Thursday, October 21, 2004

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T H U R S D A Y OCTOBER 21, 2004

THE BROWN DAILY HERALD Volume CXXXIX, No. 93

An independent newspaper serving the Brown community since 1891

SAO changes in the works following staff departures

Library planners prepare to move 250,000 books BY CHIOKE HARRIS

BY ERIC BECK

After a summer of staff turnover in the Office of Student Life and the Student Activities Office, administrators are planning and implementing changes that they say will make the SAO more available and responsive to student leaders. Among the changes already implemented is transferring the bulk of responsibility for student leadership programming to the SAO. The restructuring occurred after the July departure of Coordinator of Leadership Programs Fran Lo ’97. Lo, who worked in both OSL and the SAO, was responsible for administering the Women’s Peer Counseling program, the Brown Outdoor Leadership Training program, the Brown Ropes Course in Bristol, student group advising and leadership programming. Lo’s departure coincided with the departure of other key administrators in the SAO and OSL, including former Director of Student Activities David Inman and former Dean for Campus Life Margaret Jablonski. The turnover left new administrators scrambling to implement student leadership programming. The WPC program was assigned to Associate Dean of Student Life Carla Hansen to ensure that it was properly coordinated, said Director of Student Activities Ricky Gresh. “The thought was that it was a pretty integral program for freshmen in particular, and we wanted to make sure we had it covered for the year,” he said. Most leadership programming, previously shared between OSL and the SAO, will now be coordinated through the SAO under Gresh, who came to Brown in July from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Interim Dean for Campus Life Margaret Klawunn said, “When (Lo) left

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Pre-professional program prepares students for teacher certification BY STEPHANIE BUSS

While many college students change their concentrations many times, there are always a few who know exactly what they want to do. For such students interested in being secondary school teachers, the Undergraduate Teacher Education

Transportation Management Committee and director of Brown’s real estate and administrative services, spoke at the beginning of the UCS meeting. She gave a presentation on campus transportation and emphasized Brown’s efforts to encourage student usage of Rhode Island Public Transit Authority buses and trolleys. Brown is subsidizing local transportation for students by selling RIPTA fares for half price at the Brown Bookstore. The program is currently in a trial phase. Ben Creo ’07, UCS appointments chair, told the group that one student spot remains open on the ad hoc committee that will explore options for student storage. — Suchi Mathur

Program offers undergraduates the chance to receive teaching certification recognized by 44 states by the time they graduate. The program is very small — this year, seven students are participating. “I think (a UTEP participant) has to be someone who wants to professionalize in college and someone who is focused on being a teacher,” said biology UTEP Marti Kamlet ’05. Completion of the program requires taking five education courses and devoting the summer after junior year and one semester of senior year to teaching. UTEP is not a concentration; students must concentrate in one of the areas offering teacher certification — currently biology, English or history. Students apply to the program during the fall semester of junior year. Next year, engineering will be offered for the first time as an area in which students can receive certification. Associate Professor of Engineering Janet Blume, who will be the clinical professor for the engineering program, called the new engineering UTEP “a good alternative career path for engineers.” At the high school level, she said, the integration of engineering into the classroom will “produce kids who are able to understand and

Rachelle Ciccone RISD ’05 fuses literature, art and figures from popular culture risd news, page 3

Ben Clark ’05 thinks that Major League Baseball is out to get him — and his midterm grades column, page 11

use technology.” The program emphasizes the link between the theory and practice of teaching. During the summer before their senior year, teams of UTEPs teach local high school students enrolled in a summer program run by Brown while taking ED 206: “Literature Across the Curriculum,” which allows students to evaluate and improve their teaching as they go along. During a student-teaching semester of their senior year, UTEPs teach two classes at a local school while concurrently taking ED 108: “Analysis of Teaching.” “We love the idea of students appreciating that the way that you learn is trying things out, getting feedback, and going back and trying again; we want them to apply this idea (of feedback as a positive thing) in their own teaching,” Landay said. UTEPs said they find that working with kids and building relationships is the most enjoyable part of teaching. “The only reason I want to go into teaching is that I want to hang out with kids all day,” said English UTEP Ryan O’Grady ’05. Kamlet said her favorite part of teaching is learning to understand her students’

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W E AT H E R F O R E C A S T

I N S I D E T H U R S D AY, O C T O B E R 2 1 , 2 0 0 4 RISD Student Alliance members discuss the need for professional-caliber galleries risd news, page 3

Citing a need to remove books from libraries that are at least 95 percent full, the library system will begin moving books to a new off-site annex next spring. The annex, just four miles away at 10 Park Lane in Providence, will replace storage space in Southboro, Mass. The University currently leases that space from Harvard University. Initially, 250,000 books will be moved from the current Southboro location, said Eric Shoaf, head of the Library Preservation Department. Then, the libraries will continue moving about 50,000 volumes from on-campus libraries to the annex each year, depending on the growth rate. The annex will have space for up to 1.7 million volumes. If it is filled, there is more space on the land Brown purchased to build a second building to house more books, Shoaf said. The goal of the annex system is to get on-campus libraries down to what is called “working capacity,” or 80 percent full. Currently all libraries on campus are at 95 percent capacity or higher. Within a year, there should be a noticeable increase in shelf space at libraries across campus. The libraries should be at working capacity in five to six years. The system of moving books offsite is one that has been employed by many

Fireworks lit up the sky above Thayer Street Wednesday night. A few hours later, jubilant Boston Red Sox fans took to the streets in celebration after the Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees to capture the American League pennant. (See story, page 12.)

Ivy Film Fest granted Category I status After considerable internal debate, the Undergraduate Council of Students granted the Ivy League Film Festival Category I status at its Wednesday night meeting. The film festival was previously under the control of the Brown Film Society. Founded in 2001, the festival is an annual two-day event in the spring that screens student-produced feature-length and short films, which are judged by a group of film industry professionals. Since its inception, notable actors including Adrien Brody, Julia Stiles and Tim Robbins P’07 have spoken at the festival. UCS members also recognized the American Sign Language club and the Whistling Chorus as Category I groups last night. Abigail Rider, chair of the Ad Hoc

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The Slavery and Justice Committee is protecting Brown, not improving it, writes Laura Martin ’06 column, page 11

Red Sox defeat Yankees in historic pennant win; local fans delight in the end of “The Curse” sports, page 12

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