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February 20, 2009 Issue
February 20, 2009 Issue
vol. cxliv, no. 21 | Friday, February 20, 2009 | Serving the community daily since 1891
Economy on the
docket for Corp.
Budget, long-term planning
take center stage this weekend
By Chaz Kelsh to-do list, administrators have ac-
and Jenna Stark knowledged that, even if no new
News Editors building is scrapped, timelines will
need to be pushed back.
With an economic crisis throwing Some ambitious academic ini-
a wrench in the University’s ambi- tiatives — with tighter budgets
tious spending plans, the Corpo- ahead — also appear likely to suf-
ration will have some major deci- fer from a decreased availability
sions to make when it convenes of funds, though the University
for a meeting this weekend. has repeatedly expressed its com-
Chancellor Thomas T isch mitment to the goals of the Plan
’76, who arrived in Providence for Academic Enrichment, Sim-
Wednesday evening, said the mons’ wide-ranging blueprint to
Corporation plans to “review an improve the school’s academic
extraordinar y amount of informa- standing. The University’s desire Qidong Chen / Herald
The Corporation may rule this weekend on the fate of a new swim center, among other things.
tion” this weekend. “It’s a pretty to expand the Graduate School to
full schedule,” he said.
One month after the University
revealed it has likely lost roughly
keep up with the growing size of
faculty, for example, is likely to
go unmet.
U.’s top officers to discuss capital projects
30 percent of its endowment in The Corporation, which gath- By Anne Simons tion projects on the University’s the economy, administrators will
less than a year, sacrifice may have ers three times annually — in Feb- Senior Staf f Writer radar. “almost certainly do less than we
become the name of the game ruar y, May and October — will Brown’s top governing board is otherwise would have,” he said.
for the final years of President use this meeting to approve a bud- When members of the Corpora- likely to have a “tougher standard” In recent years, construction
Ruth Simmons’ signature capital get for the fiscal year that begins tion gather on College Hill this for evaluating whether or not to has sometimes been given the
campaign. Though several major July 1. Simmons is expected to weekend, they will face the sticky move forward with projects, said go-ahead to begin even before all
projects — including a new fitness present a balanced budget to the reality of an economic recession Richard Spies, executive vice presi- money pledged by donors for the
center and a huge brain sciences that threatens to derail or delay dent for planning and senior adviser
building — remain on Brown’s continued on page 2 a number of planned construc- to President Ruth Simmons. Given continued on page 2
SPOTLIGHT
Advocate, former Bush admin.
lawyer debate human rights
By Hannah Moser limits on their power, Cox asked, then
Senior Staff Writer why did they agree to such a pact?
One reason, he said, was that hu-
Human rights are essential to a fair and man rights are hailed as the founda-
just society — though war can compli- tion of peace. But governments do
cate things, Larry Cox, the executive not always follow through with such
director of Amnesty International USA, agreements because they do not be-
and University of California, Berkeley lieve they can be held to the accord,
Professor of Law John Yoo agreed in he said. This is why, Cox said, it is up
a debate at Salomon 101 Thursday to people to use “the power of moral
afternoon. pressure” to claim these rights.
But the two agreed about little else, “The past decade has been one
with Cox — who has spent his career of the most damaging” to human
defending human rights — describ- rights, Cox said. Citing detentions,
Kim Perley / Herald
ing such rights as “self-evident” while disappearances and the use of torture,
Trading ice skates for flippers, underwater hockey players swam for the goal at a practice last night.
Yoo, a former lawyer for George W. Cox said, “human rights violations are
They
By Jyotsna Mullur Wellness Center in Warwick. At Bush’s administration, countered that carried out in the name of security”
Staff Writer a teammate’s signal, the players such rights were sometimes, if not everywhere.
dove frantically toward the center self-evident, self-defeating. Yoo, a contributor to the Patriot Act
swim,
“Underwater WHAT?” of the rectangular swimming pool, At the nearly full Janus Forum lec- who is known for his advocacy of the
The Rhode Island Reds — a splashing loudly. ture, “One World, Many People: Are legality of torture during wartime, said
team of underwater hockey enthu- Suddenly, the splashing There Universal Human Rights?” the he did not think he and Cox disagreed
News.....1-4
Arts........5-6
News, 7 Arts, 5 Opinions, 11
Spor ts...7-8 blue states shall we dance? shop till you drop
Editorial..10 New Haven, Conn. gets a ‘Waltz with Bashir’ art Kate Doyle ’12 offers
Opinion...11 taste of Brown-born Blue director David Polonsky her advice for a Lit Arts
Today........12 State Coffee. spoke at the Avon Cinema revamp.
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the Brown
team becomes more dominant,
the group reorganizes the teams
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Stephen DeLucia, President Jonathan Spector, Treasurer
But the sport is constantly look-
Michael Bechek, Vice President Alexander Hughes, Secretary
ing for new stars. Klinger said high
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C ampus N EWS
Speakers debate human rights
continued from page 1 of which were for Yoo, who was asked organizations such as the American
to explain his viewpoint on several Friends Service Committee and the
returning to the battlefield. reported incidents of torture. International Socialist Organization
Trade-offs between security and Despite at least one audience mem- held posters in front of Salomon in
human rights are inherent in govern- ber’s contribution, which ended up be- protest of Yoo’s involvement in the
ment policy, Yoo said, and we need to ing more of an attack than a question, Bush administration’s treatment of
be “upfront” about the trade-offs we eliciting murmurs from the audience, detainees.
make based on a cost-benefit analy- Yoo told The Herald after the event “I’m not thrilled he’s given a ped-
sis. After the attacks of September that he “actually thought it was very estal from which to spew hate,” said
11, 2001, “the government had to re- civil.” Simon Liebling ’12, a Herald Opinions
spond,” he said. Students “ought to hear from both Columnist.
Cox countered that while Yoo and sides,” he said. Students and community members
similarly minded people “think they’re Cox said he was glad to see that had mixed reactions to the lecture.
serving some higher purpose,” certain students in the audience did not seem Shanoor Seervai ’11 said she was
rights must never be compromised, to be “buying into” Yoo’s argument. “pleasantly surprised by the level of
even when dealing with an enemy. “These are arguments we’ve been questions students asked.”
“Once you adopt their values, you lose fighting against for the past eight Ben Howard ’11 praised Cox and
the fight,” he said. years,” he said. echoed what he felt was the speaker’s Kim Perley / Herald
After both guests spoke briefly, the Before the event, individuals crucial point: “When you abandon your Protestors demonstrated in front of the Salomon Center before a debate
floor was opened to questions — most and representatives from various morals, then you lose the fight.” featuring John Yoo, a former lawyer in George W. Bush’s administration.
A rts & C ulture “I think the film was just trying to be honest.”
— Daniel Wolfberg ’09, on “Waltz with Bashir”
S ports W eekend
High hopes for weekend home games W. tennis trounces foes
Sports Staff Reports 2-0. But this weekend, the team has 1-7 Ivy League) will look to build on continued from page 7 ness to keep fighting.”
the advantage of facing a pair of op- the momentum it secured in win- “Our freshman did a great
The campus will be buzzing this ponents it has already beaten. The ning its first conference game last e-mail. “Dartmouth and Princ- job of playing under pressure in
weekend with four teams hosting Bears beat Quinnipiac’s Bobcats, weekend when it hosts Columbia eton have polar-opposite playing singles,” Aboubakare said. “It’s a
home games. 3-0, on Jan. 30 before pulling off a on Friday and first-place Cornell on styles. Princeton is aggressive great indication of what’s to come
The women’s hockey team (6-20- dramatic, 2-1 upset of the Tigers Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Pizzitola and Dartmouth is much more in the next two months.”
1, 5-15-0 ECAC Hockey) will close the following day. Bruno will look Center. After falling to Penn, 73-52, focused on consistency. What re- This Saturday, the Bears will
out the season by hosting Princeton to duplicate that success this week- last Friday, the Bears broke a seven- ally helped us on Sunday was the host Seton Hall at 9 a.m. and
tonight at 7 p.m. and Quinnipiac on end to create a happy ending for the game losing streak with a 61-43 win team’s tenacity and the willing- Quinnipiac at noon.
Saturday at 4 p.m. at Meehan Au- senior class that includes captain over Princeton the following day,
ditorium. and goaltender Nicole Stock ’09, a propelled by a 19-point effort from
PETE FALLON
opinions extra
Don’t get mad.
Get published! The reality of the ‘Brown student’
means is a treacherous endeavor, but I’ll take a stab at
it. Brunonians as a whole stand behind the totality of the
letters@browndailyherald.com TYLER ROSENBAUM New Curriculum (if not every individual aspect of it). Not
Opinions Columnist only is this a result of self-selection, as the New Curricu-
lum is one of Brown’s primary draws, but it also is some-
thing that grows on those who arrived on campus rela-
t h e b r o w n d a i ly h e r a l d At this University, you frequently hear the prototypical tively ambivalent about the whole thing.
“Brown student” invoked. The administration, the stu- Moreover, Brown students generally embrace toler-
Editor-in-Chief Managing Editors Associate Editors Senior Editors
Michael Bechek Nandini Jayakrishna Rachel Arndt
dent government and many Herald columnists (myself ance and reject injustice. I recognize that these are in-
Steve DeLucia
Chaz Firestone Franklin Kanin Catherine Cullen included) frequently allude to such an individual when credibly broad terms, but I would venture to say that an
Michael Skocpol Scott Lowenstein making their cases. acceptance of feminism falls under the umbrella of what
editorial Business
So I didn’t think much about it until Sean Quigley’s it means to be a Brown student.
Ben Hyman Arts & Culture Editor General Managers Shawn Reilly
Hannah Levintova Arts & Culture Editor Alexander Hughes ’10 column on the subject (“The myth of the ‘Brown stu- The Oxford English Dictionary defines feminism as:
Sophia Li Features Editor Jonathan Spector dent,’” Feb. 11), which, though seemingly born of the “Advocacy of the rights of women (based on the theory
Emmy Liss Features Editor Directors
Gaurie Tilak Higher Ed Editor Ellen DaSilva Sales Director frustration of an ideological minority, brought up an im- of equality of the sexes).” I hope this is not the definition
Matthew Varley Higher Ed Editor Claire Kiely Sales Director portant question. Is the rhetorical “Brown student” a that Quigley had in mind when he emphatically rejected
George Miller Metro Editor Phil Maynard Sales Director
Joanna Wohlmuth Metro Editor Katie Koh Finance Director
valid concept? Is Brown University merely a collection feminism and railed against the “intolerance” of the left
Chaz Kelsh News Editor Jilyn Chao Asst. Finance Director of buildings, an institution that leaves no trace on its in- at Brown.
Jenna Stark News Editor
In an earlier column, Quigley wrote that homosexu-
Managers habitants?
Benjy Asher Sports Editor
Andrew Braca Sports Editor Kelly Wess Local Sales Let’s look at the United States. With its more than 300 als would “have to answer to a higher power and to their
Alex Mazerov Asst. Sports Editor Kathy Bui National Sales million residents, it is nearly impossible to characterize. communities, through social ostracization” for their “be-
Katie Wood Asst. Sports Editor Alex Carrere University Sales
Christiana Stephenson Recruiter Sales Nevertheless, newspapers, politicians and Americans in havior” (“Cultural tyranny and the calamity of gay mar-
Graphics & Photos
Chris Jesu Lee Graphics Editor
Matt Burrows Credit and Collections general, Quigley included, regularly write and speak of riage,” Apr. 3). I find it hard to accept that anyone who
Stephen Lichenstein Graphics Editor Opinions the “American ethos” and the “American dream.” espouses such beliefs can self-righteously protest the “il-
Eunice Hong Photo Editor Sarah Rosenthal Opinions Editor
Kim Perley Photo Editor
Does it matter that some Americans reject democ- liberal and intolerant” ideas of the dominant ideology on
Editorial Page Board
Justin Coleman Sports Photo Editor James Shapiro Editorial Page Editor racy, tolerance and all things commonly understood campus.
production Nick Bakshi Board member as part of “what it means to be an American”? No, be- Brown is not a monolithic ideological dictatorship.
Zack Beauchamp Board member
Kathryn Delaney Copy Desk Chief
Sara Molinaro Board member cause the majority of Americans share certain traits and On our campus there are liberals, conservatives, liber-
Seth Motel Copy Desk Chief
Marlee Bruning Design Editor beliefs, and it is this that we refer to when speaking in tarians, socialists and everything in between. Nonconfor-
Jessica Calihan Design Editor Post- magazine broad terms like “average American.” mity is appreciated and even encouraged. But that does
Anna Migliaccio Asst. Design Editor Arthur Matuszewski Editor-in-Chief
Asst. Design Editor
The same is applicable to denizens of our campus. not mean that there is no prevailing spirit, some general
Julien Ouellet Kelly McKowen Editor-in-Chief
Neal Poole Web Editor Not all Brown students need be liberal. Not all students idea of what it means to be a Brunonian.
Marlee Bruning, Jessie Calihan, Sara Chimene-Weiss, Joanna Lee, Qian Yin, Designer need agree on everything. This should not preclude us
Casey Gahan, Geoffrey Kyi, Seth Motel, Copy Editors from recognizing the broader ethos of the University as
Britta Greene, Nicole Friedman, Ben Hyman, Sophia Li, Hannah Moser, Night Editors a whole, regardless of the fact that there may be some Tyler Rosenbaum ’11 is an international relations
Senior Staff Writers Mitra Anoushiravani, Colin Chazen, Ellen Cushing, Sydney Ember, minority that does not share every aspect of that ethos. concentrator from Seattle, Washington. He can be
Lauren Fedor, Nicole Friedman, Britta Greene, Sarah Husk, Brian Mastroianni, Hannah Attempting to define exactly what “Brown-ness” reached at tyler@brown.edu
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A cubic zirconium to the Brown Skydiving Club, which hopes to raise enough money to
sponsor jumps for members. Given the current economic climate, some might say leaping out of
a plane at 10,000 feet without one of those expensive parachutes doesn’t sound all that bad.
Coal to the Rhode Island colleges that are considering arming their campus police. Sure,
guns are one answer, but take it from us: Nothing strikes fear in the heart of a criminal like
neon jackets and a Segway tricycle.
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A welcoming diamond to the Corporation, which begins meeting today to decide the fate of
half a dozen major building projects and hash out a budget totaling half a billion dollars. If you’re
still taking other suggestions, there was no tuna at the salad bar the other day, soooo...
A cubic zirconium to the regional director of USA Underwater Hockey, who described
c a l e n da r one of the challenges of the niche sport as the fact that “no one can hold their breath for an
unlimited amount of time.” Quite true, but that’s precisely the discovery that led a ragtag band
today, february 20 Saturday, february 21 of Canadians 200 years ago to freeze the water before the game.
3:30 P.M. — Prof. Alvin Goldman, Rut- 12 P.M. — “Active Bodies, Active A diamond to Zipcar for changing its minimum age policy to allow Brown students who
gers University, “Toward a Synthesis Minds: Young People Making Change,” are 18, instead of 21, to rent from you. But since when did Fish Co. start managing Zipcar?
of Reliabilism and Evidentialism,” 54 Wilson 102
College Street We’re using our stupid wooden token to vote a coal for Blue State Coffee, which brazenly
2 P.m. — Wrestling vs. Columbia, opened another location in New Haven. We should have learned by now that when people
9:30 P.M. — “Peindre ou faire l’amour,” Pizzitola Sports Center say Brown is their one and only choice, that just means they’re on the waitlist at Yale. (Plus,
Cable Car Cinema, 204 S. Main St. we were still hoping for a third Thayer Street shop.)
menu We’ll gladly pass on two dozen shipments of diamonds and 300 tons of coal to the Univer-
sity, which administrator Beppie Huidekoper said was taking much of its endowment money
Sharpe Refectory Verney-Woolley Dining Hall out of hedge funds in favor of less risky investments. For the right price, that is. (We’re trying
to get out of commodities.)
Lunch — BLT Sandwich, Creamy Cap- Lunch — Chicken Fingers, Baked
pellini with Broccoli, S’mores Bars Vegan Nuggets, Sugar Snap Peas Coal to the modified unofficial transcript the University made available online this week,
which includes more of students’ internal records than before. The formatting changes are
Dinner — Teriyaki Salmon, Italian Dinner — Fisherman’s Pie in Puff welcome, but including our Brown application essays was a little embarrassing.
Vegetable Saute, Portabello Mushroom Pastry, Chicken Saute with Mustard
Stuffed with Quinoa Sauce, Cheese Raviolis with Sauce Finally, a coal to Providence Mayor David Cicilline ’83, who said in his State of the City ad-
dress Tuesday that the city government must “mobilize, as if we’re in the economic equivalent
RELEASE DATE– Friday, February 20, 2009 of wartime.” Maybe you can start saving money by firing whoever’s in charge of coming up
with original metaphors over there.
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ACROSS
1 Listening device
68 Washington
WNBA team
28 Sharp
29 Great __: arid
45 Disturbance
50 Lifts in a gym?
comics
4 Run 69 Ecru relative Western region 52 Pound and others
11 Half of sei 31 “Wheel of 53 Discontinue
14 “Ben-__” DOWN Fortune” buy 54 Hodgepodge Cabernet Voltaire | Abe Pressman
15 Fearless Leader 1 Salty adverb 33 Met tragedy, 56 Bach’s cello
underling 2 Certain maybe? suites, e.g.
16 Hyper toon something 34 Full of dirt? 58 “The Memory of
pooch 3 Can’t take the 36 Crew alternative Trees” album
17 Live and breathe heat, literally 40 Keeps in the maker
18 Uniform piece 4 “Paper Moon” e-mail loop 59 Roast site
19 Despot Amin Oscar winner 43 Biblical cattle 61 CIX years ago
20 Grounation Day 5 Hogwash 44 Embarks 62 Dry, as wine
celebrant 6 Predicted
22 Line crosser of a touchdowns, for ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:
sort short
23 Nano, e.g. 7 Like many a frat
24 “Do the Right party
Thing” pizzeria 8 Narnia lion
26 Eventually 9 Plays dirty,
28 Touch literally
30 Ancient cross 10 Grab grub
shape 11 Be clumsy,
32 Albemarle literally
Sound, for 12 Change
Enigma Twist | Dustin Foley
example considerably
35 Lines in the 13 Arthurian lady
desert? 21 “Toodle-oo”
37 Band on the 23 “I hate the Moor”
road speaker
38 Play for a sap 25 Avoid arguments,
39 “The Eyes of __”: literally
2005 PBS 27 Prank instigators
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science show
40 2008 biopic
41 Remote button
42 Citation
44 Wrapper’s pair
46 Make flush?
47 Md. hours
48 1986 PGA
champ Bob
49 Like some
promises
51 Pol’s forte The One About Zombies | Kevin Grubb
53 Plate between
two boxes
55 Pother
57 Lover of Euridice,
in a Monteverdi
work
60 Priestly garb
61 “Captain
Kangaroo”
regular
63 Ltr. holder
64 “__ Beethoven”:
2002 Sparks
album
65 Tybalt, for one
66 Look over By Robert A. Doll
67 Shoe part (c)2009 Tribune Media Services, Inc.
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