F R I D A Y NOVEMBER 14, 2003
THE BROWN DAILY HERALD Volume CXXXVIII, No. 114
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U. plans campaign to increase awareness
“Board” of banking, Brown grad creates stock market game
BY ZACH BARTER
that refers to the instruments as well as the playing style. Mike Katayama ’04 rendered a folk song from northeastern Japan on a shamisen, a stringed instrument that, as Brougher said, “looks kind of like a guitar, but definitely is not.” Another highlight of the night was a film produced by the Korean American Students Association called “When Kimchi meets Hamburger.” The “Taildaters” imitator, a reality television show in which two people go on a date and are watched and advised by friends via cell phone, addressed culture clashes between America and Korea. In the first half of KASA’s show, a native Korean tries to woo a KoreanAmerican girl with flowers, chocolate
As officers investigate the second hate crime on campus this semester, administrators say they are not content to stand idly by. The University is planning to take charge with a campaign to raise awareness about bias-related behavior and diversity on campus. David Greene, interim vice president for campus life and student services, said the administration hopes to start a serious discussion about issues “where free speech and hate speech collide.” The campaign will include an effort to clarify University policies for students and a lecture series next semester to promote conversation about the issues, Greene said. “We want to make it as clear as we possibly can that there are certain things we can tolerate and certain things we can’t,” he said. The University’s efforts follow the Sept. 6 assault of a female student, in which her attacker uttered a homophobic comment, and the Nov. 6 assault of a male student that involved racial slurs. The Department of Public Safety is investigating both incidents as hate crimes. Although Greene said student groups are involved in the process, the University has a primary responsibility to address such issues, he said. “We want to do everything we can to create an environment where students can feel safe and feel free to pursue their education without fear of assault,” Greene said. Members of the Queer Alliance, the Undergraduate Council of Students and Minority Peer Counselors are involved in campaign planning, along with Dean of the College Paul Armstrong, Director of the Third World Center Karen McLaurinChesson ’74 and Associate Provost and Director of Institutional Diversity Brenda Allen.
see E. ASIAN, page 6
see AWARENESS, page 6
BY SHEELA RAMAN
With the Sept. 25 release of his board game, “Rags to Riches,” Aaron Kim ’00 has finally realized his childhood dream of becoming an entrepreneur. After graduation, Kim, an economics concentrator, first opted for a more practical path. Like many of his classmates, he became an investment banker at a large Wall Street firm. But as he stood on the trading floor one day, an idea struck him. “It hit me that everyone there is exactly like a pawn in a game,” he said. “Then I thought what a fun concept it would be to actually create a stock market board game that everyone could enjoy.” So in January 2002, Kim, who lives in East Islip, N.Y., quit his job and started working on ideas for what would eventually become “Rags to Riches.” The biggest challenge, he said, was to let go of financial security and a certain future. “Although my friends and family were skeptical, I had to follow my dream, even if in the end I don’t sell one game,” he said. “Rags to Riches,” released under Kim’s company, College Hill Games, draws from Kim’s personal experience on the trading floor as well as from world events like the Enron scandal. By recreating the actual stock market environment, Kim said the game tests the player’s ability to effectively manage risk. It’s designed to be interesting and strategic, but above all to be fun, he said. “It’s not necessary to be stock market savvy to play the game,” he said. I designed it for anyone above the age of 10 to enjoy.” Kim said his ultimate goal for the game is to get families to interact in a way that video games, DVDs and other technological forms of entertainment fail to inspire. To this end, he said he created “Rags to Riches” in the vein of classic, family-style board games like Monopoly see GAMES, page 4
Photo courtesy of College Hill Games
Aaron Kim ’04 created College Hill Games, which produces "Rags to Riches," to capitalize on his stock market experience.
Judy He / Herald
The East Asian Cultural Show Thursday night offered performances by the Revelasians, Lion Dance Club, a drummer and the Chinese Students Association’s "Five-minute History of China."
Cultural show presents East Asian arts and food BY SARAH LABRIE
Dancing lions and an Asian-themed version of MTV’s “Taildaters” were just a couple of the highlights of the East Asian Culture Show, held Thursday in Andrews Dining Hall. A collaboration between Brown’s Asian cultural clubs, the show offered an audience of about 250 a variety of original performances from Japan, China, Korea and Taiwan. Audience members enjoyed food from Apsara before being treated to acts ranging from the humorous to the traditional. Brown’s Lion Dance Team’s first performance of the year marked the opening of the show. Lion dance is traditionally performed as a herald of good luck at special occasions such as the Chinese New Year, said Michael Wang ’04. Other acts included an irreverent five-minute recapitulation of 4,000 years of Chinese history, a traditional Taiwanese umbrella dance and a performance by the Revelasians, an a capella group created specifically for the event. The show closed with a performance by Offbeat, the Chinese Student Association’s hip-hop dance team. MCs John Brougher ’06, a Herald columnist, and Sheila Maithel ’06 kept the energy flowing between acts. “He’s the East Asian version of Celine Dion,” Brougher joked, referring to Vincent See ’04. See performed a karaoke version of Chinese pop song “Men shouldn’t let women cry.” Samples of more traditional Japanese music included an enthusiastic performance by Raiki Machida ’07 and Joshua Goldner ’05, who played Japanese drums called taiko, a name
Student receives prestigious award from Canadian government BY MARSHALL AGNEW
Many Brown students have some experience with community service or charity work, but for Canadian Jennifer Hustwitt ’07, community service is a way of life. Last month Hustwitt was awarded the Governor General’s award from the Canadian government for her accomplishments in a number of service projects she has undertaken in the last few years, including raising $35,000 for the construction of two schools in Nicaragua. After helping to raise the money, Hustwitt traveled to Nicaragua
I N S I D E F R I D AY, N O V E M B E R 1 4 , 2 0 0 3 Production Workshop fails to do justice to Kafka in “The Trial,” this weekend arts & culture, page 3
Conflict determined by game theory, professor says in Salomon lecture campus news, page 3
Sarah Chiappinelli ’06 writes a short play on the wonders of the all-nighter column, page 11
to aid the construction of the schools in an isolated community without running water or electricity. “It changed my life,” said Hustwitt, who plans to go back to Nicaragua after improving her Spanish. It took two years for Hustwitt and charitable organization Free the Children to raise the money for these schools. And while the project is over, Nicaragua is still on her mind – Hustwitt said she also plans to raise funds for the education of Nicaraguan teenage girls. see CANADA, page 6
TO D AY ’ S F O R E C A S T Politicians need to stop treating young voters like children, Marshall ’04 says column, page 11
Creeping toward .500 – Josh Troy ’04 gives us his weekly NFL picks and pans sports, page 12
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