we
of the recording, editing and writing don’t exactly have plans. We’re try-
themselves, using various locations ing to organize moving, hopefully
on campus as their workshops. close together.”
“One of the ways that we’ve Roberts said the best chance for
made this space our own is we’ve this podcast to thrive in future years
hidden thumbtacks in the walls,” is to attract listenership. “The more
said Roberts during their most people who listen to it, the more
recent recording session, as Blatt people are going to listen to it and
stuck the three-page script to the the bigger a chance we have of keep-
wall of a clandestine practice room ing it going.”
SportsMonday
The Brown Daily Herald

Monday, April 20, 2009 | Page 9

Strong starts not enough for w. lax


By Dan Alexander our defense did play solid.” which had not lost a league game
Spor ts Staf f Writer The Bears held the Bobcats to since 2006.
fewer goals than any other team Penn got off to a slow start in
Leading 2-1 at halftime against No. since Quinnipiac began its run on what proved to be its 22nd consecu-
3 Penn (13-0, 7-0 Ivy) Saturday, the March 29. tive Ivy League win.
women’s lacrosse team (6-7, 2-3) Quinnipiac scored its second Robinson put Brown on the
gave up a huge second half, giving goal at 19:41, but Brown regained a scoreboard first when she net-
the Quakers a 14-4 win and the Bears one-goal lead on Vitkus’s first of the ted an unassisted goal 10:40 into
their second loss of the week. afternoon at 23:27. The Bears were the game.
In their first game of the week not ahead for long, as the Bobcats The Bears added another goal
on Tuesday, the Bears took an early scored three goals in under three 3:21 later when Nunn scored her
3-2 lead at Quinnipiac (12-2) but minutes and never looked back. second of the week and 22nd of the
began their slide with five minutes The Bobcats extended their lead season to put Brown up 2-0 on its
left in the first half. They ultimately to 7-3 with two goals early in the home turf.
fell 11-6. second half. The two teams combined for
Captain Lauren Vitkus ’09 led The Bears looked like they only 12 shots in the first half, and
the Bears with two goals against might stage a comeback when the scoring was similarly low.
Quinnipiac, but couldn’t find op- Nunn scored her first goal of the “They like to slow it down, and
portunities against Penn and she afternoon at 9:18 and Vitkus added we were going to slow it down
didn’t take a single shot on Saturday. her second just over two minutes against them, so it was a 2-1 game
Vitkus was helped by Jesse Nunn later, making it a 7-5 game. in the first half — which is ridicu-
’09, Kelly Robinson ’09, and Paris Quinnipiac widened the gap by lous,” Caldwell said. “They’re used
Waterman ’11, who each scored a rattling off four consecutive goals to scoring at will.” Justin Coleman / Herald File Photo
goal in both games. in ten minutes to go ahead, 11-5, Penn finally got its only first-half The Bears lost to Penn and Quinnipiac last week.
with less than eight minutes left goal with less than six minutes re-
Quinnipiac 11, Brown 6 on the clock. maining in the half, making it 2-1 9-7, but Caldwell said the statistics League campaign when they head
The Bears started strong against Waterman scored one more for Brown going into the break. were misleading. to Princeton, N.J., to face the No.
Quinnipiac, gaining a 2-1 lead 8:49 the Bears, but the final score ended “We were pretty pumped up,” “We won a lot of (draw controls) 7 Princeton Tigers (11-2, 5-1) next
after the opening draw, but it was 11-6 in Quinnipiac’s favor. Vitkus said. “We knew they were and lost them within a couple of Saturday. The Tigers have taken
the Bobcats who were on top after When asked what Quinnipiac did going to come out extremely strong seconds of gaining possession, so nine of their last ten contests, in-
the final whistle. well, Vitkus paused before saying, in the second half — we heard their we never actually got on offense,” cluding a 14-4 win over Dartmouth
Quinnipiac came into the game “I think they did a good job capital- coach kind of yelling at them.” she said. last Saturday. Their lone loss in that
on a hot streak, having won five izing on our mistakes. I don’t know The Quakers exploded in the Caldwell scored Brown’s lone stretch was a 10-5 game at Penn.
consecutive games. They shredded what they did necessarily — I think second half. They scored 3:09 af- goal during that stretch with a free “You can count on Princeton be-
defenses over that stretch, averag- we sort of beat ourselves.” ter halftime, tying the game 2-2 position shot at 7:30. ing extremely cocky and confident
ing more than 18 goals per game. and sparking a 13-1 run over the The Quakers’ win completed a always, so I think that we can — I
Vitkus said Brown’s defense Penn 14, Brown 4 next 21:44. 7-0 Ivy League season, making them mean I know that we can — really
was one of the only strong points The Bears returned to Ivy Penn had possession for most the Ivy League Champions for the give them a run for their money,”
in a tough day for the Bears. “We League play on Saturday when of the second half. The Quakers third year in a row. Caldwell said. “But we have to be
played terribly,” Vitkus said. “But they took on league leader Penn, led the draw control count by only The Bears will continue their Ivy completely on our game.”

Crew sweeps weekend races


By Andrew Braca with the third varsity four. The Bears up, then they’re going to train better
Sports Editor pulled away early and kept growing next week, which will consequently
their lead, crossing the line at 6:32.93 make every boat faster the following
In front of a boisterous home crowd, — about 12 seconds ahead of the week” in competition, he said. “Having
the men’s crew swept four races from Huskies. a boathouse filled with guys that are
Northeastern on Saturday on the The second varsity eight posted a fired up and ready to go really makes
Seekonk River. similarly strong finish, clocking in at a difference.”
“It was a really strong showing 5:36.56, while Northeastern followed After the race, both the men’s
by all the boats in the program,” at 5:48.94. and women’s crews headed down to
said Mike Snyder ’09. “To sweep a The varsity eight faced a tougher Marston Boathouse for a boisterous
crew like Northeastern shows a lot challenge. Even though Brown got cookout. Snyder said the men enjoyed
of depth, and I think it’s a testament off to a fast start, the Huskies put racing with the women.
to how hard we’ve been working this up a fight that Cooke said the Bears “They’ve clearly been really suc-
season.” weathered well. cessful the past couple of years,” he
Sandwiched between three run- “They kept their cool,” he said. said. “It’s nice to sort of have them to
aways, the varsity eight battled the “There were a couple times in the work with in the boathouse, because
Huskies down to the wire before middle of the race where it seemed we know they’re going fast, and it sort
pulling out a win by less than three like they had some pressure put on of inspires us, how well they do. It’s
seconds to win the Dreissigacker Cup them, but I think they handled it well fun to get everyone together.”
for the fourth straight time. and pulled away at the end.” After winning just two out of five
“Northeastern traditionally is a Brown crossed the line at 5:30.04, races against Harvard the previous
very tough crew,” said Scott Morgan followed by Northeastern at 5:32.76. weekend, the clean sweep was an
’10, who was in the sixth seat. “They “It was a really challenging race,” important step forward as the team
were able to hang with us and give us said coxswain Rob O’Leary ’09. “They prepares to face Dartmouth next Sat-
a big challenge down the course, but really tested us all the way down the urday in Hanover, N.H., in its penulti-
I think that’s the type of race that’s course. We expected them to come mate dual race of the season.
really going to prepare us for the out and really put a lot of pressure on “The guys got some wins under
championship season.” us, and it’s exciting that we were able their belt, they bounced back after
Saturday was a memorable day to respond well and pull out a win.” the loss last week to Harvard in the
for the Brown crew program. The In the final men’s race of the day, varsity, and I think they’re eager and
men alternated races with the women, the freshman eight cruised to a com- looking forward to getting better in
who swept Boston University in five fortable win, crossing the finish line the coming week,” Cooke said.
contests. at 5:41.72 — 10.84 seconds ahead of Morgan agreed that the coming
“For both the men and the women the Huskies — to complete the four- week of training would be critical.
to win all the races, that’s something to race sweep. “We have a big week of training
be proud of,” said men’s Head Coach
Paul Cooke ’89. “The strength of the
Zack Gazzaniga ’09 said the strong
performances across the board would
ahead,” he said. “We know we have
another tough opponent, so we’re go-
T-minus 4
program as a whole was apparent for lead to a good atmosphere when the ing to get back to the grindstone and
both squads.” boats train against each other. really get to it next week and work
The afternoon began for the men “If every boat comes off a win fired hard.”
Editorial & Letters
The Brown Daily Herald

Page 10 | Monday, April 20, 2009

e d i to r i a l

Young trustee elections


At an upcoming meeting this May, the Brown Corporation will likely
approve a proposal to reserve a few spaces in its membership for young
alumni trustees, according to recent Herald coverage. Under the proposal,
young alums, defined as students who left Brown less than seven years ago,
would be appointed by the Corporation Committee on Trustee Vacancies
and would serve for three-year terms, as opposed to the usual six-year
tenure for trustees.
The purpose of the proposal is to make sure that student perspectives
are given more weight in Corporation decisions. This is a worthwhile aim
for a body that has drawn criticism for its isolation from student concerns.
But if the Corporation is truly committed to obtaining input about the
undergraduate experience, it should use a more representative selection
process. To that end, we recommend making young alumni trustee an
elected position.
All and only recent alums — again, those who left Brown under seven
years ago — should have a vote. Elections might entail narrowing down
the pool of candidates to a reasonable number. We suggest letting anyone
run in the first election, and, if too many people enter the race, requiring a
minimum number of signatures for eligibility in future elections.
Elections for the young alumni position would best advance the Corpo-
ration’s goals. The Corporation cannot adequately take account of student
opinion — that’s the basis for designating spaces for young alums in the
first place — and it will run into the same problem in trying to pick alums
that understand student priorities. No individual can represent the student franny choi
body, but elections would increase the likelihood that the young alumni
chosen are those most in touch with campus affairs.
Some might argue that Corporation members are in a better position l e t t e r to t h e e d i to r s
than recent alums to choose a young alumni trustee with the right quali-
ties. We’re inclined to disagree, but we would encourage the Corporation
to provide voters with a description of the trustee’s duties so that they can Bring students to the Corporation
make a more informed decision.
Elections offer another advantage over appointments. By giving recent To the Editor: Liaison.” Not just anybody should be considered —
alums a bigger stake in University decisions, the Corporation would foster the liaison must be a general body member (meaning
young alumni participation in the Brown community. Increased alumni en- While the Corporation would likely benefit from he or she must attend two UCS meetings and collect
gagement, and the ensuing dialogue about what makes for a good trustee, will the addition of younger members, it is precipitate to 150 signatures). The liaison could try to coordinate
ensure that the Corporation gets the full benefit from its newest position. set any demographic requirements for candidates. The more student and corporation interaction. He or she
sole criterion for membership should be the likelihood should lobby to have corporation members come to
Editorials are written by The Herald’s editorial page board. Send comments that a candidate will contribute to the effectiveness of UCS meetings and for students to attend Corporation
to editorials@browndailyherald.com. the Corporation. Diversity will occur naturally with dinners; the liaison could pass along the concerns of
such a standard. Women and other minority members the student body to Corporation members and foster
became an important part of the Corporation because communication and transparency in the often arcane
t h e b r o w n d a i ly h e r a l d they had something to offer. It would be demeaning and corporation. What a sweet idea ... I don’t know why we
Editor-in-Chief Managing Editors Associate Editors Senior Editors counterproductive to mandate an “African American” don’t have a Corporation Liaison already.
Steve DeLucia Michael Bechek Nandini Jayakrishna Rachel Arndt position or “Female Hispanic” position — the same
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Monday, April 20, 2009 | Page 11

Think, before you (invite someone to) speak


gitimize him by inviting him to the debate; litical discourse, even though I disagree with committee, which is composed of student
it’s that I object to the Political Theory Proj- their positions. representatives from various campus politi-
Nick Werle ect paying him with University money. The And though I’m not terribly excited about cal groups, must have believed that he could
Opinions Columnist fact that Brown paid a man who is directly helping fund Santorum’s family vacations, I best advocate for the continued use of “en-
responsible for some of the most morally re- don’t have the same moral objections to his hanced interrogation.” Yoo is profiting off
pugnant actions in our nation’s history does lecture that I do in the case of Yoo. Like all his experience in the OLC, which is unique
When John Yoo, the author of the Bush not, I think, reflect well on our community. moral issues, it’s difficult to establish a clear precisely because he created these policies
Administration’s infamous “torture mem- Of course, the issue is complex. It’s both and universally applicable standard for whom allowing torture. Had he been something
os,” came to Brown in February, he was healthy and necessary for the University to it’s acceptable to pay to speak on campus. other than a rubber stamp for the vice pres-
welcomed as an honored guest. Yoo, who host controversial people airing unwelcome Yet I feel strongly that wherever one ident’s office, he certainly wouldn’t be in-
served as an attorney in the Justice Depart- opinions on contentious issues. There are might choose to draw that line, Yoo is on vited to speak about human rights. Maybe
ment’s Office of Legal Counsel from 2001 compelling reasons to hear Yoo out, and it the far side of it. Torture is a serious matter; that’s why we haven’t seen Jack Goldsmith
to 2003, came to campus in order to debate on campus.
the existence of universal human rights with By virtue of its privileged position in
Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty In- our campus’ political discourse, the Politi-
ternational USA. The image of John Yoo, a man currently unable to cal Theory Project must be more reflective
As anticipated, there were some protest- when choosing whom to invite. Guided by
ers on the Main Green as students filed into legally enter Spain due to a pending war crimes an ambition to invigorate campus discourse
Salomon 101 for the talk, but fewer than and backed by millions of dollars from right-
many people expected. By most accounts, investigation, cashing a Brown University check leaning think tanks (including the Anthem
the event, sponsored by the Political Theory disgusts me. Foundation for Objectivist Scholarship) and
Project’s Janus Forum lecture series, was a wealthy individuals (led by the University’s
success. Chancellor, Thomas Tisch ’76), the Janus
I guess the University got its money’s Forum will continue to host some of Brown’s
worth. As is customary, the Political Theory is crucial that the nation honestly come to American interrogation policy was used to most controversial speakers. Together,
Project paid appearance fees to both speak- terms with his reprehensible actions. As a justify and then cover up flagrant abuses of the Janus Forum Steering Committee and
ers. Though he could not recall the exact largely progressive institution with a politi- human rights that violated both internation- Tomasi should be careful to think about how
amount spent to bring Yoo to campus, Asso- cally aware student body, Brown is well-suit- al and domestic law. And through it all Yoo they use their substantial resources to avoid
ciate Professor of Political Science and Po- ed to host such a debate. was neither an innocent bystander nor an forking over large amounts of cash to people
litical Theory Project Director John Tomasi More broadly, it’s important to bring academic writing journal articles in support who are objectionable not for their views or
told me his group usually pays Janus speak- speakers whose positions conflict with the of someone else’s policy. He wasn’t even a voices, but for their actions.
ers about $5,000. majority opinion on campus. A number of legislator debating this from a distance. The
The image of John Yoo, a man currently influential conservatives have visited Brown legal framework for torture was written on
unable to legally enter Spain due to a pend- in the last few years including Former Penn. this man’s desk. He is not complicit. He is
ing war crimes investigation, cashing a Senator Rick Santorum, Former Gov. Mike responsible.
Brown University check disgusts me. I want Huckabee, Bjorn Lomborg and Former UN So what exactly was Brown paying for? Nick Werle ’10 is a physics and modern
to be clear: It’s not that I object to Yoo’s mere Ambassador John Bolton. I think their lec- The Political Theory Project invited Yoo to critical philosophy concentrator from
presence on campus, though Brown did le- tures were valuable additions to campus po- speak because the Janus Forum steering Port Washington, New York.

A Day On College Hill: A campus-wide responsibility!


the world, most of them have also been ad- students. is to explain, as a past ADOCH Coordinator,
mitted to other leading colleges and universi- A second change to the program this how important campus-wide involvement is.
Anthony ties. They are currently making the difficult year is a heightened focus on the parents Although the ADOCH Committee has
Staehelin decisions that many of us had to make only of admitted students. As parents are instru- done everything in its power to ensure a
a few years ago: Harvard-Brown? Stanford- mental in the college process and in helping great ADOCH, ultimately the event’s success
Opinions Columnist Brown? Yale-Brown? ADOCH is the unique their child decide where to matriculate, the is up to all of us, as members of the Brown
opportunity to give admitted students the ADOCH Committee has created new events community. The responsibility is on all fac-
Tomorrow afternoon, hundreds of prospec- answer to those questions. for them. For example, this year, current ulty, students and staff members to open our
tive students will arrive on campus to regis- Thankfully, many Brown students realize Brown parents will greet prospective stu- campus to the admitted students and wel-
ter for A Day On College Hill 2009. As most how important ADOCH is. Although orga- dents’ parents at the parent welcome event. come them to Brown. It is our responsibility
Brown students know, every April about 600 nized under the supervision of the Admis- Parents have just as many questions as their to help them have an amazing time here and
admitted students and a comparable num- sions Office, ADOCH is primarily a student- children about life at Brown — rightfully so, convince them that Brown is the best place
ber of parents pile onto campus for what has to get an undergraduate education. Campus-
become Brown University’s biggest matric- Although the ADOCH Committee has done wide involvement is even more necessary,
ulation event of the year. ADOCH is a two- considering the Admissions Office decision
day/one-night program designed to give
everything in its power to ensure a great ADOCH, last year to only invite “regular decision”
admitted students a preview of Brown Uni- ultimately the event’s success is up to all of us, students. Although this measure was neces-
versity and hopefully influence their college sary, it means that we can no longer count
decision. as members of the Brown community. on all the “early decision” students, who are
Though ADOCH is extremely important committed to Brown, to help convince their
for the admitted students, it is even more fellow admitted students to enroll.
critical for the University. One of the key run program. About 20 students have been given tuition costs — and this is a tremen- We all care deeply about Brown Universi-
features of the Brown community is our vi- working since September, planning this dous step toward assuaging those concerns. ty and we must therefore play an active role
brant, engaged, curious and caring student event from start to finish. They have been So what does any of this have to do with in ensuring the students that were chosen
body. Therefore, year after year, continu- working with faculty, student leaders and you? The goal of this column is twofold. by our Admission Office for their achieve-
ing to attract classes filled with such amaz- many of Brown’s offices to ensure that ev- First, it is an attempt to alert the campus ments and their potential value to Brown, ac-
ing students is essential for our school’s ery aspect of ADOCH is a success. that ADOCH is happening tomorrow. For tually end up enrolling here! So answer their
success. With the goal of constantly improving the reasons I still don’t understand, over the last questions, tell them why you love Brown and
After months of reading essays and rec- program, the ADOCH Committee is imple- few years the Admission Office has been un- let’s get an amazing Class of 2013!
ommendation letters, comparing GPAs and menting a few innovative changes this year. able to obtain permission to send a campus-
SATs and learning about each applicant’s ex- One of these improvements is increasing wide e-mail announcing ADOCH and has
tracurricular activities, the Admission Office the efforts to welcome students on the first limited their announcement to an entry in
has selected the best and brightest students day (tomorrow!). A large welcome barbecue Brown Morning Mail. (I know the head co- Anthony Staehelin ’10 is the current vice-
who are most compatible with Brown and will kick off ADOCH 2009 and give admit- ordinators are still pushing for an e-mail an- president of the Bruin Club and a past
has granted them admission. ted students the opportunity to meet their nouncement this year, and I hope they are ADOCH Coordinator. He can be reached
As these are indeed the best students in future classmates as well as current Brown successful.) The second goal of this column at Anthony_Staehelin@brown.edu

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2 PM — A Latin American Response to 4 PM — William Miles ­— My Afri-
the Crisis, Joukowsky Forum, Watson can Horse Problem, Watson Institute
Institute Conference Room

7:30 PM — Fifth Annual Interlandi 7 PM — An Evening of Javanese Mu-


Lecture on Contemplative Studies with sic, Grant Recital Hall
Donald Rothberg, Salomon 001

menu
Sharpe Refectory Verney-Woolley Dining Hall

Lunch — Popcorn Chicken with Dip- Lunch — Fried Clam Roll, Manicotti Enigma Twist | Dustin Foley
ping Sauces, Cheese Raviolis with with Tomato Basil Cream Sauce, Fresh
Sauce, Italian Vegetable Saute Sliced Carrots

Dinner — Pirate Ship Pork Loin, Dinner — Roasted Honey Chili


Lemon Rice, Brown Rice Garden Cas- Chicken, Vegan Vegetable and Tempeh
serole, Belgian carrots Saute, Fresh Vegetable Melange
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1 Good-sized piece 1 Opening for a skyline obscurer fitting?
of meat coin 39 Scatter 55 Religious
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9 To the left, at sea 3 State with 42 2007 William P. 56 Wheel shaft
14 Volcanic output conviction Young 57 Ollie’s sidekick The One About Zombies | Kevin Grubb
15 White House 4 Fruit high in Christian-themed 59 Gillette razor
staffer potassium best-seller 60 Gator’s cousin
16 Medium for 5 Acorn producers 45 Summer in 62 Sheltered inlet
FDR’s fireside 6 __ colada France 63 Garden site in
chats 7 Big fusses 47 AOL, for one Genesis
17 Sign of things to 8 Hannibal the 50 Cruise ship stop 64 Malicious
come Cannibal 51 “You can’t get out gossip
18 Start of many a 9 Genesis craft this way” sign 66 Suitable
corny joke 10 Breakfast stack
20 O’Hara’s estate 11 Olfactory ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:
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22 Canadian tribe 12 Pilaf grain
23 Neighbor of Swe. 13 Casino gratuity
25 Scat singer 19 NASCAR’s Petty
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27 Start of a 24 Gives a
trucker’s thumbs-up
communication 26 Fall behind
34 Crude in a 27 One lacking
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35 Sea World 28 Fastener for
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36 Heredity units 29 Upper crust
38 “Metamorphoses” 30 Music genre in
poet the ’hood
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