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ROTC
committee
members
announced
By Mark Raymond
Senior Staff Writer
In an e-mail to students and faculty
yesterday, President Ruth Simmons
announced the members of the new
committee tasked with examining the
University’s policy on the Reserve
Officers’ Training Corps.
The committee is comprised of
seven faculty members, Dean of the
College Katherine Bergeron and two
undergraduate students. The Gradu-
ate Student Council will also name
a student representative to serve on
the committee.
Though Simmons credits the re-
cent repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
as one of her reasons for forming
the committee, Bergeron said the
University began considering a re-
assessment of its ROTC policy before
the controversial law was repealed.
Brown’s ROTC policy has been
a topic of discussion for decades,
beginning with the decision to ter-
minate the on-campus program in
1969. Since then, students and faculty
have regularly debated whether or
not Brown should reassess its stance.
“It’s not the first time the question
has been raised,” Bergeron said. “This
wasn’t stimulated entirely from the
recent legislation.”
Cade Howard ’14, one of the
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
President Ruth Simmons thanked staff members for their contributions to the University at B.E.A.R. Day yesterday.
For staff, B.E.A.R. hugs and awards
By Katrina Phillips
Contributing Writer
It began with an auto-tuned vid-
eo montage by Bruno and ended
with roaring applause. A crowd of
Brown employees and their fami-
lies filled Salomon 101 yesterday
as staff members were recognized
for their service to the University.
At the celebration for the sev-
enth annual Brown Employee
Appreciation and Recognition
Day, President Ruth Simmons
emphasized the “devotion and
motivation” of the University’s
employees. “The personal invest-
ments you’ve made in your work
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echo throughout the University,”
Simmons said.
She praised employees’ “heart-
warming dedication” in light of
the recent economic downturn
and said the great appreciation
expressed by the students and
families in the audience was
evidence that the staff ’s efforts
have not gone unnoticed. Alum-
ni remember their relationships
with staff members fondly and
often cite such relationships as
important to their development
at Brown, she said.
During a break in her speech,
Simmons invited staff being hon-
ored for five, 10 and 15 years of
U. to expand int’l ties
with Year of China
By Nick Lourie
Contributing Writer
Brown will celebrate its Year of China
initiative in the 2011-12 academic
year, organizing events and activities
to increase awareness of China’s role
on the world stage and in the lives of
individuals.
Professor of Physics Chung-I Tan,
who is a member of the Faculty Ex-
ecutive Committee, and the Office
of International Affairs will lead the
organization of the year’s programs
and events. The Year of China fol-
lows several other such initiatives
including those focusing on Latin
America, Africa and — in the 2009-
10 academic year — India. The cur-
rent academic year has no foreign
country or continent as its theme.
While international themes in the
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service to stand for applause.
Groups with 20, 25 and 30 or
more years of service were invited
on stage for a photograph. “They
move a little slowly” at this point,
Simmons joked as they made
their way to the stage.
Simmons also mentioned the
over $1.6 billion raised in the
Campaign for Academic Enrich-
ment and thanked staff members
for “giving people the confidence
that this place is worth some-
thing.”
The ceremony featured a video
in which employees were sur-
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past began as more informal ideas,
the University decided to more
fully plan and execute international
themes, Tan said. This year is being
spent organizing next year’s events.
The Year of China aims to “intro-
duce our students to Chinese culture
and examine China’s current and
future role on the world stage,” ac-
cording to a University press release.
But the program’s motivations are
not confined to cultural or societal
categories. “The sciences cut across
national boundaries,” Tan said. In
order to remain at the forefront of
scientific knowledge and techno-
logical research, the University must
integrate itself into the world stage,
he said.
President Ruth Simmons traveled
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weather
Opinions, 7
Since 1891
Chafee
nominates
education
board
By Amy rasmussen
Senior Staff Writer
In his most high-profile act yet to
shape Rhode Island’s education
policy, Governor Lincoln Chafee
’75 P’14 announced four nomina-
tions to the Rhode Island Board
of Regents for Elementary and
Secondary Education early last
week. The nominations come as
the state contemplates controver-
sial education reforms proposed
by Deborah Gist, commissioner
of elementary and secondary
education.
city & state
Chafee was elected in Novem-
ber with strong support from the
state’s teachers’ unions, which
have steadfastly opposed Gist’s
reforms.
The nominees, who must be
confirmed by the state Senate be-
fore they can officially take office
March 3, represent a diverse set
of leaders from across Rhode Is-
land. George Caruolo — a former
House Majority leader — was
nominated to replace current
Chairman Justice Robert Flan-
ders ’71, who was appointed by
former governor Donald Carci-
eri ’65. Chafee recently named
Flanders to oversee the receiver-
ship of Central Falls, which was
placed under state control due
to financial distress.
Other nominees include for-
mer University of Rhode Island
president Robert Carothers,
Rhode Island education policy
veteran Mathies Santos ’77 and
Institute for Labor Studies Pro-
gram Director Carolina Bernal.
Patrick Guida, Colleen Callahan,
Betsy Shimberg and Karin Forbes
have been asked by Chafee to
maintain their current positions
on the board.
Carcieri-appointed Board of
Regents members Angus Davis
and Anna Cano-Morales have
not been asked to remain on the
board. They learned of Chafee’s
decision to remove them by read-
ing about it online, according to
yesterday’s Providence Journal.
The governor met individu-
ally with each of the four nomi-
nees prior to the announcement,
Chafee spokesman Mike Trainor
said. “They understand what
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calendar Winter fellows use new media abroad
Today february 8 ToMORROW february 9
By Abby Kerson
5:30 P.M. 5 p.m. Staff Writer
Lecture by Professor Jasbir Puar, Lecture by Professor Beverly Silver,
List Art Building, Room 120 Watson Institute Over winter break, eight students
traveled abroad and created new
7 p.m. 9:30 p.m.
media projects about their desti-
Student Activities Fair, “The Memory of Decay Show,” nations. The students were funded
Faunce Arch 204 South Main Street by the Watson Institute for In-
ternational Studies’ AT&T New
menu Media Fellowship, part of a larger
program called the Global Con-
versation — an online platform
SHARPE REFECTORY VERNEy-WOOLLEY DINING HALL
allowing students and faculty to
LUNCH discuss international issues — that
Italian Meatball Grinder, Curried Hot Roast Beef on French Bread, gives students the opportunity to
Chicken Saute, Linguini with Tomato Quiche, Steamed Vegetable upload video, photo, audio or text
Tomato and Basil Melange, Swiss Fudge Cookies to the website.
Though similar to other fel-
DINNER
lowships offered by Watson and
Artichoke and Red Pepper Frittata, Chicken Pot Pie, Vegan Stuffed the University that fund unpaid
Carne Gizado, White and Wild Rice Acorn Squash, Apricot Beef with internships, the New Media Fel-
Pilaf, Magic Bars Sesame Noodles lowship is unique because of
its media requirements and its
Sudoku involvement with the Global
Conversation site, said Geoffrey
Kirkman ’91, deputy director of
the Watson Institute and founder
and director of the fellowship.
Fellows are required to blog
on the site and to produce a new
media project, which many turn
into an independent study upon
returning to Brown, Kirkman
said.
Winter fellow Jonah David ’13
did just that.
David was already planning to
go to San Juan Del Sur — he had
visited his sister there five years
ago and returned three years ago
with his high school — when he
heard about the fellowship.
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prised by visits from University
mascots Bruno and Cubby. In the
film, an employee said working
at Brown felt “even more like a
big bear hug,” while another em-
ployee said he wanted “to treat
these kids that we have here like
I’d want my kids to be treated.”
Beppie Huidekoper, executive
vice president for finance and ad-
ministration, also emphasized the
variety of nominations for this
year’s awards. Over 100 employees
were nominated from 20 different
departments, she said. Recipients
included the electrical team for
their efficient problem solving
and the Computing and Informa-
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Over a span of four weeks, Da-
vid filmed a documentary dur-
ing his trip to San Juan Del Sur
and Balgue — two Nicaraguan
villages — interviewing Nicara-
guans, tourists, restaurant owners
and hotel employees about the
impact of recent globalization in
Nicaragua, with a focus on San
Juan Del Sur.
The film does not present a
positive or negative opinion of
globalization, but tries to “let the
interviewees speak,” he said. Da-
vid conducted all interviews in
his subjects’ native languages — ­
either Spanish or English — and
the film will be subtitled in both.
David has turned the editing
of the film into an independent
study, hoping to have a finished
project that he can present by the
end of the semester.
Elias Scheer ’12 also chose to
use film for his project but went
with a more organized program
called the Society for Research
and Initiatives for Sustainable
Technologies and Institutions,
which conducts walking journeys
in rural areas of India. During
his winter break, Scheer traveled
to a province in the Northeast
called Meghalaya. He said he
will be posting his raw footage
on the Global Conversation site
and hopes to put out a final edited
film in the future.
Scheer said the fellowship
stood out because it was offered
during winter break and provided
all the necessary equipment for
tion Services’ college admissions
team for enabling the conver-
sion of the admissions process
to a fully paperless system. The
system handled more than one
million documents received last
year, she said.
The seven categories of ex-
cellence included citizenship,
diversity, efficiency, innovation,
managing for excellence, service
and “rising star” — which recog-
nizes new employees in the Brown
community. One such rising star
was Jesse Marsh, administrative
assistant for undergraduate con-
centration in the neuroscience
department, who “has provided
the highest level of administrative
support” since starting at Brown
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Isha Gulati, Secretary
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his project.
The fellowships can take the
form of formal trips, like Scheer’s,
or informal ones, like David’s, ac-
cording to Kirkman. But summer
fellowships are often more formal.
“The Global Conversation will
represent the best of what Brown
does in a globalized world,” Kirk-
man said. The site is also used by
students who are not New Media
fellows, including those studying
abroad and those participating in
other Watson fellowships. One
student used the site to pursue a
Global Independent Study Proj-
ect with Kirkman as her faculty
sponsor.
Media fellows from the past
have been getting outside recog-
nition and support to continue
their projects, including summer
2010 fellow Chantal Berman ’10.5
who received an additional $3,500
from the Clinton Global Initiative
University. Summer 2010 fellow
Sarah Gibson ’10.5 raised $10,000
to continue her project in the Eur-
asian state of Georgia, according
to an e-mail from Karen Lynch,
communications director for the
Watson Institute.
Summer fellows can get up to
$3,500 of funding while winter
fellows were granted up to $1,500,
Lynch said.
Both the site and the fellow-
ship were funded by grants from
AT&T, Kirkman said, though the
institute is looking for new fund-
ing to support future fellowships
beyond the summer of 2011.
just two years ago, according to
the event program.
Walking on stage to accept his
award, he gave Simmons a big
hug as the audience laughed. “I
was nervous, but it was awesome,”
he said, calling the award a “huge
honor.”
Natalie Basil, associate director
of Residential Life, was honored
for excellence in diversity. “We
were really surprised at her being
awarded,” said her mother Linda
Basil. But she added that her
daughter has always been good
at what she does.
Despite an emphasis on stu-
dent appreciation, few students
were present at the event. Sim-
mons told The Herald that though
students appreciate the staff ’s ef-
forts, the ceremony is “not conve-
nient” for the student body and
generally does not attract many
students. Staff members are en-
couraged to invite students with
whom they closely interact.
Simmons said B.E.A.R. Day
“should evolve,” and she encour-
aged the human resources depart-
ment “to continue to seek feed-
back from the staff.” Since the
addition of excellence awards to
B.E.A.R. Day, staff members are
invited to nominate their peers
each year. The day “emphasizes
to people not only that we value
their work but also their opinion,”
she said.
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Wei-Ying Wang GS works at the Center for Computation and Visualization.
Computing center seeks
permanent new director
By Morgan Johnson
Contributing writer
The Center for Computation and
Visualization is seeking a new exec-
utive director to manage the center’s
services on a daily basis. The cen-
ter, which houses the University’s
supercomputer, also provides re-
searchers access to “computational
science, scientific visualization and
virtual reality display applications,”
according to its website.
The center has never had a
permanent executive director.
John Spadaro, director of techni-
cal architecture and outreach for
Computing and Information Ser-
vices, took on the role of interim
executive director in September.
But Spadaro said working in both
departments has been hectic, and
the amount of time he must devote
to the center has left a backlog of
work at CIS.
The search to find a full-time
replacement — which has been go-
ing on for a year — has not been
easy, said Jan Hesthaven, director of
the center and professor of applied
mathematics. There are very few
individuals that possess the skills
necessary to handle the job, he said.
Hesthaven said he could not specify
when he and the hiring committee
expect to hire someone. “I can’t
even begin to give you a timeline,”
he said. So far, all of the potential
candidates have come from outside
the Brown community.
Hesthaven’s faculty position
prevents him from managing the
activities of the center on a daily
basis, so an executive director posi-
tion held by a non-faculty member
is necessary to keep the center run-
ning smoothly, he said.
In addition to daily manage-
ment of the center’s staff and fa-
cilities, Spadaro said outreach is
an important aspect of the execu-
tive director’s duties. Recently, the
department completed a brochure
which was sent to all faculty and
researchers, he said. The center
also holds workshops for faculty
members and graduate students to
make them aware of the resources
the center provides. He said the
workshops are also open to un-
dergraduates.
Despite plans to step down,
Nick Sinnott-Armstrong / Herald
Spadaro said he enjoys his work
at the center. “CIS is the central
computing organization at the
University,” he said, but it “never
attempts to provide resources to
the research community.” Spadaro
said his position at the center gave
him his first exposure to working
with researchers.
The executive director will man-
age the center’s supercomputer.
Hesthaven said the supercomputer,
which was first unveiled in 2009, is
currently serving 300 users at all
academic levels. The supercom-
puter is currently operating at its
maximum capacity, but Hesthaven
said the center will continue to try
and expand its capabilities, in part
through funding from faculty re-
search grants.
Another project taking place is
the rebuilding of the Cave, which
will utilize 3-D imagery and vir-
tual reality to aid researchers and
academic courses, Spadaro said.
David Laidlaw, professor of com-
puter science, will head the rebuild-
ing funded by the National Science
Foundation. “It’s a very exciting
project that’s getting a lot of atten-
tion,” Spadaro said.
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U. to foster dialogues on China
continued from page 1
to China in November and spent a
week meeting with politicians and
academic leaders. Simmons signed
memorandums of understanding
with Zhejiang University and Nan-
jing University and met with the
president and vice chancellor of the
Chinese University of Hong Kong
to discuss possible collaborations.
Last week, the University an-
nounced “Brown Plus One,” a new
fifth-year international master’s pro-
gram. Students in the program begin
earning a master’s degree during their
junior year, completing a semester or
year at either the Chinese University
of Hong Kong or the University of
Edinburgh.
Many of next year’s events are still
in their early stages. Tan and the Of-
fice of International Affairs aim to
involve the campus on all levels, from
academic programs and class lectures
to extracurricular activities and stu-
Committee to investigate military policy
continued from page 1
students on the committee, said he
was glad “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was
repealed, and this committee will be
an opportunity to foster dialogue
around whether ROTC should be
reinstituted.
“The repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t
Tell was the catalyst for this commit-
tee,” Howard said. “We’re not in the
position we were in when the student
body wanted to get rid of ROTC.”
“The military has a different role
in the world today,” he added.
Howard, who has a brother cur-
rently enrolled at the United States
Coast Guard Academy, said he is still
relatively unbiased about the issue
and hopes to be a voice for his peers.
“I just want to represent what the
student body feels is the right deci-
sion and maintain an open mind,”
he said.
Committee member Chaney
Harrison ’11.5, who has worked
with student veterans at Brown and
served in the military himself, wrote
dent groups. Lectures and workshops
will promote understanding of all
aspects of China, including Chinese
economics, politics, art, literature,
history and scientific contributions,
Tan said. The Year of China will ex-
plore both the ancient and contem-
porary culture of the country.
One lecture, titled “Opening
Doors Open Minds,” will focus on
Chinese students who have attended
school in the U.S., examining both
the knowledge and culture that
they bring with them from China
to America and that which they take
back home, Tan said.
“China needs to be better under-
stood,” said Halsey Niles ’12, who
recently studied abroad in Kunming,
China. Niles said American under-
standing of China often characterizes
the country as foreign and mysteri-
ous, and that American high schools
teach little about China’s culture and
history. Contrary to some stereotypes
about the country, censorship and
in an e-mail to The Herald that the
committee’s recommendations will
give the University a chance to reas-
sess and clarify its stance towards
the military.
“It is my hope that this committee
will be able to foster dialogue and, if
not create new policy, then at least
clearly define the reasoning for the
policy that exists,” Harrison wrote.
Harrison wrote that there have
been ongoing discussions between
the University and student veter-
ans about their experience at Brown,
which played a role in the Univer-
sity’s decision to form the committee.
Candidates for the committee
were not vetted based on their po-
litical views, but rather chosen for
their interest in and expertise on
the policy, Bergeron said. “We were
looking for diversity on the com-
mittee, but we didn’t inquire about
political leanings,” she said.
Kenneth Miller ’70 P’02, profes-
sor of biology and a member of the
committee, was a student when the
policy first came under fire. His goal
government are not very present in
daily life, he said. While Niles said
he is happy to see Brown fostering
further understanding, he added that
studying abroad still leads to the best
international dialogue.
Several undergraduates proposed
the Year of China about a year ago,
said Chinese Student and Scholar
Association president Lu Lu GS. The
event’s organizers hope to bring Chi-
nese alumni back to campus to speak
about the impact Brown had on their
lives in China, he said. The key to
improving current and future rela-
tions with China is understanding
its past and contemporary culture,
Lu added.
While Brown plans to strengthen
its ongoing relationships with Chi-
nese universities in the coming year,
Tan said the University also hopes to
foster new collaborations with other
Chinese schools.
There is an ongoing contest to
design a logo for the Year of China.
in serving on the committee will be
to get input from students and fac-
ulty, as well as gather information
that will help inform University
policy, he said.
“I think everyone has an opinion
on this one way or another, but I
wouldn’t have agreed to serve on the
committee if I wasn’t interested in
finding out the facts,” he said.
The committee, which will be
staffed by Stephen Lassonde, depu-
ty dean of the College, will hold its
first meeting today. In the coming
months, the group will be looking
for input from the Brown Univer-
sity Community Council and the
Undergraduate Council of Students,
as well as from other students and
faculty at open forums.
“I think academic institutions
have a responsibility to have open
dialogue on all kinds of important
issues,” Bergeron said. “The time
was right for this committee to be
formed.”
The committee will release its
recommendations this spring.
4 City & State
Protesters march in support of Egyptian revolt
By ELIZABETH CARR
Contributing Writer
“Hey, Mubarak, you will see,
Egypt, Egypt will be free,” protest-
ers chanted Saturday afternoon at
Burnside Park to show solidarity
with the people of Egypt. The pro-
test was organized by the Rhode
Island Mobilization Committee to
Stop War and Occupation.
“We were very happy when
these demonstrations started
happening,” said RIMC member
Shaun Joseph ’05. “What’s going
on in Egypt now is going to change
not just U.S. policy, but world his-
tory from here on in.”
Protestors marched from Burn-
side Park through Kennedy Plaza
to the Providence Place Mall,
which RIMC member Jared Paul
called the “symbol of capitalism
and globalism.” Alternately chant-
ing and listening to impassioned
speeches, they culminated the
protest in a huddle with one last
chant for the Egyptians.
Protestors shared admiration
for the way the Egyptian people
have come together to protect
each other and expressed disgust
for Mubarak’s “thugs.” During the
speech of an Egyptian citizen, they
mourned those who perished in
the protests with a moment of
silence.
The situation in Egypt could be
“resolved very quickly without all
the violence and bloodshed that
we’re seeing on the streets of Cairo
today,” Joseph said.
Ed Benson AM’68 PhD’71, one
of the protestors, added that he
would like the CIA “to butt the
hell out.”
Representatives from support-
ive groups — the International
Socialist Organization, Brown
Students for Justice in Palestine
and the Rhode Island Unemployed
Council — spoke at the rally, ex-
panding the agenda beyond free-
dom for the Egyptian people.
ISO and BSJP representative
Lindsay Goss GS, who is study-
ing the contemporary theater of
the Middle East, described the
revolutionary activity in Egypt
as “one of the most exciting and
inspiring things to happen in my
life” in her speech.
Goss said participants in the
rally should “take on our govern-
ment’s total complicity with what’s
going on right now.”
The youngest protester present
was 2-year-old Mireille Chidester,
in the arms of her father, Brian.
“We’re trying to teach her to say
‘solidarity,’” he said.
“What the revolution in Egypt
opens up is a possibility of a trans-
formed society from one of pro-
found inequality and exploitation
to a different society based on
democracy and meeting people’s
needs,” Brian said.
The RIMC was originally cre-
ated to oppose the wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan as a part of the
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
United Anti-War Committee but
has since expanded its focus to
support the Palestinian cause and
an end to both U.S. aid to Israel
and aggression toward Iran. The
committee aims to “think about
the tally of U.S. policy and try to
advocate for more democratic and
just policy globally and locally,”
Joseph said. “All the issues of U.S.
foreign policy are connected.”
Many of these protesters joined
a second protest in front of the
State House Sunday afternoon,
this one sponsored by the Rhode
Island Council for Muslim Ad-
vancement.
RICMA “supports the right of
Egyptian people to decide their
future through peaceful protests”
and expressed its outrage at the
police’s violence in response to
protestors, according to a press
release distributed at the protest.
“We are optimistic that this time
the U.S. government will be on the
right side of history to refute op-
pression and corruption in Egypt
and the Middle East as a whole,”
according to the press release.
Mohamed Abdelrahman, for-
mer RICMA president, left Egypt
30 years ago. “I went outside to
Chafee’s nominees may
shift educational policy
continued from page 1
their shared vision of education
policy should be in the state.”
Kenneth Wong, professor of
education and chair of the depart-
ment, said he was pleased with
the variety of the picks, noting
that Caruolo especially has “tre-
mendous legislative experience.”
The former majority leader is
known throughout Rhode Island
for his sponsorship of the 1995
Caruolo Act — a law that pro-
vides a framework for resolving
school funding disputes between
school committees and city and
town councils.
“It’s important to have a cham-
pion who understands how the
government functions,” Wong said
of Chafee’s choice for the chair-
manship.
Although it is hard to predict
the direction the new board will
take in the upcoming months,
its ties to organized labor should
not be discounted, said Victor
Profughi, Rhode Island College
professor emeritus of political sci-
ence and director of the polling
firm Quest Research. It is clear
that board members’ individual
relationships “with the teachers
establishments is going to influ-
ence their thought process,” he
added. “One would think that they
would be more sympathetic to the
positions of the union.”
Racing to the top
Chafee’s decision not to reap-
point Davis — a technology entre-
preneur and a strong supporter of
Gist’s reforms — has riled reform
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have a dignity and a living situa-
tion that was more appropriate to
an engineer and his wife and his
child,” he said. “I hope to go back
to a better situation.”
Abdelrahman noted that many
Egyptians live under the poverty
line on less than $2 a day. He
said he would like to see an end
to Mubarak’s entire regime, a
modification to the current con-
stitution and an end to the cur-
rent emergency law, which he said
keeps the Egyptian people living
in fear of joining the thousands
that have already been sent to de-
tention camps for dissent against
the government.
The theme of universal free-
dom was prevalent in the words
of many of the protestors.
“In the religion of Islam, we
have brothers from all over the
world, and we stand by our broth-
ers,” said protester Waleed Mu-
hammed. “In this country we have
freedom and justice for all — that
should apply all over the world.”
And even if Egyptian protes-
tors don’t initially succeed, “I
don’t think people are going to
forget what they did,” Joseph said.
“There’s no going back from it.”
supporters.
Davis played a key role in lift-
ing a cap on new charter schools
beyond two per district.
While the decision not to re-
appoint Davis to the board may
slow down the implementation
of certain policies, Chafee is fol-
lowing protocol for newly elected
governors, Wong said. It was “very
important for the new governor to
use the structure and board ap-
pointments to make sure his pri-
orities would be taken seriously.”
Much of the recent concern,
Trainor said, stems from the
governor’s decision to “take a
thoughtful pause” in charter
school expansion to permit a
closer examination of the state’s
15 current charter schools.
Education groups around the
state have expressed worries that
a halt in charter school expansion
will also result in a halt in Race
to the Top funding. The Obama
administration awarded Rhode
Island $75 million as part of its
education reform initiative in Oc-
tober. Rhode Island Campaign
for Achievement Now and “the
burgeoning education reform
movement in Rhode Island will
be closely watching the actions of
the new board members,” Maryel-
len Butke, the executive director
of RI-CAN, wrote in an e-mail to
The Herald.
Marion Orr, professor of po-
litical science and director of the
Taubman Center for Public Poli-
cy, said although federal waivers
may be possible, the future of the
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011 City & State 5
Gist steps down stance on reform
continued from page 4
federal funding remains uncer-
tain. “Clearly, a governor who is
pushing back on charter schools
jeopardizes those funds,” he said.
“The question becomes whether
or not the new state government
can work with the federal offi-
cials.”
In reality, a “tiny, tiny” portion
of the grant is directed specifi-
cally at charter schools, Trainor
said. Modifications are certainly
possible — Chafee has been in
discussion with federal officials,
including Education Secretary
Arne Duncan, to ensure that the
status of the grant money remains
unaltered.
According to Trainor, a study
of charter schools conducted by
the Rhode Island Foundation will
Herald file photo
provide Chafee with the informa-
Eighteen applicants are seeking to receive “compassion center” — or medical
marijuana business — status from the Rhode Island Department of Health.
tion and data he needs to make
a well-informed decision. The
standardized test.
Gist said she now supports is-
suing only one diploma. Instead,
“endorsements” will be offered to
those students who display par-
ticularly high levels of achieve-
ment, she said.
Change will also come in the
form of timing. Gist told the board
she plans to recommend delaying
new graduation requirements so
they will first apply to the gradu-
ating class of 2014 — a two-year
shift from the current proposal.
According to Gist, this will allow
school districts the necessary time
to adequately educate students
and their families on the new re-
quirements.
By slowing down the process,
“she’s already providing a gesture
— a very important step to assure
that the new board would find
her agreeable and being willing
to work with them,” said Wong.
Gist’s recommendations will
seen a mobilization like that in a
while,” he said. It was a “compre-
hensive group of people who usu-
ally don’t get along.” At the time,
Regunberg said, he still didn’t
think the board had been influ-
enced by the public’s testimony.
While Regunberg was pleased
by the rejection of the tiered
system, which he called “racist,
classist elitism,” he said many of
the requirements still stand to be
challenged. “It was a really good
political call for them,” he said
of Gist’s decision to back off the
proposals.
A passing score on the New
England Common Assessment
Program will remain a require-
ment for the class of 2014. Ac-
cording to Steve Brown, the exec-
utive director of the R.I. American
Civil Liberties Union — a group
opposed to the new requirements
— the test was never meant to be
a high-stakes indicator of student

Weed dispensaries
review process will take approxi- be discussed in greater detail Feb. achievement.
mately six months. 10 during the board’s public work “It was designed to hold
“The Governor is absolutely session at the R.I. Department of schools accountable — not stu-

seek state approval confident that there is no chance

By Shara Azad
Contributing Writer
Over 100 Rhode Islanders attended
yesterday’s public hearing on the
18 applications to develop in-state
medical marijuana businesses, called
“compassion centers.”
The compassion center applica-
tions were submitted to the Rhode
Island Department of Health for
a second round review in mid-
January. The department rejected
all applications during the first
round review in September, alleg-
ing complaints against many of the
applications.
Several of the current applica-
tions list Rhode Island public fig-
ures as partners, including William
Lynch, former first district Congres-
sional candidate and state Demo-
cratic Party chairman, and Cuttino
Mobley, a retired NBA player.
The 2009 Medical Marijuana Act
stipulated that the Department of
Health could register up to three
compassion centers for the culti-
vation and sale of medical mari-
juana. Since the passage of a 2006
law allowing licensed patients to
use cannabis for medical purposes,
more than 3000 patients have been
licensed to use the drug.
Many of the proposed centers
met early opposition. One applicant,
the Rhode Island Center for Com-
passion and Wellness — backed by
a number of high-profile Rhode
Islanders including Lynch, retired
Pawtucket police chief George Kel-
ley and real estate developer Louis
Yip — listed the former headquar-
ters of the To Kalon Club, a historic
Pawtucket socia lclub once frequent-
ed by the state’s business elite, as the
location for the proposed center. But
according to Greg Troy, president of
the To Kalon Club, the location will
not become a compassion center.
The Rhode Island Center for
Compassion and Wellness “never
told us what they were doing,” Troy
said. “We didn’t know what the pro-
of losing the $75 million,” he said.
Education.
The decision to alter the re-
quirements follows as a partial
dents,” Brown said. “It’s really per-
verse to turn this test on a tread
and punish the student.”
Stepping back from reform result of the “very eloquent” testi- Though the new recommen-
cess was, and we didn’t object to it.” In the board’s public meeting mony of the 133 teachers, parents dations were made in the days
Last month, the To Kalon Club last Thursday, Gist announced and other community members following the announcement of
announced it would accept a differ- changes to previously proposed presented over the course of three Chafee’s nominations, Profughi
ent offer to purchase its building. graduation requirements. Gist public hearings, Gist told the said he does not think that Gist
The Rhode Island Center for Com- had proposed changing the board at the hearing last Thursday. made the decision as a direct way
passion and Wellness was simply state’s graduation requirements Aaron Regunberg ’12 is a lead- to appease Chafee and the board.
“not the best bid,” Troy said. to a three-tiered diploma sys- er of Hope United, the student “She has demonstrated herself
At yesterday’s public hearing, tem, which would award high group responsible for organizing to be a pretty strong personality,”
Cranston Mayor Allan Fung tes- school degrees based on students’ the Hope High School walkout he said. “It would be out of char-
tified in opposition to the several achievement on the New England to protest changes to the high acter for her to simply respond to
applications for compassion centers Common Assessment Program school’s schedule. “They haven’t a new board of regents.”
in Cranston. “Marijuana is a danger-
ous drug,” Fung said. “I believe the
cultivation (of marijuana) … in the
quantities listed by the compassions
centers is in contravention of federal
comics
BB & Z | Cole Pruitt, Andrew Seiden, Valerie Hsiung and Dan Ricker
dictation.”
Robberies of marijuana and cash
from the proposed compassion cen-
ters pose a risk to public safety, he
added.
Compassion center supporters
also voiced their views at the hear-
ing.
Compassion centers could be
economically beneficial for the state,
said Scott Miller, a resident of Lin-
coln. “If the state could generate
revenue, then medical marijuana is Cabernet Voltaire | Abe Pressman
an important economic investment,
and the state should move forward
with it,” he said.
All of the applications for com-
passion centers projected their first-
year profits to be in the millions of
dollars.
Medical marijuana patient Don-
na Marcelonis suffers from stage III
breast cancer and holds a license
to use the drug. “I am 47, but I feel
like I am 70,” she said of her illness.
“Marijuana allows me to not feel Dot Comic | Eshan Mitra and Brendan Hainline
as bad every day. Medical marijuana
allows me to cut down the number
of medications from 15 to 2,” Mar-
celonis said.
Michael Graham, a North Kings-
ton medical marijuana patient, said
marijuana helps ease his chronic
pain.
“Opiates only aggravate the
problem,” he said. “Cannabis is the
only thing that has ever worked …
I want people to have safe cannabis.”
6 Editorial & Letter The Brown Daily Herald
Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Editorial Editorial comic by franny choi

Brown’s response to Egypt
Since the political situation in Egypt reached its tipping point these
past couple of weeks, we have been impressed with the University’s
response. Last Monday’s panel discussion at the Watson Institute for
International Studies on the protests in the Middle East was put together
extremely quickly to immediately update the Brown community and
was very well attended. Melani Cammett, associate professor of political
science and director of the Middle East studies program, and Rebecca
Weitz-Shapiro, assistant professor of political science, provided great
historical background, as well as interviews and anecdotes from protestors
in Egypt, where Internet and phone access has been extremely limited.
Additionally, Cammett has been vital in aiding The Herald’s continuing
coverage of the Egypt situation.
Brown’s student body has been anxiously following the evacuation
of two undergraduate students — Michael Dawkins ’12 and Amanda
Labora ’12 — who were beginning their semesters abroad in Egypt on
a Middlebury College program. We are thrilled that they have returned
safely to the United States and are impressed and inspired by their bravery
and grace under such intense circumstances.
The administration and the Office of International Programs have
been working closely with the students and their families to “make the
best of a difficult situation,” wrote Kendall Brostuen, director of inter-
national programs and associate dean of the College, in an e-mail to the
editorial page board. Possible options include re-enrollment at Brown
for the current semester, spending a semester abroad at another location
or taking a semester at Middlebury, which sponsors the Egypt program
and starts classes much later than Brown.
In an interview with the editorial page board, Labora said how helpful
the Brown community has been in her re-entry. She noted that the OIP
has been “very supportive,” professors have proactively e-mailed her to
offer her spots in classes to ease her academic transition and Brown in
general “has really worked” with her to make things easier.
That said, Labora did admit that this has been an “overwhelming” letter to the editor
time, and we feel that the University should use a more standardized
policy to deal with these problems in the future. Though the crisis in
Egypt was unexpected, political situations do arise, and we hope that
Expanding education preferable to ROTC
the University will work to develop a coordinated plan to deal with
situations like this in the future. Re-enrollment and readjustment are To the Editor: having to wonder if that kid is going to make it to the
extremely difficult tasks — they involve coordination from the OIP, the end of his or her tour in Iraq is not a nice outlook as
Office of Residential Life, financial aid and individual professors and We are told that the return of the Reserve Officers’ an instructor.
departments. Perhaps most importantly, they may involve mental health Training Corps on campus would mean being able to Believe it or not, Brown’s students fought to kick
services to work with students readjusting to America and Brown after give quality leaders to the Army. If by quality you mean the army out because of an unfair and unjust war, and
an emotionally distressing endeavor. educated, then the Ivy League does not need ROTC to we still have that in 2011, repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t
This is also crucial to encourage students to continue studying abroad provide that. What we do need are better scholarships Tell” notwithstanding.
all over the world, including in potentially politically unstable places. The on a need basis and better mentoring for the poorest The betterment of oneself should not have to be
OIP makes a concerted effort to promote active learning to understand — so as to offer them another option than choosing made through risking one’s life for no other reason
diverse cultures. If students know that Brown will provide a coordinated the army in order to get a better education. than having no prospects. If being in the army truly
institutional structure to deal with the aftermath of derailed study abroad If Brown really cares about those kids, don’t give means the betterment of your life — if it’s truly what
experiences, they might be more willing to study in more volatile parts them the means to die as cannon fodder — give them you want to do — I respect that choice. But let’s offer
of the world. better scholarships. Reach out to Rhode Island’s badly kids who are 16 years old another avenue than going
Even with the interest that the Brown community has shown in Egypt, failing school system. Talk to them and mentor them. As to war to pay for education.
we still have much to learn. In the media, Labora notes that “nobody is educators, we should make a difference, but the school
talking about the human cost of revolution,” nor “what it’s like to lose system in this country is so bad that the only kind of
everything.” It is vital that we continue to study and learn about the situ- mentoring some kids receive is through the army. And Anne-Caroline Sieffert GS
ation in Egypt to show its citizens the support and respect they deserve.

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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Pirates of the Narragansett: curse of the Brown pearl
DAVID SHEFFIeld
Opinions Columnist
Brown students are kind, sharing people.
As The Herald reported last week (“Despite
enforcement, copyright violations steady
in recent years,” Feb. 3), the University re-
ceived reports of roughly 750 copyright vi-
olations by students. As most of the report-
ed violations come from distributing copy-
righted material rather than download-
ing it from others, our students clearly are
compassionate redistributors of intellectual
property. They steal from the rich and give
to the poor, the other rich, the apathetic
and those doing okay.
Brown implemented its anti-piracy pol-
icy in 2003, yet illegally downloading mu-
sic, movies, television and software is still
a problem. I seriously doubt that any at-
tempts to confront piracy directly will suc-
ceed. There will be no Pompey, and no ex-
cessive action will deter people from us-
ing the Internet to steal. Instead, copyright
holders and institutions with many pirates
— like universities — should try to satisfy
the consumers.
They should offer legal ways to down-
load the material. Distributors will need to
provide an equal quality of product with
minimal annoyance to its users, or they will
fail to supplant piracy. People want what
they want and are lazy.
ROTC and the tyranny of the masses
Oliver rosenbloom
Opinions Columnist
Democracy and freedom are often assumed
to be codependent. In truth, these two con-
cepts are often in direct conflict. In many
cases, majorities vote to rob minorities of
freedom. This despotism of the masses can
be seen throughout the world. It can also be
seen right here at Brown.
The debate over the Reserve Officers’
Training Corps shows that students and
administrators do not value individu-
al freedom — in this case, the freedom to
serve one’s country. Instead, they prioritize
the will of the majority, even if this will robs
others of liberty. If Brown wanted to honor
individual freedom, it would have invited
ROTC back to campus immediately after
the army rescinded its homophobic “Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.
While Harvard immediately welcomed
ROTC back to campus after the repeal of
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” Brown’s indecision
proves that its continued ban is motivated
by more than just logistics. I will acknowl-
edge that Brown’s investigative commit-
tee does not constitute a simple majority
vote about ROTC. However, the length of
the investigation, as well as the desire to
get significant student input, proves that
the University’s decision-making process
about ROTC is being greatly affected by
popular sentiment on campus. Soliciting
student opinion before making a decision
seems reasonable enough, but in this case,
such a democratic move would empower
one group of students to effectively rob an-
Hulu is a prime example of this strategy
— it offers free television programs online
with minimum commercials. But the par-
ent companies of Hulu have not made it an
appealing legal alternative to piracy. Some
shows are delayed a week between be-
ing broadcast and getting uploaded to the
site. That might encourage some viewers
to buy cable or satellite — cable and satel-
lite providers have pressured Hulu to delay
uploading shows — but others, who wish
to see their favorite programs shortly after
they appear, will choose to illegally down-
load them.
Adding better services and paying with increased
tuition would trick students to legally paying for their
downloaded content.
The University has tried similar efforts
to prevent copyright violations. In previ-
ous years, it implemented services to al-
low students to listen to music for free. It is
also promoting the renting of movies from
the Friedman Study Center. But the efforts
have suffered the same problems as com-
mercial attempts. They provided too little
of what students want.
One service, Ruckus, allowed students
to stream music while connected to the
network. But this did little for people who
want to access their favorite songs on por-
table devices. The model is still good for
other group of students of the freedom to
follow a certain career path.
If we want a campus that respects in-
dividual freedom, it does not matter what
most students and administrators think
about the army. It is irrelevant that ROTC
would not fit into our campus culture. Pro-
ponents of ROTC should not have to prove
that it would have a beneficial impact for
the entire school. Students who want to at-
tend an elite academic institution and serve
their country should have the freedom to
do so, regardless of other students’ politi-
cal opinions. Brown students claim to love
freedom, yet by wavering on the return of
Launching a lengthy investigation into reinstating
ROTC sends the message that the individual freedom to
choose one’s career path can be sacrificed on the altar of
popular opinion.
ROTC, they impose their worldview on
others and force conformity.
The beauty of a genuinely free society
is that no one person or group can prevent
other people from expressing their indi-
vidual wills. Nonconformists are entitled to
the same dignity and legal protection as ev-
eryone else. Launching a lengthy investiga-
tion into reinstating ROTC sends the mes-
sage that the individual freedom to choose
one’s career path can be sacrificed on the
altar of popular opinion.
This forced conformity is anti-Amer-
ican. We protect minority rights and un-
popular choices, as long as these choices
do not harm others. When the military had
Opinions 7
some purposes. Brown’s libraries provide
good resources for accessing music online,
so if you take a music course, you can easily
listen to the relevant pieces. While limiting
access to music for a class can work, it does
not meet the needs of general listeners.
Similarly, the Friedman Study Center’s
collection of DVDs can be nice if it hap-
pens to have the film you want, but it is
nothing compared to the Internet, its tubes
packed with almost every movie in history.
The University also provides television
on campus. IPTV allows students to watch
shows legally on their computers just like
they would normally with a television. But
this, too, fails to provide sufficient services
to prevent students from viewing shows il-
legally. There is no ability to record shows
the night before a big test to watch trium-
phantly — or dejectedly — the night af-
ter. It also has a relatively limited number
of channels available — Fox News but not
MSNBC. It must be because of all the good
will Bill O’Reilly has garnered here. The ab-
sence of popular channels means more stu-
dents will pirate their favorite shows at the
times of their choosing.
Providing better services to deter copy-
an officially homophobic policy, the pres-
ence of ROTC would have hurt Brown’s gay
community. However, the repeal of “Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell” eliminated this obstacle,
and ROTC enrollment does not infringe
on any other students’ rights.
Enrolling in ROTC should be viewed in
the same way as a decision to join any oth-
er student group. There are certainly many
student groups on campus that are not
popular and that could even be voted out
of existence if the University empowered
its students to decide their fate. Thankfully,
Brown respects the individual rights of its
students to join unpopular clubs. I only ask
that the University maintain consistency
and respect the unpopular ROTC’s right to
exist on campus.
The only issue that should be investigat-
ed is how to align ROTC’s academic stan-
dards with Brown’s academic standards.
This purely logistical discussion would not
require any lengthy political debate or in-
vestigation. It would also certainly not re-
quire some Brown students to impose their
political ideology on the rest of the campus.
To bolster my case against majority will
and for individual freedom, I will cite a
position with which most Brown students
can agree — that gays should be allowed to
marry.
right violations will cost money. These ser-
vices are free in the same way that police
and fire departments are free to use. You
pay for them, but not directly. Adding bet-
ter services and paying with increased tu-
ition would trick students into legally pay-
ing for their downloaded content.
Sure, this will mean that users will share
the cost equally rather than having it dis-
tributed according to use, but that is already
common. Everyone contributes funding to
the libraries despite — let’s face it — some
students’ indifference to books. Some stu-
dents attend more classes, and meal credits
force people who eat less at the cafeterias to
subsidize those who eat more.
I have yet to see a fully acceptable so-
lution combining sufficient functionality
with the ability to return a profit. So far,
none provides enough of what consumers
want, so they continue to pirate. Compa-
nies will not make as much money as they
would if everyone bought their products
through the current legal means. But it is
still greater than the profits from stolen
files. As soon as copyright infringement
made its way to the Internet, it became
as hard to kill as the Internet. The sooner
companies and other institutions realize
this, the sooner they can realistically ad-
dress how to entice, not force, people back
to legal downloading.
David Sheffield ’11 is a mathematical
physics concentrator from New Jersey.
Peers can contact him at david_shef-
field@brown.edu
In my home state of California, gays
used to enjoy this human right. Then, we
empowered our citizens and let them vote
on the issue of gay marriage. The voters of
California subsequently passed Proposi-
tion 8, robbing them of the right to marry.
To the surprise of no one with a rudimenta-
ry understanding of human nature, the ma-
jority voted to impose its own worldview
on the minority and oppress those with dif-
ferent lifestyles.
Muslims in Europe face similar perse-
cution from hostile majorities. In 2009,
Switzerland empowered its people to vote
on the issue of building new minarets. The
Swiss people predictably chose to stifle
nonconformist Muslims and robbed them
of religious freedom by banning minaret
construction.
Clearly, pure democracy often leads to
the oppression of minorities. We should
therefore be skeptical of soliciting popular
opinion with regard to the lifestyle choices
of fellow students.
Some individual rights are beyond pop-
ular polling. Our constitution is motivat-
ed by the understanding that tyrannical
measures are often popular. The best way
to protect minority freedom is to enshrine
rights in a legally binding document. The
United States is not especially tolerant
compared to the rest of the world — rather,
it has stronger institutional checks against
the oppression of minorities. Brown’s de-
cision-making should follow this principle
and respect the rights of students to join
unpopular groups such as ROTC.
Oliver Rosenbloom ’13 is a history con-
centrator from Mill Valley, Calif. He can be
reached at oliver_rosenbloom@brown.
edu
Daily Herald Sports Tuesday
the Brown
W. Basketball
Women’s squad picks up first Ivy win Three
By madeleine wenstrup
Sports Staff Writer
After a disappointing start to the
Ivy season, the women’s basketball
team was in need of a boost. On
Saturday night, Bruno changed gears
and picked up a key win against
Cornell only one night after a big
loss to Columbia.
Columbia 72, Brown 49
On Friday, the Bears (5-15, 1-5
Ivy) traveled to New York City
where they failed to snap their sev-
en-game losing streak, dropping
the ball to the Lions (5-15, 2-4 Ivy).
Columbia jumped out at the start
with an eight-point lead at 14:37,
but Brown kept them at bay with
a team-wide shooting effort. The
Lions led by as much as 11 in the
first half, but by halftime the Bears
had cut the lead to five.
But Bruno could not keep up the
pressure in the second half, and the
deficit ballooned to 20 points with
7:37 remaining in the game. The
difference ultimately increased to
23, and the Bears dropped to 0-5
in the Ivy League.
“We came out strong in the first
half, but in the second half, their
three-point game and inside game
really took us out,” said Head Coach
Jean Burr.
The Bears could not match Co-
lumbia’s efficiency, shooting just 33
percent from the field compared to
the Lions’ 41 percent.
“The difference in shot percent-
ages determined the game,” Sheila
Dixon ’13 said. “They shot really
well. We’ve been in a shooting slump
the last couple of games, and it re-
gymnastics
Bruno scores a season high, but still falls short
By sam sheehan
Sports Staff Writer
The gymnastics team scored a
season-high 188.3 points, taking
third place behind the Univer-
sity of Bridgeport, with 191.975
points, and host Rutgers Universi-
ty, with 191.225 points, last Friday.
The team’s efforts were led by
Kasey Haas ’13, who placed third
in the bars with a new personal
record of 9.725. Haas’ score was
the highest on the team in a day
marked by a series of personal
bests.
Captain Chelsey Binkley ’11
and Emily Lutfey ’13 also set new
personal records on the bars —
Lutfey’s 9.650 earned her eighth,
and Binkley’s 9.525 snagged her
12th. The team did well on the
ally continued through Columbia.”
The defeat was the fifth confer-
ence loss in a row this season and
left the Bears in need of a spark to
change their game.
“At Columbia, we really hit rock
bottom,” Dixon said. “We said,
‘We’re done. We’re losing. We are
through with that. It’s time to come
together as a team and step up.’”
Brown 66, Cornell 53
Bruno brought that positive
attitude to Ithaca, N.Y. on Satur-
day. They quickly jumped out to a
10-point lead in the first five min-
utes and only increased the margin
throughout the first half. The Big
Red (5-15, 2-4 Ivy) pulled within
six points, but Bruno retained their
lead and headed into the locker
room with a comfortable 16-point
advantage.
Point guard Lauren Clarke ’14
was back in action on Saturday night
after recovering from a shoulder
injury. She put up eight points in the
first half and 13 for the game, mak-
ing her the second-highest Brown
scorer of the night.
“It’s really nice to have Lauren
Clarke back at point guard. She
added a lot of leadership and min-
utes for us this weekend,” Burr said.
Co-captain Hannah Passafuime
’12 led the Bears in maintaining
their edge over Cornell in the sec-
ond half. Passafuime scored nine
points right off the bat, extending
Bruno’s lead to 21 points at 15:37.
Brown held that momentum
for the rest of the game. The team
shot 44 percent from the field, a
vast improvement from the previ-
ous weekend’s 22 percent shooting
beam as Michelle Shnayder ’14
took seventh place with 9.450,
and Haas’s score of 9.375 was
good for eighth. Both were ca-
reer marks, complementing Carli
Wiesenfeld’s ’12 third-place, 9.675
effort.
Head Coach Sara Carver-
Milne said she was very happy
with the team’s efforts and cred-
ited intense new routines as the
reason for Bruno’s season-high
performance.
“We did some upgrading of
routines, and it paid off. They re-
ally pulled it together,” she said.
With only one more competi-
tion left before the Ivy Classic,
the team continues to work on
tightening up their routines, eye-
ing the 190 point mark required
to qualify for nationals.
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With Hannah Passafuime ’12 leading the way, Brown beat Cornell on Saturday.
percentage against Penn.
“Basketball is a game where you
sometimes have droughts, and you
just have to play through that — de-
pend on each other more,” Burr said.
“They came through on Saturday
with passing and shooting.”
The Bears hope to continue mov-
Haas, who tore her anterior
cruciate ligament in her knee last
year one month before coming to
Brown, is competing in her first
truly healthy season for the Bears.
Carver-Milne said she thought
Haas’ story was an inspiring one
and praised her tenacity.
With a predominately young
team, the squad has also seen
great leadership from the captains
and veterans. Binkley in particu-
lar was cited by her coach for her
determination.
“A lot of seniors would just
kind of coast in their last season,”
said Carver-Milne. “Not Chelsey.”
The team expects to see im-
provement in the coming weeks as
the athletes become more famil-
iar with their difficult routines in
search of even higher point totals.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Jonathan Bateman / Herald
ing up in the Ivy ranks this weekend.
“In the Ivy League right now, it’s
any man’s game — we just have to
come out with that intensity,” Dixon
said. “We’ll be ready to go.”
The team returns home to face
Dartmouth Friday before hosting
Harvard the following night.
The Bears also traveled to Ar-
izona State for a head-to-head
meet against the Gym Devils the
previous Friday. The team again
found itself on the short end of
the stick, as they were edged out
by only five points. Lutfey and
Wiesenfeld took first and sec-
ond in the all-around, and Katie
Goddard ’12 and Lutfey scored
high marks in the vault, with the
two tying for fourth. Wiesenfeld
grabbed a second-place finish
on the beam, and Lutfey paced
Bruno’s efforts in the floor, taking
third place.
The Bears are back in action
this Friday when they will travel
to Durham to take on the Uni-
versity of New Hampshire, the
University of Alaska and Michi-
gan State.
track & field
first-place
finishes at
Yale
By james blum
Sports Staff Writer
Although the Giegengack Invita-
tional at Yale was not scored, the
Bears still made their presence
felt on the track last weekend.
Three athletes returned to Brown
with titles as the squads continue
to progress through the indoor
season with the Feb. 26 and 27
Ivy League Heptagonal Cham-
pionships at Columbia less than
three weeks away.
“It’s a building process, and
we’ve got a long ways to go, but
I’m pleased with the progress,”
said Tim Springfield, assistant
distance coach.
Christian Escareno ’11 gave
the top performance on the men’s
side, running to a first-place fin-
ish in the 5,000-meter in 14 min-
utes, 31.01 seconds.
The sprinters were well repre-
sented by John Spooney ’14, who
claimed fifth place in the 60-me-
ter dash in 6.94 seconds.
“I felt like it was okay. The start
was a little off,” Spooney said. “For
the 60-meter, I’d like to run in
6.80 seconds.”
Dan Lowry ’12 covered 3,000
meters in 8:20.66, finishing sec-
ond overall in the event.
Brendan Boyle ’14 also ran
a strong race in the 3,000-me-
ter, posting a time much faster
than what he ran in high school,
Springfield said.
“I was pleased with the perfor-
mances,” Springfield said. “It may
be hard to tell from the results,
but we had a lot of individuals win
their sections, so that’s a positive
sign they’re competing well.”
Elaine Kuckertz ’13 highlight-
ed the women’s performances,
covering one mile in 4:56.32. Not
far behind, Kate DeSimone ’14
finished closely in third place in
5:02.21.
Hannah Wallace ’13 won an-
other title for Brown in the pole
vault, vaulting 11 feet, 9.75 inches
to clear the bar. Colby Lubman ’14
finished fourth in the 60-meter
dash, while Susan Scavone ’12
came in second in the 60-meter
hurdles.
As the squads continue to
prepare for the Heptagonal
Championships, some runners
remain sidelined by injuries. Mi-
chael Stumpf ’13 and co-captain
Matt Duffy ’12 are among those
who are banged up, according to
Springfield.
Bruno will next compete at the
New York Road Runners Club in
New York City Feb. 20, which will
be the final chance for the squads
to gain additional experience be-
fore returning to the state for the
Heptagonal Championships.