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vol. cxliv, no. 73 | Monday, September 28, 2009 | Serving the community daily since 1891

Church hosts sn u f f ed o u t u nder the li g hts In shopping


‘Columbus’ craze, profs
discussion have the
Koyama ’11 and local
cultural leader debate last word
U.’s calendar change
By Seth Motel
By Anne Speyer News Editor
Senior Staff Writer
As students crammed into a second-
When the faculty voted in April floor classroom in J. Walter Wilson
to rename Columbus Day on the last Monday, Associate Professor of
University calendar to sidestep the History Michael Vorenberg started
historical figure’s controversial leg- his seminar with an apology.
acy, local leaders from the mayor Though Banner had allowed
to the governor protested the de- 20 students to pre-register for his
cision, saying it was disrespectful class — HIST 1970H: “American
to Providence’s Italian-American Legal and Constitutional History,
community. 1780-1920” — there was a snafu.
At a Sunday night panel discus- Jonathan Bateman / Herald Banner was supposed to require
In a matchup of last year’s Ivy League co-champions, the Bears fell to Harvard Friday night, 24-21. A late rally by Bruno
sion hosted by St. Stephen’s Epis- Vorenberg’s written permission to
ended on an incomplete hail-mary pass. See article, page 7
copal Church on George Street, the join the class, but the system had
Brown student who led the anti-Co- not enforced that restriction.
lumbus charge and a representative
from the Providence branch of the
Sons of Italy met to reflect on the
Festival city’s biggest green party Because of the mistake, Voren-
berg said, prior registration on Ban-
ner would not assure anyone a spot
name change. By Jenna Stark seeks to transform Rhode Island ovens and toxin-free cleaning prod- going forward. Vorenberg e-mailed
The panel, entitled “Goodbye, News Editor into a environmentally sustainable ucts. pre-registered students about the
Columbus!” and attended by local state. “For each festival (the Apeiron problem before the class to notify
parishioners and Brown students, Saturday’s sun shone on an unlikely The festival opened with an Institute) invites people who are them, he said, but some students
was designed to “foster engage- scene near Kennedy Plaza. Children “earth-honoring ceremony” led by somehow involved in sustainability later informed him that they did
ment” over the question of Colum- scampered by in colorful animal Chief Kenny Black Elk from the issues in one way or another,” said not receive the message.
bus’ place in American history, said masks, musicians jammed on a Cherokee tribe. The ceremony was Senior Lecturer of Classics Peter The glitch in registering for
Father John Alexander, rector of stage and vendors clamored for the Scharf, who is also on the board of the class “really wasn’t a Banner
the parish. attention of passersby. The inaugural FEATURE directors at the Apeiron Institute. problem,” Vorenberg explained in
Reiko Koyama ’11, who peti- Providence Sustainability Festival RiverzEdge Arts Project, a pro- an e-mail, adding that he was not
tioned Brown’s Faculty Executive was held all day downtown, bringing meant to show the Native American gram for “educationally and eco- sure where the error occurred. He
Committee during much of the last together students and grandparents, perspective on living in harmony nomically disenfranchised youth,” guessed there was some miscom-
academic year, squared off against activists and local business owners with the earth, according to the according to its Web site, sold T- munication between the Office of
Valentino Lombardi, a Sons of Italy to teach and learn about environ- festival’s Web site. shirts made with eco-friendly ink the Registrar and him or the Depart-
representative. mentalism in the area. Pitching their tents in the early and cloth. ment of History.
The Rev. Deacon Michael Tuck The festival was designed to morning and staying until evening, The Apeiron Institute has held As rare as such situations might
of St. Stephen’s, who works for the educate the Providence commu- the festival’s vendors educated at- similar festivals at its Center for Sus- be, the University does not have a
chaplain’s office at Brown, opened nity about environmental living, said tendees about maintaining a sus- tainable Living in Coventry, for the set protocol for dealing with them.
the discussion by reading an excerpt Bradley Hyson, executive director tainable lifestyle. The vendors last eight years, said Mark Kravatz, Vorenberg, for his part, told the
from a speech given by President of the Apeiron Institute for Sustain- showcased products such as envi- director of sustainable business de- students assembled that day that
able Living. The institute, which ronmentally friendly plumbing and prioritizing the class list based on
continued on page 4 created and sponsored the festival, landscaping services, pizza-making continued on page 2 seniority, concentration and other
factors was within his purview as
the professor.

Liberian VP offers hopeful However, the ambiguity can be


problematic.

view for troubled nation “Students who thought they


were in the course because Ban-
ner said they were, and then they
By Ben Schreckinger heard from me that they weren’t in
See Q&A, page 4
Senior Staf f Writer it, they might well be frustrated,”
hundreds of thousands died and Vorenberg wrote in his e-mail.
The outlook for Liberia, the war-torn millions were displaced — both in- Over the two-week shopping pe-
West African nation, is promising, ternally and externally — during riod at the start of each semester,
the country’s vice president, Joseph the conflicts. professors can exercise consider-
Boakai, told a crowd of about 60 stu- Despite the many obstacles, able discretion over the enroll-
dents and members of the Liberian Boakai said he firmly believed that ment in their classes, including at-
diaspora Sunday afternoon. “no countr y has a better chance tendance requirements, how and
Boakai spoke for about half an of reconstructing its war-ravaged when to enforce course caps and
hour in Salomon 101 about the chal- past,” adding that United Nations when Banner registration closes.
lenges of rebuilding his country and Secretar y General Ban Ki-moon The process can cause uncertainty
proposed a partnership between expressed similar optimism about for students.
Brown and Liberia to that end. the country’s recovery in a meeting The registrar’s office consults
Between 1989 and 2003, Libe- Saturday. with departments between each
rian governments and rebel factions Rhode Island has the largest pop- Dung Hanh Nguyen Vu / Herald December and again the following
fought two civil wars. In a country Joseph Boakai, Liberia’s vice president, said he had a “firm belief”
continued on page 4 that his country could bounce back from a history of civil war. continued on page 2
of fewer than four million people,
inside

News.....1-4
Arts........5-6
Arts, 5 Sports, 7 Opinions, 11
Spor ts...7-8 risd’s new exhibit tough competition still waiting
Editorial..10 Early modern engravings The field hockey team wins Anish Mitra ’10 says Brown
Opinion...11 down the hill at RISD one — but drops to 0-2 in needs to find an ‘A-list’
Today........12 museum league play artist for Spring Weekend

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Page 2 THE BROWN DAILY HERALD Monday, September 28, 2009

C ampus N EWS “The misconception is that (Banner) solves all problems.”


— Stephen Lassonde, deputy dean of the college

Sustainability festival Shopping period not always a bargain


takes over downtown continued from page 1 for the class. This helps restrict
unfettered access before shopping
sion this semester, told The Her-
ald in April 2007 he was concerned
continued from page 1 Economy from the Bottom Up.” Pos- March to ensure that they put the period officially ends. about potential technological issues
ner co-founded and directs the Capi- correct restrictions in place on Ban- Besides avoiding overwhelming with Banner.
velopment at Apeiron, but the Insti- tal Good Fund, a non-profit, green ner for the coming academic year, shopping periods, finalizing enroll- Many of his worries about the
tute expanded to “the heart of the microfinance lender run by Brown according to University Registrar ments also allows departments to system have since been allevi-
city” for an additional festival this students. Michael Pesta. Professors or depart- correctly allocate TAs and gives the ated.
year to attract a different crowd. Posner’s workshop discussed ment managers fill out a sheet that registrar’s office a chance to find a “The problems that concerned
“The environment gets gener- how the goal of “greening the econ- describes each class and can check different-sized room for the class, me years ago about Banner turn
alized to a certain demographic of omy” can be accomplished through boxes regarding the restrictions if necessary, Pesta said. out not to be problems,” Vorenberg
the community,” Kravatz said. This community-level microfinance and they want on the class. Clay Wertheimer ’10, president wrote in his e-mail. “On balance,
festival targeted different citizens credit loaning to green businesses Professors and their depart- of the Undergraduate Council of Banner has made my ability to
of the Ocean State than previous that otherwise would not qualify for ments determine most of the rules Students, said closing Banner reg- administrate courses easier, not
festivals through its music and loca- a loan. of shopping period, administrators istration early is “detrimental” to harder.”
tion, he added. Posner said he hoped his work- said. But balancing professors’ con- shopping period. He understands But miscommunications and
Different bands played Cambodi- shop would convey the importance trol over their classes and students’ professors’ concerns, he said, but restraints on courses still present
an, folk, rock and Latin music, draw- of microfinance to the Providence freedom under the New Curricu- thinks they can “find a balance” of occasional challenges in the age
ing together several generations of community. “The people at the lum is a “back and forth” exchange, starting class material and allowing of Banner.
the Providence community. festival are going to be the typical Pesta said. students some freedom to attend “The misconception is that (Ban-
Community members could also environmental crowd. We want to “The Brown curriculum says different classes early in shopping ner) solves all problems,” Lassonde
participate in free workshops held convey to them that there are all that you are the architect of your period. said.
throughout the city on creating a these people that are there who want education,” he said. “So it’s not go- Lassonde said he understands The numbers game has become
better public transportation system, to be involved and can be engaged,” ing to require that you take certain students’ concerns about some more accurate since the adoption of
cooking locally grown foods and he said. courses.” classes’ attendance requirements, Banner, but Wertheimer finds its
supporting public water systems, The Apeiron Institute’s planning But the word “shopping” is a mis- but thinks the function of shopping administration of pre-registration
to name a few. Yoga classes, bike for the free festival moved into “high leading term, Pesta said. The design period is not greatly harmed as long caps problematic.
rides, fire-twirling demonstrations gear” during the summer, Hyson of the period is not meant to make as only a few professors implement Banner should not restrict people
and walking tours of the city were said. The Institute hopes to host the the first two weeks of each semester such policies. from pre-registering due to size, he
also scheduled during the day. Providence festival again next year, a “free-for-all,” he said. Sammy Feldblum ’12 took a said, because doing so apportions
Brown student groups whose he added, but plans to discuss it in So what freedoms does shopping Spanish-language class in which space in classes on a first-come,
work related to the festival’s mis- the coming weeks. period guarantee students? the instructor required attendance first-served basis. Having a limit on
sion came to publicize their organi- Many at the event said they “The student has the right to of the first three classes, preventing a class is acceptable, Wertheimer
zations. Project 20/20 — a program hoped it would return in the fu- look at as many courses as he or him from shopping a poetry class he said, but it must be enforced after
that employs Brown students to re- ture. she can,” said Deputy Dean of the was considering. He said it wasn’t students attend class and make in-
place incandescent light bulbs with “The festival is excellent,” said College Stephen Lassonde. clear why certain professors had dividual cases to the professor.
energy-efficient compact fluorescent Jane Sanderson, a resident of Ports- However, successful pre-registra- such attendance policies. “I’m comfortable leaving (caps)
bulbs — manned a booth at the en- mouth, who proudly displayed a tion on Banner is “not a guarantee” “There’s no special reason, re- up to the professor, but what I don’t
trance of the festival. bracelet and necklaces she bought of future enrollment, Lassonde said. ally, why Spanish classes should like is professors that are leaving
The project received a lot of in- from one of the vendors. “I’m glad Though “every student can make be treated like that while others that up to Banner,” he said. “Banner
terest from Providence community there was something going on.” his or her case,” he said, the profes- shouldn’t,” Feldblum said. isn’t a professor and can’t make the
members, said Nia Smith, a Provi- “It’s great that Providence is tak- sor has the last word regarding who Jack Murphy ’11 wanted to take qualification decisions.”
dence resident who volunteers for ing an active stance in educating is enrolled in the class. a creative writing class that had a Pesta and Lassonde both said
the program. The group plans to people and trying to be green,” said In Vorenberg’s class, students requirement to attend the first students could abuse aspects of
install the new lightbulbs within the Heather Mowry of Lincoln, adding — at least those who ultimately got three classes, but he missed the the pre-registration process, for
week, she said. that she liked that the festival was in — seemed satisfied that he had first meeting. He went to the rest of instance, by reserving a spot in a
Andrew Posner MA’08 led a held “in the middle” of the state and exercised his discretion fairly. But the classes, however, and convinced course just because it is limited-
workshop called “Creating a Green had entertainment. even if a pre-registered student had the professor to allow him to enroll enrollment, not because they have a
felt unfairly ejected, he would have by submitting a writing sample and strong desire in the class itself.
sudoku little recourse. letting the professor know he was But both administrators re-
If a student is enrolled via Ban- interested in the class, he said. mained confident that students who
ner, but the professor is unwilling When Murphy talks to profes- really want to take a class and have
to allow him or her into the class, sors in such situations, he said, he fulfilled its requirements would be
the student could ask the Dean of tries emphasize his commitment. able to take it at some point.
the College’s office for advice about “I’m not just some kid showing up,” In the case of over-enrollment
approaching the professor. But final he said. in VISA 0100: “Studio Foundation,”
enrollment decisions are left up to for example, overrides to enroll are
faculty. The paperless system apportioned through a lotter y of
Though there are no means for a Since the University changed all students who express an inter-
professor to “unregister” a student from paper registration to Banner est during pre-registration period.
on Banner for failing to meet his more than two years ago, the fun- Those who are not allowed to pre-
requirements, the professor can damentals of pre-registration have register through the lotter y are
issue the student a “No Credit” or changed dramatically. given priority the next time it is
“Missing” grade, which eventu- Before online registration, an offered, Pesta and Lassonde said.
ally becomes an “NC,” according enrollment cap on a course had no They also can attempt to register
to Lassonde. Like other grades of effect on a student’s ability to sub- during shopping period by consult-
“NC,” the mark only shows up on a mit paperwork to pre-register for ing with the professor.
student’s internal academic record, a class. The number of students Many departments also maintain
not the official transcript. who pre-registered and attended waitlists for classes, Pesta said, in
class during shopping period often case spots open up early in the se-
My class, my rules exceeded the cap. Some students mester. A professor or department

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Monday, September 28, 2009 THE BROWN DAILY HERALD Page 3

C ampus N EWS “Twitter is really two-way.”


— Professor Steven Lubar, on using the tool for class discussions

Artists chalk out dragon, legends AmCiv class atwitter


By Hannah Moser
Senior Staff Writer
with online discussion
By Miriam Furst But these benefits did not
With smudges on his nose and green Contributing Writer come without some initial hesi-
chalk covering his hands and knees, tation.
Daniel Valmas ’11 hurried to put the Academics may be known — First, Lubar said, it posed a
finishing touches on his painting. even mocked — for being long- problem for students who already
Using his fingers, Valmas blended winded, but some are now com- had personal Twitter accounts
green into the street, creating the municating in 140 characters or and did not want their professor
background of a scene highlighted fewer. and fellow classmates following
by a jellyfish’s hot pink tentacles slic- Twitter, a rapidly growing their updates about their private
ing across the deep blue and green social networking Web site, has lives.
of an octopus. made its mark in one American Some who did not already
Civilization seminar. Students have Twitter accounts were also
FEATURE in AMCV 2650: “Introduction to skeptical at first. Hollis Mickey
Public Humanities,” now “tweet” ’10, who activated an account for
On the next street, an artist used about their assigned readings, the class, was unsure about using
a paintbrush to smooth his artwork’s engaging in a conversation be- Twitter as an effective forum for
chalk and bring a red dragon to life. yond the classroom. class discussion.
Down the street, pastoral blends “The problem with class is “I was pretty reluctant at
of color filled squares with serious that it’s two hours once a week first to the prospect of getting
and not-so-serious tributes to Rhode with no follow up,” said Professor a Twitter account, but it is use-
Island. Surrounded by other artists Steven Lubar, who incorporated ful in allowing the conversation
creating pastel masterpieces, Valmas Twitter into the course structure to extend beyond the two hours
and Marguerite Preston ’11 had been to mitigate this barrier. that we have in our seminar,” she
at work on their eight-by-eight square Lubar is asking the three said. “I think it’s positive in that
since before 9 a.m. on Saturday at the undergraduate and 15 graduate respect.”
Providence Rotary Street Painting students in his seminar to post Despite the initial wariness,
Eunice Hong / Herald
Festival. Marguerite Preston ’11 works on her eight-by-eight square at the 10th an- reactions to the assigned read- Twitter is working well for stu-
For the festival’s 10th year, more nual Providence Rotary Street Painting Festival. ings on Twitter, which asks us- dents in Lubar’s class. Students
than 100 artists and 60 vendors took to ers, “What are you doing?” Using who post must include what is
Westminster, Union and Eddy streets sis” during the planning stages. Pichette supplied a page-long story to Twitter allows students to share called a “hashtag”— a code that
for the day. Armed with boxes of chalk, “Yeah, that didn’t happen,” Preston accompany their square, which depict- their viewpoints, raise questions makes it possible for others to
the artists competed for monetary said. The duo said they chose to depict ed a child so transfixed by a picture in and even post links to related search tweets related to the
prizes in categories for different age two sea creatures in combat, because a museum that the ice cream cone in articles before coming into class, class. Using the hashtag allows
groups. they wanted to draw something people his hand is melting. The picture that he said. students to easily communicate
“We are extremely proud to be would recognize but that wasn’t a “ma- consumes his attention shows a pink Twitter is different from other with one another, Lubar said.
back on the street,” said Suzanne Can- jestic stallion” or a “cute kitty.” octopus attacking the Claiborne Pell forms of online communication, “People are more ready for
non, co-chair of the festival that was On the other side of the street, a Bridge as a giant blue insect looms Lubar said, noting that e-mail, discussion because they’ve al-
held in the skating rink at Kennedy fish peered out of the blue and purple menacingly. for example, is “one-way” — it’s ready started to have discussion
Plaza last year. swirls of a pond. The artists, from an The legend the artists supplied either the professor talking to the outside of class,” Lubar said.
The smell of the Rotary barbecue art class at Cranston High School is of a giant octopus attacking the student or vice-versa. However, Mickey said it allows students
drifted over vendors offering jewelry, West, had finished early. bridge but thwarted by the fearless “Twitter is really two-way; that who did not have a chance to
bags and art, and three local bands “They’re used to working fast,” Big Blue Bug. By now, according to works a lot in a class,” he said. speak in class or who thought
performed during the day. said their instructor, Valerie Bruzzi, the legend, few remember the hero The tweets — or posts, for of something later to contribute
Valmas, who is from Pawtucket, who brings her art class to the fes- who preserved the Claiborne Pell those not in the Twitter know — to the discussion as well.
said he and his mother have been tival every year. The class entered Bridge — the mainland’s connection also help Lubar focus his lesson Because T witter has a
participating in the festival since he two squares, and about 10 students to Aquidneck Island. plan on what the students find 140-character limit, Mickey
was in sixth grade. Last year, Preston worked to complete the picture of the The two art majors, who partici- most interesting in the week’s
helped him out, but this was her first fish, which was a reproduction of one pated in the festival last year, said their assigned reading, he said. continued on page 4
year as a full participant. of Bruzzi’s paintings. other ideas for the festival were “too
Preston described coming up with Tributes to Rhode Island were generic.” Inspired by New England
their design as “a long and winding abundant at the festival, and one of Pest Control’s giant bug, which is a
road.” the most original was submitted by fixture off I-95, the girls wove their
Valmas said the pair imagined their four Rhode Island College students. tale. “We just built it off the saying
piece as “paradise and earthly cathar- First-years Kate Camara and Emily ‘big blue bug,’” Camara said.

BCA plans blog, outreach efforts


By Fei Cai shows, share songs and feature in- “There are a large number of
Contributing Writer ter views with artists, said Agency musicians who want to play live
Chair Akshay Rathod ’10. music, but there is not really an
The Brown Concert Agency plans The BCA will also create “real- avenue to do that,” said co-stage
to reach out to music lovers and time audience-satisfaction e-mail manager Daniel Wiener ’11, who
musicians alike through a new sur veys” directly after the fall helped plan the Battle of the Bands
blog, audience sur veys and more event and Spring Weekend to get during last year’s Spring Week-
student concerts, the group’s lead- feedback, Rathod said. end.
ers said. To promote student bands, the “At heart, we’re trying to foster
The board, which organizes board seeks to schedule on-campus and build a live music scene on
Spring Weekend as well as a fall student shows throughout the year. campus,” he said.
concert, hopes to work with groups Auditions for next month’s concert, With the Underground in
such as Brown Television and the which will host two to four bands, Faunce House under construc-
Coalition of Bands at Brown to will be held in a few weeks. “We tion, the BCA was forced to find
reach out to the Brown commu- have the skills, we have the insti- another venue for the concerts in
nity this fall. tutive knowledge,” Rathod said. Grad Center Lounge, Rathod said.
“It was kind of like we were sit- “Why limit ourselves?” But some board members believe
ting in a castle and being discon- Seventeen bands tried out for this is an improvement over last
nected from the student body, and the Battle of the Bands — the year.
that is not how we want to project BCA’s annual student band com- “Grad Center is a great space,”
ourselves,” said Matt Weisberg ’12, petition — last year during Spring said co-stage manager Jonathan
a BCA spokesman. Weekend, Rathod said. That’s a Gordon ’11. “It is fairly big so stor-
The board will start by creating sign that the Brown community age is taken care of and there is
a blog with a discussion forum to is interested in student concerts, a nice outdoors area for people
advertise events, post photos of he said. to enjoy.”
Page 4 THE BROWN DAILY HERALD Monday, September 28, 2009

C ampus N EWS “Columbus was a friend to the Native Americans that he ran into.”
— Sons of Italy representative Valentino Lombardi

Liberian leader invites Church panel reopens Columbus debate


Simmons to the West continued from page 1 as an American hero — all too com-
monly used in elementary schools,
organizing a “roots week” at Brown
that would celebrate cultural diversi-

African nation Benjamin Harrison in 1892.


“‘Columbus stood in his age as
the pioneer of progress and enlight-
she said.
Lombardi, in rebuttal, said the
allegations against Columbus which
ty and open up controversial issues,
like the renaming of Columbus Day,
to campuswide discussion.
continued from page 1 combat one of the greatest deter- enment,’” Tuck said, quoting the Koyama brought up were “ques- The panel discussion was then
rents to foreign investment on the speech. “‘The system of universal tionable” in terms of historical ac- opened up to questions from the
ulation of Liberians in the United continent. education is in our age the most curacy. audience. Asked whether Columbus’
States, with about 12,000 residents. “But we also want to encour- prominent and salutary feature of “This is judging a quintessential treatment of the Native Americans
Boakai spoke of the central place age Liberians themselves to be the spirit of enlightenment, and it Renaissance man in terms of con- entirely discredited his accomplish-
of education in Liberia’s plans for investors,” Boakai said, adding, is peculiarly appropriate that the temporary values,” he said. Lom- ments, Koyama said, “Where do we
recovery. He said the administra- “All of us are on obligation to go schools be made by the people bardi said the Sons of Italy, a national draw the line? If people can’t draw
tion of President Ellen Johnson- back and rebuild.” the center of the day’s demonstra- organization of Italian-Americans, the line with Christopher Columbus
Sirleaf, who spoke at Brown last Like South Africa and Rwanda tion.’” has developed a “positive-image pro- and the things that he did, that just
September, had placed a “premium before it, Liberia commissioned a After Tuck’s reading, Koyama gram” to inform the nation about shows disrespect to the millions of
on the development of human capi- Truth and Reconciliation report in opened the discussion by explaining Italian-American culture. Native Americans who have died
tal,” and therefore dedicated “the order to move past its civil war. why she supported the renaming This program included a study since his landing.”
largest proportion of our national But the efforts have stalled of the holiday to the neutral “Fall of Columbus, conducted in 2002 “If you can discount the atroci-
budget to education.” in recent months. “Some of the Weekend,” and why she had worked “in response to growing concerns ties he committed because he dis-
“Our government inherited a witnesses did not cooperate as for the change. about the celebration of Columbus covered America, I have to wonder
broken educational system” fo- they should have,” Boakai said. “Brown prides itself on being Day,” he said. what that says about Americans,”
cused on “graduation as opposed And though “the commissioners socially conscious and valuing di- “Many of the things that were she added.
to learning,” Boakai said. “Today, were well-vetted,” two refused this versity and respect,” she said. “It said about him are unfair,” he said. Another audience member ques-
we have free and compulsory pri- June to sign the report on atroci- seemed that the celebration was a “Columbus was a friend to the Na- tioned whether the renaming of
mary education.” ties in the country. The abstaining little inconsistent with these core tive Americans that he ran into.” Columbus Day would actually limit
The current administration has commissioners wanted an edited values.” “From a historical viewpoint, Co- discourse on American history, sug-
“raised the (monthly) salar y of version of the report, but Boakai She also called the idea of Colum- lumbus proved that it is possible to gesting that the holiday could keep
teachers from a bare 15 United said many Liberians felt approv- bus Day as a celebration of the “dis- cross the Atlantic Ocean and return. its name but incorporate an empha-
States dollars” which was “not ing an edited report would con- covery” of America “inaccurate.” He was the first to open relations sis on “new learning” and a greater
enough to buy two McDonald’s stitute a disservice to the truth. “It’s wrong to call it a discovery between Europe and the Western drive toward historical accuracy.
quarter pounders with cheese, let He said Liberia would possibly when thousands of people were al- Hemisphere and ... laid the founda- “That could be a good compro-
alone be livable wages,” he said. hold a referendum to accept the ready living here,” she said. “Also, tion for future voyages,” Lombardi mise in a situation like this,” Lom-
The government now pays teach- report despite the commissioners’ Columbus never came to this coun- said. bardi said. “I think we have to work
ers $80 a month. Professional and abstentions. try. He landed in the West Indies “With regard to Columbus’ ability for a full understanding in order to
higher education are also vital to Boakai also noted that Liberia’s and stayed in the West Indies. We as a politician, evidently it’s flawed accept the positive aspects of some-
Liberia’s recovery, Boakai said. “It is the first Truth and Reconcilia- deserve accuracy in the framing of in nature,” Lombardi said. “But he one, recognizing fully that there may
is in this context that I wish to ap- tion process to include active par- our history.” wasn’t trained as a politician or as have been some negative aspects
peal to Brown,” he said, proposing ticipation by the diaspora. Koyama said conceptions of a governor — he was trained as a as well.”
that the University partner with Samuel Kamara of Providence Columbus are complicated by a navigator. His intention was to find Koyama also stressed the impor-
the Liberian government to pro- — one member of that diaspora — generational divide. “There is a a new route to the Indies, and he tance of greater understanding and
vide Liberians with scholarships came to the United States 10 years gap between what was taught in happened upon a new world.” learning. Columbus represents “a
and research opportunities. ago to study, but the war prevented history classes decades ago and Lombardi also stressed recog- very important time in history that
“I extend the invitation to Presi- him from returning to Liberia. Be- what is taught today,” she said. “Our nizing the significance of Italian- we don’t want to cover up, but in-
dent Simmons to come to Liberia fore the lecture, Kamara said the textbooks have not been telling the American achievements, particu- stead bring light to,” she said.
soon in order to consolidate the outbreak of peace has led him to whole story.” larly in light of the prejudices the Alexander, the rector, ended the
partnership,” he said. consider moving back home in the To illustrate her point, Koyama community has faced throughout night by emphasizing the importance
Boakai said the government near future. listed examples of alleged mistreat- history. “Columbus Day is the one of continuing discussion and debate.
was also focused on bringing back Kamara said it was difficult to ment of Native Americans at the day on which the nation recognizes “I hope that this dialogue doesn’t
foreign investment. Among its ini- evaluate Johnson-Sirleaf’s admin- hands of Columbus and his men the heritage of millions of Italian- end here tonight,” he said. “I think
tiatives has been the Liberian Anti- istration from outside of Liberia, — including rape, murder and the Americans,” he said. that involving not only the voices of
Corruption Commission, created but added that all indications lead use of physical disfigurement to pro- Koyama said she did not intend the academic community on campus,
to thwart crooked political and him to believe “she might be doing duce subordination. These actions any disrespect to Italian-Americans, but also from the larger community
business practices and thereby a pretty good job.” do not fit the depiction of Columbus and noted that she is involved in is a way to expand that dialogue.”

qu e s t i o n s f o r j o s e p h b oa k a i
When ‘academic
chit-chat’ goes online
Liberian Vice President Joseph State University on a schol- What will be the conse-
Boakai spoke to about 60 stu- arship from USAID and quences for Liberia if your
dents and members of the com- later worked for the World countr y does not receive
munity Sunday afternoon about
the prospects for rebuilding
the war-ravaged West African
Bank.
Do you believe institu-
tions such as the Interna-
further debt relief from its
creditors? more than homework
country. tional Monetar y Fund, the I wouldn’t like to think in continued from page 3 ing Museum has been “tweeting”
World Bank and USAID pri- that direction. with the students.
After the speech, he sat down with marily ser ve the interests of But I do believe this is some- added, unlike other forms of Inter- Pleased with the results, Lubar
The Herald to discuss the future developing countries or of thing we need because right net communication, students have said he plans to use Twitter for his
of his country. rich ones? now whatever we’re doing, to make their thoughts concise. other seminars in the future.
we’re doing it from a very, very While the class also has a blog, as When Lubar attended THAT-
Herald: Earlier this week Well, at some point in time low revenue base, and so debt do many other classes at Brown, Camp, a conference held at the
you called on the United Na- we thought their programs were relief will enable us to borrow Mickey said Twitter fosters fast- Center for Histor y and New Me-
tions to create a special en- not really ser ving the critical and undertake critical projects paced conversation — sometimes dia at George Mason University,
voy on women. Why? What needs of developing countries. like infrastructure. over whelming due to the sheer attendees’ tweets were broadcast
do you envision this envoy’s The results that they yielded number of posts — among stu- live onto a screen at the front of
job description would be? in the past were far from meet- What do you hope will be dents. the room. Lubar said it was a way
ing the needs of developing the outcome of Charles Tay- Micah Salkind GS, a public to make a lecture more like a per-
Boakai: What we’re tr ying countries, but today we are ex- lor’s trial at the International humanities student, agreed that sonal conversation because the
to say is that we do believe that periencing programs that are Criminal Court? Twitter is beneficial in adding to speaker can see how people react
women are underrepresented. very strategic. the class experience. “It’s anoth- to his comments and tailor the lec-
We believe that we need to raise After many, many years of The good old book says you er use of technology that keeps ture accordingly.
their status now, because they their intervention we still have reap what you sow. I’m sure if conversation going outside of the Lubar also said he follows other
are mostly the victims of these a lot of problems in developing you sew something good you’ll classroom,” he said. professors on Twitter, allowing for
conflicts. countries, so we believe that reap something good. The tweets are so frequent “academic chit-chat.”
they could do better. I look forward to him being that people outside of Brown are “This is all early days of tech-
You studied at Kansas justly handled. becoming involved. Specifically, nology, we’ll see where it goes,”
Lubar said, the New Bedford Whal- he said.
Arts & Culture
The Brown Daily Herald

Monday, September 28, 2009 | Page 5

Festival brings a little


Havana to Providence
By Monica Carvalho Institute.
Contributing Writer “It was an interesting and unin-
tended coincidence,” he said.
Cuba is coming to Providence this Nine Cuban artists will come to
week, despite dropping tempera- the festival — with some making
tures and changing leaves. their first visit to the United States,
The 17th Annual Providence Lat- Torrealba said. This group includes
in-American Film Festival begins the showcased actors and directors,
Wednesday and runs through Sun- who will be available for question-
day. The festival includes a showcase and-answer sessions. Other visit-
of 67 Latin-American films, four pan- ing artists will take part in the four
els to discuss issues addressed in panel discussions.
some of the films and a Cuban film The festival will also celebrate
poster exhibit at the Watson Institute films from other Latin American
for International Studies. countries. These eight films are in
The poster exhibit opened on the running for the Fernando Birri
Sept. 16 and will run until October Award, named after the honorary
15 in honor of Hispanic Heritage president of the festival, who Tor-
Month. realba called the “father of new Latin
Courtesy of the RISD Museum
The RISD Museum’s “The Brilliant Line: Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650,” is on display now. Jose Torrealba, the festival’s ex- American cinema.” Every year, the
ecutive director, said it includes a award goes to a new filmmaker for

RISD breathes new life into an old form “huge spectrum of films,” ranging
from a 1930 silent film called “La
virgen de la Caridad,” (“The Virgin
a first feature film.
“The heart of the festival is the
annual competition for the best first
By Luisa Robledo “a medium that consists of cop- tur y,” he said. “I got to pretend of Charity”) to numerous films re- feature narrative,” Torrealba said.
Staf f Writer per and lines” drew her in at first. that I was an artist of 500 years leased within the last few years. He praised “Los dioses rotos”
“Artists had to figure out ways to ago.” “A lot of the films are very rare, (“Broken Gods”), a 2008 Cuban/
As she picked up the magnifying create tones by using lines and Rafter y also created nine ana- and some of them have never been Mexican film, which will open the
glass with her right hand, Em- dots only,” Peters said, looking lytical drawings of different works shown in the U.S.,” he said. festival. The director, Ernesto Dara-
ily Peters took a couple of steps back at Robert Nanteuil’s portrait of art, in which he explored how Each year, organizers choose a nas Serrano, and three of the actors
forward. She stood in front of the of Henri de la Tour d’Auvergen, the many layers worked to cre- specific country to feature in the in the film, Annia Bu Maure, Claudia
engraving of Henri de la Tour “Look at the lace in his collar,” ate the final result. The pieces, festival. This year, a majority of the Valdes and Hector Noas, will be at
d’Auvergen and said, smiling, “I she said. “It’s like he didn’t want which can also be found on the films — which include shorts, ani- the screening and will be available
think this one knocks your socks us to see the lines at all.” museum’s Web site, are part of mations and documentaries — are for questions later.
off.” To allow viewers to gain a bet- an interactive component meant from Cuba. “I’m really excited about the
Peters, the associate curator of ter understanding of this tech- to visually engage viewers with “Choosing a location gives us an panel discussions,” Torrealba said.
prints, drawings and photographs nique, Peters, who has a Ph.D. in the engraver’s process. opportunity to show classics, and “I think it’s great that we were able
at the Rhode Island School of De- 16th-century printmaking, collab- “This exhibition is a tribute to we are not limited by date,” Torre- to work not only with the students,
sign Museum, was referring to orated with Associate Professor of the artists’ work,” he said. alba said. “The showcase will show but with the professors as well.
one of the pieces in the museum’s Printmaking Andrew Rafter y. Trish Dickie, a member of the how Cuban film developed through And having the Cuban visitors is
new exhibit, “The Brilliant Line: “We wanted to bring engraving museum’s security staff, found time.” magnificent.”
Following the Early Modern En- live to the public,” said Rafter y, a Rafter y’s talent captivating. “It’s Torrealba said this year happens Torrealba emphasized that
graver, 1480 -1650.” Through the practicing engraver. “We wanted almost as if he were born in those to be the 50th anniversary of the though people often think of edu-
display of 85 original works of to help viewers understand the times,” Dickie said. “It’s just beau- Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria
art, the exposition focuses on the process.” tiful.” Cinematografico, the Cuban Film continued on page 6
process of copperplate engraving, To that end, Raftery decided to In addition to RISD’s master
she said. create a replica of a 16th-centur y print collection, Rafter y and Pe-
“The ar t of engraving was drawing, choosing Francesco Pri- ters got about 14 pieces on loan
the first reproductive mass me- maticcio’s “Hermaphrodite on the from the National Gallery, includ-
dium,” Peters said. “It was a way Clouds Teaching Cupid to Shoot ing Claude Mellan’s “Adam and
to spread knowledge of all kinds, an Arrow.” After two months, he Eve at the Foot of the Cross”— a
everything from scientific discov- produced a sketch, an engraved personal favorite of both organiz-
eries to information on the Catho- copper plate and then an actual ers.
lic Reformation.” print. Mellan “just uses parallel lines
The beauty of the engravings “It was exciting to do some-
and the naturalism achieved by thing in the style of the 16th cen- continued on page 6

In ‘Tartuffe,’ a fast-paced staging of Moliere


By Kristina Fazzalaro Valere and Mariane (Max Posner ’10), a wealthy businessman and
Contributing Writer ’11 and Elizabeth Rothman ’11) hop proud patriarch to Elmire, Damis
from window to window, kissing and and Marianne, the bride-to-be. Or-
“Rockin’ Robin” might not be the celebrating euphorically. gon has welcomed into his home
expected overture for Moliere’s Elmire (Elizabeth Morgan ’10), the conniving Tartuffe (Aubie Mer-
“Tartuffe,” one of the French the girl’s stepmother, is busy deal- rylees ’10), who claims to be a reli-
dramatist’s most famous comedic ing with her overbearing mother- gious zealot but is actually a con art-
plays, but it certainly sets the tone in-law (Jing Xu ’10). Damis (Gabe ist manipulating Orgon’s devotion.
for Sock and Buskin’s modern re- Gonzalez ’12), the son and heir to He lives in Orgon’s house, eats his
telling. the family fortune, holds a baseball food and tries, albeit unsuccessfully,
As the rock-and-roll single bat to a piñata and mischievously to seduce the beautiful Elmire.
pumps through the speakers, the runs about the house. Orgon is blind to Tartuffe’s
main characters of the play bustle Doors open and close. Figures greed and ambition, going so far
about the set, a multi-tiered jungle sprint from one room to another. as to offer up his daughter’s hand
gym of slamming doors and win- Secrets abound. Thus the plot of in marriage to the scheming hypo-
dows. Wedding bells are clearly in the first act takes shape — there crite. Merrylees puts in a fantastic
the air as Dorine (Lauren Neal ’11), will be love, action, deception and performance, his sleazy character
the family’s maid, scurries about, some bizarre, but vastly entertain- coming to life as he struts about
hanging engagement banners and ing, scenes ahead. the stage, confident in his position
balloons. “Tartuffe” tells the tale of the
Elsewhere, the two young lovers easily duped Orgon (Matt Bauman continued on page 6
Page 6 THE BROWN DAILY HERALD Monday, September 28, 2009

A rts & C ulture “A good film doesn’t end when you leave the screening.”
— Jose Torrealba, director of Providence Latin-American Film Festival

A multi-faceted Moliere on stage at Leeds Rare films on film


festival schedule
continued from page 5 1664 play by adding some technol- two acts take place in starkly differ-
ogy — text messages between the ent worlds. After intermission, the
in the household. two lovers are displayed on a screen household has come completely un-
But there are several prob- above the stage; Facebook proudly der Tartuffe’s control as Orgon has
lems with Orgon’s plan of pairing shows Marianne’s relationship status disinherited Gonzalez’s irrefutably continued from page 5 thing extra that stays with you.”
his daughter with the aggravating (from “engaged” to “it’s complicated” entertaining Damis after a confronta-
Tartuffe. First of all, Orgon has back to “engaged” as the play pro- tion with Tartuffe. cational films as boring, the films The screenings of the films and
already promised to let Mariane gresses); and Valere’s iPod adds an The set, previously warm and screened at the festival will be panel discussions will take place in
marry Valere. Secondly, she — like interesting soundtrack to the action. inviting, is now bleak and bare. entertaining. the Rhode Island School of Design
everyone else except Orgon and his When “Iris” by the Goo Goo Dolls The doors and walls of the house “I don’t think that a film needs Auditorium, MacMillan Hall, List
mother — despises Tartuffe. Damis comes on as Valere turns his back on are gone, bright white light illumi- to be empty to be entertaining,” 120 and the Cable Car Cinema.
is also troubled by this news: If Mari- Marianne, believing he has lost her nates every corner, video cameras Torrealba said. “A good film Detailed information about pric-
anne does not marry Valere, he will to Tartuffe, the audience can’t help record the family’s movements and doesn’t end when you leave the ing and scheduling can be viewed
not be able to marry Valere’s sister. laughing at the juxtaposition of old the family members are forced to screening. There’s that some- at plaff.org.
Forget about love triangles — this text meeting new tech. wear uniforms. Tartuffe will have no
is more like a heptagon. Lee Taglin ’10, as Orgon’s broth- secrets in what is now his household.
Amid all this drama, it is Dorine
who holds ever ything together
er-in-law Cleante, brings a more sub-
dued — though equally entertaining
The first act’s innocuous scenes of
eavesdropping and Facebook-stalk- RISD museum’s engraving
— and carries the first act. Neal’s
Dorine is packed full of energy and is
absolutely hilarious as she tries to get
— humor to the stage. As the voice
of reason, he is often called upon
to keep Orgon and Damis, the two
ing have taken on a sinister character
in Tartuffe’s new police state.
Morgan’s Elmire can’t stand this
exhibit gets rave reviews
the family out from under Tartuffe’s hot-heads of the family, in check. for very long, however. She com- continued from page 5 museum for the first time, said
thumb. Her sharp execution of the His restrained delivery is paired well mands the stage and lets her attitude she didn’t know about the exhibi-
script — a contemporary-feeling with Orgon’s over-the-top antics — shine through as she takes the audi- that swell and terminate at the tion until she arrived.
verse translation — and fluidness wild gestures and extreme facial ex- ence on a hilarious thrill ride and end of the figure,” Peters said, Mueller, who explored the in-
on the stage had the audience in pressions as excessive as the venti Moliere sends even more obstacles adding that Mellan “capitalizes teractive demonstration, found
hysterics. She tumbles, runs and Starbucks cup he always seems to for the household to overcome be- on the optical illusion” that, from the exhibit educational.
climbs — all while parrying the ob- be slurping out of. fore the lights come up. far away, lines converge. “I like the fact that they show
stinate Orgon. Whether out of weaknesses in With a well-rounded cast, side- “I love this piece,” Rafter y us how it’s done,” she said.
The rest of the cast also puts in the performance or short-changing splitting interpretation of the text said. “He creates form without For Maureen O’Brien, the mu-
energetic and crowd-pleasing perfor- in Moliere’s text, Morgan’s Elmire and creative staging, “Tartuffe” — using cross-hatching.” seum’s curator of painting and
mances during the first act. Valere seems disappointingly halfhearted in all about the madness of falling in Jordan Geis, who said he was sculpture, the display is “almost
and Marianne are endearing in their a first-act verbal duel with Tartuffe. love, in lust, in debt or insane — is considering applying to RISD’s like a master class in the histor y
stereotypical teenage love affair. As This was particularly surprising giv- delightful. graduate program, found artists’ of engraving.”
Dorine says, “Lovers tongues are en Morgan’s stellar performance in dedication to detail and their hard “Run to the RISD Museum —
never still.” The two bicker, apolo- the second act, finally debunking “Tartuffe” continues Oct. 1 through work mesmerizing. Completing don’t walk,” O’Brien said. “This
gize and kiss like a real couple — and Tartuffe and making her husband Oct. 4 in Leeds Theatre, Thursday a piece could take months, he is a world-class collection and
a tech-savvy one at that. Director Mia see the light. through Saturday at 8 p.m. with a said, adding, “I don’t think people people won’t have another chance
Rovegno chose to update Moliere’s In Rovegno’s production, the Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. spend that kind of time on an art like this in their lives.”
work anymore.” The exhibit, which was sup-
“It seems like a lost art,” Geis ported by the International Fine
said, as he examined the bold Print Dealers Association, the
and swelling lines that created Foundation of the American
the face of Hendrick Goltzius in Institution for Conser vation of
a portrait made by Jan Harmenz Historic and Artist Works, Tru
Muller. “The detail here is mind- Vue, Inc. and the Samuel H. Kress
blowing.” Foundation, will run until Jan.
Ingrid Mueller, who was at the 3, 2010.
SportsMonday
The Brown Daily Herald

Monday, September 28, 2009 | Page 7

Field hockey drops to


0-2 in Ivy League play
By Andrew Braca of their own.
Spor ts Editor With 10:06 left in the game, Sa-
cred Heart took a timeout, but the
The field hockey team split a pair strategy backfired when Mosquera
of home games last week, beating got the ball on the restart, took it
Sacred Heart, 3-2, on Wednesday down the field and beat Stow with
before falling to Dartmouth, 8-3, on a shot to the left corner of the cage,
Saturday on Warner Roof. Bruno’s scoring what would eventually be-
3-4 record is its best start since come the game-winning goal with
2006, but 9:53 left.
SHU 2
the team Sacred Heart tacked on a gar-
Brown 3
has star ted bage-time goal with 47 seconds left
0-2 in Ivy when Stephanie Fazio picked up a
Dartmouth 8
Brown 3 League play loose ball at midfield and took it all
for the third the way to the cage, but the Bears
straight year. held on for the 3-2 win, thanks to
On Wednesday, Elara Mosquera three saves by Caroline Washburn
’13 scored the first two goals of ’12.
her collegiate career and added On Saturday, the Big Green,
an assist. who entered the game 1-4 overall
In the first half of the Sacred and 0-1 in the Ivy League, took con-
Heart game, the Bears outshot the trol in a hurry. Kelly Hood scored
Pioneers by a 12-1 margin, but the the first of her five goals on a pen-
game remained scoreless for 32 alty corner just 1:39 into the game,
minutes. Finally, 2:28 before half- and Dartmouth added three more
time, Mosquera scored on a penalty goals over the next 24:25 to take
corner after receiving a pass from a 4-0 lead.
Katie Hyland ’11. But the Bears rallied before half-
Brown doubled its lead 11:21 time for a pair of goals to cut the
into the second frame after another deficit in half. With 7:35 left, Hyland
penalty corner. After Hyland’s shot scored on a penalty corner, with the
Jesse Morgan/ Herald
was blocked, Mosquera got the assists going to Leslie Springmeyer The field hockey team battled hard to finish off non-conference opponent Sacred Heart, but found Ivy League
rebound and found tri-captain Mi- ’12 and Seigo. Nineteen seconds rival Dartmouth too much to handle Saturday on Warner Roof.
chaela Seigo ’10, who beat Sacred before halftime, Springmeyer took
Heart goalie Kim Stow high for her a pass from Kit Masini ’12 and beat minutes of the second half, un- final eight minutes, while Hyland back in three games this week,
first goal of the season. Dartmouth goalie Meagan Vakiener til Hood scored on Dartmouth’s again scored on a penalty corner taking road trips to Fairfield (3-6)
But the Pioneers, who came into to give Bruno the momentum going fourth penalty corner in quick suc- with 3:59 left, assisted by Spring- on Tuesday and Harvard (3-3, 0-2
the game with a 1-7 record, refused into halftime. cession after Brown had stopped meyer and Seigo. Washburn made Ivy) on Saturday before hosting
to go away, cutting the deficit to 2-1 Neither team could find the the previous three. The Big Green eight saves in the 8-3 loss. Vermont (1-8) on Warner Roof on
just 3:56 later on a penalty corner back of the cage for the first 21 tacked on three more goals in the The Bears will look to bounce Sunday at 2 p.m.

Fourth-quarter rally
batted away by Crimson
By Dan Alexander “It was a good thrown ball,”
Senior Staf f Writer Sewall said. “I thought I was in
good position and went up for it
A week ago, Drew Plichta ’10 missed … There was a swarm of Crimson
an extra point and a last second, 40- there.”
yard field goal in the football team’s The swarm ended a dramatic,
loss to Stony fourth-quarter comeback for the
Brown 21 Brook. After Bears.
Harvard 24 the tough Just minutes earlier, the game
loss, Head appeared to be all but over when
Coach Phil Estes said he would Harvard receiver Matt Luft caught
give the kicker a chance to “come a touchdown, giving the Crimson
back.” a 24-14 lead with 12:43 left in the
But with 4.1 seconds left on the fourth quarter.
clock Friday night at Har vard Sta- Harvard Head Coach Tim Mur-
dium and the Bears down 24-21, phy said with his defense playing
Estes didn’t give Plichta a chance well and a two-possession lead in
to send the game into overtime the fourth quarter, he thought the
against the host Crimson. Instead game was decided.
of tr ying a 42-yarder that could “Your mind naturally goes to the
have tied the game, Estes chose point that, okay, we’re going to get
to go for the end zone. the ball back, kill the clock and the
“That’s a no decision for me,” game is over,” he said.
Estes said. “I don’t have a kicker He got the win, but it wasn’t
that can kick the ball that far.” that simple.
Estes decided to heave one up With 7:23 left, Brown got the
for grabs in the end zone, and hope ball at its own 20-yard line, still
someone from one of the most down 24-14.
highly touted receiving corps in Quarterback Kyle Newhall ’11
the nation could come up with it threw a series of short passes to
and win the game for the Bears. the center of the field, which ad-
No one did. The pass, intended vanced the ball to midfield. But
for Bobby Sewall ’10, was broken with Har vard guarding the side-
up by Harvard’s senior cornerback,
Ryan Barnes. continued on page 8
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S ports Monday “Our thing is all about balance.”


— Tim Murphy, Harvard head football coach

Crimson too much in


co-champs’ rematch
continued from page 7 tion by batting the ball out of the
air to end the game.
lines, the clock kept running. The Harvard secondary was un-
“I didn’t have that much time der attack all night, as the Bears
and they weren’t giving us the threw 41 times to 32 rushes. Ne-
boundaries,” Estes said. “So, what whall was 25-of-41 passing with 225
you’ve got to do is get first downs yards, one touchdown and one in-
and stop the clock. And we did terception.
that.” Estes said Newhall missed some
The Bears finally found the side- reads and did not play perfectly,
line on a 14-yard pass to Sewall, but added, “It’s also two weeks in
stopping the clock at 1:28 with the a row that he has given us a chance
ball on the Har vard 39. to win.”
Six plays later, Sewall found the Running back Zach Tronti ’11
end zone for the third time on the had 13 carries for 45 yards. Ne-
night. Newhall spotted him on a whall, the Bears’ leading rusher
slant route with single-man cover- on the night, had 13 carries for
age and hit him a step over the 50 yards. Jonathan Bateman / Herald
goal line. Har vard went to the air on of- Scenes from the Bears’ 24-21 loss to Harvard Friday night in Cambridge, Mass. Above left, wideout
With a little more than 30 sec- fense almost as often as Brown. Buddy Farnham ’10 is hauled down by a defender. Above right, Andrew Serrano ’10 battles for a jump-ball.
Bottom, running-back Zachary Tronti ’11 picks up a handful of yards with defenders in hot pursuit.
onds left, the Bears lined up for an Quarterback Collier Winters was
onside kick. The ball skidded out 18-of-27 passing with 223 yards
of the hands of a Har vard player, and two touchdowns. Har vard’s
and a pile of players dove on it. As running backs had only 18 carries
the officials peeled players off of combined.
the pile, the Bears jumped up and “This is not the style that we
motioned that they had the ball. like,” Murphy said after the game.
The Bears set up in a four-wide, “Our thing is all about balance. On
shotgun formation on the first play the other hand, it’s also about tak-
after the onside kick. But seeing ing what the defense gives you.
nowhere to throw, Newhall stepped And you know, Brown is a team
up in the pocket and ran 18 yards that had nine seniors, three All-Ivy
to Har vard’s 39-yard-line. kids up front and we knew it was
A 14-yard pass to Trevan Samp going to be ver y difficult to run
’10 put the Bears at the Har vard the football.”
25. The loss puts Brown at 0-1 in the
An incompletion to Sewall in the Ivy League with a two-week break
end zone stopped the clock with until conference play resumes.
10 seconds left. Newhall looked to Last year, Brown’s 24-22 win
Sewall again, though he was heav- over Har vard began the Bears’
ily covered. Har vard’s Barnes got 6-1 Ivy campaign that ended with
both hands on the ball, but dropped a share of the league champion-
the interception, giving Brown one ship.
more play, with 4.1 seconds left. “This one was really special for
Newhall looked to Sewall in the us after what happened last year
end zone once more, but Barnes when we went down to Brown,”
made up for his dropped intercep- said Har vard safety Collin Zych.


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l e t t e r to t h e e d i to r

Students can balance religious


and academic obligations
To the Editor: when religious obser vance will
prevent participation in the usual
Ethan Tobias’ opinion column timing. Attentive Brunonians will
(“Not just a day off,” Sept. 25) pro- observe this juggling being done
poses the need for the University to on a daily basis by many throughout
adjust the calendar to accommodate the academic year — a marvelous
High Holidays for Brown’s beloved confirmation that a respectful and
Jewish community and prompts my functional community can be created
reply. and kept amid a broad diversity of
Herald readers know well that the belief and practice.
breadth of identity gathered within Should any student need counsel
the University’s gates does cause a or support in making these arrange-
collision of calendars between the ments, the Chaplains and Brown’s
University’s schedule and sacred deans are ready to be of help.
seasons observed by many mem- While students may not be able to
bers of the Brown community. Our continue to observe sacred seasons
range of identity and practice require at home, services and celebrations
unusual sensitivity and responsibility on campus become the sweet proof
by individuals and University policy. of the oft-asserted phrase that within
The balancing of these variables is Brunonia’s halls we become “family.”
always being accomplished, institu- May this new season of Brown’s re- C hris jesu lee
tionally and individually. ligious diversity be a joy. We are well
In the past and going forward, underway — Eid Mubarak! Shana
adjustments to the University cal- Tova! and....
e d i to r i a l
endar are very occasionally made.
But routinely, each student is asked
proactively to anticipate these con-
flicts and to make arrangements to
The Reverend Janet M.
Cooper-Nelson
University Chaplain
Teaching and tenure
reschedule academic obligations Sept. 25 Cutting-edge research and first-rate teaching Furthermore, many students do not give a lot
are the foundations of any university. But the two of thought to the evaluations, and their reviews
don’t always come together. A brilliant professor is often correspond to the grading scheme or the
not always a brilliant teacher— the best scholars course workload rather than the quality of teach-
can leave students confused, frustrated or falling ing itself.

blogdailyherald.com asleep during lectures. Unfortunately, these pro-


fessors often receive tenure despite their sub-par
Instead of using course evaluations, depart-
mental tenure committees should ask students
teaching, and while Brown may add an impres- more directly about their professors. To ensure
sive name to its list of faculty, its commitment to that reviews capture a wide range of student
undergraduate education suffers. opinions, and not just those on the extreme ends
In the coming weeks, a University committee of the spectrum, committees should pick students
will begin examining Brown’s tenure and faculty randomly from professors’ courses. Selected stu-
t h e b r o w n d a i ly h e r a l d
development policies in response to concerns dents would be contacted by e-mail and asked to
Editor-in-Chief Managing Editors Deputy Managing Editors Senior Editors
about the University’s high tenure rate. While the answer a set of questions, such as “How does this
Steve DeLucia Michael Bechek Nandini Jayakrishna Rachel Arndt
Chaz Firestone Franklin Kanin Isabel Gottlieb tenure rate isn’t necessarily a cause for concern, professor compare to others in the department?”
Michael Skocpol Scott Lowenstein we urge members of the committee to take this and “What does this professor bring to the Brown
editorial Business opportunity to improve the current tenure process community?”
Ben Hyman Arts & Culture Editor General Managers Office Manager
Rosalind Schonwald Arts & Culture Editor Alexander Hughes Shawn Reilly
with attention to professors’ teaching ability. If students know that their responses are part
Sophia Li Features Editor Jonathan Spector Currently, the University evaluates the teach- of a professor’s tenure review process, they will
George Miller Metro Editor
Joanna Wohlmuth Metro Editor
ing ability of tenure-track professors by review- be more likely to take the task seriously. What’s
Directors
Seth Motel News Editor Ellen DaSilva Sales ing student course evaluations. But Professor more, they will be able to give some thought to
Jenna Stark News Editor Claire Kiely Sales Emeritus of Engineering Barrett Hazeltine, who their answers, rather than scribbling down last-
Andrew Braca Sports Editor Katie Koh Finance
Han Cui Asst. Sports Editor Jilyn Chao Asst. Finance has been at Brown since 1959, told The Herald minute thoughts at the end of the last class of
Alex Mazerov Asst. Sports Editor Christiana Stephenson Alumni Relations last November that these evaluations do not carry the semester.
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International studies at Brown: Things come together


that Matthew Gutmann, a longtime Brown significant commendation. Yet in spite of the fered on Central America, a region that has
Adrienne anthropology professor, was appointed vice major improvements in Brown’s internation- been making headlines due to civil unrest in
Langlois president of international affairs. In a press al studies, significant and surprising gaps re- Honduras. Even adding one class on issues
release, Gutmann noted he was “eager to main that desperately need to be filled. in the area would be beneficial to encourag-
Opinions Columnist help expand and enrich programs through Brown has made great strides in expand- ing dialogue about this conflict.
which the University community engages ing area studies in many regions, but some These observations represent just a few of
Books and their authors have defined my life with the people and nations of the world.” noticeable exceptions exist. The ever-pop- the gaps in Brown’s international studies of-
from before I could even speak, though the As Gutmann’s quote indicates, the Uni- ular Middle East Studies concentration re- ferings across the board; every department
cast of characters has rotated as I’ve grown. versity’s new internationally focused appoint- mains a “program” and not a department has its weaknesses as well as its strengths,
When I was five, my favorite authors were ments are not anomalies; indeed, Brown’s and lacks the faculty to keep up with the de- even if those strengths are constantly grow-
Robert McCloskey and Kevin Henkes; at 10, efforts have certainly come a long way. The mand for classes. Even more surprising is ing. Obviously, it’s not possible for Brown to
I preferred Madeleine L’Engle and Lois Low- past three years have seen the development the lack of a South or Southeast Asian Stud- hire several professors in varying disciplines
ry. At 15, however, it was Chinua Achebe of programs in Haitian Creole, Catalan and ies program; every semester Brown offers a to cover every country around the globe,
who captured my imagination. Persian and not-for-credit classes in Turkish few classes on India in various disciplines, and the University’s endowment troubles
I read “Things Fall Apart,” Achebe’s may put significant expansion of these pro-
seminal novel, my sophomore year of high grams on hold.
school. Though many of the story’s nuanc- However, these projects need to be at
es slipped by me, I was captivated and dis- the top of the list once funds become avail-
turbed by the story of how a prominent Af- In spite of the major improvements in Brown’s able. Expanding Brown’s international stud-
rican leader’s life literally falls apart upon ies isn’t a matter of upping the University’s
the introduction of Christianity to his village.
international studies, significant and surprising prestige or its ranking in the U.S. News and
The novel’s final scene haunted me long gaps remain which desperately need to be filled. World Report or Princeton Review. Rather,
after I closed its pages, though I could not it’s a matter of expanding opportunity for
comprehend just how important it would be open-minded students eager to broaden their
to my development until much later. horizons during their academic careers.
Looking back on the past six years, I can If Brown can expand its international
see just how much Achebe’s book affected and Swahili, to name a few of the Universi- but few, if any, on the slew of countries in the studies selection to offer courses in every
my life. I’ve spent the past three years at ty’s expanded language offerings. surrounding region. Few students choose region around the globe, the University
Brown studying colonial and post-colonial Last fall, the Brown in Cuba program, to study abroad in Southeast Asia, and one will truly fulfill its goal of an open curricu-
societies and countries, from Japan to Egypt a unique collaboration with La Casa de las can’t help but wonder if the lack of interest is lum and provide students with the option to
to Brazil and everywhere in between, and Americas in Havana, allowed a handful of due to the inability to sufficiently explore the have their lives changed by the discovery of
hope to further my studies after gradua- Brown students to study abroad in the fas- area in an academic setting at Brown. a strange new land, just as mine once was
tion. Needless to say, the fact that the author cinating if embargoed country. And this se- Even some of Brown’s relatively well- changed by a very important novel.
whose book catalyzed most of my academic mester, nine African scholars will collabo- rounded regional studies need work. The
decisions will be at Brown next semester is rate on a seminar on African environmental Center for Latin American Studies supports
more than a little unbelievable. history among other projects as part of the a number of great courses and projects on
Achebe’s appointment as the David and Watson International Scholars of the Envi- Brazil, Cuba and Mexico, as well as a num- Adrienne Langlois ’10, a history and
Marianna Fisher University Professor and ronment program. ber of surveys, but classes are rarely offered Latin American studies concentrator
professor of Africana Studies comes on the These are just a few results of the Uni- on the history and culture of perennial study from Asheville, North Carolina, owes
heels of other exciting international news at versity’s expansion of internationally orient- abroad favorites Argentina, Chile, Peru and her love of Latin America to Stephanie
Brown. Last week, the University announced ed studies and activities, and they deserve Ecuador. Furthermore, few courses are of- Merrim and Jim Green.

The Best We’ll Ever Have


fy with. For example, when Nas started de- at a reasonable price if we act early. is a new performer tasting the first fruit of
riding Fox News last year, everybody went For the unfamiliar, Aubrey “Drake” Gra- super stardom, and I am confident that he
Anish Mitra wild. We need a young stud that can truly ham is an actor turned rapper/R&B sing- will give a stellar, energetic and thoughtful
Opinions Columnist energize our crowd and make this upcoming er. He played the character Jimmy on the performance.
event one that we won’t forget for years to Canadian television series “Degrassi: The Drake is “hot” right now, and it is my firm
come. Next Generation” for eight years. After leav- conviction that he will not only remain rele-
I know it’s early, but I’m a senior and I want Lastly, we need somebody with true talent. ing the show, he released three indepen- vant, but his value will increase exponential-
a truly memorable spring weekend. Last Brown is certainly a place of eclectic tastes, dent mixtapes in an effort to create a buzz. ly by the time April rolls around. The beau-
year, the Nas concert was filled with energy, and thus, we need a versatile performer that Last summer, his efforts finally paid off. His ty is, Drake got signed, achieved a number
but a large portion of Brown students were all Brown students can enjoy, regardless of smash single, “Best I Ever Had,” peaked at two Billboard hit and has begun doing tours
still simply unfamiliar with the bulk of his musical preference. I love rap and hip-hop, number two on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, without even releasing an album.
discography. I did not attend the Of Mon- While I admit I have not talked to any rep-
treal concert, but I imagine the hipsters had resentatives from his camp, I truly believe if
a blast and are probably looking for some- we lock him down now before he actually re-
thing equally or more entertaining for April leases an album (and thus stamping his tran-
2010. We need a young stud that can truly energize our sition from an independent artist to a bona
The fact of the matter is, we need an A- fide superstar), we can essentially reap a
list performer. Since my time as a fresh- crowd and make this upcoming event one that we huge rate of return.
man, our headliners have been The Roots,
The Flaming Lips, M.I.A., Lupe Fiasco, Nas
can never forget, for years to come. In the same way a forward-looking inves-
tor enters a cheap futures contract for goods
and Of Montreal. While all of these musi- he knows will be more valuable in the future,
cians are talented and entertaining in their we must act quickly and lock Drake in for
own right, none of them was topping charts Spring Weekend before he blows up any fur-
during the years in which we brought them but there are times when I prefer something and has stayed on the list for 20 weeks. Fur- ther. The fact that he has yet to release an
to Brown. softer, with more melody. Bringing an artist ther, he signed with Young Money Enter- album and the questionable reviews of his
Not only do we need someone that is cur- with a variety of styles and musical talent can tainment and currently rolls with Lil Wayne BET performance and music videos should
rently relevant and making hits, but we need provide the value of two or more artists for and Birdman, among others. be enough ammo to negotiate a reasonably
someone young and charismatic. The best the price of one. Drake has shown an undying drive to low price for his April arrival. By the time
part of Spring Weekend is the surrounding Before the Brown Concert Agency goes succeed, which I cannot help but admire. As spring rolls around, this investor believes
energy of the crowd and the overall jovial at- on a crazy manhunt for the magical mystery a matter of fact, he even raps about it in his he’ll be the best we’ll ever have.
mosphere that surfaces once the lights go man I have been describing, let me cut to the song “Successful” with popular R&B singer
dim and the performers take the stage. chase: we need Drake. Not only is he one of Trey Songz. He is not a 10-year industry
Further, we should bring in a performer the only artists that can fulfill all of the re- veteran that has been doing concerts on a Anish Mitra ’10 is thinking, “What good
who shares lyrics about experiences that ev- quirements I have described above, but we regular basis to the point where he only con- is being famous, if I’m never
eryday college students can actually identi- might have a real chance at getting this guy siders concerts as revenue generators. He on your mind?”
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Italy, debated the legacy of Columbus at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church Sunday. Dot Comic | Eshan Mitra and Brendan Hainline

c a l e n da r
Today, September 28 tuesday, september 29

11 am — Seasonal Flu Clinics, Jo’s 11 AM — Study Abroad Fair, Lincoln


Field
3:30 pm — CSS Seminar with
Yongtao Guan, Ph.D., 7 pm — Guatemala Film Series:
121 S. Main St. Room 245 “Sipakapa Is Not For Sale,”
Joukowsky Forum

menu Hippomaniac| Mat Becker

Sharpe Refectory Verney-Woolley Dining Hall

Lunch — Gnocchi Alla Sorrentina, Lunch — Fried Clam Roll, Italian


Popcorn Chicken, Italian Vegetable Marinated Chicken, Fresh Broccoli
Saute, Chocolate Frosted Brownies
Dinner — Roasted Honey and Chili
Dinner — Pirate Ship Pork Loin, Chicken, Fettuccini with Baby Greens,
Brown Rice Garden Casserole, Belgian Spicy Cuban Stir Fry, Focaccia with
Carrots, Ambrosia Cake Mixed Herbs
RELEASE DATE– Monday, September 28, 2009

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Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
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gradually 6 Historical period 37 Farm output 48 Garage jobs
5 Prohibition agent 7 Kazakhstan, until 38 The bus stops 50 British machine
Eliot 1991: Abbr. here: Abbr. gun
9 Vatican-related 8 Assertions 41 Mythical 51 Baker’s fat
14 Like deserts 9 Peel, as a rind man-goats 52 Stodgy old-timer
15 Heavenly bear 10 Opera highlight 42 “Va va voom!” 53 __ Four: Beatles
16 “__ you clever!” 11 Game played 43 Marlee __, Best 54 Every bit
17 Hobbes, to Calvin with a baby Actress winner in 55 Blubber
20 Motel restriction 12 “Raggedy” girl “Children of a 56 “__ scale of 1 to
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28 Damascus is its 19 Dix and Knox:
cap. Abbr.
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and actor Ray sharper picture,
31 Nudge rudely briefly
33 Makes a long 24 Inlaid designs
story short? 26 Traffic jam Pass/Fail| Steve Larrick and Alex Rosenberg
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35 Ideal getaway 27 “Isn’t that cute!”
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start with By Fred Jackson III
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09/28/09

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