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February 9, 2009 Issue
February 9, 2009 Issue
vol. cxliv, no. 14 | Monday, February 9, 2009 | Serving the community daily since 1891
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Spor ts...7-8 Israel in film Pretty in Pink r-e-s-p-e-c-t
Editorial..10 A College Hill film festival Men’s tennis raised Breast Tory Hartmann ’11 decries
Opinion...11 focused on Israeli society Cancer awareness in a students’ lack of respect
Today........12 opened Saturday victory over Marist for facilities
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C ampus N EWS “I never thought I’d be working in the same job for 20 years.”
— Eugene DeJesus, campus police officer
C ampus N EWS “Definitely the booty drop. Dip it low, take it up slow.”
— Professor of Biology Robert Reenan on his favorite dance move
Israeli Film Festival opens on College Hill She wanted to reveal the charac-
ters and emotions absent in the
attention through various parts of
the painting.
bare wording of the ads. Slaves “Certain aspects of the figure
By Andrea Savdie tion and sexuality, religion and the is usually discussed, said Danya were described as soulless com- come out and become all the more
Arts & Culture Staff Writer kibbutz experiment, and several Chudacoff ’11. She organized the modities, but Marshall sought to real to you,” Salam said.
attempts to reconcile centuries-old event and selected the films in col- animate these ads, incorporating The layer of wax Marshall ap-
The first annual Israel Film Fes- traditions with the progressive ide- laboration with Brown/RISD Hillel them into visual depictions in order plies seems to act as a veil over
tival of College Hill kicked off on als of contemporary Israel. Israel Fellow Yossi Knafo. to reveal the slaves as “ordinar y the faces of the slaves. She also
Saturday with a screening of Ronit The apparent absence of the “We are not ignoring Israel’s people.” uses bright colors that allude to
and Shlomi Elkabetz’s “The Seven Israeli-Palestinian conflict may political issues and the Israeli-Pal- The ads used by Marshall were the African ancestr y of the slaves.
Days.” The festival, which runs seem like a giant elephant in the estinian conflict,” she said. “The primarily drawn from New England Although the background of each
through next Thursday, is com- room. But the aim of the festival is festival was specifically organized to newspapers. According to Mar- work inter weaves these different
posed of films that focus on salient to portray aspects of Israeli soci- be a look into Israeli culture, society shall, many slaves in New England, elements, Marshall paints each
issues in Israeli society. They cover ety that are disconnected from the unlike most slaves in the South,
a range of topics including migra- political lens through which Israel continued on page 6 could read and write but still had continued on page 6
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Page 6 THE BROWN DAILY HERALD Monday, February 9, 2009
By Erin Frauenhofer surprise to all of us. It was really The men’s basketball team (6-14,
Spor ts Staf f Writer cool.” 0-6 Ivy League) struggled over the
The Bears started strong, nab- weekend, pushing its losing streak to
With a 6-1 victory over Marist Col- bing the doubles point by winning six games. After falling to Dartmouth
lege on Friday, the men’s tennis all three doubles match-ups. At (6-14, 4-2 Ivy) in a 63-61 overtime loss
team also made strides against first doubles, captains Sam Gar- on Friday night, the Bears suffered a
breast cancer. land ’09 and Noah Gardner ’09 64-63 loss on a last-second free throw
The match represented a spe- overpowered Christian Coley and by Harvard’s ( 10-10, 2-4 Ivy)Jeremy
cial opportunity for Kendrick Au Rhys Hobbs, 8-4. Captain Chris Lin. With the two losses, Brown re-
’11, a member of the Student-Ath- Lee ’09 and Jonathan Pearlman mains winless in league play under
lete Advisory Committee, which ’11 defeated Loic Sessagesimi and first-year Head Coach Jesse Agel.
hosted Brown’s Second Annual Matt Himmelsbach, 8-6, at sec-
Breast Cancer Awareness Week. ond doubles, and Au and Skate Dartmouth 63, Brown 61 (OT)
“My mom passed away from Gorham ’10 had an 8-5 victor y At Dartmouth, the first half saw
breast cancer when I was really over Landon Greene and Nicolas five lead changes and neither team
young, so breast cancer aware- Pisecky at third doubles. was able to build a lead of more than
ness is a personal stronghold to In singles play, Pearlman five points. After Brown took a 19-18
me,” Au said. “I wanted the team breezed by Coley at first singles lead, the Big Green went on a 6-0
to get involved not just for the by a score of 6-2, 6-3. Meanwhile, run to grab a 24-19 lead with 6:36
personal meaning it had for me, his teammates at second, third and remaining in the first half. But tri-
but I wanted the guys to know fourth singles found themselves captain Scott Friske ’09 scored seven
we’re so fortunate to be here and in three-set matches, all of which consecutive points to give Bruno a
there’s more to life than wins they ultimately won. 26-24 lead, and Brown closed out the
and losses.” Lee outlasted Sessagesimi at first half clinging to a 28-27 lead.
The Bears wore pink wrist- second singles by a score of 6-2, Friske, who had nine first-half
bands and used pink grips on their 6-7, 6-4. points, finished with a team-high
racquets to show their support “I thought I played pretty 19 points and 13 rebounds against
for the cause. The Bears also sold well throughout the match,” Lee Dartmouth. Tri-captain Peter Sul-
raffle tickets to fans during the said. “I haven’t played a lot,” he livan ’11 led the way for Brown with
match, with the proceeds going to said, since pulling a quad muscle 12 points in the first half, including
the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer in September, “so I’m proud of two three-pointers, and he finished
Resource Foundation. myself.” the game with 18 points on 6-of-14 Justin Coleman / Herald File Photo
“It’s one of the coolest things At third singles, Gorham shooting. Men’s basketball is having a hard time getting a win in the Ivy League this
season.
we’ve done since I’ve been here swapped tiebreakers with Pisecky “I went and worked with the
at Brown,” said Head Coach Jay before trouncing him in the third coaches a lot this week to get my Bears a 34-33 lead with 14:49 left. Fol- ing in 20 of his game-high 28 points.
Harris. “It was a great thing for set for a final score of 7-6, 6-7, confidence in my shot back,” Sul- lowing Sullivan’s go-ahead jumper, He went 11-of-21 from the field on the
us to be involved in.” 6-2. livan said. “I started shooting better Dartmouth answered right back with night, and knocked down five treys,
During the victory, the Bears Meanwhile, at fourth singles, in practice, and that carried over into an 8-0 run, which included a pair of including four in the second half.
also received their rings for Garland battled back from near- the game.” three-pointers from the Big Green’s Brown finally got the lead back
winning the 2006 Ivy League defeat for a 2-6, 7-6, 6-2 victor y Dartmouth started off the second Alex Barnett. with 3:36 left in regulation when Matt
Championship. over Marcus von Nordheim. half with a jumper to go up 29-28, and Barnett, who entered the game Mullery ’10 sank two free throws to
“It motivated the younger guys Lee said he was impressed that the Big Green held the lead until as the Ivy League’s leading scorer at make the score 52-50, but 40 sec-
to see the older guys getting our Sullivan knocked down a jumper off 19.2 points per game, was virtually
rings,” Lee said. “It was a complete continued on page 8 the assist from Friske to give the unstoppable in the second half, pour- continued on page 8
Dartmouth 5, Brown 2
Dartmouth Coach Bob Gaudet, Justin Coleman/ Herald
Men’s hockey loses close game against Dartmouth.
continued on page 8
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4 P.M. — “The Babylonians in Tyre, no 5 P.M. — Women’s squash vs. Tufts, Men’s hoops still
Tyre in Babylonia: On the Administration Pizzitola Center
of the Babylonian Empire’s Western looking for first Ivy win
Provinces,” Smith-Buonanno 106 7 P.M. — “Cop in the Hood,”
MacMillan 115 It was a heartbreaking weekend for
8 P.M. — “Pleasure Dome,” The Bruno on the court, losing two games
Production Workshop by a combined total of three points.