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Committee
to consider
ROTC’s
return
By Emma Wohl
Senior Staff Writer
President Ruth Simmons has con-
vened a committee to review Brown’s
policy towards the Reserve Officer
Training Corp program, according
to a University press release from
mid-January. In an e-mail Tuesday
morning to the student body, Un-
dergraduate Council of Students
President Diane Mokoro ’11 wrote
that the committee will be chaired
by Dean of the College Katherine
Bergeron and invited students to
apply for two seats reserved for
undergraduates on the committee.
According to the e-mail, Sim-
mons convened the committee to
make recommendations on the
future of military education and
recruitment on campus.
The recent repeal of the United
States military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell” policy “has resulted in much
conversation regarding the place
of military education on campuses
across the country,” Mokoro wrote.
“There have been whispers about
it for at least the last year,” Mokoro
told The Herald. “The repeal of
continued on page 2
HOLBROOKE REMEMBERED
Richard Holbrooke ’62, distinguished public servant, was a professor-at-large
at the Watson Institute until his death last December.
See full coverage on page 3 and letters on page 10.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
The Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts opens today. It sports features such as media labs, a recording
studio, and an eco-friendly roof.
Glass walls bring arts under one roof
By Greg Jordan-Detamore
Senior Staff Writer
The Perry and Marty Granoff
Center for the Creative Arts —
the newest building on campus
— opens to the public today.
The building, located on the
Walk between Angell and Olive
streets just west of the Brown
Bookstore, will provide a com-
mon space for interaction be-
tween different programs in the
Herald file photo
Now hiring
New director sought for
Third World Center
campus news, 3
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arts, as well as other disciplines
that can be connected to the arts
in new or existing ways. The space
will not belong to any one depart-
ment.
Construction on the center be-
gan in June 2009, and a private
dedication ceremony is slated for
Feb. 10.
An open center
Openness and interaction are
key elements of the Granoff Cen-
Med school’s OB-GYN
chair resigns abruptly
By mark raymond
Senior Staff Writer
The Chief of Obstetrics and Gy-
necology at Women and Infants
Hospital and Brown University,
Joanna Cain, resigned late last
month, sparking confusion over
the circumstances surrounding
her departure.
A University statement by Ed-
ward Wing, dean of medicine and
biological sciences, said that Cain
stepped down “to pursue other ca-
reer opportunities” and that Mau-
reen Phipps would be replacing
Cain on an interim basis as the
chair of obstetrics and gynecol-
ogy at the Alpert Medical School.
In an e-mail to The Herald,
Cain praised her colleagues at
Women and Infants and did not
provide a specific reason for her
departure. She served just over
two years in the position.
“The OB/GYN Faculty at
Brown — both community and
Sworn in
Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14
assumes role of R.I. governor
Founded in 1866
Apps from
prospective
students hit
record high
By Lindor Qunaj
Senior Staff Writer
As students settle back into their
Providence homes and dive into the
often hectic shopping period, the
Office of Admission will continue
to review over 31,000 applications
they received for the class of 2015,
a task which has been underway
for more than a month. This year’s
record-breaking number represents
a 3 percent increase from last year,
according to Dean of Admission
Stephanie London / Herald Jim Miller ’73.
Although the number of appli-
cations did rise from last year, the 3
percent increase is not as dramatic
as the consecutive 20 percent year-
over-year increases in applications
ter. Glass on the facade allows for the classes of 2013 and 2014.
passers-by to see what is going on While Miller said he could not
in most of the building’s rooms. specifically explain why this year’s
“Giving people a peek at what’s increase was smaller, he said that
happening might entice them to admission numbers are generally
come check it out,” said Chira “hard to predict” and “tend to
DelSesto, program coordinator move in waves.”
of the Creative Arts Council. Miller speculated that appli-
The most prominent design cants may have seen the signifi-
feature of the center is the lack of cant upward trend in application
floors spanning the entire build- numbers and concluded that, since
it may be “a lot harder to get in this
continued on page 5 year,” they should instead focus
their attention on less selective
schools. Regardless, Miller said the
50 percent increase in applications
over the last three years reveals that
Brown’s overall reputation remains
strong.
“Students and their parents get
hospital based — are some of the information about institutions
best in the country, and we are all from many different sources (such
proud of their collaborative work as) books, internet articles and
to create the best student and resi- blogs,” Miller said. “These numbers
dent education in the country as show that much of this information
well as their research and clinical about Brown is positive,” he added.
care,” she wrote. “There is an op- In comparison, Princeton, Stan-
continued on page 4 continued on page 2
News in brief
Farewell to Fishco
Tonight, for the first time in many years, students will not mark the
first day of classes by heading to the South Water Street bar the Fish
Company.
Wednesday night at Fishco was an institution for a significant
portion of the undergraduate student body, particularly first-years.
At the end of last semester, BlogDailyHerald reported that Fishco
would be closing, arousing student concerns and sparking a “Free
Fishco” t-shirt protest. But the bar’s website soon announced it would
be reopening on New Years Eve.
In January, though, the website confirmed that Fishco has closed
for good.
See next Wednesday’s Herald for full coverage.
—Herald staff
weather
t o d ay tomorrow
City & State, 7 37 / 28 33 / 15
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

calendar TWC searches for new director

Today January 26 ToMORROW January 27

5:30 P.m.
Doug Rogers: Socializing
Hydrocarbons, Watson Institute
7:30 p.m.
“The Last Station,”
Marston Hall
menu
SHARPE REFECTORY
LUNCH
Vegetarian Reuben Sandwich,
Vegan Three Bean Casserole, Buffalo
Chicken Wings, M&M Cookies
DINNER
Spinach Strudel with Cream Sauce,
Pasta with Eggplant and Olives, Steak
Teriyaki, Fudge Bars
Sudoku
5:30 p.m.
Group Run with the Brown
Running Club, Sciences Library
7 p.m.
First Pick Drawing, Stephen Robert
’62 Campus Center
VERNEy-WOOLLEY DINING HALL
Saturday Night Jambalaya, Mixed
Vegetables, Spinach Strudel, M&M
Cookies
Roast Turkey with Gravy, Shells with
Broccoli, Stir Fry Pork Lo Mein, Fudge
Bars
By ben Kutner
Staff Writer
The Third World Center has be-
gun its search for a new director,
following a semester under the
interim leadership of Associate
Protestant University Chaplain
Reverend William Mathis.
The position of TWC director
opened last summer following the
unexpected year-long departure
of Dean Karen McLaurin ’74.
Candidates will come to cam-
pus this spring for a “broad and
Applications rise in overseas, PLME pools
continued from page 1
ford and Harvard saw increases of
3.3, 7 and 15 percent, respectively.
Columbia saw a more significant
32 percent increase. In a Jan. 19
article in the Daily Pennsylvanian,
Columbia Dean of Admission Jes-
sica Marinaccio attributed most of
the jump to the decision to move
to the Common Application, an
application used by over 400 un-
dergraduate institutions across the
country.
Historically, when schools
switch from their own unique
process to the Common Applica-
tion, admission offices see a 5 per-
cent increase in applicants, Miller
said. But Brown’s huge consecutive
jumps cannot be explained by this
simple trend. Miller said improve-
ments in the financial aid program,
comprehensive set of interviews,”
said Senior Director for Student
Engagement Ricky Gresh, who
serves on the search committee
composed of faculty, students and
alumni. The committee plans to
announce the new director by
mid-April, with a target start date
of July 1, according to the TWC’s
website.
The TWC is an institution that
aims to represent minorities by
supporting cultural groups and
sponsoring events such as the
Third World Transition Program
academically different from last
year’s. The number of international
applicants increased 10 percent as
a result of more active recruiting
efforts overseas. Miller said that the
initiative to recruit international
students has taken time to build
momentum, but is now “beginning
to bear fruit.”
Domestically, there has been
a shift toward applications from
students in the south and west, an
observation that Miller said was
consistent with general population
trends. California keeps its title as
the state with the largest number
of applications.
In terms of intended concen-
tration plans, admissions officers
have noticed an increasing interest
in the sciences and the number of
applicants wanting to pursue the
Bachelor of Science degree. Ad-
for incoming freshmen.
“The new person chosen for
this role will need to be both an
effective academic adviser and
an effective mentor for a diverse
population of Brown students,”
Dean of the College Katherine
Bergeron wrote in an e-mail to
The Herald. “The director of the
Third World Center has always
formed an important link between
the Division of Campus Life and
the College.”
continued on page 4
recruitment in the sciences, as well
as “very good publicity in recent
initiatives in science and math.”
Although these new programs,
in addition to recruitment, may at-
tract many students, Evan Sweren,
a senior at the Gilman School in
Baltimore, said that his decision to
apply to a particular school is less
concrete. “I think it’s more visceral
— an off-the-cuff reaction,” Sweren
wrote in an e-mail to The Herald.
For Sweren, it was the way that
most students on campus seemed
to be happy and friendly that at-
tracted him to apply. “From my
adventure to the rare books library
to my more adventurous adventure
on a slack-line on a green, Brown
welcomed me in,” he said.
In the past, admission decisions
have often been released in late
March. According to Miller, 2000

Cr ossword as well as the University’s success

in broader efforts to recruit stu-
dents, may be contributing to the
sustained increase in applications.
The large applicant pool for the
class of 2015 is geographically and
ditionally, the number of students
applying to the Program in Lib-
eral Medical Education increased
5 percent, more than the overall
applicant pool increase. Miller at-
tributed these changes to targeted
or more offers of admission will be
made this year. While the target
class size is 1485, nearly 580 stu-
dents have already been admitted
through the binding Early Decision
program.

Bergeron to chair ROTC review committee

continued from page 1
‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ was maybe
the last straw.”
One of the committee’s primary
goals will be to determine whether
or not it would be possible to rein-
state ROTC at Brown “under terms
that would be appropriate today,”
according to a statement of purpose
sent to Mokoro by Dean of the Col-
lege Katherine Bergeron.
Two seats on the committee
are reserved for undergraduate
students, who will be selected by a
board of UCS members.
“We don’t want somebody who
hasn’t engaged with the issue at all,”
Mokoro told The Herald. “At the
same time I’m not sure that the per-
fect candidate is somebody who’s
served in the military and has all
that experience… I don’t want them
to be questioned for bias.”
“I want somebody who’s rela-
tively in the middle,” she added.
Mokoro said the committee will
serve as a way to gauge the feelings
of the Brown community and will
issue a recommendation on the rein-
statement of ROTC. “I see the com-
mittee as an attempt to review the
culture of Brown and how it relates
to the culture of ROTC,” Mokoro
said.
ROTC was removed from
Brown’s campus in 1969 by a fac-
ulty resolution, and the Corporation
reaffirmed this decision in 1981 after
a review of the policy. In 2002, Pro-
fessor of English Paul Armstrong,
who was then dean of the College,
reiterated that students could not

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Holbrooke ’62, public After 15 months, judge recuses
servant, dead at 69 self in McCormick case
By aLEX BELL
News Editor
Richard Holbrooke ’62, distin-
guished public servant, died Dec.
13 after undergoing emergency sur-
gery to repair a torn aorta. He was
a professor-at-large at the Watson
Institute for International Studies
at the time of his death.
Holbrooke, who has served in
every Democratic administration
since entering the Foreign Service in
1962, is perhaps best known for his
role in negotiating the 1995 Dayton
Accords, ending the war in Bosnia.
“Tonight, the Brown community
joins the nation and the world in
mourning the loss of one of our
most distinguished diplomats,”
President Ruth Simmons wrote in
a statement to The Herald. “Seeker
of peace, Richard Holbrooke’s ca-
reer spanned decades, geography,
presidential administrations and
international conflicts.”
From 2009 until his death, Hol-
brooke served as President Barack
Obama’s special representative for
Afghanistan and Pakistan, making
him one of the nation’s top diplo-
mats. He was among a handful of
leading candidates for the secretary
of state nomination that ultimately
went to Hillary Clinton.
Besides his work toward ensur-
ing Balkan peace, he served under
the Clinton administration first as
ambassador to Germany and then
as assistant secretary of state for Eu-
ropean and Canadian affairs before
being appointed U.S. ambassador to
the United Nations in 1999.
Under President Jimmy Carter,
Holbrooke became the youngest
assistant secretary of state for East
Asian and Pacific affairs in history,
at age 35.
He worked in Vietnam for Presi-
dents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon
Johnson, and authored a significant
portion of the Pentagon Papers.
During the Nixon administra-
tion, Holbrooke, a former Herald
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editor-in-chief, left government and
worked as managing editor for the
magazine “Foreign Policy.” More
recently, he has authored a best-
selling account of his work during
the Balkan Crisis.
Alongside public service and
journalism, he pursued a success-
ful career in finance. He was the
managing director of Lehman
Brothers from 1985 to 1993 and
served on the board of American
International Group until 2008.
During his time on AIG’s board,
the corporation engaged in risky
credit default swaps. During the
2008 global financial crisis, the
corporation came to the brink of
bankruptcy before receiving a large
government bailout.
Despite these diverse commit-
ments, Holbrooke managed to find
his way back to Brown. In February
2007, he accepted a five-year ap-
pointment as a professor-at-large
at the Watson Institute.
Holbrooke “remained ever true
to his alma mater,” Simmons wrote
in her statement.
David Kennedy ’76, interim
director of the institute when Hol-
brooke was asked to join the Obama
administration, told The Herald at
the time that Holbrooke had been a
“very effective participant in teach-
ing and research at the Watson In-
stitute.”
“He has led student working
groups, participated in classes,
spoken at the Institute and — in
general — supported our teaching
in international affairs,” Kennedy
said.
Holbrooke returned to campus
regularly over the years for events
such as lectures, Janus Forum de-
bates and small Watson Institute
study group series.
In 2007, when asked about
working for the next presidential
administration, Holbrooke told The
Herald, “It’d be fun to have one last
shot at public service, and I’d like
to do that.”
Campus News 3
By Nicole Boucher
News Editor
More than 15 months into William
McCormick’s lawsuit against the
University and two alums, the
presiding judge recused himself
from the case in early January.
Judge William Smith of the
Rhode Island District federal
court did not provide an explana-
tion in his order of recusal. While
it is fairly common for judges to
recuse themselves at a case’s on-
set, recusal is rare after a case has
commenced.
“It’s surprising to see it hap-
pen in a case like this,” Yale Law
School professor Robert Gordon
wrote in an e-mail to The Herald.
“One would think it more likely
in a case with financial stakes,
in which a judge realizes in the
middle of a litigation that he has
some financial interest connected
to one of the litigants.”
While recusal this far into a
case is infrequent, stepping down
without giving an explanation is
very common, Gordon wrote. A
judge’s decision to do so is “fi-
nal and unappealable” without
an explanation required, Gordon
added, a setup which has spurred
criticism over the years.
Judges may recuse themselves
for a number of reasons, some
more valid than others, Indiana
University Maurer School of Law
professor Charles Geyh wrote in
an e-mail to The Herald.
“The general rule is that a judge
must disqualify himself when his
impartiality might reasonably be
questioned,” Geyh wrote. For ex-
ample, a judge choosing to step
down for personal or financial
relationships with any party re-
lated to the case would be legiti-
mate grounds for recusal, while
choosing to withdraw to avoid
making a difficult political deci-
sion would not be an honorable
reason, he wrote.
The case has been referred to
Judge Ronald Lagueux.
In September 2009, in anoth-
er highly unusual move, Smith
sealed the case when it was trans-
ferred from Rhode Island Supe-
rior Court to federal court. Until
the case was unsealed in April,
there was no public record of its
existence. The reasons for sealing
the case were given in chambers,
and there is no publicly available
record of the reason for the seal-
ing.
The case had also been sealed
when it was initially filed in
Rhode Island Superior Court.
McCormick’s lawyer, Scott Kil-
patrick, formally accused one of
the University’s co-defendants of
witness intimidation in November
when the girlfriend of former as-
sistant wrestling coach Michael
Burch received a package inviting
Burch to a free dinner. Burch is a
witness for the plaintiff and has
spoken to various media outlets
about the case.
The lawyer traced a phone
number used to call Burch about
the package to Patrick Brosnan,
a private investigator employed
by one of the alums named as a
defendant in the suit. The accusa-
tion has not yet been resolved.
McCormick, a former mem-
ber of the class of 2010, is suing
the University, a female alum and
her father — also an alum — over
what he claims is a false rape al-
legation made against him in 2006
by the female alum. He claims the
University did not handle the al-
legation impartially because the
female alum’s father is a signifi-
cant donor and fundraiser for the
University.
A lawyer for the female alum
maintains she was in fact raped.
Marisa Quinn, vice president for
public affairs and University re-
lations, has stated that Univer-
sity officials handled the matter
properly.
In 2006, before any Univer-
sity hearing on the allegation took
place, McCormick and the female
alum signed an agreement stipu-
lating that McCormick withdraw
from Brown and that neither he
nor the female alum take legal
action against the other.
McCormick’s lawyer at the
time, Walter Stone, represented
McCormick while his law firm,
Adler Pollock & Sheehan, was
representing the University in a
separate matter in federal court.
McCormick’s current lawyer has
said that Stone did not disclose
this apparent conflict of interest
to McCormick at the time.
The Herald is withholding the
name of the female alum because
she may have been the victim of
a sex crime.
The suit is currently in its pre-
trial discovery period. Chief Judge
Mary Lisi cannot try the case be-
cause her husband, Stephen Reid,
represents the two alums named
as defendants in the case.
4 Campus News
Phipps steps in as U. mourns death of Fernandez ’85
interim OB-GYN chair
continued from page 1
portunity for us all together to
create new models of quality and
safety in medicine and we (the
entire faculty) are all proud of the
work done by Brown faculty to
make this happen — not just at
WIH but across the Alpert School
of medicine.”
Disagreements are prone to
exist over hospital practices, said
Professor of Family Medicine Jef-
frey Borkan, though he did not
comment about the specific rea-
son for Cain’s departure.
“There is always a tension be-
tween what medical schools want
and what academic departments
want,” Borkan said.
Borkan told the Providence
Journal on Dec. 31 that Cain’s
departure “raises questions about
academic freedom, about the abil-
ity of leaders within the academic
and medical community to take
independent action or to lead.”
Associate Chair of Community
Relationships for Women and In-
fants Pablo Rodriguez said that
Cain was well-respected at the
hospital and that it would be a
challenge to find a worthy succes-
sor. “She was a terrific leader and
someone that the entire medical
staff supported,” he said. “It will
be difficult to find someone like
her, or to find anyone at this point,
given the circumstances of her
departure.”
Cain wrote in an e-mail to The
Herald that she wants to con-
tinue working with members of
the Brown community in some
capacity as well as pursue other
career goals.
“I hope to provide clinical eth-
ics analysis education and train-
ing for residents and students at
Brown as well as curricula for
medical students in resource-poor
areas of the world,” she said. “In
addition, I am consulting in the
area of women’s health clinical
services nationally and interna-
tionally.”
Prior to her time at Brown,
Cain chaired the obstetrics and
gynecology department at Oregon
Health Sciences University. She
was the first woman to chair the
Committee for Ethics in Women’s
Health in the International Fed-
eration of Obstetrics and Gyne-
cology, as well as the first woman
president of the Association of
Professors of Gynecology and
Obstetrics.
By claire peracchio
City & State Editor
Former Providence city solicitor,
state attorney general candidate
and dedicated Brown alum Joseph
Fernandez ’85 died Dec. 18 follow-
ing a brief illness. Fernandez, who
was 46, was a University trustee
and president of the Brown Alumni
Association at the time of his death.
“His selfless service and uplift-
ing spirit inspired us all,” President
Ruth Simmons said in a statement.
Raised in Pennsylvania as the
son of Filipino immigrants, Fer-
nandez graduated from Brown with
a degree in American Civilization.
Described as “a consummate Brun-
onian” in Simmons’ statement, he
was a Brown Alumni Schools Com-
mittees interviewer, a member of
the Brown Corporation Committee
TWC vets candidates for new director
continued from page 2
The new director will have to
“speak broadly about the value
of diversity,” Vice President for
Campus Life and Student Services
Margaret Klawunn said.
Bergeron wrote that the new
director will “also form natural
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
on Minority Affairs and a director
of the Brown Club of Rhode Island.
Fernandez also chaired the Mul-
ticultural Alumni Committee of the
Brown Alumni Association Board
of Governors and in 2006 received
the Brown Alumni Association’s
Alumni Service Award, a tribute
to “distinguished, continuing vol-
unteer service to Brown,” according
to the statement.
Within the Providence commu-
nity, Fernandez served as a trustee
of Trinity Repertory Company and
a director of the Community Col-
lege of Rhode Island Foundation,
the University release said.
After graduating from Brown,
Fernandez attended Harvard Law
School, where he was a classmate
of President Barack Obama. Dur-
ing the 2008 presidential campaign,
Fernandez served as the co-chair for
connections to many diversity of-
ficers on campus­— not only in
the College but also in the Gradu-
ate School, the Provost’s office, the
Office of Human Resources and
many other places as well.”
The committee is responsible
for identifying candidates for the
position and ultimately recom-
mending candidates to Klawunn
and Bergeron, Gresh said. In ad-
dition to three students on the
search committee, Gresh said an
additional advisory board com-
prised of students involved with
the TWC and collaborating orga-
nizations will weigh in.
Gresh said the student groups
elected their own representatives,
noting that the search process will
run while students and faculty are
on campus.
Lorena Garcia ’12 first heard
Obama’s Rhode Island campaign.
“I was shocked and saddened
to learn today of the passing of my
friend and colleague Joe Fernan-
dez,” Obama wrote in a statement.
“From our time together in law
school to his work as a dedicated
public servant in Providence, I
knew Joe as someone who had lived
the American dream and was com-
mitted to protecting it for his fellow
citizens.”
Following a stint in private legal
practice, Fernandez served as city
solicitor from 2003 to 2009, when
he resigned to run as a Democratic
candidate for attorney general. He
garnered roughly 27 percent of the
vote in a three-way primary contest
this September.
Fernandez is survived by his
wife, Emily Maranjian ’86, and their
two daughters.
about the search when the TWC
sent an e-mail to student groups.
Garcia joined the student advisory
board and became one of the three
students serving on the Search
committee. She said she is unsure
how often the board will meet.
Klawunn said she does not ex-
pect Dean McLaurin to reapply
for the position.
“As for Rev. Mathis, he is al-
ready a beloved member of our
community, and has been a won-
derful interim director of the
Third World Center this year,”
Bergeron wrote. “We are so for-
tunate to have his leadership.”
“It’s absolutely critical to keep
in mind the TWC is a vital and
important program on campus,”
Gresh said. “We’re absolutely
committed to get the right per-
son.”
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Granoff Center opens for classes
continued from page 1
ing. Rather, the north and south
halves of the building are offset by
half of a floor. The center of the
building — where the two offset
floors come together — features a
soundproofed wall with two layers
of glass, which allows people in
a room to see what is going on
in the rooms a half-floor above
and below on the other side of
the building.
The glass wall in the center of
the building allows interaction
between the different artists using
the space. “Somebody could be
sitting in the multimedia lab and
see a dance rehearsal downstairs,”
said Julie Strandberg, director of
dance and senior lecturer in the-
ater arts and performance studies.
The building’s stairs feature
“living rooms” — landings which
extend away from the stairs and
will have seating. They will have
projection and sound capabili-
ties, which can be used for small
presentations or class breakout
sessions, DelSesto said.
The living rooms will provide
a place for “serendipitous” meet-
ing, she said.
Under one roof
“The arts departments are now
spread out around the campus,”
said Richard Fishman, director
of the Creative Arts Council and
professor of visual arts. Faculty
may want to work with others in
other disciplines, but may not be
aware of what others are doing.
He said he hopes the Granoff
Center will facilitate frequent
interaction.
This semester, there will be
several courses held in the build-
ing. No class or department has a
permanent spot in the building,
and applications for prospective
classes are reviewed by the Cre-
ative Arts Council, Fishman said.
One such class is TAPS 1281P:
“Under One Roof: Interdisciplin-
ary and Intermedial Art.” The
class is “primarily a studio course
using the inside and outside of
the Granoff Center as a canvas/
studio/stage,” according to the
course description. The class will
explore the building and become
acquainted with all of its technol-
ogy and special features, Strand-
berg, one of the two instructors,
said. Students will work in project
groups to create works of art in or
on the building, she said.
The Granoff Center will play
host to presentations, lectures,
films festivals and other events
throughout the spring. “The cal-
endar is pretty full this semester,”
DelSesto said.
The Creative Arts Council also
wants to reach out to the Provi-
dence community, DelSesto said.
“Anything we can open to the
public we certainly will.”
An innovative space
The building has two en-
trances — one on the Walk and
another on Angell Street next to
the entrance to the Brown Office
Building.
Just inside the main entrance,
a gallery space with a movable
wall will feature both student
and professional work. A gallery
committee of the Creative Arts
Council will determine what is
featured there, DelSesto said.
The southern half of the
Campus News 5
WINTER WONDERLAND
ground along the Walk slopes
down to an amphitheater, and on
the south half of the ground floor
is the main auditorium. The am-
phitheater has grass seating and
can be used on its own or as an
extension of the auditorium. Uses
of the amphitheater are “open to
the lively imagination of the stu-
dents and faculty,” Fishman said.
One of the main features of
the auditorium, which seats about
200 people, is a 35-mm projector.
Standard for modern cinema, it
is a new technology at Brown,
said Mary Ann Doane, profes-
sor of modern culture and me-
dia. “We’ve been fighting for a
35-mm (projection space) for
over 20 years,” Doane said. It will
be of use for both courses and
film festivals. One of her classes,
MCM 0260: “Cinematic Coding
and Narrativity,” which she said
she has taught for about 30 years,
will use the Granoff Center this
semester.
There is also a modern record-
ing studio, a physical media lab
and a multimedia lab with 16
computer stations. Additionally,
there are four multipurpose pro-
duction studios, which will have a
variety of audiovisual connections Nicholas Sinnott-Armstrong / Herald
available. If blackout shades are Layers of snow greeted students as they returned to campus this week.
used, the studios can be trans-
formed into black box theaters.
The building is topped by a
green roof, which will not be
publicly accessible. Another en-
vironmentally friendly feature is
the building’s “exterior venetian
blinds” which can be retracted
during the winter to “take advan-
tage of passive solar heat gain,”
said Jesse Saylor, the project ar-
chitect.
6 Campus News The Brown Daily Herald
Wednesday, January 26, 2010
No transfers to Med
school accepted
By Sarah Mancone
Staff Writer
The Alpert Medical School did
not accept transfer students for
the current academic year due to
alterations in its clerkship cur-
riculum, according to Philip Grup-
puso, associate dean for medical
education.
During clerkships, students
gain personal experience with pa-
tients, working full days under the
supervision of faculty members in
different areas of medicine.
Instead of having a window
of six quarters to complete core
clerkships in their third and fourth
years of medical school, students
will be allotted only four and a half
quarters, Gruppuso said. Students
will now be able to complete all
clerkships before making a career
choice.
“One important purpose of core
clerkships is to expose students to
the breadth of medical practice so
they can make an informed career
choice,” Gruppuso said, adding
that it “used to be that our students
would be doing core clerkships so
late that they would already be on
residency interviews.”
Generally, the amount of trans-
fer students accepted is deter-
mined by the number of students
in clerkships, he said. With the
shorter span to complete clerk-
ships, the number of students per
clerkship will increase.
In addition, with the new medi-
cal education building downtown,
“the class has grown substantially,”
said Arnold-Peter Weiss, associ-
ate dean of medicine, making it
“harder to fit somebody in.”
Grupposo said the Med School
“didn’t want to restrict the flexibil-
ity of the students” by filling the
core clerkships up with transfer
students.
It is very likely no transfers will
be accepted in the upcoming years
either, Gruppuso said.
The dwindling of transfer
students is “not a huge change”
though. There are “never a lot
of transfer students,” Weiss said,
adding that students are very
well informed when choosing a
medical school and as a result very
few drop out and create spaces for
transfer students to fill.
Transferring during medical
school is an “exception rather than
a route to admission,” Weiss said.
Exceptions include larger
schools that “accept transfer stu-
dents for tuition revenue” because
they do not have to fully train these
students, and offshore schools that
do not have their own clerkships
for their students, Gruppuso said.
Outside of these cases, transferring
is not very common.
“If all the stars line up then
sometimes it happens,” Weiss said.
The Brown Daily Herald
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14 was sworn in as Rhode Island’s first independent governor on Jan. 4.
Chafee ’75 P’14 sworn in as governor
By Michael danielewicz
Contributing Writer
Newly inaugurated Governor Lin-
coln Chafee ’75 P’14 urged Rhode
Islanders Jan. 4 to reclaim the state’s
historic legacy of tolerance and in-
dependence in spite of challenging
economic times.
Chafee — a former Republican
who is the first independent to be
elected to the state’s top office — was
sworn in as Rhode Island’s 58th gov-
ernor. The heir to a Rhode Island po-
litical dynasty, Chafee took the oath
of office on a Bible that belonged to
his father, Republican John Chafee
P’75, a former Rhode Island gover-
nor and U.S. senator.
In keeping with his inauguration
theme, “A Time to Come Together,”
Chafee asked Rhode Islanders to
unite behind Roger Williams’ vision
of “a ‘civil state’ … a vibrant, diverse
community that is free of political,
cultural and ethnic division.”
In his inaugural address, deliv-
ered on the State House steps, Chafee
criticized the state’s political estab-
lishment for failing to address Rhode
Island’s challenges.
“The time of irresponsibility has
ended,” Chafee said.
Ted Widmer, the director of the
John Carter Brown Library and a
former speechwriter for President
Bill Clinton, was the lead writer of
Chafee’s speech.
In his address, Chafee said he
would rescind Jan. 5 an executive
order by former Governor Donald
Carcieri ’65 mandating the use of
E-Verify, an online federal program
allowing employers to check work-
ers’ eligibility for legal employment.
Chafee said the order causes
“needless anxiety within our Latino
community without demonstrating
any progress on illegal immigration.”
He also said he hoped Rhode Island
would pass a bill legalizing gay mar-
riage in the near future.
“I think that Gov. Chafee has
the opportunity to bring individu-
als together in ways that we haven’t
done for some time in Rhode Island,”
wrote Domingo Morel GS ’13, a po-
litical science Ph.D. candidate and
co-founder of the Latino Policy In-
stitute at Roger Williams University,
in an e-mail to The Herald.
Chafee’s election marks what
he called in his inaugural speech a
“second chance” for the former U.S.
senator and mayor of Warwick, who
lost his 2006 Senate re-election bid
to Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse.
Chafee broke from the G.O.P. in
2007 after joining the Watson In-
stitute for International Studies as a
distinguished visiting fellow.
Chafee will assume the governor-
ship in a state facing double-digit
unemployment, a nearly $300 mil-
lion budget deficit and controversy
surrounding education reform, an
issue that made national headlines
after a mass firing last year at Central
Falls High School.
According to David Ricci, a
teacher of government at La Salle
Academy in Providence, the Cen-
tral Falls issue is only one of many
Chafee must tackle in his first
months in office.
“Nothing is going to happen
without money,” Ricci said, adding
that Chafee’s proposed 1 percent
sales tax on currently tax-exempt
items may be one of the ways to start
raising the necessary revenue.
Charles Picerno, a self-described
“nomadic Rhode Islander,” was
among a small group of protesters at
the inauguration ceremony. Picerno
said Chafee has an “elitist mentality”
and added that taxation is the exact
opposite of what should happen to
ensure the state’s wellbeing.
“I own the government, the gov-
ernment does not own me,” Picerno
said, carrying a sign that called for
Chafee’s recall. Other protestors car-
City & State 7
Stabbing on Thayer Street
brings violence close to home
By JENNIFER KAPLAN Students need not worry that they
Contributing Writier are in any increased danger, Margaret
Klawunn, vice president for campus
A Warwick man was stabbed on life and student services, said.
Thayer Street outside Cafe Paragon “Certainly, we try to remind
following a verbal argument on the Brown students that you are living
night of Jan. 16. in the city of Providence, and, as you
Both the 31-year-old victim, would in any city, we remind stu-
Nicholas Johnston, and his attacker dents to be cautious and use common
are unaffiliated with the University. sense,” Klawunn said.
Paragon Manager Theo Spiridis Klawunn said the Providence
said Johnston went back inside the Police Department works in tan-
restaurant after the fight, and then dem with Brown’s Department of
“got up, paid his bill and drove him- Public Safety around campus, but
self to the hospital.” Johnston told no this incident was too far from central
one about the fight when he returned University buildings for DPS to get
and only realized he was injured after involved.
he sat down to continue his meal, Paragon’s business has not been
Spiridis added. affected by the stabbing, Spiridis said.
Violence on Thayer is an uncom- “We had nothing to do with it.
mon occurrence, according to Lt. It’s not like we had a fight inside the
John Ryan of the Providence Police restaurant between two guests,” he
Department. The stabbing was “prob- said. “I can’t tell people how to behave
Michael Danielewicz/Herald
ably our first felony assault up there in public.”
for awhile,” Ryan said. He added that Students said the stabbing does
he does not think this incident indi- not affect their perception of safety
cates any increase in crime.
Johnston did not know the at-
on campus.
“It didn’t involve any Brown stu-
tacker and is choosing not to press dents, and it didn’t happen when
ried signs in favor of the E-Verify charges, according to the police re- Brown was in session,” said Max
system. port. Hannan ’14.
Peter Carney, a Warwick resident
who attended the inauguration, had
a more positive view of Chafee. He
said the governor has “got some
moral fiber” and that Chafee de-
serves credit for defecting from the
Republican Party on issues like the
Iraq War during his Senate career.
Chafee’s transition team had
promised that the inauguration fes-
tivities would be frugal and modest.
The ceremony included a poem read
by Rhode Island’s poet laureate, Lisa
Starr, as well as a flyover by Black-
hawk helicopters and C-130 trans-
port aircraft and a 19-gun salute.
Following the ceremony, Chafee
greeted members of the public who
had formed a long line around the
second floor of the State House.
Returning Lieutenant Governor
Elizabeth Roberts and Secretary of
State A. Ralph Mollis as well as new-
ly elected Attorney General Peter
Kilmartin and General Treasurer
Gina Raimondo were also sworn in
at the State House Tuesday.
The ceremony came on the heels
of Providence Mayor Angel Taveras’
inauguration Monday as the city’s
first Latino mayor.
The inauguration’s events con-
cluded with a special WaterFire in
Waterplace Park and a packed public
reception in Chafee’s honor at Ruth’s
Chris Steak House in Providence.
Chafee opted out of an inaugural ball
in favor of a party open to the public.
“It’s only anybody’s guess” what
Chafee will do in office, said Marilyn
Soscia, who attended the inaugura-
tion ceremony. In any case, “some-
thing has to change” in the state, she
said.
The Brown Daily Herald
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Rattner ’74 settles pay-
to-play allegations
By Claire peracchio
City & State Editor
Steven Rattner ’74 P’10 P’13, a
Corporation fellow and President
Barack Obama’s former “car czar,”
agreed Dec. 30 to pay $10 million
and accept a five-year ban from
business dealings with New York
pension funds in a settlement with
then-New York Attorney General
Andrew Cuomo. The settlement
comes after more than a month of
negotiations between Rattner and
Cuomo stemming from an inves-
tigation concerning Rattner’s role
in a kickback scheme involving
New York’s main pension fund and
Quadrangle Group, a private equity
investment firm Rattner co-founded
in 2000.
The agreement settles two law-
suits alleging that Rattner, a former
Herald editor-in-chief, used fees
and favors to help Quadrangle se-
cure $150 million in investments
from the New York State Common
Retirement Fund. Rattner departed
Quadrangle in February 2009 to
head Obama’s automotive task force,
where he oversaw the restructuring
of domestic car companies in the
wake of the 2008 recession.
Rattner did not admit wrongdo-
ing in the settlement.
“I am pleased to have reached a
settlement with the New York At-
torney General’s Office, which al-
lows me to put this matter behind
me,” Rattner said in a statement. “I
apologize if during the course of
this process there is anything I did
that may have made reaching this
agreement more difficult. I respect
the work of the attorney general and
his staff to ensure that the New York
State Common Retirement Fund
operates properly and in the best
interests of New Yorkers.”
Campus News 9
comics
BB & Z | Cole Pruitt, Andrew Seiden and Valerie Hsiung
Thursday’s settlement ends a bit-
ter war of words between Rattner
and Cuomo, who assumed his posi-
tion as New York’s governor Dec. 31.
In lawsuits filed Nov. 18 — the same
day as General Motors’ initial public
offering — Cuomo demanded Rat-
tner pay a $26 million fine and sub-
mit to a lifetime ban from the New
York securities industry in restitu-
tion for alleged influence peddling.
Rattner helped orchestrate GM’s Dot Comic | Eshan Mitra and Brendan Hainline
restructuring, which decreased the
government’s share in the company.
“I am gratified that we have been
able to reach an agreement in this
case, as it resolves the last major
action of our multi-year investiga-
tion,” Cuomo said in a statement.
“The state pension fund is a valuable
asset held in trust for retirees and
supported by taxpayers. Through
the many cases, pleas and settle-
ments in this investigation, I believe Bat & Gaz | Sofia Ortiz
we have been able to help restore
and protect the integrity of the state
pension fund.”
The agreement follows Rattner’s
$6.2 million settlement in October
with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on earlier pay-to-play
charges. The deal included a two-
year ban from investment advis-
ing and securities trading. As with
Thursday’s deal, Rattner did not ad-
mit wrongdoing in that agreement.
Rattner’s personal net worth was
between $188 and $608 million as of Cabernet Voltaire | Abe Pressman
February 2009, according to records
he filed with the federal govern-
ment before entering the Obama
administration.
Cuomo said in the statement that
the settlement with Rattner con-
cludes a pay-to-play investigation
that has resulted in settlements with
19 firms and five individuals and
collected more than $170 million
for New York and its pension fund.
10 Editorial & Letter The Brown Daily Herald
Wednesday, January 26, 2011

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Letters: Death of Richard Holbrooke ’62

quote of the day To the Editor:
I signed up and was the first woman on the BDH

“It’d be fun to have one last shot at public Holbrooke was BDH editor 1961-62. Typical of the
towering problem solver he was to become, he made
a major change at the paper that was to have lasting
staff. Though no one on the Brown campus was par-
ticularly troubled by this change, the Record staff was
outraged. They called me to a meeting, and I remember

service, and I’d like to do that.”

effects. He recruited women reporters.
Pembroke was still a separate entity in those days and
had its own newspaper, the Pembroke Record. Women
who wished to write for a campus paper reported for
— Richard Holbrooke ’62, in a that publication. But Richard had a problem — not
2007 interview with The Herald enough reporters. So he decided to open the Herald’s
staff to women. He knew well that he was going to get
pushback, but he didn’t care.
to this day it was an emotional affair, but I held my
ground.
Holbrooke was as driven as BDH editor as he was
to be in all of his subsequent missions. But the heart
and the power of the man was clear before he ever left
campus.
Susanna Opper ’62

Clarification To the Editor: His family reported the last words he said to his
doctor before going under were, “We’ve got to end that
An article in the Dec. 3, 2010 issue of The Herald (“Alcohol, pot use on A remarkable diplomat and negotiator, Richard war in Afghanistan.” So appropriate for the U.S. chief
campus measure,” Dec. 3, 2010) attributed quotes to Daniel Jacobson ’14. Holbrooke ’62, was my freshman roommate at Brown negotiator in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
There are two Daniel Jacobsons in the class of 2014. The quotes should University in 1958 and had, by that time, already ac-
have been attributed to Daniel Rowe Jacobson ’14. quired many of the skills he used so well in his 40-year Nathan Clark ’62
career as a State Department diplomat. R.I.P.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Bagel Gourmet Ole: a salute to cultural fusion
bY OLIVER ROSENBLOOM
Opinions Columnist
Here at Brown, “patriot” is a four-letter
word. For this reason, many people ques-
tion my abiding faith in American great-
ness. I try to make my case by explaining
the transcendent beauty of our founding
documents, our genuine commitment to
human rights and our monumental foreign
policy successes. Unsurprisingly, cynical
college students never seem to accept this
line of reasoning.
I have therefore adapted a new, concise,
foolproof argument to which the student
body can relate. I challenge you to deny
American exceptionalism after reading this
three-word argument.
Three words demonstrate how America
is unique. Three words show that Ameri-
ca will stay ahead of all of its rivals. Three
words illustrate how America is the great-
est nation in the history of the world. What
are those three words?
Bagel Gourmet Ole.
This hybrid Mexican and bagel restau-
rant, with locations on Thayer and Brook
streets, represents everything that makes
our country unique and exceptional. It per-
fectly illustrates the source of America’s
strength — the unique solutions and prod-
ucts that result from the interactions of so
many different cultures. Whenever multi-
culturalists feel lost for words, they should
just make the Bagel Gourmet Ole defense.
As Americans who are accustomed to
By Ethan Tobias
Opinions Columnist
Imagine that you had never been accepted
to Brown — would it make sense to pay not
to go there? Of course not, but this seem-
ingly ridiculous policy officially governs
Brown’s relationship to study abroad.
All students who study abroad, no mat-
ter what program or country they choose,
must pay full Brown tuition regardless of
the fact that they are not attending Brown.
The University then covers the costs of
the program and pockets the difference.
However, this hasn’t always been the case.
Brown students used to pay the cost of the
program, which was generally much cheap-
er than Brown tuition.
How can the University justify such a
blatant attempt to profit off of students?
Apparently, charging the same rate regard-
less of the program is meant to encourage
students to forego economic considerations
when choosing a program or country and
to base the decision solely on academic
considerations. This is a fair point. How-
ever, the University fails to live up to the
values it espouses. It does not cover — or
equalize the cost of — meals, travel, hous-
ing, study materials, insurance or any per-
sonal expenses, according to the Office of
International Programs website. This is not
a light consideration. A quick online search
revealed that a flight to Barbados is under
living amid such diversity, we find it easy to
take this restaurant for granted. I urge you
to take a minute just to examine its absur-
dity. This is a Hispanic-run store that sells
Mexican food as well as bagels, one of the
most stereotypically Jewish foods!
One graphic in the restaurant perfect-
ly captures the beautiful absurdity of this
combination. This picture features cartoon
depictions of Mr. Bagel and Mr. Jalapeno
holding hands and smiling. This odd cou-
ple represents the best kind of absurdity —
Bagel Gourmet Ole’s diversity enables it to cater to
many culinary needs in a way that no single-ethnicity
restaurant could.
American absurdity — with all of the mul-
ticultural fusion and inter-ethnic coopera-
tion that it entails.
The success and popularity of this res-
taurant proves that we all benefit from
the cultural mixing that is so common
throughout all of America. Where else can
you go to a Mexican-Jewish fusion restau-
rant? What other restaurant offers bagels
with lox, beef tacos and breakfast burritos?
In the words of illustrious boxing promoter
Don King, “Only in America.”
This diversity is admirable in and of it-
self, yet it is truly great when it leads to bet-
ter results. Bagel Gourmet Ole’s diversity
enables it to cater to many culinary needs
in a way that no single-ethnicity restaurant
could. This tiny store with a small menu is
Piracy abroad
$200, while a flight to Melbourne, Austra-
lia is over $1000 more expensive. Brown
makes no effort to equilibrate the cost of
travel. Under Brown’s current scheme, cer-
tain countries may be prohibitively expen-
sive just to get to, even if the cost to study
is the same.
As someone who is returning to Brown
after studying abroad in Copenhagen, I can
say with experience that the costs of living
are very different depending on where you
are. In Copenhagen, a cup of coffee at a cafe
would range between $4-6, and that’s for a
The University must recognize that the only clear
purpose of its policy of charging full tuition for study
abroad is to enrich itself while robbing students of an
experience of a lifetime.
simple, plain, cup of coffee. As one of the
more expensive cities to live in, a typical
meal out was at least $15 and could easily
be over $20. While Copenhagen was cer-
tainly expensive, it was by no means typi-
cal of study abroad. In Prague, I could get
dinner for less than $10, and a friend who
studied abroad in Ghana told me that he
could eat a solid meal for under $2. If the
University’s policy aims to take economic
considerations out of the equation, cost of
living differences are a glaring hole in that
policy.
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somehow able to offer two distinct cuisines
at cheap prices. Bagel Gourmet Ole fur-
ther distances itself from its competition by
providing delicious options for breakfast,
lunch and dinner. No other establishment
on Thayer packs the same culinary punch.
It derives its unique appeal from the fu-
sion of two distinct cultures — the same
fusion and cultural mixing that defines
the larger American economy and society.
America has outdistanced its competitors
because of its ability to attract immigrants
from all over the world. This unprecedent-
ed cultural mixing enables Americans to
create new products and arrive at unique
solutions. Whenever you question Ameri-
can exceptionalism, just remember that the
beautiful absurdity of Bagel Gourmet Ole
exists throughout all of American society.
The success of Bagel Gourmet Ole
shows that America is still a uniquely di-
verse country. As long as we maintain this
crucial advantage, we will outperform our
competitors. China may have many eco-
nomic advantages, but they will never have
our diversity. State-run capitalism can al-
locate resources effectively, but it cannot
match the ingenuity and innovation that
results from the daily cultural collisions
that shape American life. Bagel Gourmet
Of course, the pretense about having
students pick programs based solely on
academic considerations is mostly non-
sense. I learned more in Copenhagen by
riding buses and trains than by sitting in
class. Exploring foreign cities, surviving
unknown metros, ordering food and seeing
that things aren’t always done the same way
are more important than anything you’re
taught in a classroom.
While academics remain fairly impor-
tant, a study abroad experience is impact-
ed far more by where you decide to live,
with whom you associate and what kinds
of experiences you have. Are the locals
you meet all in the service industry? Are
you only hanging out with Americans? Do
you follow the local news or read the New
York Times on the computer? Academics,
which is the major focus at Brown, are at
most study abroad programs merely a pre-
tense to spend four months living abroad.
For the University to claim that its poli-
cies encourage students to choose a study
abroad program based solely on academic
considerations completely misses the point
Ole is just one small example of the count-
less American institutions, products and
ideas that are shaped by such uniquely
American cross-cultural interactions.
Take a look at your own community
and appreciate how much of it is shaped
by unique cultural interactions — Bagel
Gourmet Ole is far from the only restau-
rant to capture America’s greatness. In my
hometown of San Francisco, the best pizza
parlors combine Brazilian and Italian culi-
nary styles to create superior cuisine. A Ko-
rean taco truck took the city of Los Angeles
by storm. I’m sure I’ve just touched the sur-
face when it comes to uniquely American
food creations.
This beautiful absurdity is by no means
limited to the food industry. It permeates
every aspect of our lives. As Americans,
or as international students studying in
America, we all reap the benefits of this
unique diversity. It’s easy to criticize Amer-
ica, but I think it is equally important to
appreciate the beauty behind the multicul-
tural interactions that shape America and
make us exceptional. I am merely asking
all of us to remember that cultural fusion
makes our country great, and to acknowl-
edge that we are lucky to live in a country
formed by the interactions of so many dis-
tinct cultural groups. No other country can
match our diversity — in this way, America
is truly exceptional.
Oliver Rosenbloom ’13 is a history con-
centrator from Mill Valley, Calif.
He can be contacted at
oliver_rosenbloom@brown.edu.
of studying abroad. If students went about
choosing the best academic experience, the
only rational choice would be to stay here.
Ultimately, students appear to have been
coming to exactly this conclusion since the
inception of the new tuition policy began
in 2009. That year, Brown’s study abroad
numbers dropped precipitously, with al-
most one hundred fewer students choosing
to study abroad in the spring of 2009 com-
pared to the spring of 2008. While the num-
bers went up slightly in 2010, they were still
way below the numbers that the University
had been seeing before the change in poli-
cy. This drop occurred despite increases in
Brown’s total enrollment and the Euro’s fall
from $1.60 in the spring of 2008 to about
$1.30 at the end of 2010, which should have
made living abroad relatively cheaper.
The University must recognize that the
only clear purpose of its policy of charging
full tuition for study abroad is to enrich it-
self while robbing students of an experience
of a lifetime. It forces students to base de-
cisions on the expense of travel costs and
increased cost of living. This is unfair to
those students and to everyone who fore-
goes the opportunity to explore a foreign
culture in favor of spending most of their
waking lives in the Sciences Library.
Ethan Tobias ’12 is a biology concentra-
tor at Brown University who just returned
from four and a half months in Europe
with a considerably lighter wallet. He can
be reached at Ethan_Tobias@brown.edu.
12 Sports Wednesday
W. Hockey
W. icers endure winless stretch Bears fall behind early
By Tony Bakshi
Sports Editor
The women’s hockey team has
struggled mightily over the past two
months, compiling a 0-8-1 record.
The Bears (2-14-3, 1-8-3 ECAC)
scored only seven goals over the
course of nine games, though five
have come in the past two games
— losses at St. Lawrence University
(12-11-2, 7-6-0) and Clarkson Uni-
versity (9-13-3, 6-6-1). ­
Brown faced a tough slate of op-
ponents after the four-week layoff for
exams and holidays. In a four-game
stretch in early January, the Bears
faced Boston University (19-2-3),
Cornell (20-1-0, 14-0-0) and Mercy-
hurst College (20-5-0) — the current
third, second and fifth-ranked teams
nationwide. Brown was shut out by
all three squads and lost back-to-
back games to Mercyhurst by scores
of 6-0 and 12-0. Bruno goaltenders
faced a staggering 114 shots over the
two matchups. Katie Jamieson ’13
stopped 52 of 58 shots in the first
game against the powerhouse.
But co-captain Jenna Dancewicz
’11 said the team could benefit from
the difficult stretch in the schedule,
despite the disappointing results.
“You learn,” she said. “You watch
game tape from your mistakes and
you get better from facing tougher
teams.”
The Bears’ offense has showed
signs of life in the team’s two most
recent matchups. Last Friday against
St. Lawrence, Brown conceded
three goals in the first period, but
rebounded to score a goal in the last
two periods in the 4-2 loss. Forwards
Laurie Jolin ’13 and Vanessa Welten
’14 were the Brown goal scorers.
The following day at Clarkson,
Jolin continued her strong offensive
M. Hockey
Bruno upsets top-ranked Yale
By Garret Johnson
Sports Staff Writer
In an unprecedented upset, the
men’s hockey team (7-8-4, 5-6-1
ECAC) dramatically took down the
nation’s top-ranked Yale Bulldogs
(17-2, 11-1), 3-2, on a game-winning
goal in the final minute. The victory
marked Brown’s first win against a
top-ranked team since official rank-
ings have been recorded.
With the game tied at two, Yale
seemed poised to retake the lead
with just three minutes left after they
grabbed a man advantage for the
sixth time that the day. But Brown
goalie Mike Clemente ’12 stopped
three Bulldog shots to kill the pen-
alty, giving his team momentum as
they returned to full strength.
It was the Bears’ captain, Harry
Zolnierczyk ’11, who gave Brown
fans something to cheer about, drill-
ing the game-winning goal past Yale
goalie Ryan Rondeau with just 16
seconds left in regulation.
“It was a broken-down play in-
side our zone,” said Zolnierczyk. “I
just pushed it forward and it was off
to the races.”
The win gave Bruno a split of the
Despite recent losses, forward Laurie Jolin ’13 scored three goals across the
last two games.
play, adding two more goals — both
on power plays — in a five-minute
span in the third period. Her out-
burst tied the game at three, but the
Clarkson squad responded with two
late third-period goals to grab a 5-3
victory.
Dancewicz credited the improved
attack on the power-play units. Three
of the five Brown goals in the past
two matchups have come on the
power play.
“We’ve been working on our
special teams,” she said. “They have
finally started to feel comfortable.”
two-game series with Yale, as they
dropped the first in New Haven,
Conn. 5-2, just one day earlier. De-
spite the upset, Bruno has suffered
from inconsistency thus far. After a
tie in the Mayor’s Cup against Provi-
dence (7-10-5) Dec. 7, the team took
down No. 15 Boston University (11-
7-6) and Harvard (3-15-0, 2-11-0),
while losing to Minnesota (10-9-3)
and No. 18 Dartmouth (11-6-2,7-4-
1). Last weekend at Meehan Audi-
torium, Bruno topped St. Lawrence
(7-12-4, 3-8-0) but fell to Clarkson
(12-9-2,6-4-1) the next day.
“We’ve been able to beat some
really well-thought-of teams nation-
ally,” Head Coach Brendan Whittet
’94 said. “Our problem is we’ve been
inconsistent.”
One area of inconsistency has
been staying out of the penalty box.
According to the United States Col-
lege Hockey Organization, Bruno
ranks fourth in the nation in terms
of penalty minutes, but ranks 37th
in penalty killing.
“It’s not that we’re an inept pen-
alty killing team, but we have a lot
of the same guys that kill the penalty
that play quality minutes,” Whittet
said. “It wears you down.”
Jonathan Bateman / Herald
The team will look to improve
its record at home this weekend, as
they host Harvard (10-7-2, 9-3-2)
and Dartmouth (12-8-0, 8-6-0) in
conference play. While the team has
had a disappointing campaign so
far — the Bears sit in 11th place out
of 12 in the Eastern College Athletic
Conference — Dancewicz said the
team is still focused.
“The weeks are counting down,
and we have a goal to win a certain
amount of games,” she said. “There’s
a fire underneath our butts. We want
to win.”
Whittet believes that penalties
may be one factor that has contrib-
uted to his team’s sub-.500 record.
“We won’t be successful over the
long haul if we continue to be in the
box as much as we are now,” he said.
Zolnierczyk called excessive pen-
alties the team’s “downfall” to this
point in the season.
“That’s definitely something
I have to work on individually as
well,” Zolnierczyk said. The cap-
tain is second on the team in points,
but leads the team with 83 penalty
minutes.
Whittet’s squad hopes to gain
steam heading into the final 10
games of the season. This weekend,
they are hoping to avenge a pair of
December home losses on a road
trip to No. 10 Rensselaer (15-6-3,
7-5-0) and No. 13 Union College
(16-7-3, 8-3-1).
Brown currently ranks ninth in
the Eastern College Athletic Confer-
ence, a position that Coach Whittet
hopes will improve.
“We’re going to have to win a
majority of our games,” Whittet said.
“But there are 10 games left — that’s
a possibility of 20 points. I want to
get all of them.”
The Brown Daily Herald
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
M. BasketBall
in Ivy League race
By Sam Rubinroit
Sports Staff Writer
While the rest of the student body
returned home for the holidays, the
men’s basketball team remained on
campus, playing eight games over
the break.
“In basketball, we don’t have holi-
days,” said Head Coach Jesse Agel.
“It’s the greatest time of the year for
our guys. It’s like being a pro player.
All you need to worry about is your
game and getting better, and you
don’t need to worry about school.”
Bruno (7-9, 0-2 Ivy) split six
non-conference match-ups, defeat-
ing Bryant (6-14) 84-71, Lyndon St.
(5-11) 88-55 and Quinnipiac (12-7)
87-78, while falling to Army (10-
10) 88-86, Central Connecticut State
(12-7) 67-51 and American (14-6)
77-67. The Bears’ seven wins in non-
league games ranks third in school
history for non-conference victories
in a season.
“We’ve had a very solid — one
of the best ever — non-conference
record,” Agel said. “Now, we just
want to parlay that into playing well
throughout the league and improv-
ing as we go along.”
Bruno opened Ivy League play
Jan. 15 at home against Yale (9-7,
2-0), losing 69-64. Tucker Halpern
’13 led the Bears with 16 points and
7 rebounds, and point guard Sean
McGonagill ’14 added 14 points, 6
assists and 5 rebounds. Brown had
difficulty capitalizing on offense,
shooting only 38 percent (21 of 56)
from the field. Yale forward Greg
Mangano had an impressive perfor-
mance for the Bulldogs, scoring 23
points and grabbing a career-high
17 rebounds.
The Bears and Bulldogs played
their rematch a week later in New
Haven, Conn., and Bruno was bested
once again, 59-51. Peter Sullivan
’11, McGonagill and Halpern led
Rookie forward Dockery Walker ’14 dunks the ball, sporting an impressive
season for the Bears.
the team with 11 points each and
forward Dockery Walker ’14 added
9 points and 5 rebounds. Sullivan’s
11 points propelled him to 11th on
the all-time scoring list with 1,251
points. Mangano once again excelled
for the Bulldogs, contributing 17
points, 12 rebounds and 7 blocks.
One of the storylines over the
break was the emergence of Walker,
a rookie player out of Dover, Del. He
has shown flashes of impressive play,
posting 10 points and 13 rebounds
against American and 12 points and
10 rebounds against Lyndon St. Agel
said he is impressed with what he has
seen so far in the freshman forward
and knows that Walker will only con-
tinue to improve.
“He’s extremely quiet off the
court, but he becomes a lion on the
court,” he said. “A lion can sleep 23
hours a day, but when he wakes up,
he’s still a lion. He keeps getting bet-
ter every second he’s out there, and
it’s a joy to watch his improvement
on a daily basis.”
After starting 0-2 in league play,
Bruno must make a quick turn-
around if it hopes to earn a post-
season berth. The Ivy League is the
only league in the country without a
conference tournament, so the team
with the best final record represents
the league in the NCAA tournament.
“All our guys know we don’t have
a postseason tournament, so every
conference game is like a postseason
game,” Agel said. “It’s a totally dif-
ferent atmosphere. There’s a lot of
internal pressure, so you play your
hardest and see what happens.”
The Bears continue Ivy League
play with a two-game road trip,
when they will face Princeton (12-
4, 0-0) on Friday and Penn (6-8, 0-0)
on Saturday.
“We still haven’t hit our peak yet,”
Agel said. “Right now, we’re still a
work in progress. We’re getting better
every time out.”
Jonathan Bateman / Herald